Slim Bryant
Thomas Hoyt Bryant (December 7, 1908 – May 28, 2010) known professionally as Slim Bryant, was an American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist born in Atlanta, Georgia. He was one of the last country musician's who had started recording in the 1920s. He started playing guitar in his youth and he would become billed on radio as "The Boy With A Thousand Fingers" and by the 1930s became famous as member of The Georgia Wildcats, his crisp modern guitar-playing would be admired by virtuoso Les Paul. As a songwriter, he composed some 200 songs, but was best known for writing commercial radio jingles for large corporations, like US Steel, Alcoa, Westinghouse, Chevrolet and for Iron City Beer for the Pittsburgh Brewing Company. |
Birth and Death Data: Born December 7, 1908 (Atlanta), Died May 28, 2010 (Pennsylvania)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1929 - 1946
Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, vocalist, composer, songwriter, lyricist
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Recordings (Results 76-79 of 79 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | 65710 | 10-in. | 6/1/1939 | Fire in the mountain ; Ida Red/Sally Goodin | Clayton McMichen | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 65711 | 10-in. | 6/1/1939 | Soldier's joy ; Arkansas traveler ; Mississippi sawyer | Clayton McMichen | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 65712 | 10-in. | 6/1/1939 | Sourwood mountain ; Peter went a-fishin' ; Sugar in the gourd .. | Clayton McMichen | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 65713 | 10-in. | 6/1/1939 | Devil's dream ; Rickett's hornpipe ; Fisher's hornpipe | Clayton McMichen | instrumentalist, guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bryant, Slim," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/110743.
Bryant, Slim. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/110743.
"Bryant, Slim." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.
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Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Bryant, Slim - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98018166
Wikidata: Slim Bryant - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2294195
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/53761492
MusicBrainz: Slim Bryant - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f743843d-9ae3-4725-b150-64f7cf0ab87b
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