The Best of Cannon's Jug Stompers

by Cannon's Jug Stompers

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  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1 January 2001
  • Label: Yazoo
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:08:59
  • Community rating: 4.05/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Richard Nevins, Don Kent

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'The Best of Cannon's Jug Stompers' gathers 23 tracks from the Victor sessions Gus Cannon's band recorded between 1928 and 1930, with Cannon on banjo and jug alongside harmonica player Noah Lewis. It includes 'Walk Right In', later a number one hit for the Rooftop Singers, and 'Viola Lee Blues' and 'Minglewood Blues', both absorbed into the Grateful Dead's repertoire.

Genres

Descriptors: bluesy, acoustic, traditional, rhythmic, male-vocals

Tracklist

  1. Feather Bed (3:15)
  2. Last Chance Blues (3:16)
  3. Big Railroad Blues (3:18)
  4. Going To Germany (2:34)
  5. Minglewood Blues (3:40)
  6. Mule Get Up In The Alley (2:49)
  7. Viola Lee Blues (3:10)
  8. Walk Right In (2:56)
  9. Noah's Blues (2:56)
  10. Wolf River Blues (2:38)
  11. Riley's Wagon (3:01)
  12. Madison Street Rag (3:14)
  13. Bring It With You When You Come (2:45)
  14. The Rooster's Crowing Blues (3:00)
  15. Pig Ankle (3:07)
  16. Money Never Runs Out (2:48)
  17. Heart Breakin' Blues (3:06)
  18. Springdale Blues (3:08)
  19. Jonestown Blues (2:50)
  20. Prison Wall Blues (2:36)
  21. Ripley Blues (3:05)
  22. Tired Chicken Blues (2:53)
  23. Pretty Mama Blues (2:43)

Credits

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