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 26-50 of 79 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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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 |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bryant, Slim," accessed September 19, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110743.
Bryant, Slim. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 19, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110743.
"Bryant, Slim." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 September 2024.
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Linked Open Data Sources
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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