Dr. Humphrey Bate (and His Possum Hunters )

 *25-05-1875 Castalian Springs, TN, + 12-06-1936
By Tony Russell, Thieu Van DeVorst
SESSIONS
3 March 1928 Atlanta, GA – Dr. Humphrey Bate and His Possum Hunters (Dr. Humphrey Bate [vcl-7/calls-8/harmonica-6],  Staley Walton [gt], Walter Ligget [vcl-9/calls-10/banjo], Oscar Albright [bass], Oscar Stone [fiddle-1/calls-2], W.J. (Bill) Barret [vcl-4/fiddle-3/calls-5],  ? band [vcl-11], ? [calls-12])
001 AT-354  BILLY IN THE LOW GROUND -1,5  Brunswick 239/ JSP 77100 JSP 77171
002 AT-358*/9  EIGHT OF JANUARY -3,12    Brunswick 239/LP 541 CO-CD-3521 JSP 77171
003 AT-360/1*  HOW MANY BISCUITS CAN YOU EAT -6,7,11    Brunswick 232/ US-0226 CD D 701
004 AT-362*/3  HAM BEATS ALL  MEAT -6,7,11    Vocalion 5238/LP 531 US-0226
005 AT-364*/5  GOIN‘ UP-TOWN -1,8,10   Brunswick 232/ JSP 77100 JSP 77171
006 AT-366/7*  THROW THE OLD COWN OVER THE FENCE -3,12 Vocalion 5238/LP 541 CO-CD-3521 JSP 77171
007 AT-368*/9  GREEN BACKED DOLLAR BILL  -1  Brunswick 275/LP 541 CO-CD-3521 JSP 77100
008 AT-370/1*  MY WIFE DIED SATURDAY NIGHT -6,7    Brunswick 271/LP 541 CO-CD-3521 JSP 77171
009 AT-372/3*  DILL PICKLE RAG  -1,6  Brunswick 243
010 AT-374/5*  TAKE YOUR FOOT OUT OF THE MUD AND PUT IT IN THE SAND    -2,6 Brunswick 243/LP 549 JSP 77171 CD D 701
011 AT-376/7*  OLD JOE -1,5,11    Brunswick 271/LP 1033
012 AT-378/9*  RUN, NIGGER, RUN -4,6,9    Brunswick 275
* master
COUNTY LP 531 OLDTIME STRINGBAND CLASSICS 1927/1933 (1975); COUNTY LP 541 THE EARLY STRINGBANDS VOL.1 (1976); ROUNDER LP 1033 TENNESSEE STRINGS (1979); COUNTY LP 549 OLDTIME HARMONICA CLASSICS (1991); TRIKONT US-0226 BLACK AND WHITE HILLBILLY MUSIC  1920/1930 (GER, 1996); COUNTY CO-CD-3521 NASHVILLE EARLY STRINGBANDS VOL.1 (2000); JSP 77100 MOUNTAIN FROLIC RARE OLD TIMEY (UK, 2007, 4CD); JSP 77171 COUNTRY FIDDLE (UK, 2013, 4CD); BACM CD D 701 HARMINICA IN COUNTRY MUSIC (UK, 2023)



SINGLES
Brunswick
232 How Many Biscuits Can You Eat /  Goin‘ Up-Town
239 Billy In The Low Ground / Eight Of January
243 Dill Pickle Rag / Take Your Foot Out Of The Mud And Put It In The Sand
271 My Wife Died Saturday Night / Old Joe
275 Green Backed Dollar Bill / Run, Nigger, Run
Vocalion
5238 Ham Beats All  Meat / Throw The Old Cown Over The Fence