Cousin Emmy

 Cynthia May Carver, *14-03-1903 Lamb, Barren County, KY, +11-04-1980

 by Richard Weize, Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS  
12 April 1946 New York City - Cousin Emmy and Her Kinfolks (Joe May Schaller [vcl/banjo], John Will Drake [gt], ? [bass], ? [fiddle}_
001 73514 FREE LITTLE BIRD      24216 OE 9259/ BCD 16853
002 73515 THE BROKEN HEARTED ONE YOU LEFT ALONE 23583/ BCD 16853
003 73516 MILK COW BLUES    unissued/ BCD 16853
004 73517 RUBY    23583/ BCD 16853 MCAD3-11069 CMH CD-1778
MCA MCAD3-11069 FROM THE DECCA VAULTS 1934/1973 (1994, 3CD); CMH CD-1778 RHYTHM OF THE MOUNTAINS THE MUSIC OF APPALACHIA (1995, 4CD)
26 March 1947 [10:00-11:45] Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Sve,  Hollywood, CA - Cousin Emmy and Her Kinfolks (Joe May Schaller [vcl/banjo/harmonica], John Will Drake [gt], Wesley Tuttle [gt], Arthur Shapiro [bass]. Producer: Perry Botkin)
005 L 4388 LOST JOHN     24216 OE 9259/ BCD 16853
006 L 4389 LONESOME ROAD BLUES  24215 OE 9259 / BCD 16853
007 L 4390 I WISH I WAS IN BOWLING GREEN    24214 OE 9258/BCD 16853
26 March 1947 [14:15-17:15] Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Sve,  Hollywood, CA - Cousin Emmy and Her Kinfolks (Joe May Schaller [vcl/banjo/harmonica], John Will Drake [gt], Wesley Tuttle [gt], Arthur Shapiro [bass]. Producer: Perry Botkin)
008 L 4391 I WISH I WAS A SINGLE GIRL AGAIN     24215 OE 9259/ BCD 16853 VCD 79716-2
009 L 4392 JOHNNY BOOKER    24214 OE 9258/ BCD 16853
010 L 4393 COME ALL YOU VIRGINIA GALS   24213 OE 9258/ BCD 16853
011 L 4394 FREIGHT TRAIN BLUES   unissued/ BCD 16853
012 L 4395 PRETTY LITTLE MISS OUT IN THE GARDEN   24213  OE 9258/ BCD 16853
VANGUARD VCD 79716-2 SONGCATCHER VOL.2 THE TRADITION THAT INSPIRED THE MUSIC (2002)
31 March 1947 [11:00-11:45] Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Sve,  Hollywood, CA - Cousin Emmy (Joe May Schaller [vcl/gt]. Producer: Perry Botkin)
013 L 4402 BARNEY, OH BARNEY     unissued/ BCD 16853
014 L 4403 CHILLY SCENES OF WINTER   unissued/ BCD 16853 BCD 17032 BCD 17370
BEAR FAMILY BCD 17032 COUNTRY BOY'S DREAM (GER, 2008); BEAR FAMILY BCD 17370 AT THE LOUISIANA HAYRIDE TONIGHT (GER, 2017, 20CD)
late 1940s or early 1950s unknown – Cousin Emmy (Joe May Schaller [vcl/banjo], prob. George Winston [gt], Jimmy Powers [fiddle])
015 ARKANSAS TRAVELER BCD 16853
016 SLEEPY LOU BCD 16853   
24 April 1967 Sound House, El Monte, CA - New Lost City Ramblers with Cousin Emmy (John Cohen [gt], Cousin Emmy [banjo], Mike Seeger [mandolin], George Winston [mandolin], Tracy Schwarz [bass].  Producers: Mike Seeger, Peter Bartok)
017 OLD TIM BROOKS   Folkways FTS 31015  
018 A HOME IN OLD KENTUCKY  FTS 31015
019 I'M GOING 'CROSS THE SEA  FTS 31015
020 PRETTY LITTLE MISS OUT IN THE GARDEN  Folkways FTS 31015
021 LITTLE JOE  FTS 31015  
022 RUBY, ARE YOU MAD AT YOUR MAN?  Folkways FTS 31015
023 DANCE ALL NIGHT WITH A BOTTLE IN YOUR HAND   Folkways FTS 31015
024 LOST JOHNFTS 31015  
025 BOWLING GREEN  Folkways FTS 31015
026 CAT'S GOT THE MEASLES   Folkways FTS 31015
027 MOTHER'S GRAVE  FTS 31015  
028 CHILLY SCENES OF WINTER  Folkways FTS 31015
029 GRAVEYARD  Folkways FTS 31015
030 JOHNNY BOOKER  FTS 31015
031 SCAT TOM KITTY PUSS   Folkways FTS 31015
032 SHORTENING BREAD   Folkways FTS 31015 VCD 79716-2


ALBUMS
Folkways FTS 31015 New Lost City Ramblers with Cousin Emmy: Old Tim Brooks;  A Home in Old Kentucky; I'm Going 'Cross the Sea; Pretty Little Miss Out in the Garden; Little Joe; Ruby, Are You Mad At Your Man?; Dance All Night With a Bottle in Your Hand; Lost John; Bowling Green; Cat's Got the Measles;  Mother's Grave; Chilly Scenes of Winter; Graveyard  Folkways;  Johnny Booker; Scat Tom Kitty Puss; Shortening Bread - 68
Bear Family [GER] BCD 16853 Cousin Emmy and Her Kinfolks 1939-1947: [Decca tracks:]  I Wish I Was In Bowling Green; Johnny Booker; Come On All You Virginia Gals; Pretty Little Miss Out In The Garden; Lonesome Road Blues; I Wish I Was A Single Girl, Again; Chilly Scenes Of Winter; Barney-O-Barney; Lost John; Ruby; Freight Train Blues; Milk Cow Blues; Broken Hearted One You Left Behind; Free Little Bird; [Louisville Radio (1939), first show:] Opening Theme: Little Old Log Cabin In The ; Turkey In The Straw (Kinfolk Gang; Groundhog; Lost John; Mother's Grave; Sowing On The Mountain; Some Of These Days; Ragtime Annie; Closing Theme ; [Second Show:] - Opening Theme ; Irish Washerwoman (The Shining Fiddlers) ; Groundhog ; Truck Driver's Blues (Collard Bros.) ; Cacklin' Hen ; Little Joe ; Closing Theme ; [Third Show:] Opening Theme ; Arkansas Traveler ; Fisher's Hornpipe ; Ruby ; Wonder Who Will Meet Me There ; Closing Theme ; [bonus tracks:] Arkansas Traveler; Sleepy Lou – 09-07

EPs
Brunswick [UK] OE 9258 Kentucky Mountain Ballads - Vol. 1 - Come On All You Virginina Girls; Pretty Little Missy Out In The Garden / I Wish I Was In Bowling Green; Johnny Booker - 56
Brunswick  [UK] OE 9259 Kentucky Mountain Ballads - Vol. 2 - I Wish I Was A Single Girl; Lonesome Road Blues / Free Little Bird; Lost John - 56

SINGLES
Decca (1946-47)
23583 Ruby / The Broken Hearted One You Left All Alone – 06-46
24213 Come On All You Virginia Gals / Pretty Little Miss – 47
24214 I Wish I Was In Bowling Green / Johnny Booker - 47
24215 Lonesome Road Blues / I Wish I Was Single Again - 47
24216 Free Little Bird / Lost John – 47
24213/16 also issued as part on 78 RPM album A 574 Kentucky Mountain Ballads