by Tony Russell, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
23 September 1925 New Orleans, LA – The Wisdom Sisters (unknown vocal trio)
001 W140986 AMAZING GRACE Columbia unissued
002 W140996 SITTING AT THE FEET OF JESUS unissued
23 April 1926 Atlanta, GA - The Wisdom Sisters (unknown vocal trio)
003 W142096-2 AMAZING GRACE Columbia 15093-D
004 W142097-2 SITTING AT THE FEET OF JESUS 15093-D
4 November 1926 Atlanta, GA - The Wisdom Sisters (unknown vocal trio)
005 W143050 O FOR A CLOSER WALK WITH GOD unissued
006 W143051 I SAW A WAY WORN TRAVELLER unissued
007 W143052-1 CHILDREN OF THE HEAVENLY KING 15129 D Velvet Tone 7093-V
008 W143053-1 A CHARGE TO KEEP 15112 D Velvet Tone 7094-V
009 W143054-2 JESUS IS ALL THE WORLD TO ME 15112 D Velvet Tone 7093-V
010 W143055-2 THE OLD TIME POWER 15129 D Velvet Tone 7096-V
30 March 1927 Atlanta, GA - The Wisdom Sisters (unknown vocal trio)
011 W143817-2 HIDE THOU ME 15153-D
012 W143818-1 SAVIOUR‘S MORE THAN LIFE TO ME 15153-D
013 W143819-2 PRAYER 15309-D /US-0310
014 W143820-2 WHY NOT SAY YES 15309-D
TRIKONT US-0310 FLOWERS IN THE WILDWOOD WOMEN 1923-1939 (GER, 2003)
SINGLES
Columbia (1926-27)
15093-D Amazing Grace / Sitting At The Feet Of Jesus - 26
15112-D A Charge To Keep / Jesus Is All The World To Me – 26
15129-D Children Of The Heavenly King / The Old Time Power - 27
15153-D Hide Thou Me / Saviour‘s More Than Life To Me - 27
15309-D Prayer / Why Not Say Yes - 28
Velvet Tone
7093-V Children Of The Heavenly King / Jesus Is All The World To Me
7094-V A Charge To Keep / [Frank and James McCravy]
7096-V The Old Time Power / [Stamps Quartet]
Friday, September 7, 2012
Tommy Hunter (fiddle)
*18-09-1919 Mars Hill, NC, + 20-08-1993
by Mario Manciotti, Praguefrank
SESSIONS
1962 unknown - Tommy Hunter's Carolina String Band (Tommy Hunter [fiddle], Nan Fisher [gt], Obray Ramsey [vcl-1/banjo], George Fisher [bass]. Producer: Kenneth S. Goldstein)
001 SALLY GOODEN Prestige 13026
002 DOWN IN A WILLOW GARDEN -1 Prestige 13026
003 GREY EAGLE Prestige 13026
004 ORANGLE BLOSSOM SPECIAL Prestige 13026
005 BURY ME BENEATH A WILLOW Prestige 13026
006 FIRE ON A MOUNTAIN Prestige 13026
007 BILL CHEATUM Prestige 13026
008 PUT MY LITTLE SHOES AWAY Prestige 13026
009 SOLDIER’S JOY Prestige 13026
010 RABBIT IN THE LOG Prestige 13026
011 BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM Prestige 13026
012 MAGGIE Prestige 13026
013 OLD JOE CLARK Prestige 13026
1974 unknown – Tommy Hunter (Tommy Huner [fiddle], John McCutcheon [gt])
014 NANCY ROWLAND June Appal JA 007
015 ST. ANNE'S REEL June Appal JA 007
016 LAUREL BRANCH June Appal JA 007
017 BIG CABIN June Appal JA 007
018 PADDY ON THE HANDCAR June Appal JA 007
019 GOOD NIGHT WALTZ June Appal JA 007
020 FORKED DEER June Appal JA 007 Copper Creek CC 0175CD
021 MONEY MUSK June Appal JA 007
022 ROSE FOR POLLY June Appal JA 007
023 GAMBLER'S HORNPIPE June Appal JA 007
024 GREY EAGLE June Appal JA 007
025 FLOP EARED MULE June Appal JA 007
026 SOLDIER'S JOY June Appal JA 007
027 FORKS OF SANDY June Appal JA 007
028 INDIAN SUMMER June Appal JA 007
029 THREE STAR HORNPIPE June Appal JA 007
030 DANCE AROUND MOLLY June Appal JA 007
031 SAY OLD MAN, CAN YOU PLAY THE FIDDLE June Appal JA 007
032 FOUR MILES TO CUMBERLAND June Appal JA 007
033 MISS MCLEOD'S June Appal JA 007
034 WILSON'S HORNPIPE June Appal JA 007
035 HIRAM'S HORNPIUPE June Appal JA 007
1992 Carroll Best Home, ? - Carroll Best Band with Tommy Hunter
036 MISS MCLEOD'S Ivy Creek ICR 201
037 WILSON'S HORNPIPE Ivy Creek ICR 201
038 NANCY ROWLAND Ivy Creek ICR 201
039 ROSE FOR POLLY Ivy Creek ICR 201
040 TEXAS QUICKSTEP Ivy Creek ICR 201
041 GOOD NIGHT WALTZ Ivy Creek ICR 201
042 OLD HICKORY HORNPIPE Ivy Creek ICR 201
043 ACROSS THE SHANNON Ivy Creek ICR 201
044 SOLDIER'S JOY Ivy Creek ICR 201
045 THREE STAR HORNPIPE Ivy Creek ICR 201 CC0175CD
046 LINEFORK Ivy Creek ICR 201
047 GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA Ivy Creek ICR 201
1993 unknown – Tommy Hunter
048 LEATHER BRITCHES Ivy Creek ICR 250 Copper Creek CC 0175CD
049 OLD HICKORY HORNPIPE Ivy Creek ICR 250
050 ST. ANNE'S REEL Ivy Creek ICR 250
051 GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA Ivy Creek ICR 250
052 LITTLE STREAM OF WHISKY Ivy Creek ICR 250 Copper Creek CC 0175CD
053 SAY OLD MAN, CAN YOU PLAY THE FIDDLE Ivy Creek ICR 250 Copper Creek CC 0175CD
054 GAMBLER'S HORNPIPE Ivy Creek ICR 250
055 TEXAS QUICKSTEP Ivy Creek ICR 250
056 LINEFORK Ivy Creek ICR 250
057 WHISKEY BEFORE BREAKFAST Ivy Creek ICR 250 Copper Creek CC 0175CD
058 ACROSS THE SHANNON Ivy Creek ICR 250
059 JOHNSON BOYS Ivy Creek ICR 250 Copper Creek CC 0175CD
1974/1995 unknown – Tommy Hunter,*w. Carroll Best (Carroll Best [banjo], Danny Johnson [gt], Dudley Connell [gt], Mike Rivers [gt], Zack Allen [banjo/claw hammer banjo], Tommy Hunter/Kenny Baker/Kirk Sutphin/Laurie Lewis [fiddle])
060 LONESOME ROAD BLUES Copper Creek CC 0175CD
061 DALEY’S REEL Copper Creek CC 0175CD
062 TOM AND JERRY Copper Creek CC 0175CD
063 TOPEKA POLKA Copper Creek CC 0175CD
064 BILL BAILEY Copper Creek CC 0175CD
065 MCMICHAN’S REEL Copper Creek CC 0175CD
066 NUT MEDLEY Copper Creek CC 0175CD
067 ANGELINE THE BAKER Copper Creek CC 0175CD
068 TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR * Copper Creek CC 0175CD
069 NEW BROOM Copper Creek CC 0175CD
070 SAM’S SONG Copper Creek CC 0175CD
071 KATY HILL Copper Creek CC 0175CD
072 FISHER’S HORNPIPE Copper Creek CC 0175CD
073 CHICKEN REEL Copper Creek CC 0175CD
074 LITTLE ROCK GETAWAY Copper Creek CC 0175CD
075 KEEP SMILING Copper Creek CC 0175CD
076 LIBERTY Copper Creek CC 0175CD
077 CRIPPLE CREEK Copper Creek CC 0175CD
078 BILE ‘EM CABBAGE DOWN* Copper Creek CC 0175CD
079 MARTHA CAMPBELL Copper Creek CC 0175CD
080 BRILLIANCY Copper Creek CC 0175CD
081 SNOWFLAKE REEL Copper Creek CC 0175CD
082 WORLD IS WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE* Copper Creek CC 0175 CD
083 STATEN ISLAND HORNPIPE Copper Creek CC 0175 CD
084 SWEDISH WALTZ* Copper Creek CC 0175 CD
085 BUFFALO GALS Copper Creek CC 0175 CD
086 CHINESE BREAKDOWN Copper Creek CC 0175 CD
087 LAUREL BRANCH Copper Creek CC 0175 CD
088 GREY EAGLE Copper Creek CC 0175 CD
ALBUMS
Prestige International 13026 Orange Blossom Special: Sally Gooden; Down In A Willow Garden; Grey Eagle; Orangle Blossom Special; Bury Me Beneath A Willow; Fire On A Mountain; Bill Cheatum; Put My Little Shoes Away; Soldier’s Joy; Rabbit In The Log; Blackberry Blossom; Maggie; Old Joe Clark - 62
June Appal JA 007 Deep in Tradition: Nancy Rowland; St. Anne's Reel; Laurel Branch; Big Cabin; Paddy on the Handcar; Good Night Waltz; Forked Deer; Money Musk; Rose for Polly; Gambler's Hornpipe; Grey Eagle; Flop Eared Mule; Soldier's Joy; Forks of Sandy; Indian Summer; Three Star Hornpipe; Dance Around Molly; Say Old Man, Can You Play the Fiddle; Four Miles To Cumberland; Miss McLeod's; Wilson's Hornpipe; Hiram's Hornpiupe - 76
Ivy Creek ICR 201 Say Old Man Can You Play the Fiddle: Miss McLeod's; Wilson's Hornpipe; Nancy Rowland; Rose for Polly; Texas Quickstep; Good Night Waltz; Old Hickory Hornpipe; Across the Shannon; Soldier's Joy; Three Star Hornpipe; Linefork; Gentleman from Virginia – 92 (cassette)
Ivy Creek ICR 250 Carroll Best Band with Tommy Hunter: Leather Britches; Old Hickory Hornpipe; St. Anne's Reel; Gentleman from Virginia; Little Stream; Say Old Man, Can You Play the Fiddle; Gambler's Hornpipe; Texas Quickstep; Linefork; Whiskey Before Breakfast; Across the Shannon; Johnson Boys - 93 Carroll Best Band with Tommy Hunter (cassette)
Copper Creek CC 0175CD Say Old Man, Can You Play the Fiddle: Lonesome Road Blues; Daley's Reel; Tom and Jerry; Whiskey Before Breakfast; Topeka Polka; Bill Bailey; Little Stream of Whiskey; Say Old Man, Can You Play the Fiddle (with Carroll Best); McMichan's Reel; Nut Medley; Johnson Boys; Angeline the Baker; Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (with Carroll Best); New Broom; Sam's Song; Forked Deer; Katy Hill; Fisher's Hornpipe; Chicken Reel; Little Rock Getaway; Leather Britches; Keep Smiling; Liberty; Cripple Creek; Bile 'em Cabbage Down (with Carroll Best); Martha Campbell; Brilliancy; Snowflake Reel; World Is Waiting for the Sunrise (with Carroll Best ); Staten Island Hornpipe; Swedish Waltz
(with Carroll Best); Buffalo Gals; Chinese Breakdown; Laurel Branch; Grey Eagle; Three Star Hornpipe – 13-02-01 (rec. 1974-1995 Berea College, Berea, KY; Bristol, TN; Butterside Studios, Asheville, TN; Carroll's Home)
by Mario Manciotti, Praguefrank
SESSIONS
1962 unknown - Tommy Hunter's Carolina String Band (Tommy Hunter [fiddle], Nan Fisher [gt], Obray Ramsey [vcl-1/banjo], George Fisher [bass]. Producer: Kenneth S. Goldstein)
001 SALLY GOODEN Prestige 13026
002 DOWN IN A WILLOW GARDEN -1 Prestige 13026
003 GREY EAGLE Prestige 13026
004 ORANGLE BLOSSOM SPECIAL Prestige 13026
005 BURY ME BENEATH A WILLOW Prestige 13026
006 FIRE ON A MOUNTAIN Prestige 13026
007 BILL CHEATUM Prestige 13026
008 PUT MY LITTLE SHOES AWAY Prestige 13026
009 SOLDIER’S JOY Prestige 13026
010 RABBIT IN THE LOG Prestige 13026
011 BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM Prestige 13026
012 MAGGIE Prestige 13026
013 OLD JOE CLARK Prestige 13026
1974 unknown – Tommy Hunter (Tommy Huner [fiddle], John McCutcheon [gt])
014 NANCY ROWLAND June Appal JA 007
015 ST. ANNE'S REEL June Appal JA 007
016 LAUREL BRANCH June Appal JA 007
017 BIG CABIN June Appal JA 007
018 PADDY ON THE HANDCAR June Appal JA 007
019 GOOD NIGHT WALTZ June Appal JA 007
020 FORKED DEER June Appal JA 007 Copper Creek CC 0175CD
021 MONEY MUSK June Appal JA 007
022 ROSE FOR POLLY June Appal JA 007
023 GAMBLER'S HORNPIPE June Appal JA 007
024 GREY EAGLE June Appal JA 007
025 FLOP EARED MULE June Appal JA 007
026 SOLDIER'S JOY June Appal JA 007
027 FORKS OF SANDY June Appal JA 007
028 INDIAN SUMMER June Appal JA 007
029 THREE STAR HORNPIPE June Appal JA 007
030 DANCE AROUND MOLLY June Appal JA 007
031 SAY OLD MAN, CAN YOU PLAY THE FIDDLE June Appal JA 007
032 FOUR MILES TO CUMBERLAND June Appal JA 007
033 MISS MCLEOD'S June Appal JA 007
034 WILSON'S HORNPIPE June Appal JA 007
035 HIRAM'S HORNPIUPE June Appal JA 007
1992 Carroll Best Home, ? - Carroll Best Band with Tommy Hunter
036 MISS MCLEOD'S Ivy Creek ICR 201
037 WILSON'S HORNPIPE Ivy Creek ICR 201
038 NANCY ROWLAND Ivy Creek ICR 201
039 ROSE FOR POLLY Ivy Creek ICR 201
040 TEXAS QUICKSTEP Ivy Creek ICR 201
041 GOOD NIGHT WALTZ Ivy Creek ICR 201
042 OLD HICKORY HORNPIPE Ivy Creek ICR 201
043 ACROSS THE SHANNON Ivy Creek ICR 201
044 SOLDIER'S JOY Ivy Creek ICR 201
045 THREE STAR HORNPIPE Ivy Creek ICR 201 CC0175CD
046 LINEFORK Ivy Creek ICR 201
047 GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA Ivy Creek ICR 201
1993 unknown – Tommy Hunter
048 LEATHER BRITCHES Ivy Creek ICR 250 Copper Creek CC 0175CD
049 OLD HICKORY HORNPIPE Ivy Creek ICR 250
050 ST. ANNE'S REEL Ivy Creek ICR 250
051 GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA Ivy Creek ICR 250
052 LITTLE STREAM OF WHISKY Ivy Creek ICR 250 Copper Creek CC 0175CD
053 SAY OLD MAN, CAN YOU PLAY THE FIDDLE Ivy Creek ICR 250 Copper Creek CC 0175CD
054 GAMBLER'S HORNPIPE Ivy Creek ICR 250
055 TEXAS QUICKSTEP Ivy Creek ICR 250
056 LINEFORK Ivy Creek ICR 250
057 WHISKEY BEFORE BREAKFAST Ivy Creek ICR 250 Copper Creek CC 0175CD
058 ACROSS THE SHANNON Ivy Creek ICR 250
059 JOHNSON BOYS Ivy Creek ICR 250 Copper Creek CC 0175CD
1974/1995 unknown – Tommy Hunter,*w. Carroll Best (Carroll Best [banjo], Danny Johnson [gt], Dudley Connell [gt], Mike Rivers [gt], Zack Allen [banjo/claw hammer banjo], Tommy Hunter/Kenny Baker/Kirk Sutphin/Laurie Lewis [fiddle])
060 LONESOME ROAD BLUES Copper Creek CC 0175CD
061 DALEY’S REEL Copper Creek CC 0175CD
062 TOM AND JERRY Copper Creek CC 0175CD
063 TOPEKA POLKA Copper Creek CC 0175CD
064 BILL BAILEY Copper Creek CC 0175CD
065 MCMICHAN’S REEL Copper Creek CC 0175CD
066 NUT MEDLEY Copper Creek CC 0175CD
067 ANGELINE THE BAKER Copper Creek CC 0175CD
068 TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR * Copper Creek CC 0175CD
069 NEW BROOM Copper Creek CC 0175CD
070 SAM’S SONG Copper Creek CC 0175CD
071 KATY HILL Copper Creek CC 0175CD
072 FISHER’S HORNPIPE Copper Creek CC 0175CD
073 CHICKEN REEL Copper Creek CC 0175CD
074 LITTLE ROCK GETAWAY Copper Creek CC 0175CD
075 KEEP SMILING Copper Creek CC 0175CD
076 LIBERTY Copper Creek CC 0175CD
077 CRIPPLE CREEK Copper Creek CC 0175CD
078 BILE ‘EM CABBAGE DOWN* Copper Creek CC 0175CD
079 MARTHA CAMPBELL Copper Creek CC 0175CD
080 BRILLIANCY Copper Creek CC 0175CD
081 SNOWFLAKE REEL Copper Creek CC 0175CD
082 WORLD IS WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE* Copper Creek CC 0175 CD
083 STATEN ISLAND HORNPIPE Copper Creek CC 0175 CD
084 SWEDISH WALTZ* Copper Creek CC 0175 CD
085 BUFFALO GALS Copper Creek CC 0175 CD
086 CHINESE BREAKDOWN Copper Creek CC 0175 CD
087 LAUREL BRANCH Copper Creek CC 0175 CD
088 GREY EAGLE Copper Creek CC 0175 CD
ALBUMS
Prestige International 13026 Orange Blossom Special: Sally Gooden; Down In A Willow Garden; Grey Eagle; Orangle Blossom Special; Bury Me Beneath A Willow; Fire On A Mountain; Bill Cheatum; Put My Little Shoes Away; Soldier’s Joy; Rabbit In The Log; Blackberry Blossom; Maggie; Old Joe Clark - 62
June Appal JA 007 Deep in Tradition: Nancy Rowland; St. Anne's Reel; Laurel Branch; Big Cabin; Paddy on the Handcar; Good Night Waltz; Forked Deer; Money Musk; Rose for Polly; Gambler's Hornpipe; Grey Eagle; Flop Eared Mule; Soldier's Joy; Forks of Sandy; Indian Summer; Three Star Hornpipe; Dance Around Molly; Say Old Man, Can You Play the Fiddle; Four Miles To Cumberland; Miss McLeod's; Wilson's Hornpipe; Hiram's Hornpiupe - 76
Ivy Creek ICR 201 Say Old Man Can You Play the Fiddle: Miss McLeod's; Wilson's Hornpipe; Nancy Rowland; Rose for Polly; Texas Quickstep; Good Night Waltz; Old Hickory Hornpipe; Across the Shannon; Soldier's Joy; Three Star Hornpipe; Linefork; Gentleman from Virginia – 92 (cassette)
Ivy Creek ICR 250 Carroll Best Band with Tommy Hunter: Leather Britches; Old Hickory Hornpipe; St. Anne's Reel; Gentleman from Virginia; Little Stream; Say Old Man, Can You Play the Fiddle; Gambler's Hornpipe; Texas Quickstep; Linefork; Whiskey Before Breakfast; Across the Shannon; Johnson Boys - 93 Carroll Best Band with Tommy Hunter (cassette)
Copper Creek CC 0175CD Say Old Man, Can You Play the Fiddle: Lonesome Road Blues; Daley's Reel; Tom and Jerry; Whiskey Before Breakfast; Topeka Polka; Bill Bailey; Little Stream of Whiskey; Say Old Man, Can You Play the Fiddle (with Carroll Best); McMichan's Reel; Nut Medley; Johnson Boys; Angeline the Baker; Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (with Carroll Best); New Broom; Sam's Song; Forked Deer; Katy Hill; Fisher's Hornpipe; Chicken Reel; Little Rock Getaway; Leather Britches; Keep Smiling; Liberty; Cripple Creek; Bile 'em Cabbage Down (with Carroll Best); Martha Campbell; Brilliancy; Snowflake Reel; World Is Waiting for the Sunrise (with Carroll Best ); Staten Island Hornpipe; Swedish Waltz
(with Carroll Best); Buffalo Gals; Chinese Breakdown; Laurel Branch; Grey Eagle; Three Star Hornpipe – 13-02-01 (rec. 1974-1995 Berea College, Berea, KY; Bristol, TN; Butterside Studios, Asheville, TN; Carroll's Home)