V.A. - Rags, Breakdowns, Stomps & Blues: Vintage Mandolin Music (1927-1946)

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Time: 71:46
Size: 167.7 MB
Released: 2004
Styles: Traditional blues, Appalachian, Piedmont blues
Art: Front

1. Louie Bluie - State Street Rag (2:46)
2. Dallas String Band - Hokum Blues (3:25)
3. Phebel Wright - Lint Head Stomp (2:36)
4. Carolina Peanut Boys - You May Leave, But This Will Bring You Back (3:05)
5. The Blue Boys - Easy Winner (2:54)
6. John Estes - Milk Cow Blues (3:02)
7. John Estes - Watcha Doin' (3:03)
8. Dallas String Band - Dallas Rag (2:56)
9. Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers - Flop Eared Mule (2:57)
10. Arizona Dranes & Choir - I Shall Wear A Crown (3:26)
11. Mississippi Mud Steppers - Jackson Stomp (3:09)
12. Ishman Bracey - Brown Mama Blues (3:08)
13. The Two Poor Boys - Two White Horses In A Line (2:51)
14. Scottdale String Band - Carbolic Rag (3:16)
15. King David's Jug Band - Rising Sun Blues (3:09)
16. Johnson Boys - Prater Blues (3:11)
17. Carolina Peanut Boys - You Got Me Rollin' (2:31)
18. Nashville Washboard Band - Arkansas Traveller (2:08)
19. Nashville Washboard Band - Goin' Away To Make Me Lonesome (3:53)
20. Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers - Hawkins Rag (2:52)
21. Paul Warmack & His Gully Jumpers - The Little Red Caboose Behind The Train (2:55)
22. Al Miller & His Market Street Boys - Somebody's Been Using That Thing (2:47)
23. Arthur McClain & Joe Evans - Old Hen Cackle (2:43)
24. Blue Ridge Ramblers - Jug Rag (2:51)

This sprightly compilation from Document Records collects 24 vintage 78s recorded between 1927 and 1946 that feature the mandolin in a variety of settings, from blues to gospel, played by an assortment of jug, string, and hokum bands. There's a ton of energy here, and fans of the instrument will love this set, although the casual listener may find it a little repetitive.
Highlights include "State Street Rag" by the great Louie Bluie, a fluid version of "Lint Head Stomp" by Phebel Wright, the classic "Milk Cow Blues" (featuring the mandolin playing of Yank Rachell) by Sleepy John Estes, a jaunty "Jackson Stomp" by the Mississippi Mud Steppers, and the season-hopping "You Got Me Rollin'" by the Carolina Peanut Boys. Another gem is the wonderfully titled "Going Away to Make It Lonesome Here" by the Nashville Washboard Band, which features some particularly odd, cartoonish percussion. In essence Rags, Breakdowns, Stomps and Blues is a capsule history of early American mandolin playing, and the vitality and good humor of this collection should brighten any day. ~ Steve Leggett
Joe Evans & Arthur McClain, Arthur McClain (vocals, guitar, mandolin); Ishman Bracey, Sam Harris (vocals, guitar); Arizona Dranes (vocals, mandolin, piano); Coley Jones, Al Miller , Vol Stevens (vocals, mandolin); Sam Jones (vocals, pipe); Charlie "Bozo" Nickerson (vocals, harmonica); Marco Washington (vocals); Burt Hutcherson, Nap Hayes, Frank Dalton, Junior Morgan, Riley Puckett, Ted Bogan, Bo Carter, Charlie Burse (guitar); Roy Hardison, Gid Tanner (banjo); "Dude", Matthew Prater, James "Yank" Rachel, Charles Hurt, Paul Warmack, James Kelly, Louie Bluie, Phebel Wright (mandolin); Shelby David "Tex" Achinson (violin); Charley Arrington, Gordon Tanner (fiddle); Frank Melrose, Jab Jones (piano).

Rags, Breakdowns, Stomps & Blues: Vintage Mandolin Music (1927-1946)

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Various Artists - Memphis Shakedown More Jugband Classics

Like most JSP box sets, Memphis Shakedown is an affordably priced grab bag of vintage music presented with enough care and attention to detail that interested parties may dive directly in and experience more proof that history can be entertaining, invigorating, and deeply rewarding. The focus here is bluesy jug, mouth harp, kazoo, washboard, mandolin, and guitar-driven entertainment as it materialized on phonograph records in and around Memphis, TN, during the years 1929-1939. Featured are ukulele handler Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats; Jed Davenport of the Beale Street Jug Band; mouth organist Noah Lewis (best known as a member of Cannon's Jug Stompers), performing solo and leading his own jug band; Kaiser Clifton; Memphis Minnie; the Beale Street Rounders; the Delta Boys; Jack Kelly & His South Memphis Jug Band; the well-known Memphis Jug Band and their star vocalist, Minnie Wallace; and five recordings released under one of the group's aliases, the Picaninny Jug Band. Memphis Shakedown was released on the heels of JSP's equally expansive and worthwhile four-CD set Memphis Jug Band with Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers, and works well as a sequel to that anthology. For those who thrive on this kind of music, obtaining both boxes would be a very sensible move. -- Allmusic.

Album: Memphis Shakedown Disc A
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 2005
Styles: Blues
Time: 69:34
Size: 160,3 MB
Covers: Full

Tracks 1 - 25 : South Memphis Jug Band

(2:50) 1. Highway No. 61 Blues
(2:49) 2. Highway No. 61 Blues No. 2
(3:04) 3. Red Ripe Tomatoes
(2:52) 4. Believe I'll Go Back Home
(3:00) 5. Country Woman
(3:12) 6. Cheatin' Woman
(3:13) 7. Ko-Ko-Mo Blues (Take 1)
(3:11) 8. Ko-Ko-Mo Blues (Take 2)
(3:05) 9. Cold Iron Bed
(3:07) 10. R.F.C. Blues
(2:56) 11. Policy Rag
(2:58) 12. President Blues
(2:44) 13. Highway No. 61 Blues
(2:51) 14. Cadillac Baby
(2:58) 15. Doctor Medicine
(2:30) 16. Lightnin' Blues
(2:27) 17. Betty Sue Blues
(2:35) 18. Flower Blues
(2:24) 19. Joe Louis Special
(2:26) 20. High Behind Blues
(2:21) 21. You Done Done It
(2:30) 22. Diamond Buyer Blues
(2:28) 23. World Wandering Blues
(2:24) 24. Neck Bone Blues
(2:25) 25. Men Fooler Blues

Memphis Shakedown Disc A
Memphis Shakedown Disc A artwork

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Album: Memphis Shakedown Disc B
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 2005
Styles: Blues
Time: 72:37
Size: 167,4 MB
Covers: Full

Tracks 1 - 5 : Picaninny Jug Band
Tracks 6 - 21 : Memphis Jug Band
Tracks 22 - 25 : Kaiser Clifton

(2:42) 1. You Gotta Have That Thing
(2:30) 2. Tappin' That Thing
(2:28) 3. Bottle It Up and Go
(2:40) 4. I Got Good Taters
(3:16) 5. Come Along Little Children
(3:12) 6. Mary Ann Cut Off
(3:03) 7. My Love Is Cold
(2:55) 8. Jazzbo Stomp
(2:47) 9. Gator Wobble
(2:57) 10. Tear It Down, Bed Slats and All
(2:58) 11. Boodie Bum Bum
(2:50) 12. Take Your Finger Off It
(2:56) 13. Little Green Slippers
(2:59) 14. Fishin' in the Dark
(2:57) 15. Bottle It Up and Go
(3:06) 16. Insane Crazy Blues
(2:51) 17. She Done Sold It Out
(2:53) 18. Memphis Shakedown
(2:54) 19. Rukus Juice and Chittlin'
(3:22) 20. My Business Ain't Right
(3:09) 21. Jug Band Quartette
(2:54) 22. Cash Money Blues
(2:50) 23. Forth Worth & Denver Blues
(2:44) 24. She'll Be Back Someday
(2:34) 25. Teach Me Right from Wrong

Memphis Shakedown Disc B
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Album: Memphis Shakedown Disc C
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 2005
Styles: Blues
Time: 74:08
Size: 170,9 MB
Covers: Full

Tracks 1 - 7 : Noah Lewis
Tracks 8 - 15 : Jed Davenport
Tracks 16 - 17 : Beale Street Rounders
Tracks 18 - 19 : Memphis Minnie
Tracks 20 - 25 : The Delta Boys

(2:40) 1. Ticket Agent Blues
(2:42) 2. New Minglewood Blues
(2:45) 3. Selling the Jelly
(2:50) 4. Bad Luck's My Buddy
(3:18) 5. Chickasaw Special
(2:55) 6. Devil in the Woodpile
(3:04) 7. Like I Want to Be
(3:00) 8. How Long, How Long Blues
(2:49) 9. Cow Cow Blues
(2:58) 10. Beale Street Breakdown
(3:19) 11. You Ought to Move Out of Town
(3:04) 12. The Dirty Dozen
(2:58) 13. Jug Blues
(2:49) 14. Save Me Some
(2:56) 15. Piccolo Blues
(2:49) 16. I'm Sittin' on Top of the World
(3:01) 17. Talkin' 'bout Yo-Yo
(2:53) 18. Bumble Bee Blues
(3:17) 19. Meningitis Blues
(3:11) 20. Don't You Want to Know
(2:33) 21. You Shoudn't Do That
(3:02) 22. When the Saints Go Marching In
(2:57) 23. Black Gal Swing
(2:52) 24. Get Up and Go
(3:12) 25. Every Time My Heart Beats

Memphis Shakedown Disc C
Memphis Shakedown Disc C artwork

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Album: Memphis Shakedown Disc D
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 2005
Styles: Blues
Time: 65:58
Size: 152,0 MB
Covers: Full

Tracks 1 - 20 : Charlie Burse
Tracks 21 - 24 : Minnie Wallace

(2:25) 1. Beale Street Holiday
(2:49) 2. Baby, You Win
(2:42) 3. Oil It Up and Go
(2:39) 4. What's the Matter with the Well
(2:37) 5. I'm in Buddy's Wagon
(2:39) 6. Good Potatoes on the Hill
(2:48) 7. Weed Smoking Mama
(2:46) 8. Dawn of Day Blues
(2:44) 9. Goldie May
(2:29) 10. Scared to Death
(2:28) 11. You Better Watch Out
(2:43) 12. Too Much Beef
(2:39) 13. Magic Spell Blues
(2:41) 14. It Makes No Difference Now
(2:50) 15. Radio Blues
(2:25) 16. Hell's Highway
(2:33) 17. It's Against the Rule
(2:38) 18. Ain't Gonna Be No Doggone Afterwhile
(2:42) 19. Memphis Highway Stomp
(2:54) 20. Brand New Day Blues
(2:58) 21. The Cockeyed World
(3:09) 22. Field Mouse Stomp
(3:27) 23. Let's All Do That Thing
(2:58) 24. Pick 'Em Up and Put 'Em Down

Memphis Shakedown Disc D
Memphis Shakedown Disc D artwork

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