Brother Boys

 
2nd version
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS         
September 1988 Classic Recording Studio, Bristol, VA - Brother Boys (Eugene Wolf [vcl], Eddie Lynn Snodderly [vcl/gt/mandolin], Gary J. Smith [bass], Phil Leonard [drums/percussion] + Ricky Hicks [steel], John Smith [el bass], Robert Crigger [piano]. Producer: Eddie Lynn Snodderly)
001 WANNA WANNA WANNA NH 1101  NHD 1101 BCD 17685
002 BLUE FROM NOW ON NH 1101  NHD 1101 BCD 17685
003 BLACK FIFTY FORD NH 1101 NHD 1101  BCD 17685
004 (YOU'VE GOT THE) LOOK OF A PERFECT DIAMOND NH 1101 NHD 1101 BCD 17685
005 MY SHOES KEEP WALKING BACK TO YOU NH 1101  NHD 1101 BCD 17685
006 TOWN THAT NEVER SLEEPS NH 1101 NHD 1101 BCD 17685
007 GREAT ATOMIC POWER NH 1101 BCD 17685
008 JORDAN AM A HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL NH 1101 NHD 1101 BCD 17685 BCD 17685
009 THE FIRST TIME NH 1101 NHD 1101 BCD 17685
010 MAJESTIC NH 1101  NHD 1101 BCD 17685
011 I'M NO LONGER IN YOUR HEART NH 1101  NHD 1101 BCD 17685
012 PINTO PONY NH 1101 BCD 17685  
013 EVERYBODY WANTS TO GO TO HEAVEN NH 1101  NHD 1101
014 SMALL SOUTHERN TOWN NH 1101 NHD 1101 BCD 17685
April 1990 Classic Recording Studio, Bristol, VA - Brother Boys (Eugene Wolf [vcl], Eddie Lynn Snodderly [vcl/gt/mandolin], Gary J. Smith [bass], Phil Leonard [drums/percussion]. Producer: Eddie Lynn Snodderly)
015 THE DIAMOND STREAM NHD 1101 BCD 17685
016 LOOSE TALK NHD 1101 BCD 17685
017 TANGO TILL YOUR SORE NHD 1101 BCD 17685
018 TWO MEN NHD 1101 BCD 17685
019 BLUE DAYS BLACK NIGHTS NHD 1101 BCD 17685
020 NICKEL PLATE ROAD NHD 1101 BCD 17685
1992 Classic Recording Studio, Bristol, VA - Brother Boys (Eugene Wolf [vcl], Eddie Lynn Snodderly [vcl/gt/dobro],; Gary J. Smith [vcl/bass], Phil Leonard [vcl/snare drum/hi-hat]. Produced: Jerry Douglas)
022 GONNA ROW MY BOAT Sugar Hill SH-CD-3805   BCD 17685
023 I GOT OVER THE BLUES   Sugar Hill SH-CD-3805          
024 KISS THE DREAM GIRL Sugar Hill SH-CD-3805 BCD 17685
025 ALONE WITH YOU Sugar Hill SH-CD-3805 BCD 17685     
026 TWIST YOU UP Sugar Hill SH-CD-3805        
027 THEN AND ONLY THEN Sugar Hill SH-CD-3805  BCD 17685
028 HOPING THAT YOU'RE HOPING                                            
029 I SEE LOVE Sugar Hill SH-CD-3805          
030 BLUE GUITAR Sugar Hill SH-CD-3805 BCD 17685         
031 LITTLE BOX Sugar Hill SH-CD-3805          
032 DARKEST DAY Sugar Hill SH-CD-3805  BCD 17685       
033 SATELLITE SHACK Sugar Hill SH-CD-3805 BCD 17685     
034 WHAT WILL BE IN THE FIELDS TOMORROW  Sugar Hill SH-CD-3805    
1994 and later [live-radio] unknown – The Brother Boys
03401 CRAZY HEART BCD 17685
03402 HEARTACHE MEETS THE BLUES BCD 17685
03403 EVERYBODY WANTS TO GO TO HEAVEN BCD 17685
03404 PEARLIE MAE BCD 17685
03405 I’LL RISE WHEN THE ROOSTER CROWS BCD 17685
03406 CONVERSATION WITH DEATH BCD 17685
03407 RAMSHACKLE SHACK BCD 17685
03408 GOODBYE BCD 17685
1995 Fountain Square, Johnson City, TN – Brother Boys (Ed Snodderly [vcl/gt/dobro/fiddle/mandola/harmonica],  Eugene Wolf [vcl], Roger Rasnake [gt], Missy Raines [bass] + Adam Steffey [mandolin], John King [percussion], Southern Railroad [horns]).
035 LET'S SHAKE LOOSE Sugar Hill SH-CD-3844 BCD 17685
036 WHAT'S THE CALLING FOR Sugar Hill SH-CD-3844 BCD 17685
037 MOONSHINE GRIN Sugar Hill SH-CD-3844 BCD 17685
038 BAND BOX Sugar Hill SH-CD-3844 BCD 17685
039 THOSE TWO BLUE EYES Sugar Hill SH-CD-3844 BCD 17685
040 CAN'T YOU HEAR ME CALLING Sugar Hill SH-CD-3844
041 STRANGE Sugar Hill SH-CD-3844 BCD 17685
042 I DON'T CARE IF THE SUN DON'T SHINE  Sugar Hill SH-CD-3844
043 WHEN THE DAY IS DONE Sugar Hill SH-CD-3844 BCD 17685
044 TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO Sugar Hill SH-CD-3844 BCD 17685
045 DIXIE BLOSSOMS Sugar Hill SH-CD-3844
046 BOY FROM THE COUNTY Sugar Hill SH-CD-3844
2021 poss. Johnson City, TN – The Brother Boys
047 COME ON IN (AND MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME) BCD 17685
048 I'LL BE THERE (IF YOU EVER WANT ME)
049 WHY I'M WALKING
050 I CAN'T TELL YOU ANYMORE (WHAT I NEED) BCD 17685
051 I JUST WANT TO DRINK IN HERE
052 CRAZY ARMS BCD 17685
053 I JUST ROLL ALONG BCD 17685
054 IN THE SHADOW OF CLINCH MOUNTAIN BCD 17685
055 THINGS IN LIFE
056 MEMPHIS SHAKEDOWN BCD 17685
057 SLOW MY GIRL AROUND
058 SHADE AND RIVER TIME BCD 17685
059 SWEET RIVERSIDE BCD 17685
Tracks above issued on album More Mule



ALBUMS
New Hillbilly NH-1101 Brother Boys: Wanna Wanna Wanna; Blue From Now On; Black Fifty Ford; (You've Got The) Look Of A Perfect Diamond; My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You; Town That Never Sleeps; Great Atomic Power; Jordan Am A Hard Road To Travel; First Time; Majestic; I'm No Longer In Your Heart; Pinto Pony; Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven; Small Southern Town – 88
New Hillbilly NHD-1101 Brother Boys: Wanna Wanna Wanna; Blue From Now On; The Diamond Stream; Majestic; The First Time; Loose Talk; ( You've Got The Look Of A) Perfect Diamond; Tango Till Your Sore; Two Men; Blue Days Black Nights; Town That Never Sleeps; My Shoes Keep On Waking Back To You; lack Fifty Ford; Nickel Plate Road; I'm No Longer In Your Heart; Jordan Am A Hard Road To Travel; Small Southern Town; Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven – 11-90
Sugar Hill SH-CD-3805 Plow:  Gonna Row My Boat; I Got Over The Blues;  Kiss The Dream Girl; Alone With You; Twist You Up;Then And Only Then; Hoping That You're Hoping; I See Love; Blue Guitar; Little Box; Darkest Day; Satellite Shack; What Will Be In The Fields Tomorrow – 07-08-92     
Sugar Hill  SH-CD-3844  Presley's Grocery: Let's Shake Loose; What's The Calling For; Moonshine Grin; Band Box; Those Two Blue Eyes; Can't You Hear Me Calling; Strange; I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine;  When The Day Is Done; Tell Me What You Want Me To Do; Dixie Blossoms; Boy From The County – 13-09-95
Majestic ? More Mule:  Come on In (And Make Yourself at Home);  I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me);  Why I'm Walking; I Can't Tell You Anymore (What I Need); I Just Want to Drink in Here; Crazy Arms;  I Just Roll Along; In The Shadow of Clinch Mountain;  Things in Life; Memphis Shakedown;  Slow My Girl Around; Shade and River Time;  Sweet Riverside – 09-09-22

Bear Family [GER] BCD 17685 On A Honky Tonk Way With The Brother Boys: Wanna Wanna Wanna; Blue From Now On; The Diamond Stream; Majestic; The First Time; Loose Talk; (You've Got The Look Of A) Perfect Diamond; Tango Till They're Sore;    Two Men; Blue Days, Black Nights; Town That Never Sleeps; My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You; Black Fifty Ford; Nickel Plate Road; I'm No Longer In Your Heart; Joardan Am A Hard Road To Travel; Small Southern Town; Pinto Pony; The Great Atomic Power; Gonna Row My Boat; Kiss The Dream Girl; Alone With You; Blue Guitar; Darkest Day; Satellite Shack;    Come On In (And Make Yourself A Home); Crazy Heart; Heartaches Meet Mr. Blues; Pearlie Mae; Band Box; Moonshine Grin; What's The Calling For; Those Two Blue Eyes;    When The Day Is Done; Tell Me What You Want Me To Do; Strange; Let's Shake Loose; Twist You Up; I'll Rise When The Rooster Crows; Then And Only Then; Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven; Conversation With Death; The Ramshackle Shack; Crazy Arms; I Just Roll Along; In The Shadow Of Clinch Mountain; Memphis Shakedown; I Can't Tell You Anymore (What I Need); Shade And River Time; Sweet Riverside; Goodbye; – 04-08-23 (double)       

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

Oscar L. Coffey

 By Tony Russell, Thieu Van DeVorst, Henk Scholts
SESSIONS
8 February 1928 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, IN  -  Oscar L. Coffey
001 G13428  STAY ALL NIGHT AND DON‘T GO HOME  rejected
9 May 1928 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, IN  -  Oscar L. Coffey
002 G13787-A THE BOLD KNIGHT'S OF LABOR [THE HEATHERN CHINESE] rejected
003 G13788-A HE NEVER CAME BACK  rejected
004 G13789-A I'LL BE ALL SMILES TONIGHT   rejected
005 G13790-A  AMBER TRESSES TIED IN BLUE rejected
006 G13791-A,B FLITTING AWAY  rejected
007 G13792-B POOR, BUT A GENTLEMAN STILL Gennett 6496  Supertone 9306
008 G13793-A THAT LITTLE BLACK MUSTACHE  rejected
009 G13794  FAR BACK IN MY CHILDHOOD 6481
010 G13795  MY DEAR OLD MOUNTAIN HOME   6481 15523 Supertone 9306 9325/JSP 77130
011 G13796-A SIX FEET OF EARTH (MAKES US ALL ONE SIZE)  6496 15523 Supertone 9325/JSP 77130
JSP 77130 GENNETT OLDTIME MUSIC/CLASSIC COUNTRY RECORDINGS 1927-1934 (UK, 2010, 4CD)


SINGLES
Gennett
Gennett
6481 Far Back In My Childhood / My Dear Old Mountain Home – 07-28
6496 Six Feet Of Earth (Makes Us All One Size) / Poor, But A Gentleman Still – 08-28
Champion
15523 My Dear Old Mountain Home / Six Feet Of Earth (Makes Us All One Size)  -  28 as by Barney Dunroe
Supertone
9306 Poor, But A Gentleman Still / My Dear Old Mountain Home – 28  as by Dick Mees
9325 My Dear Old Mountain Home / Six Feet Of Earth Makes Us All Of One Size – 29 as by Oscar Fox

Tommy Whitmer's Band

 By Tony Russell, Thieu Van DeVorst
SESSIONS
16 September 1930 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, In – Tommy Whitmer‘s Band (Tommy Whitmer [fiddle], Earl Nossinger [gt], Enos Gossett [gt], Pete Woods [banjo]
001 17044  FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN  Champion 16160 Supertone 9776 Superior 2519/JSP 77130
002 G17047  KENTUCKY LIMIT rejected
003 G17048  GOING TO JAIL Superior 2519
JSP 77130 GENNETT OLTIME MUSIC (UK, 2010, 4CD)


SINGLES
Gennett (1930)
Champion
16160 Fire On The Mountain / [Ted Gossett’s Band]: Eight Of January
Superior
2519 Fire On The Mountain / Going To Jail
Supertone
9776 Fire On The Mountain /[Ted Gossett’s Band]: Eight Of January