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New Minglewood Blues
Composer: Traditional / Noah Lewis / McGanahan Skjellyfetti / Bob Weir

The Grateful Dead performed and recorded two versions of this song. The first, released on their debut LP as New, New Minglewood Blues, was performed through to the end of the 1960's. The second, released on Shakedown Street as All New Minglewood Blues, was performed between 1976 and 1995. In total the Grateful Dead performed the song well over 400 times.

The original Minglewood Blues was a either a traditional song or a song written by Noah Lewis performed by Cannon's Jug Stompers circa 1928. Similar blues songs exist and it seems likely that the song was an arrangement of existing material.

Noah Lewis then wrote a different song, recorded as New Minglewood Blues, loosely based on the earlier Minglewood Blues. This song, which also incorporates material from earlier songs, was recorded by the Noah Lewis Jug Band circa 1930.

The first version played by the Grateful Dead was based on the 1930 Noah Lewis song New Minglewood Blues, hence the title used on the 1st Grateful Dead album New New Minglewood Blues. The later version played by the Grateful Dead was a reworking of their own earlier version and therefore also based on the 1930 New Minglewood Blues. The reworking of the song is reflected in the title used on Shakedown Street, All New Minglewood Blues.

The New Minglewood Blues title is used here to indicate the provenance of both versions of the song performed by the Grateful Dead and to adhere to common usage on set lists and tapes.

Minglewood (Mengle-Wood) was supposedly a mill town or lumber camp on the Mississippi north of Memphis where travelling musicians would perform. Other interpretations of the song concentrate though on sexual innuendo rather than geography.

The name McGanahan Skjellyfetti was a psuedonym used by the Grateful Dead for group compositions. The name derives originally from a character in Kenneth Patchen's "Memoirs Of A Shy Pornographer", although the name was possibly used by the Dead because one of the band members had a cat of that name.



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Other recordings


New Minglewood Blues

no info Single (New Minglewood Blues / Bad Luck's My Buddy), Noah Lewis Jug Band, 1930
info Garden Of Joy, Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band, 1967
info Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (Sept 1929-Nov 1930), Various Artists (Noah Lewis Jug Band), 1990
no info Harmonica Blues 1929-1940, Various Artists (Noah Lewis Jug Band), 1998
no info Matt Besey, Matt Besey, 1999
info Chasin' Gus' Ghost, John Sebastian And The J-Band, 1999
no info Classic Blues, Vol. 3, Various Artists (Noah Lewis Jug Band), 2000
info The Roots Of The Grateful Dead & Jerry Garcia, Various Artists (Noah Lewis Jug Band), 2001
info Gus Cannon and His Jug Stompers / Sleepy John Estes With Yank Rachel and Noah Lewis, 2002
no info Gimme Dat Harp Boy: Roots of the Captain, Various Artists (Noah Lewis Jug Band), 2002
info Monsoon Moods, Migrantes, 2003
info Garden Of Joy / Jim Kweskin's America, Jim Kweskin, 2005
info Memphis Shakedown: More Jug Band Classics, Various Artists (Noah Lewis Jug Band), 2005
info Down Home Saturday Night, Various Artists (John Sebastian & The J-Band), 2007
info Mick's Picks, Volume 3: Substage, Karlsruhe June 16, 2004, Jefferson Starship, 2008
info Ithaca 30 Years Later, Dark Star Orchestra, 2008
info Psychedelic Schlemiels 2, Various Artists (Cellophane Cloud), 2008
info Jug Band Extravaganza, Jug Band Extravaganza, 2010
info Deadset At Nectars, Revibe, 2018
info Chip's Picks Vol 2, High Time, 2020

Minglewood Blues

no info Single (Minglewood Blues / Madison Street Rag), Cannon's Jug Band, 1928 (Victor)
no info Single (Minglewood Blues / Viola Lee Blues), Cannon's Jug Band, 1928 (Bluebird)
info Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 3: Songs, Various Artists (Cannon' Jug Stompers), 1952
info Lonesome Road, Doc & Merle Watson, 1977
no info Single (Minglewood Blues / My Creole Belle), Doc & Merle Watson, 1977
info The Complete Works: 1927-1930, Cannon's Jug Stompers, 1989
info Complete Recorded Works Vol 1 1927-1928, Gus Cannon, 1990
no info The Blues: A Smithsonian Collection of Classic Blues Singers, Various Artists (Cannon's Jug Stompers), 1993
no info The Greatest in Country Blues (1929-1956), Vol. 1, Various Artists (Cannon's Jug Stompers), 1993
info Legendary 1928-30 Recordings, Gus Cannon and His Jug Stompers, 1994
no info Call Down the Thunder, Guy Davis, 1996
no info Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 1-3, Various Artists (Cannon's Jug Stompers), 1997
no info Twango Bango Deluxe, David Lindley & Wally Ingram, 1998
info The Harry Smith Connection: A Live Tribute, Various Artists (John Sebastian and The J-Band w/ Geoff Muldaur), 1998
info Ruckus Juice & Chitlins, Vol. 1, Various Artists (Cannon's Jug Stompers), 1998
no info The Greatest in Country Blues, Various Artists (Cannon's Jug Stompers), 1999
info Cannon's Jug Stompers: The Complete Works In Chronological Order 1927-1930, Cannon's Jug Stompers, 19??
no info As Good As It Gets: Country Blues, Various Artists (Cannon's Jug Stompers), 2000
info The Best of Cannon's Jug Stompers, Cannon's Jug Stompers, 2001
no info The Folkscene Collection, Vol. 3, Various Artists (David Lindley & Wally Ingram), 2001
info Gus Cannon and His Jug Stompers / Sleepy John Estes With Yank Rachel and Noah Lewis, 2002
info Lonesome Road / Look Away!, Doc & Merle Watson, 2002
info Bonnaroo, Vol. 2, Various Artists (Old Crow Medicine Show), 2003
no info Garden of Joy/Jim Kweskin's America, Jim Kweskin, 2005
info Memphis Jug Band with Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers, Memphis Jug Band / Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers, 2005
no info More Bay Area Blues, Vol. 2, Various Artists (Lisa Kindred and Chris Goddard), 2005
no info Big Iron World, Old Crow Medicine Show, 2006
no info The History of Rhythm & Blues: Part One, 1925-1942, Various Artists (Cannon's Jug Stompers), 2008
info The Roots of the Grateful Dead, Various Artists (Cannon's Jug Stompers), 2008
info The Roots Of Bob Dylan, Various Artists (Cannon's Jug Stompers), 2009
info The Promised Land, Sagol 59 & Ami Yares, 2015
info From The Archives 7/3/20, Splintered Sunlight, 2020
info Live At Brooklyn Bowl, Night 1, Grateful Shred, 2020

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