By Tony
Russell, Praguefrank
SESSIONS
29 April
1927 New York City – The Kanawha Singers (Arthur Herbert, Alex
Mason, Neil Evans, Jesse Phillips [vcl] + Bill Wirges [piano])
001 E22775/6/7* WEST VIRGINIA HILLS Vocalion 5142 Brunswick 158
002 E22778*/9/0 HAIL WEST VIRGINIA Vocalion 5142 Brunswick 158
*means master
13 August
1927 New York City – The Kanawha Singers (Arthur Herbert, Alex
Mason, Neil Evans, Jesse Phillips [vcl] + Carson Robison [gt], John Call
[banjo], Vernon Dalhart [harmonica/vcl], Sam Raitz [fiddle])
003 E24213/4/5/6 OH, DEM GOLDEN SLIPPER Vocalion 5173 Brunswick 189 Supertone S2040
13 January
1928 New York City – The Kanawha Singers (Arthur Herbert, Alex
Mason, Neil Evans, Jesse Phillips [vcl] + Bill Wirges [piano], ? [banjo], ?
[fiddle])
004 E26002/3* INDIANA
Brunswick 255
005 E26004/5* ON THE BANKS OF THE WABASH Brunswick 255
24 January
1928 New York City – The Kanawha Singers
(Arthur Herbert, Alex Mason, Neil Evans, Jesse Phillips [vcl] + unknown
musicians + Carson Robison [gt on some takes])
006 E26257/8* SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT Brunswick 205 3801 Supertone S2125
007 E26259/0* CLIMBING UP DE GOLDEN STAIRS Brunswick 205 3801
Supertone S2125
18 May
1928 New York City – The Kanawha Singers (Arthur Herbert, Alex
Mason, Neil Evans, Jesse Phillips [vcl] + unknown musicians)
008 E27567 GOODBYE, MY LOVER, GOODBYE Brunswick 242 3991
009 E27568 THAT OLD COUNTRY TOWN Brunswick 242 3991
4 April
1929 New York City – The Kanawha Singers
(Arthur Herbert, Alex Mason, Neil Evans, Jesse Phillips [vcl] + unknown
musicians)
010 E29540
CLIMB UP, YE CHILUN, CLIMB rejected
011 E29541
ELLA REE rejected
ca. 30
April 1929 New York City – The Kanawha Singers (Arthur Herbert, Alex Mason,
Neil Evans, Jesse Phillips [vcl] + unknown musicians [gt, banjo, fiddle])
012 E29698 DE CAMPTOWN RACES Brunswick 337
013 E29699 KEEP IN THE MIDDLE OF DE ROAD Brunswick 337
11 June
1929 New York City – The Kanawha Singers
(Arthur Herbert, Alex Mason, Neil Evans, Jesse Phillips [vcl] + unknown
musicians)
014 E30053 BRIGHTEN THE CORNER WHERE YOU ARE Brunswick 328
015 E30054 SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER? Brunswick 328
016 E30055 GOD BE WITH YOU
unissued
28 June
1929 New York City – The Kanawha Singers
(Arthur Herbert, Alex Mason, Neil Evans, Jesse Phillips [vcl] + unknown
musicians)
017 E30303 RESCUE THE PERISHING unissued
018 E30304 THERE IS SUNSHINE IN MY SOUL Brunswick 472
019 E30305 IF YOUR HEART KEEPS RIGHT Brunswick 472
18 July 1929
New York City – The Kanawha Singers (Arthur
Herbert, Alex Mason, Neil Evans, Jesse Phillips [vcl] + unknown musicians)
020 E30402 MOUNTAINS
AIN'T NO PLACE FOR BAD MEN Brunswick
347 Supertone S2068
021 E30403 HIGH SILK
HAT AND A WALKING CANE Brunswick
347 Supertone S2050
27 August
1929 New York City – The Kanawha Singers (Arthur Herbert, Alex Mason, Neil Evans,
Jesse Phillips [vcl] + unknown musicians [banjo, piano])
022 E30513 ELLA RAE (CARRY ME BACK TO TENNESSEE) Brunswick
459
023 E30514 CLIMB UP, YE CHILLUN, CLIMB UP Brunswick 459
024 E30515 EARLY IN THE MORNING Brunswick 365
025 E30516 THE GOSPEL TRAIN Brunswick 365
SINGLES
Vocalion (1927-1929)
158 West Virginia
Hills / Hail West Virginia – 27 (reissued on
Vocalion 5142)
189 Oh, Dem Golden Slipper / [Al Hopkins] – 27 (reissued on
Vocalion 5173, Supertone S2040)
205 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / Climbing Up De Golden Stairs –
28 (reissued on Brunswick 3801,
Supertone S2125)
242 Goodbye, My Lover, Goodbye / That Old Country Town – 28 (reissued
on Brunswick 3991)
255 Indiana / On The Banks Of The Wabash - 28
328 Brighten The Corner Where You Are / Shall We Gather At
The River? – 29
337 De Camptown Races / Keep In The Middle Of De Road – 29
347 Mountains Ain't No Place For Bad Men / High Silk Hat And
A Walking Cane – 29
365 Early In The Morning / The Gospel Train - 29
459 Ella Rae (Carry Me Back To Tennessee) / Climb Up, Ye
Chillun, Climb Up – ca 30
472 There Is Sunshine In My Soul / If Your Heart Keeps Right
– ca 30
Supertone S2050 High Silk Hat And A Walking Cane / [Hank Marvin]
Supertone S2068 Mountains Ain't No Place For Bad Men / [Pickard
Family]
