The Bristol Sessions: 1927/1928 - Country Music's 'Big Bang'

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Tracklist

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1Don't Grieve After Me
recorded in:
Bristol, Tennessee, United States (on 1927-07-26)
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-07-26)
violin:
Ernest Phipps (on 1927-07-26)
recording of:
Don't Grieve After Me (on 1927-07-26)
writer:
Ernest Phipps
Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Quartet53:15
2I Want to Go Where Jesus Is
recorded in:
Bristol, Tennessee, United States (on 1927-07-26)
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-07-26)
violin:
Ernest Phipps (on 1927-07-26)
recording of:
I Want to Go Where Jesus Is (on 1927-07-26)
composer:
Ernest Phipps
publisher:
Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic)
Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Quartet52:59
3Old Time Corn Shuckin', Pt. 1
Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers2:57
4Old Time Corn Shuckin', Pt. 2
Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers3:30
5Walking in the Way With Jesus
fiddle:
Blind Alfred Reed (US folk musician) (on 1927-07-28)
guitar:
Arthur Wyrick (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
6The Wreck of the Virginian
Blind Alfred Reed3:00
7I 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. Karnes53:16
8Where 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. Karnes53:20
9Are You Washed in the Blood?
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-07-25)
soprano vocals:
Irma Frost (on 1927-07-25)
recording of:
Are You Washed in the Blood? (on 1927-07-25)
composer:
Elisha A. Hoffman (19th century hymn/gospel writer)
Ernest V. Stoneman & His Dixie Mountaineers3:22
10Sweeping Through the Gates
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-07-25)
fiddle:
Kahle Brewer (on 1927-07-25) and Uncle Eck Dunford (on 1927-07-25)
guitar:
Ernest Stoneman (on 1927-07-25)
organ:
Irma Frost (on 1927-07-25)
vocals:
Edna Brewer (on 1927-07-25), Irma Frost (on 1927-07-25) and Ernest Stoneman (on 1927-07-25)
recording of:
Sweeping Through the Gates (on 1927-07-25)
composer:
Ernest Stoneman
Ernest V. Stoneman & His Dixie Mountaineers3:09
11Pretty 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. Shelton54:31
12Darling 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. Shelton53:52
13Standing on the Promises
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-08-05)
vocals:
Roy Hobbs (on 1927-08-05)
recording of:
Standing on the Promises (on 1927-08-05)
composer:
Russell Kelso Carter
Tennessee Mountaineers2:43
14At the River
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-08-05)
choir vocals:
Tennessee Mountaineers (Bristol Sessions 1927-1928) (on 1927-08-05)
vocals:
Roy Hobbs (on 1927-08-05)
recording of:
At the River (on 1927-08-05)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Lowry (American hymn writer, 1826-1899) (in 1864)
Tennessee Mountaineers2:53
15The Longest Train I Ever Saw
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-08-04)
guitar:
Claude Grant (on 1927-08-04)
mandolin:
Jack Grant (on 1927-08-04)
violin:
Jack Pierce (on 1927-08-04)
vocals:
Claude Grant (on 1927-08-04)
recording of:
The Longest Train I Ever Saw (on 1927-08-04)
composer:
Claude Grant
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
The Tenneva Ramblers3:08
16Sweet Heaven When I Die
The Tenneva Ramblers3:03
17Greasy String
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-08-05)
violin:
W. B. Boyles (on 1927-08-05)
spoken vocals:
W. A. Meadows (on 1927-08-05)
recording of:
Greasy String (on 1927-08-05)
composer:
W. B. Boyles
publisher:
Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic)
West Virginia Coonhunters2:51
18Your Blue Eyes Run Me Crazy
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-08-05)
banjo and guitar:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1927-08-05)
fiddle:
W. B. Boyles (on 1927-08-05)
vocals:
W. A. Meadows (on 1927-08-05)
recording of:
Your Blue Eyes Run Me Crazy (on 1927-08-05)
composer:
W. B. Boyles
West Virginia Coonhunters3:18
19The Newmarket Wreck
autoharp:
Flora Baker (on 1927-08-03)
banjo:
J.H. Holbrook (on 1927-08-03)
fiddle:
J.E. Green (on 1927-08-03)
guitar:
Jim W. Baker (on 1927-08-03)
recording of:
The Newmarket Wreck (on 1927-08-03)
composer:
Jim W. Baker
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
Mr. & Mrs. J.W. Baker3:02
20On the Banks of the Sunny Tennessee
Mr. & Mrs. J.W. Baker3:12
21Billy Grimes the Rover
banjo:
Joe Blackard (on 1927-08-03)
fiddle:
Jesse Shelor (on 1927-08-03) and Pyrhus Shelor (on 1927-08-03)
piano:
Clarice Shelor (on 1927-08-03)
vocals:
Joe Blackard (on 1927-08-03)
recording of:
Billy Grimes the Rover (on 1927-08-03)
composer:
Joe Blackard
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
Shelor Family2:48
22Big Bend Gal
recorded in:
Bristol, Tennessee, United States (on 1927-08-03)
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-08-03)
banjo:
Joe Blackard (on 1927-08-03)
fiddle:
Jesse Shelor (on 1927-08-03) and Pyrhus Shelor (on 1927-08-03)
piano:
Clarice Shelor (on 1927-08-03)
vocals:
Joe Blackard (on 1927-08-03), Clarice Shelor (on 1927-08-03) and Jesse Shelor (on 1927-08-03)
recording of:
Big Bend Gal (on 1927-08-03)
composer:
Joe Blackard
Shelor Family2:48
23Henry Whitter's Fox Chase
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-08-02)
harmonica:
Henry Whitter (on 1927-08-02)
recording of:
Henry Whitter’s Fox Chase (on 1927-08-02)
composer:
Henry Whitter
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
Henry Whitter3:13
24Rain Crow Bill
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-08-02)
harmonica:
Henry Whitter (on 1927-08-02)
recording of:
Rain Crow Bill (on 1927-08-02)
composer:
Henry Whitter
Henry Whitter3:02
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