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The skiffle band—a kind of ensemble that nearly disappeared after the 1920s—uses homemade or inexpensive instruments, including washboards, harmonicas, jugs, washtub basses, kazoos, tin flutes, woodblocks, and slide whistles to play a variety of songs. The recordings featured here were made between 1954 and 1957, and the musicians are mostly older men.

Track Listing

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Raise a Ruckus Tonight The Mobile Strugglers 3:11  
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102
Rock Me, Baby The Mobile Strugglers 2:56  
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103
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean The Mobile Strugglers 3:40  
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Trouble, Trouble Followed Me All of My Days The Mobile Strugglers 3:40  
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Interview with Virgil Perkins Virgil Perkins 1:42  
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106
Goin Around the Mountain, Darlin' Bessie Virgil Perkins and Jack Sims 3:55  
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John Henry Virgil Perkins and Jack Sims 4:30  
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Harmonica and Guitar Blues The Memphis Jug Band 3:16  
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202
Tippin' Round The Memphis Jug Band 4:44  
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203
Interview and Solos: a. Old John Booker, You Call That Gone Gus Cannon 4:13  
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204
What You Gonna Do, Baby, When Your Troubles Get Like Mine The Memphis Jug Band 2:41  
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Interview with Will Shade and Charlie Burse Will Shade and Charlie Burse 2:51  
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Take Your Fingers Off It The Memphis Jug Band 2:57  

Album Info

Catalog Number(s)

FW02610, FA 2610

Year(s) Released

1957

Label/Collection

Folkways Records

Genre(s)

American Folk; Blues

Country(s)

United States

Culture Group(s)

African American

Instrument(s)

Banjo; Guitar; Guitar, Twelve-String; Harmonica; Interjections; Jug; Kazoo; Talking; Vocals; Washboard; Washtub bass; Washtub Bass
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*This album is unavailable for digital download.