Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Jerry and Sky (by Dick Grant)



JERRY & SKY
SESSION DISCOGRAPHY

JERRY & SKY & The Melody Men
                                                                                                                               New York City, NY:                                           ca: September 1946          
Gerald “Jerry” Howorth (vcl/yodel-1/gtr); Schuyler “Sky” Snow (vcl/gtr); Ralph Jones (mand); William “Bill” Carver (dobro); plus Unk musicians from NYC.                          Producer:

1869-3/               TROUBLES IN MY HEART                                                               Sonora H 6000-B, MGM 10400
48-S-463-1           ()
1870-2                LEFT BY THE WAYSIDE                                                                  Sonora H 6001-B
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1871-1                AM I STILL P-A-R-T OF YOUR H-E-A-R-T                 ?                                     H 6001-A
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1872-1/               SPARKLING BROWN EYES                                    -1                       Sonora H 6000-A,           10400, Rounder 1015
48-S-462-1          ()                                                                                                   Catfish KATCD-195                                                                        

NB(1): THE MOUNTAIN BROADCAST AND PRAIRIE RECORDER-December 1945-JERRY and SKY still have the nightly 6:30pm spot on WHDH, Boston. They do a great deal of entertaining at Veterans Hospitals and their glistening beach wagon is getting to be a familiar sight in New England. Jerry (Haworth) and Sky (Schuyler Snow) were both born in Nashville, Tenn., and are called the Mountain Men From The Middle of the Mountain. They have been on the air nine years, and are heard by transcription in many sections of the country.
NB(2): SONORA Records advert Billboard Saturday 1st February 1947-SONORA H 6000.
NB(3): SONORA H 6000 reviewed SONORA advert Saturday 1st February 1947-The brothers Jerry and Sky spent six years roaming the country picking up folk lore and folk tunes first hand, actually living with the people who sing and live the lyrics. This background, plus extensive engagements in theaters and radio stations coast-to-coast gives their renditions the flavour fans demand.
NB(4): SONORA H 6000 released Monday 3rd February 1947.
NB(5): Billboard Advance Releases Saturday 8th February 1947-SONORA H 6000.
NB(6): SONORA records advert Billboard Saturday 1st March 1947-SONORA H 6001.
NB(7): SONORA H 6001 reviewed SONORA advert Billboard Saturday 1st March 1947-The brothers Jerry and Sky spent six years roaming the country picking up folk lore and folk tunes first hand, actually living with the people who sing and live the lyrics. This background, plus extensive engagements in theatres and radio stations coast-to-coast gives their renditions the flavour the fans demand.
NB(8): Billboard Advance Releases Saturday 1st March 1947-SONORA H 6001.
NB(9): SONORA H 6001 released Monday 3rd March 1947.
NB(10): SONORA H 6000 reviewed Billboard Folk Saturday 5th April 1947-These New Englanders sing in frantic Ozark Mt. style, blending their voices in righteous raspy fashion for an almost violent SPARKLING BLUE EYES. More reserved is their singing for the slow ballad, TROUBLES IN MY HEART. The Melody Men provide adequate string accompaniment. Hardly expected to hold up in music machines.
NB(11): SONORA H 6001 reviewed Billboard Folk Saturday 31st May 1947.
NB(12): Master nos. 1869-2 & 1872-1 purchased by MGM Records in 1948.
NB(13): Billboard Folk Record Reviews Saturday 7th May 1949-MGM 10400-SPARKLING BLUE EYES-74-74-73-75-Country weeper is moaned and howled over in duet by Jerry and Sky. TROUBLES IN MY HEART-68-69-68-67-Both tune and performance are several notches removed from the topside’s content.
NB(14): MGM 10400 released Monday 9th May 1949.
NB(15): CATFISH KATCD-195 “BLUEGRASS BEGINNINGS” released United Kingdom 2001.                                                                                          

JERRY & SKY & The Melody Men
                                                                                                                               New York City, NY:                                                                 1947
Jerry (vcl/gtr); Sky (vcl/gtr); Ralph Jones (mand/dobro-1); Bill Carver (dobro); Allen “Bud” Arthur (fdl); Joseph “Joey” (accdn); plus
Unk musicians.                                                                                Producer:

              /           ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL                                                          Sonora H 7050-B, MGM 10347, MGM K11356
48-S-448             (Ervin Rouse)                                                                                  Rounder 1015, Catfish KATCD-195, JSP JSP-7731
              /           DRIFTWOOD ON THE RIVER                                                          Sonora H 7050-A, MGM 10347, MGM K11356
48-S-449             ()
2055-1                YOU CAN’T GO WRONG DOING RIGHT                                           Sonora H 7051-B
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2056                   GOODBYE, MY LOVER GOODBYE                                                   Sonora H 7049-B
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2057                   NO ONE NOW                                                                    H 7049-A
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2058-1                CRYING FOR YOU                                                                         Sonora H 7051-A
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                         DREAMY EYES                                                     Sonora H 7052-A
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                         THE FIRST WHIPPOORWILL                                                           Sonora H 7052-B
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                         Unknown Title                                                        Sonora (Uniss)
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                         Unknown Title                                                        Sonora (Uniss)
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                         Unknown Title                                                        Sonora (Uniss)
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                         Unknown Title                                                        Sonora (Uniss)
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                         Unknown Title                                                        Sonora (Uniss)
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NB(1): SONORA H 7049 reviewed Billboard Folk Saturday 20th September 1947.
NB(2): SONORA H 7049 released Monday 22nd September 1947.
NB(3): SONORA H 7050 reviewed Billboard Folk Saturday 27th September 1947.
NB(4): SONORA H 7050 released Monday 29th September 1947.
NB(5): SONORA H 7051 reviewed Billboard Folk Saturday 4th October 1947.
NB(6): SONORA H 7051 released Monday 6th October 1947.
NB(7): SONORA H 7052 reviewed Billboard Folk Saturday 4th October 1947.
NB(8): SONORA H 7052 released Monday 6th October 1947.
NB(9): MGM 10347 released February 1949.
NB10): MGM K11356 released 1952.
NB(11): ROUNDER 1015 “EARLY DAYS OF BLUEGRASS, Vol.3, NEW SOUNDS RAMBLIN’ FROM COAST TO COAST” released 1983.
NB(12): ROUNDER 1015 reviewed Bluegrass Unlimited Vol.18, #10-AApril 1984.
NB(13): JSP JSP-7731 “BLUEGRASS EARLY CUTS 1931-1953 CLASSIC RECORDINGS MASTERED” released United Kingdom Tuesday 24th August 2004.         

JERRY & SKY
                          Universal Recording Studio, 46 East Walton Street                         Chicago, Ill:                                             Monday 1st August 1949
Jerry (vcl/gtr); Sky (vcl/gtr); Ralph Jones (dobro); Lily Mae Ledford (bjo) or Cynthia May “Cousin Emmy” Carver (bjo); Allen Arthur (fdl); plus Unk musicians.           Producer:

75109                 SPARKLING DARK EYES                                                                 Decca 46179, Decca 9-46179
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75110                 BLOW YOUR WHISTLE, FREIGHT TRAIN                Decca (Uniss)
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75111                 CHURCH BELLS                                                   Decca 4 6179,            9-46179
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75112                 THERE’LL BE NO TEARDROPS TONIGHT                Decca (Uniss)
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NB: DECCA 46179/DECCA 9-46179 released Tuesday 6thSeptember 1949.

JERRY & SKY
             poss Universal Recording Studio, 46 East Walton Street   Chicago, Ill:       ca. 1950
Jerry (vcl/gtr); Sky (vcl/gtr); Ralph Jones (dobro); Allen Arthur (fdl); plus Unk musicians.
                                                                                                                               Producer:

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                          Unknown Title                                                        Decca (Uniss)
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                          Unknown Title                                                        Decca (Uniss)
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                          Unknown Title                                                        Decca (Uniss)
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NB: Some titles were Hank Williams songs. According to Jerry Howarth, at the time Hank Williams, death, none of these titles had been issued, and Decca decided not to release them. Jerry believes that it may have been because of the uncertainty concern the Hank Williams estate, ownership of his music, etc. He thinks Decca did not want to get embroiled in any legal entanglements, so they just scrapped the whole session.

DISCOGRAPHY compiled by DICK GRANT, WALT SAUNDERS & JERRY HOWORTH with acknowledgements to Al Turner, Michel Ruppli and Frantisek Frank.

2009-2013.         

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