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 1-25 of 79 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BSHQ-58960 | 10-in. | 8/10/1932 | In the hills of Tennessee | Jimmie Rodgers | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quintet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | BSHQ-58961 | 10-in. | 8/11/1932 | Mother, the queen of my heart | Jimmie Rodgers | Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio | songwriter, instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | BSHQ-58962 | 10-in. | 8/11/1932 | Prohibition has done me wrong | Jimmie Rodgers | Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | BSHQ-58963 | 10-in. | 8/11/1932 | Rock all our babies to sleep | Jimmie Rodgers | Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | BSHQ-58964 | 10-in. | 8/11/1932 | Whippin' that old T.B. | Jimmie Rodgers | Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | BS-58968 | 10-in. | 8/15/1932 | No hard times | Jimmie Rodgers | Male vocal solo, with 2 guitars | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | BS-58970 | 10-in. | 8/15/1932 | Peach picking time down in Georgia | Jimmie Rodgers | Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | BS-58971 | 10-in. | 8/16/1932 | Gambling barroom blues | Jimmie Rodgers | Male vocal solo, with violin, banjo, and guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | BS-58972 | 10-in. | 8/16/1932 | I've only loved three women | Jimmie Rodgers | Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | BS-73325 | 10-in. | 8/29/1932 | Prairie lullaby | Jimmie Rodgers | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quintet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | BS-73326 | 10-in. | 8/29/1932 | Miss the Mississippi and you | Jimmie Rodgers | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quintet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | BS-056522 | 10-in. | 10/11/1940 | Little darlin', I'll be yours | The Pine Ridge Boys | Male vocal duet, with 2 guitars | composer | |
Victor | BS-071059 | 10-in. | 10/1/1941 | Anna from Indiana | Tobacco Tags | Vocal and instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Victor | BS-071061 | 10-in. | 10/1/1941 | You didn't mean it, darlin' | Tobacco Tags | Vocal and instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Victor | D6VB-2938 | 10-in. | 9/27/1946 | Eeny meeny dixie deeny (the hide and go seek song) | Zeke Manners Band | Vocal ensemble, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Columbia | W151081 | 10-in. | 12/7/1930 | When the bloom is on the sage | Hugh Bryant ; Clayton McMichen | Male vocal duet, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Columbia | W151104 | 10-in. | 12/8/1930 | You brought a new kind of love to me | Slim Bryant ; Clayton McMichen | Male vocal duet, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
Columbia | W151932 | 10-in. | 10/26/1931 | When the bloom is on the sage | Slim Bryant ; Georgia Wildcats ; Clayton McMichen | Male vocal duet, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
Columbia | W151933 | 10-in. | 10/26/1931 | Yum yum blues | Slim Bryant ; Georgia Wildcats ; Clayton McMichen | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | composer, lyricist, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
Columbia | W151966 | 10-in. | 10/28/1931 | Wild cat rag | Georgia Wildcats ; Clayton McMichen | String band, with talking | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Columbia | W151967 | 10-in. | 10/28/1931 | Carolina train | Georgia Wildcats ; Clayton McMichen | Instrumental trio | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Columbia | W151968 | 10-in. | 10/28/1931 | On the banks of the Ohio | Georgia Wildcats ; Clayton McMichen | Instrumental trio | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Columbia | W151969 | 10-in. | 10/28/1931 | Back to my Georgia home | Georgia Wildcats ; Clayton McMichen | Instrumental trio | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Columbia | W151970 | 10-in. | 10/28/1931 | The golden wedding ring | Georgia Wildcats ; Clayton McMichen | Instrumental trio | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Columbia | W151971 | 10-in. | 10/28/1931 | Sweet Floreine | Georgia Wildcats ; Clayton McMichen | Instrumental trio, with male vocal duet | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bryant, Slim," accessed November 4, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/110743.
Bryant, Slim. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 4, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/110743.
"Bryant, Slim." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 4 November 2024.
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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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