Friday, March 12, 2010

Tenneva Ramblers / Jack Pierce / Grant Brothers

by Henk Scholts, Tony Russell (Country Discography 1921-1942), Thieu Van De Vorst, Steve Hathaway
SESSIONS



4 August 1927 410 State St., Bristol, TN  - Tenneva Ramblers (Claude Grant [vcl/gt], Jack Grant [banjo/mandolin], Claude Slagle [banjo], Jack Pierce [fiddle])
001 BVE-39770-2  THE LONGEST TRAIN I EVER SAW Victor 20861/Puritan 3001 JSP 7743 CMF 0114 BCD 16094
002 BVE-39771-2  SWEET HEAVEN, WHEN I DIE  20861/Puritan 3001 JSP 7743 BCD 16094
003 BVE-39772-2  MISS LIZA, POOR GAL 21141/Puritan 3001 JSP 7743 BCD 16094 BACM CD D 132
JSP 7743 WORRIED BLUES (UK, 2005, 4CDs); CMF 0114 BRISTOL SESSIONS (1987, 2LP); BEAR FAMILY BCD 16094 BRISTOL SESSIONS (GER, 2011, 5CDs)
18 February 1928 Peach Tree Road, Atlanta, GA - Teneva Ramblers (Claude Grant [vcl/gt], Jack Grant [banjo/mandolin], Claude Slagle [banjo], Jack Pierce [fiddle])
004 BVE-41908-2  DARLING, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN SO LONG    21645/Puritan 3001 JSP 7743 BACM CD D 132
005 BVE-41909-1  IF I DIE A RAILROAD MAN   21406/Puritan 3001 JSP 7743  [t.2] RCA LPV-532
006 BVE-41910-2  I'M GOING TO GEORGIA    21645/Puritan 3001 JSP 7743 BACM CD D 132
007 BVE-41911-1  THE CURTAINS OF NIGHT   21289/Puritan 3001 JSP 7743
008 BVE-41912-2  THE LONELY GRAVE   21289/Puritan 3001
009 BVE-41913-1  SEVEN LONG YEARS IN PRISON 21406/Puritan 3001 JSP 7743 LPV 548
RCA VICTOR LPV 532 RAILROAD IN FOLKSONGS (1966); RCA VICTOR LPV 548 NATIVE AMERICAN BALLADS (1967)
27 October 1928 Bristol, TN – Smyth County Ramblers (Jack Pierce [vcl/fiddle], Malcom Warley [vcl-1/gt], Carl Cruise [vcl-2/gt], Weldon Reedy [banjo])
S01 BVE-47229  MY NAME IS TICKLISH REUBEN -1  40144/ BACM CD D 132
S02 BVE-47230  WAY DOWN IN ALABAMA -2 40144/ BACM CD D 132
15 October 1928 Johnson City, TN -  The Grant Brothers  and  their music (Claude Grant [vcl/gt], Jack Grant [vcl/banjo/mandolin], Claude Slagle [banjo], Jack Pierce [vcl/fiddle])
010 W147178-1  WHEN A MAN IS MARRIED Columbia15322-D/Puritan 3001 JSP 7743
011 W147179-1  GOODBYE MY HONEY I'M GONE Columbia15460-D/Puritan 3001 JSP 7743
012 W147180-2  TELL IT TO ME  Columbia15322-D/Puritan 3001 JSP 7743
013 W147181-2  THE JOHNSON BOYS Columbia15460-D/Puritan 3001 JSP 7743
20 August 1936 New York City - Jack Pierce  and  His Cowboys (Orville Rex Mitchell [ld gt], Debs Slim Mays [gt], Earl Carr [bass], Jack Pierce [fiddle]. Syd Newman [harmonica/kazoo])
014 19722-2  OKLAHOMA BLUES Vocalion 03326 Melotone 7-03-72 BACM CD D 132
015 19723-2  MONDAY MORNING BLUES*  03382/ BACM CD D 132
24 August 1936 New York City - Jack Pierce  and  His Cowboys (Orville Rex Mitchell [ld gt/vcl-2], Debs Slim Mays [gt], Earl Carr [bass/vcl*], Jack Pierce [fiddle/vcl-1]. Syd Newman [harmonica/kazoo])
016 19738-1  MOUNTAIN RHYTHM      03362 / BACM CD D 132
017 19739-2  SOUTH OF THE MASON DIXON LINE    03326  Melotone 7-03-72/ BACM CD D 132
018 19740-1  LOOKIN' FOR A HILL BILLY BRIDE   03309 /BACM CD D 132
019 19741-2  WHERE THE WESTERN HORIZON BEGINS*   03362 / BACM CD D 132
020 19742-1  IN THE GOLDEN WEST WITH YOU  03382 / BACM CD D 132
021 19743-2  SWEET GEORGIA BROWN    03309/ BACM CD D 132
9 September 1936 New York City - Jack Pierce and The Oklahoma Cowboys/*as by Los Fronterizos (Orville Rex Mitchell [ld gt/vcl*], Debs Slim Mays [gt/vcl-3], Earl Carr [bass/], Jack Pierce [fiddle]. Syd Newman [harmonica/kazoo])
022 BS-0500-1  HILL BILLY SHACK IN THE VALLEY  Bluebird B-6822 Twin FT8317/ BACM CD D 132
023 BS-0501-1  SPOONING 'NEATH A WESTERN SKY  Bluebird B-6785/ BACM CD D 132
024 BS-0502-2  KEEP ON SHINING COLORADO MOON -2 Bluebird B-6646 Twin FT8216/ BACM CD D 132
025 BS-0503-1  IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE I'M LEAVIN' -1,3  Bluebird B-6610 Twin FT8248/ BACM CD D 132
026 BS-0504-1  MY HOME ON THE WESTERN PLAINS  Bluebird B-6646 Twin FT8216/ BACM CD D 132
027 BS-0505-1  MY DAD -3 Bluebird B-6822
028 BS-0506-1  THE BLUE RIDGE HOME I LOVE -1,3  Bluebird B-6632/ BACM CD D 132
029 BS-0515-1  WILD FLOWER WALTZ  unissued
030 BS-0516-1  SING NIGHTINGALE  unissued
031 BS-0517-1  SPANISH WALTZ*  Bluebird B-2508
032 BS-0518-1  JACK'S POLKA*  Bluebird B-2507
033 BS-0519-1  JILL'S POLKA*  Bluebird B-2507
034 BS-0520-1  HELENA  unissued
035 BS-0521-1  DRIFTWOOD  Bluebird B-3186 Victor V-21139
036 BS-0522-1  MOUNTAIN GOAT  Bluebird B-3186 V-21139
037 BS-0523-1  OKLAHOMA MEDLEY  unissued
038 BS-0524-1  FRONTIER BREAKDOWN  unissued
039 BS-0525-1  DUST PAN BLUES  unissued
040 BS-0526-1  WABASH BLUES  Bluebird B-6632/ BACM CD D 132
041 BS-0527-1  WANG WANG BLUES  unissued
042 BS-0528-1  HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY GAL  Bluebird B-6610 Twin FT8248/ BACM CD D 132
043 BS-0529-1  IF I HAD MY WAY  Bluebird B-6785/ BACM CD D 132
early 1947 unknown - Tenneva Ramblers as by Jack Grant and his 7-V-4 Ranch Boys
044 1565  RENFRO VALLEY   4 Star  1177
045 1566  ECHOING HILLS YODEL BACK TO ME  1178
046 1567  unknown title
047 1568  THE CRAWDAD SONG   1177
048 1569  unknown title
049 1570  TREADWAY RAG 4 Star 1178

ALBUMS
Puritan 3001 The Tenneva Ramblers: Sweet Heaven When I Die; The Longest Train I Ever Saw; Tell It To Me; I'm Goin' To Georgia; The Lonely Grave; Miss Liza, Poor Gal; Goodbye My Honey I'm Gone; Seven Long Years In Prison; Darling Where You Been So Long; The Johnson Boys; The Curtains Of Night; If I Die A Railroad Man; When A Man Is Married - ca 72
BACM [UK] CD D 132 Fiddlin’ Jack Pierce and The Oklahoma Cowboys: Miss ‘Liza, Poor Gal; Darling, Where Have You Been So Long?; I’m Going To Georgia; My Name Is Ticklish Reuben; Way Down In Alabama; Oklahoma Blues; Monday Morning Blues; Mountain Rhythm; South Of The Mason Dixon Line; Lookin’ For A Hillbilly Bride; Where The Western Horizon Begins; In The Golden West With You; Sweet Georgia Brown; Hillbilly Shack In The Valley; Spoonin’ Neath A Western Sky; Keep On Shining Colorado Moon; If You Don’t Believe I’m Leavin’; My Home On The Western Plains; The Blue Ridge Home I Love; Wabash Blues; Has Anybody Seen My Gal; If I Had My Way - 05

SINGLES
Victor (1927-28)
20861 The Longest Train I Ever Saw / Sweet Heaven, When I Die - 10-27
21141 Miss Liza, Poor Gal / (Bool Mountain Moonshiners) - ca 03-02-28
21289 The Curtains Of Night / The Lonely Grave - 05-28
21406 If I Die A Railroad Man / Seven Long Years In Prison - 07-28
21645 I'm Going To Georgia / Darling, Where Have You Been So Long - 11-28

40144 My Name Is Tickling Reuben / Way Down In Alabama – 28 Smyth County Ramblers

Columbia (1928)
15322-D When A Man Is Married / Tell It To Me - 28
15460-D Goodbye My Honey I'm Gone / The Johnson Boys
Bluebird (1936) as by Pierce's Oklahoma Cowboys
B-6610 Has Anybody Seen My Gal / If You Don't Believe I’m Leaving - 36 (also Twin FT8248)
B-6632 Blue Ridge Home I Love / Wabash Blues - 36
B-6646 My Home On The Western Plains / Keep On Shining, Colorado Moon - 36 (also Twin FT8216)
B-3186 Driftwood / Mountain Goat - 36 [MEX]as by Violinistas (also on Victor V-21139, Ukrainian issue aka Wijskova Orchestra)
B-2507 Jack’s Polka / Jill Polka - 36
B-2508 Spanish Waltz / [Netty y Joses Rodriguez] - 36
B-6785 If I Had My Way / Spoonin’ - 02-37
B-6822 My Dad / Hillbilly Shack In The Valley - 03-37
ARC (1936) as by Jack Pierce And His Cowboys
03309 Lookin' For A Hill Billy Bride / Sweet Georgia Brown - 10-36
03326 Oklahoma Blues / South Of The Mason Dixon Line - 11-36 (reissued on Melotone 7-03-72)
03362 Mountain Rhythm / Where The Western Horizon Begins - 12-36
03382 Monday Morning Blues / In The Golden West With You - 01-37
4 Star (1947) as by Jack Grant and his 7-V-4 Ranch Boys
1177 Renfro Valley / The Crawdad Song - 47
1178 Echoing Hills Yodel Back To Me / Beaumont Rag - 47

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