Noah Lewis

Noah Lewis (born 3 September 1895 in Henning, Tennessee, † February 7, 1961 ) was one of the key musicians of the American Jugband scene of the 1920s and 1930s. He was a virtuoso on the harmonica, and he will be a number of well-known songs attributed, for example, Viola Lee Blues ( later recorded by the Grateful Dead ) and Going To Germany.

Life

In Memphis (Tennessee ) to Cannon's Jug Stompers Lewis joined that made the late 1920s a number of successful recordings, including Walk Right In, the 1963 re-interpreted by the Rooftop Singers. Gus Cannon said later in an interview: " Noah was always full of cocaine; I suspect that he could play so loud. And he was really good. "

From 1929, Lewis made ​​recordings under his own name and with his own band. Later he played with Yank Rachell and John Estes. With the depression came the end of the Jugband era, and also Lewis fell into oblivion. Noah Lewis last lived in poor conditions. He died in 1961 at the consequences of severe frostbite.

• Harmonica player
• American musician
• Born in 1895
• Died in 1961
• Man