The Best Of The Memphis Jug Band

Memphis Jug Band | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: June 21, 2005
• Label: Shanachie Entertainment
• Copyright: 2005 Shanachie Entertainment
• Total Length: 1:09:12
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• ASIN: B0016URSE4
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #166,107 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great piece of history, and an awesome listen, to boot., April 13, 2003

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"kitty_cat_pirate" (Ann Arbor, MI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best of the Memphis Jug Band (Audio CD)

Wow. This is quite possibly the most fun, most raucous collection of field recordings I've heard in my life. Sure, I love the (usually) more somber works of folks like Leadbelly and Mississippi John Hurt, but the Memphis Jug Band rock out! The jug is used to great effect... its limitations as a pseudo-instrument are constantly transcended on this set. It sounds awesome, as does the frequent use of kazoo.
The Memphis Jug Band is totally punk rock! Check out "Cocaine Habit Blues"... any ignorant pop dork who thinks that the Velvet Underground invented "dark" drug songs needs to listen to this song (not to mention a million others from this era) and get schooled. I've never done drugs in my life, but that doesn't make this song any less awesome. It's the most rock and roll thing I've heard in a long time.