Jug bands proto-RnB

Memphis and upper Miss. jug bands of late 20s, were another important lead to chicagean RnB/electrifies blues of 40s. Really kinda vaudeville act reaching out to ragtime dancing, their use of drone bass (jug or stove pipe in didgereedoo-style) is pointing towards late 40s Fender'd bass lines of Muddy and Wolf

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwo6HVTacYs whistler's foldin' bed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXcvfgGKIVg whistler's tiger

now, Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers (of 'walk right in' hootennanny fame) are to me j.b. par exellence. Cannot find'em on YT, but I suspect Whistler's J.B. are them. Nice late 30s reconstruction of 'tiger', poss. LoC/Charters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2mvaIsl6FE mjb kc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ove3rtdU9Wc mjb mov'dat'ding

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTriKbYl-pk mjb cc habit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH6ZpWMR2co mjb insane

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY5J2TA11HA mjb stealin'

If Gus Cannon's hardly on YT, Will Shade is. Will's Memphis Jug band, that is. Lasted longer (longest?) of the memphis groups- even incorporating our Joe&Minnie of later Hamfats fame.

'stealin' is of course the Dead song, group starting out as revival jug band in 62 (cannot recall name).

Must admit not having played any J.B. out, as such. But the occational Jim Kweskin Vanguard 7" has surfaced