Ted Daffan

Ted Daffan

Theron Eugene "Ted" Daffan (September 21, 1912 – October 6, 1996) was an American country musician noted for composing the seminal "Truck Driver's Blues" and two much covered country anthems of unrequited love, "Born to Lose" and "I'm a Fool to Care".

Birth and Death Data: Born September 21, 1912 (Beauregard Parish), Died October 6, 1996 (Houston)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1940 - 1950

Roles Represented in DAHR: electric steel guitar, composer, leader, lyricist, songwriter, vocalist, producer, speaker

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BS-047567	10-in.	2/6/1940	Truck drivers' blues	Slim Johnson ; Singing Cowboys	Male vocal duet, with string band	composer
Victor	BS-048001	10-in.	2/13/1940	Blue steele blues	Bar-X Cowboys	String band	songwriter
Victor	BS-059287	10-in.	3/5/1941	Worried mind	Wayne King Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and male vocal trio	songwriter
Victor	BS-062742	10-in.	3/7/1941	Worried mind	Dick Todd	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	BS-063048	10-in.	4/8/1941	You've got to stop fussin' at me	Bar-X Cowboys	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Victor	BS-063049	10-in.	4/8/1941	Just for tonight	Bar-X Cowboys	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Victor	BS-063050	10-in.	4/8/1941	Let's go honky-tonkin' tonight	Bar-X Cowboys	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Victor	BS-063051	10-in.	4/8/1941	Locket of gold	Bar-X Cowboys	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Victor	BS-063052	10-in.	4/8/1941	I want somebody like you	Bar-X Cowboys	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Victor	BS-063053	10-in.	4/8/1941	Hang over blues	Bar-X Cowboys	String band	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Victor	BS-063054	10-in.	4/8/1941	Struttin' around	Bar-X Cowboys	String band	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Victor	BS-063055	10-in.	4/8/1941	I didn't think I'd care	Bar-X Cowboys	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Victor	BS-067563	10-in.	8/13/1941	Worried mind	The Airport Boys	Male vocal trio, with 2 guitars and string bass	songwriter
Victor	BS-067942	10-in.	9/30/1941	Worried mind	Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Butch Stone	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	E0VB-4608	10-in.	5/15/1950	I've got five dollars and it's Saturday night	'49ers [Jesse Rogers] ; Jesse Rogers	Male vocal solo, with string band	composer
Victor	D6VB-2623	10-in.	8/7/1946	Shut that gate	Buchanan Brothers ; Georgia Catamounts	Male vocal duet, with string band	songwriter
Victor	D7VB-1947	10"	10/29/1947	Headin' down the wrong highway	Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson	Male vocal solo, with string band	composer
Victor	D7VB-2041	10-in.	11/11/1947	Born to lose	Elton Britt ; Skytoppers	Male vocal solo, with string band	composer
Columbia	CO41622	10-in.	7/28/1949	Take that leash off of me	Ted Daffan & His Texans	String band, with male vocal solo	leader, vocalist, instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, composer, lyricist
Columbia	CO41623	10-in.	7/28/1949	That's a dad-blamed lie	Ted Daffan & His Texans	String band, with male vocal solo	leader, vocalist, instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, composer, lyricist
Columbia	CO41624	10-in.	7/28/1949	Strangers passing by	Ted Daffan & His Texans	String band, with male vocal solo	leader, composer, lyricist, instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Columbia	CO41625	10-in.	7/28/1949	So dissatisfied	Ted Daffan & His Texans	String band, with male vocal solo	leader, composer, lyricist, instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Columbia	H655	10-in.	2/20/1942	Born to lose	Ted Daffan's Texans	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, composer, leader, lyricist
Columbia	H658	10-in.	2/20/1942	Bluest blues	Ted Daffan's Texans	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, composer, vocalist, leader, lyricist
Columbia	H659	10-in.	2/20/1942	No letter today	Ted Daffan's Texans	String band, with male vocal duet	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, composer, leader, lyricist
Columbia	H660	10-in.	2/20/1942	Time won't heal my broken heart	Ted Daffan's Texans	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, composer, leader, lyricist
Columbia	H661	10-in.	2/20/1942	Long John	Ted Daffan's Texans	String band	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, leader
Columbia	H662	10-in.	2/20/1942	Look who's talkin'	Ted Daffan's Texans	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, leader
Columbia	H1210	10-in.	1/10/1945	Headin' down the wrong highway	Ted Daffan's Texans	String band, with male vocal solo	leader, composer, lyricist
Columbia	H1211	10-in.	1/10/1945	Shadow on my heart	Ted Daffan's Texans	String band, with male vocal solo	leader, composer, lyricist
Columbia	H1212	10-in.	1/10/1945	Trouble keeps hanging 'round my door	Ted Daffan's Texans	String band, with male vocal solo	leader, composer, lyricist
Columbia	H1213	10-in.	1/16/1945	Lonesome highway	Ted Daffan's Texans	String band, with male vocal trio	leader, composer, lyricist
Columbia	H1223	10-in.	1/20/1945	Beyond the shadow of a doubt	Ted Daffan's Texans	String band, with male vocal solo	leader, instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, songwriter
Columbia	HCO1807	10-in.	4/24/1946	Broken vows	Ted Daffan's Texans	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, lyricist, composer, leader
Columbia	HCO1808	10-in.	4/24/1946	Shut that gate	Ted Daffan's Texans	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, songwriter, leader
Columbia	HCO1810	10-in.	4/24/1946	Deep down inside	Ted Daffan's Texans	String band, with male vocal solo	leader, songwriter
Columbia	HCO1811	10-in.	4/24/1946	You'll always be around	Ted Daffan's Texans	Male vocal solo, with string band	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, composer, lyricist
Columbia	HCO2569	10-in.	8/25/1947	The straight and narrow way	Ted Daffan's Texans	String band, with male vocal solo and trio chorus	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, songwriter
Columbia	HCO2570	10-in.	8/25/1947	Just born that way	Ted Daffan's Texans	String band, with male vocal solo	leader, instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, composer, lyricist
Columbia	HCO2571	10-in.	8/25/1947	Two of a kind	Ted Daffan's Texans	String band, with male vocal solo	leader, instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, composer, lyricist
Columbia	HCO2572	10-in.	8/25/1947	Poor little bar fly	Ted Daffan's Texans	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, composer, lyricist
Columbia	HCO2573	10-in.	8/25/1947	Bury me deep	Ted Daffan's Texans	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, composer, lyricist
Columbia	HCO2574	10-in.	8/25/1947	Now I must reap (what I have sown)	Ted Daffan's Texans	Male vocal duet, with string band	leader, instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, composer, lyricist
Columbia	HCO2575	10-in.	8/25/1947	Too far gone	Ted Daffan's Texans	String band, with male vocal solo	leader, composer, lyricist, instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Columbia	HCO2581	10-in.	8/25/1947	Go on - go on	Ted Daffan's Texans	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, composer, lyricist
Columbia	HCO2885	10-in.	12/5/1947	I'm a fool to care	Gene Autry	String band, with male vocal solo	composer, lyricist
Columbia	HCO3456	10-in.	12/28/1949	Got money on my mind	Curley Borgen ; Ted Daffan's Texans	String band, with male vocal solo	leader, instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, composer, lyricist, producer
Columbia	HCO3457	10-in.	12/28/1948	Flame of love	Ted Daffan's Texans	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, leader, composer, lyricist
Columbia	HCO3460	10-in.	12/27/1948	Among your souvenirs	Ted Daffan's Texans	String band, with male vocal solo	leader, instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, composer, lyricist
Columbia	HCO3461	10-in.	12/27/1948	I'm that kind of a guy	Ted Daffan's Texans	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, leader, composer, lyricist
Columbia	C3701	10-in.	4/29/1941	Worried mind	Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys	String band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Columbia	CO42744	10-in.	1/29/1950	I'm gonna leave this darned old town	Ted Daffan & His Texans	String band, with male vocal solo and recitation	leader, instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, speaker, composer, lyricist
Columbia	CO42745	10-in.	1/29/1950	I've got five dollars and it's Saturday night	Ted Daffan & His Texans	String band, with male vocal solo	leader, instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, composer, lyricist
Columbia	CO42746	10-in.	1/29/1950	Kiss me goodnight	Ted Daffan & His Texans	String band, with male vocal solo	leader, instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, composer, lyricist
Columbia	CO42747	10-in.	1/29/1950	Aint got no name rag	Ted Daffan & His Texans	String band	leader, instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, songwriter
Columbia	CO47883	10-in.	4/16/1952	It's over, all over	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	composer, lyricist
Columbia	DAL1170	10-in.	2/24/1941	New worried mind	Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
Brunswick	DAL1058	10-in.	4/25/1940	Worried mind	Ted Daffan's Texans	String band, with male vocal solo	lyricist, composer, instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, leader
Brunswick	DAL1060	10-in.	4/25/1940	Let her go	Ted Daffan's Texans	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, leader, composer, lyricist
Brunswick	DAL1062	10-in.	4/25/1940	Rainy day blues	Ted Daffan's Texans	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, leader, composer, lyricist, vocalist
Brunswick	DAL1064	10-in.	4/25/1940	I'm a fool to care	Ted Daffan's Texans	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, composer, lyricist, leader
Brunswick	DAL1065	10-in.	4/25/1940	Blue steel blues	Ted Daffan's Texans	String band	composer, instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, leader
Brunswick	DAL1068	10-in.	4/25/1940	Put your little arms around me	Ted Daffan's Texans	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, leader
Brunswick	DAL1155	10-in.	2/21/1941	Weary, worried and blue	Ted Daffan's Texans	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, vocalist, composer, lyricist
Brunswick	DAL1156	10-in.	2/21/1941	Too late, little girl, too late	Ted Daffan's Texans	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, vocalist, composer, lyricist
Brunswick	DAL1162	10-in.	2/22/1941	Because	Ted Daffan's Texans	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, leader, composer, lyricist
Brunswick	DAL1165	10-in.	2/22/1941	Always alone	Ted Daffan's Texans	String band, with male vocal duet	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, vocalist, composer, lyricist
Brunswick	DAL1166	10-in.	2/22/1941	Those blue eyes don't sparkle anymore	Ted Daffan's Texans	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, leader
Brunswick	DAL1167	10-in.	2/22/1941	Weary steel blues	Ted Daffan's Texans	String band	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, composer, lyricist
Brunswick	DAL1217	10-in.	3/4/1941	Meet me down in honky tonk town	Al Dexter and his Troopers	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Brunswick	DAL1221	10-in.	3/4/1941	Darling, it's all over now	Al Dexter and his Troopers	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Brunswick	DAL1225	10-in.	3/4/1941	Honky tonk Chinese dime	Al Dexter and his Troopers	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Brunswick	DAL1226	10-in.	3/5/1941	All I want is you	Al Dexter and his Troopers	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Brunswick	DAL1227	10-in.	3/5/1941	Who's been here?	Al Dexter and his Troopers	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Brunswick	DAL1228	10-in.	3/5/1941	Sundown polka	Al Dexter and his Troopers	String band	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Daffan, Ted," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/108485.

Daffan, Ted. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/108485.

"Daffan, Ted." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.