Victor matrix BVE-38642. If you can't make it easy, get a job and go to work / Dixieland Jug Blowers
| Title | Source |
|---|---|
| If you can't make it easy, get a job and go to work (Primary title) | Victor catalog |
| Authors and Composers | Notes |
| Prince La Vaughn (composer) | |
| Composer information source: Victor ledgers. | |
| Personnel | Notes |
| Dixieland Jug Blowers (Musical group) | |
| Prince La Vaughn (vocalist) | |
| Cal Smith (instrumentalist : tenor guitar) | |
| Johnny Gatewood (instrumentalist : piano) | |
| Clifford Hayes (instrumentalist : violin) | |
| Earl McDonald (instrumentalist : jug) | |
- Description: Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
- Instrumentation: Violin, 2 saxophones, trombone, banjo, guitar, piano, and jug
- Category: Instrumental with vocal refrain
- Language: English
- Master Size: 10-in.
| Notes |
|---|
| Instrumentation is from Victor ledgers and is not confirmed; collective personnel from Frog CD notes. |
| Take Date and Place | Take | Status | Label Name/Number | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/7/1927 Chicago, Illinois. 952 North Michigan Ave. | 1 | Hold | Frog DGF 6 | |||
| 6/7/1927 Chicago, Illinois. 952 North Michigan Ave. | 2 | Master | Victor 20770 | |||
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| 6/7/1927 Chicago, Illinois. 952 North Michigan Ave. | 2 | Master | Frog DGF 6 | |||
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BVE-38642. If you can't make it easy, get a job and go to work / Dixieland Jug Blowers," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800012902/BVE-38642-If_you_cant_make_it_easy_get_a_job_and_go_to_work.
Victor matrix BVE-38642. If you can't make it easy, get a job and go to work / Dixieland Jug Blowers. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800012902/BVE-38642-If_you_cant_make_it_easy_get_a_job_and_go_to_work.
"Victor matrix BVE-38642. If you can't make it easy, get a job and go to work / Dixieland Jug Blowers." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.
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