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

Ruckus Juice & Chitlins

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 17, 1998)
• Original Release Date: February 17, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Yazoo
• ASIN: B000000G98
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• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #222,711 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Low Down Blues - Whistler & His Jug Band

2. Giving It Away - Birmingham Jug Band

3. Cocaine Habit Blues - Memphis Jug Band

4. Try and Treat Her Right

5. Glad and Sorry Blues - John Harris

6. What's That Tastes Like Gravy? - King David's Jug Band

7. Newport Blues - Cincinnati Jug Band

8. Big Railroad Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers

9. Fourth Street Mess Around - Memphis Jug Band

10. Banjoreno - The Dixieland Jug Blowers

11. Tear It Down - King David's Jug Band

12. Ticket Agent Blues

13. You Ought to Move Out of Town - Jed Davenport

14. Cold Iron Bed - Jack Kelly

15. Bill Wilson - Birmingham Jug Band

16. Cash Money Blues - Kaiser Clifton

17. Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers

18. That's My Rabbit, My Dog Caught It - Walter Family

19. Spider's Nest Blues - Memphis Jug Band

20. She's in the Graveyard Now - Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

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

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.