Charlie Bowman / Bowman Sisters

Charlie Bowman, *30-07-1889 Fordtown TN, +20-05-1962

2nd version

By Tony Russell (Country Discography 1921-1942), Henk Scholts,  Praguefrank, Thieu Van DeVorst
SESSIONS
1 May 1926 New York City - Charlie Bowman and Hill Billies (Charles Bowman [fiddle/accordion], Al Hopkins [vcl-1/piano], Joe Hopkins [gt], John Hopkins [ukulele])
C01 E2966*/7 THE HICKMAN RAG Vocalion 15377 5118/Rounder 1033 DOCD-8039 JSP

7761
C02 E2968*/9 POSSUM UP A GUM STUMP, COONEY IN THE HOLLOW -1 Vocalion 15377 5118/DOCD-8039
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ROUNDER 1033 TENNESSEE STRINGS AS CHARLIE BOWMAN WITH HIS HILL BILLIES (1979) ; DOCUMENT DOCD-8039 THE HILL BILLIES / AL HOPKINS AND HIS BUCKLE BUSTERS COMPLETE RECORDED WORKS VOL 1 (UK, 1999) ; JSP JSP 7761 APPALACHIAN STOMP DOWN (UK, 2006)         

16 October 1928 Johnson City, TN – The Bowman Sisters (Pauline Bowman [vcl], Jennie Bowman [vcl/gt])
001 W147206-2 MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME Columbia 15473-D/JX 24 BCD 16083
002 W147207-2 SWANEE RIVER 15473-D/JX 24 BCD 16083

BEAR FAMILY BCD 16083 THE JOHNSON CITY SESSIONS 1928-1929 (GER, 2013)
16 October 1928 Johnson City, TN – Charlie Bowman and His Brothers (Charles Bowman [vcl/fiddle], Frank Wilson [vcl/gt], Walter Bowman [vcl/banjo], poss. Elbert Bowman [gt])
C03 W147208-2 ROLL ON BUDDY 15357-D/County 525 JSP 7761 BCD 16083
C04 W147209-2 GONNA RAISE THE RUCKUS TONIGHT 15357-D/BCD 16083

COUNTY 525 A FIDDLER'S CONVENTION IN MOUNTAIN CITY, TENNESSEE  1924-1930 RECORDINGS (1973)
20 February 1929 New York City – Charlie Bowman and His Brothers (Charles Bowman [speach-1/fiddle], Frank Wilson [speach-1/gt], Walter Bowman [speach-1/banjo], poss. Elbert Bowman [speach-1/gt])
C05 W147972-2 FORKY DEAR 15387-D/County 527 CO-3511 JSP 7761

C06 W147973-1 MOONSHINER AND HIS MONEY -1 15387-D/County 507CO-CD- 3511 Legacy 47911-15

COUNTY 507 OLD-TIME FIDDLE CLASSICS PLAYED BY CHAMPION FIDDLERS (1967) ;COUNTY 527 OLDTIME FIDDLE CLASSICS VOL.2 (1973); COUNTY CO-CD-3511 RURAL STRING BANDS OF TENNESSEE (1997); COLUMBIA-LEGACY 47911/47912-15 ROOTS N' BLUES - THE RETROSPECTIVE (1925-50) (1992)
23 October 1929 Johnson City, TN – The Bowman Sister (Pauline Bowman [vcl], Jennie Bowman [vcl], Charlie Bowman [fiddle], Fran Trappe [accordion] )

003 W149256-2 RAILROAD TAKE ME BACK 15621-D/BCD 16083
004 W149257-2 OLD LONESOME BLUES 15621-D/BCD 16083 JSP 7740 LP 1029

ROUNDER 1029 BAJO PICKING GIRL (1980); JSP JSP-7740 MOUNTAIN BLUES 1927-1938: BLUES BALLADS AND STRING BANDS (UK, 2005)
23 October 1929 Johnson City, TN – Charles Bowman and Fran Trappe (Charles Bowman [fiddle], Fran Trappe [accordion])
C06 W149258 WILD HORSE unissued
C07 W149259 CAROLINA MOONSHINE unissued
22 April 1931 New York City – The Bowman Sisters (Pauline Bowman, Jennie Bowman)\

005 10575 LONESOME BLUES unissued
006 10576 THE RAILROAD BOOMER unissued
007 10577 WHEN THE LEAVES TURN GREEN unissued

SINGLES
Vocalion (1926)
15377 The Hickman Rag / Possum Up A Gum Stump, Cooney In The Hollow - 26 Charlie Bowman and Hill Billies (reissued on Vocalion 5118)
Columbia
15357-D Roll On Buddy / Gonna Raise The Ruckus Tonight - 28 Charlie Bowman and His Brothers
15387-D Forky Dear / The Moonshiner And His Money – 29 Charlie Bowman and His Brothers
15473-D My Old Kentucky Home / Swanee River – 29 Bowman Sisters
15621-D Railroad Take Me Back / Old Lonesome Blues – ca 29 Bowman Sisters

Columbia [JAP]

JX 24 My Old Kentucky Home  The Old Folks At Home - ?   Bowman Sisters