Uncle Eck Dunford

 Alexander Dunford, *30 May 1875 Ballards Branch, VI, +24-06-1953
by Tony Russell, Thieu Van De Vorst, Praguefrank
SESSIONS  also recorded with Ernst V. Stoneman, Fields Ward
27 July 1927 410 State Street, Bristol, TN – Uncle Eck Dunford (Uncle Eck Dunford [vvl], Ernest Stoneman [vcl-1/gt/harmonica], Hattie Stoneman [vcl-2], Iver Edwards [ukulele]. Producer: Ralph Peer)
001 BVE-39716-1  THE WHIP-POOR-WILL'S SONG  20880/BCD 16094 BACM CD D 702
002 BVE-39717-2 WHAT WILL I DO, FOR MY MONEY'S ALL GONE -2  21578/CO-CD-3502 JSP 7780 BCD 16094
003 BVE-39718-2 SKIP TO MA LOU MA DARLING 20938/LP 534 CMF 011 BCD 16094 JSP 7780
004 BVE-39719-1 BARNEY MCCOY -1 20938/JSP 7780 BCD 16094 BACM CD D 702
COUNTY LP 534 ROUND THE HEART OF GALAX VOL. 2 (1980); CMF 011 THE BRISTOL SESSIONS VOL. 1 (1987, 2LPs); COUNTY CO-CD-3502 RURAL STRINGBANDS OF VIRGINIA (1993); JSP JSP 7780 SERENADE IN THE MOUNTAINS VOL. 1 (UK, 2006, 4CDs); BEAR FAMILY BCD 16094 BRISTOL SESSIONS 1927/1928 (GER,  2011,5CDs); BACM CD D 702 COUNTRY MUSIC UNCLES (UK, May 2023)
22 October 1927 Atlanta, GA – Uncle Eck Dunford (Uncle Eck Dunford [speach], Ernest Stoneman [banjo])
005 BVE-40334-1 SLEEPING LATE  21244
006 BVE-40335-1  MY FIRST BICYCLE RACE  21131
007 BVE-40336-1 THE TAFFY-PULLING PARTY  21244
008 BVE-40337-2 THE SAVINGEST MAN ON EARTH  21131/JSP 7780 BAM CD D 702
22 February 1928 Peach Tree Road, Atlanta, GA –  Uncle Eck Dunford, with George Stoneman [-1], Ernest Stoneman [-2] (Uncle Eck Dunford [vcl/fiddle], Ernest V. Stoneman [vcl-2/gt], George Stoneman [vcl-1/banjo])
009 BVE-41940-1,2 UNCLE JOE     unissued
010 BVE-41941-2 SWEET SUMMER HAS GONE AWAY -2   21578
011 BVE-41942-1,2 TELL ME WHERE MY EVA'S GONE - 1    unissued
012 BVE-41943-1,2 OLD UNCLE JESSE     unissued
30 October 1928 Bristol, TN –  Uncle Eck Dunford (Uncle Eck Dunford [vcl/gt], Bolen Frost [banjo], Hattie Stoneman [mandolin-1/fiddle-2], Ernest V. Stoneman [harmonica])
013 BVE-47254-2 ANGELINE, THE BAKER  -1 40060/BCD 16094
014 BVE-47255  OLD SHOES AND LEGGINS  -2 40060/BCD 16094 BACM CD D
702
Also recorded with The Bog Trotters Band for Library of Congress





SINGLES

Victor (1927-1928)
20880 [Ernest Stoneman:] Mountaineers Courtship / The Whip-poor-will's Song – 11-27
20938 Skip To Ma Lou, Ma Darling  / Barney Mccoy (w. Ernest Stoneman) – 01-28
21131 My First Bicycle Race / The Savingest Man On Earth - 03-28
21244 Sleeping Late / The Taffy-Pulling Party – 04-28
21578 What Will I Do, For My Money's All Gone / Sweet Summer Has Gone Away (w. Ernest Stoneman)- 28
V 40060 Old Shoes And Leggins / Angeline, The Baker – 03-05-29