Posey Rorer

Posey Wilson Rorer, *22-09-1891 Franklin County, VA, +06-06-1936

 by Tony Russell, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS  
24 September 1928 Edison Recording Studio, 216 6th Ave., New York City – Posey Rorer and The North Carolina Ramblers (Posey Rorer [fiddle], C.M. “Matt“ Simmons [ld vcl/gt], Frank Miller [tnr vcl])
001 18749/N-452-A-B IF I COULD HEAR MYMOTHER PRAY AGAIN unissued
002 18750/N-453-B BEAUTIFUL BECKONING HANDS Edison 5617/CD D 706
003 18751/N-454-A-B HE’S COMING BACK AGAIN unissued
004 18752/N-455-A-B WE’LL UNDERSTAND IT BETTER BY AND BY unissued
005 18753/N-456-B WILD AND RECKLESS HOBO Edison 11009(unissued?)
BACM CD D 706 BLUEGRASS AND OLDTIME GOSPEL (UK, 2023)
25 September 1928 Edison Recording Studio, 216 6th Ave., New York City – Posey Rorer and The North Carolina Ramblers (Posey Rorer [fiddle], C.M. “Matt“ Simmons [ld vcl/gt], Frank Miller [tnr vcl])
006 18754/N-457-A-B-C BLUE EYED ELLER unissued/CD D 308
007 18755/N-458-A-B-C- SWEET SUNNY SOUTH TAKE ME HOME unissued/CD D 308
008 18756/N-459-B* I’LL MEET MY MOTHER AFTER ALL Edison 52414 N 20005*
009 18757/N-460-A-B-C DID YOU MEAN THOSE WORDS YOU SAID unissued
BACM CD D 308 EDISON LABEL CLASSIC OLDTIME MUSIC (UK, 2010)
26 September 1928 Edison Recording Studio, 216 6th Ave., New York City – Posey Rorer and The North Carolina Ramblers (Posey Rorer [fiddle], C.M. “Matt“ Simmons [ld vcl/gt], Frank Miller [tnr vcl])
010 18760/N-462-B* AS WE SAT BENEATH THE MAPLE ON THE HILL 5615, 52414 N 20005*/CD D 308
011 18761/N-463-B THE DRUNKARD’S DREAM 11009 (unissued?)
012 18762/N-464-A-B DOWN IN GEORGIA JAIL 5613
Posey Rorer later recorded with Charlie Poole and North Carolina Ramblers and Roy Harvey and North Carolina Ramblers

SINGLES
Edison (1928)
5613 Down In Georgia Jail – 28 (cylinder)
5615 As We Sat Beneath The Maple On The Hill – 28 (cylinder)
5617 Beautiful Reckoning Hands – 28(cylinder)
52414/N 20005  As We Sat Beneath The Maple On The Hill /  I'll Meet My Mother After All – 11-28
11009 I’ll Meet My Mother After All / The Drunkard’s Dream -  (poss. unissued)