Charlie Bowman
Charles Thomas Bowman (July 30, 1889 – May 20, 1962) was an American old-time fiddle player and string band leader. He was a major influence on the distinctive fiddle sound that helped shape and develop early Country music in the 1920s and 1930s. After delivering a series of performances that won him the first prize in dozens of fiddle contests across Southern Appalachia in the early 1920s, Bowman toured and recorded with several string bands and vaudeville acts before forming his own band, the Blue Ridge Music Makers, in 1935. In his career, he would be associated with country and bluegrass pioneers such as Uncle Dave Macon, Fiddlin' John Carson, Roy Acuff, Charlie Poole, and Bill Monroe. |
Birth and Death Data: Born July 30, 1889 (Gray), Died May 20, 1962
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1926 - 1929
Roles Represented in DAHR: violin, vocalist, banjo, speaker, guitar
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 50 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | W147208 | 10-in. | 10/16/1928 | Roll on buddy | Charlie Bowman and his Brothers | Male vocal and instrumental quartet | instrumentalist, violin, vocalist | |
Columbia | W147209 | 10-in. | 10/16/1928 | Gonna raise the rockus tonight | Charlie Bowman and his Brothers | Male vocal and instrumental quartet | instrumentalist, violin, vocalist | |
Columbia | W147971 | 10-in. | 2/20/1929 | Polly Ann | Blue Ridge Mountain Trio ; Frank Wilson | Instrumental trio | instrumentalist, violin | |
Columbia | W147972 | 10-in. | 2/20/1929 | Forky dear | Charlie Bowman and his Brothers | Instrumental quartet | instrumentalist, violin | |
Columbia | W147973 | 10-in. | 2/20/1929 | Moonshine and his money | Charlie Bowman and his Brothers | String band, with talking | instrumentalist, violin, speaker | |
Columbia | W147975 | 10-in. | 2/20/1929 | Katy-did waltz | Blue Ridge Mountain Trio ; Frank Wilson | Instrumental trio | instrumentalist, violin | |
Columbia | W149256 | 10-in. | 10/23/1929 | Railroad take me back | Bowman Sisters | Female vocal duet, with fiddle (violin) and accordion | instrumentalist, violin | |
Columbia | W149257 | 10-in. | 10/23/1929 | Old lonesome blues | Bowman Sisters | Female vocal duet, with fiddle (violin) and accordion | instrumentalist, violin | |
Columbia | W149258 | 10-in. | 10/23/1929 | Wild horse | Charlie Bowman ; Fran Trappe | Violin and accordion duet | instrumentalist, violin | |
Columbia | W149259 | 10-in. | 10/23/1929 | Carolina moonshine | Charlie Bowman ; Fran Trappe | Violin and accordion duet | instrumentalist, violin | |
Brunswick | E2938-E2939 | 10-in. | 4/30/1926 | Mountaineer’s love song | Hill Billies ; Al Hopkins | String band, with male vocal duet | instrumentalist, banjo | |
Brunswick | E2942-E2943 | 10-in. | 4/30/1926 | Old Joe Clark | Hill Billies ; Al Hopkins | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, banjo | |
Brunswick | E2944-E2945 | 10-in. | 4/30/1926 | Silly Bill | Hill Billies ; Al Hopkins | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, banjo | |
Brunswick | E2946-E2947 | 10-in. | 4/30/1926 | Goin’ to the wedding, Sally Ann | Hill Billies | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
Brunswick | E2948-E2949 | 10-in. | 4/30/1926 | Long-eared mule | Hill Billies | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
Brunswick | E2950-E2951 | 10-in. | 4/30/1926 | Cripple Creek | Hill Billies ; Al Hopkins | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, banjo | |
Brunswick | E2952-E2953 | 10-in. | 4/30/1926 | Mississippi sawyer | Hill Billies | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
Brunswick | E2966-E2967 | 10-in. | 5/1/1926 | The Hickman rag | Charlie Bowman | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar, ukulele, and piano | instrumentalist, violin | |
Brunswick | E2968-E2969 | 10-in. | 5/1/1926 | Possum up a gum-stump, cooney in the hollow | Charlie Bowman ; Al Hopkins | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar and male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
Brunswick | E3972-E3973 | 10-in. | 10/21/1926 | Fisher’s hornpipe | Elvis Alderman ; Hill Billies | Fiddle (violin) solo, with string band | instrumentalist, violin | |
Brunswick | E3974-E3975 | 10-in. | 10/21/1926 | Cackling hen | Charlie Bowman ; Hill Billies ; Al Hopkins | String band, with fiddle (violin) solo and vocal effects | instrumentalist, violin | |
Brunswick | E3976-E3977 | 10-in. | 10/21/1926 | East Tennessee blues | Charlie Bowman ; Hill Billies ; Al Hopkins | String band, with fiddle (violin) solo and vocal effects | instrumentalist, violin | |
Brunswick | E3978-E3979 | 10-in. | 10/21/1926 | Governor Alf Taylor’s fox chase | Charlie Bowman ; Hill Billies ; Al Hopkins | String band, with fiddle (violin) solo and vocal effects | instrumentalist, violin | |
Brunswick | E4008-E4009 | 10-in. | 10/23/1926 | Kitty waltz | Charlie Bowman ; Hill Billies | String band, with fiddle (violin) solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
Brunswick | E4010-E4011 | 10-in. | 10/23/1926 | Donkey on the railroad track | Charlie Bowman ; Hill Billies | Monologue, with fiddle (violin) sound effects | instrumentalist, violin |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bowman, Charlie," accessed September 12, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/111759.
Bowman, Charlie. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 12, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/111759.
"Bowman, Charlie." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 12 September 2024.
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LCNAR: Bowman, Charlie - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2002040353
Wikidata: Charlie Bowman - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5084562
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/21809379
MusicBrainz: Charlie Bowman - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9e70c2de-8f37-4dba-a607-af1fb9ebe915
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