Saturday, February 17, 2018

Hobbs Brothers - QRS R. 9003 / Paramount 3224





Hobbs Brothers (Elmer & Jud) / QRS R. 9003
Turkey In The Straw / Hell Among The Yearlings
recorded November 7, 1928 in New York, New York
I don`t think there is any information about these musicians. The performance of both sides are pretty virtuostic and reminds me a good bit of the Kessinger Brothers. I actually almost wonder if it is the Kessinger Brothers. The songs are old fiddle standards. These sides were recorded by Paramount and issued on Paramount and other mail order store labels such as Banner, Jewel, Oriole, Domino, Homestead, Regal, Conqueror,Broadway, Apex and others lesser known. I also have the Paramount, but it`s in a little rougher condition, so It`s noisier, but am going to include it for downloading. Happy downloading!


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Frank Welling & John McGhee - Perfect 12769


Frank Welling & John McGhee / Perfect 12769
The Crime At Quiet Dell / My Little Mountain Home
recorded November 4/5, 1931 in New York, New York

I have recently became a fan of this duo. I love the bass voice and Hawaiian steel playing in their music. They made a few hundred records, so I have lots of their music to discover. The song The Crime At Quiet Dell was about a crime by Cornelius O. Pierson August 27, 1931 near Clarksburg, West Virginia. Just listening to the lyrics is a pretty hair raising horror story. This song is a great example of a topical/disaster type song of the era. The song was recorded only about two months after the crime. There is a book about it called Quiet Dell. I have ordered it but it hasn`t came yet, I`m looking forward to reading it and comparing the facts to the song. The other song, My Little Mountain Home, is a typical yearning for home and simpler times song that was so popular in the late 1920`s.


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B.E. Scott - Puritan 9167



B.E. Scott / Puritan 9167
The Wagoner / Devil In The Hay
recorded likely in August 1924 in New York, New York

I know nothing at all about B.E. Scott. I`m just guessing by his fiddle style and his voice that he was an older gentleman an I`d random a guess he was likely born before 1870. Berinda Scott is the piano pickers name, she could be his wife or a daughter.  Both tunes are old standards, although I think Devil In The Hay may be more of a New England style tune and I would think by listening to his style he may well have been from New England, at least to my ears. The most fun thing about the record to me is his dance calls on The Wagoner. His voice sounds like an old drill seargent who has blown his voice out screaming at green privates. This is a pretty rare record, the sides were recorded for Paramount and issued on Paramount and Silvertone as well as this Puritan coupling. Puritan was a private firm that made it`s own phonograph line, and I doubt they recorded their own material, as all the puritan discs I`ve saw were sided leased from other labels. Enjoy!

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The Bill Ring Show - #63-64



Here we are with yet another Bill Ring Show. Happy listening!

Track list show #63---
1. High Wide And Handsome - Bill Ring
2. Spanish Fandango - Doc Martin
3. Back Home Again In Indiana - Slim Wilson & The Tall Timber Trio
4. Show Me The Way Back To Your Heart - Bill Ring
5. Be My Little Pet - Speedy Haworth
6. Something Old Something New - Bill Ring

Track list show #64---
1. Down The Trail To San Antone - Bill Ring
2. Hubcap Roll - Speedy Haworth
3. Tennessee Wig Walk - Sally Briggs
4. So Used To Loving You - Bill Ring
5. Cattle Call - Doc Martin
6. Sweet Hour Of Prayer - Bill Ring

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The Phipps Family - In The Sweet Bye And Bye



Someone contacted me recently about Phipps Family LP`s and I believe I told them I had posted all I had. I was just looking today and found I hadn`t, so here is another! Here`s another good `un!


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Jimmy Osborne - The Legendary Jimmy Osborne Vol.2


Here`s some hard core traditional style 1940`s country (as opposed to honky-tonk style)! For some reason King decided to spell his name Jimmy on this LP, I believe he spelled his nme Jimmie, as that`s what all other records I`ve saw has on them. I don`t really have any information about him except what you can find for yourself on the internet, so I`ll talk just a bit about his music. His music was similar to the style of Roy Acuff vocally. Another artist similar in vocal style would be Howard Vokes. Enjoy!


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