Sweet Brothers

By Henk Scholts

SESSIONS see also Ernest V. Stoneman

5 July 1928 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, IN – Herbert Sweet or The Sweet Brothers/*as Virginia Mountain Boomers (Herbert Sweet [duet vcl-1/fiddle],  Earl Sweet [vcl/duet vcl-1/banjo-2], Ernest V. Stoneman [gt-3], ? [vcl-4])

001 G14006  MY MOTHER AND MY SWEETHEART -1-3 Gennett     6655 

002 G14007-A THE PRISONER'S LAMENT -3    6567 15565 9185 9305

003 G14008 ONCE I KNEW A LITTLE GIRL   rejected

004 G14009-B SOMEBODY'S WAITING FOR ME -1-2-3    6620  15586  9323

005 G14010 FALLING BY THE WAYSIDE -2-3     6655 / 15586 / 9185

006 G14011 SUGAR HILL  -4   6687

9 July 1928 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, IN – The Sweet Brothers (Herbert Sweet [fiddle], Earl Sweet [banjo], Ernest V. Stoneman[gt], ? [calls])

007 G14018 I AM GONNA MERRY THAT PRETTY LITTLE GIRL unissued/ HLP 8001 County 535 Yazoo 2202

BC 2433-1/HLP8001 EARLY COUNTRY MUSIC, VOL. 1 (FIELDS WARD) (1972); COUNTY 534 ROUND THE HEART OF OLD GALAX, VOL 2.(1980); YAZOO 2202 THE STUFF THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF (2006, 2CD)

10 July 1928 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, IN – The Sweet Brothers (Herbert Sweet [fiddle], Earl Sweet [vcl-1/banjo],  Ernest V. Stoneman [vcl-2/gt], ? [gt-3])

008 G14019  COUSIN SALLY BROWN -1?   Gennett 6687

009 G14020-A BLUFF HOLLOW SOBS -1?  unissued

010 G14021-A I GOT A BULLDOG -1-2     6620 /HLP 8001 County 535 Yazoo 2048 Old Hat CD-1004

011 G14022  EAST TENNESSEE POLKA - 3     9406

012 G14023-A RAMBLIN' RECKLESS HOBO - 2   6567 15610  33043 9305 / 5SPH 001

YAZOO 2048 TIMES AIN'T LIKE THEY USED TO BE: EARLY AMERICAN RURAL MUSIC. CLASSIC RECORDINGS OF THE 1920’S AND 30'S. VOL. 4 (1999); OLD HAT CD 1004 DOWN IN THE BASEMENT (JOE BUSSARD'S TREASURE TROVE OF VINTAGE 78S 1926-1937) (2002); 5 STRING PROD. 5SPH 001 ERNEST V. STONEMAN - THE UNSUNG FATHER OF COUNTRY MUSIC ‎(2008)

SINGLES

6567 The Prisoner's Lament / Ramblin' Reckless Hobo - 28

6620 Somebody's Waiting For Me / I Got A Bulldog - 28

6655 My Mother And My Sweetheart / Falling By The Wayside - 28

6687 Sugar Hill [asVirginia Mountain Boomers] / Cousin Sally Brown - 28

Champion

15565 The Prisoner's Lament (as By John Clarck) / [Willie Stoneman:] Katy Lee

15586 Somebody's Waiting For Me (as by Clarck Brothers) / Falling By The Wayside (as by John Clarck)

15610 Ramblin' Reckless Hobo (as by Pine Mountain Ramblers) / [Willie Stoneman:] Wake Up In The Morning

33043 Ramblin' Reckless Hobo / [Pie Plant Pete:] Hand Me Down My Walking Cane

Supertone

9185 The Prisoner's Lament / Falling By The Wayside -  as by Sam Caldwell

9305 The Prisoner's Lament / Rambling Reckless Hobo

9323 Somebody's Waiting For Me (as by Caldwell Brothers) / [Miller Wikel:] She’ll Be Waiting On The Golden Stairs

9406 East Tennessee Polka / [Leonard Rutherford and John Foster :] Taylor’s Quickstep