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
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 | |
OKeh | W402326 | 10-in. | 3/15/1929 | Ain't she sweet? | Harmony Boys ; Elmer McMichen | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
OKeh | W402327 | 10-in. | 3/15/1929 | Hand me down my walking cane | Harmony Boys ; Elmer McMichen | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
OKeh | W402328 | 10-in. | 3/15/1929 | Sweetheart days | Harmony Boys ; Elmer McMichen | String band, with male vocal duet | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
OKeh | W402329 | 10-in. | 3/15/1929 | In the shade of the old apple tree | Harmony Boys ; Elmer McMichen | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
Decca | 62422 | 10-in. | 7/22/1937 | Farewell blues | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 62429 | 10-in. | 7/22/1937 | In the pines | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 62430 | 10-in. | 7/22/1937 | Chicken don't roost too high | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 62431 | 10-in. | 7/22/1937 | I want my rib | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 62432 | 10-in. | 7/22/1937 | Georgiana moon | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 62433 | 10-in. | 7/22/1937 | Bill dem cabbage down | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 62434 | 10-in. | 7/22/1937 | Sweet bunch of daisies | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 62435 | 10-in. | 7/22/1937 | Frankie and Johnnie | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 62436 | 10-in. | 7/22/1937 | Under the old Kentucky moon | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 62437 | 10-in. | 7/22/1937 | Yum yum blues | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64376 | 10-in. | 8/2/1938 | Please don't sell my Pappy no more rum | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64377 | 10-in. | 8/2/1938 | The wang wang blues | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64378 | 10-in. | 8/2/1938 | St. Louis woman | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64379 | 10-in. | 8/2/1938 | Anna from Indiana | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64380 | 10-in. | 8/2/1938 | Is there still room for me | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64381 | 10-in. | 8/2/1938 | The trail of the lonesome pine | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64382 | 10-in. | 8/3/1938 | I'm gonna learn to swing | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64383 | 10-in. | 8/3/1938 | Downhearted blues | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64384 | 10-in. | 8/2/1938 | Whispering | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64385 | 10-in. | 8/2/1938 | Just an old chimney scack | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64386 | 10-in. | 8/3/1938 | I gotta ketch up with my settin' | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64387 | 10-in. | 8/3/1938 | Put your arms around me, honey | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64388 | 10-in. | 8/3/1938 | Only a faded rose | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64389 | 10-in. | 8/3/1938 | Mary Lou | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64390 | 10-in. | 8/3/1938 | I'm free a little bird as I can be | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64391 | 10-in. | 8/3/1938 | Alexander's ragtime band | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 65665 | 10-in. | 5/29/1939 | I wonder who's kissing her now | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 65666 | 10-in. | 5/29/1939 | Free a little bird as I can be No.2 | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 65667 | 10-in. | 5/29/1939 | My gal's a Lulu | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 65668 | 10-in. | 5/29/1939 | Dream trail | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 65669 | 10-in. | 5/29/1939 | Misery on my mind | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 65670 | 10-in. | 5/29/1939 | Old fashioned locket | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 65671 | 10-in. | 5/29/1939 | The lily that bloomed for me | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 65681 | 10-in. | 5/31/1939 | I cannot tell a lie | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 65682 | 10-in. | 5/31/1939 | What good will it do | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 65683 | 10-in. | 5/31/1939 | Jesse James | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 65684 | 10-in. | 5/31/1939 | Just tell them that you saw me | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 65685 | 10-in. | 5/31/1939 | All through the night | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 65686 | 10-in. | 5/31/1939 | Rose of Shenandoah Valley | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 65687 | 10-in. | 5/31/1939 | Little darling, I'll be yours | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 65704 | 10-in. | 6/1/1939 | I'm ridin' the trail back home | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 65705 | 10-in. | 6/1/1939 | I could tell by the look on his face | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 65706 | 10-in. | 6/1/1939 | Don't trouble me | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 65707 | 10-in. | 6/1/1939 | Put on your old grey bonnet | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 65708 | 10-in. | 6/1/1939 | Turkey in the straw ; Old hen cackle ; Fiddler's dream | Clayton McMichen | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 65709 | 10-in. | 6/1/1939 | Old Joe Clark ; Pretty little widder ; Shortnin' bread | Clayton McMichen | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
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://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110743.
Bryant, Slim. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.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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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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