Minnie Wallace

She's Memphis Minnie.
I Found An Arcticle From Greenville Ms Dated - September 6 1940.
In This Article Minnie States That She Is The Same MINNIE WALLACE That Lived In Greenville Some 12 Years Earlier. At 500 Ohea Street That She Rented From A Mistah Ehrlich. That Would Make A Date Of Roughly 1928. I Checked The 1930 Census And Found Her At That Location As She Said.
It Shows Her As Being Born In 1911. According To Current WIKI Info Birth Name Lizzie Douglas Born June 3 1897 1897-06-03 Algiers Louisiana United States Died August 6 1973 1973-08-06 Aged 76 Memphis Tennessee United States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Memphis Jug Band
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The Memphis Jug Band Was An American Musical Group Active From The Mid-1920s Through The Late 1950s. 1 The Band Featured Harmonica Kazoo Fiddle And Mandolin Or Banjolin Backed By Guitar Piano Washboard Washtub Bass And Jug. They Played Slow Blues Pop Songs Humorous Songs And Upbeat Dance Numbers With Jazz And String Band Flavors. The Band Made The First Commercial Music Recordings In Memphis And Recorded More Sides Than Any Other Pre-War Jug Band. 2 Memphis Jug Band
Beginning In 1926 Various African-American Musicians In The Memphis Tennessee Area Grouped Around Singer Songwriter Guitarist And Harmonica Player Will Shade Also Known As Son Brimmer Or Sun Brimmer . The Personnel Of This Jug Band Varied From Day To Day With Shade Booking Gigs And Arranging Recording Sessions. The Band Functioned As A Training Ground For Musicians Who Would Go On To Success With Careers Of Their Own. 3 Contents Hide 1 Members
2 Band Name
3 Sound
4 Performances
5 Commercial Recordings
6 Field Recordings
7 Legacy
8 Selected Discography
9 Footnotes
10 References
Members Edit Among The Recorded Members Of The Memphis Jug Band Were At Various Times Will Shade Harmonica Guitar Vocals Charlie Burse Pronounced Bursey Guitar Tenor Guitar Vocals Charlie Nickerson Vocals Piano Charlie Pierce Fiddle Charlie Polk Jug Tewee Blackman Guitar Vocals “Hambone” Lewis Jug Jab Jones Piano Jug Vocals Johnny Hodges/Hardge Piano Ben Ramey Kazoo Vocals Casey Bill Weldon Guitar Vocals Memphis Minnie Guitar Vocals Vol Stevens Vocals Fiddle Mandolin Milton Robie Fiddle Otto Gilmore/Gilmer Drums And Woodblocks And Robert Burse Washboard Drums . Vocals Were Also Provided By Hattie Hart Memphis Minnie Jennie Mae Clayton Shade’s Wife And Minnie Wallace. In The Case Of Memphis Minnie The Memphis Jug Band Accompanied Her On Two Sides For Victor Records Recorded In 1930 During One Of Her First Recording Sessions. 4 Some Members Also Contributed To Gospel Recordings Either Uncredited Or As Part Of The Memphis Sanctified Singers. Their Large Membership Pool Allowed The Memphis Jug Band The Flexibility To Play A Mixture Of Ballads Dance Tunes Knock-About Novelty Numbers And Blues. Band Name Edit The Group Recorded Under Several Names On Various Recording Labels But Today Are Most Often Referred To As The Memphis Jug Band. Alternate Band Names Used In Releases Include The Picaninny Jug Band Memphis Sanctified Singers The Carolina Peanut Boys The Dallas Jug Band The Memphis Sheiks And The Jolly Jug Band. Other Releases Were Credited To The Individual Performers Hattie Hart Minnie Wallace Casey Bill Weldon Charlie Nickerson Vol Stevens Charlie Burse “Poor Jab” Jones And Will Shade But Performed With Accompaniment By Other Memphis Jug Band Members. 5 Sound Edit Part Of The Memphis Jug Band's Remarkable Sound Was Due To The Unusual Instruments. The First Recorded Jug Bands Based In Louisville Kentucky Were Jazz-Oriented Groups With A Jug Taking The Place Of A Tuba Or Trombone. The Memphis Jug Band Borrowed From This Model But Added Kazoo As A Prominent Lead Instrument Similar In Sound To A Trumpet In A Jazz Band. Another Variation From The Louisville Sound Was A Focus On Country Blues Songs Like Those Favored By Jim Jackson And Other Memphis-Area Solo Artists. The Memphis Jug Band Recorded Jackson's Hit Song "Kansas City Blues" Twice During Its Commercial Recording Period And Chose It For Its 1958 "Blues Street" Television Performance. This Is The Basic Jug Band Sound That Was Adopted By Other Memphis-Area Groups Like Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers Jed Davenport's Beale Street Jug Band And Jack Kelly's South Memphis Jug Band. After This Initial Focus On Country Blues The Band's Repertoire Expanded As New Members Contributed Their Own Styles. Songs Led By Charlie "Bozo" Nickerson Like "Everybody's Talking About Sadie Green" And "Cave Man Blues " Were Boisterous And Funny Songs Led By Charlie Burse Like "Little Green Slippers" And "Insane Crazy Blues " Were More Musically Complex And Jazz-Oriented While Songs Led By Charlie Pierce Sounded Like Appalachian Fiddle Tunes Albeit Backed By Impressive Jug Playing And Various Shouted Challenges From His Bandmates. While Will Shade Continued Playing Straightforward Country Blues Songs For The Rest Of His Life He Also Introduced Some Jazz Elements Including Blending Lyrics From Cab Calloway's "Jumpin' Jive" Into His 1962 Field Recording Of "Jump And Jive." Blues Scholar Paul Oliver Noted That The "raspy Buzzing Sound" Of Some Of The Jug Band Instruments Was Close To The Musical Aesthetic Of Africa And He Said The Jug And Kazoo Represented The Voices Of Animals Or Ancestral Spirits. 3 But Many Of The Memphis Jug Band's Influences Are More Readily Apparent In The Various Popular Musical Styles Of Their Time. Performances Edit The Memphis Jug Band Played Wherever They Could Find Engagements And Busked In Local Parks And Markets. They Were Popular Among White As Well As Black Audiences Playing At Country Clubs And Parties At The Peabody Hotel. 6 The Band Was A Favorite Of Former Mayor Edward Hull "Boss" Crump 7 And Was Shown Performing At One Of Crump's Parties In A LIFE Magazine Photo Feature In 1941. Commercial Recordings Edit Between 1927 And 1934 The Memphis Jug Band Made More Than Eighty Commercial Recordings First For Victor Records Then—as The Picaninny Jug Band—for The Champion-Gennett Label And Finally For OKeh Records. The Victor Recordings Were Made In Memphis And Atlanta Georgia Between 1927 And 1930 The Champion-Gennetts In Richmond Indiana In August 1932 While The Final Sessions On Okeh Were Held In Chicago In November 1934. 8 By That Time Their Style Of Music Was No Longer In Demand By Record Companies As Commercial Styles Were Moving Toward A More Urban Sound. However Two Of Their 1920's Recordings Were Included On The Influential 1952 Anthology Of American Folk Music With A Third On The Unreleased Fourth Volume And Their 1928 Recording Of "Stealin' Stealin'" Was Included On The Compilation Album The Country Blues Issued On Folkways Records In 1959. "Stealin' Stealin'" Became One Of The Group's Best Known Songs Especially After The Grateful Dead Recorded It As Its First Single In 1966. The Other Jug Band Song On "The Country Blues" Was Gus Cannon's "Walk Right In " Which Became A Hit For The Rooftop Singers In 1962. Capitalizing On The Success Of That Recording Memphis Label Stax Records Invited Then-79-Year-Old Gus Cannon To Record A Full-Length Album The Following Year. Memphis Jug Band Leader Will Shade Backed Cannon On Jug With Former Member Milton Roby On Washboard. Field Recordings Edit During The 1950s Folk Revival Will Shade Became The Subject Of Several Field Recordings While His Ongoing Performing Activity And Accessible Location In Memphis Made Him A Popular Starting Point For Scholars Seeking Other Musicians In The Area. Shade Would Often Gather Other Musicians To His Apartment At Fourth And Beale For Informal Recording Sessions Featuring Former Musical Rivals Including His Former Romantic Rival Furry Lewis 9 Playing Together In Different Combinations. Shade Continued Using The Name Memphis Jug Band Even For Recordings Consisting Only Of Him And One Or Two Other Members. Shade's Wife Jennie Mae Clayton Who Sang On Some Of The Earliest Memphis Jug Band Recordings Bookended The Band's Career By Singing On Some Of These Final Field Recordings. The Following Is A List Of Commercially Available Field Recordings From This Period American Skiffle Bands Recorded 1957 Reissued 2012 3 Songs And 1 Interview
Alan Lomax Blues Songbook Recorded 1959 Reissued 2003 1 Song
Conversation With The Blues Recorded 1960 Reissued 1997 1 Interview
Tennessee Recordings From The George Mitchell Collection Recorded 1962 Reissued 2006 7 Songs
I Blueskvarter 1964 Volume Three Recorded 1964 Reissued 2004 2 Songs
Legacy Edit The Memphis Jug Band Was Key In Developing The Jug Band Format Which Evolved Into The Blues Combo That Is The Basis Of Much Of The Popular Music Of Today. However Their Legacy Like That Of Other Acoustic Blues Musicians Of Their Era Has Been Largely Overshadowed By The Electric Blues Musicians Of The 1950s. Modern Jug Bands Still Play Many Memphis Jug Band Songs But Generally The Only Songs Recognizable To A Wider Audience Are Those That Were Covered By Rock Groups In The 1960s. The Memphis Jug Band Was Awarded A Brass Note On The Beale Street "Walk Of Fame" In 2009 And Was Among The First Set Of Inductees Into The Jug Band Hall Of Fame An Informal Website Run By Jug Band Musicians In 2010. read less