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Duo Country US formé en 1920 qui comprenait Tom Darby (né
le 25 Août 1891 et décédé le 20 Août 1971) et Jimmie Tarlton (né le 8 Mai 1892, décédé
le 29 Novembre 1979). Jimmy
était un pionnier de la steel guitar et forma un duo avec le guitariste Tom
Darby, devenu populaire dans le sud, ils enregistrèrent pour Columbia Records
de 1927 à 1933. Oubliés jusqu'au sixties, Jimmy Tarlton réapparaît dans les
festivals Folk des années soixante.
Singer Tom Darby and
slide guitarist Jimmie Tarlton were not only legendary bluesmen, but also
pioneers of country music. Although they were only together for a brief time
during the late '20s and early '30s, they popularized the steel slide guitar in
the genre and exerted a heavy influence on the Allen Brothers and
the Delmore Brothers.
Tarlton was born in Chesterfield County, SC, the son of sharecroppers. His
parents taught him traditional songs and the fretless banjo, and by age 12, he
was learning to play the slide guitar from the black musicians he encountered in
his family's numerous travels. As a young man he became a traveling street
musician living off tips. His travels led him across the country, and everywhere
he went, he added local songs to his expanding repertoire. On the West Coast in
the early '20s, he met Frank Ferera, who taught him how to use the steel slide
to play the more free-flowing Hawaiian guitar.
When Tarlton settled down in Columbus, GA, he met a guitarist and extraordinary
blues singer named Tom Darby, a Columbus native who learned his Vocals stylings
from local black singers. Darby was related to
Riley Puckett, star of the Skillet Lickers. A local talent scout convinced
the two to team up and landed them an audition with Columbia Records. Their
first recorded single made fun of Florida land speculators and was titled "Down
in Florida on a Hog." Their next two songs, "Birmingham Jail" -- a song Tarlton
claimed sprang from his experience there after being incarcerated for
moonshining -- and "Columbus Stockade Blues," were enormously successful and
have since become country standards. Audiences were impressed as well -- the
record sold close to 200,000 copies. Despite the profits reaped from their
records, Darby & Tarlton received only a flat 75 dollar fee.
The duo scored their second major hit in 1928 with "Birmingham Jail, #2" and "Lonesome
Railroad"; among their other hits were the straight-ahead blues tunes "Traveling
Yodel Blues" and "Heavy Hearted Blues." The two experienced contract
difficulties with Columbia in late 1929 and finally recorded their last session
the following year. They went their separate ways, occasionally reuniting
without much success. By 1935, both men gave up and left the music business.
They remained largely forgotten until the folk revival of the 1960s, which
allowed Tarlton to record an album, appear at folk clubs, and sit for interviews
with a number of folklorists. Darby also did a few performances and even
reunited briefly with Tarlton, but at their age, neither particularly enjoyed
performing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darby_and_Tarlton
Talents : Tom : Vocals, Guitar - Jimmie : Voals, Steel Guitar
Style musical : Old Time, Traditional Country, Country Blues
DOWN IN FLORIDA ON A HOG (1927)
BIRMINGHAM JAIL (1927)
SLOW
WICKED BLUES
(1929)
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
78 t.
| 10/1927 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15197 D (US) | Birmingham Town /
Down In Florida On A Hog
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| 12/1927 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15212 D (US) |
Birmingham Jail
/ Columbus Stockade Blues |
| 03/1928 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15254 D (US) | After The Ball / I Can't Tell Why I Love You |
| 07/1928 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15293 D (US) | The Irish Police / The Hobo Tramp |
| 10/1928 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15319 D (US) | Mexican Rag / Alto Waltz |
| 12/1928 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15330 D (US) | Heavy Hearted Blues / Traveling Yodel Blues |
| 02/1929 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15360 D (US) | The Rainbow Division / Country Girl Valley |
| 03/1929 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15375 D (US) | Birmingham Jail N° 2 / Lonesome Railroad |
| 03/1929 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15388 D (US) | If You Ever Learn To Love Me / If I Had Listened To My Mother |
| 04/1929 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15403 D (US) | Down In The Old Cherry Orchard / When The Bluebirds Nest Again |
| 05/1929 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15419 D (US) | Touring Yodel Blues /
Slow Wicked Blues
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| 07/1929 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15436 D (US) | Birmingham Rag / Sweet Sarah Blues |
| 08/1929 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15452 D (US) | The New York Hobo / Black Jack Moonshine |
| 10/1929 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15477 D (US) | All Bound Down In Texas / Ain't Gonna Marry No More |
| 12/1929 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15492 D (US) |
Little Bessie
/ I Left Her At The River |
| 01/1930 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15511 D (US) | Whistling Songbird / Freight Train Rambler |
| 02/1930 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15528 D (US) | Jack And May / Captain Won't You Let Me Go Home |
| 04/1930 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15552 D (US) | Faithless Husband / My Father Died A Drunkard |
| 05/1930 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15572 D (US) | My Little Blue Heaven / On The Banks Of A Lonely River |
| 07/1930 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15591 D (US) | Mapple On The Hill / Little Ola |
| 09/1930 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15611 D (US) | Pork Chops / Hard Time Blues |
| 11/1930 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15624 D (US) | When You're Far Away From Home / Beggar Joe |
| 12/1930 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15629 D (US) | Jimmie TARLTON - Roy Dixon / New Birmingham Jail |
| 02/1931 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15651 D (US) | Jimmie TARLTON - Moonshine Blues / Careless Love |
| 05/1931 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15674 D (US) | TheBlack Sheep / Once I Had A Swwtheart |
| 08/1931 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15684 D (US) | Gambling Jim / Lonesome In The Pines |
| 09/1931 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15701 D (US) | Risin' Sun Blues / Frankie Dean |
| 10/1931 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15715 D (US) | Going Back To My Texas Home / Down Among The Sugar Cane |
| 1932 | 78 t. VICTOR 23640 (US) | GEORGIA WILDCATS - She's Waiting For Me / Goin' Down That Lonesome Frisco Line |
| 05/1932 | 78 t. VICTOR 23665 (US) | Jimmie TARLTON - Dixie Jail / Sweetheart Of My Dreams |
| 05/1932 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD 4329 (US) | Jimmie TARLTON - Dixie Jail / Sweetheart Of My Dreams |
| 07/1932 | 78 t. VICTOR 23680 (US) | Once I Had A Fortune / Thirteen Years In Kilbie Prison |
| 0/1932 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD 4335 (US) | Once I Had A Fortune / Thirteen Years In Kilbie Prison |
| 09/1932 | 78 t. VICTOR 23700 (US) | Weaver's Blues / Yooze Up To Me |
| 12/1932 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15763 D (US) | Jimmie TARLTON - Lowe Bonnie / By The Old Oaken Bucket |
| 08/1933 | 78 t. MELOTONE M12743 (US) | Let's Be Friends Again / By The Oaken Bucket Louise |
| 08/1933 | 78 t. BANNER 32810 (US) | Let's Be Friends Again / By The Oaken Bucket Louise |
| 08/1933 | 78 t. PERFECT 12926 (US) | Let's Be Friends Again / By The Oaken Bucket Louise |
| 1933 | 78 t. CONQUEROR 8170 (US) | When I Take My Vacation In Heaven (Frank LUTHER) / Let's Be Fiends Again (DARBY & TARLTON) |
| 11/1935 | 78 t. VOCALION 3077 (US) | Maple On The Hills / Little Ola |
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Albums
| 1966 | LP 12" TESTAMENT T-3302 (US) |
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STEEL GUITAR RAG - Jimmie TARLTON - John Henry / Banks Of The Ohio / Steel Guitar Rag / Jimmie's Blue Heaven / All Bound Down In Birmingham Jail / Put-Together Blues / Pretty Little Girl / Fort Benning Blues / Lowe Bonnie / Uncle Joe And His Hounds / Ain't It A Sin To Gamble On A Sunday / Joe Bowers / Hawaiian March / Administration Blues | ||||
| 1971 | LP 12" OLD TIMEY OT-112 (US) |
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DARBY & TARLTON - Birmingham Jail #2 / Yooze Up To Me / Weaver's Blues / Birmingham Rag / Gamblin' Jim / Dixie Jail / Lonesome In The Pines / Birmingham Town / Heavy Hearted Blues / Lonesome Railroad / Down In Florida On A Hog / Rainbow Division / Mexican Rag / Lowe Bonnie | ||||
| 1973 | LP 12" FOLK VARIETY FV-12504 (GER) |
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DARBY & TARLTON - Irish Police / Hobo Tramp / I Can't Tell Why I Love Her / After The Ball / Country Girl Valley / New York Hobo / Little Bessie / I Left Her At The River / Whistling Songbird / New Birmingham Jail / Lonesome Frisco Line / Black Sheep / Pork Chops / After The Sinking Of The Titanic / Let's Be Friends Again / By The Old Oaken Bucket Louise | ||||
| 07/1994 | CD COUNTY CO-CD-3503 (US) |
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ON THE BANKS OF A LONELY RIVER - Lonesome Railroad / Frankie Dean / Down In Florida On A Hog / Roy Dixon / Little Bessie / I Left Her At The River / Captain Won't You Let Me Go Home / Lowe Bonnie / Maple On The Hill / The Rainbow Division / New Birmingham Jail / After The Sinking Of The Titanic / Lonesome In The Pines / The Black Sheep / Little Ola / On The Banks Of A Lonely River / Lonesome Frisco Line | ||||
| 07/1995 | 3 CD BEAR FAMILY BCD 15764 (GER) |
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COMPLETE RECORDINGS :
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| 10/1998 | CD HIGHTONE ? (US) |
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STEEL GUITAR RAG - Jimmie TARLTON - John Henry / Banks Of The Ohio / Steel Guitar Rag / Jimmie's Blue Heaven / All Bound Down In Birmingham Jail / Put-Together Blues / Pretty Little Girl / Fort Benning Blues / Lowe Bonnie / Uncle Joe And His Hounds / Ain't It A Sin To Gamble On A Sunday / Joe Bowers / Hawaiian March / Administration Blues | ||||
| 11/2003 | CD ACROBAT 4016 (US) |
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OOZE UP TO ME - Birmingham Jail / Columbus Stockade Blues / After The Ball / I Can't Tell Why I Love You / Alto Waltz / Mexican Rag / Country Girl Valley / Lonesome Railroad / Heavy Hearted Blues / Slow Wicked Blues / Black Jack Moonshine / Ain't Gonna Marry No More / Birmingham Rag / Little Bessie / Jack And May / Freight Train Ramble / Black Sheep / Maple On The Hill / Hard Time Blues / Rising Sun / Careless Love / By The Old Oaken Bucket Louise / Ooze It Up To Me | ||||
| 10/2005 | 4 CD JSP 7746 (UK) |
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