Tennessee Ramblers (1920s)

By Henk Scholts

SESSIONS

late February 1928 Ashland, KY – The Tennessee Ramblers (Willie Sievers Wiggings [gt/speach], James 'Mack' Sievers [vcl/banjo/speach], Fiddlin' Bill Sievers [fiddle/speach]) 001 AL-308 A FIDDLER'S CONTEST BR 257 SPR S 2087

002 AL-309  untraced

003 AL-310 ARKANSAS TRAVELLER BR 225  80096   SPT S 2083

004 AL-311 untraced

005 AL-312 SATISFIED BR 257

006 AL-313 untraced

007 AL-314 CACKLING PULLET BR 225  SPT S2083

008 AL-315 untraced

009 AL-316 THE PREACHER GOT DRUNK AND LAID DOWN HIS BIBLE BR 259  SPT 2063 / County LP 504

010 AL-317 untraced

011 AL-319 untraced

012 AL-320 untraced

013 AL-322 untraced

014 AL-323 untraced

015 AL-324 untraced

016 AL-325 untraced

017 AL-326 untraced

018 AL-327 MEDLEY OF MOUNTAIN SONGS (HOP OUT LADIES - MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA - LITTLE BROWN JUG) BR 259  SPT S2063

Masters AL 318, 321 by All Star Entertainers

27 August 1929 Knoxville, TN – The Tennessee Ramblers (Willie Sievers Wiggings [gt/speach], James 'Mack' Sievers [vcl/banjo/speach], Walter McKinney [steel],  Fiddlin' Bill Sievers [fiddle/speach], ? [vcl])

019 K-100 CARBAGE CAN BLUES 5378

020 K-101 TENNESSEE TRAVELER 5378

021 K-102 RAMBLERS MARCH 5362

022 K-103 IN MY DEAR OLD SUNNY SOUTH 5398

023 K-104 untraced

024 K-105 HAWAIIAN MEDLEY 5394

025 K-106 GIVE THE FIDDLERS A DREAM 5362

Tennessee Ramblers believed to have recorded for Vocalion again in march/April 1930 at Knoxville, TN. but no files have been traced so far.

SINGLES

Brunswick (1928)

225 Arkansas Traveller / Cackling Pullet - 28

257 A Fiddler's Contest / Satisfied - 28

259 The Preacher Got Drunk And Laid Down His Bible / Medley Of Mountain Songs (Hop Out Ladies - Marching Through Georgia - Little Brown Jug) - 28

80096 Arkansas Traveller / [Bradley Kincaid :] Old Joe Clark – ca 31

Supertone

S2063 The Preacher Got Drunk And Laid Down His Bible /  Medley Of Mountain Songs (Hop Out Ladies - Marching Through Georgia - Little Brown Jug)

S2083 Arkansas Traveller / Cackling Pullet

S2087 A Fiddler's Contest / [Kessinger Brothers:] Chicken In The Barnyard

Vocalion (1929)

5362 Give The Fiddlers A Dream / Ramblers March - 29

5378 Carbage Can Blues / Tennessee Traveler - 29

5394 Hawaiian Medley / [Cal Davenport and His Gang:] Double Eagle March - 29

5398 [Cal Davenport and His Gang:] Blue Ridge Mountain Blues / In My Dear Old Sunny South - 29