Marvin Montgomery

Marvin Dooley Wetter, *17-03-1913 Rinard, IO, +17-09-2006

2nd version

by Thieu Van De Vorst, Michel Ruppli, Praguefrank

SESSIONS also member of Light Crust Doughboys, see also Bill Boyd

October 1947  Sellers Co. Studio, 2102 Jackson St., Dallas, TX – Marvin Montgomery and His Banjo]) (split session with Light Crust Doughboys)

001 K2579  HEAR DEM BELLS  Federal  45-10014/Audio Lab AL-1569

002 K2580  RING RING DE BANJO  705 EP-337/ Audio Lab AL-1569

003 K2581  BLUE BELLS OF SCOTLAND/SWEET AND LOW  705 EP-337/ Audio Lab AL-1569

004 K2582  MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME  Federal 45-10014 EP-337/ Audio Lab AL-1569

005 K2583  RAGGIN‘ THE BANJO  844 EP-337/ Audio Lab AL-1569

ca February 1952 unknown, TX – Marvin Montgomery

006 IF-340  RED RIVER VALLEY Imperial 45-8142 .

007 IF-341  WAITING FOR THE ROBERT  E. LEE unissued

008 IF-342  WEDNESDAY NIGHT WALTZ unissued

009 IF-343  PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND ME  45-8142

010 IF-344  SIOUX CITY SUE  45-8154

011 IF-345  WALKING THE FLOOR OVER YOU 45-8154

1955 unknown – Smokey Montgomery (Marvin Montgomery [banjo], Cody Sandifer [drums], Del McClinton [harmonica],  John W. Parker [piano], Don Franz [tuba])

012 HEAR THEM BELLS Audiophile AP 83

013 JOLSON MEDLEY Audiophile AP 83

014 ALABAMA JUBILEE Audiophile AP 83

015 BYE BYE BLUES Audiophile AP 83

016 DILL PICKLES RAG Audiophile AP 83

017 HARMONICA BLUES Audiophile AP 83

018 TIGER RAG Audiophile AP 83

019 SLEEP Audiophile AP 83

020 HUMORESQUE Audiophile AP 83

021 ORIGINAL DIXELAND ONE-STEP Audiophile AP 83

022 CHARLESTON MEDLEY Audiophile AP 83

023 12TH STREET RAG Audiophile AP 83

5 January 1959 Bluebonnet Recording Studio, 1041 Isbell Road, Fort Worth, TX - Marvin Montgomery (Marvin Montgomery [tenor banjo], Smoky Montgomery [2nd banjo], Kenneth Cobb [bass], Artie Glenn/Darrell Glenn [percussion])

024 TWELFTH STREET RAG Bluebonnet BL 501

025 SWEET GEORGIA BROWN Bluebonnet BL 501 

026 CALIFORNIA HERE I COME Bluebonnet BL 501  

027 BELLS OF ST.MARY'S Bluebonnet BL 501 

028 HOW YOU GONNA KEEP 'EM DOWN ON THE FARM Bluebonnet BL 501 

029 THAT'S A PLENTY Bluebonnet BL 501  

030 ALEXANDER'S RAGTOME BAND Bluebonnet BL 501  

031 ST.LOUIS BLUES Bluebonnet BL 501  

032 DARKTOWN STRUTTERS BALL Bluebonnet BL 501

033 MY MAMMY Bluebonnet BL 501 

034 THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE Bluebonnet BL 501  

035 BANJO BUSTER Bluebonnet BL 501 

1960 Cosimo J + M Recording Studio, 525 Gov. Nicholls St., New Orleans, LA - Knocky Parker, Sherwood Mangiapane, Marvin Montgomery, Dr. Edmond Souchon

Sounds From My Place:

036 SOME SWEET DAY New Orleans Originals R 2203

037 PRETTY BABY New Orleans Originals R 2203

038 MICHIGAN WATER New Orleans Originals R 2203

039 WHY KEEP ME WAITING SO LONG? New Orleans Originals R 2203

1979 unknown – Marvin  “Smokey“ Monrgomery (Marvin Monrgomery [banjo], Howard Reed [el gt], Marc Jaro [bass], Paul Vinton [parcussion])

040 THE ENTERTAINER Smoco Music SM 1001

041 BYE BYE BLUES Smoco Music SM 1001

042 SMOKEY'S SMOKE Smoco Music SM 1001

043 LAURA'S THEME Smoco Music SM 1001

044 HOLIDAY FROM STINGS Smoco Music SM 1001

045 THOSE WERE THE DAYS Smoco Music SM 1001

046 BELLS OF ST. MARY'S Smoco Music SM 1001

047 MEDLEY - RED ROSES FOR A BLUE LADY Smoco Music SM 1001

048 FLAPPERETIE Smoco Music SM 1001

049 MEDLEY -SUNRISE, SUNSET/IF I WERE A RICH MAN (FROM FIDDLER ON THE ROOF)  Smoco Music SM 1001

050 DANNY BOY Smoco Music SM 1001

051 LOOK WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO MY SONG Smoco Music SM 1001  

Marvin Montgomery recorded after 1979, some info In albums list

ALBUMS

Audiophile AP-83 The Scintillating Banjo Of Smokey Montgomery: Hear Them Bells; Jolson Medley; Alabama Jubilee; Bye Bye Blues; Dill Pickles Rag; Harmonica Blues; Tiger Rag; Sleep; Humoreque; Original Dixeland One-Step; Charleston Medley; 12th Street Rag – 55 as Smokey Montgomery

Bluebonnet BL 501 In His Banjo Capers: Twelfth Street Rag;Sweet Georgia Brown;  California Here I Come;  Bells Of St.Mary's;  How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm; That's A Plenty;  Alexander's Ragtome Band;  St.Louis Blues;  Darktown Strutters Ball; My Mammy; The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise;  Banjo Buster – 02-59 (rev. Feb. 23)

Smoco Music SM 1001 Mostly Banjo: The Entertainer; Bye Bye Blues; Smokey's Smoke; Laura's Theme; Holiday From Stings; Those Were The Days; Bells Of St. Mary's; Medley - Red Roses For A Blue Lady; Flapperetie; Medley -Sunrise, Sunset/If I Were A Rich Man (From Fiddler On The Roof) ; Danny Boy; Look What They've Done To My Song – 79

Good Music GMD 870040 Banjoy Part 67 – All-Time Favorites: Medley: Say It With Music; All Things You Are; Tea For Two; Medley: Girl Of My Dreams; Temptation Rag; Medley: Your Nobody 'Till Somebody Loves You; Cherokee; Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?; The Whistler And His Dog; Rhapsody In Blue; Medley: Chinatown, My Chinatown; Lover; Stephen C. Foster Medley; Medley: Sidewalks Of New York; Dreams Medley; Memories Medley; Al Jolson Medley; Baby Medley; The Bells Of St. Marys – 89 (+Bill Simmons [piano], Bud Dresswe [sousaphone])

Art Greenhaw AG 2045 Jazz Banjo Man # 1: Rhapsody in Blue;  The Entertainer;. Suite: Stephen Foster; Smokey's Smoke; Tea for Two;. Ring That Banjo; Temptation Rag;  Bye Bye Blues; The Whistler and His Dog; Hear dem Bells; Flapperette; Fast Boat to China Suite;  The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise; The Bells of St. Mary's; Al Jolson Story in Song;  Swan Lake; Girls, Girls, Girls Medley; Black and Tan Fantasy;. Danny Boy; Music Man, Play On – 18-11-08

There are also four albums on Circle Records CLP 10001/10004 from 1987 with contribution of Smokey Montrgomery on some tracks

EPs

King

EP 335 Raggin‘ The Tenor Banjo:

Raggin' The Banjo;  Swanee River - Old Black Joe - My Old Kentucky Home /  Ring Ring De Banjo;  Blue Bells Of Scotland - Sweet And Low – 55 (MAX: KEP 275/6)

New Orleans Originals

R 2203 Sounds From My Place: Some Sweet Day; Pretty Baby /  Michigan Water; Why Keep Me Waiting So Long? – 60 Knocky Parker, Sherwood Mangiapane, Marvin Montgomery, Dr. Edmond Souchon

SINGLES

King

705 Ring Ring De Banjo / Blue Bells Of Scotland  - 05-48

45-844 (Marvin Montgomery:) Raggin' The Banjo / Feudin' Boogie (w. Grandpa Jones) - 02-50 (rev. Feb. 25)

Federal 45-10014 Ring Dem Bells / My old Kentucky Home  - 51
Imperial

45-8142  Red River Valley / Put Your Arms Around Me – 03-52

45-8154  Sioux City Sue / Walking The Floor Over You – 05-52 (rev. May 31)