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Jug Band Millionaire

by The Muddy Basin Ramblers

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    It's a CD; it's a book! CD comes packaged within a beautifully printed, 7" x 7" card-bound, 33-page booklet with song notes and tidbits on jug band history, sheet music for select songs, hand-drawn illustrations, and other visual amusements. In English with translation into traditional Mandarin. The book and CD package's vintage-style design was inspired by artwork from early 20th century sheet music, and was lovingly created by our ace friends at Onion Design Associates. For traditional paper-printing enthusiasts, the CD pocket is letterpress-printed.

    The album comes with a bonus track: our rock-steady rendition of the 1930s Taiwanese folk classic 四季紅 (Four Seasons of Red), with special guest Lo Sirong on vocals.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Jug Band Millionaire via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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1.
Washboard Cut Out 02:57
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2.
Sun Brimmer's Blues 03:32
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3.
Boodle Am Shake 03:12
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4.
Deep Elem Blues 03:44
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5.
Blue Guitar Stomp 03:12
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6.
Lord, Got Tomatoes 03:26
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7.
Banjoreno 03:16
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8.
Rock Island Line 02:07
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9.
Sparrow Blues (For Sleepy John) 03:23
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10.
Jazz It Blues 02:52
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11.
Breeze, Blow My Baby Back to Me 02:55
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12.
Interlude (The Bluegrass Oligarchy) 00:18
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13.
Jug Band Millionaire '23 03:51
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14.
Too Long 03:23
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about

For this 2024 release, the Ramblers return to their roots and offer tribute to the "Jug Band Millionaires" who left this world a unique conduit to musical joy and down-home wisdom. We play songs by (or in the style of) blues troubadours Will Shade, Sleepy John Estes and early-20th-century jazz mavens like Clarence Williams and Earl McDonald and the Dixieland Jug Blowers. Also, since we live on an island, we give musical shout-outs to ocean-bound artists like Bahamian singer/banjoist Blind Blake Alfonso and 1930s Taiwanese pop composer Teng Yu-hsien (see bonus track). Get the CD+Book and play along! Sheet music is included for select tunes, along with beautiful vintage-inspired artwork, illustrations, and informative historical notes.

credits

released February 2, 2024

Song Credits
1. Washboard Cut-Out (Leecan and Cooksey)
2. Sun Brimmer's Blues (Will Shade)
3. Boodle Am Shake (Palmer and Williams)
4. Deep Elem Blues (Trad.)
5. Blue Guitar Stomp (Cal Smith)
6. Lord, Got Tomatoes (Trad./Blake Alfonso Higgs)
7. Banjoreno (Henry Clifford)
8. Rock Island Line (Trad.)
9. Sparrow Blues (for Sleepy John) (David Chen)
10. Jazz It Blues (Thomas Delaney)
11. Breeze, Blow My Baby Back to Me (Hanley, Goodwin, and McDonald)
12. Interlude (The Bluegrass Oligarchy) (GW Thelin)
13. Jug Band Millionaire '23 (Trad./David Chen)
14. Too Long (Walter Vinson)

*Bonus Track: 15. Four Seasons of Red (Teng Yu-hsien, Lee Lim-Chiu)

All songs arranged by the Muddy Basin Ramblers
Produced by David Chen
Recorded in Taipei. Formosa, March-June 2023, by Andy Baker at Yucheng Recording Studio and Yihung Liu at various locations
Mastered by JJ Golden

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The Muddy Basin Ramblers Taipei, Taiwan

Hello! We're Formosa's Favorite Hepcats, playing jug band, blues, string band and swing jazz...and original music inspired by all of the above. Founded in 2003 by US/UK expats living in Taipei,Taiwan. 大家好！我們是泥灘地浪人！

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