Dec27
Smut City Jellyroll Society with Shoehorn
Mississippi Pizza Pub, 3552 NE Mississippi Avenue, Portland, OR
Smut City Jelly Roll Society is a wild and crazy bunch of fun loving musicians playing blues and early jazz from the 1920’s and 1930’s. With a unique sound somewhere between ragtime blues, early jazz and jugband music, the Jellyroll Society keeps it loose and lively with a driving syncopated swing that gets the dancers out on the floor. The music is from a variety of sources: Bessie Smith, Memphis Minnie, The Harlem Hamfats, Memphis Jug Band, Blind Boy Fuller, Fats Waller, Billie Holiday, and others. The Society also has original tunes in the repertoire, including Shoehorn's "A Beaver Sings".