Foldin' Bed - Whistler & His Jug Band ca. 1930

[OhGreek73]

THIS is real.. no other way I can describe it... sublime.. thank you for sharing this.

[NoRosesForMe]

Love this. Love the real stuff. Thank you for this ~Peace ♥

[carolyn7899]

love this!!!!...

[Humaneering]

well in chaps very inventiv bless all from robotruss

[OriginalRitz]

i want that guitar!

[NoRosesForMe]

Haha! A weirdo video this is not! Wow,,,,,this is another one Ive caught a glimpse of in a documentary but wanted to see all this for so long. Thank you and keep postin! .

[stargate121]

Let's see Diddy do THAT!

[moomeraver]

These are the real Juggalos.

[Ernesto6957]

un peu de bonne humeur avec pas grand chose

[milascave]

Good visual and sound quality, too.

[harrykasior]

bravo, j'aime ce que vous faites

continuez

Ray

[bloozmonkey111]

This is great! Thanks for posting!

[uplanes]

Incrivel!!! show de Blues!

I love blues...

[handonrip]

i love the banjo...juggs.....and top hats....lol simpler times.......these guys werent gettin into trouble at least....sighhhhhhhh

[Fretkillr]

Nice jugs!

[musician4]

a knighthood will be arranged for you

[theinfideluk]

LOL!

[williestratton]

aw man, wish i could've been there!

[GrEmLiN76X]

In the right light the banjo player looks a lot like Danny Glover.

Excellent playing and great history!

[BSWhimsy]

Magnificent. I get chills every time.

[Jordog05]

Incredible! Who filmed this?? This is music when people knew what it was for....

[KYIRISH1]

I remember there used to be a bunch of these jug bands around Louisville back in the 40's and 50's. (I wasn't old enough to appreciate them in the 30's.) Around Derbytime they'd all be out, playing downtown on or around Fourth & Broadway, on Walnut, or at private partys, both for black and white folks. Some of those guys were real pieces of work as well as showmen. Fun to watch and listen to. IMO the old guys were way better than the ones trying to play jug today.

[imprettystoned]

Never saw a real jug-band before. Very fucking cool.

[suprovalco]

check out my page for new videos of robert crumb playing mandolin with my band.

[MrBrindleStyle]

OKAY

[SoneCredible]

HHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHA­AA!!!

is this very oldschool rap!!!

[Lefaysen]

Cooooollll!!!!!

[SyberkaPL]

My new friends :)

[jesusknowskungfu]

50 Cents grandad

[JosephNScott]

Sara Martin and her Jug Band (all Kentuckians also) recorded slightly earlier than Whistler and his Jug Band did.

[rustycuyler]

It's a wonderful thing you've done to post these, many thanks. Most folks don't understand how a jug is played, and this footage shows the technique. As a modern jug player, getting the audience to see that it's like playing a brass instrument without a mouthpiece is tough. Everybody thinks blowing across the opening make sounds. That ain't how it works. Buford Threlkeld (Whistler) is the leader here, but the heavy lifting is done by those 3 guys blowin' hard, and nobody knows who they were.

[ManilaSyndicate]

"Buford Threlkeld (Whistler) is the leader here, but the heavy lifting is done by those 3 guys blowin' hard, and nobody knows who they were."

True, and that's what makes it moving and poignant.

[bobnweave9]

let's hope that, with postings like this, descendants see their family members and identify them for us.

[haleyfan]

The Blues at it's finest, no doubt.

[JosephNScott]

"The Blues at it's finest, no doubt." Well, it's not a blues really, it's a rag. Whistler was already about 18 years old when blues songs became a fad, and he knew other kinds of songs.

[ManilaSyndicate]

Wow, *shakes head in wonder*, you can never get enough of Roots Music, especially one as old and as good as this.

[Steadno]

Nice...History is great!

[dissentionburn]

always excellent work! i take it this is a traditional? sounds damn near identical to OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW...

[JosephNScott]

"i take it this is a traditional?" Yeah, it was a rag known to many street bands, sometimes as "Tear It Down" or "Bed Slats." If you go home about four a.m., peep, and catch another mule in your stall, it's time to tear the stall down.

[Murfmensch]

You've done it again. Your whole collection is outstanding.