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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Ernest Thompson


*20-02-1892 Forsyth County, Winston-Salem, NC, +07-12-1961
by Tony Russell, Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS

25 April 1924 New York City – Ernest Thompson (Ernest Thompson [vcl/gt/harmonica])
001 81724 WAR TOWN QUICK STEP –instr.- unissued
002 81725-2 MISSISSIPPI SAWYER –instr.- Columbia 189-D Harmony 5099-H Velvet Tone 7034-V Diva 6004-G/ BACM CD D 031
003 81726-2 DONT PUT A TAX ON THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS 168-D
004 81727-2 ARE YOU FROM DIXIE? 130-D/ BACM CD D 031
005 81728-1 LITTLE BROWN JUG  147-D Harmony 5122-H/ BACM CD D 031
006 81729-2 HOW ARE YOU GOIN‘ TO WET YOUR WHISTLE?  147-D Harmony 5122-H/ BACM CD D 031
007 81730-2 RED WING  190-D  Harmony 5123-H
008 81731-2 SNOW DEER  190-D Harmony 5123-H
009 81732-2 SPARROW BIRD WALTZ –instr.-  169-D Harmony 5112-H
010 81733-2 KISS WALTZ –instr.- 169-D Harmony 5112-H/ BACM CD D 031
011 81734-1 YIELD NOT TO TEMPTATION  158-D Harmony 5096-H Velvet Tone 7032-V Diva 6003-G/ BACM CD D 031
012 81735-2 LIFE‘S RAILWAY TO HEAVEN 158-D Harmony 5096-H Velvet Tone 7032-V Diva 6003-G/ BACM CD D 031
013 81736  YELLOW ROSE IN TEXAS –instr.-  unissued
014 81737  SOLDIERS JOY –instr.- unissued
26 April 1924 New York City – Ernest Thompson (Ernest Thompson [vcl/gt-2/banjo-1/harmonica])
015 81742-1 THE WRECK OF THE SOUTHERN OLD 97 -2  130-D/ BACM CD D 031
016 81743-2 LIGHTNING EXPRESS -2  145-D Harmony 5121-H/ BACM CD D 031
017 81744-1 CHICKEN ROOST BEHIND THE MOON -1 206-D Harmony 5101-H/BACM CD D 031
018 81745-1 COON CRAP GAME -2 206-D Harmony 5101-H/ BACM CD D 031
019 81746-1 FRANKIE BAKER -2 168-D
020 81747-2 JESSIE JAMES  [JESSE JAMES] –instr.-  -1 145-D Harmony 5121-H/ BACM CD D 031
021 81748-1 CLIMBING UP THE GOLDEN STAIRS –instr.- -1  189-D Harmony 5099-H Velvet Tone 7034-V Diva 6004-G/ BACM CD D 031
9 September 1924 New York City – Ernest Thompson (Ernest Thompson [vcl/gt/harmonica])
022 81961-1 WEEPING WILLOW TREE  15001-D Harmony 5130-H/ BACM CD D 031
023 81983-2 THE LITTLE ROSEBUID CASKET  216-D Harmony 5124-H
024 81984-3 THE OLD TIME RELIGION 15007 D/ BACM CD D 031
025 81985-2 I'M GOING DOWN TO JORDAN 15007 D/ BACM CD D 031
026 81986 JOHN HENRY, STEEL DRIVER  unissued
027 81987-2 SYLVESTER JOHNSON LEE 15001 D Harmony 5130-H/ BACM CD D 031
10 September 1924 New York City –  Ernest Thompson & Connie Sides (Ernest Thompson [harmonica/prob.banjo], Connie Sides [prob. gt])
028 81992-1 AT A GEORGIA CAMP MEETING –instr.- 15002 D
029 81993-1 SILLY BILL –instr. 15002 D
11 September 1924 New York City - Ernest Thompson (Ernest Thompson [vcl/gt/banjo/kazoo/harmonica])
030 140000-1 WHISTLING RUFUS 15006-D  Harmony 5109-H/JSP 77100
031 140001-1 WHEN YOU'RE ALL IN, DOWN AND OUT 15006-D Harmony 5109-H/JSP 77100
032 140032  JIM THOMPSONS OLD GREY MULE –instr.-  unissued
033 140033-3 ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND –instr.-15000-D Harmony 5129-H/ BACM CD D 031
034 140034-2 MISSISSIPPI DIPPY DIP  –instr.- 15000-D Harmony 5129-H/ BACM CD D 031
JSP JSP-77100 MOUNTAIN FROLIC RARE OLD TIMEY CLASSICS 1924/1937 (UK, 2007, 4CD)
12 September 1924 New York City -  Ernest Thompson (Ernest Thompson [vcl/gt])
035 140035-3 IN THE RAGGAE COACH AHEAD  216-D Harmony 5124-H
21 January 1930 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, In –  Ernest E. Thompson  (Ernest Thompson [gt/harmonica])
036 G16120 SPARROW BIRD-GOOD OLD SUMM   –instr.- Gennett 7139/ BACM CD D 031
037 G16121-A MY LITTLE GIRL  –instr.-  rejected
038 G16122 ARE YOU FROM DIXIE/SWANEE RIVER   –instr.- Gennett 7139
22 January 1930 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, In –  Ernest E. Thompson (Ernest Thompson [vcl/gt/harmonica])
039 G16124 BRING ME A LEAF FROM THE SEA  BACM CD D 340
040 G16127 SNOW DEAR/RAINBOW –instr.-  BACM CD D 340
16125,6 not by E.T.
BACM CD D 340 OLDTIME TUNES/SONGS 1926/1937 (UK, 2011)
29 March 1930 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, In –  Earnest Thompson (Ernest Thompson [prob. vcl/gt/harmonica])
041 G16422 EVERY LITTLE BIT ADDED TO  rejected        
042 G16423 SWEETHEART DANCE WITH ME      rejected
043 G16425 I WILL BE DANCING WITH YOU BACM CD D 364
044 G16426 WHAT IS HOME WITHOUT BABIES    BACM CD D 701
045 G16427 untitled -  rejected
BACM CD D 364 OLDTIME TUNES/SONGS, VOL. 2 1924/1952 (UK, 2011); BACM CD D 701 HARMONICA IN COUNTRY MUSIC (UK, 2023)


ALBUMS
BACM [UK] CD D 031 Pioneer Artist From North Carolina: Chicken Roost Behind The Moon; Little Brown Jug; Climbing Up The Golden Stairs (instr.); Are You From Dixie; Mississippi Sawyer (Instr.); Wreck Of The Old Southern 97; Coon Crap Game; Mississippi Dippy Dip (Instr.); The Old Time Religion; Jesse James (Instr.); The Lightning Express; Yield Not To Temptation; Life’s Railroad To Heaven; Sparrow Bird Waltz (Instr.); Weeping Willow Tree; Alexander’s Ragtime Band (Instr.); How Are You Goin’ To Whet Your Whistle; Kiss Waltz (Instr.); Sylvester Johnson Lee; I’m Going Down To Jordan – 02

SINGLES
Columbia (1924)
130D Are You From Dixie? / The Wreck Of The Southern Old 97 - 24
145D Lightning Express / Jessie James – 24 (also on Harmony 5121-H)
147D Little Brown Jug / How Are You Goin To Wet Your Whistle? – 24 (also on Harmony 5122-H)
158D Yield Not To Temptation / Lifes Railway To Heaven – 24 (also on Harmony 5096-H, Velvet Tone 7032-V Diva 6003-G)
168D Frankie Baker / Dont Put A Tax On The Beautiful Girls - 24
169D Sparrow Bird Waltz / Kiss Waltz – 24 (also on Harmony 5112-H)
189D Mississippi Sawyer / Climbing Up The Golden Stairs – 24 (also on Harmony 5099-H, Velvet Tone 7034-V Diva 6004-G)
190D Red Wing / Snow Deer -24 (also on Harmony 5123-H)
206D Chicken Roost Behind The Moon / Coon Crap Game (also on Harmony 5101-H)
216D The Little Rosebuid Casket / In The Raggae Coach Ahead (also on Harmony 5124-H)
15000D Alexander's Ragtime Band / Mississippi Dippy Dip (also on Harmony 5129-H)
15001D Weeping Willow Tree / Sylvester Johnson Lee (also on Harmony 5130-H)
15002D At A Georgia Camp Meeting / Silly Bill
15006D Whistling Rufus / When You're All In, Down And Out (also on Harmony 5109-H)
15007D The Old Time Religion / I'm Going Down To Jordan
Gennett (1930)
7139 Sparrow Bird-Good Old Summ / Are You From Dixie/Swanee River - 30

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Thanks to Kittra Moore for musicians and recording data
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Thanks to Luiz Roberto Costa for helping me with the western genre.
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