American Skiffle Bands

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

101	Raise a Ruckus Tonight	The Mobile Strugglers	03:11
102	Rock Me, Baby	The Mobile Strugglers	02:56
103	My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean	The Mobile Strugglers	03:40
104	Trouble, Trouble's Followed Me All of My Days	The Mobile Strugglers	03:40
105	Interview with Virgil Perkins	Virgil Perkins	01:42
106	Goin around the Mountain	Virgil Perkins and Jack Sims	03:55
107	John Henry	Virgil Perkins and Jack Sims	04:30
201	Harmonica and Guitar Blues	The Memphis Jug Band	03:16
202	Tippin' Round	The Memphis Jug Band	04:44
203	Interview and Solos: A. Old John Booker, You Call That Gone	Gus Cannon	04:13
204	What You Gonna Do, Baby, When Your Troubles Get Like Mine	The Memphis Jug Band	02:41
205	Interview with Will Shade and Charlie Burse	Will Shade and Charlie Burse	02:51
206	Take Your Fingers off It	The Memphis Jug Band	02:57