Red Fox Chasers

By Henk Scholts, Tony Russell

SESSIONS

4 April 1928 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, IN – Paul Miles and The Red Fox Chasers  = Virginia Possum Tamers (A.P. Thompson [vcl/gt], Paul Miles [vcl/banjo], Guy Brooks [fiddle], Bob Cranford [vcl/harmonica])

001 G13638 TURKEY IN THE STRAW  Gennett 6516 0112 Champion 15522 Champion 33046 Supertone 9163/TSQ 2219

002 G13639 THE ARKANSAS TRAVELER Gennett  6516 Supertone 9163/TSQ 2219

003 G13640  WRECK ON A MOUNTAIN ROAD Champion 15484 Conqueror 7256/BACM CD D 108 TSQ 2219

004 G13641-B TWO FALSE LOVERS Gennett 6497 Champion 15484/TSQ 2219

005 G13642  WE SHALL MEET ON THE BEAUTIFUL SHORE Gennett  6449/TSQ 2219

006 G13643-A  LOOKING TO MY PRAYER Gennett  6449/TSQ 2219

007 G13644 UNDER THE DOUBLE EAGLE Gennett 6461/CD D 108 TSQ 2219

008 G13645  DID YOU EVER SEE DEVIL, UNCLE JOE? Gennett  6461 Champion 15522/County 510 BACM CD D 108 TSQ 2219

28 June 1928 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, IN –  Paul Miles and The Red Fox Chasers = Virginia Possum Tamers (A.P. Thompson [vcl/gt], Paul Miles [vcl/banjo], Guy Brooks [vcl/fiddle], Bob Cranford [vcl/harmonica])

009 G13936-C MOUNTAIN SWEETHEART Gennett 6636 Champion 15609 Supertone 9322/TSQ 2219     

010 G13937-B THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY GAL Gennett  6672 Champion 15672 Supertone 9182/TSQ 2219

011 G13938 TWINKLE LITTLE STAR Gennett  6568/TSQ 2219

012 G13939 HONEYSUCKLE TIME Gennett 6672 Supertone 9181/County 510 CD D 108 TSQ 2219

013 G13940-B  THE BLIND MAN AND HIS CHILD Gennett   6602 Champion 15609 Supertone 9181/County 510 CD D 108 TSQ 2219

014 G13941-B  TELL MOTHER I'LL MEET HER Gennett 6602 Champion 15609 Montgomery Ward 4963/TSQ 2219

015 G13942 MISSISSIPPI SAWYER Gennett  6568/County 510  CD D 108 TSQ 2219                 

016 G13943  WHEN THE REDEEMED ARE GATHERING IN  rejected

29 June 1928 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, IN –  Paul Miles and The Red Fox Chasers = Virginia Possum Tamers (A.P. Thompson [vcl/gt], Paul Miles [vcl/banjo], Guy Brooks [vcl/fiddle], Bob Cranford [vcl/harmonica])

017 G13944-B STOLEN LOVE Gennett 6636 Champion 15672 Conqueror 7256/County 510 CD D 108 TSQ 2219

018 G13945 MAY I SLEEP IN YOUR BARN TONIGHT, MISTER ? Gennett 6547 Supertone 9182/TSQ 2219

019 G13946 WEEPING WILLOW TREES Gennett 6547 Champion 15566 Supertone 9322/TSQ 2219

020 G13947 HALLELUJAH WE SHALL RISE   unissued

12 June 1929 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, IN –  Paul Miles and The Red Fox Chasers = Virginia Possum Tamers (A.P. Thompson [vcl/gt], Paul Miles [vcl/banjo], Guy Brooks [vcl/fiddle], Bob Cranford [vcl/harmonica])

021 G15192-A  THE RED FOX CHASERS MAKIN‘LICKER - PART 1 Gennett 6886 Champion 15769 Supertone 9456/ TSQ 2219

022 G15193  THE RED FOX CHASERS MAKIN‘ LICKER - PART 2 Gennett 6886 Champion 15769 Supertone 9456/TSQ 2219

023 G15194-A THE RED FOX CHASERS MAKIN‘ LICKER - PART 3 Gennett 6912 Champion 15809/TSQ 2219

024 G15195-A  THE RED FOX CHASERS MAKIN‘ LICKER - PART 4 Gennett 6912 Champion 15809/TSQ 2219

13 June 1929 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, IN –  Cranford and Thompson (A.P. Thompson [vcl/gt], Paul Miles [vcl/banjo], Guy Brooks [vcl/fiddle], Bob Cranford [vcl/harmonica])

025 G15199-A NAOMI WISE Gennett  6945/County 510 CD D 108 TSQ 2219

026 G15200 WHAT IS HOME WITHOUT BABIES Gennett 6901 Champion 15925 Supertone 9492/TSQ 2219

027 G15201 BACK TO THE HILLS OF CAROLINA  rejected

028 G15202-A LITTLE SWEETHEART PAL OF MINE Gennett 6901 Champion  15790 45079 Supertone 9535/County 510 CD D 108 TSQ 2219

029 G15203 I WONDER IF TWAS VERY WRONG  rejected

030 G15204 VIRGINIA BOOTLEGGERS Gennett 6930 Champion 15790 45079 Supertone 9492/CD D 108 TSQ 2219

031 G15205 DEVLISH MARY Gennett  6945/County 510 CD D 108 TSQ 2219

032 G15206 THE GIRL I LOVED IN SUNNY TENNESSEE Gennett 6930  Supertone 9497/TSQ 2219

033 G15207-B PUT MY LITTLE SHOES AWAY Gennett 6914 Champion 15925 Supertone 9535 Montgomery Ward 4963/TSQ 2219

034 G15208 BRING ME A LEAF FROM THE SEA Gennett 6959/TSQ 2219

035 G15209-A HOW I LOVE MY MABEL Gennett  6959/TSQ 2219

036 G15210-A BUDDED ROSE Gennett 6914 Supertone 9497/TSQ 2219

26 January 1931 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, IN – Cranford and  Thompson (A.P. Thompson [vcl/gt], Bob Cranford [vcl/harmonica], ? [mandolin])

037 G17479 GOOD BYE LITTLE BONNIE  Champion S-16676 45061 Superior 2594/County 510 CD D 108 TSQ 2219

038 G17480-A TWO BABES IN THE WOODS Champion S-16768/CD D 108 TSQ 2219

039 G17481-A KATY CLINE Champion S-16676 45061 Superior 2594/County 510 CD D 108 TSQ 2219

040 G17482-A THE  MURDER OF THE LAWSON FAMILY Champion 16261/ CD D 108 TSQ 2219

041 G17483 JIM AND ME Champion S-16768/ CD D 108 TSQ 2219

042 G17484-A LULA WALL Champion 16243 / CD D 108 TSQ 2219

043 G17485-A HENRY CLAY BEATTIE   unissued/CD D 108

27 January 1931 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, IN – Cranford and. Thompson (A.P. Thompson [vcl/gt], Bob Cranford [vcl/harmonica])

044 G17486  OTTO WOOD Champion 16261/ CD D 108 TSQ 2219

045 G17487-A THE LIFE OF A TRAMP   rejected

046 G17489  PRETTY POLLY Champion 16490 45097 Superior 2625/County 510 CD D 108 TSQ 2219

047 G17490 SWEET FERN  Champion 16490 45097 Superior 2625/County 510 CD D 108 TSQ 2219

048 G17491 THAT SWEETIE OF MINE Champion 16243/TSQ 2219

ALBUMS

County 510 The Red Fox Chasers:  Pretty Polly;  Mississippi Sawyer;  Stolen Love;  Naomi Wise; Blind Man And His Child; Katy Cline;  Goodbye Little Bonnie; Little Darling Pal Of Mine; Did You Ever See The Devil Uncle Joe;  Devilish Mary; Honeysuckle Time;  Sweet Fern – 68

BACM [UK] CD D 108 Classic Old Time Music From North Carolina: Virginia Bootleggers; Jim and Me; Naomi Wise; Devilish Mary; Good Bye Little Bonnie; Did You Ever See The Devil, Uncle Joe; Two Babes In The Wood ; Wreck On The Mountain; Katy Cline ; The Blind Man and His Child; Mississippi Sawyer; Murder Of The Lawson Family; Sweet Fern; Little Sweetheart Pal Of Mine; Lula Wall; Henry Clay Beattie; Under The Double Eagle; Otto Wood; Pretty Polly; Stolen Love; Honeysuckle Time - 05

Tompkins Square TSQ 2219 I'm Going Down To North Carolina: The Complete Recordings Of The Red Fox Chasers (1928-31):  Arkansas Traveler; Honeysuckle Time;  Jim and Me; Wreck on the Mountain Road; Girl I Loved in Sunny Tennessee; Mississippi Sawyers; May I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight Mister?; Pretty Polly; The Blind Man and His Child; Looking to My Prayer; Little Sweetheart Pal of Mine; Goodbye Little Bonnie; Stolen Love; What Is Home Without Babies; Murder of the Lawson Family; Twinkle Little Star; Weeping Willow Tree; Lula Wall; Virginia Bootleggers; Making Licker in North Carolina, Pt. 1; Making Licker in North Carolina; Making Licker in North Carolina, Pt. 2; Making Licker in North Carolina; Turkey in the Straw; Mountain Sweetheart; Sweet Fern; Naomi Wise; Budded Roses; Did You Ever See the Devil, Uncle Joe?; Something Wrong with My Gal; Otto Wood; Two False Lovers; We Shall Meet on That Beautiful Shore; Put My Little Shoes Away; Two Babes in the Woods; Tell My Mother I'll Meet Her; How I Love My Mabel; Katy Cline; Bring Me a Leaf from the Sea; Under the Double Eagle; That Sweetie of Mine; Devilish Mary; Making Licker in North Carolina, Pt. 3; Making Licker in North Carolina; Making Licker in North Carolina; Making Licker in North Carolina, Pt. 4 – 09

SINGLES

Gennet
0112 Turkey In The Straw / ? - As By Old Time Dance Orchestra
6449 We Shall Meet On The Beautiful Shore / Looking To My Prayer
6461 Under The Double Eagle / Did You Ever See The Devil, Uncle Joe?
6497 Two False Lovers / [Orla Clark + Edens]: Little Brown Head
6516 Turkey In The Straw / The Arkansas Traveler
6547 May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight, Mister ? / Weeping Willow Trees
6568 Twinkle Little Star / Mississippi Sawyer
6602 The Blind Man And His Child / Tell Mother I'll Meet Her
6636 Mountain Sweetheart / Stolen Love
6672 There's Something Wrong With My Gal / Honeysuckle Time
6886 The Red Fox Chasers Makin' Licker - Part 1 / The Red Fox Chasers Makin'
Licker - Part 2
6901 What Is Home Without Babies / Little Sweetheart Pal Of Mine
6912 The Red Fox Chasers Makin' Licker - Part 3 / The Red Fox Chasers Makin'
Licker - Part 4
6930 Virginia Bootleggers / The Girl I Loved In Sunny Tennessee
6914 Put My Little Shoes Away / Budded Rose
6945 Naomi Wise / Devilish Mary
6959 Bring Me A Leaf From The Sea / How I Love My Mabel
Champion (15484-15925 as by The Virginia Possum Tamers)
15484 Wreck On A Mountain Road / Two False Lovers –

15522 Turkey In The Straw / Did You Ever See The Devil, Uncle Joe? -
15566 Weeping Willow Trees / Tell Mother I'll Meet Her -
15609 Mountain Sweetheart / The Blind Man And His Child -
15672 There's Something Wrong With My Gal / Stolen Love -
15769 The Red Fox Chasers Makin' Licker - Part 1 / The Red Fox Chasers
Makin' Licker - Part 2 -
15790 Little Sweetheart Pal Of Mine / Virginia Bootleggers -
15809 The Red Fox Chasers Makin' Licker - Part 3 / The Red Fox Chasers
Makin' Licker - Part 4 -
15925 What Is Home Without Babies / Put My Little Shoes Away -
16243 Lula Wall / That Sweetie Of Mine
16261 The Murder Of The Lawson Family / Otto Wood
16490 Pretty Polly / Sweet Fern
S-16676 Good Bye Little Bonnie / Katy Cline
S-16768 Two Babes In The Woods / Jim And Me
33046 Turkey In The Straw / [Doc Roberts:] Old Zip Coon And Medley Reels
45061 Good Bye Little Bonnie / Katy Cline
45079 Little Sweetheart Pal Of Mine / Virginia Bootleggers - As By The
Virginia Possum Tamers
45097 Pretty Polly / Sweet Fern
15769 + 15809 Titled The Virginia Possum Tamers Makin' Licker Part I / II /
III / IV
Conqueror
7256 Wreck On A Mountain Road / Stolen Love - As By Thomas and Jordan
Melotone [CAN]
45097 Pretty Polly / Sweet Fern
Montgomery Ward
M-4963 Tell Mother I'll Meet Her / Put My Little Shoes Away - As By The
Virginia Possum Tamers
Supertone
9163 Turkey In The Straw / The Arkansas Traveler - As By The Boone County
Entertainers
9181 Honeysuckle Time / The Blind Man And His Child - As By The Boone County
Entertainers
9182 There's Something Wrong With My Gal / May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight,
Mister ?- As By The Boone County Entertainers
9322 Mountain Sweetheart / Weeping Willow Trees - As By The North Carolina
Fox Chasers
9456 The Red Fox Chasers Makin' Licker - Part 1 / The Red Fox Chasers Makin'
Licker - Part 2 - As By The Stone Mountain Boys
9492 What Is Home Without Babies / Virginia Bootleggers - As By Boone County
Entertainers
9497 The Girl I Loved In Sunny Tennessee / Budded Rose - As By Morton and Crane
9535 Little Sweetheart Pal Of Mine [As By Crawford and Milton] / Put My Little
Shoes Away – [As By Morton and Crane]
Matrices 15192/93 On Spt 9456 Are Titled : Makin' Likker In North Carolina
Part I / II
Superior
2594 Good Bye Little Bonnie / Katy Cline - As By Cal Turner and Bud Parkins
2625 Pretty Polly / Sweet Fern - As By Turner and Parkins