He still "went out" annually when he could with Leo "Chief Thundercloud" Kahdot (of the Potawatomi native Americans) and his medicine show, often with the Jonesville, South Carolina based harmonica-player Arthur "Peg Leg Sam" Jackson. In May 1950, Anderson was recorded by folklorist Paul Clayton at the Virginia State Fair.

Speech – Chief Thundercloud (2). Vocals, Harmonica – Peg Leg Sam. Notes. These recordings were made at Pittsboro, North Carolina on Friday September 15, 1972 and Saturday September 16, 1972. What you will hear on these two records is as accurate a document of a rural medicine show and its social function ever made, and it seems likely that they are of the last performances ever of a medicine show in the United States. Monologues between songs: - medicine show intro monologue - snake oil pitch - corn solvent & black salve pitch - final sale pitch for all products.

For the Dream Syndicate album, see Medicine Show (album). A reenactment of a medicine show in Ringwood, Illinois. Medicine shows were touring acts (traveling by truck, horse, or wagon teams) which peddled "miracle cure" patent medicines and other products between various entertainments. Chief Thundercloud and Peg Leg Sam. "Doc" Scott’s Last Real Old Time Medicine Show. 4 In popular culture.

2 Chief Thundercloud and Peg Leg Sam. One of the last great medicine shows had its swan song in the summer of 1972, when the two-man show of Chief Thundercloud (pitchman Leo Kahdot, a Potawatomi from Oklahoma) and Peg Leg Sam (omedian Arthur Jackson) played at a carnival in Pittsboro, North Carolina "Doc" Scott’s Last Real Old Time Medicine Show. Perhaps the last of the medicine shows was run by Tommy Scott, who staged as many as three hundred shows per year until about 1990. As a teenager in the 1930s, Scott joined the.

Tracklist: 1. Who's That Left Here 'While Ago (4:43) 2. Greasy Greens (5:33) 3. Reuben (4:41) 4. Irene, Tell Me, Who Do You Love (4:26) 5. Skinny Woman Blues (4:18) 6. Lost John (4:03) 7. Ode To Bad Bill (4:42) 8. Ain't But One Thing Give A Man The Blues (6:35) 9. Easy. He cut an album, ‘Medicine Show Man’ for the Trix label (re-issued as ‘Kickin’ It’) with Piedmont guitarists Baby Tate and Rufe Johnson. Sadly Sam’s time in the spotlight did not last long, and he passed away in his hometown and birthplace, Jonesville SC, in 1977.

Arthur Jackson, known as Peg Leg Sam (December 18, 1911 – October 27, 1977) was an American country blues harmonicist, singer and comedian. He recorded "Fox Chase" and "John Henry" and worked in medicine shows. He gained his nickname following an accident whilst hoboing in 1930. Arthur Jackson was born in Jonesville, South Carolina, the fourth of six children of David Jackson, a farmer and native of Virginia, and Emma Jackson.

Peg Leg is an album by jazz bassist Ron Carter, originally released on LP in 1978 and released on CD in 1991 by Fantasy Studios. It was recorded in November 1977 and prominently features Carter on piccolo bass. Often carrying the melody the instrument is a focus of 3 of the albums 6 tracks, while fellow bass player Buster Williams performs the conventional role of the instrument on those tracks. The rhythm section is completed by piano and percussion (on all but 1 track), and guitar on 4 tracks

Pete Lowry recorded Peg Leg Sam and Chief Thundercloud in Pittsboro in 1972. The UNC Center for Public Television documented a number of medicine show veterans for its "Last Free Show" special in 1981. References: Bill C. Malone, Country Music, .

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