Taylor's Kentucky Boys

 

By Tony Russell, Thieu Van DeVorst
SESSIONS
26 April 1927 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, In – Taylor‘s Kentucky Boys (Jim Booker [fiddle], Marion Underwood [banjo]. Willie Young [gt])
001 G12741-A  GRAY EAGLE   6130 15315 Silvertone 5082 8183 Supertone 9170 / LP 45003   Yazoo 2200  JSP 77130
002 G12742  FORKED DEER  6130 15300 Silvertone 5082 8183 Supertone 9170 Challenge 302/LP 501 Historical 8003 LP 45003 Yazoo 2200 JSP 77130
COUNTY LP 501 MOUNTAIN FIDDLE MUSIC VOL.1 (1964); HISTORICAL 8003 TRADITIONAL COUNTRY CLASSICS  1927/1929 (1968); MORNING STAR LP 45003 WINK THE OTHER EYE (1980); YAZOO 2200 KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN MUSIC (2003, 7CD); JSP 77130 GENNETT OLDTIME MUSIC (UK, 2010, 4CD)
26 April 1927 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, In – Marion Underwood and Sam Harris [1]/ Aulton Ray [2]  (Jim Booker [fiddle-3], Marion Underwood [vcl-5/banjo]. Willie Young [gt], ? [harmonica-4], Sam Harris [vcl-6], Aulton Ray [vcl-7])
003 G12743-A  LITTLE RED CABOOSE BEHIND THE TRAIN [1] -4,5-6  6155 15297 Challenge 334 Herwin 75549
004 G12744-A  THE DIXIE COWBOY 6177 15277 [2] -7 Silvertone 5084 8150 Supertone 9250 Challenge 335 Superior 385 Herwin 75552/Yazoo 2022-2023 2200
005 G12745-A JUST AS THE SUN WENT DOWN [1] -4,5,6   6177 15316 Silvertone 5091 8148 Supertone 9248 Challenge 334 Herwin 75549
006 G12746  PICTURES FROM LIFE'S OTHER SIDE [1] -4,5,6 6155 15316 Silvertone 5091 8148 Supertone 9248 Challenge 393
007 G12747  SOLDIER'S JOY [2] -3,7 6205/ LP 45003 Yazoo 2200
008 G12748-A MAXWELL GIRL [2] -3,7     6205 15332 Silvertone 5084 8150 Supertone 9250 Challenge 335 Herwin 75550/ Yazoo 2200
YAZOO 2022/2023 WHEN I WAS A COWBOY VOL.1/2 (1996, 2CD)
27 April 1927 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, In – Aulton Ray (Aulton Ray [vcl/gt])
009 G12749-A TRUE AND TREMBLING BRAKEMAN   6129 15277 Challenge 269 Superior 385 Herwin 75552 Bell 1186
010 G12750  WILL YOU LOVE ME WHEN I'M OLD AND GREY 6129 15332 Challenge 269  Herwin 75550
27 April 1927 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, In – Marion Underwood (Marion Underwood [banjo], prob. Willy Young [gt])
011 G12753  COAL CREEK MARCH  6240 Silvertone 5080 8181 Supertone 9167/LP 515 Yazoo 2200 CO-CD-3533 JSP 7780 JSP 77130
COUNTY LP 515 MOUNTAIN BANJO SONGS AND TUNES (1968); YAZOO 2200 KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN MUSIC (2003, 7CD); COUNTY CO-CD-3533 OLDTIME MOUNTAIN BANJO (2005); JSP 7780 SERENADE IN THE MOUNTAINS (UK, 2006, 4CD); JSP 77130 GENNETT OLDTIME MUSIC (UK, 2010, 4CD)
27 August 1927 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, In – Taylor‘s Kentucky Boys (Jim Booker [fiddle], Doc Roberts [fiddle], John Booker [gt])
012 G13044-A TURKEY IN THE STRAW   rejected
013 G13045-A  OLD HEN CACKLED AND THE ROOSTER CROWED  rejected
014 G13046-A  SOURWOOD MOUNTAIN  Silvertone 8179 Supertone 9165/ Yazoo 2200 JSP 77130
27 August 1927 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, IN – Marion Underwood (Marion Underwood [vcl/banjo-1], Jim Booker [fiddle], Doc Roberts [fiddle], Robert Steele [mandolin],  John or Joe Booker [gt])
015 G13051  DOWN IN THE VALLEY   rejected
016 G13052  LITTLE LOG CABIN IN THE LANE  Challenge 331
017 G13053  THAT'S WHAT THE OLD BACHELOR'S MADE OF -1 Challenge 331

SINGLES
Gennett
6129 True And Trembling Brakeman / Will You Love Me When I'm Old And Grey
6130  Gray Eagle / Forked Deer
6155 Little Red Caboose Behind The Train / Pictures From Life's Other Side
6177 The Dixie Cowboy / Just As The Sun Went Down  
6205 Soldier’s Joy / Maxwell Girl
6240 Coal Creek March / [Frank Jenkins]
Champion
15277 The Dixie Cowboy / True And Trembling Brakeman
15297 Little Red Caboose Behind The Train  / [Price Goodson] – as by The Clinch Valley Boys
15300 Forked Deer / [Frank Jenkins]  - as by Tennessee Travelers
15315 Gray Eagle / [Price Goodson] – as by Allen’s Creek Players
15316 Just As The Sun Went Down / Pictures From Life's Other Side  – as by The Clinch Valley Boys
15332 Maxwell Girl / Will You Love Me When I'm Old And Grey
Silvertone
8179 Sourwood Mountain / [Doc Roberts]   - as by Hill’s Virginia Mountainers
5080/8181 Coal Creek March / [Frank Jenkins] – as by Floyd Russell
5082/8183 Gray Eagle / Forked Deer
5084/8150 The Dixie Cowboy / Maxwell Girl
5091/8148 Just As The Sun Went Down  / Pictures From Life's Other Side  – as by The Clinch Valley Boys
Supertone
9165 Sourwood Mountain / [Doc Roberts] – as by Hill’s Virginia Mountainers
9167 Coal Creek March /  [Frank Jenkins] – as by Floyd Russell
9170 Gray Eagle  / Forked Deer   
9248 Just As The Sun Went Down  / Pictures From Life's Other Side  – as by The Clinch Valley Boys
9250 The Dixie Cowboy   / Maxwell Girl
Challenge           
269 True And Trembling Brakeman / Will You Love Me When I'm Old And Grey
302 Forked Deer / [Short Creek Trio] – as by The Clinch Valley Boys
331 Little Log Cabin In The Lane  / That's What The Old Bachelor's Made Of – as by Kenneth Borton
334 Little Red Caboose Behind The Train  / Just As The Sun Went Down  - as by Borton and Thompson
335 The Dixie Cowboy / Maxwell Girl – as by Charlie Prescott
393 Pictures From Life's Other Side / [Grayson and Whitter]  - as by Borton and Lang
Herwin
75549 Little Red Caboose Behind The Train  / Just As The Sun Went Down   
75550 Maxwell Girl / Will You Love Me When I'm Old And Grey
75552 The Dixie Cowboy / True And Trembling Brakeman
Superior
385 The Dixie Cowboy / True And Trembling Brakeman
Bell
1186 True And Trembling Brakeman / [David Miller] – as by Carl Bunch