Rice Brothers Gang

by Tony Russell (Country Discography 1921-1942), Praguefrank,Murray Kirch, Mario ManciottiSESSIONS

13 June 1938 Charlotte, NC – Rice Brothers Gang (Hoke Rice [vcl-1/gt], Paul Rice [vcl-2/gt], Johnny Gorman [steel/sax], Mike Eargle [bass], Warren Sykes [harmonica])
001 64148-A KING COTTON STOMP (EVERYBODY LOVES MY BABY) 5552/ CD D 117
002 64149-A I LOVE MY SAVIOUR -1-2 5553 46065/BACM CD D 519
003 64150-B ON THE JERICHO ROAD -1-2 5553 46065
004 64151-A MARIE -1 5556/ BACM CD D 519
005 64152-A THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET 5590/ CD D 117
006 64153-A SWEET SOMEONE -1-2 5553/ CD D 117
007 64154-A CHEATIN‘ ON YOUR BABY -2 5636/ BACM CD D 519
008 64155-A MOOD INDIGO -1-2 5569
15 June 1938 Charlotte, NC – Rice Brothers Gang (Hoke Rice [vcl-1/gt], Paul Rice [vcl-2/gt], Mike Eargle [bass], Warren Sykes [harmonica])
009 64156-A BE CAREFUL WITH THOSE EYES -1 5569
010 64157-A HOLD ME -2 5598/ BACM CD D 519
011 64158-A I’M WALKING WITH MY SWEETNESS -1-2 5622/ BACM CD D 519
012 64159-A YOU TELL HER CAUSE I STUTTER -1-2 5598/ BACM CD D 519
013 64160-A MY IDEA OF HEAVEN -1 5590
014 64161-A YOU GOT THAT SOMETHING -1 5650/ CD D 117
015 64162-A CHINA BOY 5622/ BACM CD D 519
016 64163-A AIN’T THAT TOO BAD -1 5636/ BACM CD D 519
017 64164-A DO SOMETHING -1-2 5650/ BACM CD D 519
018 64165-A SUGAR BLUES -1 5556/CD D 117
13 September 1939 Decca Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th St., New York City – Rice Brothers Gang (Hoke Rice [vcl-1/gt], Paul Rice [vcl-2/gt], prob. Billy Galloway [steel], prob. Mike Eargle [bass], Warren Sykes [harmonica], Johnny Gorman [clarinet])
019 66424-A JAPANESE SANDMAN 5777
020 66425-A NAGASAKI 5805/ CD D 117
021 66426-A LOVELIGHT IN THE STARLIGHT -1-2 5763/ CD D 117
022 66427-A DOWN YONDER 5751/ CD D 117
023 66428-A ALABAMA JUBILEE SHUFFLE -1-2 5738/ BACM CD D 519
024 66429-A THEY CUT FOWN THE OLD PINE TREE -1-2 5751/ CD D 117
025 66430-A I CRIED FOR YOU -2 5792/ BACM CD D 519
026 66431-A I WISH YOU WERE JEALOUS OF ME -2 5777/ BACM CD D 519
027 66432-A YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE -2 5763/ BACM CD D 519
028 66433-A IS IT TRUE WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT DIXIE? -1 5804
029 66434-A SWEETHEART, WAIT FOR ME unissued
030 66435-A WON’T YOU COME BACK TO ME -1-2 5738
031 66436-A IT MADE YOU HAPPY WHEN YOU MADE ME CRY -1 5815
032 66437-A GIRL OF MY DREAMS unissued
033 66438-A OH SUSANAH -1 5804/CD D 117
034 66439-A YOU GOTTA SEE DADDY EVERY DAY -1 5805/ CD D 117
035 66440-A IN A SHANTY IN OLD SHANTY TOWN -2 5815
036 66441-A AT THE CLOSE OF A LONG DAY -2 5792/ BACM CD D 519
6 April 1940 Rice Hotel, 909 Texas St., Houston, TX – Rice Brothers Gang (Hoke Rice [vcl-yodel-1/gt], Paul Rice [vcl-yodel-2/gt], Reggie Ward [bass], Pete Hardin [fiddle], Eddie Hurd [clarinet])
037 C 92018-A NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, MY DARLING 5837 Melotone 45359/ BACM CD D 519
038 C 92019-A SALLY DO YOU LOVE ME 5823/ CD D 117
039 C 92020-A BELOW THE RIO GRANDE 5837 Melotone 45359/ BACM CD D 519
040 C 92021-A I WON’T HAVE ANY TROUBLES ANYMORE -2 5893/ CD D 117
041 C 92022-A HURRY, JOHNNY, HURRY -1-2 5859 Melotone 45370/ BACM CD D 519
042 C 92030-A YES, WE HAVE NO BANANAS -2 5852 Melotone 45366/ BACM CD D 519
043 C 92031-A MARY LOU 5870 Melotone 45380/ CD D 117
044 C 92032-A MY SWEETHEART DARLING 5870 Melotone 45380/ BACM CD D 519
045 C 92033-A SWEETHEART WAIT FOR ME 5823 Minerva M-14122/ CD D 117
046 C 92034-A YOU’LL ONLY HAVE ONE MOTHER -2 5859 Melotone 45370/ BACM CD D 519
047 C 92035-A IT’S BLOSSOM TIME IN OLD CAROLINE -2 5852 Melotone 45366/BACM CD D 117
13 September 1940 Decca Studio, New York City – Rice Brothers Gang
048 66437-B GIRL OF MY DREAMS -1 5893/ CD D 117
27 April 1941 Sound Recording Studios, Dallas, TX – Rice Brothers Gang (Hoke Rice [vcl-1/gt], Paul Rice [vcl-2/gt], Cliff Bruner [gt/fiddle], ? [clarinet])
049 C 93679-A LITTLE GIRL, I’M SO BLUE WITHOUT YOU -2 6004/ CD D 117
050 C 93680-A YOU DON’T LOVE ME ANYMORE (LITTLE DARLIN‘) -1 5959 Melotone 45451/ CD D 117
051 C 93681-A RIDING DOWN THE CANYON -1-2 6004/ CD D 117
052 C 93682-A LINDA MAY POLKA 6019/BACM CD D 117
053 C 93683-A MY TROUBLED MIND unissued
054 C 93684-A DO YOU? -1 5971 Melotone 45458/ BACM CD D 519
055 C 93692-A I’LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU (SHOULD I LIVE A THOUSAND YEARS) -1-2 6088/CD D 117
056 C 93693-A DRY YOUR EYES, LITTLE GIRL -1 6019/ BACM CD D 519
057 C 93694-A PLEASE DON’T STAY AWAY -1 6087/CD D 117
058 C 93695-A RAILROAD BOOMER -1-2 5971 Melotone 45458/ BACM CD D 519
059 C 93696-A MY CAROLINE SUNSHINE GIRL -2 5959 Melotone 45451

ALBUMS
BACM [UK] CD D 117 King Cotton Stomp: Brown Mule Slide*; Georgia Jubilee*; I’ll Always Love You; Please Don’t Stay Away; Sugar Blues; On The Sunny Side Of The Street; You Don’t Love Me Anymore (Little Darlin’); I Won’t Have Any Troubles Anymore; Girl Of My Dreams; Mary Lou; When It’s Blossom Time In Old Caroline; Ridin’ Down The Canyon; Little Girl I’m So Blue Without You; Down Yonder (instr.); They Cut Down The Old Pine Tree; Sweet Someone; You’ve Gotta See Your Daddy Every Night; King Cotton Stomp (instr.); Lovelight In The Starlight; Linda May Polka; You’ve Got That Thing; Nagasaki (instr.); Oh Susannah; Sweetheart Wait For Me; Sally Do You Love Me - 05 (*solo recordings by Hoke Rice)

BACM [UK] CD D 519 The Rice Brothers Vol. 2 – Hurry Johnny Hurry: Georgia Gal*; I Don't Love Nobody*; I Love My Saviour; Marie; Cheatin' On Your Baby; Hold Me; When I'm Walking With My Sweetness; You Tell Her Cause I Stutter; China Boy (Instr.); Ain't That Too Bad; Do Something; Alabama Jubilee; I Cried For You; I Wish You Were Jealous Of Me;You Are My Sunshine; At The Close Of A Long Long Day; No Matter What Happens My Darling; Below The Rio Grande; Hurry Johnny Hurry; Yes We Have No Bananas; My Sweetheart Darling;You Only Have One Mother; Do You; Dry Your Eyes Little Girl; Railroad Boomer; Waitin’ For A Train* – 04-16 (*solo recordings by Hoke Rice)

 


SINGLESDecca (1938-41)
5552 King Cotton Stomp (Everybody Loves My Baby) / Sweet Someone – 07-38
5553 On The Jericho Road / I Love My Saviour - 07-38
5556 Sugar Blues / Marie – 07-38
5569 Be Careful With Those Eyes / Mood Indigo – 08-38
5590 My Idea Of Heaven / On The Sunny Side Of The Street – 09-38
5598 You Tell Her 'Cause I Stutter / Hold Me – 10-38
5622 When I'm Walking With My Sweetness / China Boy - 11-38
5636 Cheatin On Your Baby / Ain‘ t That Too Bad – 01-39
5650 You Got That Thing / Do Something – 02-39
5738 Won‘t You Come Back To Me / Alabama Jubilee Shuffle - 10-39
5751 They Cut Down The Old Pine Tree / Down Yonder – 11-39
5763 Lovelight In The Starlight / You Are My Sunshine – 12-39
5777 I Wish You Were Jealous Of Me / Japanese Sandman – 12-39
5792 At The Close Of A Long Day / I Cried For You – 01-40
5804 Is It True What They Say About Dixie?/ Oh Susanah – 02-40
5805 Nagasaki / You Gotta See Daddy Every Day – 02-40
5815 Shanty In Old Shanty Town / It Made You Happy – 03-40
5823 Sally Do You Love Me / Sweetheart Wait For Me – 04-40
5837 Below The Rio Grande / No Matter What Happens, My Darling – 05-40 (Canadian issue on Melotone 45359)
5852 Yes We Have No Banana / When It's Blossom Time In Old Kentucky – 06-40 (Canadian issue on Melotone 45366)
5859 You'll Only Have One Mother / Hurry Johnny Hurry – 07-40 (Canadian issue on Melotone 45370)
5870 Mary Lou / My Sweetheart Darling – 08-40 (Canadian issue on Melotone 45380)
5893 I Wont Have Any Troubles / Girl Of My Dreams – 11-40
5959 My Carolina Sunshine Girl / You Dont Love Me Anymore – 06-41 (Canadian issue on Melotone 45451)
5971 Do You? / Railroad Boomer – 08-41 (Canadian issue on Melotone 45458)
6004 Little Girl, I'm So Blue Without You / Riding Down The Canyon – 11-41
6019 Dry Your Eyes Little Girl / Linda May Polka - 03-42
6088 A Please Dont Stay Away / I'll Always Love You - 43
46065 I Love My Saviour / On The Jericho Road – 47 (reissue of 5553)
46069 On The Sunny Side Of The Street / Sugar Blues - 47 (reissue)

George Pegram

by Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti
SESSIONS
1955 [live-Mountain Dance and Folk Festival] Asheville, NC – Obram Ramsey [-1], George Pegram (banjo) [-2] & Walter Red Parham (harmonica) [-5], Harry West (banjo) & Jeannie West (guitar) [-3], Aunt Samanta Bumgarner [-4]
00000 LITTLE MAGGIE – 1 Riverside RLP12-610
00001 CRIPPLE CREEK –2-5 Riverside RLP12-610
00000 KEEP MY SKILLET GOOD & GREASY –3 Riverside RLP12-610
00002 OLD REUBEN –2-5 Riverside RLP12-610
00000 CARELESS LOVE –3 HARRY AND JEANIE WEST Riverside RLP12-610
00003 JOHN HENRY –2-5 Riverside RLP12-610
00000 WAY DOWN ON THE ISLAND – 4 Riverside RLP12-610
00000 POOR LITTLE ELLEN –1 Riverside RLP12-610
00004 ARKANSAS TRAVELER –2 Riverside RLP12-610
00000 THE BOSTON BURGLAR –3 Riverside RLP12-610
00005 OLD MOUNTAIN DEW –2-5 Riverside RLP12-610
00000 LOST JOHN –3 Riverside RLP12-610
00000 PRETTY POLLY –1 Riverside RLP12-610
00000 FINGER RING –3 Riverside RLP12-610
00006 CUMBERLAND GAP –2-5 Riverside RLP12-610
00000 FLY AROUND, MY PRETTY LITTLE MISS –4 Riverside RLP12-610
Mid 1950s [live-Mountain Dance and Folk Festival] Asheville, NC – George Pegram (George Pegram [banjo/harmonica]
00007 MOUNTAIN FOX CHASE RLP12-617
00008 I AM A PILGRIM RLP12-617
00009 PICKIN‘ AND BLOWIN‘ RLP12-617
00010 THE BOSTON BURGLAR RLP12-617
RIVERSIDE RLP12-617 BURY ME BENEATH THE WILLOW: A TREASURY OF SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN FOLKSONGS AND BALLADS
August 1957 Bascom Lamar Lunsford`s home, South Turkey Creek, Leicester, NC – George Pegram (George Pegram [banjo], Walter "Red" Parham [harmonica] + unknown musicians)
001 OLD RATTLER Riverside RLP 12-650
002 WRECK OF THE OLD 97 Riverside RLP 12-650
003 LOST JOHN Riverside RLP 12-650
004 GEORGIA BUCK Riverside RLP 12-650
005 CACKLING HEN Riverside RLP 12-650
006 SOURWOOD MOUNTAIN Riverside RLP 12-650
007 WILDFLOWER MOUNTAIN Riverside RLP 12-650
008 DOWN IN THE VALLEY Riverside RLP 12-650
009 FLY AROUND MY PRETTY LITTLE MISS Riverside RLP 12-650
010 ROLL ON BUDDY Riverside RLP 12-650
011 OLD JOE CLARK Riverside RLP 12-650
012 DOWNFALL OF PARIS Riverside RLP 12-650
013 WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN Riverside RLP 12-650
014 LISTEN TO THE MOCKING BIRD Riverside RLP 12-650
015 JOHNSON'S OLD GREY MULE Riverside RLP 12-650
016 CHECKEN REEL Riverside RLP 12-650
017 TURKEY IN THE STRAW Riverside RLP 12-650
018 FOGGY MOUNTAIN TOP Riverside RLP 12-650
1970 unknown – George Pegram (George Pegram [vcl/banjo], Jack Bryant [gt], Clyde Isaacs [mandolin], Fred Cockerham [fiddle]. Producer: Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin)
019 MISSISSIPPI SAWYER Rounder 0001 CD-0001
020 WORKIN' ON A BUILDING Rounder 0001 CD-0001
021 LITTLE OLD LOG CABIN IN THE LANE Rounder 0001 CD-0001
022 JOHN HENRY Rounder 0001 CD-0001
023 WHERE COULD I GO BUT TO THE LORD Rounder 0001 CD-0001
024 WILDWOOD FLOWER Rounder 0001 CD-0001
025 NEVER GROW OLD Rounder 0001 CD-0001
026 REUBEN Rounder 0001 CD-0001
027 WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS Rounder 0001 CD-0001
028 MOUNTAIN SALLY ANN Rounder CD-0001
029 OLD TIME RELIGION Rounder CD-0001
030 JOHNSON'S OLD GREY MULE Rounder 0001 CD-0001
031 IN THE SWEET BYE AND BYE Rounder 0001 CD-0001
032 CUMBERLAND GAP Rounder CD-0001
033 ARE YOU WASHED IN THE BLOOD Rounder 0001 CD-0001
034 BURY ME 'NEATH THE WILLOW Rounder CD-0001
035 OVER THE WAVES WALTZ Rounder 0001 CD-0001
036 OLD COUNTRY CHURCH Rounder CD-0001
037 JUST BECAUSE Rounder 0001 CD-0001
038 WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN Rounder 0001 CD-0001


ALBUMS
Riverside RLP 12-610 Banjo Songs Of The Southern Mountains: Little Maggie – Obray Ramsey; Cripple Creek – George Pegram (banjo) & Walter “Red” Parham (harmonica); Keep My Skillet Good & Greasy – Harry (banjo) and Jeanie West (guitar); Old Reuben – George Pegram & Walter “Red” Parham; Careless Love – Harry and Jeanie West; John Henry – Pegram and Parham; Way Down On the Island – “Aunt” Samantha Bumgarner; Poor Little Ellen – Obray Ramsey; Arkansas Traveler – George Pegram; The Boston Burglar – Harry and Jeanie West; Old Mountain Dew – George Pegram & Walter “Red” Parham; Lost John – Harry and Jeanie West; Pretty Polly – Obray Ramsey; Finger Ring – Harry and Jeanie West; Cumberland Gap – Pegram and Parham; Fly Aroun, My Pretty Little Miss – “Aunt” Samantha Bumgarner – ca 55
Riverside RLP12-650 Pickin‘ And Blowin‘: Old Rattler; The Wreck Of The Old 97; Lost John; Georgia Buck;
Cackling Hen; Sourwood Mountain; Wildwood Flower; Down In The Valley; Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss;
Roll On Buddy; Old Joe Clark; Downfall Of Paris; Will The Circle Be Unbroken; Listen To The Mocking Bird;
Johnson`s Old Grey Mule; Chicken Reel; Turkey In The Straw; Foggy Mountain Top – 59 (reissued in Japan on P-Vine Japan 5225 in 2002)
Rounder 0001 George Pegram: Mississippi Sawyer; Workin' On A Building; Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane; John Henry; Where Could I Go But To The Lord; Wildwood Flower; Never Grow Old; Reuben; What A Friend We Have In Jesus; Over The Waves Waltz; Johnson's Old Grey Mule; Are You Washed In The Blood; In The Sweet Bye And Bye; Just Because; Will The Circle Be Unbroken - 70 (reissued on CD with bonus tracks: Mountain Sally Ann; Old Time Religion; Cumberland Gap; Bury Me 'Neath The Willow; Old Country Church)