Clifford George Hayes (March 10, 1893 – October 22, 1941)[1] was an African-American multi-instrumentalist and bandleader who recorded jug band music and jazz in the 1920s and 1930s, notably as the leader of the Dixieland Jug Blowers, Clifford's Louisville Jug Band, and Hayes's Louisville Stompers.
He moved with his parents to Jeffersonville, Indiana, before 1910 and then relocated to Louisville.
[1] He played the fiddle, piano and saxophone and joined the Original Louisville Jug Band in 1913.
In 1919, he left to form his own group, the Dixieland Jug Blowers.
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