By Henk Scholts
SESSIONS see also Ernest V. Stoneman
5 July 1928 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano
Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, IN – Herbert Sweet or The Sweet
Brothers/*as Virginia Mountain Boomers (Herbert Sweet [duet vcl-1/fiddle], Earl Sweet [vcl/duet vcl-1/banjo-2], Ernest V.
Stoneman [gt-3], ? [vcl-4])
001 G14006 MY
MOTHER AND MY SWEETHEART -1-3 Gennett
6655
002 G14007-A THE PRISONER'S LAMENT -3 6567 15565
9185 9305
003 G14008 ONCE I KNEW A LITTLE GIRL rejected
004 G14009-B SOMEBODY'S WAITING FOR ME -1-2-3 6620 15586 9323
005 G14010 FALLING BY THE WAYSIDE -2-3 6655
/ 15586 / 9185
006 G14011 SUGAR HILL
-4 6687
9 July 1928 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano
Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, IN – The Sweet Brothers (Herbert
Sweet [fiddle], Earl Sweet [banjo], Ernest V. Stoneman[gt], ? [calls])
007 G14018 I AM GONNA MERRY THAT PRETTY LITTLE GIRL
unissued/ HLP 8001 County 535 Yazoo 2202
BC 2433-1/HLP8001 EARLY COUNTRY MUSIC, VOL. 1 (FIELDS
WARD) (1972); COUNTY 534 ROUND THE HEART OF OLD GALAX, VOL 2.(1980); YAZOO 2202
THE STUFF THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF (2006, 2CD)
10 July 1928 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano
Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, IN – The Sweet Brothers (Herbert
Sweet [fiddle], Earl Sweet [vcl-1/banjo], Ernest V. Stoneman [vcl-2/gt], ? [gt-3])
008 G14019
COUSIN SALLY BROWN -1? Gennett
6687
009 G14020-A BLUFF HOLLOW SOBS -1? unissued
010 G14021-A I GOT A BULLDOG -1-2 6620
/HLP 8001 County 535 Yazoo 2048 Old Hat CD-1004
011 G14022 EAST
TENNESSEE POLKA - 3 9406
012 G14023-A RAMBLIN' RECKLESS HOBO - 2 6567 15610 33043 9305 / 5SPH 001
YAZOO 2048 TIMES AIN'T LIKE THEY USED TO BE: EARLY
AMERICAN RURAL MUSIC. CLASSIC RECORDINGS OF THE 1920’S AND 30'S. VOL. 4 (1999);
OLD HAT CD 1004 DOWN IN THE BASEMENT (JOE BUSSARD'S TREASURE TROVE OF VINTAGE
78S 1926-1937) (2002); 5 STRING PROD. 5SPH 001 ERNEST V. STONEMAN - THE UNSUNG
FATHER OF COUNTRY MUSIC (2008)
SINGLES
6567 The Prisoner's Lament / Ramblin' Reckless Hobo -
28
6620 Somebody's Waiting For Me / I Got A Bulldog - 28
6655 My Mother And My Sweetheart / Falling By The
Wayside - 28
6687 Sugar Hill [asVirginia Mountain Boomers] / Cousin
Sally Brown - 28
Champion
15565 The Prisoner's Lament (as By John Clarck) / [Willie
Stoneman:] Katy Lee
15586 Somebody's Waiting For Me (as by Clarck Brothers)
/ Falling By The Wayside (as by John Clarck)
15610 Ramblin' Reckless Hobo (as by Pine Mountain
Ramblers) / [Willie Stoneman:] Wake Up In The Morning
33043 Ramblin' Reckless Hobo / [Pie Plant Pete:] Hand Me
Down My Walking Cane
Supertone
9185 The Prisoner's Lament / Falling By The Wayside - as by Sam Caldwell
9305 The Prisoner's Lament / Rambling Reckless Hobo
9323 Somebody's Waiting For Me (as by Caldwell
Brothers) / [Miller Wikel:] She’ll Be Waiting On The Golden Stairs
9406 East Tennessee Polka / [Leonard Rutherford and John
Foster :] Taylor’s Quickstep