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Cocaine Habit Blues

Composer: Traditional


Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions

info Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions, Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions, 1998

Other recordings

Cocaine Habit Blues
no info Memphis Jug Band, 1930
no info Thunder & Lightnin', Hoyt Axton. 1964
info Panama Limited Jug Band, Panama Limited Jug Band, 1969
info Memphis Jug Band, Memphis Jug Band, 1981
no info Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1930), Memphis Jug Band, 1990
no info Memphis Jug Band, Memphis Jug Band, 1992
no info Viper Mad Blues: 25 Songs of Dope & Depravity, Various Artists (Memphis Jug Band), 1993
no info Walk Right In: The Essential Recordings of Memphis Blues, Various Artists (Memphis Jug Band), 1997
no info Matchbox Days, Various Artists (Panama Limited Jug Band), 1997
no info Memphis Jug Band, Vol. 3, Memphis Jug Band, 1998
info Ruckus Juice & Chitlins, Vol. 1, Various Artists (Cannon's Jug Stompers), 1998
no info Jugs, Jooks and Washboards, Various Artists (Memphis Jug Band), 19??
no info Memphis Jug Band The Story: 1927-1934, Memphis Jug Band, 2000
info The Essential Memphis Jug Band, Memphis Jug Band, 2001
no info The Best of the Memphis Jug Band, Memphis Jug Band, 2001
info When the Sun Goes Down: The Secret History of Rock, Various Artists (Memphis Jug Band), 2002
info When the Sun Goes Down, Vol. 2: The First Time I Met the Blues, Various Artists (Memphis Jug Band), 2002
info He's in the Jailhouse Now, Memphis Jug Band, 2003
no info Super Great Music for Modern Lovers, Tin Men, 2003
info Memphis Jug Band with Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers, Memphis Jug Band / Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers, 2005
info The Badbelly Project: Hesitation Blues, Tom Hanway and Vassar Clements, 2005
no info Jinkers, Jivers and Coke Fiends, Various Artists (Memphis Jug Band), 2005
no info Blues Image Presents...16 Classic Blues Songs from the 1920's, Vol. 4, Various Artists (Memphis Jug Band), 2006
no info Medicine Show, Sideshow Tramps, 2007
no info Roots N Blues: Good Time Blues, Various Artists (Memphis Jug Band), 2008
info The Roots of the Grateful Dead, Various Artists (Memphis Jug Band), 2008

Take A Whiff On Me
no info Memorial To Woody Guthrie And Cisco Houston, Woody Guthrie And Cisco Houston, 1955
no info Sings Folk Songs, Vol. 2, Woody Guthrie, 1962
info More Songs, Woody Guthrie And Cisco Houston, 1963
info Ragged But Right, The Greenbriar Boys, 1964
no info Untitled, The Byrds, 1970
no info Midnight Special, Leadbelly, 1991
info Woody Guthrie & Cisco Houston, Vols. 1-2, Woody Guthrie & Cisco Houston, 1995
info All That's Folk, Various Artists (Cisco Houston), 1996
no info Muleskinner Blues - The Asch Recordings, Vol. 2, Woody Guthrie, 1997
info Washington Square Memoirs: The Great Urban Folk Boom, 1950-1970, Various Artists (The Greenbriar Boys), 2001
info Definitive Gold, Woody Guthrie, 2006
info There Is a Season, The Byrds, 2006

Notes

Cocaine Habit Blues, as recorded by the Memphis Jug Band, is the same song as Take A Whiff On Me. Writing credits on some recordings are Jennie Mae Clayton. Most recordings have Traditional.

This is not the same song as the various Cocaine Blues that have been recorded.

The song Tell It To Me which was performed by the Grateful Dead is often listed on Grateful Dead set lists and tape labels as Cocaine Habit Blues. This is a misidentification of the song.