Fiddlin' Arthur Smith

by Tony Russell, Michel Ruppli, Praguefrank, Wolf- Ruediger Sommer
SESSIONS
22 January 1935 New Orleans, LA – Arthur Smith Trio (Alton Delmore [gt], Rabon Delmore [gt])
001 BS-87676 LOST TRAIN BLUES B-5858/LP-546
002 BS-87677 FIDDLERS DREAM B-5843/LP-547
003 BS-87678 SPRING STREET WALTZ B-5858
004 BS-87679 SMITH'S WALTZ B-5896
005 BS-87680 BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM B-5896/LP-547
006 BS-87681 MOCKING BIRD B-5843
007 BS-87682 DOING THE GOOFUS B-5928 Montgomery Ward M-4906
008 BS-87683 RED APPLE RAG B-5928 Montgomery Ward M-4906/LP-547 CO-CD-3526
17 February 1936 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC – Arthur Smith Trio (+ Delmore Brothers [*vcl])
009 BS-99187 CHEATHAM COUNTY BREAKDOWN B-6369/LP-546
010 BS-99188 DIXON COUNTY BLUES B-6369/ CO-CD-3526
011 BS-99189 THERE'S MORE PRETTY GIRLS THAN ONE* B-6322 Montgomery Ward M-4822/LP-547
012 BS-99190 SUGAR TREE STOMP B-6927/LP-547
013 BS-99191 CHITLIN' COOKIN' TIME IN CHEATHAM COUNTY B-6322 Montgomery Ward M-4822/LP-547
014 BS-99192 FIDDLER'S BLUES B-6442/LP-546 CO-CD-3526
015 BS-99203 LITTLE DARLING, THEY'VE TAKEN YOU AWAY B-6514 Montgomery Ward M-4859/ CO-CD-3526
016 BS-99204 BONAPARTE'S RETREAT B-6387/LP-546 CO-CD-3526
017 BS-99205 TAKE ME BACK TO TENNESSEE* B-6514 Montgomery Ward M-4859/LP-546 CO-CD-3526
17 February 1937 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC - Arthur Smith (+Delmore Brothers [*vcl])
018 BS-07095 STRAW BREAKDOWN B-6844/LP-546 CO-CD-3526
019 BS-07096 CHEATHAM COUNTY BREAKDOWN NO.2 B-7351/ CO-CD-3526
020 BS-07097 LITTLE DARLING* B-6994 Montgomery Ward M-7157
021 BS-07098 THE GIRL I LOVE DON'T PAY ME NO MIND* B-6913 Montgomery Ward M-7156/LP-547
022 BS-07099 THERE'S MORE PRETTY GIRL THAN ONE – PART 2* B-6869 Montgomery Ward M-7155
023 BS-07118 DICKSON COUNTY BLUES NO.2 B-7351/LP-546 CO-CD-3526
024 BS-07119 IT'S HARD TO PLEASE YOR MISTRESS * B-6994 Montgomery Ward M-7157
025 BS-07120 LOVE LETTERS B-6913 Montgomery Ward M-7155
026 BS-07121 SINGING THE HOUSE OF DAVID BLUES B-6927 Montgomery Ward M-7156/LP-547
027 BS-07122 WALKING IN MY SLEEP* B-7043
028 BS-07123 NEVER ALONE* B-6869
029 BS-07124 PIG AT HOME IN A PEN B-7043/LP-547
030 BS-07125 FLORIDA BLUES B-6844/LP-546
031 BS-07126 SMITH¢S BREAKDOWN B-7511
3 August 1937 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC – Arthur Smith (Delmore Brothers [*vcl])
032 BS-011898 BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES* B-7221 Montgomery Ward M-7343
033 BS-011899 BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES* B-7203 Montgomery Ward M-7343
034 BS-011900 BEAUTIFUL MABEL CLARE * B-7203 Montgomery Ward M-7344
035 BS-011901 NELLIE'S BLUE EYES* B-7325 Montgomery Ward M-7344
036 BS-011902 LONESOME FOR YOU* B-7146 Montgomery Ward M-7345
037 BS-011903 SWEET HEAVEN* B-7146 Montgomery Ward M-7345
038 BS-011904 ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS * B-7221 Montgomery Ward M-7346
039 BS-011905 LONESOME RAMBLER BLUES Montgomery Ward M-7346
040 BS-011906 INDIAN CREEK B-7511 Montgomery Ward M-7602/ CO-CD-3526
041 BS-011907 FREIGHT TRAIN MOAN B-8158 Montgomery Ward M-7602/LP-547
042 BS-011908 GOIN¢ DOWN TOWN B-8101 Montgomery Ward M-7603/LP-546 CO-CD-3526
043 BS-011909 I¢M BOUND TO RIDE Montgomery Ward M-7325/LP-546 CO-CD-3526
26 January 1938 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC – Arthur Smith Trio (Delmore Brothers [*vcl])
044 BS-018745 ANSWER TO MORE PRETTY GIRLS THAN ONE* B-7437 Montgomery Ward M-7476
045 BS-018746 HENPECKED HUSBAND BLUES* B-7498 Montgomery Ward M-7476
046 BS-018747 I STOOD ON THE BRIDGE AT MIDNIGHT* B-7437 Montgomery Ward M-7477
047 BS-018748 MORE LIKE HIS DAD EVERY DAY* B-7498 Montgomery Ward M-7477
048 BS-018749 LOST LOVE * B-7651 Montgomery Ward M-7478
049 BS-018750 A LONESOME DAY TODAY* B-7547 Montgomery Ward M-7479/LP-546
050 BS-018751 HER LITTLE BROWN HAND* B-7547 Montgomery Ward M-7478
051 BS-018752 ADIEU FALSE HEART* B-7651 Montgomery Ward M-7479/LP-546 CO-CD-3526
052 BS-018753 THE PARIS WALTZ B-8158 Montgomery Ward M-7603/ CO-CD-3526
27 September 1938 Andrew Jackson Hotel, Rock Hill, SC - Arthur Smith & His Dixie Liners (Billy Byrd [gt], Virgil Atkins [banjo], Joe Forrester [bass], Howdy Forrester [fiddle])
053 BS-027749 I’VE HAD A BIG TIME TODAY B-7982 Montgomery Ward M-7685/LP-546 CO-CD-3526
054 BS-027750 THE FARMER’S DAUGHTER B-7893 Montgomery Ward M-7685
055 BS-027751 GYPSY’S WARNING B-7893 Montgomery Ward M-7686/ CO-CD-3526
056 BS-027752 WHY SHOULD I WONDER B-7943 Montgomery Ward M-7687
057 BS-027753 IN THE PINES B-7943 Montgomery Ward M-7686/LP-547 CO-CD-3526
058 BS-027754 WHEN THE ROSES GROW AROUND THE CABIN DOOR B-8009 Montgomery Ward M-7687
059 BS-027755 I’M LONESOME I GUESS B-8009 Montgomery Ward M-7688
060 BS-027756 HESITATING BLUES B-8101 Montgomery Ward M-7688/ CO-CD-3526
061 BS-027757 GIRL OF MY DREAMS Montgomery Ward M-7689
062 BS-027758 GIVE ME THAT OLD TIME MUSIC B-7982 Montgomery Ward M-7689
7 October 1940 Rooms 104, 106, Kimball House, 30 South Pryor St., Atlanta, GA – Arthur Smith & His Dixie Liners (Clyde Moody [gt], Bill Westbrook [bass], Tommy Magness [fiddle])
063 BS-054526 KANSAS CITY STOMP B-8588 Montgomery Ward M-8890/LP-546 CO-CD-3526
064 BS-054527 SMITH’S RAG B-8662 Montgomery Ward M-8891/LP-547 CO-CD-3526
065 BS-054528 IT’S A WEARY WORLD B-8588 Montgomery Ward M-8890 CO-CD-3526
066 BS-054529 THE CRAZY BLUES B-8662 Montgomery Ward M-8891
067 BS-054530 THAT’S THE LOVE I HAVE FOR OYU B-8688 Montgomery Ward M-8892
068 BS-054531 I WISH I’D NEVER LEARNED TO LOVE YOU B-8783 Montgomery Ward M-8893
069 BS-054532 PEACOCK RAG B-8688 Montgomery Ward M-8892/LP-547 CO-CD-3526
070 BS-054533 BILL CHEATHAM B-8783 Montgomery Ward M-8893
1946 unknown – Arthus Smith & His Dixie Liners
071 I'LL FORGET IF YOU'LL FORGET Black & White 1000
072 FOLLOW THROUGH Black & White 1000
073 SUMMER'S ALMOST GONE Black & White 10012
074 I'M ALWAYS BLUE FOR YOU Black & White 10012
10 October 1947 [no.716] Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood 38, CA – Arthur Smith & His Dixie-Liners
075 2309 SWEET THING Capitol 40086
076 2310 YODELING WALTZ 40086
077 2311 CRAZY BLUES 40069
078 2312 ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL 40069
31 December 1947 [no.939] Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood 38, CA – Arthur Smith/*Larry Cassidy
079 3125 BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES F1426
080 3126 TRAIN WHISTLE BLUES F1426
November 1957 Kirk McGhee Home, Nashville, TN - Fiddlin¢ Arthur Smith (Sam McGhee, Kirk McGhee)
081 CUMBERLAND GAP Folkways FA-2379
082 ROLL ON BUDDY Folkways FA-2379
083 NEEDLECASE Folkways FA-2379
084 BUCK DANCER'S CHOICE Folkways FA-2379
085 SALLY LONG Folkways FA-2379
086 ROCK HOUSE JOE Folkways FA-2379
087 POLLY ANN Folkways FA-2379
088 HELL AMONG THE YEARLINGS Folkways FA-2379
089 KIRBY JAIL Folkways FA-2379
090 COMING FROM THE BALL Folkways FA-2379
091 DUSTY MILLER Folkways FA-2379
092 SIXTEEN ON SUNDAY Folkways FA-2379
093 SNOWDROP Folkways FA-2379
094 RAILROAD BLUES Folkways FA-2379
095 HOUSE OF DAVID BLUES Folkways FA-2379
096 GREEN VALLEY WALTZ Folkways FA-2379
097 GUITAR WALTZ Folkways FA-2379
098 KNOXVILLE BLUES Folkways FA-2379
099 JIM SAPP RAG Folkways FA-2379
100 WHOOP 'EM UP CINDY Folkways FA-2379
101 HOLLOW POPLAR Folkways FA-2379
102 BILE 'EM CABBAGE DOWN Folkways FA-2379
103 SINGLE-FOOTING HORSE Folkways FTS-31007
104 WIDOW HALEY Folkways FTS-31007
105 CHARMING BILL Folkways FTS-31007
106 MILK COW BLUES Folkways FTS-31007
107 MEMPHIS BLUES Folkways FTS-31007
108 BOOGIE Folkways FTS-31007
109 AMOS JOHNSON RAG Folkways FTS-31007
110 REDWING Folkways FTS-31007
111 UNDER THE DOUBLE EAGLE Folkways FTS-31007
112 DON'T LET YOUR DEAL GO DOWN Folkways FTS-31007
113 EVENING SHADE Folkways FTS-31007
114 PIG AT HOME IN THE PEN Folkways FTS-31007
115 PEACOCK RAG Folkways FTS-31007
116 MILK 'EM IN THE EVENING BLUES Folkways FTS-31007
117 LATE LAST NIGHT Folkways FTS-31007
118 KEEP A LIGHT IN YOUR WINDOW TONIGHT Folkways FTS-31007
119 UNCLE BUDDY Folkways FTS-31007
120 LAFAYETTE Folkways FTS-31007
121 DRUMMER BOY Folkways FTS-31007
122 EASY RIDER Folkways FTS-31007
123 CHINESE BREAKDOWN Folkways FTS-31007
124 DANCE ALL NIGHT WITH A BOTTLE IN YOUR HAND Folkways FTS-31007
125 WHISTLING RUFUS Folkways FTS-31007
126 SALLY JOHNSON Folkways FTS-31007
127 I'VE HAD A BIG TIME TONIGHT Folkways FTS-31007
ca. August or September 1962 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Fiddlin¢ Arthur Smith
128 ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL Starday SLP-202
129 PARIS WALTZ SLP-202
130 DIXIELINGER'S RAMBLE SLP-202
131 NORTH CAROLINA BREAKDOWN SLP-202
132 CUMBERLAND WALTZ SLP-202
133 DICKSON COUNTY BLUES SLP-202
134 K.C. STOMP SLP-202
135 LOUISE SLP-202
136 INDIAN CREEK SLP-202
137 DARLING HONEY SLP-202
138 WHISTLER'S FEVER SLP-202
139 MAPLE LEAF WALTZ SLP-202
140 TULSA HOP SLP-202
141 CHEATHAM COUNTY HOEDOWN SLP-202

ALBUMS
Starday SLP-202 Reare Old Time Fiddle Tunes: Orange Blossom Special; Paris Waltz; DixieLinger's Ramble; North Carolina Breakdown; Cumberland Waltz; Dickson County Blues; K.C. Stomp; Louise; Indian Creek; Darling Honey; Whistler's Fever; Maple Leaf Waltz; Tulsa Hop; Cheatham County Hoedown - 11-62
Folkways FA-2379 Old Timers Of The Grand Ole Opry: Cumberland Gap; Roll On Buddy; Needlecase; Buck Dancer's Choice; Sally Long; Rock House Joe; Polly Ann; Hell Among The Yearlings; Kirby Jail; Coming From The Ball; Dusty Miller; Sixteen On Sunday; Snowdrop; Railroad Blues; House Of David Blues; Green Valley Waltz; Guitar Waltz; Knoxville Blues; Jim Sapp Rag; Whoop 'Em Up Cindy; Hollow Poplar; Bile 'Em Cabbage Down - 64
Folkways FTS-31007 Milk 'Em In The Evening Blues: Single-Footing Horse; Widow Haley; Charming Bill; Milk Cow Blues; Memphis Blues; Boogie; Amos Johnson Rag; Redwing; Under The Double Eagle; Don't Let Your Deal Go Down; Evening Shade; Pig At Home In The Pen; Peacock Rag; Milk 'Em In The Evening Blues; Late Last Night; Keep A Light In Your Window Tonight; Uncle Buddy; Lafayette; Drummer Boy; Easy Rider; Chinese Breakdown; Dance All Night With A Bottle In Your Hand; Whistling Rufus; Sally Johnson; I've Had A Big Time Tonight - 68
County CO-CD-3526 Fiddlin' Arthur Smith And His Dixieliners: Straw Breakdown; Fiddler's Blues;I've Had a Big Time Today; Going to Town; Peacock Rag; Weary Weary World; Indian Creek; Dickson County Blues No. 2; I'm Bound to Ride; K.C. Stomp; Gypsy's Warning; Bonaparte's Retreat; Take Me Back to Tennessee; Paris Waltz; In the Pines; Dickson County Blues; Little Darling; Red Apple Rag; Adieu False Heart; Cheatham County Breakdown; Hesitating Blues; Smith's Rag – 14-05-02

SINGLES
Bluebird (1935-40)
B-5843 Mocking Bird / Fiddler's Dream - 03-35
B-5858 Spring Street Waltz / Lost Train Blues - 03-35
B-5896 Blackberry Blossom / Smith's Waltz - 04-35
B-5928 Red Apple Rag / Doing The Goofus - 05-35 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M 4906)
B-6322 There's More Pretty Girls Than One / Chitlin' Cookin' Time In Cheatham County - 04-36 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M 4822)
B-6369 Dixon County Blues / Cheatham County Breakdown - 05-36
B-6442 Blue Waltz / Fiddler's Blues - 07-36
B-6514 Little Darling They've Taken You Away / Take Me Back To Tennessee - 09-36 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M 4859)
B-6844 Florida Blues / Straw Breakdown - 03-37
B-6869 Never Alone / There's More Pretty Girl Than One Pt.2 - 03-37 w. Dlmore Brothers
B-6913 Girl I Love Don't Pay Me No Mind / Love Letters - 04-37
B-6927 Sugar Tree Stomp / Singing The House Of David Blues - 04-37 w. Delmore Brothers
M 7155 Love Letters / There's More Pretty Girl Than One Pt.2 – 37 (reissue, Montgomery Ward)
M 7156 Singing The House Of David Blues / Girl I Love Don't Pay Me No Mind – 37 w. Delmore Brothers (reissue, Montgomery Ward)
M 7157 Kilby Jail (Little Darling) / It's Hard To Please Your Mistress – 37 (Montgomery Ward)
B-6994 It's Hard To Please Your Mistress / Little Darling - 04-37
B-7043 Pig At Home In A Pen / Walking In My Sleep - 07-37
B-7146 Sweet Heaven / Lonesome For You - 09-37 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M 7345)
B-7203 Beautiful Memories / Beautiful Mabel Clare - 10-37
B-7221 Beautiful Brown Eyes / Across The Blue Ridge Mountains - 11-37
M 7343 Beautiful Brown Eyes / Beautiful Memories – 37 (reissue, Montgomery Ward)
M 7344 Nellie's Blue Eyes /Beautiful Mabel Clare – 37 (Montgomery Ward)
M 7346 Lonesome Rambler Blues / Across The Blue Ridge Mountains – 37 (Montgomery Ward)
B-7325 I'm Bound To Ride / Nellie's Blue Eyes - 01-38
B-7351 Cheatham County Breakdown No.2 / Dickinson County Blues No.2 - 01-38
B-7437 Answer To More Pretty Girls Than One / I Stood On The Bridge At Midnight - 03-38
B-7498 More Like His Dad Every Day / Henpecked Husband Blues - 04-38
B-7511 Indian Creek / Smith's Breakdown - 04-38
B-7547 Her Little Brown Hand / Lonesome Day Today - 05-38
B-7651 Adieu, False Heart / Lost Love - 07-38
M 7476 Henpecked Husband Blues / Answer To More Pretty Girls Than One – 38 w. Delmore Brothers (reissue, Montgomery Ward)
M 7477 Stood On The Bridge At Midnight / More Like His Dad Every Day – 38 w. Delmore Brothers (reissue, Montgomery Ward)
M 7478 Lost Love / A Lonesome Day Today – 38 (Montgomery Ward)
M 7479 Her Little Brown Hand / Adieu False Heart – 38 (Montgomery Ward)
B-7893 Gypsy's Warning / Farmer's Daughter - 11-38
B-7943 Why Should I Wonder / In The Pines - 12-38
M 7602 Indian Creek / Freight Train Moan – 38 (reissue, Montgomery Ward)
M 7603 Goin' Down Town / The Paris Waltz – 38 (Montgomery Ward)
B-7982 Give Me That Old Time Music / I've Had A Big Time Today - 01-39
B-8009 When The Roses Grow Around The Cabin Door / I'm Lonesome I Guess - 02-39
M 7685 I've Had A Big Time Today / The Farmer's Daughter – 39 (reissue, Montgomery Ward)
M 7686 In The Pines / Gypsy's Warning – 39 (reissue, Montgomery Ward)
M 7687 Why Should I Wonder / When The Roses Grow Around The Cabin Door – 39 (reissue, Montgomery Ward)
M 7688 Hesitating Blues / I'm Lonesome I Guess – 39 (Montgomery Ward)
M 7689 Girl Of My Dreams / Give Me That Old Time Music – 39 (reissue, Montgomery Ward)
B-8101 Goin' Down Town / Hesitating Blues - 04-39
B-8158 Paris Waltz / Freight Train Moan - 05-39
B-8588 It's A Weary World / Kansas City Stomp - 12-40 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M 8890)
B-8662 Smith's Rag / Crazy Blues - 03-41 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M 8891)
B-8688 That's The Love I Have For You / Peacock Rag - 04-41 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M 8892)
27459 Chitlin' Cookin' Time In Cheatham / Intoxicated Rat – 06-41 w. Dixon Brothers (released on Victor)
B-8783 I Wish I'd Never Learned To Love You / Bill Cheatham - 08-41 (also on Montgomery Ward M 8893
Black & White (1946)
1000 I'll Forget If You'll Forget / Follow Through - 46
10012 Summer's Almost Gone / I'm Always Blue For You - 46
Capitol (1947)
40068 Orange Blossom Special / Crazy Blues - 01-48
40086 Sweet Thing / Yodeling Waltz - 02-48
F1426 Beautiful Brown Eyes / Train Whistle Blues - 10-51