The Essential

Compilation by Memphis Jug Band

Released 2001

Tracklist

  • CD 1
  • 1
    Son Brimmers Blues
  • 2
    Newport News Blues
  • 3
    Stealin' Stealin'
    5.0 ★
  • 4
    Bumble Bee Blues
  • 5
    Peaches in the Springtime
  • 6
    On the Road Again
    5.0 ★
  • 7
    K.C. Moan
    4.0 ★
  • 8
    I'll See You in the Spring When the Birds Begin to Sing
  • 9
    You Got Me Rollin'
  • 10
    The Old Folks Started It
  • 11
    Cocaine Habit Blues
    5.0 ★
  • 12
    You May Leave but This Will Bring You Back
  • 13
    Going Back to Memphis
  • 14
    My Business Ain't Right
  • 15
    Sometimes I Think I Love You
    5.0 ★
  • 16
    Whitewash Station Blues
    5.0 ★
  • 17
    State of Tennessee Blues
  • 18
    Kansas City Blues
  • CD 2
  • 1
    A Black Woman Is Like A Black Snake
    2:48
  • 2
    Meningitis Blues
    3:12
  • 3
    Got A Letter From My Darling
    3:00
  • 4
    Coal Oil Blues
    3:28
  • 5
    Memphis Boy Blues
    2:56
    5.0 ★
  • 6
    Jug Band Waltz
    2:50
  • 7
    I Can Beat You Plenty
    3:01
  • 8
    He's In The Jailhouse Now
    3:12
  • 9
    Jug Band Quartette
    3:09
  • 10
    She Done Sold Out
    2:51
  • 11
    Jazzbo Stomp
    2:55
  • 12
    Gator Wobble
    2:47
    5.0 ★
  • 13
    Lindberg Hop
    2:19
  • 14
    I Whipped My Woman With A Single Tree
    3:06
  • 15
    Move That Thing
    3:09
  • 16
    Papa's Got Your Bath Water On
    2:31
  • 17
    Everybody's Talking 'Bout Sadie Green
    3:08
    5.0 ★
  • 18
    Beale St. Mess Around
    3:00
    5.0 ★

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Release credits

  • kazoo [1.1-3, 1.5-8, 1.11, 1.13, 1.15, 1.17-18, 2.1, 2.3-7, 2.13-14, 2.16-18], vocal [1.5-7, 1.9, 1.11-12, 1.18, 2.5, 2.15]
  • banjolin [17], guitar [1.3-4, 1.6-7, 1.9-13, 1.16, 2.1-3, 2.6-10, 2.13-16], lead vocals [10], mandolin [14], spoken vocals [12], vocal [1.6-7, 1.16, 2.1, 2.9]
  • violin [2.9-10, 2.12, 1.14]
  • jug [1.1-2, 1.5, 1.8, 1.15, 2.4-5]
  • lead vocals [17], piano [14], vocal [2.3, 2.8, 2.15, 1.9, 1.12-13]
  • jug [2.2, 2.16-17, 1.4, 1.11, 1.13]
  • lead vocals [11], vocal [16]
  • jug [2.6-10, 2.13-14, 1.3, 1.6-7, 1.10, 1.14, 1.16], lead vocals [1.16, 2.13], piano [12], vocal [3]
  • vocal [17]
  • mandolin [12]
  • guitar [1.4, 2.2], vocal [1.4, 2.2]
  • violin [2.7, 1.10]
  • vocal [10]
  • drums (drum set) [10], percussion [1.14, 2.9], washboard [12]
  • guitar [7], lead vocals [7]
  • banjolin [2.8, 2.13, 1.5, 1.16-17], guitar [2.4, 2.6, 2.18, 1.3, 1.8, 1.18], vocal [2.4, 2.18, 1.8]
  • guitar [1.2, 1.6, 1.13-15, 1.17, 2.1, 2.5, 2.9-10, 2.12-13, 2.17], harmonica [1.1, 1.3-4, 1.7, 1.9-12, 1.15-16, 1.18, 2.2-4, 2.6-8, 2.12, 2.15-16, 2.18], lead vocals [14], other vocals [14], vocal [2.1, 2.5, 2.9-10, 2.16-17, 1.2, 1.5-7, 1.15-18]
  • background vocals [13], guitar [2.4-5, 2.18, 1.1-2, 1.5, 1.8, 1.15, 1.17-18], mandolin [2.15, 1.9, 1.12], other vocals [15], vocal [1.1, 1.5, 1.18, 2.5]
  • harmonica [2.5, 1.6], jug [1.9, 1.12, 2.3, 2.15]

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