Slim Rhodes

Ethmer Cletus Rhodes, *27-04-1913 Pocahontas, AR, +10-03-96
3rd version

by Praguefrank, Bill Daniels, Adam Komorowski, Xavier Maire, Mario Manciotti, Thieu Van De Vorst, Bern Kratochwil with help of www.706unionavenue.nl
SESSIONS
July 1950 Memphis Recording Service, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN - Slim Rhodes (Slim Rhodes [gt], Pee Wee Suggs [vcl/gt], Dusty Rhodes [vcl/fiddle], Danny Holloway [steel], Speck Rhodes [bass])
001 3754 unknown title
002 3755 SAVE A LITTLE LOVE FOR ME Gilt-Edge 5015/BFX 15211 BCD 17311
003 3756 unknown title
004 3757 SKUNK HOLLOW BOOGIE 5015/BFX 15211 BCD 17311

BEAR FAMILY BFX 15211 THE SUN COUNTRY YEARS 1950-1959 (1986, GER); BEAR FAMILY BCD 17311 THE SUN COUNTRY YEARS 1950-1959 (2013, GER)
December 1950 Memphis Recording Service, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – Slim Rhodes (Slim Rhodes [gt], Pee Wee Suggs [vcl/gt], Dusty Rhodes [vcl/fiddle], Danny Holloway [steel], Speck Rhodes [bass])
005 3969 SIXTY DAYS 5026/BFX 15211 BCD 17311 JASM 3575

006 3970 TIME MARCHES ON 5034/BFX 15211 BCD 17311
007 3971 HOT FOOT RAG 5034/BFX 15211 BCD 17311
008 3972 MEMPHIS BOUNCE 5026/BFX 15211 BCD 17311

JASMINE JASMCD 3575 HILLBILLY HOT ROD AUTOMOBILE SONGS (UK, 2006)

ca April 1951 Memphis Recording Service, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – Slim Rhodes (Slim Rhodes [gt], Pee Wee Suggs [vcl/gt], Dusty Rhodes [vcl/fiddle], Danny Holloway [steel], Speck Rhodes [bass])
009 4099 RED, WHITE AND BLUE 5044/BFX 15211 BCD 17311

010 5000 OZARK BOOGIE 5044/BFX 15211 BCD 17311 EC 26021

DIGIMODE EC 26021 EARLY COUNTRY VOL.6 (NED, 2000)

1950s unknown – Slim Rhodes (vocals by Butch George)

011 S 32 BROTHERS FRANK AND JESSE JAMES Rhodes 101

012 S 33 STEAL A KISS 101

23 February 1955 Sun Studio, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – Slim Rhodes (Slim Rhodes [gt], Dottie Rhodes-Moore [vcl-1], Dusty Rhodes [vcl-1/fiddle], Brad Suggs [vcl-2/gt], John Hughey [steel], Speck Rhodes [bass])
013 U144 DON'T BELIEVE -2 Sun 216/ BFX 15211 BCD 15801 BCD 17311 MEMPHIS 02
014 U145 UNCERTAIN LOVE -1 216/ BFX 15211 BCD 15801 BCD 17311 MEMPHIS 01
015 U158 THE HOUSE OF SIN -1 225/ BFX 15211 BCD 15801 BCD 17311
016 U159 ARE YOU ASHAMED OF ME? -2 225/ BFX 15211 BCD 15801 MEMPHIS 02 EC 26021

BEAR FAMILY BCD 15801 THE SUN SINGLES COLLECTION – VOL. 1 (1994, GER); DISKY MEMPHIS 01 ULTIMATE MEMPHIS COUNTRY COLLECTION VOL.1 (NED, 1993, 2 CDS); DISKY MEMPHIS 02 ULTIMATE MEMPHIS COUNTRY COLLECTION VOL.2 (NED, 1993,2 CDS); DIGIMODE EC 26021 EARLY COUNTRY VOL.6  (NED, 2000)

2 February 1956 Sun Studio, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – Slim Rhodes (Slim Rhodes [gt], Dottie Rhodes-Moore [vcl-1], Dusty Rhodes [vcl-1/fiddle], Brad Suggs [vcl-2/gt], John Hughey [steel], Speck Rhodes [bass], W.S. Holland [drums])
017 U188 GONNA ROMP AND STOMP -1 238/ BFX 15211 BCD 15802 BCD 17311 MEMPHIS
03 CD 8118

018 U189 BAD GIRL -2 238/ BFX 15211BCD 15802 BCD 17311

BEAR FAMILY BCD 15802 THE SUN SINGLES COLLECTION – VOL. 2 (1994, GER); DISKY MEMPHIS 03 ULTIMATE MEMPHIS ROCKABILLY COLLECTION VOL.1  (NED, 1993, 2CDS ); CHARLY CD 8118 ESSENTIAL SUN ROCKABILLIES VOL.2 (UK, 1996)

14 August 1956 Sun Studio, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – Slim Rhodes and Sandy Brooks (Slim Rhodes [gt], Sandy Brooks [vcl], Brad Suggs [gt], John Hughey [steel], Speck Rhodes [bass], Johnny Bernero [drums])
019 U216 TAKE AND GIVE 256/ BFX 15211 BCD 15802 BCD 17311 MEMPHIS 01
020 U217 DO WHAT I DO 256/ BFX 15211BCD 15802 BCD 17311 MEMPHIS 03 CDR 813 BB-CD 55180 SCCD 1125 TH 376 SS-37

LUCKY CDR 813 ROCKABILLY GOLD VOL.13  (1995); BUFFALO BOP BB-CD 55180 SET ME FREE (GER, 2006); SMITH SCCD 1125 GREAT ROCKABILLY JUST ABOUT AS GOOD AS IT GETS VOL.1 (NED, 2007); TEENAGE HEAVEN TH 376 COUNTRY ROCKERS VOL.2 SHOTGUN BOOGIE (1976); ROUNDER SS-37 SUN ROCKABILLY THE CLASSIC RECORDINGS (1990);

4 February 1958 Sun Studio, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – Slim Rhodes (Slim Rhodes [gt], Dot Rhodes [vcl], ? [vcl], ? [gt], ? [bass], ? [drums], ? [piano])
021 I’VE NEVER BEEN SO BLUE Sun unissued/ BFX 15211 BCD 17311

RADIO TRANSCRIPTIONS

1963 [Cotton Town Jubilee transcriptions] prob. Memphis, TN – Slim Rhodes (Slim Rhodes [vcl-7/gtr], Donna Rhodes [vcl-1/vcl trio-5/chorus-6], Sandra Rhodes [vcl trio-5/chorus-6], Gordon Rhodes [vcl trio-5/chorus-6], Dot Rhodes [vcl-2/gt], Butch George [vcl-3/gt], John Hughey[steel],  Speck Rhodes [vcl-4/bass],  Dusty Rhodes [vcl-2/fiddle])

BLACK MOUNTAN -instr.- RAG  LP 102 Cowboy Carl 103

I DON’T LOVE NOBODY BUT YOU -instr.- LP 102 Cowboy Carl 103

MEMHIS DOWN IN DIXIE Redita 110

STEEL GUITAR RAG CLCD 2859

SLIM’S BOOGIE No.1 -instr.- LP 102

ANYBODY BUT  -1 ME LP 102

UNCERTAIN LOVE -2 LP 102

MARY ANN REGRETS -3 LP 102

SPECK DOWN AT SKUNK HOLLOW -4  LP 102

WATCHING MY WORLD FALL APART -5 LP 102

LITTLE SHIRT THAT MAMA MADE FOR ME -4 LP 102

JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE -2-6 LP 102

TAKE ME BACK TO MEMPHIS -7 LP 102

SLIM’S BOOGIE NO 2 -instr.-  LP 102

COWBOY CARL 103 MEMPHIS RAG (1980); REDITA 110 SHELBY COUNTRY 1948/1974 (NED, 1975); COLLECTOR CLCD 2859 HILLBILLY JIVE WITH A BOOGIE BEAT  (NED, 1998)

ALBUMS
Cotton Town Jubilee LP-102 The Rhodes Show On The Road: Slim's Boogie No 1; Black Mountain Rag; Anybody But Me; Uncertain Love; Mary Ann Regrets; Speck Down At Skunk Hollow; I Don't Love Nobody; Watching My World Fall Apart; Little Shirt That Mama Made For Me; Just A Closer Walk With Thee; Take Me Back To Memphis; Slim’s Boogie No 2 – 63 (radio shows: Slim Rhodes,Dusty Rhodes, Dottie Rhodes, John Hughey, Gordon Rhodes, Perry Kay Rhodes, recording info unknown)

Bear Family [GER] BFX 15211 The Sun Country Years:  Wmc Radio Extract;  Skunk Hollow Boogie; Save A Little Love For Me; Memphis Bounce;  Sixty Days;  Hotfoot Rag; Time Marches On;  Ozark Boogie;  Red White And Blue;  Don't Believe [Brad Suggs];  Uncertain Love [Dusty Rhodes and Dottie Rhodes/Moore];  House Of Sin [Dusty Rhodes and Dottie Rhodes/Moore]; Are You Ashamed Of Me? [Brad Suggs];  Bad Girl [Brad Suggs];   Gonna Romp And Stomp [Dusty Rhodes and Dottie Rhodes/Moore];   Take And Give;  Do What I Do; I've Never Been So Blue – 86

Gee Dee [GER] CD 270132 Gonna Romp And Stomp: Do What I Do; Uncertain Love; I've Never Been So Blue; Gonna Romp and Stomp; Don't Believe; Take and Give; House Of Sin; Are You Ashamed Of Me; Bad Girl; Slim's Boogie; Black Mountain Rag; Anybody But Me; Uncertain Love; Mary Ann; Speck Down At Skunk Hollow; I Don't Believe Nobody; Watching My World Fall Apart; Little Shirt That Mama Made For Me; Just A Closer Walk With Thee; Take Me Back To Memphis; Slim's Boogie – 97 (Sun tracks + LP 102)

BACM [UK] CD D 630 Slim Rhodes and His Mountaineers – Memphis Bounce: Steel Guitar Rag; Carroll County Blues; The Leaf Of Love;  South;  Sally Goodin;  Big Eared Mule; You Should Have Thought Of That Before; Tennessee Border; John Henry; Kentucky Waltz; Forgive Me One More Time;  Spanish Two Step;  Rubber Doll Rag; Saturday Night Rag;  Freight Train Boogie;  Red Wing;  Beaumont Rag; Soldiers Joy; Down In Nashville, Tennessee; All The World Is Lonely Now; San Antonio Rose; Memphis Bounce; Mother's Only Sleeping; Skunk Hollow Boogie;  Draggin' The Bow – 04-19

unknown release info

? The Cotton Jubilee Transcriptions: [Slim Rhodes:] Slim's Boogie; Black Mountain Rag; Anybody But Me; Uncertain Love; Mary Ann; I Don't Love Nobody; Watching My World Fall Apart; Little Shirt That Mama Made For Me; Just A Closer Walk With Thee; Take Me Back To Memphis; [Sonny Williams:] If You'll Be A Baby; Too Much Competition; Play Me A Country Song; Making Up For Lost Time; The Tears That Never Fell; I'd Give It All To Be With You; Honky Tonk Blues; This Old Town's Not Big Enough; Footprints On The Floor; Cotton Patch Hop - (transcriptions, all Slim Rhodes tracks for CTJ LP-102)

SINGLES
Gilt-Edge (1950-51)
5015 Save A Little Love For Me / Skunk Hollow Boogie - 50
5026 Sixty Days / Memphis Bounce – 51 (also on Maple Leaf G-303)
5034 Time Marches On / Hot Foot Rag - 51
5044 Red, White And Blue / Ozark Boogie - 51
Rhodes (1950s)

101 Steal A Kiss / Brothers Frank and Jesse James

Sun (1955-58)
216 Don't Believe / Uncertain Love – 04-55 (rev. Apr. 30)
225 The House Of Sin / Are You Ashamed Of Me? – 08-55 (rev, Oct. 22)
238 Gonna Romp And Stomp / Bad Girl – 04-56 (rev. April 28)
256 Take And Give / Do What I Do – 11-56 w. Sandy Brooks (rev. Jan. 5, 1957)