He's in the Jailhouse Now

• Artist: Memphis Jug Band
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• Release Date: November 06, 2003
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Blues

Review

The prototype jug band, Will Shade's Memphis Jug Band mapped out a street-corner litany of blues, rags, and pop standards from the late '20s through the mid-'30s, recording some 60 sides for Victor Records, including the stately (for a jug band) "K.C. Moan" and the iconic "Sun Brimmers Blues." Both of these are collected on this 25-track introduction to the band, which also included Will Weldon, Hattie Hart, Charlie Polk, Walter Horton, Furry Lewis, Casey Bill Weldon, and Vol Stevens as members at one time or another. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Newport News -- Blues		Memphis Jug Band	(3:10)
Sun Brimmers Blues		Memphis Jug Band	(3:24)
Sometimes I Think I Love You		Memphis Jug Band	(3:05)
Kansas City Blues		Memphis Jug Band	(2:55)
Beale Street Mess Around	Vol Stevens	Memphis Jug Band	(3:04)
Coal Oil Blues	Vol Stevens	Memphis Jug Band	(3:31)
On the Road Again	Jab Jones	Memphis Jug Band	(2:49)
Lindberg Hop	Jab Jones	Memphis Jug Band	(2:50)
Jug Band Waltz		Memphis Jug Band	(2:49)
Stealin' Stealin'		Memphis Jug Band	(2:57)
I Can't Stand It	Traditional	Memphis Jug Band	(2:20)
I Can Beat You Plenty		Memphis Jug Band	(3:00)
K.C. Moan	Tewee Blackman	Memphis Jug Band	(2:32)
Memphis Yo Yo Blues		Memphis Jug Band	(2:50)
Cocaine Habit Blues	Traditional	Memphis Jug Band	(2:48)
Fourth Street Mess Around		Memphis Jug Band	(3:17)
Bumble Bee Blues		Memphis Jug Band	(2:54)
Going Back to Memphis		Memphis Jug Band	(2:24)
Spider's Nest Blues		Memphis Jug Band	(3:06)
He's in the Jailhouse Now	Traditional	Memphis Jug Band	(3:12)
Move That Thing		Memphis Jug Band	(3:08)
Gator Wobble		Memphis Jug Band	(2:46)
Jazzbo Stomp		Memphis Jug Band	(2:54)
Mary Anna Cut Off		Memphis Jug Band	(3:12)
Jug Band Quartette		Memphis Jug Band	(3:05)

Credits

Memphis Minnie (Guitar), Ben Ramey (Vocals), Charlie Pierce (Violin), Charlie Burse (Mandoline), Milton Roby (Violin), Ben Ramey (Spoken Word), Will Weldon (Vocals), Jab Jones (Vocals), Charlie Burse (Guitar), Tony Russell (Liner Notes), Jab Jones (Jug), Will Weldon (Spoken Word), Charlie "Bozo" Nickerson (Spoken Word), Will Weldon (Guitar), Robert Burse (Percussion), Charlie Burse (Spoken Word), Little Laura Dukes (Mandoline), Jab Jones (Piano), Memphis Minnie (Vocals), Charlie Polk (Jug), Will Weldon (Mandoline), Charlie "Bozo" Nickerson (Vocals), Milton Roby (Vocals), Hambone Lewis (Jug), Ben Ramey (Kazoo), Hattie Hart (Vocals), Charlie Burse (Vocals)