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SWR2 MANUSKRIPT ESSAYS FEATURES KOMMENTARE VORTRÄGE __________________________________________________________________________ SWR2 MusikGlobal Mit Waschbrett und Besenstiel-Baß Jug-Bands und Skiffle-Gruppen Von Christoph Wagner Sendung: Dienstag, 10. April 2018, 23.03 Uhr Redaktion: Anette Sidhu-Ingenhoff Produktion: SWR 2018 __________________________________________________________________________ Bitte beachten Sie: Das Manuskript ist ausschließlich zum persönlichen, privaten Gebrauch bestimmt. Jede weitere Vervielfältigung und Verbreitung bedarf der ausdrücklichen Genehmigung des Urhebers bzw. des SWR. __________________________________________________________________________ Service: SWR2 MusikGlobal können Sie auch als Live-Stream hören im SWR2 Webradio unter www.swr2.de __________________________________________________________________________ Kennen Sie schon das Serviceangebot des Kulturradios SWR2? Mit der kostenlosen SWR2 Kulturkarte können Sie zu ermäßigten Eintrittspreisen Veranstaltungen des SWR2 und seiner vielen Kulturpartner im Sendegebiet besuchen. Mit dem Infoheft SWR2 Kulturservice sind Sie stets über SWR2 und die zahlreichen Veranstaltungen im SWR2-Kulturpartner-Netz informiert. Jetzt anmelden unter 07221/300 200 oder swr2.de 1. Musik Kompon.: Memphis Jug Band Titel: Jug Band Music Interpret: Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band CD: Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band – Greatest Hits Label:Vanguard Records Bestellnr.: 13/14-2 1. Track Dauer: bei 0:07 Ansage Heute: Mit Waschbrett und Besenstiel-Baß: Jug-Bands und Skiffle-Gruppen von Christoph Wagner 1. Musik (Fortsetzung) Kompon.: Memphis Jug Band Titel: Jug Band Music Interpret: Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band Dauer: kurz hochziehen, dann unter nachfolgende Mod legen Schwarze Bluessänger mit Gitarre und weiße Hillbillies mit Fiddle und Banjo, dazu Blasorchester, Jazzkapellen und Gospelchöre – so sah die musikalische Landschaft des amerikanischen Südens Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts aus. Dazu kamen die Jugbands und Waschbrett-Gruppen, die bei Tanzveranstaltungen und Grillfesten für ausgelassene Stimmung sorgten und in Kneipen und Spelunken für wilde Unterhaltung, auch dafür, dass der Alkohol floß – in Strömen! 1. Musik (Fortsetzung) Kompon.: Memphis Jug Band Titel: Jug Band Music Interpret: Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band Dauer: bis Ende spielen (3:18) Jugbands und Waschbrett-Combos waren aus der materiellen Not entstanden. Das billige, oftmals selbstgebaute Instrumentarium eröffnete den unteren Gesellschaftsschichten den Zugang zur Musik. Dazu kam eine einfache Songstruktur, die selbst Anfängern das Mitmachen ermöglichte, aber auch Virtuosen Möglichkeiten zur Entfaltung bot. Snobs nannten deshalb die „Jug Band Music“ abschätzig: „Jazz für Arme“. 2. Musik Kompon.: Trad. Titel: Jug Band Special Interpret: Whistler’s Jug Band CD: Ruckus Juice & Chittlins – The Great Jug Bands Vol. 2 Label: Yazoo Bestellnr.: 2033 19. Track Dauer: 3:09 Das Merkmal, das herausstach und den Jug Bands letztlich den Namen gab, war das außergewöhnliche Instrumentarium, wobei vor allem der Jug auffiel. Bei diesem Klangerzeuger handelte es sich um einen bauchiger Flaschenkrug aus Ton mit 2 kurzem Hals, auf dem der Baß geblasen wurde – richtiger: gesummt, was einen kräftigen, aufgerauhten Ton ergab, der dem einer Tuba ähnelte. Andere Gebrauchsgegenstände, die musikalisiert wurden, waren Glocken, Teekessel und das Waschbrett, auf dem komplexe Rhythmen mit Münzen oder zwei Gabeln geschlagen oder gerieben werden konnten. Aus einem rostigen Blechzuber, einem alten Besenstiel und einem dicken Draht wurde ein einsaitiger Zupfbass gebastelt. Eine Zigarrenkiste bot sich zum Bau einer Ukulele an und aus Zuckerrohr ließ sich eine Art Panflöte schnitzen, die Quills genannt wurde. Dazu kamen billige Banjos, Gitarren, Mundharmonikas, Mandolinen und Kazoos, die durch Versandhäuser den Weg selbst ins abgelegenste Hinterland fanden. Zwischen solchen Musikgruppen mit Instrumenten der Marke Eigenbau und primitiven Stringbands oder Jazzkapellen gab es kaum einen Unterschied. 3. Musik Kompon.: Jed Davenport Titel: Piccolo Blues Interpret: Jed Davenport & His Beal Street Jug Band CD: Ruckus Juice & Chittlins – The Great Jug Bands Vol. 2 Label: Yazoo Bestellnr.: 2033 22. Track Dauer: 1:47 Die meisten Jugbands zeichneten sich durch einen lebhaften Sound aus, der rustikal und ungeschliffen daherkam und einen schwungvollen Rhythmus besaß. Sie brachten alte Folksongs zur Aufführung, populäre Bluesnummern, Ragtime-Titel und Country-Dance-Melodien. Ja selbst Stücke aus dem Programm der Minstrelshows und bekannte Walzermelodien wurden herangezogen. Jugbands war auf dem Land aktiv. Doch auch in den Städten ertönte ihr Sound, weil dort die Chancen größer waren, an den Wochenenden einen Auftritt zu ergattern. Und während der Woche konnte man auf öffentlichen Plätzen, an Straßenecken oder vor Fabriktoren für das Kleingeld der Passanten spielen. 4. Musik Kompon.: Prairie Ramblers Titel: Jug Rag Interpret: Prairie Ramblers CD: Ruckus Juice & Chittlins – The Great Jug Bands Vol. 2 Label: Yazoo Bestellnr.: 2033 23. Track Dauer: 2:52 Traditionsgemäß waren die amerikanischen Binnenhäfen wie Cincinnati, St. Louis oder Memphis am Mississippi Wimmelplätze des Unterhaltungsgewerbes. Flußschiffer, Hafenarbeiter und Handlanger, die auf Kähnen arbeiteten, hauten an ihrem freien Tag auf den Putz, weshalb es in den Hafenvierteln vor Spielern, Prostituierten und Gaunern nur so wimmelte. Solch zwielichtige Gestalten waren darauf aus, den Bootsleuten das Geld aus der Tasche zu ziehen. 3 Oft waren diese Städte auch Knotenpunkte bzw. Endstationen von Eisenbahnstrecken, wo Zugbegleiterteams einen Tag lang Rast einlegten, und Landstreicher, Hobos und Vagabunden sich trafen. Kein Wunder, dass dort Tanz- und Vergnügungshallen florierten und es in Kneipen und Kaschemmen hoch herging. In Memphis, Tennessee war die Beale Street die Lastenmeile, wo ein Etablissement neben dem anderen lag und die Vergnügungssüchtigen willkommen hieß. Musikgruppen mußten genügend Lärm machen, um die Kundschaft anzulocken. 5. Musik Kompon.: Will Shade, Jenny Shade Titel: He’s in the jailhouse now Interpret: Memphis Jug Band CD: Ruckus Juice & Chittlins – The Great Jug Bands Vol. 2 Label: Yazoo Bestellnr.: 2033 14. Track Dauer: 1:02 6. Musik Kompon.: Will Shade, Jenny Shade Titel: In the jailhouse now Interpret: Soggy Bottom Boys CD: Various – O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Music From The Motion Picture) Label: Mercury Bestellnr.: 170 069-2 15. Track Dauer: 1:43 Wie der Gruppenname schon sagt, war die Memphis Jug Band in der Stadt am Mississippi aktiv. Gerade war sie mit dem Titel „He’s in the jailhouse now“ zu hören, einer Nummer, die durch den Coen-Brothers Film „O brother where art thou“ im Jahr 2000 zu weltweiter Berühmtheit kam. Dieser Titel aus dem Soundtrack schloß sich an die historische Aufnahme an. Die Memphis Jug Band war die Gruppe des Harmonika-Spielers Will Shade. Sie war eine der bekanntesten Combos des Genres und nahm allein in den Jahren zwischen 1927 und 1934 mehr als 160 Schallplattenseiten für die Labels Victor und OKey auf. Für jedes aufgenommene Stück erhielt die Band 50 Dollar. Dazu kamen die Komponistenanteile, die Will Shade kassierte, der normalerweise die Stücke schrieb, zu denen seine Frau Jennie die Texte lieferte. Die beiden verdienten dabei so prächtig, dass sie ein stattliches Haus in Memphis erwerben konnten und auch sonst einen recht opulenten Lebensstil führten. 7. Musik Kompon.: Will Shade Titel: Stealin’ Stealin’ Interpret: Memphis Jug Band CD: Ruckus Juice & Chittlins – The Great Jug Bands Vol. 2 Label: Yazoo Bestellnr.: 2033 9. Track Dauer: 1:40 4 Wenn eine Plattensession anstand, bekam Will Shade von der Memphis Jug Band zwei Monate vorher Bescheid. Das war genug Zeit, um neue Songs zu schreiben und einzustudieren. Shade feilte dann oft tagelang an einer Melodie und sang sie so lange, bis er sie wie im Schlaf konnte. Die Songs waren dem Format einer Schellackplatte angepasst: 3 Minuten und nicht länger. Der Bandleader war stolz darauf, dass seine Titel normalerweise diesem Zeitlimit entsprachen. Nachdem die Melodie und der Text niedergeschrieben worden waren, ging das Stück an die Southern Music Corporation, die das Copyright verwaltete. Beim „Cocaine Habit Blues“ wurde die Memphis Jug Band durch die Sängerin Hattie Hart verstärkt, wobei Bandleader Will Shade mit virtuosem Mundharmonika-Spiel brillierte. 8. Musik Kompon.: Will Shade Titel: Cocaine Habit Blues Interpret: Memphis Jug Band CD: Ruckus Juice & Chittlins – The Great Jug Bands Vol. 1 Label: Yazoo Bestellnr.: 2032 3. Track Dauer: 2:49 Der Erfolg der Memphis Jug Band brachte die Talentscouts anderer Plattenfirmen nach Memphis auf der Suche nach Gruppen ähnlichen Formats. Sie stießen auf Gus Cannon, der nicht nur ein formidables Banjo spielte, sondern zusätzlich noch den Bass auf einem Ölkanister blies, den er auf einem Gestell um den Hals trug. Cannon war im Unterhaltungsgewerbe ein geübter Haudegen, der jahrelang – wie so viele Jugband-Musiker – sein Geld in fahrenden „Medicine Shows“ verdient hatte. Jetzt hob er mit Cannon’s Jug Stompers eine schlagkräftige Truppe aus der Taufe, die keine Konkurrenz zu fürchten brauchte. Mit dem Mundharmonikaspieler Noah Lewis hatten sie einen echten Virtuosen in ihren Reihen. 9. Musik Kompon.: Titel: Walk right in Interpret: Cannon’s Jug Stompers CD: The Best Of Cannon's Jug Stompers Label: Yazoo Bestellnr.: 2060 8. Track Dauer: 2:56 Die Jugbands hatten ihre große Zeit in den 1920er und 1930er Jahren, danach ebbte die Begeisterung ab. Nach dem 2. Weltkrieg
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    Box Title Year Lyricist if known Composer if known Creator3 Notes # "A" - You're Adorable (The Alphabet Song) 1948 Buddy Kaye Fred Wise Sidney Lippman 1 piano solo | Twelfth 12th Street Rag 1914 Euday L. Bowman Street Rag 1 3rd Man Theme, The (The Harry Lime piano solo | The Theme) 1949 Anton Karas Third Man 1 A, E, I, O, U: The Dance Step Language Song 1937 Louis Vecchio 1 Aba Daba Honeymoon, The 1914 Arthur Fields Walter Donovan 1 Abide With Me 1901 John Wiegand 1 Abilene 1963 John D. Loudermilk Lester Brown 1 About a Quarter to Nine 1935 Al Dubin Harry Warren 1 About Face 1948 Sam Lerner Gerald Marks 1 Abraham 1931 Bob MacGimsey 1 Abraham 1942 Irving Berlin 1 Abraham, Martin and John 1968 Dick Holler 1 Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder (For Somebody Else) 1929 Lewis Harry Warren Young 1 Absent 1927 John W. Metcalf 1 Acabaste! (Bolero-Son) 1944 Al Stewart Anselmo Sacasas Castro Valencia Jose Pafumy 1 Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive 1944 Johnny Mercer Harold Arlen 1 Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive 1944 Johnny Mercer Harold Arlen 1 Accidents Will Happen 1950 Johnny Burke James Van Huesen 1 According to the Moonlight 1935 Jack Yellen Joseph Meyer Herb Magidson 1 Ace In the Hole, The 1909 James Dempsey George Mitchell 1 Acquaint Now Thyself With Him 1960 Michael Head 1 Acres of Diamonds 1959 Arthur Smith 1 Across the Alley From the Alamo 1947 Joe Greene 1 Across the Blue Aegean Sea 1935 Anna Moody Gena Branscombe 1 Across the Bridge of Dreams 1927 Gus Kahn Joe Burke 1 Across the Wide Missouri (A-Roll A-Roll A-Ree) 1951 Ervin Drake Jimmy Shirl 1 Adele 1913 Paul Herve Jean Briquet Edward Paulton Adolph Philipp 1 Adeste Fideles (Portuguese Hymn) 1901 Jas.
  • Pre-Owned 1970S Sheet Music

    Pre-Owned 1970S Sheet Music

    Pre-owned 1970s Sheet Music 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING FOR A GUIDE TO CONDITION AND PRICES PER TITLE ex No marks or deterioration Priced £15. good As appropriate for age of the manuscript. Slight marks on front cover (shop stamp or owner's name). Possible slight marking (pencil) inside.Priced £12. fair Some damage such as edging tears. Reasonable for age of manuscript. Priced £5 Album Contains several songs and photographs of the artist(s). Priced £15+ condition considered. Year Year of print.Usually the same year as copyright (c) but not always. Photo Artist(s) photograph on front cover. n/a No artist photo on front cover LOOKING FOR THESE ARTISTS?You’ve come to the right place for The Bee Gees, Eric Clapton, Russ Conway, John B.Sebastian, Status Quo or even Wings or “Woodstock”. Just look for the artist’s name on the lists below. 1970s TITLE WRITER & COMPOSER CONDITION PHOTO YEAR $7,000 and you Hugo & Luigi/George David Weiss ex The Stylistics 1977 ABBA – greatest hits Album of 19 songs from ex Abba © 1992 B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus After midnight John J.Cale ex Eric Clapton 1970 After the goldrush Neil Young ex Prelude 1970 Again and again Richard Parfitt/Jackie Lynton/Andy good Status Quo 1978 Bown Ain‟t no love John Carter/Gill Shakespeare ex Tom Jones 1975 Airport Andy McMaster ex The Motors 1976 Albertross Peter Green fair Fleetwood Mac 1970 Albertross (piano solo) Peter Green ex n/a ©1970 All around my hat Hart/Prior/Knight/Johnson/Kemp ex Steeleye Span 1975 All creatures great and Johnny