Saturday, October 25, 2014

Doc Hopkins



*24-01-1900 Wallins Creek, Harlan County, KY, +03-01-1988
2nd version

By Tony Russell, Thieu Van De Vorst, Praguefrank, Walter Gabriel, Steve Hathaway, Lennart Gustavsson

SESSIONS17 July 1931 Furniture Mart Building, 666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL – Doc Hopkins (Doc Hopkins [vcl/gt])
001 TC-7907 SWEET BETSY FROM PIKE unissued
002 TC-7908 SUGAR BABE unissued
ca. November 1931 Grafton, WI – Doc Hopkins (Doc Hopkins [vcl/gt])
003 L-1218-2 SUGAR BABE Broadway 8306
004 L-1219-1 SWEET BETSY FROM PIKE Broadway 8306
005 L-1220-2 BARBARA ALLEN Broadway 8307
006 L-1221-2 THE LITTLE OLD LOG CABIN IN THE LANE Broadway 8305
007 L-1222-2 GOOSEBERRY PIE Broadway 8307
008 L-1224-1 DOWN ON THE OLD PLANTATION Broadway 8305
ca. April 1932 Grafton, WI – Doc Hopkins (Doc Hopkins [vcl/gt])
009 L-1461-2 TWENTY ONE YEARS Paramount 577
010 L-1462-2 OLD JOE CLARK Paramount 577
011 L-1466-2 LITTLE JOE Broadway 8337
012 L-1471-1 METHODIST PIE Broadway 8337
ca. April 1932 Grafton, WI – Little George Porgie Breakfast Food Baby of The Air (George Savage [vcl], Doc Hopkins [gt])
L01 L-1458 MEDLEY OF KIDDIE RHYMES Paramount 573
L02 L-1460 THE RING SONG Paramount 573
L03 L-1465 THE CROSS EYED ROY AND SCHOOL DAYS Paramount 572
L04 L-1468 BOYHOOD DAYS DOWN ON THE FARM Paramount 572
20 January 1936 Furniture Mart Building, 666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL – Doc Hopkins (Do Hopkins [vcl/gt], ? [steel], ? [bass], Slim Miller [fiddle]. Producer: Art Satherley)
013 C 1201-1-2 OLD FIDDLER JOE unissued
014 C 1204-1-2 DUCKY DADDY unissued
015 C 1206-1-2 EMPTY CRADLE unissued
016 C 1207-1 THE RANGE IN THE SKY unissued
017 C 1208-1 FOURTEEN LITTLE PUPPIES unissued
018 C 1209-1 ON THE HILLS OVER THERE unissued
019 C 1210-1 THE OLD CROSS ROADS unissued
4 March 1936 Furniture Mart Building, 666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL – Doc Hopkins (Doc Hopkins [vcl/gt] + unknown musicians. Producer: Art Satherley)
020 C 1289-1-2 NOBODY'S DARLING BUT MINE unissued
021 C 1290-1-2 THE CABIN JUST OVER THE HILL unissued
9 October 1936 Furniture Mart Building, 666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL – Doc Hopkins (Doc Hopkins [vcl/gt]))
022 C 1546-1 THE CHURCH OF LONG AGO Conqueror 8749
023 C 1547-1 THE RANGE IN THE SKY unissued
024 C 1548-1 THE PLUSH COVERED ALBUM unissued
025 C 1549-1 THE PAL THAT IS ALWAYS TRUE Conqueeor 8748
026 C 1550-1 THE BLACK SHEEP unissued
027 C 1551-1 ASLEEP IN THE BRINY DEEP unissued
028 C 1552-1 MOTHER, QUEEN OF MY HEART Conqueror 8748
029 C 1553-1 CABIN JUST OVER THE HILL unissued
030 C 1554-1 THE GREAT JUDGEMENT MORNING Conqueror 8749
25 January 1937 Furniture Mart Building, 666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL – Doc Hopkins (Doc Hopkins [vcl/gt], Karl Davis [vcl/mandolin], Harty Taylor [vcl/gt].. Producer: Art Satherley)
031 C 1766-1-2 THE OLD CHAIN GANG unissued
032 C 1767-1-2 THE HOUND DOG BLUES unissued
5 March 1941 Chicago, IL – Doc Hopkins (solo vcl/gt)
033 C 93546-A BAD COMPANION Decca 5983
034 C 93547-A WRECK OF THE OLD 31 Decca 6039
035 C 93548-A WRECK BETWEEN NEW HOPE AND GETHSEMANE Decca 6039
036 C 93549-A KITTY WELLS Decca 5983
037 C 93550-A FATE OF THE BATTLESHIP MAINE Decca 5945
038 C 93551-A MY LITTLE GEORGIA ROSE Decca 5945
Ca late 1940s unknown – Doc Hopkins
039 UB 2834B THE BLUE TAIL FLY  Radio 1410
040 UB 2835B WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN 1411
041 UB 2836B JOHN HENRY 1411
042 UB 2837B CRIPPLE CREEK Radio 1410
19 July 1965 Los Angeles, CA – Doc Hopkins
043 FREE LITTLE BIRD Birch 1945  
044 TROUBLE AT THE COAL CREEK MINES Birch 1945  
045 TITANIC Birch 1945  
046 WRECK OF THE TITANIC Birch 1945  
047 FATE OF THE BATTLESHIP MAINE Birch 1945
048 WILD BILL JONES Birch 1945  
049 POOR ELLEN SMITH Birch 1945  
050 MY LAST OLD DOLLAR Birch 1945  
051 JOHN HENRY Birch 1945  
052 PEARL BRYANT Birch 1945  
053 JESSE JAMES Birch 1945  
054 J. B. MARCUM Birch 1945  
055 WRECK OF THE C AND O Birch 1945  


RADIO TRANSCRIPTIONS
? [Keystone transcriptions] unknown – Doc Hopkins and His Country Boys
KBS 199 CLEMENTINE
KBS 199 CODE OF THE MOUNTAINS
KBS 199 BARBARA ALLEN
KBS 199 HUSH A BYE BABY DON’T CRY
KBS 199 LETTER EDGED IN BLACK
KBS 226 LITTLE OLD LOG CABIN IN THE LANE
KBS 226 SINGLE GIRL
KBS 226 THERE’LL COME A TIME
KBS 226 OLD FOLKS AT HOME
KBS 226 LAST GREAT ROUNDUP
KBS 226 TRAIL TO MEXICO
1944 [M. M. COLE Radio transcriptions] Chicago, IL – Doc Hopkins
YTC 1845 GREAT SPECKLED BIRD No. 3 BACM CD D 088
YTC 1845 BORN TO THE SADDLE No. 3 BACM CD D 088
YTC 1846 THE OLD CHAIN GANG No. 4 BACM CD D 088
YTC 1846 YOU’RE A FLOWER BLOOMING IN THE WILDWOOD No. 4 BACM CD D 088
YTC 1846 LITTLE GIRL DRESSED IN BLUE no. 4 BACM CD D 088
YTC 1890 GET OUT OF HERE JOE No. 5 BACM CD D 088 CCD 335
YTC 1890 NO PLACE TO PILLOW MY HEAD No. 5 Cattle CCD 335
YTC 1890 IT'S TIME TO SAY ALOHA No. 5 Cattle CCD 335
YTC 1891 THERE'S NO OTHER LOVE FOR ME No. 6 Cattle CCD 335
YTC 1891 CABIN JUST OVER THE HILL No. 6 Cattle CCD 335
YTC 1891 FROM A CABIN IN KENTUCKY No. 6 Cattle CCD 335
VIC 2006 HOMECOMING IN HEAVEN No. 47 Cattle CCD 335
VIC 2006 POOR OLD HARD LUCK JOE No. 47  Cattle CCD 335
VIC 2006 I'LL BE THINKING OF YOU LITTLE GAL No. 47 Cattle CCD 335
VIC 2007 SOME OF THESE DAYS AND IT WON'T BE LONG No. 48 Cattle CCD 335
VIC 2007 WAY DOWN YONDER WHERE I COME FROM No. 48 Cattle CCD 335
VIC 2007 LET'S GO UP ON THE FERRIS WHEEL No. 48 Cattle CCD 335
VIC 2007 MY OLD HOUND No. 48 Cattle CCD 335
YTC 2016 I WAS BORN 4000 YEARS AGO  No. 50/BACM CD D 088
YTC 2016 ASLEEP IN THE BRINEY DEEP No. 50  BACM CD D 088
YTC 2016 GET ON BOARD LITTLE CHILDREN No. 50 BACM CD D 088
YTC 2016 GIVE MY LOVE TO NELL No. 50 BACM CD D 088
YTC 2016 GOLDEN SLIPPERS No. 50 BACM CD D 088
YTC 2017 WHERE IS MY WANDERING BOY TONIGHT No. 49 BACM CD D 088
YTC 2031 SHIP THAT NEVER RETURNED No. 55 BACM CD D 088
YTC 2031 I BELIEVE IN THE GOOD OLD BIBLE No. 55BACM CD D 088
YTC 2031 SPANISH CAVALIER No. 55BACM CD D 088
YTC 2031 CAN I SLEEP IN YOUR BARN TONIGHT MISTER? No. 55 BACM CD D 088
YTC 2031 THE SHIP THAT NEVER RETURNED No. 55 Cattle CCD 335
YTC 2032 THE CODE OF THE MOUNTAINS No. 56 Cattle CCD 335
YTC 2032 HUSH A BY BABY DON’T CRY No. 56 BACM CD D 088
YTC 2032 BARBARA ALLEN No. 56 BACM CD D 088
YTC 2032 LETTER EDGED IN BLACK No. 56 BACM CD D 088
YTC 2032 CODE OF THE MOUNTAINS No. 56 BACM CD D 088
YTC 2043 POLLY WOLLY DOODLE No. 57 BACM CD D 088
YTC 2043 THEY GOTTA QUIT KICKIN’ MY DOG AROUND No. 57 Cattle LP 92 BACM CD D 088
YTC 2043 WHEN THE CURTAINS OF NIGHT No. 57 BACM CD D 088
YTC 2043 BURY ME OUT ON THE PRAIRIE No. 57BACM CD D 088
YTC 2044 DAYS OF THE BLUE AND GREY No. 58 BACM CD D 088
YTC 2044 DYING COWBOY No. 58 BACM CD D 088
YTC 2044 SOURWOOD MOUNTAIN No. 58 Cattle CCD 335
YTC 2061 I’LL TAKE YOU HOME AGAIN KATHLEEN No. 63 BACM CD D 088
YTC 2061 ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH No. 63 BACM CD D 088
YTC 2061 BRING BACK TO ME MY WANDERING BOY No. 63  BACM CD D 088
YTC 2061 CHURCH IN THE WILDWOOD No. 63  BACM CD D 088
YTC 2062 HONEYSUCKLE TIME No. 64 BACM CD D 091
YTC 2062 LITTLE RED CABOOSE BEHIND THE TRAIN No. 64 BACM CD D 091
YTC 2062 I'LL GIVE YOU A PAPER OF PINS No. 64 BACM CD D 091
YTC 2062 FROGGIE WENT A COURTING No. 64 BACM CD D 091
YTC 2062 GET ALONG DOWN TO TOWN No. 64  BACM CD D 091
YTC 2070 THIS TRAIN  No. 83 Cattle LP 92 BACM CD D 091
YTC 2070 TIS SWEET TO BE REMEMBERED No. 83  BACM CD D 091
YTC 2070 MOOSE MEAT No. 83  LP92  BACM CD D 091
YTC 2070 HE’S THE LILY OF THE VALLEY No. 83  BACM CD D 091
YTC 2070 GOTTA LOT OF THINGS TO DO BEFORE I DIE No. 83  LP 92 BACM CD D 091
YTC 2071 GOODBYE MY LOVER, GOODBYE No. 84 BACM CD D 091   
YTC 2086 GOING TO LITTLE CREEK No. 65 BACM CD D 091
YTC 2086 MASSA'S IN THE COLD COLD GROUND No. 65 BACM CD D 091
YTC 2086 PUT MY LITTLE SHOES AWAY No. 65 BACM CD D 091
YTC 2086 THE VACANT CHAIR No. 65 BACM CD D 091
YTC 2087 GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK No. 66 BACM CD D 091
YTC 2087 WHERE HAS MY LITTLE DOG GONE No. 66  BACM CD D 091
YTC 2087 WHISPERING HOPE No. 66  BACM CD D 091
YTC 2087 WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE DANCE TONIGHT THERE No. 66  BACM CD D 091 
YTC 2087 WHEN YOU AND I WERE YOUNG MAGGIE No. 66 BACM CD D 091
YTC 2151 LITTLE OLD LOG CABIN IN THE LANE No. 73 Cattle LP 92  BACM CD D 091
YTC 2151 MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME No. 73 BACM CD D 091
YTC 2151 SALLY GET YOUR HOE CAKES DONE No. 73 BACM CD D 091 CCD 335
YTC 2151 JOHNSON BOYS No. 73 BACM CD D 091
YTC 2151 HOME ON THE RANGE No. 73 BACM CD D 091
YTC 2151 HOLD FAST TO THE RIGHT No. 73 BACM CD D 091 CCD 335
YTC 2151 BRING BACK MY BLUE EYED BOY TO ME No. 73 BACM CD D 091
YTC 2152 THERE’LL COME A TIME No. 74 BACM CD D 091
YTC 2152 THE OLD FOLKS AT HOME No. 74 BACM CD D 091
YTC 2152 THE LAST GREAT ROUNDUP No. 74 BACM CD D 091
YTC 2170 CURLY JOE No. 83 Cattle CCD 335
YTC 2170 'TIS SWEET TO BE REMEMBERED No. 83 Cattle CCD 335
YTC 2171 GOODBYE MY LOVER GOODBYE No. 84 Cattle CCD 335
YTC 2171 MARY WORE THREE LINKS OF CHAIN No. 84 Cattle CCD 335
YTC 2171 'T WAS MIDNIGHT ON THE STORMY DEEP No. 84 Cattle CCD 335
YTC 2171 A GIRL IN TENNESSEE No. 84 Cattle CCD 335
YTC 2216 KATY BROWN AND CHARLEY FRYE no. 85 Cattle CCD 335
From sessions above:
JACKSON TENNESSEE BLUES Cattle LP 92
I WONDER IF THEY MISS ME ON THE FARM Cattle LP 92
FRANK DUPREE Cattle LP 92
MY HORSES AIN’T HUNGRY Cattle LP 92
DIXIE BOLL WEEVILL Cattle LP 92
I WISH I WAS SINGLE AGAIN Cattle LP 92
THE SHERIFF’S SALE Cattle LP 92


ALBUMS

Birch No. 1945 Doc Hopkins: Free Little Bird; Trouble at the Coal Creek Mines; Titanic; Wreck of the Titanic; Fate of the Battleship Maine; Wild Bill Jones; Poor Ellen Smith; My Last Old Dollar; John Henry; Pearl Bryant; Jesse James; J.B. Marcum; Wreck Of The C and O – 71Cattle [GER] LP 92 Memories Of The WLS Barn Dance Days: Jackson Tennessee Blues; This Train; Moose Meat; Got A Lot Of Things To Do Before I Die; I Wonder If They Miss Me On The Farm; Frank Dupre; They Gotta Quit Kickin' My Dawg Around; My Horses Ain't Hungry; Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane; Dixie Boll Weevil; I Wish I Wish I Was Single Again; The Sheriff's Sale; Whatcha Going To Do; A Picture Of My Daddy When A Boy; The Love That Wasn't Meant To Be; Little Darling Let Me Pin A Rose On You - 86
BACM [UK] CD D 088 Doc Hopkins and His Country Boys Vol. 1: I Was Born 4000 Years Ago; Great Speckled Bird; The Old Chain Gang; Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight; You’re A Flower Blooming In The Wildwood; Asleep In The Briney Deep; Polly Wolly Doodle; Hush A By Baby Don’t Cry; Barbara Allen; Letter Edged In Black; Little Girl Dressed In Blue; Code Of The Mountains; Ship That Never Returned; I Believe In The Good Old Bible; Get On Board Little Children; Days Of The Blue And Grey; Give My Love To Nell; They Gotta Quit Kickin’ My Dog Around; I’ll Take You Home Again Kathleen; Dying Cowboy; Get Out Of Here Joe; Spanish Cavalier; Can I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister?; When The Curtains Of Night; Asleep At The Switch; Bring Back To Me My Wandering Boy; Church In The Wildwood; Born To The Saddle; Golden Slippers; Bury Me Out On The Prairie – 05 (M. M. COLE radio transcriptions recorded in Chicago in 1944)
BACM [UK] CD D 091 Doc Hopkins and His Country Boys Vol. 2: Going To Little Creek; Honeysuckle Time; Little Old Log Cabin; My Old Kentucky Home; Sally Get Your Hoe Cakes Done; Johnson Boys; Home On The Range; Hold Fast To The Right; Bring Back My Blue Eyed Boy To Me; Grandfather's Clock; Little Red Caboose Behind The Train; I'll Give You A Paper Of Pins; Massa's In The Cold Cold Ground; Put My Little Shoes Away; Froggie Went A Courting; Where Has My Little Dog Gone; Whispering Hope; We'll Have A Little Dance Tonight; There’ll Come A Time; Get Along Down To town; The Old Folks At Home; This Train; Tis Sweet To Be Remembered; Moose Meat; He’s The Lily Of The Valley; The Vacant Chair; Gotta Lot Of Things To Do Before I Die; When You And I Were Young Maggie; The Last Great Roundup;  Goodbye My lover, Goodbye  – 05 (M. M. COLE radio transcriptions recorded in Chicago in 1944)
Cattle Compact [GER] CCD 335 Doc Hopkins And His Country Boys In The 1940s: Get Out Of Here Joe; No Place To Pillow My Head; It's Time To Say Aloha; There's No Other Love For Me; Cabin Just Over The Hill; From A Cabin In Kentucky; Homecoming In Heaven; Poor Old Hard Luck Joe; I'll Be Thinking Of You Little Gal; Some Of These Days And It Won't Be Long; Way Down Yonder Where I Come From; Let's Go Up On The Ferris Wheel; My Old Hound; The Ship That Never Returned; The Code Of The Mountains; Sourwood Mountain; Hold Fast To The Right; Sally Git Your Hoe Cake Done; Curly Joe; 'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered; Goodbye My Lover Goodbye; Mary Wore Three Links Of Chain; 'T Was Midnight On The Stormy Deep; A Girl In Tennessee; Katy Brown And Charley Frye - 06 (transcriptions)


SINGLES
Paramount (1931)
Broadway
8305 The Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane / Down On The Old Plantation - 32
8306 Sugar Babe / Sweet Betsy From Pike - 32
8307 Barbara Allen / Gooseberry Pie – 32
8337 Little Joe / Methodist Pie
Paramount
572 The Cross Eyed Roy And School Days / Boyhood Days Down On The Farm - 32
573 Medley Of Kiddie Rhymes / The Ring Song – 32
577 Twenty One Years / Old Joe Clark - 32
ARC (1936-37)
Conqueror
8748 The Pal That Is Always True / Mother, Queen Of My Heart – ca 08-37
8749 The Church Of Long Ago / The Great Judgement Morning – ca 08-37
Decca (1941)
5945 Fate Of The Battleship Maine / My Little Georgia Rose – 05-41
5983 Bad Companion / Kitty Wells – 09-41
6039 Wreck Of The Old 31 / Wreck Between New Hope And Gethsemane – 05-42
Radio (ca late 1940s)
1410 The Blue Tailed Fly / Cripple Creek – 48?
1411 Will The Circle Be Unbroken / John Henry – 48?

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