Bill Johnson's Louisiana Jug Band~ Get the "L" On Down The Road (1929)
BILL JOHNSON

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"...it aint Hokum now....."

Nope. Sure as "L" aint.....hehe!


Thomas A. Dorsey Piano
Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon Vocals
Bill Johnson Bass
unknown Vocal, Kazoo, Washboard
(THIS SONG IS PUBLIC DOMAIN!)

And this is not exactly a typical jug band song. Considering a piano is in the band (played by Thomas A. Dorsey himself) Apparently Johnson was much more than a little bass slapper in a short lived (?) jug band. I dont think anyone knows who the jug player here is. Is there even a jug played in the song? I hear it but,,,,no one is listed...Who the "L" knows.....But -I only included 1 photo of Johnson (not much else to find- no photos of the actual band available...etc etc ) but there is much more to learn about this man and a few of the people who played on this old cut. Bill Johnson lived to 100 years old. Interesting fact. Jaxon was a female imperonator in his vaudeville days so maybe thats why it sounds as if he is singing with a woman here...? He was a trip (READ more @ Wikipedia)
Just another oddity that I found and I grew fond of and ,,note,,,I did not get the song from the Red Hot & Jazz website. But to learn more about this little band and Bill Johnson ( and a few others here) please feel free to visit the links listed. THANKS for listening.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Manuel_Johnson (informative)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Half_Pint_Jaxon (very interesting! He worked at the pentagon!! haha!)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_A._Dorsey (Awesome,,,as most people know)

http://www.redhotjazz.com/johnson.html

http://www.jazz.com/encyclopedia/johnson-bill-william-manuel

http://fakedukeellington.blogspot.com/2009/10/get-l-on-down-road.html ( a bit of info)



http://www.redhotjazz.com/ljug.html

http://www.redhotjazz.com/jaxon.html (Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon-vocals)