Fairley Holden / Holden Brothers

*24-10-1916 Ellijay, GA, +03-10-1987

2nd version

By Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli
SESSIONS

1946 unknown – Fairley Holden/*Holden Brothers (Fairley Holden [vcl/gt], Milton „Jack Holden“ Jackson [vcl/gt] + unknown musicians)

H01 RV-1003 SWEETHEART MOUNTAIN ROSE* Contract 8151 BACM CD D 146

001 RV 1004 KEEP THEM COLD ICEY FINGERS OFF OF ME Contract 8151 BACM CD D 146

January 1947 unknown – Fairley Holden

002 1051A KEEP THEM COLD ICEY FINGERS OFF ME  Radio 1051/BACM CD D 146

003 1051B I KNOW YOU DON’T LOVE ME LIKE YOU USED TO Radio 1051/BACM CD D 146

February 1947 E. T. Herzog Recording Studio, 811 Race St., Cincinnati, OH - Fairley Holden and Six Ice Cold Papas (Fairley Holden [vcl/gt], Homer Haynes [gt], Jethro Burns [mandolin], prob. Tommy Covington [steel], Slim Miller or Bob Simmons [fiddle], Moon Mullican [piano])
004 K2297 KEEP THEM ICE COLD FINGERS OFF OF ME King 612/BACM CD D 146
005 K2298 PORT TO PORTAL PAY 612/BACM CD D 146
006 K2299 INTOXICATED RAT 628/BACM CD D 146
possibly from sessison above:
007 K2413 I’VE GOT BLUES TO SPARE 628/BACM CD D 146
June 1947 unknown – Holden Brothers featuring Emory Martin (Fairly Holden, Jack Holden, Emory Martin [banjo])
H02 1072A MOTHER'S NOT DEAD, SHE'S ONLY SLEEPING White Church 1072/1079 WIBW Round Up 1072

H03 1072B I’M DOING MY TIME  WIBW Round Up 1072 Red Barn

H04 1079A DUST ON THE BIBLE WIBW Round Up 1079 White Church 1072/1079
H05 1079B PARCEL OF LOVE WIBW Round Up 1079  Red Barn

ca. September 1947 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Fairley Holden
008 K2527 THERE‘S MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A CAT 678/BACM CD D 146
009 K2528 M CRYING IN MY SLEEP¢THAT‘S WHY I Federal 45-10027/BACM CD D 146
010 K2529 COO SEE COO 678/BACM CD D 146
011 K2530 PAPA’S GETTING OLD 45-865/BACM CD D 146
012 K2531 FROM LEXINGTON TO LOUISVILLE Federal 45-10012/BACM CD D 146
013 K2532 HEARTBROKEN, LONESOME AND BLUE Federal 45-10022/BACM CD D 146
014 K2533 MOVE IT ON OVER 665/BACM CD D 146
015 K2534 I’M OH SO LONESOME unissued
December 1947 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH - Fairley Holden
016 K2770 OOH, THAT NAGGIN‘ WIFE OF MINE 800//BACM CD D 146
017 K2771 LONG LONG DRESES 704/BACM CD D 146
018 K2772 YOU‘VE BEEN A BAD, BAD, LITTLE GIRL 800//BACM CD D 146
019 K2773 PUT SOME MEAT ON THE BONES 704/BACM CD D 146
020 K2774 GRAVEYARD BLUES 771/BACM CD D 146
021 K2775 SHE‘S SOME DAISY FOR NINETEEN YEARS OLD 741//BACM CD D 146
022 K2776 SWEET MAMA, PUT HIM IN LOW 771
023 K2777 DON‘T MONKEY AROUND MY WIDDE WHEN I‘M GONE 741//BACM CD D 146
December 1947 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH - Fairley Holden
024 K2780 I‘M A MARRIED MAN Federal 45-10027/BACM CD D 146
025 K2781 LITTLE MAGGIE Federal 45-10022/BACM CD D 146
026 K2782 GRAVEYARD LIGHT unissued
027 K2783 THE LADY AND THE SOLDIER 45-10012/BACM CD D 146

ALBUMS
BACM CD D 146 I’ve Got Blues To Spare: Keep Them Cold Icey Fingers Off Of Me; Port To Portal Pay; Intoxicated Rat; I’ve Got Blues To Spare; Move It On Over; There’s More Than One Way To Skin A Cat; Coo-Se-Coo; Put Some Meat On Them Bones; Long Long Dresses; Don’t Monkey ‘Round My Widder; She’s Some Daisy For 19 years Old; Graveyard Light; You’ve Been A Bad, Bad, Bad Little Girl; Oh That Naggin’ Wife Of Mine; It’ll Make A Change In Business All Around; Papa’s Getting Old; The Lady And The Soldier; From Lexington To Louisville; Little Maggie; Heartbroken, Lonesome And Blue; I’m A Married Man; That’s Why I’m Crying In My Sleep; Keep Them Cold Icey Fingers Off Of Me; Keep Them Cold Icey Fingers Offa Me; I Know You Don’t Love Me Like You Used To - 06


SINGLES
Contract (1946)

8151 Keep Them Cold Icy Fingers Off Of Me / [Holden Brothers:] Sweetheart Mountain Rose - 46

Radio (1947)

1051 Keep Them Cold Icy Fingers Off Of Me / I Know You Don’t Love Me Like You Used To – 03-47

King/*Federal (1947)
612 Keep Them Cold Icy Fingers Off Of Me / Port To Portal Pay – 25-03-47 (adv. March 29; rev. May 10)
628 I've Got Blues To Spare / Intoxicated - ca 06-47
665 Move It On Over / As Advertised [Cowboy Copas and Grandpa Jones] – 09-09-47 (adv. Sept. 5)
678 There's More Than One Way To Skin A Cat / Coo See Coo – 23-12-47 (rev. Jan. 17)
704 Put Some Meat On Them Bones / Long Long Dresses - 48
741 Don't Monkey Around My Widder When I'm Gone / She's Some Daisy For Nineteen Years Old – 05-10-48
771 Sweet Mama Put Him In Low / Graveyard Blues – 01-03-49
800 You've Been A Bad, Bad Little Girl / Oh That Naggin' Wife Of Mine – 28-06-49
45-865 Papa's Getting Old / I'll Make A Change In Business – 30-05-50
Federal

45-10012 From Lexington To Louisville / The Lady And The Soldier – 05-51  (adv. May 11)
45-10022 Heart Weary Lonesome And Blue / Little Maggie – 07-51
45-10027 That’s Why I’m Crying In My Sleep / I’m A Married Man – 09-51

WIBW Round Up (1947) Holden Brothers

1072 Mother's Not Dead, She's Only Sleeping / I’m Doing My Time  - 47

1079 Dust On The Bible / Parcel Of Love - 47

Red Barn ?  I’m Doing My Time / Dust On The Bible - 47

White Church 1072/1079 Dust On The Bible / Mother's Not Dead, She's Only Sleeping - 47