Monday, May 27, 2013

Georgia Yellow Hammers



by Tony Russell, Henk Scholts, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
Members of this circle also participated in recordings by: Calhoun Sacred Quartet; Charles Brothers; Dixie Crackers; Gordon County Quartet; Moody Bible Sacred Harp Singers; The Moody Quartet; North Georgia Four; Nort Georgia Quartette; Turkey Mountain Singers; Bill Chitwood; Clyde Evans Band; (Uncle) Bud Landress; Phil Reeve - Charles Ernest Moody
18 February 1927 Victor Studio, Peach Tree Road, Atlanta, GA – Georgia Yellow Hammers (Philip Reeve [gt/vcl-2], Elias Meadows [gt/vcl-3], Bud Landress [banjo/vcl-2], Bill Chitwood [fiddle/vcl-1/basssvcl-2/speach-1])
001 BVE-37919-1 PASS AROUND THE BOTTLE -2-3 Victor  20550 Montgomery Ward M-8054
002 BVE-37920-2 GOING TO RIDE THAT MIDNIGHT TRAIN 2  20549/BACM CD D 073
003 BVE-37921-1 JOHNSON'S OLD GREY MULE -1  20550 /Rounder 1032  BACM CD D 073
004 BVE-37922-1 FOURTH OF JULY AT A COUNTRY FAIR 02-3 20549/Rounder 1032
9 August 1927 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC – Georgia Yellow Hammers (Phil Reeve [vcl/gt], Clyde Evans [vcl/gt], Charles Ernest Moody [vcl/banjo/ukulele], Bud Landress [gt/fiddle])
005 BVE-39777-2 TENNESSEE COON 21073/Rounder 1032/BACM CD D 073
006 BVE-39778-2 ALL OLD BACHELORS ARE HARD TO PLEASE 21073/BACM CD
D 073
007 BVE-39779-2 MARY DON'T YOU WEEP  20928/BACM CD D 073
008 BVE-39780-2 GOING TO RAISE A RUCUS TONIGHT  20928
009 BVE-39781-2 I'M S-A-V-E-D 21195/Rounder 1032/BACM CD D 073
010 BVE-39782-2 THE PICTURE ON THE WALL  20943/Rounder 1032 BACM CD D 073
9 August 1927 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC – Georgia Yellow Hammers (Phil Reeve [gt], Clyde Evans [vcl/gt], Charles Ernest Moody [banjo/ukulele], Bud Landress [speach], Andrew Baxter [fiddle])
011 BVE-39783-2 G RAG –instr.- 21195/Rounder 1032
10 August 1927 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC – Georgia Yellow Hammers (Phil Reeve [vcl/gt], Clyde Evans [vcl/gt], Charles Ernest Moody [vcl/banjo/ukulele], Bud Landress [ld vcl/fiddle])
012 BVE-39787-2 MY CAROLINA GIRL 20943/BACM CD D 073
10 August 1927 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC – Turkey Mountain Singers (Bud Landress [vcl], Charles Ernest Moody [tnr vcl], C. Philip Reeve [baritone vcl], Clyde Evans [bass vcl/accordion],  J.M. Barnette [org])
013 BVE-39791-2 I AM BOUND FOR THE PROMISED LAND  20942/BACM CD D 073
014 BVE-39792-2 HE LOVES ME  2094221 February 1928 Victor Studio, Peach Tree Road, Atlanta, GA – Georgia Yellow Hammers (Philip Reeve [gt/vcl-2], Clyde Evans [vcl-2/gt], Charles Ernest Moody [vcl/banjo/ukulele], Bud Landress [fiddle/vcl-1/speach])
015 BVE-41924-2 SONG OF THE DOODLE BUG -2  21362/Rounder 1032 BACM CD D 073
016 BVE-41925-1 THE MOONSHINE HOLLOW BAND -2  21626/Rounder 1032 BACM CD D 073
017 BVE-41926-2 MY EYES ARE GROWING DIMMER EVERY DAY -2  21486
018 BVE-41927-1 THE RUNNING BLUES -1  21626/BACM CD D 702
019 BVE-41928-1 WHEN THE BIRDS BEGIN THEIR SINGING IN THE TREES -2 21362 /Rounder 1032
BACM CD D 702 COUNTRY MUSIC UNCLES (UK, May 2023)
22 February 1928 Victor Studio, Peach Tree Road, Atlanta, GA – Georgia Yellow Hammers (Philip Reeve [gt/vcl], Clyde Evans [vcl/gt], Charles Ernest Moody [vcl/banjo/ukulele], Bud Landress [fiddle/vcl/speach])
020 BVE-41945-1 THE OLD ROCK JAIL BEHIND THE OLD IRON GATE 21486 /Rounder 1032  BACM CD D 073
18 October 1928 Victor Studio, Peach Tree Road, Atlanta, GA – Georgia Yellow Hammers (Bud Landress [ld vcl/banjo/speach-2], Philip Reeve [gt/vcl-4/speach-2],  Charles Ernest Moody [vcl-3/gt/speach-2])
021 BVE-47189-3 BIG BALL IN MEMPHIS -1-3-4  V-40138/County LP 504 BACM CD D 073
022 BVE-47190-2 COME OVER AND SEE ME SOMETIME -1-3-4  V-40091  ZOSA 4235/
BACM CD D 073 JSP 7780
023 BVE-47191-1 SALE OF SIMON SLICK PART 1 -2-3-4  V-40069
024 BVE-47192-3 SALE OF SIMON SLICK PART 2  -1-2-3-4  V-40069
025 BVE-47193-3 KISS ME QUICK -1-3-4 V-40091  ZOSA 4235/County LP 514 BACM CD D 073 JSP 7780
026 BVE-47194-3 BLACK ANNIE V-40138/Rounder 1032 JSP 7780
027 BVE-47195-2 WARHORSE GAME -1-3-4  V-40004/ Rounder 1032 JSP 7780
028 BVE-47196-3 THE DEACON'S CALF -3-4 V-40004
COUNTY LP 504 MOUNTAIN SONGS (1966); COUNTY LP 514 HELL BROKE LOOSE IN GEORGIA (1969); JSP 7780 SERENADE IN THE MOUNTAINS EARLY OLDTIME MUSIC ON RECORD  (UK, 2006); 
21 October 1928 Victor Studio, Peach Tree Road, Atlanta, GA – Turkey Mountain Singers
Bud Landress [tnr vcl], C. Charles Ernest Moody [tnr vcl], C. Philip Reeve [baritone vcl], Bill Chitwood [bass vc/accordion], Ira Mashburn [organ]
029 BVE-47217-2 DOES THE PATHWAY LEAD STRAIGHT  23602 AU 409
030 BVE-47218-2 HE WILL NEVER LEAVE ME Bluebird B-5542
031 BVE-47219 PRECIOUS MEMORIES B-5542
032 BVE-47220-2 KEEP MARCHING ALL THE TIME  23602 AU 409/BACM CD D
073
27 November 1929 Victor Studio, Peach Tree Road, Atlanta, GA – Georgia Yellow Hammers (C.Philip Reeve [gt/vcl-1], Melvin Dupree [gt], Bill Chitwood [fiddle/vcl-1], Charles Ernest Moody [poss fiddle-2/ukulele-3/vcl-1])
033 PBVE-56613-1 CHILDHOOD DAYS -1-3  23542
034 PBVE-56614-2 NO ONE TO WELCOME ME HOME -1-2  23542
035 PBVE-56615-1 WHITE LIGHTNING -3 23683 Bluebird B-5126  S-3207 AU 406/County LP 544
036 PBVE-56616-1 PEACHES DOWN IN GEORGIA 3  23683 B-5126  SR S-3207  AU 406 / Rounder 1032
COUNTY LP 544 GEORGIA FIDDLE BANDS VOL. 2 (1978)
18 April 1930 Victor Studio, Peach Tree Road, Atlanta, GA – Gordon County Quartet (prob Phil Reeve [ld vcl], Charles Ernest Moody [tnr vcl], Bud Landress [bar vcl], Tom
Chitwood [bass vcl], Bill Chitwood [fiddle], ? [piano]); unk pui
037 W150281-2 WALKING IN THE KING'S HIGHWAY Columbia 15713-D
038 W150282-2 BEYOND THE CLOUDS IS LIGHT 15713-D / BACM CD D 073


ALBUMS
Rounder 1032 The Moonshine Hollow Band:
The Moonshine Hollow Band; Whoa, Mule*; Pa, Ma, And Me*; Fourth Of July At A Country Fair; Johnson's Old Grey Mule; The Picture On The Wall; Tennessee Coon The Old Rock Jail; I'm S-A-V-E-D; G Rag;  Peaches Down In Georgia; Raise Rough House Tonight+; Song Of The Doodle Bug; When The Birds Begin Their Singing In The Trees; Warhorse Game; Behind The Old Iron Gate; Black Annie – 79
* as by Bill Chitwood and Uncle Bud Landress, + as by Bill Chitwood and his Georgia Mountaineers
BACM [UK] CD D 073 Johnson’s Old Grey Mule: Raise Rough House Tonight [2]; Howdy Bill [1]; Johnson’s Old Grey Mule; Mary Don’t You Weep; Hen Cackle [1]; All Gone Now; Going To Ride That Midnight Train; Tennessee Coon; I Am Bound For The Promised Land; I’m S-A-V-ED; Whoa Mule; The Picture On The Wall; My Carolina Girl; All Old Bachelors Are Hard To Please; Song Of The Doddle Bug; Moonshine Hollow Band; How I Got My Gal [3]; Keep Marching All The Time [4]; The Old Rock Jail Behind The Old Iron Gate; Big Ball In Memphis; Come Over And See Me Sometime; Kiss Me Quick; Rubber Dolly Rag [6]; Beyond The Clouds Is Light [5] – 04 (Bill Chitwood and Uncle Bud Landress [1], as by Bill Chitwood and his Georgia Mountaineers [2], as by Clyde Evens Band [3], as by Turkey Mountain Singers [4], as by Gordon County Quartet [5], as by Uncle Bud Landress [6]


Document [UK] DOCD-8067  The Georgia Yellow Hammers and Associates. Volume 1, "Fourth of July at a Country Fair": [Bill Chitwood, Bud Landress:] Pa, Ma and Me; Over the Sea; Hen Cackle; Fourth of July; Whoa Mule; Furniture Man; Jerusalem, Mourn; I Got Mine; Howdy, Bill; Johnny, Get Your Gun; [Calhoun Sacred Quartet:] Life's Railway to Heaven; The Church in the Wildwood; [Phil Reeve, Ernest Moody:] Down Where the Watermelon Grows; [The Georgia Yellow Hammers:] Pass Around the Bottle; Going to Ride That Midnight Train; Johnson's Old Grey Mule; Fourth of July at a Country Fair;  [Bill Chitwood And His Georgia Mountaineers:] How I Got My Wife; Smiling Watermelon; Preacher Blues; I Had But Fifteen Cents; It Won't Happen Again for Months; Fourth of July at the Country Fair - 14
Document [UK] DOCD-8068 The Georgia Yellow Hammers and Associates. Volume 2, August 9, 1927-February 21, 1928, "Bill Wishes He Was Single Again": Tennessee Coon; All Old Bachelors are Hard to Please; Mary, Don't You Weep; Going to Raise a Rucus Tonight; I'm S-A-V-E-D; The Picture on the Wall; G Rag; My Carolina Girl; [Phil Reeve, Ernest Moody:] Rock All Our Babies to Sleep; Bees are Humming Around the Flowers; Sweet Evelina; [Turkey Mountain Singers:] I Am Bound for the Promised Land; He Loves Me; [Bill Chitwood And His Georgia Mountaineers:] When Married Folks are Out of Cash; Raise Rough House Tonight; Bill Wishes He Was Single Again; Kitty Hill; [Uncle Bud Landress, The Georgia Yellow Hammers:] Christmas Time at Moonshine Hollow; Candy Pulling at Moonshine Hollow; [The Georgia Yellow Hammers:] Song of the Doodle Bug; The Moonshine Hollow Band; My Eyes are Growing Dimmer Every Day - 14
Document [UK] DOCD-8069 The Georgia Yellow Hammers and Associates. Volume 3, February 21, 1928-October 21, 1928, "Warhorse Game": The Running Blues; When the Birds Begin Their Singing in the Trees; The Old Rock Jail Behind the Old Iron Gate; [Uncle Bud Landress:] Coon-Hunting in Moonshine Hollow; Visiting Sal's House in Moonshine Hollow; [Charles Brothers:] Oh How I Love Jesus; Looking This Way; [North Georgia Quartette:] How Beautiful Heaven Must Be; Each Day I'll Do a Golden Deed; I Can, I Do, I Will; Wandering Child Come Home; [The Georgia Yellow Hammers:] Big Ball in Memphis; Come Over and See Me Sometime; Sale of Simon Slick - Part 1; Sale of Simon Slick - Part 2; Kiss Me Quick; Black Annie; Warhorse Game; The Deacon's Calf; [Turkey Mountain Singers:] Does the Pathway Lead Straight; He Will Never Leave Me; Precious Memories; Keep Marching All the Time – 11-14
Document [UK] DOCD-8070 The Georgia Yellow Hammers and Associates. Volume 4, 1929-1931, "White Lightning":  [Moody Bible Sacred Harp Singers:] Liberty; In That Morning; [Dixie Crackers:] The Old Bell Cow; [North Georgia Four:] Bye Bye Mama; She Was a Lulu; [Dixie Crackers:] Bile Them Cabbage Down; [Clyde Evans Band:]How I Got My Gal; All Gone Now; [Uncle Bud Landress, The Georgia Yellow Hammers:] Rubber Doll Rag; Rip Van Winkle Blues; [Uncle Bud Landress:] The Daddy Song - Part 1; The Daddy Song - Part 2; [The Georgia Yellow Hammers:] Childhood Days; No One to Welcome Me Home; White Lightning; Peaches Down in Georgia; [The Moody Quartet:] Kneel at the Cross; I Believe in God; [Gordon County Quartet:] Walking in the King's Highway; Beyond the Clouds is Light; [Nichols Brothers:] She's Killing Me; Dear Old Tennessee; I'm Lonely Since Mother's Gone – 11-14
 


SINGLES
Victor (1927-1929)
20549 Going To Ride That Midnight Train / Fourth Of July At A Country Fair – 27
20550 Pass Around The Bottle / Johnson's Old Grey Mule - 27
20928 Mary Don't You Weep /  Going To Raise A Rucus Tonight – 27
20942 I Am Bound For The Promised Land /  He Loves Me – 27 Turkey Mountain Singers
20943 The Picture On The Wall / My Carolina Girl - 27
21073 Tennessee Coon / All Old Bachelors Are Hard To Please  - 28
21195 I'm S-A-V-E-D / G Rag - 28
21362 Song Of The Doodle Bug / When The Birds Begin Their Singing In The Trees - 28
21486 My Eyes Are Growing Dimmer Every Day / The Old Rock Jail Behind The Old Iron Gate – 08-28
21626 The Moonshine Hollow Band / The Running Blues – 10-28
V-40004 Warhorse Game / The Deacon's Calf – 02-29
V-40069 Sale Of Simon Slick Part 1 / Sale Of Simon Slick Part 2  - 06-29
V-40091 Come Over And See Me Sometime / Kiss Me Quick – 08-29
V-40138 Big Ball In Memphis / Black Annie - 29
23542 Childhood Days / No One To Welcome Me Home – 05-31
23602  Does The Pathway Lead Straight / Keep Marching All The Time – 31 Turkey Mountain Singers (also on Aurora 409)
23683 White Lightning / Peaches Down In Georgia  - 07-32 (reissued on Bluebird B-5126)
Bluebird B-5542 He Will Never Leave Me / Precious Memories – 34 Turkey Mountain Singers
Montgomery Ward
M-8054 Pass Around The Bottle / [Bud Billings]
Columbia
15713-D Walking In The King's Highway / Beyond The Clouds Is Light – 30 Gordon County Quartet

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