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