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S A M A N T H A   B U M G A R N E R
Samantha Bumgarner
née Sarah Samantha Biddix, a/k/a "Aunt Samantha Bumgarner"
b. October 31, 1878, perhaps in Tennessee
associated for her whole life with Jackson County, North Carolina, particularly the neighbouring towns of Dillsboro' and Sylva, North Carolina
d. December 24, 1960 in her home at Love Field, NC
buried in Dillsboro's Franklin Cemetery
discography
S A M A N T H A   B U M G A R N E R; source: Library of Congress
source: Library of Congress

#year
of release
title / label / notes

10 inch 78 rpm
Since this ain't no museum, my aim is not to depict actually existing specimen of 78 rpm records,
but to show the labels as pristine as workmanlike possible

even if this - in some cases - takes a whole lot of my time to photoshop process the initial data
11924 

SAMANTHA BUMGARNER and EVA DAVIS
- Big-Eyed Rabbit (81710-2) #   @ youtube
EVA DAVIS
- Wild Bill Jones (81711-2)   @ youtube

# rec. April 22, 1924 in New York, NY; prob.: Samantha Bumgarner, voc, vn; Eva Davis, bj
* rec. April 22, 1924 in New York, NY; Eva Davis, voc; own or Samantha Bumgarner, bj

 
Columbia 129-D

= Harmony 5093-H (as by LUELLA GARDNER & DAVID)

   

- Down The Road (81708- )
- Mountain Top (81709- )

rec. April 22, 1924 in New York, NY; prob.: Samantha Bumgarner, vn; Eva Davis, bj

Columbia unissued

   

- Last Gold Dollar (81713- )
- Every Day Blues (81714- )

rec. April 23, 1924 in New York, NY; Samantha Bumgarner, bj solo

Columbia unissued

21924SAMANTHA BUMGARNER

- Shout Lou (81715-2)   @ youtube
- Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss (81716-1)   @ youtube

rec. April 23, 1924 in New York, NY; Samantha Bumgarner, bj solo, calls


Columbia 146-D

= Harmony 5094-H (as by LUELLA GARDNER)

31924SAMANTHA BUMGARNER

- The Worried Blues (81718-2)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Georgia Blues (81719-1)   @ youtube

rec. April 23, 1924 in New York, NY; Samantha Bumgarner, voc, bj


Columbia 166-D

= Harmony 5111-H (as by LUELLA GARDNER)

41924 

SAMANTHA BUMGARNER and EVA DAVIS
- Cindy In The Meadows (81706-1) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
EVA DAVIS
- John Hardy (81712-2) *   @ youtube

# rec. April 22, 1924 in New York, NY; prob.: Samantha Bumgarner, voc, vn; Eva Davis, bj
* rec. April 22, 1924 in New York, NY; Eva Davis, voc; own or Samantha Bumgarner, bj


Columbia 167-D


= Harmony 5097-H (as by GARDNER and DAVID)

= Diva 6010-G (as by GARDNER and DAVID)

= Velvet Tone 7036-V (as by GARDNER and DAVID)

51924 

SAMANTHA BUMGARNER and EVA DAVIS
- I Am My Mother's Darlin' Child (81707-2) #   @ youtube
SAMANTHA BUMGARNER
- The Gamblin' Man (81717-2) *   @ youtube

# rec. April 22, 1924 in New York, NY; prob.: Samantha Bumgarner, vn; Eva Davis, bj
* rec. April 23, 1924 in New York, NY; Samantha Bumgarner, bj solo


Columbia 191-D

= Harmony 5113-H (as by GARDNER and DAVID)


LP / CD compilations
61956Banjo Songs of the Southern Mountains

Obray Ramsey & Henry Gentry - Little Maggie
George Pegram & Walter Parham - Cripple Creek
Harry & Jeanie West - Keep My Skillet Good And Greasy
George Pegram & Walter Parham - Old Reuben
Harry & Jeanie West - Careless Love
George Pegram & Walter Parham - John Henry
Harry & Jeanie West - Way Down On The Island
Harry & Jeanie West - Awake, Awake You Drowsy Sleepers

Obray Ramsey & Henry Gentry - Poor Little Ellen
George Pegram - Arkansas Traveler
Harry & Jeanie West - The Boston Burglar
George Pegram & Walter Parham - Good Old Mountain Dew
Harry & Jeanie West - Lost John
Obray Ramsey & Henry Gentry - Pretty Polly
Harry & Jeanie West - Finger Ring
George Pegram & Walter Parham - Cumberland Gap

Samantha Bumgarner - Fly Around, My Pretty Little Miss


Riverside RLP 12-610 (US 1956)


= Washington WLP 712 (US 1961) "Good Old Mountain Dew: Banjo Songs Of The Southern Mountains"

71978Banjo Pickin' Girl
Women in Early Country Music   Vol. 1

Eva Davis And Samantha Bumgarner - Big Eyed Rabbit
Roba Stanley - Single Life
Roba Stanley - All Night Long
Louisiana Lou - Export Gal
Louisiana Lou - Banjo On My Knees
Billie Maxwell - Cowboy's Wife
Blue Ridge Mountain Singers - I Wish I Had Never Met You
Blue Ridge Mountain Singers - Christine Leroy

Moonshine Kate - The Poor Girl's Story
Moonshine Kate - Last Gold Dollar
Bowman Sisters - Old Lonesome Blues
Rubeye Blevins - Montana Plains
Rubeye Blevins - Waltz Of The Hills
Girls Of The Golden West - Bucking Broncho
Coon Creek Girls - Sowing On The Mountain
Coon Creek Girls - Banjo Pickin' Girl


notes by Chearles Wolfe & Patricia A. Hall

Rounder 1029 (US 1978)

Rounder Records discography

81998Hard Times Come Again No More   Vol. 1
Rural Songs of Hard Times and Hardships
Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 30s

The Bentley Boys - Down On Penny's Farm
Blind Alfred Reed - How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live
Lane Hardin - Hard Time Blues [Bluebird B6242]
Ernest Stoneman - All I Got's Gone
Slim Smith - Bread Line Blues
Alec Johnson - Miss Meal Cramp Blues
Kelly Harrell - My Name Is John Johanna
Dave McCarn - Serves 'em Fine
J.D. Short - It's Hard Time
Uncle Dave Macon - All In Down And Out
Rutherford & Foster - Richmond Blues
Elder Curry & His Congregation - Hard Times
Cofer Brothers - Georgia Hobo
Blind Lemon Jefferson - One Dime Blues
Fiddlin' John Carson - Dixie Boll Weevil
Chubby Parker - See The Black Clouds A'Breakin' Over Yonder
Scrapper Blackwell - Down And Out Blues
Edward L. Crain - Starving To Death On A Government Claim
Barbecue Bob - We Sure Got Hard Times

Samantha Bumgarner - Georgia Blues
Mississippi John Hurt - Blue Harvest Blues
Dixon Brothers - Weaver's Life
Graham Brothers - Hard Times Come Again No More


notes by Don Kent

Yazoo CD 2036 (US 1998)

Yazoo Records discography

91998The North Carolina Banjo Collection

disc 1:
Odell Thompson - Georgia Buck (3:12)
Babe Reid - Corinna (1:25)
Etta Baker - Going Down The Road Feeling Bad (2:18)
Libba Cotten - Low Baked A Hoe Cake (1:19)
John Snipes - Snow A Little, Rain A Little (3:51)
Dink Roberts - Fox Chase (2:19)
Ola Belle Reed - Going To Write Me A Letter (3:18)

Samantha Bumgarner - The Worried Blues (3:18)
Bascom Lamar Lunsford - Mr. Garfield (8:20)
Bertie Dickens - Cleveland's Marching To The White House (1:24)
Marvin Gaster - The Old Doctor That Fell In The Well (1:50)
Walter Raleigh Babson - Hello Coon (2:57)
Scotty Wiseman - Sugar Babe (2:26)
Doc Watson - Reuben's Train (2:40)
Gaither Carlton - Rambling Hobo (0:56)
Frank Proffitt - Cumberland Gap (1:23)
Fred Cockerham - Roustabout (1:21)
Stella Kimble - Cottone Eyed Joe (2:18)
Tommy Jarrell - John Henry (1:21)
Kyle Creed - Lost Indian (2:34)
Charlie Lowe - Cripple Creek (2:4)
1 Carlie Marion - Under The Double Eagle (3:07)


disc 2:
Glenn Davis - Blue Ridge Mountain Home (3:15)
Kelly Sears - Little Log Cabin In The Lane (2:29)
Ernest Helton - Royal Clog (3:06)
Clay Everhart - Arkansas Traveler / Old Black Joe / Sweetheart, Would You Care? (1:54)
Frank Jenkins - Babtist Shout (2:46)
Smith And Allgood - American And Spanish Fandango (3:04)
Fisher Hendley - Shuffle, Feet, Shuffle (2:37)
J.G. & Jerry Wayne Britt - Missouri Waltz (3:09)
Carl Nance - Italian Waltz (1:40)
Charlie Poole - There'll Come A Time (3:29)
Mack Woolbright - The Man Who Wrote 'Home Sweet Home' Never Was A Married Man (3:19)
Wilmer Watts - Cotton Mill Blues (3:02)
Dock Walsh - Come Bathe In That Beautiful Pool (2:57)
Arnold Watson - Biscuits (3:17)
Hobbie Whitener - Whoa, Mule, Whoa (2:20)
George Pegram - I Left My Old Home In The Mountains (4:20)
Wade Mainer - Short Life And Its Trouble (2:27)
Snuffy Jenkins - Nancy Rowland (0:50)
A.C. Overton - Railroad (1:23)
Carroll Best - The Nut Medley: Chinquapin Hunting / Acorn Hill Breakdown (2:14)


artwork by Azechi Atsu

2 CD set
notes by Bob Carlin, Andy Cahan, Robert Winans, Wayne Martin

Rounder CD 0439/40 (US 1998)

John Snipes discography

102004Mountain Blues: Blues, Ballads & String Bands 1927-1938

disc 1:
- Match Box Blues - Larry Hensley
- Black Snake Moan - Cobb / Underwood
- Johnson City Blues - Clarence Green
- Franklin County Blues - The Dixie Ramblers
- Blue Grass Twist - South Georgia Highballers
- Bibb County Grind - South Georgia Highballers
- Barber's Blues - Frankie Marvin
- Dust Pan Blues - Frankie Marvin
- I'm Blue and Lonesome - Frankie Marvin / Gene Autry
- Do Right Daddy Blues - Gene Autry
- Black Bottom Blues - Gene Autry
- The - Gene Autry Rheumatism Blues
- Do Right Daddy Blues - Gene Autry
- Oozlin' Daddy Blues - Cliff Hobbs / Bill Cox
- Kansas City Blues - Cliff Hobbs / Bill Cox
- Long Chain Charlie Blues - Bill Cox
- Georgia Brown Blues - Bill Cox
- Got the Drunken Blues - Bill Cox
- NRA Blues - Bill Cox
- Arkansas Hard Luck Blues - Lonnie Glosson
- New Talking Blues - Hershal Brown
- Puckett Blues - Riley Pucket
- I Get the Blues When It Rains - Riley Puckett
- Old Lonesome Blues - Bowman Sisters
- Mistreated Blues - The Carolina Buddies

disc 2:
- Cocaine - Dick Justice
- Brown Skin Blues - Dick Justice
- Old Black Dog - Dick Justice
- Poca River Blues - Dick Justice / Reese Jarvis
- Bread Line Blues - Slim Smith
- Depot Blues - Crowder Brothers
- Dark Holler Blues - Clarence Ashley
- Haunted Road Blues - Clarence Ashley
- Bay Rum Blues - Clarence Ashley / Gwen Foster
- East Virginia Blues - Clarence Ashley / Gwen Foster
- Wilkes County Blues - Gwen Foster
- Crooked Creek Blues - Gwen Foster / Walter Davis
- Sisco Harmonica Blues - The Carver Boys
- Wang Wang Harmonica Blues - The Carver Boys
- Blowing Blues - Chuck Darling
- Choking Blues - Kyle Wooten
- Lost Boy Blues - Palmer McAbee
- Georgia Wobble Blues - Carroll County Revellers

- The Worried Blues - Samantha Bumgarner
- Carroll County Blues - Fiddlin' Doc Roberts
- Cumberland Blues - Fiddlin' Doc Roberts
- Broke and Weary - Asa Martin & His Kentucky Hillbillies Lonesome
- Stockade Blues - The Georgia Crackers
- Brown's Ferry Blues #2 - The Callahan Brothers
- Rattle Snake Daddy - Homer "Bill" Callahan

disc 3:
- Farm Girl Blues - The Carolina Tar Heels
- Apron String Blues - The Carolina Tar Heels
- I Don't Like the Blues No How - The Carolina Tar Heels
- Cross Tie Blues - Buster & Jack
- Pouring Down Blues - Buster & Jack
- Carroll County Blues - S.W. Smith/W.T. Narmour
- Tequila Hop Blues - W.T. Narmour / S.W. Smith
- Bankhead Blues - Nations Brothers
- Railroad Blues - Nations Brothers
- Jake Legs Blues - Byrd Moore
- Killin' Blues - Jess Johnson / Byrd Moore
- Hesitation Blues - Reaves White County Ramblers
- Strawberry Blues - Reaves White County Ramblers
- Don't Let the Blues Get You Down - Buck Mountain Band
- Yodeling Blues - Buck Mountain Band
- I'm Sad and Blue - Perry County Music Makers
- Way Down Yonder Blues - Lemuel Turner
- Jake Bottle Blues - Lemuel Turner
- 12th Street Blues - Dupree's County Boys
- Hometown Blues - The Roane County Ramblers
- Unexplained Blues - Lowe Stokes
- Left All Alone Again Blues - Lowe Stokes
- Bone Dry Blues - Lowe Stokes
- Dry Town Blues - The Leake County Revelers
- Leake County Blues - The Leake County Revelers

disc 4:
- Deep Elem Blues - The Prairie Ramblers
- Kentucky Blues - The Prairie Ramblers
- Go Easy Blues - The Prairie Ramblers
- V.B. Blues - Three Tobacco Tags
- Reno Blues - Three Tobacco Tags
- Jersey Bull Blues - Three Tobacco Tags
- Moatsville Blues - Moatsville String Ticklers
- Triangle Blues - New Roanoke Jug Band
- Tennessee River Bottom Blues - Mike Shaw's Alabama Entertainers
- Blues in a Bottle - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers
- Jr. Married Life Blues - Oscar Ford
- Travellin' Blues - Freeny Harmonisers
- Ginseng Blues - Kentucky Ramblers
- Stove Pipe Blues - Kentucky String Ticklers
- Leaving Here Blues - Kentucky String Ticklers
- Tipple Blues - Kentucky String Ticklers
- Patrick County Blues - J.W. Spangler / Dave Pearson
- Cold Penitentiary Blues - George Edgin's Corn Dodgers
- Bath House Blues - Ashley's Melody Men
- I Never Felt So Blue - Ashley's Melody Men
- John Henry Blues - Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers
- Huckleberry Blues - Dykes Magic City Trio
- Worried Man Blues - Rodgers & Nicholson
- Rip Van Winkle Blues - Bud Landress
- All Night Long Blues - Richard Burnett / Leonard Rutherford


4 CD set
notes by Pat Harrison

JSP JSPCD 7740 (UK 2004)

112005Flowers in the Wildwood
Women in Early Country Music

- Wish I Was A Single Girl Again - Lulu Belle & Scotty
- Single Life - Roba Stanley
- I Left Her Standing There - The DeZurik Sisters
- Flowers Blooming In The Wildwood - Coon Creek Girls
- She Came Rollin' Down The Mountain - The Arron Sisters
- Just Another Broken Heart - The Carter Family
- Round-Up Time in Texas - The Girls of the Golden West
- We Are Climbing - Chuck Wagon Gang
- My Man's A Jolly Railroad Man - Moonshine Kate
- My Poncho Pony - Patsy Montana
- Lorena - Joe & Alma
- All The Good Times Are Past & Gone - Fred & Gertrude Gossett
- Round Town Girls - Wanda & Ruth Neal
- Home-Coming Week - The Leatherman Sisters
- Will You Think Of Me
- On the Banks Of The Old Tennessee - Mr. & Mrs. J.W. Baker
- Kentucky Miner's Wife (Ragged Hungry Blues) P.1 - Aunt Molly Jackson
- Go to Sleep My Darling - The DeZurik Sisters
- Walking In The King's Highway - The Carter Family
- My Loved Ones Are Waiting For Me - Southland Ladies Quartette
- Little Birdie - Coon Creek Girls

- Big-Eyed Rabbit - Samantha Bumgarner
- How'm I Doin - Aaron Sisters
- Prayer - Wisdom Sisters
- With My Banjo On My Knee Blues - Louisiana Lou



Trikont US-0310 (Germany 2005)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Tony Russell: Country Music Records - A Discography, 1921-1942.- Oxford (Oxford University Press), 2004), pp. 142-143, 298
- http://homepage.ntlworld.com/farawayhills/women.html
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Pat V. Conte for additional info / scans

 

 

 

 

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