John Dilleshaw
John N. Dilleshaw (1896 near New Hope, Georgia – October 14, 1941), nicknamed Seven Foot Dilly, was an American Old-time musician and guitarist. Despite his nickname, he was not 7 feet (2.13 m) tall, but "only" 6 feet 7 inches (2.0 m) tall. |
Birth and Death Data: Born 1896, Died 1941
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1929 - 1930
Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, speaker, leader, vocalist
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OKeh | W402407 | 10-in. | 3/22/1929 | Spanish fandango | John Dilleshaw ; String Marvel | Guitar duet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| OKeh | W402408 | 10-in. | 3/22/1929 | Cotton patch rag | John Dilleshaw ; String Marvel | Mandolin and guitar duet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | ATL914 | 10-in. | Mar. 1930 | The square dance fight on Bald Top Mountain | Bill Kiker ; Pink Lindsey ; Shorty Lindsey ; Seven Foot Dilly | Descriptive scene, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar, speaker | |
| Brunswick | ATL915 | 10-in. | Mar. 1930 | The square dance fight on Bald Top Mountain | Bill Kiker ; Pink Lindsey ; Shorty Lindsey ; Seven Foot Dilly | Descriptive scene, with instrumental ensemble | speaker, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | ATL916 | 10-in. | Mar. 1930 | The square dance fight on Bald Top Mountain | Bill Kiker ; Pink Lindsey ; Shorty Lindsey ; Seven Foot Dilly | Descriptive scene, with instrumental ensemble | speaker, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | ATL917 | 10-in. | Mar. 1930 | The square dance fight on Bald Top Mountain | Bill Kiker ; Pink Lindsey ; Shorty Lindsey ; Seven Foot Dilly | Descriptive scene, with instrumental ensemble | speaker, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | ATL922 | 10-in. | 3/19/1930 | A fiddler’s tryout in Georgia | Joe Brown ; A. A. Gray ; Seven Foot Dilly | Descriptive scene, with 2 fiddles | speaker | |
| Brunswick | ATL925 | 10-in. | 3/19/1930 | A fiddler’s tryout in Georgia | Joe Brown ; A. A. Gray ; Seven Foot Dilly | Descriptive scene, with 2 fiddles | speaker | |
| Brunswick | ATL926 | 10-in. | 3/19/1930 | The square dance fight on Bald Top Mountain | Bill Kiker ; Pink Lindsey ; Shorty Lindsey ; Seven Foot Dilly | Descriptive scene, with instrumental ensemble | speaker, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | ATL927 | 10-in. | 3/19/1930 | The square dance fight on Bald Top Mountain | Bill Kiker ; Pink Lindsey ; Shorty Lindsey ; Seven Foot Dilly | Descriptive scene, with instrumental ensemble | speaker, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | ATL928 | 10-in. | 3/19/1930 | The square dance fight on Bald Top Mountain | Bill Kiker ; Pink Lindsey ; Shorty Lindsey ; Seven Foot Dilly | Descriptive scene, with instrumental ensemble | speaker, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | ATL929 | 10-in. | 3/19/1930 | The square dance fight on Bald Top Mountain | Bill Kiker ; Pink Lindsey ; Shorty Lindsey ; Seven Foot Dilly | Descriptive scene, with instrumental ensemble | speaker, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | ATL951 | 10-in. | 3/20/1930 | Tallapoosa bound | A. A. Gray ; Seven Foot Dilly | Fiddle (violin) and guitar duet, with talk | instrumentalist, guitar, speaker | |
| Brunswick | ATL952 | 10-in. | 3/20/1930 | Streak o’ lean | A. A. Gray ; Seven Foot Dilly | Fiddle (violin) and guitar duet, with talk | instrumentalist, guitar, speaker | |
| Brunswick | ATL974 | 10-in. | 3/22/1930 | Georgia bust down | Dilly and his Dill Pickles | Instrumental ensemble, with vocal effects | instrumentalist, guitar, leader | |
| Brunswick | ATL975 | 10-in. | 3/22/1930 | Pickin’ off peanuts | Dilly and his Dill Pickles | Instrumental ensemble, with vocal effects and talk | instrumentalist, guitar, leader, speaker | |
| Brunswick | ATL976 | 10-in. | 3/22/1930 | Lye soap | Dilly and his Dill Pickles | Instrumental ensemble, with vocal effects | instrumentalist, guitar, leader | |
| Brunswick | ATL977 | 10-in. | 3/22/1930 | Hell among the yearlings | Dilly and his Dill Pickles | Instrumental ensemble, with vocal effects | instrumentalist, guitar, leader | |
| Brunswick | ATL983 | 10-in. | 3/22/1930 | Nigger baby | A. A. Gray ; Seven Foot Dilly | Male vocal duet, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | ATL984 | 10-in. | 3/22/1930 | The old ark's a’moving | A. A. Gray ; Seven Foot Dilly | Male vocal duet, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | ATL985 | 10-in. | 3/22/1930 | Sand Mountain drag | Dilly and his Dill Pickles | Instrumental ensemble, with vocal effects | instrumentalist, guitar, leader, speaker | |
| Brunswick | ATL986 | 10-in. | 3/22/1930 | Bust down stomp | Dilly and his Dill Pickles | Instrumental ensemble, with vocal effects | instrumentalist, guitar, leader, speaker | |
| Brunswick | ATL989 | 10-in. | 3/22/1930 | A Georgia barbecue at Stone Mountain | Bill Brown ; A. A. Gray ; Pink Lindsey ; Shorty Lindsey ; Seven Foot Dilly | Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo and dialogue | instrumentalist, guitar, speaker, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | ATL990 | 10-in. | 3/22/1930 | A Georgia barbecue at Stone Mountain | Bill Brown ; A. A. Gray ; Pink Lindsey ; Shorty Lindsey ; Seven Foot Dilly | Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo and dialogue | instrumentalist, guitar, speaker, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | ATL993 | 10-in. | 3/22/1930 | A Georgia barbecue at Stone Mountain | Bill Brown ; A. A. Gray ; Pink Lindsey ; Shorty Lindsey ; Seven Foot Dilly | Instrumental ensemble, with dialogue | instrumentalist, guitar, speaker | |
| Brunswick | ATL994 | 10-in. | 3/22/1930 | A Georgia barbecue at Stone Mountain | Bill Brown ; A. A. Gray ; Pink Lindsey ; Shorty Lindsey ; Seven Foot Dilly | Instrumental ensemble, with dialogue | instrumentalist, guitar, speaker | |
| Brunswick | ATL995 | 10-in. | 3/22/1930 | A Georgia barbecue at Stone Mountain | Bill Brown ; A. A. Gray ; Pink Lindsey ; Shorty Lindsey ; Seven Foot Dilly | Instrumental ensemble, with dialogue | instrumentalist, guitar, speaker | |
| Brunswick | ATL6295 | 10-in. | 11/10/1930 | Down the river we go | Dilly and his Dill Pickles | Instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar, leader | |
| Brunswick | ATL6296 | 10-in. | 11/10/1930 | She had a little pig | Dilly and his Dill Pickles | Instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar, leader | |
| Brunswick | ATL6297 | 10-in. | 11/10/1930 | Aunt Mandy’s barn dance, pt. 1 | Bill Brown ; A. A. Gray ; Bill Kiker ; Pink Lindsey ; Shorty Lindsey ; Seven Foot Dilly ; Dan Tucker | Vocal and instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | ATL6298 | 10-in. | 11/10/1930 | Aunt Mandy’s barn dance, pt. 2 | Bill Brown ; A. A. Gray ; Bill Kiker ; Pink Lindsey ; Shorty Lindsey ; Seven Foot Dilly ; Dan Tucker | Vocal and instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | ATL6299 | 10-in. | 11/10/1930 | Kenesaw Mountain rag | Dilly and his Dill Pickles | Instrumental ensemble | leader | |
| Brunswick | ATL6600 | 10-in. | 11/10/1930 | Bibb County hoe down | Dilly and his Dill Pickles | Instrumental ensemble | leader | |
| Brunswick | ATL6658 | 10-in. | 11/14/1930 | A bootlegger’s joint in Atlanta, pt. 3 | William Archer Chumbler ; Sterling Melvin ; Seven Foot Dilly ; Lowe Stokes ; Dan Tucker | Descriptive scene, with instrumental ensemble and male vocal solo | speaker, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | ATL6659 | 10-in. | 11/14/1930 | A bootlegger’s joint in Atlanta | William Archer Chumbler ; Sterling Melvin ; Seven Foot Dilly ; Lowe Stokes ; Dan Tucker | Descriptive scene, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar, speaker | |
| Brunswick | ATL6672 | 10-in. | 11/14/1930 | The warning dream | John Dilleshaw | Male vocal solo, with guitar | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | ATL6673 | 10-in. | 11/14/1930 | Plant sweet flowers | John Dilleshaw | Male vocal solo, with guitar | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | ATL6676 | 10-in. | 11/15/1930 | A bootlegger’s joint in Atlanta, pt. 4 | William Archer Chumbler ; Sterling Melvin ; Seven Foot Dilly ; Lowe Stokes ; Dan Tucker | Descriptive scene, with instrumental ensemble and male vocal ensemble | speaker, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | ATL6677 | 10-in. | 11/15/1930 | A bootlegger’s joint in Atlanta | William Archer Chumbler ; Sterling Melvin ; Seven Foot Dilly ; Lowe Stokes ; Dan Tucker | Descriptive scene, with instrumental ensemble and male vocal ensemble | speaker, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | ATL8002 | 10-in. | 3/24/1930 | Farmer’s blues | John Dilleshaw | Monologue, with guitar | speaker, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | ATL8003 | 10-in. | 3/24/1930 | Walkin’ blues | John Dilleshaw | Monologue, with guitar | speaker, instrumentalist, guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Dilleshaw, John," accessed November 23, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/111001.
Dilleshaw, John. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 23, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/111001.
"Dilleshaw, John." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 23 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Dilleshaw, John - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98058416
Wikidata: Seven Foot Dilly - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1239363
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/34073360
MusicBrainz: Seven Foot Dilly - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1a472f9d-44a9-4476-aa86-578922bff3a0
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