Jed Davenport and His Beale Street Jug Band

Category: Artist
Time period: Pre-WWII

Date nominated: Apr 9, 2010
Date inducted: Sep 1, 2021
Ratings: 10
Average rating: 3.85

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Jed Davenport's jug band only had one recording session, but it laid a few tracks that jug bands still play today, including "You Ought to Move Out of Town."

This group had close associations with blues superstar Memphis Minnie -- her husband and brother-in-law, Joe and Charlie McCoy, played in the group -- and she may have as well. Compare the shouted "Yeah, uh-huh" in every verse of "Save Me Some" to similar shouts on Minnie's own recordings!

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Personnel

Name Instruments Birth Death
Henry L. Castle a.k.a. "Too Tight" Guitar
Jed Davenport Harmonica
Charlie McCoy a.k.a. "Papa Charlie" Mandolin 05/26/11 Hinds County, MS 07/26/50 Chicago, IL
Joe McCoy a.k.a. "Kansas Joe" Guitar 05/11/05 Hinds County, MS 01/28/50 Chicago, IL

Songs

Title Recorded  
Save Me Some 02/20/30 Memphis, TN Chords and Lyrics
You Ought to Move Out of Town 02/20/30 Memphis, TN Chords and Lyrics