Clifford Hayes

• Active: '20s, '30s
• Genres: Blues
• Instrument: Violin
• Representative Albums: "Clifford Hayes & the Louisville Jug Bands, Vol. 2," "Dixieland Jug Blowers," "Clifford Hayes & the Louisville Jug Bands, Vol. 4"
• Representative Songs: "Dance Hall Shuffle," "Blue Guitar Stomp," "Barefoot Stomp"

Biography

A shadowy figure in jazz and blues history, Clifford Hayes was a violinist, but was more significant as a leader of recording sessions. He recorded with Sara Martin (1924), and often teamed up with banjoist Cal Smith in early jug bands including the Old Southern Jug Band, Clifford's Louisville Jug Band, the well-known Dixieland Jug Blowers (1926-1927), and Hayes' Louisville Stompers (1927-1929). One of the Dixieland Jug Blowers' sessions featured the great clarinetist Johnny Dodds, while pianist Earl Hines was a surprise star with the otherwise primitive Louisville Stompers (a jug-less group with a front line of Hayes' violin and Hense Grundy's trombone). Clifford Hayes' last recordings were in 1931, and all of his sessions (plus those of some other jug bands) are available on four RST CDs. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Frog Hop Buy this CD	Louisville Stomp Buy this CD	Clifford Hayes & the Louisville Jug Bands, Vol. 1 Buy this CD	Clifford Hayes & the Louisville Jug Bands, Vol. 2 Buy this CD	Clifford Hayes & the Louisville Jug Bands, Vol. 3 Buy this CD
Clifford Hayes & the Louisville Jug Bands, Vol. 4 Buy this CD	Dixieland Jug Blowers Buy this CD