By Tony Russell, Praguefrank
SESSIONS see also Rice Brothers Gang. Also recorded with
Slim Barton and Eddie Mapp
Ca April 1929 Long Island City, NY – Hoke Rice,* and His
Southern String Band (Hoke Rice [speech/gt], William Archer Chumbler [mandolin*],
poss. Howard Coker [fiddle*])
001 391 CHINESE BREAKDOWN QRS R.9010 Paramount 3229
3308 Broadway 8178
002 392 MACON, GEORGIA BREAKDOWN QRS 9010 Paramount
3229 3308 Broadway 8178
003 393 WAITING FOR A TRAIN QRS R.9012
004 396 DOWN YONDER* QRS unissued
Ca April 1929 Long Island City, NY – Hoke Rice (Hoke Rice [vcl/yodel/gt],
poss. William Archer Chumbler [mandolin-1])
005 401 LULLABY YODEL
QRS R.9012
006 412 WAY DOWN SOUTH BY THE SEA ARS R.9022 Paramount 3212
Broadway 8164
007 413-A I’M LONELY AND BLUE QRS R.9022 [alt.] Paramount
3212 Broadway 8164
008 417-A AIN’T THAT KIND OF A CAT YODEL R.9015 3239
8192
009 418-A DOWN IN A SOUTHERN TOWN YODEL R.9015 3239 8192
Ca April 1929 Long Island City, NY – Hoke Rice and His
Guitar (Hoke Rice [vcl/yodel/gt])
010 478 THE DIRTY HANGOUT WHERE I STAYED – PART 1 QRS R.9037
011 479 THE OLD CONCERT HALL IN THE BOWERY unissued
012 480 AT THE END OF THE SUNSET TRAIL unissued
013 481 THE DIRTY HANGOUT WHERE I STAYED – PART 2 QRS R.9037
15 April
1929 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge
Park, Richmond, In – Hoke Rice (Hoke Rice [vcl/gt])
014 G15048
WAITIN‘FOR A TRAIN Gennett 6839 Champion
15767 Supertone 9496
015 G15050
BLUE YODEL NO. 3 6835 15727 Supertone
9425
016 G15051
BLUE YODEL NO. 4 6835 15727 Supertone 9425
Split
session with Allie and Pearl Brock
16 April
1929 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge
Park, Richmond, IN – Hoke Rice (Hoke Rice [vcl/gt])
017 G15054
UNEXPLAINED BLUES 7067 Challenge 424
018 G15055
OH SWEET MAMA BLUES7067 Challenge 424
019 G15057-B
LULLABY YODEL* 6839 15767 Supertone 9476
Split
session with Allie and Pearl Brock
16 April
1929 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge
Park, Richmond, IN – Hoke Rice,* and Louie Donaldson
020 G15061
THE GANG'S ALL HERE* 6885 Challenge 427
021 G15062
BOGEY ALLEY* 6885
022 G15063
I'M GONNA LIVE ON HIGH rejected
18 March
1930 Atlanta, GA – Hoke Rice and His
Hoky Poky Boys (Hoke Rice [vcl/gt]/speach], prob. William Atcher Chumbler
[mandolin/vcl], Tom ? [clarinet])
023 ATL-905
I DON‘T LOVE NOBODY Brunswick 482
024 ATL-906
GEORGIA CAL Brunswick 482
025 ATL-920
BROWN MULE SLIDE Brunswick 416/BACM CD D
117
026 ATL-921
GEORGIA JUBILEE Brunswick 416/ BACM CD D 117
027 ATL-936
PUT ON YOUR OLD GREY BONNET Brunswick
473
028 ATL-937
WABASH BLUES Brunswick 473
BACM CD D
117 RICE BROTHERS GANG/KING COTTON STOMP (UK, 2005)
20 March
1930 Atlanta, GA – Archie Lee, Bill Brown, Pops Melvin, Hoke Rice, Pink
Lindsey, Judge Lee
029 ATL-961/4
A BOTTLEGGER‘S JOIN IN ATLANTA – PART 1
Brunswick 419
030 ATL-965/7
A BOTTLEGGER‘S JOIN IN ATLANTA – PART 2
Brunswick 419
21 March
1930 Atlanta, GA – Hoke Rice
031 ATL-913
THE DEATH OF CLARK, THE BANDIT rejected
032 ATL-935
THE BEGGAR‘S DAUGHTER rejected
033 ATL-980/1
THE GIRL FROM NATCHEZ rejected
10
November 1930 Atlanta, GA – Lowe Stokes and Hoke Rice
034 ATL-6603
JAPANESE STOMP unissued
035 ATL-6604
LIBERTY NUMBER ONE unissued
12 November
1930 Atlanta, GA – Swamp Rooters (Hoke Rice [gt], Bert Layne [fiddle], Lowe
Stokes [fiddle])
S01 ATL-6633 SWAMP CAT RAG
Brunswick 556
S02 ATL-6634 CITACO
Brunswick 556
12
November 1930 Atlanta, GA – Hoke Rice and
Harry Stark
036 ATL-6635
MAMMY'S LITTLE PICKANINNIES
Brunswick 552
037 ATL-6636
FLOATING DOWN TO COTTON TOWN
Brunswick 552
12
November 1930 Atlanta, GA – Georgia Pot Lickers (Dan Tucker [vcl], Hoke
Rice [gt], Lowe Stokes [fiddle])
G01 ATL-6637 CHICKEN, DON'T ROOST TOO HIGH Brunswick 595
G02 ATL-6638 UP JUMPED THE RABBIT Brunswick 595
15
November 1930 Atlanta, GA – Swamp Rooters (Hoke Rice [gt], Bert
Layne [fiddle], Lowe Stokes [fiddle])
S03 ATL-6678
GETTIN¢ AWAY unissued
S04 ATL-6679
HICKORY MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWN unissued
S05 ATL-6680
SALLY JOHNSON unissued
S06 ATL-6681
SHOOT THE BUFFALO unissued
SINGLES
QRS (1929)
R.9010 Chinese
Breakdown / Macon, Georgia Breakdown –
29 (also on Paramount 3229 3308 Broadway 8178)
R.9012 Waiting For A Train / Lullaby Yodel - 29
R.9015 Ain’t That Kind Of A Cat Yodel / Down In A Southern
Town Yodel – 29 (also on Paramount 3239 and Broadway 8192)
R.9022 Way Down South By The Sea / I’m Lonely And Blue – 29 (also
on Paramount 3212 Broadway 8164, B-side is
alt. take)
R.9037 The Dirty Hangout Where I Stayed – Part 1 / The Dirty Hangout Where I Stayed – Part 2 – 29
Gennett (1929)
GE-6835
Blue Yodel No. 3 / Blue Yodel No. 4 - 29 (reissued on Champion 15727 and Supertone 9425)
GE-6839
Waitin‘For A Train / Lullaby Yodel – 29 (reissued on Champion 15767, Supertone 9476)
GE-6885 The
Gang's All Here / Bogey Alley – 29 w. Louie Donaldson
GE-7067 Unexplained
Blues / Oh Sweet Mama Blues - (reissued
on Challenge 424)
Brunswick
(1930)
416 Brown
Mule Slide / Georgia Jubilee - 30
419 Bottlegger‘s
Join In Atlanta – Part 1 / A Bottlegger‘s Join In Atlanta – Part 2 – 30 Archie
Lee, Bill Brown, Pops Melvin, Hoke Rice, Pink Lindsey, Judge Lee
473 Put On
Your Old Grey Bonnet / Wabash Blues – 30
482 I Don’t
Love Nobody / Georgia Cal - 30
552
Mammy's Little Pickaninnies / Floating Down To Cotton Town - 30? W. Harry Stark
556 Swamp
Cat Rag / Citaco – ca 12-30 Swamp Rooters
595 Chicken,
Don't Roost Too High / Up Jumped The Rabbit – 31 Georgie Pot Lickers