Dykes Magic City Trio

2nd version

by Thieu Van De Vorst, Henk Scholts, Praguefrank

SESSIONS

9 March 1927 New York City – Dykes Magic City Trio (Johnny Dykes [vcl-1/fiddle], Myrtle Vermillion [vcl-2/autoharp ], Hub Mahalley [vcl/gt])

001 E21803/4*  FRANKIE     Vocalion 5143 Brunswick 127/OHCS 191 BACM CD D 280

002 E21805/6*  POOR ELLEN SMITH    Vocalion 5143  Brunswick 127/ OHCS 191  BACM CD D 280

003 E21807/8*  COTTON EYED JOE     Brunswick 120/ OHCS 191  BACM CD D 280 JSP 77186

004 E21809/0* TWILIGHT IS STEALING -1-2    Brunswick 130. BACM CD D 280  JSP 77186

* = master

COUNTY CO-CD-3523 OLD-TIME MUSIC FROM SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA (2001); JSP [UK] JSP 77186 CLARENCE ASHLEY COUNTRY MUSIC PIONEER SELECTED SIDES 1927-1935 (2014)         

10 March 1927 New York City – Dykes Magic City Trio  (Johnny Dykes [fiddle], Myrtle Vermillion [autoharp ], Hub Mahalley [vcl-1/calls-2/gt])

005 E21831/2*  TENNESSEE GIRLS  -2    Brunswick 120/OHCS 191 BACM CD D 280 JSP 77186 

006 E21833/4* HUCKLEBERRY BLUES -2  Brunswick 129/ OHCS 191 CO-CD-3523 BACM CD D 280 JSP 7740   

007 E21835/6*  FREE LITTLE BIRD  -1   Brunswick 129/ OHCS 191 CO-CD-3523 BACM CD D 280

008 E21837*/8  SHORTNIN¢ BREAD  -1-2 Brunswick 125/ OHCS 191 CO-CD-3523 BACM CD D 280   JSP 77186

009 E21839/0*  IDA RED  -1     Brunswick 125/ OHCS 191  BACM CD D 280

010 E21841*/2  CALLAHAN‘S REEL -2 Vocalion 5181  Brunswick (CAN) 126/ OHCS 191 CO-CD-3523 BACM CD D 280

011 E21843/4*  RED STEER -2 Vocalion 5181 Brunswick (CAN) 126/ OHCS 191  BACM CD D 280

COUNTY 503 OLD-TIME CLASSICS  A COLLECTION OF MOUNTAIN FIDDLE MUSIC VOLUME 2 / ORIGINAL RECORDINGS BY GREAT OLD-TIME BANDS (1965); JSP [UK] JSP 7740  MOUNTAIN BLUES BLUES BALLADS AND STRING BANDS 1927-1938

11 March 1927 New York City – Dykes Magic City Trio  (Johnny Dykes [vcl-1/fiddle], Myrtle Vermillion [vcl-2/autoharp ], Hub Mahalley [vcl/gt])

012 E21845*/7  GOLDEN SLIPPERS  Brunswick 128/ OHCS 191  BACM CD D 280  JSP 77186

013 E21848*/9  HOOK AND LINE (A COUNTRY BREAK-DOWN)    Brunswick 128/ OHCS 191 CO-CD-3523 BACM CD D 280

014 E21850/1*/2  FAR BEYOND THE BLUE SKY -1-2 Brunswick 130/ OHCS 191 BACM CD D 280  JSP 77186

ALBUMS

Old Homestead OHCS -191 String Band Classics - Volume I: Frankie; Poor Ellen Smith; Huckleberry Blues; Cotton Eyed Joe; Tennessee Girl; Ida Red; Shortening Bread; Golden Slippers; Red Steer; Callahan's Reel; Hook And Line; Free A Little Bird; Far Beyond The Blue Skies; Twilight Is Stealing - 87

BACM [UK] CD D 280 Dykes' Magic City Trio / Robinette and Moore - Complete recordings : [Dykes’ Magic City Trio:] Frankie; Poor Ellen Smith; Cotton Eyed Joe;  Twilight Is Stealing;  Tennessee Girls;  Huckleberry Blues;  Free Little Bird; Shortening Bread; Ida Red; Callahans Reel; Red Steer; Golden Slippers; Hook And Line; Far Beyond The Blue; [Sky Melvin Robinette and Byrd Moore:] Birmingham Jail; Good Bye Sweetheart; When The Snowflakes Fall Again; Mama Dont Allow No Low Down Hangin Around; Flop Eared Mule; Favorite Two Step; That OldTiger Rag; Last Days In Georgia '- 09

SINGLES

Brunswick (1927)

120 Cotton Eyed Joe / Tennessee Girls - 27

125 Shortening Bread / Ida Red - 27

Vocalion 5181 Calllahan's Reel / Red Steer – 27 (also in Canada on Brunswick 126)

127 Frankie / Poor Ellen Smith - 27 (also on Brunswick 5143)

128 Golden Slippers /  Hook And Line (A Country Break-Down) - 27

129 Huckleberry Blues / Free Little Bird - 27

130 Twilight Is Stealing / Far Beyond The Blue Sky - 27

Robinette And Moore

Melvin Robinette, *10-04-1905 Wise County, VA. ,+1999

Byrd Moore *Coeburn

2nd version

By Henk Scholts

SESSIONS

10 April 1929 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, In  - Byrd Moore and Melvin Robinette (Byrd Moore [vcl-1/gt], Melvin Robinette [vcl-2/speach-3//fiddle])

001 G15020  BIRMINGHAM JAIL -1-2  Gennett 6841  Challenge 15750 Supertone 9536 Superior 2640/DOCD-8055 BACM CD D 280

002 G15021  GOOD BYE SWEETHEART  -1-2  Gennett 7068  Supertone 9536/ DOCD-8055 BACM CD D 280

003 G15022  WHEN THE SNOWFLAKES FALL AGAIN -1-2 Gennett 6841 Champion 15732 Supertone 9560/ DOCD-8055 BACM CD D 280

004 G15027  MAMA DONT ALLOW HANGIN AROUND -1 Gennett 6991/DOCD-8055  CO-CD-3523 BACM CD D 280

005 G15028  FLOP EARED MULE -1-3  Gennerr 6884  Supertone 9500/ DOCD-8055 BACM CD D 280

006 G15029  FAVORITE TWO STEP Gennett 6957/ DOCD-8055  CO-CD-3523 BACM CD D 280

007 G15030  THAT OLD TIGER RAG  Genntt  6957  Challenge 427 Superior 2696/ DOCD-8055 CO-CD-3523 BACM CD D 280

COUNTY CO-CD-3523 OLD-TIME MUSIC FROM SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA (2001)

11 April 1929 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, In  - Byrd Moore  and Melvin Robinette (Byrd Moore [vcl/gt], Melvin Robinette [vcl/fiddle])

008 G15036  LAST DAYS IN GEORGIA  Gennett 6884  Superior 2696 Supertone 9500/County LP 527 DOCD-8055 CO-CD-3523 BACM CD D 280

COUNTY 527 OLD-TIME FIDDLE CLASSICS VOL. 2 (1973)    

ALBUMS

Document [UK] DOC-8055 Grayson and Whitter Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Vol. 2: 1928-1929:  [Grayson and Whitter:] Nine Pound Hammer; Short Life Of Trouble; I've Always Been A Rambler; Where Are You Going, Alice?; A Dark Road Is A Hard Road To Travel; Barnyard Serenade; Little Maggie With A Dram Glass In Her Hand; On The Banks Of The Old Tennessee;  Never Be As Fast As I Have Been;  I Have Lost You Darling, True Love; That Old Tiger Rag; Tom Dooley ; Going Down The Lee Highway; I Saw A Man At The Close Of Day ;What You Gonna Do With The Baby;  [Robinette and Moore:] Birmingham Jail; Good Bye Sweetheart; When The Snowflakes Fall Again; Mama Don't Alllow No Low Down Hangin' Around; Flop Eared Mule; Last Days In Georgia – 00

BACM [UK] CD D 280 Dykes' Magic City Trio / Robinette and Moore - Complete recordings : [Dykes’ Magic City Trio:] Frankie; Poor Ellen Smith; Cotton Eyed Joe;  Twilight Is Stealing;  Tennessee Girls;  Huckleberry Blues;  Free Little Bird; Shortening Bread; Ida Red; Callahans Reel; Red Steer; Golden Slippers; Hook And Line; Far Beyond The Blue; [Sky Melvin Robinette and Byrd Moore:] Birmingham Jail; Good Bye Sweetheart; When The Snowflakes Fall Again; Mama Dont Allow No Low Down Hangin Around; Flop Eared Mule; Favorite Two Step; That OldTiger Rag; Last Days In Georgia '- 09

SINGLES

Gennett (1929)

Gennett

6841 Birmingham Jail / When The Snowflakes Fall Again* - (*as by Byrd Moore)

6884 Flop Eared Mule / Last Days In Georgia

6957 Favorite Two Step /  That Old Tiger Rag

6991 Mama Don't Alllow No Low Down Hangin' Around* / Careless Lover [1928 Byrd Moore solo] - (*as by Byrd Moore)

7068 Good Bye Sweetheart / [Potter and James:] Down On The Farm  (as by Martin and  Roberts)

Champion

15750 Birmingham Jail / [Rutherford and  Foster:] Six Months Ain't Long -  as by Ezra Hill and  Henry Johnson

15732 When The Snowflakes Fall Again / [Rutherford and  Foster:] My Carolina Home – as by Henry Johnson

Supertone

9500 Flop Eared Mule / Last Days In Georgia – (as by Clark and  Howell)

9536 Good Bye Sweetheart / Birmingham Jail  - (as by Clark and  Howell)

9560 When The Snowflakes Fall Again* / [Harry Carter:] We've Been Chums For Fifty Years  -  (* as by Harry Carter)

Superior

2696 That Old Tiger Rag / Last Days In Georgia – (as by Jack Burdette and  Bert Moss)

2640 Birmingham Jail  / [Rutherford and  Foster]

Challenge

427 That Old Tiger Rag / [Hoke Rice and  Louie Donaldson:]  - (as by Robinson and  Evans)