Picaninny Jug Band

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The Picaninny Jug Band, is one of the many Memphis Jug Band aliases, The attributed names of the group led by Shade on various recording labels vary quite a bit, but recent scholarly consensus has led writers to compile all of these works under the over-arching rubric of the Memphis Jug Band. In addition to that name, alternative names found on record labels include the Picaninny Jug Band, Memphis Sanctified Singers, the Carolina Peanut Boys, the Dallas Jug Band, the Memphis Sheiks, the Jolly Jug Band and recordings credited to the individual performers Hattie Hart, Minnie Wallace, Casey Bill Weldon, Charlie Nickerson, Vol Stevens, Charlie Burse, “Poor Jab” Jones, and Will Shade, but actually performed with accompaniment by other Memphis Jug Band members. Among the recorded members were (at various times) Will Shade (vocals, guitar, harmonica), Charlie Burse (pronounced Bursey) (guitar, mandolin, and vocals), Charlie Nickerson (piano and vocals), Charlie Pierce (violin), Charlie Polk (jug), Tewee Blackman (vocals, guitar), “Hambone” Lewis (jug), Jab Jones (jug, piano, vocals ), Johnny Hodges/Hardge (piano), Ben Ramey (vocals and kazoo), Casey Bill Weldon (guitar and vocals), Memphis Minnie (guitar and vocals), Vol Stevens (vocals, violin, and mandolin), Milton Robie (violin), Otto Gilmore/Gilmer (drums and woodblocks), and Robert Burse (drums). Vocals were also provided by Hattie Hart, Memphis Minnie, Jennie Mae Clayton (Shade’s wife), and Minnie Wallace, with Charlie Bur

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Memphis Jug Band (1932-1934)

Bottle It up and Go

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Memphis Blues - 100 Vintage Tracks

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Rough Guide To Jug Band Blues

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Memphis Shakedown Disc B

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Out There 2 : Wild & Wondrous Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll

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Out There: Wild & Wondrous Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll Volume Two

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1932-1934

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The Rough Guide to Jug Band Blues

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The Rough Guide To Jug Band Blues (Reborn And Remastered)

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Memphis Shakedown

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Memphis Shakedown - More Jug Band Classics [Disc 2]

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