Sid Harkreader

Sidney Johnson Harkreader,  *26-02-1898 Gladville Wilson County, TN, +19-03-1988
2nd version

by Thieu Van De Vorst, Tony Russell, Praguefrank, Henk Scholts

SESSIONS  see also Uncle Dave Macon

13 April 1925 New York City -  Sid Harkreader (Sid Harkreader [vcl/gt])

001 NN-677/8  THE DYING GIRLS’MESSAGE Vocalion 15075 5066

002 NN-681/2  DARK EYES           Vocalion 15366 Vocalion 5114

14 April 1925 New York City -  Sid Harkreader (Sid Harkreader [vcl/gt/whistle-1])

003 NN-687/8  NEW RIVER TRAIN Vocalion 15035 Vocalion 5063/ BACM CD D 424

004 NN-689/0  WHERE IS MY BOY TONIGHT Vocalion 15075 Vocalion 5066/OHCS-185

005 NN-691/2  I WISH I WAS SINGLE AGAIN Vocalion 15035 Vocalion 5063

006 NN-693/4  MANY TIMES WITH YOU I'VE WANDERED Vocalion 15100 Vocalion 5070/ BACM CD D 424

007 NN-697/8  SOUTHERN WHISTLING COON*Vocalion 15063

008 NN-699/700  I TICKLED NANCY       Vocalion 15341  Vocalion 5109/OHCS-185

009 NN-701/2  STRUTTING AROUND Vocalion 15193 Vocalion 5082

15 April 1925 New York City - Sid Harkreader (Sid Harkreader [vcl/gt])

010 NN-715/6  BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN BLUES  Vocalion 15193 Vocalion 5082

011 NN-717/8  LITTLE SWEETHEART   unissued

June 1927 Chicago, IL – Harkreader and Moore (Sid Harkreader [vcl/gt/fiddle/speach], Grady Moore [vcl/gt/steel/fiddle/speach])

012 4590-1-2 THE BULLY OF THE TOWN Paramount 3022 Broadway 8056/JEMF 103 BACM CD D 424

013 4591-1-2 HAND ME DOWN MY WALKING CANE  3022 8055/ BACM CD D 424

014 4592-2 OLD JOE 3023 8114/County LP 541 CO-CD-3521 BACM CD D 340 BACM CD D 424

015 4593-1 JOHN HENRY 3023 8114/ BACM CD D 424

016 4596-2 DON’T RECKON IT’LL HAPPEN AGAIN 3044/ BACM CD D 424

017 4597-2 THERE’S A LITTLE ROSEWOOD CASKET 3024 8115

018 4598-3 THE GAMBLER’S DYING  WORDS 3025 8115 ARC-Broadway 8115/BACM CD D 340

019 4599-2 A PICTURE FROM LIFE’S OTHER SIDE 3024 8055/ BACM CD D 424

020 4600-1 THE LAND WHERTE WE NEVER GROW OLD 3052 3296 8081/JSP 7774 BACM CD D 424

021 4604-2 WHERE THE RIVER SHANNON FLOWS 3055

022 4605-2 KITTY WELLS 3043 8157/ BACM CD D 424

023 4606-3 WAY DOWN IN JAIL ON MY KNEES 3025 8056?

024 4610-2 MY LITTLE HOME IN TENNESSEE 3043 8157/ BACM CD D 424

025 4611-2 ONLY AS FAR AS THE GATE 3035

026 4612-2 BITS OF BLUES 3044/ BACM CD D 424

027 4613-1 I LOVE THE HILLS OF TENNESSEE 3033/ BACM CD D 424

028 4614-2 MOCKING BIRD BREAKDOWN 3033/ BACM CD D 424

029 4616-1 IN THE SWEET BYE AND BYE 3061 8117/JSP 7774

030 4617-1 THE OLD RUGGED CROSS 3061 8117/JSP 7774

031 4618-2 A TRIP TO TOWN  3063 8065

032 4620-2 IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE A BIG TIME TONIGHT 3054 8217 / BACM CD D 424

033 4621-1 WILL THERE BE ANY STARS ON MY CROWN 3052 3296 8081/JSP 7774 BACM CD D 424

034 4622-1 LAZY TENNESSEE 3063 8064

035 4623-2 RUN NIGGER RUN 3054 8217

Missing masters are untraced

JEMF 103 PARAMOUNT OLDTIME TUNES; COUNTY LP 541 EARLY STRINGBANDS VOL.1 (1987); COUNTY CO-CD-3521 NASHVILLE EARLY STRINGBANDS VOL.1 (2000);  JSP 7774 PARAMOUNT OLDTIME RECORDINGS (UK, 2006, 4CD BOX); BACM D 340 OLDTIME TUNES/SONGS 1926-1937 (UK, 2011)
Ca April 1928 Chicago, IL – Hearkreader and Poteet (Sid Hearkreader [vcl/fiddle], Blythe Poteet [vcl/gt])

036 20471-2 RED RIVER VALLEY Paramount 3141 Broadway 8202/ BACM CD D 424

037 20474-1 IT WON’T BE LONG NOW 3141 8202/ BACM CD D 424

038 20478-2 LIFE’S RAILWAY TO HEAVEN 3094 8129

039 20479-2 HE’LL FIND NO GIRL LIKE ME 3112/ BACM CD D 424

040 20480-1 SWEET BIRD 3112/ BACM CD D 424

041 20481-2 DRINK HER DOWN 3118

042 20484-2 TAKE ME BACK TO MY CAROLINA HOME 3104 8219/ BACM CD D 424

043 20485-1 WANG WANG BLUES 3118

044 20486-2-3 WHERE IS MY MAM 3094 8129

045 20487-2 TRAVELING COON 3104 8219

045 20488-2 CHIN MUSIC 3183/ BACM CD D 424

046 20489-1 ON THE BOWERY 3183

Missing masters are possibly unknown rejected tracks

1979 unknown – Mark Brine and Fiddlin‘ Sid Harkreader

047 THE CHRISTMAS CAROL NO ONE LISTENS FOR (THE CAROL) Society no #/KJK CD 05

048 THE CAROL RAG Society no #/KJK CD 05

KJK CD 05 THE CAROL AND TRUE FOLK LEGEND OF JACK FROST (2011)

ALBUMS

BACM [UK] CD D 424 Early Opry Star: The Bully Of The Town; Take Me Back To My Old Carolina Home; He’ll Find No Girl Like Me; It Looks To Me Like A Big Time Tonight; Sweet Bird; Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown; It Won’t Be Long Now; New River Train; The Land Where We Never Grow Old; Red River Valley; Hand Me Down My Walking Cane; John Henry; Mocking Bird Breakdown; My Little Home In Tennessee; Kitty Wells; Chin Music; Don’t Reckon It’ll Happen Again; Many Times With You I’ve Wandered; Old Joe; A Picture From Life’s Other Side; Bits Of Blues; I Love The Hills Of Tennessee - 12

SINGLES

Vocalion

15035 New River Train / I Wish I Was Single Again – 25 (reissued as 5063)

15063 Southern Whistling Coon / [Uncle Dave Macon:] Watermelon Smilin‘ On The Wine – 25 (reissued as 5065)

15075 The Dying Girls‘ Message / Where Is My Boy Tonight – 25 (reissued as 5066)

15100 [Uncle Dave Macon: Save My Mpther’s Picture From The Sale / Many Times With You I’ve Wandered - 25 (reissued as 5070)

15193 Struttin‘  Around / Blue Ridge Mountain Blue – 25 (reissued as 5082)
15366 Dark Eyes /  [George Reneau:] On Top Of Old Smoky – 26 (reissued as 5114)

Paramount (1927-1928) as Harkreader and Moore, since 3094 Harkreader and Potet

3022 The Bully Of The Town /  Hand Me Down My Walking Cane

3023 Old Joe / John Henry

3024 There’s A Little Rosewood Casket / A Picture From Life’s Other Side

3025 The Gambler’s Dying / Way Down In Jail On My Knees

3033 I Love The Hills Of Tennessee / Mocking Bird Breakdown

3035 Only As Far As The Gate / Where The River Shannon Flows

3043 Kitty Wells / My Little Home In Tennessee

3044  Don’t Reckon It’ll Happen Again / Bits Of Blues

3052 The Land Where We Never Grow Old / Will There Be Any Stars On My Crown (reissued on Paramount 3296)

3054 It Looks To Me Like A Big Time Tonight / Run Nigger Run

3061 In The Sweet Bye And Bye / The Old Rugged Cross

3063 A Trip To Town / Lazy Tennessee

3094 Life’s Railway To heaven / Where Is My Mam

3104 Take Me Back To My Carolina Home / [Blythe Poteet:] Traveling Coon

3112  He’ll Find No Girl Like Me / Sweet Bird

3118 Drink Her Down  / Wang Wang Blues

3141  Red River Valley / It Won’t Be Long Now

3183 Chin Music /  On The Bowery

3296 The Land Where We’ll Never Grow Old / Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown

Note by Henk Scholts: Note: Pm 3118 a copy has been reported with matrix 20485 in the wax and on the label Wang wang blues but playing: Take me back to my Carolina home

Broadway  as by Harkins and Moran or Harkins and  Perry

8055 Hand Me Down My Walking Cane / A Picture From Life’s Other Side

8056 The Bully Of The Town / Way Down In Jail On My Knees (?)

8064 Lazy Tennessee / [Kentucky Thorobreds]

8065 A Trip To Town / [Kentucky Thorobreds]

8081 The Land Wherte We Never Grow / Will There Be Any Stars On My Crown

8115 There’s A Little Rosewood Casket /  The Gambler’s Dying  Words

8117  In The Sweet Bye And Bye / The Old Rugged Cross

8129  Life’s Railway To Heaven / Where Is My Mam – as by Harkins and Perry

8144 Old Joe / John Henry  -

8157 Kitty Wells / My Little Home In Tennessee

8202 Red River Valley / It Won’t Be Long Now  - as by Harkins and Moran

8217 It Looks To Me Like A Big Time Tonight / Run Nigger Run

8219  Take Me Back To My Carolina Home / Traveling Coon  - as by Philip Perry

ARC-Broadway 8115 [David Miller:] Way Down In Jail On My Knees /  The Gambler’s Dying  Words

Note by Henk Scholts: The online 78"project mentioned 8056 as alternate release with The bully of the town by Ernest Stoneman. Tony Russell's book Country Music Records a discography 1921-1942 mentioned the Ernest Stoneman release as ARC-Broadway 8056 with on reverse side Vernon Dalhart. However a Vernon Dalhart release as ARC-Broadway 8056 is not been traced in this book.

Herwin

75532 Death of John Henry [as by Mc Bridge and Wright] / [Welby Toomey:] Roving Gambler  (other pressings of this record replaces matrix 4593 by Gennett matrix 12572 The death of John Henry by Welby Toomey)

Society (1979)

No # The Christmas Carol No One Listens For (The Carol) / The Carol Rag – 79 w. Mark Brine