Ray Brothers

By Thieu Van DeVorst

SESSIONS

28 May 1930 Memphis, TN – The Ray Brothers (S.Vardman Ray [gt], Will E. Ray [fiddle])

001 BVE-62531-2 HONEYSUCKLE WALTZ Victor  V 40313/ CASS 104 CO-CD-3513 DOCD-8028 JSP 77215

002 BVE-62532-2 CHOCTAW COUNTY RAG  V 40313/ DOCD-8028 JSP 77215

003 BVE-62535-2 JAKE LEG WOBBLE  V 40291/LP 529 County 548 CO-CD-3513 DOCD-8028 JSP 77215

004 BVE-62536  FRIDAY NIGHT WALTZ  V 40291/ CASS 104 DOCD-8028 JSP 77215

21 November 1930 Memphis, TN – The Ray Brothers (S.Vardman Ray [vcl-1/gt], Will E. Ray [fiddle])

005 BVE-62984-2 TUSCALOOSA WALTZ   23552/ DOCD-8028 JSP 77215   

006 BVE-62985-2 MISSISSIPPI ECHOES 23552  / LP 529 CO-CD-3513 DOCD-8028 JSP 77215

007 BVE-62986-2 HOME TOWN WALTZ 23713 Bluebird B-5789 Regal Zonophone G 22597/ CASS 104 DOCD-8028

008 BVE-62987-2 WINONA ECHOES RAG 23713 B-5789 G 22597/ CASS 104 DOCD-8028

009 BVE-62988-2 GOT THAT JAKE LEG TOO -1 23508/ DOCD-8028 JSP 77215

010 BVE-62989-2 THE FOLKS BACK HOME -1 23508  / DOCD-8028 JSP 77215

COUNTY LP 529 TRADITIONAL FIDDLE MUSIC OF MISSISSIPPI (1975); COUNTY 548 RIDIN'IN AN OLD MODEL T TODDLES WOBBLES RAGS AND BLUES (1986)

MUSICAL TRADITONS M.T. CASS 104 WHERE THE SOUTHERN CROSSES THE DOG MISSISSIPPI FIDDLE MUSIC 1928/1935 (UK, 1994, CASSETTE); COUNTY CO-CD-3513 MISSISSIPPI STRING BANDS VOLUME ONE (1998); DOCUMENT DOCD-8028 MISSISSIPPI STRING BANDS VOLUME 2 1928/1930 (AUT, 1998); JSP 77215 MISSISSIPPI HILLBILLIES (UK, 2020, 4CD)

SINGLES

Victor

 singles :
V-40291 Jake Leg Wobble/Friday Night Waltz - 30
V-40313 Choctaw County Rag/Honeysuckle Waltz - 30
23508 Got The Lake Too /The Folks Back Home – 02-31
23552 Tuscaloosa Waltz/Mississippi Echoes – 06-31
23713 Winona Rag /Home Town Waltz – 09-32 (reissued on Bluebird B-5789 (01-1935) and Regal-Zonophone [AUS] G 22597)