The Ohio River towns of Louisville and Cincinnati were major centers of Black music, ever since they were important stops on the Underground Railroad before the Civil War.
Phillip's Louisville Jug Band: Phil Phillips, guitar; George "Hooks" Tilford, C-melody saxophone; Charles "Cane" Adams, cane flute; Carl Reid, jug.
Chicago IL 8/30 Vocalion 1564
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