My 78`s #7

I haven`t posted any 78`s for a WAY long time, so here we go---



Uncredited Artist / Standard A423
Black Jim - I`m Afraid To Come Home In The Dark / likely recorded between 1905 & 1910
As far as I know, Standard records were mostly pressed from Columbia masters. A 'coon" type song record.



Rev. F.W. McGee / Victor 20773
Jonah In The Belly Of The Whale - With His Stripes We Are Healed / likely recorded around 1926
A typical preaching record from the king of preaching records. Gates recorded Many sides for many different labels.



Hershal Brown & His Washboard Band / Victor 21403
Nobody Loves Me - Down Yonder / recorded Feb. 4th, 1928
Two great tunes done in Brown`s unique style.



George Reneau / Vocalion 15182
Jack & Joe - The Hand Of Fate / recorded Oct. 15th, 1925
George Reneau was a blind street singer that performed in Knoxville, Tennessee. He also recorded for Edison. Most of his material was of the tear jerker type.


Sweet William & Bad Bill / Brunswick 3710
Sweet William & Bad Bill In New York - Sweet William & Bad Bill Still In New York / likely recorded mid 20`s
I don`t know anything about these artists. The disc is a talking comedy record.



Dan Kutter (David Miller) / Challenge 327
The Lonesome Valley - That Bad Man Stacklee / recorded May, 1927
Dan Kutter was an alias for David Miller (who I believe was blind). This is from Gennett masters. I believe some labels would re-issue sides on other labels to keep costs of royalties down.



Jesse Coat (Asa Martin) / Champion 15922
Johnny The Drunkard - The Fellow That Looks Like Me / recorded Aug. 29, 1929 & Jan. 14, 1930
This is also from Gennett masters. Asa Martin made a pretty good amount of records and continued in music up into at least the 1970`s.



The Deal Family - Columbia 15214-D
Beautiful Home Somewhere - He`s Coming Again / recorded Nov. 5, 1927
The Deal Family is a great gospel group.



McDonald Quartette / Gennett 6466
Rocking On The Waves - That Beautiful Land / recorded May 1, 1928
Another great gospel group.



Ossman & Farmer / Blaze Away March
Monarch 1822 / likely recorded around 1905
A good march played classic banjo style



Lohaina Trio - Supertone 9093
Indiana March - Repasz March / likely recorded 1926-ish
A good Hawaiian record. Hawaiian music was VERY popular from about 1900 up through the 1930`s



Frank Crumit / Victor 21466
No News or What Killed The Dog - The Three Trees / likely recorded about 1927
A remake of a couple of early "talking record" sides by artists from the early days of records.



Jimmie Wilson`s Catfish String Band / Victor V-40216
Catfish Medley March - Argentine Rag / recorded Oct. 17, 1929
A great string band record.



Lester McFarland & Robert A. Gardener / Vocalion 5121
Knoxville Gal - Chattanooga Blues / recorded Dec. 10, 1926
McFarland & Gardener were two blind musicians based around Knoxville, Tennessee. Most of their material was of the tear jerker type, but once in a while, McFarland would record a fine country blues such as Chattanooga Blues that features some fine guitar work.

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Charlie Collins & Friends LP on the Royal American label

Charlie Collins passed away Thursday, January 12th. So, I thought I`d post this LP he made in the 1970`s. Charlie did have a cd out with this title, and some of these songs are on it, but not all the titles are the same.
Charlie played guitar for Roy Acuff, starting in about 1967 till Roy passed away. Also, Bashful Brother Oswald and Charlie made a team of their own that toured some by theirselves for many years. Charlie was one of the best rhythm guitar players. He was also a flat picked guitar virtuoso. He was also quite good on fiddle and mandolin and was a good singer.
I met Charlie several times in the last 8 years or so, and he was a great guy. One of the nicest, most polite people I ever met.
There is one thing a lttle odd about this LP. They misspelled Charlie`s first name as Charley. Oh Well, everything can`t be perfect!



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The Hill-Dillies 45

Here`s something I know nothing at all about. It appears to be a privately pressed disc. I have no idea who the Hill-Dillies are, but I suspect the two people that get writing credit on the label for The Eden Valley Fox Hunt are likely the Hill-Dillies. The flip side has the Wabash Cannonball on it. The sound sort of folk-country and feature guitar and pretty simple dobro.
Give it a listen, it`s pretty odd!

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Justin Wilson Ember 45

Here`s something a bit unusual. It`s a 45 of Justin Wilson talking a little bit about driver safety. Apparently, Justin had been a safety officer and this may have been how he sort of got started as a comedian by giving talks at safety meetings and such.
The disc itself is a little odd as it has the same track on both sides, and is also issued on a promo disc. Below is a paper that was inserted in the record sleeve...



As I said, the disc has the same track on both sides, so the download has only one track in it. I used the side with the best sound quality on it.

Click here to download Justin Wilson - Safe Driving

Link repaired for An Evening With Archie & Phil Campbell LP

I just realized that the link to download the An Evening With Archie & Phil Campbell was bad. I repaired the link in the LP post. You can also download it by clicking below----

Click here to download An Evening With Archie & Phil Campbell

Justin Wilson Christmas 45

Here`s a Christmas treat for you! The old Cajun comedy man and cook, Justin Wilson.
I remember and first became aquainted with him when I was a teenager on PBS tv with his Cajun cooking show. He was very funny on there. Then I just discovered 2 or 3 years ago that he had made several comedy LP`s. Then I recently found this 45 with "Cajun-ized" Christmas tunes on it. Merry Christmas everyone!!

Track list---
1. Randolph The Rouge Nosed Reindeer
2. Santa Claus Done Brought Himself To Town

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J.E. Mainer on Rural Rhythm - Vols. 19&20

Well folks---It`s been a while since I posted much of anything. I`m gonna try to get a little more regular again.
Here is the last two volumes of J.E. Mainer put out on the Rural Rhythm label. I`m sorry, but these 2 LP`s aren`t in very good condition, they are crackly and have some skips.
I still have some other J.E. Mainer items to post on other labels. When I get done with J.E.`s stuff I likely will start posting material of his brother, Wade, Who recently passed away at 103 years old!



Track list for Volume 19---
1. Donkey On The Track (an old tune that I believe originated with Al Hopkins in the 20`s)
2. Possum Up A Gum Stump (a common old time fiddle tune)
3. McNickles Break Down (I believe this is pretty much the same tune as Grayson & Whitter`s Lee Highway Blues)
4. Round Town Gals (this tune seems to be a cross between Ragtime Annie and something else)
5. Get In There Rabbit (an ancient tune that was first recorded by the first woman to record a country record named Samantha Bumgarner about 1924)
7. Shoot The Turkey Buzzard (an old fiddle tune that I believe originated in east Tennessee)
8. Ride Old Buck To Water (an old Skillet Lickers number)
9. Flop Eared Mule (another common old fiddle tune)
10. Old Dan Tucker (this version uses sort of a different, unique tune that the same old words are sung to)
11. Jolly Blacksmith (another old fiddle number that I think originated from east Tennessee)
12. Mainer`s Blues (this tune is sort of a different version of Lee Highway Blues)
13. Seven And One Half (I have no idea where this tune comes from)
14. Cacklin` Hen (the common old fiddle tune)
15. Blue Ridge Break Down (this is another tune I`ve never heard anyone else play, sounds related to I Don`t Love Nobody)
16. Polly Put The Kettle On (a common old fiddle tune, sometimes Polly is called Molly)
17. Bucking Mule (another common fiddle tune where the fiddle sort of imitates a mule bray with the fiddle)
18. Rabbit In A Log (the common old words sang to a unique tune)
19. Chicken Reel (an ancient old fiddle tune)
20. Run Mountain (this seems to be a Mainer original tune)

Click here to download J.E. Mainer Vol. 19



Track list for Volume 20---
1. Diggin` Taters (an old fiddle tune from north Georgia called Liberty that had been recorded by about all of the north Georgia fiddlers, most people now call it Liberty, Off Of The Corn Licker Still, as the Skillet Lickers played it on one of their Corn Licker Still In Geoegia records)
2. Johnson Boys (an old number that I believe Al Hopkins may have rcorded first in the 1920`s)
3. Old And In The Way (an old tear-jerker first recorded by Fiddlin` John Carson)
4. Fill Me U A Bottle (I don`t know where this comes from, but there is a Skillet Licker tune very similar to the tune here)
5. Raise A Ruckus (an old tune that I believe originally came from pop music in the `teens or maybe even a little earlier)
6. Rim Street Brake Down (I believe this is a Mainer original)
7. Jimmy And Johnny (I don`t know anything about this one)
8. Granny Kickin` Up Her Heels (I don`t know anything about this one either)
9. Somebody Waiting For You (likely an old pop tune originally, Sam & Kirk McGee recorded it in the 1920`s)
10. Cripple Creek (one of the most common old numbers)
11.Dance Around Little Lou (this sounds related to Skip To My Lou)
12. Lost Indian (a fiddle tune that I believe was written by an early fiddler for Roy Acuff named Tommy Magness, who also adapted the tune Black Mountain Blues into the tune we now call Black Mountain Rag)
13. Johnny Get Your Gun (several early Georgia artists recorded this in the 1920`s, so I`d say it may originate from north Georgia)
14. Then I`ll Come Back To You (this was a pop tune that Charlie Poole recorded in the 1920`s)
15. Man In The Wood Pile (an old fiddle tune with several different names, such as Nigger In The Woodpile, Buck Creek Girls and a few more that I can`t recall at the moment)
16. Rock That Cradle Lucy (a tune that may have originated from the Skillet Lickers)
17. Jordan Am A Hard Road To Travel (an old minstrel show number that had been recorded pretty early in the country field by Riley Puckett)
18. Weary Miner Blues (I think this was an old honky tonk tune from the early 1940`s)
19. Johnson`s Old Grey Mule (an old tune that I believe was first recorded by Earl Johnson)
20. Jim Boy`s Break Down (this sounds a little related to the old Liberty tune mentioned above)

Click here to download J.E. Mainer Vol. 20

A Visit With Tex Ritter & Roy Acuff

As many of you know, I`m a Roy Acuff fan. So when I saw this on ebay, I grabbed it. This disc is a typical 7 inch 45. It is a conversation between Roy Acuff (who was on the CMA board at the time) and Tex Ritter, who was president of the CMA. It`s just sort of a promotional disc, telling of the good things the CMA was working on and what they stand for. The CMA sounds like sort of a musicians union by what Roy and Tex talk about on the disc. If you listen to it, you will see what the CMA was originally trying to do for the industry.
Listen & enjoy!

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J.E. Mainer on the Rural Rhythm label, Vols. 17 & 18

Track list for Vol. 17---
1. Two Happy Hearts (sounds like 1950-60`s county)
2. Old Man Below (no idea of the origin of this song)
3. Rebuilding Bridges (another 1950-60`s-ish sounding tune)
4. Hoop It Up Liza (one of the many Liza Jane tunes)
5. Uncle Eph (from the catalog of Grandpa Jones)
6. Down At The Cider Mill (an old Skillet Licker tune)
7. Roll On Buddy (an old Tennessee tune, often performed by Sam & Kirk McGee on the Grand Ole Opry, also often performed by Bashful Brother Oswald)
8. I`ll Hate Myself Tomorrow (another 1950`s sounding number)
9. High Ball Gal Of Mine (usually titled That High Born Gal Of Mine, an old coon song often performed by Sam & Kirk McGee, also an Uncle Dave Macon & Bashful Brother Oswald tune)
10. Kansas City (a fairly common 1940-50`s blues number)
11. Tabby Let Your Hair Hang Down (likely taken from Bascom Lamar Lunsford as his tune Tempe Let Your Hair Hang Down)
12. Bring Me A Leaf From The Sea (possibly from the Carolina Tar Heels 78)
13. Cain`t Get You Off My Mind (yet another 1950`s sounding country tune)
14.Nobody`s Business (a common old time number)
15. Tax On A Hole In The Ground (J.E. announces he wrote this number)
16. Sold Down The River (still another 1950`s sounding tune)
17. Shout Lula (a very common old time banjo tune, possibly best known now as a tune Ralph Stanley plays clawhammer style)
18. If You Should See Your Sister (an old tear jerker from the early 1900`s)

Click here to download Vol.17



Track List For Vol. 18---
1. Keep On The Sunny Side (the old Carter Family song)
2. Where We`ll Never Grow Old (the old gospel standard)
3. Heavenly Airplane (no idea where this tune comes from, likely a 1930`s tune)
4. These Bones Gonna Rise (I think this is an old black spiritual tune)
5. Those Lonely Tombs (a tune originally recorded in the 1930`s by the Mainer`s)
6. Give Me That Old Time Religion (the old gospel standard we all used to learn as a child)
7. Where You Gonna Hide (I believe this is an old southern gospel number)
8. Job`s Coffin (no idea where this one comes from, sounds like it could have black spiritual roots)
9. An Unfriendly World (no idea where this one comes from)
10. Keep Inching Along (another one that sounds sort of like a black spiritual tune)
11. Coal Miner`s Grave (not really a gospel number, but an old coal miner lament type tune)
12. River Jordan (an old tune, I believe the Carter Family tune)
13. He`s Coming To Us Dead (the old Grayson & Whitter tune, again, not a gospel number)
14. Gambling On The Sabbath Day (I believe this may come from the old George Reneau 78)
15. Tell It On The Mountain (this possibly has black spiritual roots)
16. Wasn`t That A Mighty Storm (this also sounds like it may have black spiritual roots)
17. Log Cabin In The Lane (not a gospel tune, likely from the old Fiddlin` John Carson 78, the first country 78 issued with vocal on it)
18. The Gospel Way (possibly a southern gospel tune)

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A note on the Leslie Keith post

I have deleted the download ling on the Leslie Kieth post. The owner of the rights to the LP contacted me to take it down as the LP is actually still available from them. The company is Sierra Records and you can look at there site here---

www.sierrarecords.net