Memphis Jug Band - He’s In The Jailhouse Now (1930)

The Memphis Jug Band was an American musical group in the late 1920s and early to mid band featured harmonicas, violins, mandolins, banjos, and guitars, backed by washboards, kazoo, and jugs blown to supply the bass; they played in a variety of musical styles. The band recorded almost a hundred 1927 and 1934 various African-American musicians in the Memphis, Tennessee area grouped around singer, songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player Will Shade (also known as Son Brimmer or Sun
Back to Top