Mobile Strugglers

Name used by two different blues/jazz groups. The first was recorded by Bill Russell in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1949 and consisted of violinist James Fields (4), mandolin and banjo player Lee Warren (5), guitarist Paul Johnson (74), violinist Charles Jones (18), and bassist Wesley Williams (3). The second was recorded by Sam Charters in Mobile, Alabama, in 1954 and consisted of guitarist Ollie Crenshaw, guitarist Moochie Reeves, tub bassist Tyler Jackson, and an unidentified jug player.