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Sounds like Sleepy John Estes jamming with a Dixieland band masquerading as a Jug Band. Not sure of the exact recording dates on this tune. It's off Vol. 7 of the excellent Shake em on Down series, which chronicles R&B, jump blues and other R&R roots music. I pulled the picture from the album released by Arhoolie of recordings they did in 1963, so I assume these guys were first "discovered" during the folk revival of the late 50s and early 60s. You can see by the picture, though, that they were definitely off enough to have played in a jug band back in the late 20s/early 30s heyday.