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Chanteur
Country US né le 9 Octobre 1899 à Sherman (Texas). Goebel Reeves est décédé le 26 Janvier 1959 à
Long Beach (Californie).
Goebel
Reeves was a singer/songwriter who eschewed his middle-class upbringing to
become a hobo known as "the Texas Drifter" and sometimes as "George Riley, the
Yodeling Rustler"; he penned one of Woody
Guthrie's signature tunes, "Hobo's Lullaby" (drawing the melody in turn from
a Civil War song, "Just Before the Battle, Mother"), and according to legend and
his own claims, he taught Jimmie Rodgers
to yodel. (They are thought to have traveled and performed together in the early
'20s.).
Reeves was born in Sherman, TX, and grew up in Austin after his father was
elected to the Texas state legislature. In 1917, he joined the U.S. Army and was
shot while serving on the front lines overseas. He was discharged in 1921 and
apparently chose to become a vagabond, temporarily earning a living as a singer.
He did a stint as a seaman before making his recording debut for OKeh in 1929
and began using the aforementioned monikers the next year. Through the 1930s he
cut about 35 sides for various labels; they followed the
Rodgers mold in their mix of freedom-of-the-road
yodeling numbers, comic pieces (such as a mother-in-law joke parody of "St.
James Infirmary"), and sentimental ballads, but Reeves specialized in reflective
hobo-philosopher recitations that were quite distinct from
Rodgers' hobo pieces. He composed
virtually all of his own recorded material. His last recordings were made in
1938 for a radio-transcription company in Hollywood; they were mostly
recitations and poems.
Occasionally Reeves appeared on radio in both the U.S. and Canada, doing brief
stints on The Rudy Vallée Show, The National Barn Dance, and
The Grand Ole Opry. Later in the '30s, he returned to his seafaring career
and spent time in Japan. During World War II he entertained U.S. troops and then,
because he spoke some Japanese, worked for the U.S. government in Japanese-American
internment camps. Reeves died in a veterans' hospital in Long Beach, CA, in
1959. Several LP reissues in the 1970s reintroduced the almost forgotten Reeves
to country collectors, and his complete studio recordings were collected on the
1994 Bear Family release Hobo's Lullaby.
Talents : Vocals, Guitar
Style musical : Traditional Country, Folk
The Texas Drifter's Warning
(1930)
 (Goebel
Reeves / George Riley)
THE
COWBOY'S DREAM (1931)
YODELING TEACHER (1934)
COWBOY'S LULLABYE
(1934)
Hobo's Lullaby
(1934)
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
78 t.
| 08/1929 | 78 t. OKEH 45365 (US) |
Goebel REEVES - The Drifter, pt. 1 / The Drifter, pt. 2 |
| 10/1929 | 78 t. OKEH 45381 (US) |
Goebel REEVES - I Learned About Women From Her / Tramp's Mother |
| 02/1930 | 78 t. OKEH 45408 (US) |
Goebel REEVES - Blue Undertakers Blues / When The Clock Struck |
| 05/1930 | 78 t. OKEH 45427 (US) |
Goebel REEVES - My Mountain Gal / Blue Undertaker Blues, pt.2 (Bert Knowles) |
| 08/1930 | 78 t. OKEH 45449 (US) |
Goebel REEVES (The TEXAS DRIFTER) - Fortunes
Galore /
The Texas Drifter's Warning
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| 11/1930 | 78 t. OKEH 45491 (US) |
Goebel REEVES (The TEXAS DRIFTER) - In The Land Of The Never Was / Song Of The Sea |
| 1930 | 78 t. GENNETT CH-16139 (US) | The TEXAS DRIFTER - The Hobo's Grave / At The End Of The Hobo Trail |
| 1931 | 78 t. GENNETT CH-16189 (US) | The TEXAS DRIFTER - Station H.O.B.O. / The Hobo's Last Letter |
| 02/1931 | 78 t. ROMEO 5023 (US) |
George
Riley (The Yodeling
Hustler) -
The Texas Drifter's Warning
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| 1931 | 78 t. Oriole 8023 (US) |
George
Riley (The Yodeling
Hustler)
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The Texas Drifter's Warning
/ The Tramps's Mother |
| 1931 | 78 t. Perfect 12653 (US) |
George
Riley (The Yodeling
Hustler)
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The Texas Drifter's Warning
/ The Tramps's Mother |
| 03/1931 | 78 t. ROMEO 5032 (US) | George Riley - The Grave By The Whispering Pine / The Railroad Bum |
| 1931 | 78 t. Oriole 8032 (US) | George Riley - The Grave By The Whispering Pine / The Railroad Bum |
| 1931 | 78 t. BANNER 32098 (US) | George Riley - The Grave By The Whispering Pine / The Railroad Bum |
| 1931 | 78 t. REGAL 10304 (US) | George Riley - The Grave By The Whispering Pine / The Railroad Bum |
| 03/1931 | 78 t. ROMEO 5037 (US) |
George
Riley - The Last Letter /
The Cowboy's Dream
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| 1931 | 78 t. Oriole 8037 (US) |
George
Riley - The Last Letter /
The Cowboy's Dream
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| 1931 | 78 t. BANNER 32099 (US) |
George
Riley - The Last Letter /
The Cowboy's Dream
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| 1931 | 78 t. REGAL 10305 (US) |
George
Riley - The Last Letter /
The Cowboy's Dream
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| 04/1931 | 78 t. BRUNSWICK 539 (US) | Goebel REEVES (The TEXAS DRIFTER) - Station Hobo / The Hobo's Last Letter |
| 05/1931 | 78 t. ROMEO 5051 (US) | George Riley - My Mississippi Home / At The End If The Hobo Trail |
| 1931 | 78 t. Oriole 8051 (US) | George Riley - My Mississippi Home / At The End If The Hobo Trail |
| 1931 | 78 t. BANNER 32131 (US) | George Riley - My Mississippi Home / At The End If The Hobo Trail |
| 1931 | 78 t. Perfect 12694 (US) | George Riley - My Mississippi Home / At The End If The Hobo Trail |
| 1931 | 78 t. REGAL 10309 (US) | George Riley - My Mississippi Home / At The End If The Hobo Trail |
| 1931 | 78 t. MELOTONE M12214 (US) |
Goebel REEVES - Little Joe The Wrangler / The Cowboy's Dream |
| 1931 | 78 t. PANACHORD 25105 (UK) |
The Texas Drifter (Goebel Reeves) - Fortunes Galore / Railroad Boomer |
| 1932 | 78 t. Broadway 4098 (US) | Goebel REEVES -
The Cowboy's Dream
/ The
Tramp's Mother |
| 1932 | 78 t. PANACHORD 25250 (UK) |
The Texas Drifter (Goebel Reeves) - John Law And The Hobo / The Prisoner's Song |
| 1932 | 78 t. PANACHORD 25313 (UK) | The Texas Drifter (Goebel Reeves) - H.O.B.O. Calling / Little Joe, The Wrangler |
| 09/1934 | 78 t. DECCA 5020 (US) | Goebel REEVES - Reckless Tex /
Yodeling Teacher
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| 09/1934 | 78 t. DECCA 5021 (US) | Goebel REEVES -
Cowboy's Lullabye
/ Meet Me At The Crossroads |
| 1934 | 78 t. CONQUEROR 8442 (US) | The TEXAS DRIFTER (Goebel REEVES) - Cold And Hungry / The Hobo's Prayer |
| 1934 | 78 t. CONQUEROR 8443 (US) | The TEXAS DRIFTER (Goebel REEVES) - Reckless Tex From Texas / The Bar None Ranch |
| 10/1934 | 78 t. VOCALION 02806 (US) | Goebel REEVES - Hobo And The Cop / TCowboy's Lullabye
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| 11/1934 | 78 t. VOCALION 02828 (US) | Goebel REEVES -
Hobo's
Lullaby
/ Cowboy's Prayer |
| 1934 | 78 t. DECCA F 5264 (UK) | The
Texas Drifter (Goebel Reeves)
- Hobo's
Lullaby
/ Happy Days (I'll Never Leave Old Dixieland Again) |
| 1934 | 78 t. PANACHORD 25663 (UK) | The
Texas Drifter (Goebel Reeves)
-
Cowboy's Lullabye
/ The Yodellin' Teacher |
| 02/1935 | 78 t. MELOTONE M13276 (US) | Goebel REEVES "The TEXAS DRIFTER" - The Big Rock Candy Mountain / The Cowboy's Dizzy Sweetheart |
| 1935 | 78 t. BANNER 33309 (US) | Goebel REEVES "The TEXAS DRIFTER" - The Big Rock Candy Mountain / The Cowboy's Dizzy Sweetheart |
| 1935 | 78 t. ROMEO 5415 (US) | Goebel REEVES "The TEXAS DRIFTER" - The Big Rock Candy Mountain / The Cowboy's Dizzy Sweetheart |
| 1935 | 78 t. Oriole 8415 (US) | Goebel REEVES "The TEXAS DRIFTER" - The Big Rock Candy Mountain / The Cowboy's Dizzy Sweetheart |
| 1935 | 78 t. Perfect 13099 (US) | Goebel REEVES "The TEXAS DRIFTER" - The Big Rock Candy Mountain / The Cowboy's Dizzy Sweetheart |
| 02/1935 | 78 t. CONQUEROR 8442 (US) | Goebel REEVES "The TEXAS DRIFTER" - Cold And Hungry / The Hobo's Prayer |
| 02/1935 | 78 t. CONQUEROR 8443 (US) | Goebel REEVES "The TEXAS DRIFTER" - Reckless Tex From Texas / The Bar None Ranch |
| 03/1935 | 78 t. MELOTONE M13369 (US) | Goebel REEVES "The TEXAS DRIFTER" - Reckless Tex From Texas / Where The Mississippi Washes |
| 1935 | 78 t. BANNER 33402 (US) | Goebel REEVES "The TEXAS DRIFTER" - Reckless Tex From Texas / Where The Mississippi Washes |
| 1935 | 78 t. ROMEO 5454 (US) | Goebel REEVES "The TEXAS DRIFTER" - Reckless Tex From Texas / Where The Mississippi Washes |
| 1935 | 78 t. Oriole 8454 (US) | Goebel REEVES "The TEXAS DRIFTER" - Reckless Tex From Texas / Where The Mississippi Washes |
| 1935 | 78 t. Perfect 13132 (US) | Goebel REEVES "The TEXAS DRIFTER" - Reckless Tex From Texas / Where The Mississippi Washes |
| 04/1935 | 78 t. CONQUEROR 8470 (US) | Goebel REEVES "The TEXAS DRIFTER" - The Cowboy's Dizzy Sweetheart / The Big Rock Candy Mountain |
| 06/1935 | 78 t. CONQUEROR 8517 (US) | Goebel REEVES "The TEXAS DRIFTER" - Where The Mississippi Washes / Reckless Tex From Texas |
| 09/1935 | 78 t. CONQUEROR 8565 (US) | Goebel REEVES "The TEXAS DRIFTER" - The Wandering Boy / It's True I'm Just A Convict |
| 09/1935 | 78 t. MELOTONE M350911 (US) | Goebel REEVES - The Wandering Boy / It's True I'm Just A Convict |
| 1936 | 78 t. CHAMPION 45181 (US) |
Goebel REEVES - The Drifter's Lady /
Hobo's
Lullaby
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| 1936 | 78 t. CHAMPION 45194 (US) |
Goebel REEVES - I Learned About Women From Her / The Hobo's Last Letter |
| 1937 | 78 t. PANACHORD 25768 (UK) | Goebel REEVES - The Wayward Son / Reckless Tex |
| 1938 | 78 t. PANACHORD 25848 (UK) | Goebel REEVES - The Drifter’s Buddy / The Cowboy’s Prayer |
| 1939 | 78 t. PANACHORD 25991 (UK) | Goebel REEVES - The Soldier‘s Return / Miss Jackson Tennessee |
| 1939 | 78 t. PANACHORD 26018 (UK) | Goebel REEVES - My Mountain Girl / Cold And Hungry |
| 1939 | 78 t. PANACHORD 26042 (UK) | Goebel REEVES - Meet Me At The Crossroads / Yodeling Teacher |
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Albums
| 1972 | LP 12" CMH CMH-101 (GER) |
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THE TEXAS DRIFTER - I Learned About Women From Her / Hobo's Last Letter / Fortunes Galore / Railroad Boomer / Tramp's Mother / Mother In Law Blues / Drifter Part 1 / Drifter Part 2 / Hobo Calling / Little Joe The Wrangler / John Law And The Hobo / My Name Bacome A Number / Cowboy's Lullaby / Wayward Son / Reckless Tex / Yodeling Teacher / Miss Jackson Tennessee |
| 1973 | LP 12" CMH CMH-113 (US) |
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THE LEGENDARY TEXAS DRIFTER - VOL. 2 - The Hobo And The Angelus / Hobo's Mother / Tramp's Mother / Hobo's Sweetheart / Hobo And His Mother / Pictures From Life's Other Side / Hobo Convention / Hobo Facts / Soldier's Return / Hobo's Last Letter / When My Name Became A Number / Cowboy's Prayer / Convict's Hope / Texas Drifter's Prison Song / Child Cowboy / Little Joe The Wrangler / Cowboy's Pal / Kidnapped Child / Jail House Crooner / Treasures Untold / Birmingham Jail |
| 1978 | LP 12" GLENDALE GL-6010 (US) |
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GOEBEL REEVES - THE TEXAS DRIFTER - Big Rock Candy Mountain / The Hobo’s Lullaby / The Texas Drifter’s Warning / The Hobo’s Last Long Ride / Blue Ridge Mountain Blues / The Oklahoma Kid / The Hobo Convention / The Dim Narrow Trail / Little Joe The Wrangler / The Cowboy’s Lullaby / The Cowboy’s Pal / Pictures From Life’s Other Side / Dan Kelly’s Courtin’ And The Cowboy’s Prayer |
| 1979 | LP 12" GLENDALE GL-6019 (US) |
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"Texas Drifter" In Story And Song - Land Of Never Was / My Mother / Jailhouse Crooner / Hobo And The Angel / Kidnapped Child / Hobo Facts / Tramp's Mother / Soldier's Return / When My Name Became A Number / End Of The Hobo's Trail / My Buddy / Hobo And Is Mother / Wayward Son / Hobo's Last Letter |
| 1993 | CD BEAR FAMILY BCD 15680 (GER) |
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HOBO'S LULLABY - The Tramp's Mother / I Learned About Women From Her / The Drifter, Pt. 1 / The Drifter, Pt. 2 / When The Clock Struck Seventeen / Blue Undertaker's Blues / Blue Undertaker's Blues, Pt.2 / Fortunes Galore / My Mountain Gal / A Song Of The Sea / In The Land Of The Never Was / The Texas Drifter's Warning / Cowboy's Lullaby / Hobo's Lullaby / The Drifter's Buddy (The Drifter's Prayer) / The Cowboy's Prayer / Happy Days (I'll Never Leave Old Dixieland Again) / The Wayward Son / Reckless Tex / The Soldier's Return / Miss Jackson Tennessee / My Mountain Girl / Cold And Hungry / Meet Me At The Crossroads, Pal / The Yodeling Teacher / The Kidnapped Baby |
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