Earl Johnson
Robert Earl Johnson (August 24, 1886 in Gwinnett County, Georgia – May 31, 1965) was an old time fiddler who was influenced by the music of Gid Tanner and his Skillet Lickers. |
Birth and Death Data: Born August 24, 1886 (Gwinnett County), Died May 31, 1965
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1927 - 1931
Roles Represented in DAHR: violin, leader, vocalist, arranger, speaker, songwriter
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BVE-56560 | 10-in. | 11/22/1929 | Rocky palace | Dixie Entertainers ; Earl Johnson | String band | instrumentalist, violin, songwriter, leader | |
Victor | BVE-56561 | 10-in. | 11/22/1929 | Green Mountain | Dixie Entertainers ; Earl Johnson | String band | instrumentalist, violin, songwriter, leader | |
Victor | BVE-56562 | 10-in. | 11/22/1929 | Fiddlin' Rufus | Dixie Entertainers ; Earl Johnson | String band | instrumentalist, violin, arranger, leader | |
Victor | BVE-56563 | 10-in. | 11/22/1929 | Mississippi Sawyer | Dixie Entertainers ; Earl Johnson | String band | instrumentalist, violin, arranger, leader | |
Victor | BVE-56564 | 10-in. | 11/22/1929 | He's a beaut | Dixie Entertainers ; Earl Johnson | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, instrumentalist, violin, arranger, leader | |
Victor | BVE-56565 | 10-in. | 11/22/1929 | I lost my girl | Dixie Entertainers ; Earl Johnson | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin, leader, arranger, vocalist | |
OKeh | W80460 | 10-in. | 2/21/1927 | Hand me down my walking cane | Dixie Entertainers ; Earl Johnson | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo | leader, instrumentalist, violin, vocalist | |
OKeh | W80461 | 10-in. | 2/21/1927 | Ain't nobody's business | Dixie Entertainers ; Earl Johnson | Instrumental trio, with male vocal trio | leader, vocalist, instrumentalist, violin | |
OKeh | W80462 | 10-in. | 2/21/1927 | Dixie | Dixie Entertainers ; Earl Johnson | Instrumental trio, with male vocal trio | leader, instrumentalist, violin, vocalist | |
OKeh | W80463 | 10-in. | 2/21/1927 | Hen cackle | Dixie Entertainers ; Earl Johnson | Instrumental trio, with male vocal duet | leader, instrumentalist, violin, vocalist | |
OKeh | W80464 | 10-in. | 2/21/1927 | Bully of the town | Dixie Entertainers ; Earl Johnson | Instrumental trio, with male vocal duet | leader, instrumentalist, violin, vocalist | |
OKeh | W80465 | 10-in. | 2/21/1927 | I'm satisfied | Dixie Entertainers ; Earl Johnson | Instrumental trio, with male vocal duet | leader, instrumentalist, violin, vocalist | |
OKeh | W80466 | 10-in. | 2/21/1927 | Three nights' experience | Dixie Entertainers ; Earl Johnson | Male vocal duet, with instrumental trio | leader, instrumentalist, violin, vocalist | |
OKeh | W80467 | 10-in. | 2/21/1927 | Johnson's old grey mule | Dixie Entertainers ; Earl Johnson | Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio and talk | leader, instrumentalist, violin, vocalist, speaker | |
OKeh | W80625 | 10-in. | 3/23/1927 | Boil dem cabbage down | Dixie Entertainers ; Earl Johnson | Instrumental trio, with male vocal trio | vocalist, instrumentalist, violin, leader | |
OKeh | W80626 | 10-in. | 3/23/1927 | John Henry blues | Dixie Entertainers ; Earl Johnson | Instrumental trio, with male vocal trio | instrumentalist, violin, vocalist, leader | |
OKeh | W80659 | 10-in. | 3/23/1927 | I don't love nobody | Dixie Entertainers ; Earl Johnson ; Byrd Moore | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin, leader | |
OKeh | W80660 | 10-in. | 3/23/1927 | Shortenin' bread | Dixie Entertainers ; Earl Johnson | Instrumental trio, with male vocal trio | vocalist, instrumentalist, violin, leader | |
OKeh | W81705 | 10-in. | 10/7/1927 | I get my whiskey from Rockingham | Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers | Instrumental trio, with male vocal duet | instrumentalist, violin, vocalist, leader | |
OKeh | W81706 | 10-in. | 10/7/1927 | Red hot breakdown | Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin, vocalist, leader | |
OKeh | W81707 | 10-in. | 10/7/1927 | I've got a woman on Sourwood Mountain | Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers | Instrumental trio, with male vocal trio | instrumentalist, violin, vocalist, leader | |
OKeh | W81708 | 10-in. | 10/7/1927 | All night long | Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers | Instrumental trio, with male vocal duet | instrumentalist, violin, vocalist, leader | |
OKeh | W81709 | 10-in. | 10/7/1927 | Old grey mare kicking out of the wilderness | Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin, vocalist, leader | |
OKeh | W81710 | 10-in. | 10/7/1927 | They don't roost too high for me | Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo and talk | vocalist, instrumentalist, violin, speaker, leader | |
OKeh | W81711 | 10-in. | 10/7/1927 | Mississippi jubilee | Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers | Instrumental trio | instrumentalist, violin, leader | |
OKeh | W81712 | 10-in. | 10/7/1927 | Leather breeches | Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers | Instrumental trio | instrumentalist, violin, leader | |
OKeh | W81726 | 10-in. | 10/10/1927 | Old Joe Clark | Fiddlin' John Carson ; Virginia Reelers | Male vocal trio, with string band | instrumentalist, violin, vocalist | |
OKeh | W81727 | 10-in. | 10/10/1927 | Gonna swing on the Golden Gate | Fiddlin' John Carson ; Virginia Reelers | Male vocal trio, with string band | instrumentalist, violin, vocalist | |
OKeh | W81728 | 10-in. | 10/10/1927 | Did he ever return? | Fiddlin' John Carson ; Virginia Reelers | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, violin | |
OKeh | W81729 | 10-in. | 10/10/1927 | If you can't get the stopper out, break off the neck | Fiddlin' John Carson ; Virginia Reelers | Male vocal trio, with string band | instrumentalist, violin, vocalist | |
OKeh | W81730 | 10-in. | 10/10/1927 | Engineer on the Mogull | Fiddlin' John Carson ; Virginia Reelers | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, violin | |
OKeh | W81731 | 10-in. | 10/10/1927 | Hell bound for Alabama | Fiddlin' John Carson ; Virginia Reelers | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, violin | |
OKeh | W81743 | 10-in. | 10/11/1927 | Poor Little Joe | Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers | Male vocal trio, with fiddle (violin), banjo, and guitar | instrumentalist, violin, vocalist, leader | |
OKeh | W81744 | 10-in. | 10/11/1927 | The little grave in Georgia | Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers | Male vocal duet, with fiddle (violin), banjo, and guitar | instrumentalist, violin, vocalist, leader | |
OKeh | W81745 | 10-in. | 10/11/1927 | In the shadow of the pine | Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), banjo, and guitar | instrumentalist, violin, vocalist, leader | |
OKeh | W81746 | 10-in. | 10/11/1927 | Johnnie, get your gun | Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), banjo, and guitar | instrumentalist, violin, vocalist, leader | |
OKeh | W81747 | 10-in. | 10/11/1927 | Earl Johnson's Arkansaw traveler | Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers | Dialogue, with fiddle (violin), banjo, and guitar | instrumentalist, violin, speaker, leader | |
OKeh | W81748 | 10-in. | 10/11/1927 | Twinkle little star | Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers | Fiddle (violin), banjo, and guitar, with talk | instrumentalist, violin, speaker, leader | |
OKeh | W81749 | 10-in. | 10/11/1927 | Turkey in the hay | Fiddlin' John Carson ; Virginia Reelers | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, violin | |
OKeh | W81750 | 10-in. | 10/11/1927 | The smoke goes out the chimney just the same | Fiddlin' John Carson ; Virginia Reelers | Male vocal trio, with string band | instrumentalist, violin, vocalist | |
OKeh | W81751 | 10-in. | 10/11/1927 | Going down to Cripple Creek | Fiddlin' John Carson ; Virginia Reelers | String band, with male vocal trio | instrumentalist, violin, vocalist | |
OKeh | W81752 | 10-in. | 10/11/1927 | Quit that ticklin' me | Fiddlin' John Carson ; Virginia Reelers | Male vocal trio, with string band | instrumentalist, violin, vocalist | |
OKeh | W81753 | 10-in. | 10/11/1927 | It won't happen again for a hundred years or more | Fiddlin' John Carson ; Virginia Reelers | Male vocal trio, with string band | instrumentalist, violin, vocalist | |
OKeh | W81754 | 10-in. | 10/11/1927 | The little log cabin by the stream | Fiddlin' John Carson ; Virginia Reelers | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, violin | |
OKeh | W81755 | 10-in. | 10/11/1927 | Christmas time will soon be over | Fiddlin' John Carson ; Virginia Reelers | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, violin | |
OKeh | W81756 | 10-in. | 10/11/1927 | Run along home, Sandy | Fiddlin' John Carson ; Virginia Reelers | Male vocal trio, with string band | instrumentalist, violin, vocalist | |
OKeh | W402036 | 10-in. | 8/2/1928 | Weeping willow | Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers | String band, with vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin, leader | |
OKeh | W402037 | 10-in. | 8/2/1928 | Nigger on the wood pile | Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers | String band | instrumentalist, violin, leader | |
OKeh | W402038 | 10-in. | 8/2/1928 | Nigger in the cotton patch | Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers | String band | leader, instrumentalist, violin | |
OKeh | W402112 | 10-in. | 8/9/1928 | Alabama girl, ain't you comin' out to-night? | Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers | String band, with laughing | leader, instrumentalist, violin | |
OKeh | W402113 | 10-in. | 8/9/1928 | Laughin' Rufus | Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers | String band, with laughing | leader, instrumentalist, violin | |
OKeh | W402114 | 10-in. | 8/9/1928 | G. rag | Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers | String band, with laughing | leader, instrumentalist, violin | |
OKeh | W402115 | 10-in. | 8/9/1928 | Wire grass drag | Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers | String band | leader, instrumentalist, violin | |
OKeh | W404614 | 10-in. | 12/3/1930 | When the roses bloom for the bootlegger | Dixie Entertainers ; Earl Johnson | Male vocal duet, with fiddle (violin), banjo, and guitar | leader, vocalist, instrumentalist, violin | |
OKeh | W404615 | 10-in. | 12/3/1930 | Buy a half pint and stay in the wagon yard | Dixie Entertainers ; Earl Johnson | Male vocal duet, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | leader, vocalist, instrumentalist, violin | |
OKeh | W404616 | 10-in. | 12/3/1930 | Take me back to my old mountain home | Dixie Entertainers ; Earl Johnson | Male vocal duet, with fiddle (violin), banjo, and guitar | leader, vocalist, instrumentalist, violin | |
OKeh | W404617 | 10-in. | 12/3/1930 | There's no place like home | Dixie Entertainers ; Earl Johnson | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), banjo, and guitar | instrumentalist, violin, vocalist, leader | |
OKeh | W404618 | 10-in. | 12/3/1930 | Bringing in the sheaves | Dixie Entertainers ; Earl Johnson | Mixed vocal trio, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | leader, instrumentalist, violin, vocalist | |
OKeh | W404619 | 10-in. | 12/3/1930 | I know that my Redeemer liveth | Dixie Entertainers ; Earl Johnson | Mixed vocal trio, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | leader, instrumentalist, violin, vocalist | |
OKeh | W405044 | 10-in. | 10/29/1931 | Close your bright eyes | Dixie Entertainers ; Earl Johnson | Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio | leader, vocalist | |
OKeh | W405045 | 10-in. | 10/29/1931 | Way down in Georgia | Dixie Entertainers ; Earl Johnson | Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio | leader, vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Johnson, Earl," accessed July 6, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/111392.
Johnson, Earl. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved July 6, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/111392.
"Johnson, Earl." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 6 July 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
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LCNAR: Johnson, Earl, 1886-1965 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no99044439
Wikidata: Earl Johnson - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1277090
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/11940200
MusicBrainz: Earl Johnson - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3e485a7b-6d6d-4c80-a5cd-0c54fb8cd837
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