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One of the definitive jug bands of the '20s and early '30s, this seminal group was comprised of Will Shade, Will Weldon, <a href="spotify:artist:5R3BFXSHdX91rLfTBQqpKU">Hattie Hart</a>, Charlie Polk, <a href="spotify:artist:7ApWhtmpJkPyd5WjwDdDfX">Walter Horton</a>, and others, in various configurations. Guitarist/harpist Will Shade formed the Memphis Jug Band in the Beale Street section of Memphis in the mid-'20s. A few years after their formation, Shade signed a contract with <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Victor+Records%22">Victor Records</a> in 1927. Over the next seven years, Shade and the Memphis Jug Band recorded nearly 60 songs for the record label. During this time, a number of musicians passed through the group, including <a href="spotify:artist:7ApWhtmpJkPyd5WjwDdDfX">Big Walter Horton</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:66SiMdpsWXE23qqX0JaWg9">Furry Lewis</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:65DrfMsqDV0FYVyuu372EA">Casey Bill Weldon</a>. Throughout all of the various lineup incarnations, Shade provided direction for the group. The Memphis Jug Band played a freewheeling mixture of blues, ragtime, vaudeville, folk, and jazz, which was all delivered with good-time humor. That loose spirit kept the group and its records popular throughout the early '30s. Although the group's popularity dipped sharply in the mid-'30s, Will Shade continued to lead the group in various incarnations until his death in 1966. ~ Cub Koda, Rovi
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