*ca 1900 Elk Spring Valley, KY, + 1966 Indianopolis, IN
2nd version
By Tony Russell, Henk Scholts, Thieu Van De Vorst,
Praguefrank
SESSIONS recorded with
Brother James Arnold and Congregation; Dock Boggs; Josie Ellers; Rocheford and
Peggs; William Rexroat’s Cedar Crest Singers; Floyd Thompson and his Home
Towners
17 January 1928 Chicago, IL – Emry Arthur (Emry Arthur [duet
vcl/harmonica-1],Henry Arthur [duet vcl/banjo-2], ? [gt-3], ? [steel])
001 C-1531*/2 LOVE
LIFTED ME -1-2 Vocalion 5205/OHCS 190 OHCD 4190JSP 7761
002 C-1533*/4 SHINING
FOR THE MASTER -1-2 Vocalion 5205/OHCS 190 OHCD 4190 JSP 7761
002 C-1543*/4 HEAVE
HO – THE ANCHOR -1-1 Vocalion 5209/OHCD 190 OHCD 4190 JSP 77186
003 C-1545*/6 I CAN
NEVER FORGET -1-2 Vocalion 5206/OHCD
4190
004 C-1551/2* THE
LITTLE BLACK TRAIN IS COMING -2-3 Vocalion 5229/OHCD 4190 JSP 7761 JSP 77186
005 C-1553/4* SHE¢S A
FLOWER FROM THE FIELDS OF ALABAMA -2-3
Vocalion 5234/Marimac 9111 JSP
7761
*master
JSP 77186 CLARENCE ASHLEY COUNTRY MUSIC PIONEER SELECTED
SIDES 1927-1935 AND OTHERS (UK, 2014)
18 January 1928 Chicago, IL – Emry Arthur (Emry Arthur
[vcl], Henry Arthur [duet vcl-1/banjo], ? [steel])
006 C-1539/40* I AM A
MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW Vocalion 5208/OHCD
190 OHCD 4190 JSP 7761 Yazoo 2014 JSP 77186
007 C-1541*/2 DOWN IN
TENNESSEE VALLEY Vocalion 5208/OHCD 190
OHCD 4190 JSP 7761 JSP 77186
YAZOO 2014 MUSIC OF KENTUCKY (1995)
19 January 1928 Chicago, IL – Emry And Henry Arthur (Emry
Arthur [duet vcl], Henry Arthur [duet vcl-1/gt], ? [steel])
008 C-1535/6*
GOODBYE, MY LOVER, GOODBYE
Vocalion 5209/OHCD 190 OCD 4190 JSP 7761 JSP 77186
009 C-1537/8* I‘LL
REMEMBER YOU LOVE IN MY PRAYERS Vocalion 5206/BACM CD D 274
20 June 1928 Indianopolis, IN – Emry Arthur (Emry Arthur
[vcl/gt/harmonica-1])
010 IND-639/E7491
WANDERING GYPSY GIRL Vocalion
5234/OHCS 190 OHCD 4190 JSP 7761
011 IND-640/E7492 LET
THAT LIAR ALONE -1 Vocalion 5229/BACM CD
D 274 JSP 77186
012 IND-641 GOING
AROUND THE WORLD -1 Vocalion 5230/OHCS
190 OHCD 4190 JSP 7761 JSP 77186
013 IND-642 NOBODY‘S
BUSINESS -1 Vocalion 5230/OHCS 190 OHCD 4190 JSP 7761 JSP 77186
25 June 1928 Indianopolis, IN – Emry Arthur and Frank Owens
(Emry Arthur [vcl/duet gt/ prob. harmonica-1], Frank Owens [duet vcl])
014 IND-637/E7472
BRING BACK TO ME MY WANDERING BOY
Vocalion 5244 /OHCS 190 OHCD 4190
015 IND-638/E7473
YOUR MOTHER'S GOING TO LEAVE YOU BYE AND BYE Vocalion 5244 /OHCS 190 OHCS 4190
25 June 1928 Indianopolis, In – Emry Arthur and The Cumberland
Singers (Emry Arthur [vcl/gt-3], prob. Frank owens [duet vcl], ? [organ-2],
unknown vcl trio-1)
016 IN-654/E7493
WHERE THE GATES SWING OUTWARD NEVER
-2 Vocalion 5228 /OHCS 190 OHCD
4190 JSP 77186
017 IN-655/E7494 I
SHALL KNOW BY THE PRINT OF THE NAILS ON HIS HAND -2 Vocalion 5228/OHCS 190 OHCD 4190 JSP 7761
018 IN-656/E7495
WHERE THE SILVERY COLORADO WENDS ITS WAY -1-3 Vocalion 5225 /OHCS 190 OHCD 4190 JSP 7761
JSP 77186
019 IN-659/E7498 IN
THE HEART OF THE CITY THAT HAS NO HEART -3 Vocalion 5225 /OHCS 190 OHCD 4190 JSP 7761
19 July
1928 Chicago, IL – Arthur‘s Sacred Singers (vcl group acc ? [organ])
020 C-2077-A-B MEET MOTHER IN THE SKIES unissued
021 C-2078-A-B THERE‘S A JOY IN RIGHTEOUS LIVING unissued
022 C-2079-A-B NO, NOT ONE
unissued
023 C-2080-A-B WHY NOT TONIGHT unissued
024 C-2081-A-B VICTORY AHEAD
unissued
025 C-2082-B IF JESUS GOES WITH ME unissued
19 July
1928 Chicago, IL – Emry Arthur (Emry Arthur [vcl/gt-2/poss. harmonica], ?
[fiddle-1])
026 C-2083-A-B THE RICH MAN AND JOE SMITH -1 unissued
027 C-2084-A-B ETHAN LANG -1-2 unissued
028 C-2087-A-B TRAIN WHISTLE BLUES unissued
029 C-2088-A-B EMPTY POCKET BLUES unissued
20 July
1928 Chicago, IL –Emry Arthur and Floyd Thompson
030 C-2090 SNOW DEER
unissued
031 C-2091 MOUNTAINS OF VIRGINIA unissued
032 C-2092 WAY DOWN IN GEORGIA unissued
30 August
1928 Chicago, IL – Emry Arthur (Emry Arthur [vcl/gt/harmonic])
033 C-2276 ETHAN LANG
Vocalion 5249/OHCD 4190 Yazoo 2040 JSP 7761
034 C-2277 EMPTY POCKET BLUES Vocalion 5264/JSP 77186
035 C-2278 THE RICH MAN AND JOE SMITH Vocalion 5249/OHCD 4190
036 C-2279 TRAIN WHISTLE BLUES Vocalion 5264/OHCD 4190
JSP 77186
30 August
1928 Chicago, IL – Arthur‘s Sacred
Singers
037 C-2280 MEET MOTHER IN THE SKIES Vocalion 5326
038 C-2281 THERE'S A JOY IN RIGHTEOUS LIVING Vocalion 5326
039 C-2282 NO, NOT ONE Vocalion 5245 //BACM CD D 274
040 C-2283 WHY NOT TONIGHT Vocalion 5245/BACM CD D 274
041 C-2284-A-B IF JESUS GOES WITH ME unissued
042 C-2285-A-B VICTORY AHEAD
unissued
8 January
1929 Chicago, IL – William Rexroat and
Emry Arthur (William Rexroat [duet vcl/gt-3], Emry Arthur [duet vcl/gt/
harmonica-1], ? [banjo-2])
043 C-2766 THE WANDERER -1 Vocalion 5335 / JSP 7761
044 C-2769 THE WHITE ROSE -2-3 Vocalion 5335
9 January
1929 Chicago, IL – Emry Arthur, *and William Rexroat (Emry Arthur [vcl/gt],
William Rexroat [vcl*/gt*])
045 C-2772
I TICKLED HER UNDER THE CHIN* 5323
046 C-2773 MY GIRL SHE'S A LULU Vocalion 5288 /OHCD 4190
047 C-2774 MARY DON'T GO Vocalion 5288 /OHCD 4190
17 June
1929 Furniture Mart Building, 666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL – Emry Arthur
[-1]/ as The Jack Harmonica Player [-1]
(Emry Arthur (vcl-1/gt-1/harmonica-2])
048 C-3622
MOUTH HARP BLUES -2 5353
049 C-3623
FIVE MILES/ INTRO: TURKEY IN THE STRAW/ARKANSAS TRAVELLER -2 5353
050 C-3624 THE BLIND BOY -1 Vocalion 5358/BACM CD D 274 JSP 77186
18 June
1929 Furniture Mart Building, 666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL – Emry Arthur
(Emry Arthur [vcl/gt])
051 C-3629 FRANKIE BAKER – PART I Vocalion 5340 /JSP 77186
052 C-3630 FRANKIE BAKER - PART II
Vocalion 5340/ JSP 77186
053 C-3631 MY MOTHER-IN-LAW Vocalion 5354
054 C-3632 MOTHER'S IN HEAVEN TONIGHT Vocalion 5358/BACM CD D 274 JSP 77186
055 C-3633 THE BOOTLEGGER'S SONG Vocalion 5385
056 C-3634 REMEMBER THE OLD FOLKS BACK HOME Vocalion
5396 /BACM CD D 274
057 C-3635 PRISON BOUND BLUES Vocalion 5351
058 C-3636 MOUNTAIN DADDY BLUES Vocalion 5351
059 C-3637 I GOT DRUNK AND I GOT MARRIED Vocalion 5354 /JSP 7774
JSP 7774 PARAMOUNT OLDTIME RECORDINGS (UK, 4CD)
Ca
September 1929 Grafton, WI – Emry Arthur (Emry Arthur [vcl/gt])
060 L-30-3 THE BROKEN WEDDING Paramount 3221 Broadway
8216/LP 522
061 L-31-3 I’M ALWAYS THINKING OF YOU Paramount 3221
Broadway 8216/JSP 77186
COUNTY
LP
522 OLDTIME BALLADS FROM THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS (1971)
Ca
October/November 1929 Grafton, WI – Emry Arthur, *w.
Della Hatfield (Emry Arthur [vcl/gt], Della Hatfield [duet vcl*])
062 L-105-1 THE BLUEFIELD MURDER* 3222/JSP 7774
063 L-106-2 GEORGE COLLINS* 3222/JSP 7774
064 L-107-1 REUBEN OH REUBEN 3237 3295 8216/CO-CD-3523
Yazoo 2014 JEMF 103 CO-CD-3523 JSP 77186
065 L-108-1 SHE LIED TO ME 3237 3295 8216/CO-CD-3523
Yazoo 2014
066 THE BLOODSTAINED DRESS* 3243/JSP 77186
067 THE DAY I LEFT HOME* 3243/JSP 77186
JEMF 103 PARAMOUNT OLDTIME TUNES (1974); COUNTY CO-CD-3523
OLDTIME MUSIC OF SOUTH WEST VIRGINIA (2001)
Ca
October/November 1929 Grafton, WI – Emry Arthur, *w.
Della Hatfield (Emry Arthur [vcl/gt], Della Hatfield [duet vcl*])
068 L-130-1,2 GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN unissued
069 L-131-2 JENNIE MY OWN TRUE LOVE* 3249 8266/JSP
77186
070 L-132-2 A RAILROAD LOVER FOR ME* 3249 8266/JSP
77186
071 L-133-1 SUNSHINE AND SHADOWS* 3251 8267 LA 3/JSP 77186
072 L-134-1 TRUE LOVE DIVINE* 3251 8267 LA 3/JSP 77186
Ca
April/May 1931 Grafton, WI – Emry Arthur, *w. Della Hatfield (Emry Arthur
[vcl/gt], Della Hatfield [duet vcl*], ? [banjo-2])
073 L-956-2 THE MARRIED MAN 3289
074 L-957-2 I’M A MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW -2 3289/ JSP 7761 JSP 77186
075 L-958-1 GOT DRUNK AND GOT MARRIES 3301/ JSP 7774
076 L-959-1 I TICKLED HER UNDER THE CHIN 3301/JSP 7774
077 L-962-1 I’M GOING BACK TO THE GIRL I LOVE 3298
078 L-967-3 CARELESS LOVE 3298/CO-CD-3523
079 L-969-2 THERE’S A TREASURE UP IN HEAVEN* 3290/JSP
7774
080 L-970-1 SHORT LIFE OF TROUBLE -2 3290/Yazoo 2014
CO-CD-3523
Missing master nos may have been unissued tracks by
Emry Arthur
29
September 1931 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building,
Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, In -
Emry Arthur and Delle Hatfield (Emry Arthur [vcl/gt], Della Hatfield
[duet vcl])
081 G18063 WAIT TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY Gennett rejected
17 January 1935
Chicago, IL – Emry Arthur (Emry Arthur [vcl/gt], ? [trainwhistle
effect-1])
082 C 9662-A THE BROKEN WEDDING Decca 5067/ JSP 7761 JSP
77186
083 C 9663-A SIX MONTH IN JAIL AIN’T LONG 5127 Minerva M
14151//BACM CD D 274 JSP 77186
084 C 9664-A LOOK OUT FOR THE WINDOW 5085/BACM CD D 274 JSP 77186
085 C 9665-A RAMBLING HOBO BLUES -1 5068 Minerva M 14152/JSP
77186
086 C 9666-A I’M ALWAYS THINKIN‘ OF YOU 5085/BACM CD D 274 JSP 77186
087 C 9667-A DON‘T GET MARRIED 5068 M 14152/JSP 77186
088 C 9668-A THE BOOTLEGGER’S LULLABY 5127 M 14151/ JSP 7761 JSP 77186
089 C 9669-A MY OWN TRUE LOVE 5067/JSP 77186
ALBUMS
Old Homestead OHCS 190 I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow -
Volume One: I Am A Man Of
Constant Sorrow; Down In The Tennessee Valley; Shining For The Master; Love
Lifted Me; Heave-Ho The Anchor; Where The Silvery Colorado Winds Its Way; The
Heart Of The City Has No Heart ; I Shall Know By The Prints Of The Nails In His
Hand; Going Around This World; Nobody's Business; Wandering Gypsy Girl; Wandering
Boy; Mother's Going To Leave You Bye And Bye; The Wanderer; Where The Gates
Swing Outward Never; Goodbye My Lover, Goodbye – 87 (reissued in 2001 on OHCD
4190 with bonus tracks: Little Black Train A'Comin; Train Whistle Blues; Ethan
Lang; The Rich Man And Joe Smith; Mary Don't Go; My Girl - She's A Lulu; Empty
Pocket Blues; I Can Never Forget)
JSP
[UK] JSP 7761 Appalachian Stomp Down:
Love Lifted Me; Shining for the Master; The Little Black Train Is Coming; She's
a Flower from the Fields of Alabama; I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow; Down in
Tennessee Valley; Goodbye My Lover
Goodbye; Wandering Gypsy Girl; Going Around the World; Nobody's Business; I Shall Know by the Print of the Nails in His
Hand; Where the Silvery Colorado Wends Its Way; In the Heart of the City That Has No Heart; Ethan Lang; The Wanderer; I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow; The Broken
Wedding; The Bootlegger's Lullaby - 21-02-06 various artists 4 CD box, only
Emry Arthur tracks (on CD 3) listed
BACM [UK] CD D 274 Dock Boggs And Emry Arthur: Old Time
Songs From Virginia and Kentucky: [Dock Boggs:] Country Blues; Sammie,
Where Have You Been So Long; Down South Blues; Sugar Baby; Danville Girl;
Pretty Polly; New Prisoner's Song; Hard Luck Blues; False Hearted Lover's
Blues; Old Rub Alcohol Blues; Will Sweethearts Know Each Other There; Lost Love
Blues; [Emry Arthur:] I’ll Remember You Love In My Prayers; Let That Liar Alone;
No Not One; Why Not Tonight; The Blind Boy; Mother’s In Heaven Tonight;
Remember The Folks Back Home; Six Months In Jail Ain’t Long; Look Out For The
Window; I’m Always Thinking Of You – 09
JSP [UK] JSP 77186 Clarence Ashley Country Music
Pioneer Selected Sides 1927-1935 e.a: I Am A Man Of
Constant Sorrow (Paramount Version); Jennie My Own True Love; The Day I Left
Home; Blood Stained Dress; The Little Black Train Is Coming; The Broken Wedding
(Sept. 1929 Paramount Version); Nobody's Business; Down In Tennessee Valley; Train
Whistle Blues; The Blind Boy; Six Months In Jail Ain't Long; Empty Pocket
Blues; Mother's In Heaven Tonight; Frankie Baker (Pt. 1); Frankie Baker (Pt.
2); Heave-Ho The Anchor; Don't Get Married; My Own True Lover; Look Out For The
Window; Ramblin' Hobo Blues; The Bootlegger's Lullaby; Going Around The World; I'm
Always Thinking Of You (Decca Version); Where The Silvery Colorado Weds Its
Way; The Broken Wedding (Decca Version); I'm Always Thinking Of You (Paramount Version);
Sunshine And Shadows; Goodbye My Lover, Goodbye; Reuben, Oh Reuben; I'm A Man
Of Constant Sorrow (Paramount Version); Let That Liar Alone; A Railroad Lover
For Me – 14 (only Emry Arthur tracks on CD 2,3,4 listed)
SINGLES
Vocalion
5205 Love Lifted Me /
Shining For The Master – 28 Emry and Henry Arthur
5206 I‘ll Remember
You Love In My Prayers / I Can Never Forget - 28
5207 I‘m All Alone / Hawaiian
Blues - 28
5208 I Am A Man Of
Constant Sorrow / Down In Tennessee
Valley - 28
5209 Goodbye, My
Lover, Goodbye / Heave Ho – The Anchor –
29 Emry and Henry Arthur
5225 Where The
Silvery Colorado Wends Its Way / In The
Heart Of The City That Has No Heart – 28
w. The Cumberland Singers
5228 Where The Gates
Swing Outward Never / I Shall Know By The Print Of The Nails On His Hand – 28
w. The Cumberland Singers
5229 The Little Black
Train Is Coming / Let That Liar Alone -
28
5230 Going Around The
World / Nobody‘s Business - 28
5234 She‘s A Flower
From The Fields Of Alabama / Wandering Gypsy Girl - 28
5244 Bring Back To Me
My Wandering Boy / Your Mother's Going
To Leave You Bye And Bye - 28 with Frank
Owens
5245 No, Not One / Why Not Tonight - 28 Arthur‘s Sacred Singers
5249 Ethan Lang / The Rich Man And Joe Smith - 28
5264 Empty Pocket Blues / Train Whistle Blues - 29
5288 My Girl She's A Lulu / Mary Don't Go - 29
5323 [William
Rexroat’s Cedar Crest Singers:] Build Me A Bungalow / I Tickled Her Under The
Skin (Emry Arthur and William Rexroat) - 29
5326 Meet Mother In The Skies / There's A Joy In Righteous Living - 29 Arthur‘s
Sacred Singers
5335 The Wanderer /
The White Rose - 29 and William Rexroat
5340 Frankie Baker – Part I / Frankie Baker - Part II - 29
5351 Prison Bound Blues / Mountain Daddy Blues - 29
5353 Mouth
Harp Blues / Five Miles/ Intro: Turkey
In The Straw/Arkansas Traveller – 29 Jack The Harmonica Player
5354 I Got Drunk And I Got Married / My Mother-In-Law – 29
5358 The Blind Boy / Mother's In Heaven Tonight -
29
5385 The Bootlegger's Song / [Clarence Ganus:] I
Love Nobody But You - 29
5396 [Clarence
Ganus:] The Dying Soldier / Remember The
Old Folks Back Home - 29
Paramount
3221 The Broken Wedding / I’m Always Thinking Of You – 29 (also on
Broadway 8216)
3222 The Bluefield Murder /
George Collins – 29 w. Della Hatfield
3237 Reuben Oh
Reuben / She Lied To Me – 30 (reissued
on 3295, Broadway 8216)
3243 The
Bloodstained Dress / The Day I Left Home – 30 w. Della Hatfield
3249 Jennie My
Own True Love / A Railroad Lover For Me – 30 w. Della Hatfield (also on
Broadway 8266)
3251 Sunshine
And Shadows / True Love Divine – 30 w.
Della Hatfield (reissued on Broadway 8267 and Lonesome Ace LA 3)
3289 The Married Man /
I’m A Man Of Constant Sorrow - 31
3290 There’s A Treasure Up In Heaven (w. Della
Hartfield) / Short Life Of Trouble* - 31
(note by Henk Scholts: *Tony Russell writes here that Short liffe of
trouble on the label credit is a vocal solo but Paramount 3290 don’t show
anything else)
3295 Reuben Oh Reuben / She Lied To Me – 31 as by Elroy
Anderson
3298 I’m Going Back To The Girl I Love / Careless Love
- 31
3301 Got Drunk And Got Married / I Tickled Her Under
The Chin – 31 (note by Henk Scholts: (Tony Russell writes here that Paramount 3301 is by Emery Arthur
but the orignal 78"shows Emry Arthur)
Decca
(1935)
5067 The Broken Wedding / My Own True
Lover – 02-35
5068
Rambling Hobo Blues / Don't Get Married – 02-35
5085
Look Out For The Window / I'm Always Thinkin Of You – 04-35
5127
Six Months In Jail Ain't Long / Bootlegger's Lullaby – 08-35
Minerva [CAN]
M-14151 Six Months
In Jail Ain't Long / The Bootlegger's Lullaby
M-14152 Ramblin’
Hobo Blues / Don't Get Married
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