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Jake Leg Stompers

Rank #55 Murfreesboro, TN Blues / Jug Band / Roots Music

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Sounds Like: Asylum Street Spankers, Old Crow Medicine Show, Memphis Jug Band, Squirrel Nut Zippers, North Mississippi Allstars

Label: HooDoo Records

Bio: The Jake Leg Stompers: A History of the Banned

“Treat Her Right” by Roy Head was the hottest song on radio on the chilly November day when Bill Steber (aka “Hambone Willie Nevil”) came into this world, humming along.

The middle school years found Hambone hiding under the covers past bedtime ev... See Full Bio

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"Maybe jug-band music is coming back. Works for me—what the world needs now is not love, as The Supremes once sang, but more kazoo players. The best thing that I've heard lately is Hill Country HooDoo. If you can listen to "Keep It Clean" without a smile breaking out across your face—there's no hope for you. You should just rush out and buy a Kenny Chesney record."

— William Gay, Oxford American Magazine

“The Jake Leg Stompers latest release, Hill Country Hoodoo, is plain good. It is an outlandish ruckus-raising love letter to the chicken-fried music of the North Mississippi hill country. Chasing the ghosts of everyone from Junior Kimbrough and Otha Turner to Sid Hemphill and Robert Wilkins, Hill Country Hoodoo is the product of a north Mississippi super group. The singing is all top notch and the songs are as diverse as the musicians. Sharde Thomas and the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band’s version of the old railroad work song Linin’ Track has to be heard to be believed. It’s easy to get mushy when romanticizing the bygone past, but the Jake Leg Stompers and their hill country gypsies do so in a way that the lost decades retain their dignity as well as their mystery, demonstrating that the spirit in many of those old George Mitchell field recordings and dusty 78 r.p.m.’s is still very much alive and well. Hill Country Hoodoo is essential. ”

— Mark Coltrain, Living Blues

“ Jake Leg Stompers, with their mix of Mississippi Delta Blues and Jug Band music, played amongst a mess of Vaudeville entertainment this April Fools Day. If you love pre-war music, this was the concert for you. The Eggplant Faerie Players were a recurring act in the show. The duo juggled bowling pins, machettes, rubber chickens and practically anything they could find. They juggled in pairs, in the dark, along with on a nine foot unicycle of death. At one point in the show, they juggled nine pins on either side of a slightly frightened volunteer. The beautiful and talented Leela Sophina, Queen of the Air also made multiple appearances throughout the show as she defied gravity on her trapeze. The concert was perfect. The acts were perfect. The crowd was perfect. The venue was perfect. In short the whole show was PERFECT! If you get a chance to see this show I would highly recommend it. ”

— Andrew Steele, Cookeville Times

“The Jake Leg Stompers are the beacon of light that the music world needs to prove that musicianship is not dead. On their new album, Hill Country HooDoo, the Stompers resurrect the Pre-War sounds of the Mississippi Delta. With help from friends such as 2011 Grammy nominees Jimbo Mathus and Luther Dickinson, and a plethora of descendants of blues legends that have gone on to the great juke joint in the sky, the Stompers have created an album that is raw, fun, and above all authentic. Hill Country HooDoo’s opening track Beale Street Holiday makes you want to jump up and do the jitterbug, while tracks such as I Shall Not Be Moved tug at your heart strings like few modern songs can. The Stompers have truly created an Americana masterpiece with Hill Country HooDoo. Jake Leg Stompers: Hill Country HooDoo Tony’s Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars Recommended for fans of: Americana, Pre-war blues, and swing Not Recommended for fans of: screamo, metal, or rap ”

— T. Neely, Cookeville Times

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