Viola Lee Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
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Viola Lee Blues played by Cannon's Jug Stompers
Recording date: September 20, 1928
Recording place: Memphis, Tennessee
Duration: 3:12
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From archive.org (http://www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?collection=opensource_audio&collectionid=Viola)
- Recorded on September 20, 1928 presumably in Memphis. The lineup is the same as on "Minglewood Blues," only Noah Lewis sings. The line "ain't got a jail sentence, you must be Nashville bound," refers to the common practice in the South at that time of sometimes not sentencing black men who were arrested for certain crimes. Rather, they would often be sent to places where they had to work very hard, which was often worse than a jail sentence.
