Ruckus Juice & Chitlins, Vol. 1: The Great Jug Bands

Ruckus Juice & Chitlins, Vol. 1: The Great Jug Bands

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If you're going to throw a party, invite this CD first. Way back when jugs were added to juke and barrelhouse performances in 1910 or so and American dance music really got down for good, these dazzling new trance rhythms smashed Western culture's sound barrier at the previously unheard-of speed of 78 rpm. From Louisville to Memphis to Birmingham to Cincinnati, these popular party bands mixed fine musicianship with clever songwriting and an unblushing sense of burlesque. Whether it's the raw wailing of young Ashley Thompson with Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers' "Big Railroad Blues" or the jazz-inflected wizardry of Earl McDonald and Clifford Hayes on the Dixieland Jug Blowers' "Banjoreno" or the Memphis Jug Band's raucous ribaldry on "Cocaine Habit Blues" and "Ruckus Juice and Chittlins," this first of two inspired volumes of jug-band classics blows out the lights, stops time in its tracks, and rocks. --Alan Greenberg

<"b000000g985540"> Living Blues
Perhaps the most amazing thing about these old jug band recordings is the sophistication of their approach. The dynamics are exquisite, the timing and exchange of riffs precise, and the arrangements effective ... one hears the roots of folk and blues.... Most of these tunes sound solidly black, though some ... seem equally descended from the white parlor. I can't imagine that much contemporary music will, in 60 or 70 years, sound as relevant or as exciting.

Ruckus Juice & Chitlins, Vol. 1: The Great Jug Bands

Ruckus Juice & Chitlins, Vol. 1: The Great Jug Bands, Music, Various Artists, 20's, 30's, Acoustic Memphis Blues, Blues Music, Folk & Traditional, Jazz Collections, Jug Band, Pop, Prewar Country Blues

Ruckus Juice & Chitlins, Vol. 1: The Great Jug Bands

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