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66. BOB LEE JUNIOR BLUES BY THE MEMPHIS JUG BAND, 1927 REMIX: LUKE FOWLER, BOB LEE JUNIOR BLUES, 2007 The Memphis Jug Band was the earliest jug band in Memphis. The only part of Tennessee excepted by the 1909 ban on alcohol sales, musicians gravitated towards the city and number of jug bands entertained at all-night parties. Fowler was directly inspired by the idea of the appropriation of the jug for musical purposes. He looked for similar musical vessels in nature and amongst found objects, and photographed himself playing these vessels by blowing across their openings. His image also features the lines “Can’t sleep dreaming, can’t wake crying” from the song itself. Glasgow based Luke Fowler works with films, sound and photography, which deals with a deconstruction of traditional documentary forms in many mediums. He runs the record label Shadazz and plays in the bands Lied Music and Rude Pravo. www.themoderninstitute.com |
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