Cofer Brothers / Georgia Crackers

By Henk Scholts, Tony Russell, Thieu Van De Vorst

SESSIONS

19 March 1927 Atlanta, GA – The Cofer Brothers (Leon Cofer [vcl/gt], Paul Cofer [vcl/fiddle], Ben Evans [whistle])

001 80581-A WHERE THE MORNING GLORIES GROW OKeh 45137/Document DOCD-8021

002 80582-A THE GREAT SHIP WENT DOWN   45137/DOCD-8021 Trikont US-0364

003 80583  NOTHING FROM NOTHING LEAVES YOU  unissued

004 80584-B THE ALL GO HUNGRY HASH HOUSE  45099/ DOCD-8021 

005 80585  DOWN IN ARKANSAS  unissued

006 80586-A THE GEORGIA HOBO  45099/Rounder 1035 DOCD-8021 

ROUNDER 1035 WORK DON’T BOTHER ME (1986); TRIKONT US-0364 DOOM AND GLOOM EARLY SONGS OF ANGST AND DISASTER 1927-1945 (GER, 2007)
21 March 1927 Atlanta, GA – The Georgia Crackers (Leon Cofer [vcl/banjo], Paul Cofer [vcl/fiddle], Ben Evans [gt/poss vcl])

007 80593-A RILEY THE FURNITURE MAN   45111/Rounder 1026 County CO-CD-3527 DOCD-8021

008 80594 RAILROAD BILL  unissued

009 80595-B COON FROM TENNESSEE   45098/DOCD-8021 Sony C3K-97280

010 80596-B THE GEORGIA BLACK BOTTOM    45111/DOCD-8021

011 80597-B DIAMOND JOE  45098/County LP 514 DOCD-8021

012 80598  DANCE ALL NIGHT WITH A BOTTLE IN YOUR HAND  unissued

COUNTY LP 514 HELL BROKE LOOSE IN GEORGIA (1969); ROUNDER 1026 POOR MAN RICH MAN (1989); COUNTY CO-CD-3527 HARD TIMES IN THE COUNTRY (2002); SONY C3K-97280 YOU AIN'T TALKING TO ME/SUBTITLE CHARLIE POOLE AND THE ROOTS OF COUNTRY MUSIC (2005)
12 October 1927 Atlanta, GA – The Georgia Crackers (Leon Cofer [vcl/banjo], Paul Cofer [vcl/fiddle], Ben Evans [gt/poss vcl])

013 81757 BRIGHT LIGHT IN THE GRAVEYARD unissued

014 81758-B I'VE GOT A GAL IN BALTIMORE  45192/DOCD-8021 

015 81759 BAD MULE  unissued

016 81760 CLIMBING UP THE GOLDEN STAIRS  unissued

017 81761-A STOCKADE BLUES  45192/DOCD-8021 JSP 7740

018 81762 YEAR OF JUBILO  unissued

JSP 7740 MOUNTAIN BLUES – BLOUES BALLADS/STRINGBANDS (UK, 2005, 4 CD BOX)

13 March 1929 Atlanta, GA –  The Cofer Brothers (Paul Cofer [fiddle/poss vcl], Leon Cofer [banjo], Ben Evans [gt])

019 W402299 WE WILL OUTSHINE THE SUN  unissued

020 W402300-B BECAUSE HE LOVED HER SO  unissued/ Marimac 9110 DOCD-8021

021 W402301  LITTLE JANIE GREEN unissued

022 W402302-A KENO, THE RENT MAN   45486/DOCD-8021

023 W402303-B ROCK THAT CRADLE LUCY   unissued/County LP-544 DOCD-8021

024 W402304-A HOW LONG?  45486/DOCD-8021

COUNTY LP-544 GEORGIA FIDDLE BANDS VOL. 2 (1978)

ALBUMS

Document [UK] DOC-CD-8021 Georgia String Bands Vol . 1, 1927 – 1930/ The Complete Recorded Works Of The Cofer Brothers, Georgia Crackers, The Spoony Five, Watkins Band, Theo and Gus Clark And The Corrol County Revelers: [Cofer Brothers:]  Where The Morning Glories Grow;  The Great Ship Went Down;  The All Go Hungry Hash House;  The Georgia Hobo;  [Georgia Crackers:]  Riley The Furniture Man;  The Coon From Tennessee;  The Georgia Black Bottom;  Diamond Joe;  I‘ve Got A Gal In Baltimore;  Stockade Blues; [The Spooney Five:]  Chinese Rag;  My Little Girl; [Watkins Band:]  Bob Murphy;  Gideon;  Little Girl, You Know I Love You;  Tom‘s Rag; [Gus And Theo Clark:] - Wimbush Rag;  Barrow County Stomp; [Cofer Brothers:]  Because He Loved Her So;  Keno, The Rent Man;  Rock That Cradle Lucy;  How Long?; [Carroll County Revellers:]  Rome Georgia Bound;  Georgia Wobble Blues - 98

SINGLES

OKeh (1927-1929)

45098  Coon From Tennessee / Diamond Joe – 27 as by Georgia Crackers

45099  The All Go Hungry Hash House /  The Georgia Hobo – 27

45111 Riley The Furniture Man / The Georgia Black Bottom – 27 as by Georgia Crackers

45137 Where The Morning Glories Grow /  The Great Ship Went Down – 27

45192 I've Got A Gal In Baltimore /  Stockade Blues – 27 as by Georgia Crackers

45486 Keno, The Rent Man / How Long ? - 29

Bob Newman

Robert Newman, *16-10-1915 Macon, GA, +08-10-1979

2nd version

By Xaviere Maire, Kevin Coffey, Henk Scholts, Michel Ruppli, Hank Netten, Praguefrank, Henk Scholts, Mario Manciotti, Tony Middleton, Thieu Van De Vorst, Al Turner, Murray Kirch
SESSIONS
ca Spring 1946 Hollywood, CA – The Georgia Crackers (Hank Newman [vcl/gt], Slim Newman [vcl/gt], Bob Newman [bcl/bass], Johnny Spies [accordion])
001 75-7 LULE FROM MISSOULA* Mastertone 75-7/8/Krazy Kat KKCD-27
002 75-8 THAT’S MY HOME (?) * Mastertone 75-7/8
003 75-9 LUMBERJACK'S CALL Mastertone 75-9/10
004 75-10 CHAINED TO A MEMORY Mastertone 75-9/10
Krazy Kat KKCD-27 SWINGING WEST, vol.2 (2001, UK)
3 December 1947 RCA Victor Studio, 445 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL – Georgia Crackers (Henry 'Hank' Newman [vcl/gt], Marion Alonzo 'Slim' Newmann [vcl/gt], Bob Newman [vcl/bass], Al Myers [lead gt], Charles Hurts/Dave Bohme [fiddle], Johnny Spies [accordion])
005 D7-VB-2325 LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP RCA Victor 20-2701
006 D7-VB-2326 RATS IN MY CLOSET 20-2854
007 D7-VB-2327 YO LADY PRE-DO-PU RCA Victor 20-2701
008 D7-VB-2328 A DOLLAR DOWN (AND A DIME A DAY) 20-2854
3 December 1947 RCA Victor Studio, 445 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL – Georgia Crackers (Henry 'Hank' Newman [vcl/gt], Marion Alonzo 'Slim' Newmann [vcl/gt], Bob Newman [vcl/bass], Al Myers [lead gt], Charles Hurts/Dave Bohme [fiddle], Johnny Spies [accordion])
009 D7-VB-2329 THAT'S THE WAY IT'S GONNA BE 20-3175 48-0033/Jewel LPS-530 TRG-505108
010 D7-VB-2330 HORSES, WOMEN AND WINE 20-3021
011 D7-VB-2331 A BROKEN DOLL 20-3175 48-0033/Jewel LPS-530 TRG-505108
012 D7-VB-2332 HI NELLIE (NELLY BLY) 20-3021/Jewel LPS 530
18 January 1949 [09:30-12:30] RCA Victor Studio, 445 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL – Georgia Crackers (Henry 'Hank' Newman [vcl/gt], Marion Alonzo 'Slim' Newmann [vcl/gt], Bob Newman [vcl/bass], Al Myers [lead gt], Dave Bohme [fiddle], Johnny Spies [accordion], Elmira Koessler [narration]. Producer: Stephen Sholes)
013 D9-VB-317 GONE DOWN THE DRAIN 21-0058 48-0051
014 D9-VB-318 IN ONE EAR AND OUT THE OTHER 21-0058 48-0051
015 D9-VB-319 DEAR DADDY UNCLE SAM 21-0016
016 D9-VB-320 THE BIBLE ON THE TABLE AND THE FLAG UPON THE WALL 21-0016
late 1940's [radio transcriptions]  unknown – The Georgia Crackers
CHAPERRELL Jewel LP-530
COOL WATER Jewel LP-530
IF I COULD HEAR MY MOTHER PRAY AGAIN Jewel LP-530
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE IT ALONE Jewel LP-530
SUNDAY DOWN IN TENNESSEE Jewel LP-530
TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS AND HOLD ME Jewel LP-530
I'M A FOOL TO CARE Jewel LP-530
GAY RANCHERO Jewel LP-530
TUMBLING TUMBLEWEEDS Jewel LP-530
LITTLE ANGEL WITH A DIRTY FACE Jewel LP-530

19 September 1950 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH - Bob Newman (Bob Newman [vcl/gt], ? [gt], ? [steel], ? [fiddle], Shorty Long [piano]. Producer: Sydney Nathan)
017 K3089 LEFTOVER HASH King 45-945/BFX-15168 Hound TRG-505108 BACM CD D 093
018 K3090 QUARANTINED LOVE 45-959/BFX-15168 TRG-505108
019 K3093 ONE AND ONE IS TWO, BABY 45-916
020 K3094 CRY BABY BLUES 45-916

BACM CD D 093 A TASTE OF KING SOPPIN‘ UP THE GRAY (UK, 2004)
5 February 1951 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH - Bob Newman (Bob Newman [vcl/gt], Al Meyers [lead gt], Louie Innis [rh gt], Jerry Byrd [steel], Tommy Jackson [fiddle], Shorty Long [piano]. Producer: Syd Nathan) [overdub session: [1] ca May 1959 King Recording Studio, Cincinnati, OH: unknown musicians]
021 K3148/K 4265* A LONESOME TRUCK DRIVER‘S BLUES 45-945 45-5789/AL-1536 BFX-15168 TRG-505108  [1:] 45-5216/AL 1536

022 K3149 TURTLE DOVIN‘ 45-959/AL-1536 BFX-15168 TRG-505108
1 March 1951 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH - Bob Newman (Bob newman [vcl/gt], Al Meyers [lead gt], Louie Innis [rh gt], Jerry Byrd [steel], Tommy Jackson [fiddle], Shorty Long [piano]. Producer: Syd Nathan)
023 K3171 I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A DOSE OF YOUR OWN MEDICINE 45-1008/AL-1536 TRG-505108
17 March 1951 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH - Bob Newman (Bob Newman [vcl/gt], Al Meyers [lead gt], Louie Innis [rh gt], Jerry Byrd [steel], Tommy Jackson [fiddle], Shorty Long [piano]. Producer: Syd Nathan)
024 K3185 ROVER, ROVER 45-973/AL-1536 BFX-15168 TRG-505108
025 K3186 IT HURTS ME 45-973/AL-1536 BFX-15168 TRG-5051089 October 1951 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH - Bob Newman (Bob Newman [vcl/gt], Al Meyers [lead gt], Louie Innis [rh gt], poss. Henry Glover [drums], Tommy Jackson [fiddle], Shorty Long [piano]. Producer: Syd Nathan) [overdub session: [1] ca May 1959 King Recording Studio, Cincinnati, OH: unknown musicians]
026 K3252 DOODLE BUG 45-1131/BFX-15168 TRG-505108
027 K3253 HANGOVER BOOGIE 45-1008/AL-1536 BFX-15168 TRG-505108
028 K3254/K4264*  HAULIN‘ FREIGHT 45-1044/BFX-15168 TRG-505108  [1:] 45-5216/AL 1536 BCD 17669
029 K3255 BABY TAKE ME HOME WITH YOU 45-1044/BFX-15168 TRG-505108
BEAR FAMILY BCD 17669 THAT'LL FLAT GIT IT VOL.42 / ROCKABILLY AND ROCK AND ROLL FROM THE VAUILTS OF KING/FEDERAL/DE LUXE RECORDS (GER, 2023)
2 March 1952 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH - Bob Newman (Bob Newman [vcl/gt], Terry Tichy [lead gt], poss. Chuck Wiggington [bass], Bobby Koeffer [steel], Sticks McDonald [drums], ? [piano]. Producer: Syd Nathan)
030 K3363 AROUND THE CORNER BEHIND THE BERRY TREE 45-1057 Vogue V 3189/BFX-15168 TRG-505108 BACM CD D 148
031 K3364 CHIC-A-CHOO FREIGHT 45-1082/LP 869 BFX-15168 TRG-505108
032 K3365 LONESOME SAILOR'S DREAM 45-1057/BFX-15168 TRG-505108
033 K3366 SAND BOOGIE 45-1082 Vogie V 3189/AL-1536 BFX-15168 TRG-505108

BACM CD D 148 ANOTHER TASTE OF KNG RECORDED 1946-1954 (UK, 2006)
3 July 1952 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH - Bob Newman (Bob Newman [vcl/gt], Al Meyers [lead gt],? [rh gt], Red Embry [steel], ? [drums], prob. Shorty Long [piano]. Producer: Syd Nathan)
034 K3421 SWEET ORCHARD WINE 45-1155/ AL-1536 BFX-15168 TRG-505108
035 K3422 TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT 45-1108/ AL-1536 BFX-15168 TRG-505108
036 K3423 PFFT! YOU WERE GONE 45-1131/ AL-1536 BFX-15168 TRG-505108
037 K3424 GREETINGS 45-1108/BFX-15168 TRG-505108
15 August 1952 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH - Bob Newman (Al Meyers [lead gt],? [rh gt], Red Embry [steel], ? [drums], prob. Shorty Long [piano]. Producer: Syd Nathan)
038 K3449 PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH unissued/BFX-15168 TRG-505108
039 K3450 SWEET MUSIC 45-1186/AL-1536
040 K3451 STRANGE LOVE 45-1155/AL 1519
041 K3452 IT’S MAMA, SHE’S THE ONE 45-1186
1952 unknown - Hank and Slim's Georgia Crackers
042 5001 I LOVE MY NEIGHBOUR Red Robin 501
043 I DREAMED ABOUT MOM Red Robin 501

ca 28 June 1954 RCA Victor Studio 2, 155 East 24th St., Manhattan, New York City  – The Dalton Boys (Shorty Long, Bob Newman)

044 E4-LB-4707 JUST LIKE ME X 4X-0045

045 E4-LB-4708 ROLL, RATTLER, ROLL X 4X-0045
1958 or 1959 unknown – The Georgia Crackers (Bob Newman [vcl], poss. Billy Grammer [gt], Red Embry [steel], unknown [bass], Keith Kolby [drums])
046 SUNDAY, DOWN IN TENNESSEE Sage 45-E-316 45-EP-325/ TRG-505108
047 HANGOVER BOOGIE Sage 45-EP-316/ TRG-505108 SS-930701
048 TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS Sage 45-EP-316/ TRG-505108 SS-930702
049 CHAPPARELL Sage 45-EP-316/ TRG-505108

SS-930701 SAGE/SAND VOL.1 – LET’S ALL GO WILD (NED, 1994); SS-930702 SAGE/SAND VOL.2 – LET ME SLIDE (NED, 1995)note: There is also square dance caller Bob Newman recording since 1980s for ESP and Coyote label

1968 unknown - Hank Newman and The Georgia Crackers

050 5240/ZTSP-131680 BROKEN DOLL G-Bar-C 001

051 5241/ZTSP-131681 A MILLION MILES FROM YOUR HEART G-Bar-C 001

ALBUMS
Audio Lab AL-1536 The Kentucky Kolonel (Robert Newman): Turtle Dovin'; Lonesome Truck Driver's Blues; Sweet Orchard Wine; Hangover Boogie; Sweet Music; Tonight's The Night; Rover, Rover; It Hurts Me; Haulin' Freight; Pffft! You Were Gone; I'm Gonna Give You A Dose Of Your Own Medicine; Sand Boogie - 59
Jewel LPS-530 The Georgia Crackers: Chapperell; Cool Water; If I Coud Hear My Mother Pray Again; I Don't Know How To Make It Alone;  A Broken Doll; Sunday Down In Tennessee; Take Me In -Your Arms And Hold Me;I'm A Fool To Care; Hi, Nellie; Gay Ranchero; Tumbling Tumbleweeds; Little Angel With A Dirty Face; That's The Way It's Going To Be – 72 (most tracks transcribed from AM radio)
Bear Family [GER] BFX-15168 Hangover Boogie: Hangover Boogie; Sweet Orchard Wine; Rover Rover; Haulin' Freight; Sand Boogie; Doodle Bug; Practice What You Preach*; Greetings; Round The Corner; Quarantined Love; Leftover Hash; Chic A Choo Freight; Lonesome Truck Driver's Blues; Baby Take Me Home With You; I'm Gonna Give You A Dose Of Your Own Medicine; Pffft! You Were Gone; It Hurts Me; Turtle Dovin'; Tonight's The Night; Lonesome Sailor's Dream – 84 (*previously unissued)
Hound [UK] TRG-505108 Hangover Boogie: Leftover Hash; A Lonesome Truckdriver’s Blues; Quarantined Love;Turtle Dovin’; Rover Rover; It Hurts Me; Hangover Boogie;I’m Gonna Give You A Dose Of Your Own Medicine; Haulin’ Freight; Baby Take Me Home With You; A-Round The Corner; Lonesome Sailor’s Dream; Chic-A-Choo Freight; Sand Boogie; Tonight’s The Night; Greetings; Doodle Bugg; Phftt ! You Were Gone; Sweet Orchard Vine; Practice What You Preach; Hangover Boogie; Sunday Down In Tennessee; Take Me In Your Arms; Chapparell; That’s The Way It Gonna Be; A Broken Doll - 96

SINGLES

Bel-Tone/Mastertone (1946)
75-7/8 Lula From Missoula / That’s My Home (?) – 09-46 aka Rufe Davis with Tex Lightning and his Thunderbolts
75-9/10 Lumberjack's Call / Chained To A Memory - 46
RCA Victor (1947-1949) as by Bob Newman and The Georgia Crackers
20-2701 Look Before You leap / Yo Lady Pre Do Pru – 02-48 (rev. Feb. 28)
20-2854 Rats In My Closet / A Dollar Down (And A Dime A Day) - 04-48

20-3021 Hi Nellie / Horses, Women And Wine – 07-48
20-3175 A Broken Doll / That's The Way It's Gonna Be – 10-48
21-0016 Dear Daddy Uncle Sam / The Bible On The Table And The Flag Upon The Wall – 02-49

48-0033 A Broken Doll / That's The Way It's Gonna Be – 15-04-49 (reissue of 20-3175)
21-0058/48-0051 Gone Down The Drain / In One Ear And Out The Other - 05-49
King (1950-53)
45-916 Cry Baby Blues / One And One Is Two Baby - 12-50 (rev. Dec. 23)
45-945 Leftover Hash / Lonesome Truck Drivers Blues - 04-51 (rev. Apr. 14)
45-959 Turtle Dovin' / Quarantied Love - 05-51 (rev. June 2)
45-973 It Hurts Me / Rover, Rover - 09-51
45-1008 Hangover Boogie / I'm Gonna Give You A Dose Of Your Own Medicine -11-51
45-1044 Haulin Freight / Baby, Take Me Home With You - 04-52
45-1057 Around The Corner Behind The Berry Tree / Lonesome Dailor's Dream - 04-52 (rev. Apr. 5)

45-1082 Sand Boogie / Chic A Choo Fright - 07-52 (rev. July 19)
Vogue V3189 Around The Corner Behind The Berry Tree / Sand Boogie – 52? (French issue)
45-1108 Greetings / Tonight's The Night - 09-52 (rev. Sept. 13)
45-1131 Doodle Bug / Pfft! You Were Gone - 10-52 (rev. Nov. 1)
45-1155 Strange Love / Sweet Orchard Wine - 01-53 (rev. Jan. 31)
45-1186 Sweet Music / It's Momma She's The One – 04-53 (rrev. Apr. 18)
45-5216 Haulin' Freight / Lonesome Truck Driver's Blues - 06-59 (overdub)
45-5789 Haulin' Freight / Lonesome Truck Driver's Blues – 08-63 (reissue)
Red Robin (1952) Hank and Slim's Georgia Crackers:
501 I Love My Neighbour / I Dreamed About Mom – 52

X (1954) The Dalton Boys

4X-0045 Just Like Me / Roll, Rattler, Roll - 54
Sage (1958 or 1959)
45-EP-316 Hangover Boogie; Sunday Down In Tennesee / Take Me In Your Arms; Chapparell – 59

G-Bar-C (1968)

001 Broken Doll / A Million Miles From Your Heart - 68