Dixieland Jug Blowers

Dixieland Jug Blowers

ASIN: B00008G2CD

Track Listings

1. Please Don't Holler, Mama

2. Try and Treat Her Right

3. You're Ticklin' Me [Take 1]

4. Love Blues

5. Blue Guitar Stomp

6. If You Can't Make It Easy, Sweet Mama

7. National Blues [Take 3]

8. Barefoot Stomp

9. Bye Bye Blues

10. Hey! Am I Blue?

11. Clef Club Stomp

12. Dance Hall Shuffle

13. You'd Better Leave Me Alone, Sweet Papa

14. Everybody Wants My Tootelum

Tracks:

Please Don't Holler Mama
Try And Treat Her Right
You're Ticklin' Me (Take 1)
Love Blues
Blue Guitar Stomp
If You Can't Make It Easy, Sweet Mama
National Blues (Take 3)
Barefoot Stomp
Bye Bye Blues
Hey! I Am Blue
Clef Club Stomp
Dance Hall Shuffle
You'd Better Leave Me Alone, Sweet Papa
Everybody Wants My Tootelum

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Clifford Hayes came from a musical family that performed together as a string band in Barren County, Kentucky, before moving to Louisville's hot music scene around 1912, when Clifford was 17. Local jug master Earl McDonald hired the youth to play fiddle with his Louisville Jug Band, and soon the group was playing major engagements in New York City and Chicago. His glimpse of the big time and exposure to the exploding jazz scene fired Hayes's fantasies of fame and fortune far beyond his role as country fiddler in a jug band. Tall, handsome, and charming, Hayes became a notorious swindler, which led to his breakup with McDonald until their reunion with the Dixieland Jug Blowers, a supergroup formed by record-company suits. These unique performances transcend the typical skiffle riffs of most street bands with a jazz-tinged sense of style, particularly when Earl Hines sits in on "Everybody Wants My Tootelum." --Alan Greenberg

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Boodle-Am Boodle-Am Boo!

Louisville Stomp
The Dixieland Jug Blowers
Manufacturer: Frog UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000007SEB
Release Date: 1998-06-23

Tracks:

Boodle-Am Shake-1
Boodle-Am Shake-2
Florida Blues
Don't Give All The Lard Away
Banjoreno
Skip, Scat, Doodle-Do
Louisville Stomp
House Rent Rag
Memphis Shake
Carpet Alley-Breakdown-1
Carpet Alley-Breakdown-2
Hen Party Blues-1
Hen Party Blues-2
National Blues-2
National Blues-3
Southern Shout-2
Southern Shout-3
Garden Of Joy Blues
You'd Better Leave Me Alone, Sweet Papa
Only Mother Cares For Me
Love Blues
I Never Did Want You
If You Can't Make It Easy, Get A Job And Go To Work-1
If You Can't Make It Easy, Get A Job And Go To Work-2
When I Stopped Runnin' I Was At Home

Customer Reviews:

Boodle-Am Boodle-Am Boo!.......2006-02-21

Don't let the amateurish look of the packaging discourage you--this is one great CD! It collects all the extant issued recordings and alternates by the Dixieland Jug Blowers--a studio group that recorded for Victor on a couple sessions in 1926 and 1927. This is hot jazz mixed with old-time country music. As the name of the group suggests, the star attraction here is the empty gallon stone jug played to perfection by jug virtuoso Henry Clifford. Despite its wheezy fart-like sounds, it's actually a difficult instrument to master, and Clifford really goes to town with it (working in a few short solo breaks here and there to great effect!). Jazz fans will be interested to know that clarinestist Johnny Dodds is featured on tracks 8-13. The sound quality is fantastic--all tracks were transferred and restored by legendary engineer John R. T. Davies. These tracks have never sounded better! A few label scans, photos, or additional notes (there are onyl three panels' worth) would have been appreciated, but this is not a major flaw. The music's the thing here, and it's just great. Forget "high-brow" music for the moment--this is about as "low-brow" as it gets, but it will have you smiling and tapping your foot, and that's what's important. This isn't one of those discs I put on and listen to from start to end, but I pull it out from time to time and get a real thrill from five or six cuts before putting it away again. Fun stuff! Recommended!

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