Lew Childre

Lewis Everett Children, *01-11-1901 Opp, AL, +03-12-1961

3rd version

By Tony Russell (Country Discography 1921-1942), Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli, Robert Platt, Dick Grant, Chris Huskey, Thieu Van De Vorst, Mario Manciotti
SESSIONS

31 March 1930 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, IN - Lew Childre (Lew Childre [vcl/steel])
001 G16428-A IT DON’T DO NOTHIN’ BUT RAIN rejected
002 G16429-A IT CAN’T BE DONE rejected
003 G16430-A WAGON YARD rejected
004 G16431-A MOONSHINE BLUES rejected
005 G16432-A MY RED-HAIRED LADY Superior 2520
006 G16433-A WHERE THE RIVER SHANNON FLOWS rejected
007 G16434-A-B HORSIE, KEEP YOUR TAIL UP! rejected
008 G16435-A THE OLD GREY MARE rejected
009 G16436-A LITTLE JOE THE WRANGLER rejected
010 G16437-A JACK OF DIAMONDS rejected
10 April 1930 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, IN – Lew Childre (Lew Childre [vcl/steel])
011 G16470 WAGON YARD Gennett 7183 Champion 16011
012 G16471 MOONSHINE BLUES Gennett 7183 Champion 16011
11 April 1930 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, IN – Lew Childre (Lew Childre [vcl/steel])
013 G16472-A THE OLD GREY MARE rejected
014 G16473-A JACK OF DIAMONDS rejected
015 G16474-A IT DON’T DO NOTHIN’ BUT RAIN rejected
11 September 1930 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, IN – Lew Childre and Wiley Walker (Lew Childre [vcl/steel], Wiley Walker [vcl/fiddle])
016 G17018 I LEARNED ABOUT WOMEN FROM HER Superior 2520
017 G17019-A IT CAN’T BE DONE rejected
018 G17020-A BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN QUEEN rejected
019 G17021 THE OLD GREY MARE Gennett 7312 Champion 16093 Supertone 9773
020 G17022-A IT DIDN’T DO NOTHIN’ BUT RAIN rejected
021 G17023 HORSIE, KEEP YOUR TAIL UP! Gennett 7312 Champion 16093 Supertone 9773
23 March 1936 Furniture Mart Building, 666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL – Lew Childre (Lew Childre [vcl/steel])
022 C 1299-1 HANG OUT THE FRONT DOOR KEY Conqueror 8657 ARC labels 60651
023 C 1300-1 THE FISHING BLUES unissued
024 C 1301-2 MY RED HAIRED LADY unissued
025 C 1302-1-2 UNDER A SOUTHERN MOON unissued
026 C 1303-1 I’M SAVING UP COUPONS (TO GET ONE OF THOSE) ARC labels 60859
027 C 1304-1-2 HOG CALLING BLUES unissued
028 C 1305-1-2 WHEN MY LOUIE SINGS HIS YODEL-LADDY-HOO unissued
ARC labels – Melotone, Perfect, Banner, Oriole, Romeo
24 March 1936 Furniture Mart Building, 666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL – Lew Childre (Lew Childre [vcl/steel])
029 C 1310 WHEN MY LOUIE SINGS HIS YODEL.LADDY-HOO Conqueror 8656
030 C 1311-1-2 HERE’S YOUR OPPORTUNITY unissued
031 C 1312-1-2 MY HART IS IN THE HILLS OF CAROLINA unissued
032 C 1313-2 HORSIE KEEP YOUR TAIL UP Conqueror 8656 ARC 61052
033 C 1314-1-2 THE ANSWER TO NOBODY’S DARLING unissued
034 C 1315-1-2 MOONSHINE BLUES unissued
035 C 1316-1-2 MY MAMMY unissued
036 C 1317-1 WAGON YARD ARC 61052
25 March 1936 Furniture Mart Building, 666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL – Lew Childre (Lew Childre [vcl/steel])
037 C 1318-1 IT DON’T DO NOTHING BUT RAIN Conqueror 8657
038 C 1319-1-2 MY MARY unissued
ca. May 1951 poss. Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN - Lew Childre (Lew Childre [vcl/steel], Grady Martin [gt], Tommy Jackson [fiddle], + more unknown musicians)
039 YW-7240 HOG CALLIN’ BLUES 6355-x45
040 YW-7241/PBE-847 RIDIN’ THE ELEVATED TRAIN 6339-x45/va MGW-12267 Rounder 1143 BACM CD D 187
041 YW-7242 WHEN THE FOG FORMS ON THE RIO GRANDE 6355-x45
042 YW-7243 EVERYBODY’S FISHIN‘  6339-X45

ROUNDER CD 1143 TRAIN 45 RAILROAD SONGS OF THE EARLY 1900'S (1998); BACM D 187 MERCURY LABEL (UK, 2007)

ca 1 May 1961 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Lew Childre (Lew Childre [vcl/steel], Cowboy Copas [rh gt], Burkett H. Uncle Josh” Graves [dobro], ? [bass]. Producer: Tommy Hill)
043 ST-4800 OLD MCDONALD HAD A FARM unissued
044 ST-4801 SHANGHAI ROOSTER  unissued
045 ST-4802 I LOVE THAT ROOSTER unissued
046 ST-4803 A LITTLE MORE RABBIT SOUP unissued

edited from above:

6944 [4800-4801] OLD McDONALD HAD A FARM/SHANGHAI ROOSTER SLP 291
6945 [4802-4804] I LOVE THAT ROOSTER/A LITTLE MORE RABBIT SOUP/BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN unissued

2 May 1961 [09:00-12:00] Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Lew Childre (Lew Childre [vcl/steel], Cowboy Copas [rh gt], Burkett H. Uncle Josh” Graves [dobro], Junior Huskey [bass]. Producer: Tommy Hill)
047 ST-4804 BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN unissued
048 ST-4805 LEW’S THEME SEP-198/SLP-153
049 ST-4806 SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY SEP-198/SLP-153
050 ST-4807 GEORGE COLUM SEP-198/SLP-153
051 ST-4808 HANGOUT THE FRONT DOOR KEY SLP-153
052 ST-4809 BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN BLUES SLP-153
053 ST-4810 LITTLE JOE THE WRANGLER SLP-153
054 ST-4811 MOONSHINE BLUES SLP-153 SLP-178 Metronome MLP-15139
055 ST-4812 MOUNTAIN FEUDIN’ (THE MARTINS AND THE COYS) Starday SLP-153
056 ST-4813 MY DREAM OF THE U.S.A. SLP-153
2 May 1961 [14:00-17:00] Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Lew Childre (Lew Childre [vcl/steel], Cowboy Copas [rh gt], Burkett H. Uncle Josh” Graves [dobro], Junior Huskey [bass]. Producer: Tommy Hill)
057 ST-4814 ALABAMY BOUND Starday SLP-153
058 ST-4815 THIS TRAIN Starday SEP-186/SLP-153
059 ST-4816 EVERYBODY’S FISHIN’ Starday SLP-153
060 ST-4817 STRAWBERRY ROAN SLP-153 SLP-190 London HA-B-8076 HAA-8076
061 ST-4818 WHEN THEY BAPTIZED SISTER LUCY LEE Starday SEP-198/SLP-153
062 ST-4819 ALABAMA HOME SEP-198/SLP-153
063 ST-4820 WRECK OF THE OLD 97 SEP-198/SLP-153
064 ST-4821 HOG CALLIN’ BLUES SLP-153
065 ST-4822 ROCK MY LITTLE BABY TO SLEEP SLP-153
Lew Childre recorded unknown non-country sides before 1930

RADIO TRANSCRIPTIONS (incomplete)

1946  unknown – Lew Childre
ALABAMY BOUND (THEME) ELEVATED RAILROAD Old Homestead OHCS-132
I’M HEADING FOR THE BLUE HORIZON Old Homestead OHCS-132
BIG EYED RABBIT Old Homestead OHCS-132
MAPLE ON THE HILL Old Homestead OHCS-132
WHEN THE FOG FORMS ON THE RIO GRANDE Old Homestead OHCS-132
EVERYBODY’S FISHING Old Homestead OHCS-132
ROCK ALL OUR BABIES TO SLEEP Old Homestead OHCS-132
WHEN THE SWEET AZALEAS ARE BLOOMING Old Homestead OHCS-132
HANG OUT THE FRONT DOOR KEY Old Homestead OHCS-132
DON’T SAY ALOHA WHEN I GO Old Homestead OHCS-132 .
ALABAMY BOUND/ARE YOU FROM DIXIE Old Homestead OHCS-132
WHEN YOU SAID YES YESTERDAY Old Homestead OHCS-132
HORSIE KEEP YOUR TAIL UP Old Homestead OHCS-132
SILVER DOLLAR Old Homestead OHCS-132
THIS TRAIN Old Homestead OHCS-132
LITTLE OLD CHURCH IN THE VALLEY Old Homestead OHCS-132
IT DON’T DO NOTHING BUT RAIN Old Homestead OHCS-132
MY RED HAIRED LADY Old Homestead OHCS-132
MOONSHINE BLUES Old Homestead OHCS-132
HOW I MISS YOU TONIGHT/ALABAMY BOUND Old Homestead OHCS-132

ALBUMS
Starday SLP-153 Old Time Get-Together with Lew Childre: Alabama Bound; This Train; Everybody's Fishin'; Strawberry Roan; Sister Lucy Lee; Alabama Home; Wreck Of The Old 97; Hog Callin' Blues; Rock My Little Baby To Sleep; Lew's Theme; Southern Hospitality; George Colum; The Front Door Key; Blue Ridge Mountain Blues; Little Joe The Wrangler; Moonshine Blues; Mountain Feudin' (The Martins And The Coys); My Dream Of The U.S.A – 61
Old Homestead OHCS-132 Lew Childre On The Air 1946 Volume 1:Alabamy Bound (Theme) Elevated Railroad; I’m Heading For the Blue Horizon; Big Eyed Rabbit; Maple On the Hill; When the Fog Forms On The Rio Grande; Everybody’s Fishing; Rock All Our Babies To Sleep; When The Sweet Azaleas Are Blooming; Hang Out The Front Door Key; Don’t Say Aloha When I Go;. Alabamy Bound/Are You From Dixie; When You Said Yes Yesterday; Horsie Keep Your Tail Up; Silver Dollar; This Train; Little Old Church In The Valley; It Don’t Do Nothing But Rain; My Red Haired Lady; Moonshine Blues; How I Miss You Tonight/Alabamy Bound – 81 (radio transcriptions)

BACM [UK] CD D 510 The Boy From Alabam: Wagon Yard; Horsie Keep Your Tail Up;  When My Louie Sings His Yodel-Laddy-Hoo;  The Fishing Blues;  Hang Out The Front Door Key; Alabamy Bound - This Train; Everbody's Fishin';  Strawberry Roan; When They Baptized Sister Lucy Lee; Alabama Home;  Wreck Of The Old 97; Hog Callin' Blues;  Rock My Little Baby To Sleep; Lew's Theme - Southern Hospitality;  George Colum; Hang Out The Front Door Key-2; Blue Ridge Mountain Blues;  Little Joe The Wrangler; Moonshine Blues;  Mountain Feudin';  My Dream Of The USA;  I'm Heading For The Blue Horizon;  When The Sweet Azaleas Are Blooming – 12-15

 

SINGLES
Gennett/Champion (1930)
7183/16011 Wagon Yard / Moonshine Blues - 30
7312/16093 The Old Grey Mare / Horsie, Keep Your Tail Up – 30 (also on Supertone 9773)
2520 My Red-Haired Lady / I Learned About Women From Her – ca. 31 (released on Superior) ARC (1936)
Conqueror
8656 When Louie Sings His Yodel / Horsie, Keep Your Tail Up! - 06-36
8657 It Don't Do Nothing But Rain / Hang Out Your Front Door Key - 06-36
Melotone, Oriole, Romeo, Perfect, Banner
6-06-51 It Don't Do Nothing But Rain / Hang Out Your Front Door Key - 06-36
6-08-59 My Red Haired Lady / I'm Saving Up Coupons – 08-36
6-10-52 Wagon Yard / Horsie, Keep Your Tail Up! – 10-36
Mercury (1951)
6339-X45 Riding The Elevated Train / Everybody's Fishin' - 06-51
6355-X45 When Fog Forms On The Rio Grande / Hog Callin' Blues - 08-51
Starday (ca. 1960)
SEP-198 When They Baptized Sister Lucy Lee; Alabama Home; Wreck Of The Old 97 / Lew's Theme; Souther Hospitality;George Colum