Alexander
Campbell "Eck" Robertson *20-11-1887 [1886?] Delaney, AR, - +15-02-1975
2nd
version
By Henk
Scholts, Tony
Russell, Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
30 June 1922 New York City – Uncle Eck Robertson and Henry
C. Gilliand [Uncle Eck Robertson [fiddle], Henry C. Gilliand [fiddle])
001 26660-2 ARKANSAW
TRAVELER Victor 18956 B-26660-2//Sonyatone
STR 201 County CO-3515-CD LP 517
CO-CD-3524 JSP 77213
002 26661-2 APPLE BLOSSOM
unissued
003 26662-2 FORKED DEER
unissued
004 26663-2 TURKEY IN THE STRAW 19149/Sonyatone STR 201 JSP 77213
COUNTY LP 517 TEXAS FAREWELL TEXAS FIDDLERS 1922/1930 (1980);
COUNTY CO-CD 3524 OLDTIME TEXAS
STRINGBANDS VOL.1 (2001); JSP JSP 77213 TEXAS HILLBILLIES 1922/1937 (UK, 2018,
4CD box)
1 July 1922 New York City – Uncle Eck Robertson (Uncle Eck
Robertson [fiddle], Nat Shilkret [piano –1])
005 26664-1 SALLY GOODEN
18956/STR 201 CO-3515-CD JSP
77213 Old Timey 101
006 26665-2 BRILLIANCY AND CHEATUM -1 unissued
007 26666-1 SALLIE JOHNSON AND BILLY IN THE LOW GROUND -1
19372/STR 201 CO-3515-CD CO-CD-3524 JSP 77213
008 26667-2 RAGTIME ANNIE
19149/Sonyatone STR 201 County
CO-3515-CD LPV 552 JSP 77213
009 26668-2 GENERAL LOGAN/DOMINION HORNPIPE -1 unissued
010 26669-1 DONE GONE -1 19372/Sonyatone STR 201 CO-3515-CD JSP 77213
RCA LPV 552 EARLY RURAL STRINGBANDS (1964); OLD TIMEY LP 101
STRINGBANDS VOL.2 (1965)
12 August 1929 Dallas, TX. – Eck Robertson and Family (Eck Robertson [fiddle], Nettie Robertson [gt], Daphne Robertson [tnr gt], Dueron Robertson [banjo])
12 August 1929 Dallas, TX. – Eck Robertson and Family (Eck Robertson [fiddle], Nettie Robertson [gt], Daphne Robertson [tnr gt], Dueron Robertson [banjo])
011 BVE-55346-2 TEXAS
WAGONER V 40145/STR 201 County 527 CO-3515-CD
012 BVE-55347-1 THERE‘S A BROWN SKIN GAL DOWN THE ROAD V 40145/ STR 201 CO-3515-CD JSP 77213 LPV 522 CO-CD-3524
013 BVE-55348-1 AMARILLO WALTZ 40298/STR 201 CO-3515-CD JSP 77213
014 BVE-55349-1 BROWN KELLY WALTZ PT.1 40334/STR 201
County CO-3515-CD JSP 77213
015 BVE-55350-1 BROWN KELLY WALTZ PT.2 40334/STR 201 CO-3515-CD JSP 77213
RCA LPV 522 AUTHENTIC COWBOYS AND THEIR WESTERN
FOLKSONGS (1965); COUNTY 527 OLDTIME FIDDLE CLASSCIS VOL.2 1927/1934 (1973); COUNTY
CO-CD 3524 OLDTIME TEXAS STRINGBANDS VOL.1 (2001)
10 October 1929 Dallas, TX –
J.B.Cranfill and Eck Robertson/* Eck Robertson and Family (Eck Robertson
[fiddle-exc-1], J. B. Cranfill [fiddle],Nettie Robertson [gt], Daphne Robertson
[gt], Dueron Robertson [banjo])
016 BVE-56360-1 GREAT
BIG TATER 40205/LP 517 STR 201
CO-3515-CD JSP 77231
017 BVE-56361-1 RUN
BOY RUN 40205 /STR 201 CO-3515-CD JSP
77231
018 BVE-56362-2 APPLE
BLOSSOMS * unissued
019 BVE-56363-2 MY
FROG AIN‘T GOT NO BLUES -1 * unissued
COUNTY LP 517 TEXAS FAREWELL /TEXAS FIDDLERS (1970)
11 October 1929 Dallas, TX –
Eck Robertson /Eck Robertson and Family* (Eck Robertson [fiddle], Nettie
Robertson [gt-1], Daphne Robertson [tnr gt-1], Dueron Robertson [banjo-1/speach-2/gt-3])
020 BVE-56364-1
BRILLIANCY MEDLEY* -1 40298/ LP
507 STR 201 CO-3515-CD JSP 77231
021 BVE-56365-2 MY
EXPERIENCE ON THE RANCH -2
unissued
022 BVE-56366-1 THE
ARKANSAS TRAVELER -3 unissued
023 BVE-56367-2 SALLY
GOODWIN -3 unissued
COUNTY LP 507 OLDTIME FIDDLE CLASSICS (1966)
20 October 1929 Dallas, TX. Eck Robertson And Family (Eck Robertson
[vcl/fiddle], Nettie Robertson [vcl/gt])
024 BVE-56433-1 THE ISLAND UNKNOWN PT.1
40166/STR 201 CO-3515-CD JSP
77213
025 BVE-56434-1 THE ISLAND UNKNOWN PT.2
40166/STR 201 CO-3515-CD JSP 77213
Summer/Fall 1963 [field recording] Eck Robertson’s Home,
Amarillo, TX – Eck Robertson [fiddle])
026 TEXAS WAGONER
County 202
027 STUMPTOWN STOMP
County 202
028 LOST INDIAN
County 202
029 GRIGSBY'S HORNPIPE
County 202
030 RYE WHISKEY
County 202
031 LOST GOOSE County
202
032 SALLY JOHNSON County 202
033 BILLY IN THE LOWGROUND
County 202
034 BEAUMONT RAG County
202
035 GREY EAGLE
County 202
036 DUSTY MILLER County 202
037 HELL AMONG THE YEARLINGS County 202
038 SAY OLD MAN CAN YOU PLAY THE FIDDLE County 202
039 GET UP IN THE COOL
County 202
040 HAWK GOT THE CHICKEN
County 202
041 UNNAMED D TUNE
County 202
042 BONAPARTE'S RETREAT
County 202
043 FORKY DEAR
County 202
044 DONE GONE County
202
1964 or 1965 [live-Newport Folk festival] Newport, RI
- The New Lost City Ramblers and Eck Robertson
04401 SALLY JOHNSON Vanguard 77011-2
VANGUARD 77011-2 THE NEW LOST CITY RAMBLERS - OLD TIME
MUSIC / NEW PORT FOLK FESTIVAL CLASSICS Vanguard 77011-2 (1994)
25 July 1965 [live-Newport Folk festival] Newport, RI
- The New Lost City Ramblers and Eck Robertson
04402 FORKED DEER/EIGHTH OF JANUARY Vanguard 77007-2
VANGUARD 77007-2 FOLK MUSIC AT NEWPORT, PART 1
(1994)
25 July 1965 home recording, Newport, RI - The New
Lost City Ramblers and Eck Robertson
04403 LEATHER BRITCHES SF 40097-2
SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS 09307-40097-2 CLOSE TO HOME
(2007)
ALBUMS
Sonyatone STR 201 Master
Fiddler - His Complete Recordings, 1922-1929: Arkansaw Traveler; Turkey In The Straw; Sally Gooden; Ragtime
Annie; Sallie Johnson And Billy In The Low Ground; Done Gone;
Texas Wagoner; There‘s A Brown Skin Gal Down The Road; Amarillo
Waltz; Brown Kelly Waltz Pt.1 / Brown
Kelly Waltz Pt.2; Great
Big Taters In Sandy Land;
Run Boy Run; Brilliancy Waltz;
Island Unknown Pt.1/ Island Unknown Pt.2; Radio
Theme - 76
County
202 Famous Cowboy Fiddler: Texas Wagoner; Stumptown
Stomp; Lost Indian; Grigsby's Hornpipe;
Rye Whiskey; Lost Goose; Sally Johnson; Billy In The Lowground; Beaumont Rag; Grey Eagle; Dusty Miller; Hell Among The
Yearlings; Say Old Man Can You Play The
Fiddle; Get Up In The Cool; Hawk Got The Chicken; Unnamed D Tune; Bonaparte's
Retreat; Forky Dear; Done Gone – 08-92
County
CO-3515-CD Old Time Texas Fiddler: Brilliancy Waltz; Texas Wagoner; Arkansaw Traveler; Great Big Tater;
Sallie Johnson And Billy In The Low Ground; There‘s A Brown Skin Gal Down The
Road; Ragtime Annie; Amarillo Waltz; Done Gone;
Island Unknown Pt.1; Island
Unknown Pt.2; Sally Gooden; Brown Kelly Waltz Pt.1 / Brown Kelly Waltz Pt.2 –
19-05-98
SINGLES
Victor
(1922-29)
18956 A.C. (Eck) Robertson : Sally Gooden (country
dance) / Henry C. Gilliland - A.C. (Eck) Robertson : Arkansaw Traveler
(country dance) - 04-23
19149 Henry C. Gilliland - A.C. (Eck) Robertson
: Turkey In The Straw (country dance) / A.C. (Eck) Robertson : Ragtime Annie -
23
19372
Sallie Johnson And Billy In The Low Ground (country dance) / Done Gone (country dance) - 23
V 40145 Texas Wagoner / There‘s A Brown Skin Gal Down The Road – 11-29
V 40166 The
Island Unknown Pt.1 / The Island
Unknown Pt.2 - 12-29
V 40205 Run, Boy, Run / Great Big ‘Taters - 02-30 - A.C.
(Eck) Robertson - Dr. J.B.Cranfill
V 40298 Amarillo
Waltz / Brilliancy Medley – 08-30
V 40334
Brown Kelly Waltz Pt.1 / Brown Kelly Waltz Pt.2 – 10-30
B 26660-2 Arkansaw
Traveler / Arkansaw Traveler – 87 (promo 45, celebrating 65 year after te first
recording session. Eck Robertson walked in the studio dressed in cowboy outfit
and Henry C. Gilliland was dressed in a Confederated soldier outfit))