The Bristol Sessions: 1927-1928: The Big Bang of Country Music

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Tracklist

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1The Jealous Sweetheart (Take 1)
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-07-28)
guitar:
Charles Johnson (Johnson Brothers) (on 1927-07-28)
steel guitar:
Paul Johnson (Johnson Brothers) (on 1927-07-28)
vocals:
Paul Johnson (Johnson Brothers) (on 1927-07-28)
recording of:
The Jealous Sweetheart (on 1927-07-28)
composer:
Paul Johnson (Johnson Brothers)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
Johnson Brothers3:11
2The Jealous Sweetheart (Take 2)
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-07-28)
guitar:
Charles Johnson (Johnson Brothers) (on 1927-07-28)
steel guitar:
Paul Johnson (Johnson Brothers) (on 1927-07-28)
vocals:
Paul Johnson (Johnson Brothers) (on 1927-07-28)
recording of:
The Jealous Sweetheart (on 1927-07-28)
composer:
Paul Johnson (Johnson Brothers)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
Johnson Brothers3:15
3A Passing Policeman
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-07-28)
bones:
El Watson (on 1927-07-28)
guitar:
Charles Johnson (Johnson Brothers) (on 1927-07-28)
steel guitar:
Paul Johnson (Johnson Brothers) (on 1927-07-28)
vocals:
Paul Johnson (Johnson Brothers) (on 1927-07-28)
recording of:
A Passing Policeman (on 1927-07-28)
lyricist:
Edward B. Marks
composer:
Joseph W. Stern
arranger:
Charles Johnson (Johnson Brothers)
Johnson Brothers3:26
4Just a Message From Carolina
recorded in:
Bristol, Tennessee, United States (on 1927-07-28)
guitar:
Charles Johnson (Johnson Brothers) (on 1927-07-28)
steel guitar:
Paul Johnson (Johnson Brothers) (on 1927-07-28)
vocals:
Paul Johnson (Johnson Brothers) (on 1927-07-28)
performer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-07-28)
recording of:
Just a Message (on 1927-07-28)
recording of:
Just a Message From Carolina (on 1927-07-28)
writer:
Charles Johnson (Johnson Brothers) and Paul Johnson (Johnson Brothers)
Johnson Brothers3:08
5The Wreck of the Virginian (Take 1)
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-07-28)
violin and baritone vocals:
Blind Alfred Reed (US folk musician) (on 1927-07-28)
recording of:
The Wreck of the Virginian (on 1927-07-28)
composer:
Blind Alfred Reed (US folk musician)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
Blind Alfred Reed3:08
6The Wreck of the Virginian (Take 2)
recorded in:
Bristol, Tennessee, United States (on 1927-07-28)
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-07-28)
violin and baritone vocals:
Blind Alfred Reed (US folk musician) (on 1927-07-28)
recording of:
The Wreck of the Virginian (on 1927-07-28)
composer:
Blind Alfred Reed (US folk musician)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
Blind Alfred Reed3:01
7I Mean to Live for Jesus
recorded in:
Bristol, Tennessee, United States (on 1927-07-28)
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-07-28)
guitar:
Arthur Wyrick (on 1927-07-28)
violin and baritone vocals:
Blind Alfred Reed (US folk musician) (on 1927-07-28)
recording of:
I Mean to Live for Jesus (on 1927-07-28)
composer:
Blind Alfred Reed (US folk musician)
Blind Alfred Reed3:01
8You Must Unload
recorded in:
Bristol, Tennessee, United States (on 1927-07-28)
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-07-28)
fiddle and baritone vocals:
Blind Alfred Reed (US folk musician) (on 1927-07-28)
guitar:
Arthur Wyrick (on 1927-07-28)
recording of:
You Must Unload (on 1927-07-28)
composer:
Blind Alfred Reed (US folk musician)
Blind Alfred Reed3:08
9Walking in the Way With Jesus (Take 1)
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-07-28)
guitar:
Arthur Wyrick (on 1927-07-28)
violin and baritone vocals:
Blind Alfred Reed (US folk musician) (on 1927-07-28)
recording of:
Walking in the Way With Jesus (on 1927-07-28)
composer:
Blind Alfred Reed (US folk musician)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
Blind Alfred Reed3:05
10Walking in the Way With Jesus (Take 2)
recorded in:
Bristol, Tennessee, United States (on 1927-07-28)
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-07-28)
guitar:
Arthur Wyrick (on 1927-07-28)
violin and baritone vocals:
Blind Alfred Reed (US folk musician) (on 1927-07-28)
recording of:
Walking in the Way With Jesus (on 1927-07-28)
composer:
Blind Alfred Reed (US folk musician)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
Blind Alfred Reed3:07
11Two Brothers are We
recorded in:
Bristol, Tennessee, United States (on 1927-07-28)
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-07-28)
bones:
El Watson (on 1927-07-28)
guitar:
Charles Johnson (Johnson Brothers) (on 1927-07-28)
steel guitar:
Paul Johnson (Johnson Brothers) (on 1927-07-28)
vocals:
Paul Johnson (Johnson Brothers) (on 1927-07-28)
recording of:
Two Brothers are We (on 1927-07-28)
composer:
Paul Johnson (Johnson Brothers)
Johnson Brothers with Tennessee Wildcats2:51
12The Soldier’s Poor Little Boy
recorded in:
Bristol, Tennessee, United States (on 1927-07-28)
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-07-28)
banjo:
Paul Johnson (Johnson Brothers) (on 1927-07-28)
guitar:
Charles Johnson (Johnson Brothers) (on 1927-07-28)
harmonica:
El Watson (on 1927-07-28)
vocals:
Paul Johnson (Johnson Brothers) (on 1927-07-28)
recording of:
The Soldier’s Poor Little Boy (on 1927-07-28)
writer:
Charles Johnson (Johnson Brothers) and Paul Johnson (Johnson Brothers)
Johnson Brothers with Tennessee Wildcats2:41
13I Want to See My Mother (Ten Thousand Miles Away)
recorded in:
Bristol, Tennessee, United States (on 1927-07-28)
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-07-28)
bones:
El Watson (on 1927-07-28)
guitar:
Charles Johnson (Johnson Brothers) (on 1927-07-28)
steel guitar:
Paul Johnson (Johnson Brothers) (on 1927-07-28)
vocals:
Paul Johnson (Johnson Brothers) (on 1927-07-28)
recording of:
I Want to See My Mother (Ten Thousand Miles Away) (on 1927-07-28)
writer:
Charles Johnson (Johnson Brothers) and Paul Johnson (Johnson Brothers)
Johnson Brothers3:09
14Pot Licker Blues
recorded in:
Bristol, Tennessee, United States (on 1927-07-28)
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-07-28)
guitar:
Charles Johnson (Johnson Brothers) (on 1927-07-28)
harmonica:
El Watson (on 1927-07-28)
recording of:
Pot Licker Blues (on 1927-07-28)
composer:
El Watson
publisher:
Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic)
El Watson2:50
15Narrow Gauge Blues
recorded in:
Bristol, Tennessee, United States (on 1927-07-28)
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-07-28)
guitar:
Charles Johnson (Johnson Brothers) (on 1927-07-28)
harmonica:
El Watson (on 1927-07-28)
recording of:
Narrow Gauge Blues (on 1927-07-28)
composer:
El Watson
El Watson2:54
16Cold Penitentiary Blues
recorded in:
Bristol, Tennessee, United States (on 1927-07-29)
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-07-29)
banjo:
B.F. Shelton (on 1927-07-29)
vocals:
B.F. Shelton (on 1927-07-29)
recording of:
Cold Penitentiary Blues (on 1927-07-29)
composer:
B.F. Shelton
B.F. Shelton3:32
17Oh Molly Dear
recorded in:
Bristol, Tennessee, United States (on 1927-07-29)
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-07-29)
banjo:
B.F. Shelton (on 1927-07-29)
vocals:
B.F. Shelton (on 1927-07-29)
recording of:
O Molly Dear (on 1927-07-29)
writer:
B.F. Shelton
publisher:
Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic)
recording of:
Oh Molly Dear (on 1927-07-29)
composer:
B.F. Shelton
B.F. Shelton53:09
18Pretty Polly
recorded in:
Bristol, Tennessee, United States (on 1927-07-29)
banjo:
B. F. Shelton (on 1927-07-29)
vocals:
B. F. Shelton (on 1927-07-29)
recording of:
Pretty Polly (on 1927-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15)
B.F. Shelton54:37
19Darling Cora
recorded in:
Bristol, Tennessee, United States (on 1927-07-29)
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-07-29)
banjo:
B.F. Shelton (on 1927-07-29)
vocals:
B.F. Shelton (on 1927-07-29)
recording of:
Darling Cora (on 1927-07-29)
composer:
B.F. Shelton
B.F. Shelton53:55
20Called to the Foreign Field
recorded in:
Bristol, Tennessee, United States (on 1927-07-29)
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-07-29)
harp guitar:
Alfred G. Karnes (on 1927-07-27)
vocals:
Alfred G. Karnes (on 1927-07-27)
recording of:
Called to the Foreign Field (on 1927-07-29)
composer:
Elder John B. Goins
Alfred G. Karnes53:17
21I Am Bound for the Promised Land
recorded in:
Bristol, Tennessee, United States (on 1927-07-29)
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-07-29)
guitar:
Alfred G. Karnes (on 1927-07-29)
vocals:
Alfred G. Karnes (on 1927-07-29)
recording of:
I Am Bound for the Promised Land (on 1927-07-29)
composer:
Alfred G. Karnes
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
Alfred G. Karnes53:21
22Where We’ll Never Grow Old
recorded in:
Bristol, Tennessee, United States (from 1927-02 until 1927-07-29)
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-07-29)
guitar:
Alfred G. Karnes (on 1927-07-29)
vocals:
Alfred G. Karnes (on 1927-07-29)
recording of:
Where We’ll Never Grow Old (on 1927-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
George Jones (US country music vocalist) and James C. Moore
Alfred G. Karnes53:26
23When They Ring the Golden Bells
recorded in:
Bristol, Tennessee, United States (on 1927-07-29)
guitar:
Alfred G. Karnes (on 1927-07-29)
vocals:
Alfred G. Karnes (on 1927-07-29)
recording of:
When They Ring the Golden Bells (on 1927-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
Dion de Marbelle
Alfred G. Karnes2:52
24To the Work
recorded in:
Bristol, Tennessee, United States (on 1927-07-29)
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-07-29)
guitar:
Alfred G. Karnes (on 1927-07-29)
vocals:
Alfred G. Karnes (on 1927-07-29)
recording of:
To the Work (on 1927-07-29)
lyricist:
Fanny Crosby
composer:
William H. Doane
Alfred G. Karnes2:54
25Train on the Island
recorded in:
Bristol, Tennessee, United States (on 1927-08-01)
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-08-01)
banjo:
J.P. Nester (US country musician, 1920s) (on 1927-08-01)
fiddle:
Norman Edmonds (on 1927-08-01)
vocals:
J.P. Nester (US country musician, 1920s) (on 1927-08-01)
recording of:
Train on the Island (on 1927-08-01)
composer:
J.P. Nester (US country musician, 1920s)
J.P. Nester3:04
26Black‐Eyed Susie
recorded in:
Bristol, Tennessee, United States (on 1927-08-01)
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-08-01)
banjo:
J.P. Nester (US country musician, 1920s) (on 1927-08-01)
violin:
Norman Edmonds (on 1927-08-01)
vocals:
J.P. Nester (US country musician, 1920s) (on 1927-08-01)
recording of:
Black-Eyed Susie (on 1927-08-01)
composer:
J.P. Nester (US country musician, 1920s)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
J.P. Nester3:02
27Johnny Goodwin
recorded in:
Bristol, Tennessee, United States (on 1927-08-01)
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-08-01)
banjo:
William McReynolds (on 1927-08-01)
guitar:
Howard Green (US folk musician active 1927) (on 1927-08-01) and Charlie Greer (on 1927-08-01)
violin:
Charles McReynolds (on 1927-08-01)
vocals:
Bill Deane (on 1927-08-01)
recording of:
Johnny Goodwin (on 1927-08-01)
composer:
Charles McReynolds
publisher:
Carfax Publishing Co
Bull Mountain Moonshiners2:59
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