This project is completed! Will Shade now has a gravestone, and we hope we've brought him some new recognition as well. You can visit our Events page to see what we've done.
Will Shade Tribute
January 27, 2008 • Chicago, Illinois
May 3, 2008 • Memphis, Tennessee
Articles
Biography from eNotes.com [view]
Biography from AllMusic.com [view]
Will Shade in 1963, by Charlie Musselwhite [view]
Career Overview by Dr. David Evans [view]
The Rattlesnake Incident [view]
Recordings
Memphis Jug Band discography with sample songs [listen]
Memphis Jug Band, greatest hits [buy]
Memphis Jug Band, complete recordings 1927-1930 [buy]
Memphis Jug Band, complete recordings 1932-1934 [buy]
Will Shade and friends, home recordings 1963 [buy]
Videos
Will Shade and Charlie Burse, "Kansas City Blues" [view]
Selections from the tribute concert and gravestone ceremony [view]
Tribute coverage
Concert preview in the Chicago Daily Herald [view]
Concert follow-up in the Chicago Tribune Magazine [view]
Ceremony preview on Memphis ABC-24 [view]
Ceremony preview in the Memphis Flyer [view]
Ceremony preview on Memphis WKNO [view]
Other sites
Memphis Jug Band at MySpace [view]