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The Phi Mu Washboard Band"... Just Because"

Label:

Project 70 Custom Records – PS-4000

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Folk, World, & Country

Style:

Jug Band

Tracklist

A1Just Because
A2Love Hurts
A3Side By Side
A4Seven Daffodils
A5Whale Of A Tale
A6Saints
A7Chilly Winds
A8Mamma Don't Allow
B1This Land
B2Take Me Back
B3You Are My Sunshine
B4Wanderer
B5Chinatown
B6I Can Smile
B7Today
B8Phi Mu Suwannee
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  • Recorded AtProject 70 Sound Studio, Atlanta
  • Pressed BySouthern Plastics – 3024
  • Pressed BySouthern Plastics – 3025

Credits

  • CoverJoe Pitts
  • EngineerJohn Harrill
  • ProducerJerry Connell

Notes

Glenn Smith (spoons), Atlanta; Julianne Frohbert (sticks), Thomasville; Mary Ann Avera (comb), Moultrie; Gayle Stocks (bongos), Atlanta; Celeste Shoffner (bucket), Calhoun; Mary Katherine Smith (uke), Macon; Anne Wade (uke), Marshallville; Lynne Akin (uke), Atlanta; Connie Kirk (uke), Moultrie; Cornelia Gholston (washboard), Atlanta; Susan McGarity (tambourine), Moultrie; Dean Holt (rack), Thomasville; Susan Valentine (shakers), Los Angeles, Calif.; Carolyn Keefer (tub and broom), Miami, Fla.

The Phi Mu Washboard Band came into being in 1952 when a group of sorority sisters from the Alpha Alpha Chapter were vacationing in St. Simon's, Georgia. Since that time the band has grown into quite a tradition and even become famous (in a funny sense of the word.)
We have played on national television, performed at banquets, conventions, and benefits.
The money we have been making has all been donated to the building fund for our new sorority house. Using this as an introduction as our performances, we have frequently made as much in tips as we were paid for the performance itself.
We have had articles written in papers over the South which has helped publicity immensely! At times we have received as much as $150 for one thirty minute performance--and I consider that pretty good for amateur entertainment--and I do mean amateur!
One of our most memorable trips was made to Trion, GA. We all piled into the Bookstore Bus, went to Trion and played for 450 men. You can see how that trip would be a memorable one.
Then came the album. Making this record was enjoyable to all of us, even though it did involve long, hard hours of recording and re-recording. We couldn't have done it without the patience of John and Jerry who smiled sweetly as they said, "I think we'd better do that again." But finally we did it! We gave the sorority something to remember us by. Just as if they could forget the 11:15 rehearsals and my constant announcement of meetings.
Confident that the new members will carry on and probably go to Hollywood. Of course, we can't forget out of her to advertise for Hardee's and never heard from it--all the suggestion from everyone that we write to New York and go on TV. You guessed it. We're still in Athens.
On behalf of all the band, I want to say that we hope you enjoy this album because... well ... just because.
Lynne Akin

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (A-side Label): SO: 3024
  • Matrix / Runout (B-side Label): SO: 3025

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