Buddy Christian's Creole Five

This group was one of a series of combos fronted by banjoist and guitarist Buddy Christian, who seemed to like changing the names of his groups as much as he liked forming them. Buddy Christian's Jazz Rippers and Buddy Christian's Four Cry Babies were some of other combo names he tinkered with during his career, revealing indecision about whether to portray his sidemen as fiends or wimps. As a solo act, Buddy Christian's Creole Five only had one studio session for Okeh, resulting in three titles, two of them identified as "stomps" and the other a blues. "Texas Mule Stomp" show...