Nations Brothers

Shelton Nations, *1911

Marshall Nations, *1913

By Thieu Van DeVorst

SESSIONS

13 October 1935 Jackson, MS –  The Nations Brothers (Marshall Nations [gt], Shelton Nations [fiddle])

001 JAX 133-1 BANKHEAD BLUES  ARC 6-11-54 03118/LP 529 CO-CD-3514 JSP 7740 JSP 77215

002 JAX 134-1 MAGNOLIA ONE STEP  ARC 6-11-54 03118/LP 529 CO-CD-3514 JSP 7780 JSP 77215

003 JAX 135-2 RAILORAD BLUES  03152/CASS 104 JSP 7740

004 JAX 136-1 NEGRO SUPPER TIME  ARC 7-05-78/ CO-CD-3514 CASS 104 JSP 77215

005 JAX 137-1 LINCOLN COUNTY BLUES  03152/ JSP 77215

006 JAX 138-1 SALES TAX TODDLE  03184/LP 529 CO-CD-3514 JSP 7780 JSP 77215

007 JAX 139  WHISTLIN¢ COON  unissued

008 JAX 140-1 HONEYMOON WALTZ  ARC 7-05-78

009 JAX 141  SUNNY WALTZ  unissued

010 JAX 142-1 THE LITTLE BLACK MOUSTACHE  03152/CASS 104

COUNTY LP 529 TRADITIONAL FIDDLE MUSIC OF MISSISSIPPI VOL.2 (1975); MUSICAL TRADITIONS M.T. CASS 104 WHERE THE SOUTHERN CROSSES THE DOG MISSISSIPPI FIDDLE MUSIC 1928/1935 (UK, 1994, CASSETTE); COUNTY CO-CD-3514 MISSISSIPPI STRINGBANDS VOLUME TWO (1998); JSP 7740 MOUNTAIN BLUES 1927/1938  (UK, 2005, 4CD); JSP 7780 SERENADE IN THE MOUNTAINS (UK, 2006, 4CD); JSP 77215 MISSISSIPPI HILLBLIIES (UK, 2020, 4CD)

SINGLES

Vocalion

03118 Bankhead Blues / Magnolia One Step – 01-36 (Also Vocalion 03118)

03184 Railroad Blues / The Little Black Moustache – 02-36

03152 Lincoln County Blues  /Sales Tax Toddle – 03-36

ARC labels

6-11-54 Bankhead Blues / Magnolia One Step – 11-36 (reissue of Vocalion 03118)

7-05-78 Negro Supper Time / Honeymoon Waltz – 05-37