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 were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 26-50 of 50 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Brunswick E23110-E23111 10-in. 5/12/1927 Blue Ridge Mountain blues Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet and vocal quartet instrumentalist, violin, vocalist  
Brunswick E23116-E23117 10-in. 5/13/1927 Sweet bunch of daisies Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins Male vocal trio, with instrumental ensemble and yodeling vocalist  
Brunswick E23118-E23119 10-in. 5/13/1927 Daisies won’t tell Elbert Bowman ; Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins Male vocal trio, with instrumental ensemble and yodeling vocalist  
Brunswick E23120-E23121 10-in. 5/13/1927 Down to the club (Drunken hiccoughs) Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble and vocal quartet instrumentalist, violin, vocalist  
Brunswick E23122-E23123 10-in. 5/13/1927 Sleep, baby, sleep Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins Male vocal trio, with instrumental ensemble and yodeling instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Brunswick E23124-E23125 10-in. 5/13/1927 Black eyed Susie Elvis Alderman ; Charlie Bowman ; Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins Male vocal solo, with vocal and instrumental ensemble instrumentalist, violin, vocalist  
Brunswick E23126-E23127 10-in. 5/13/1927 Cluck old hen Elvis Alderman ; Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins Male vocal solo and yodeling, with vocal and instrumental ensemble instrumentalist, violin  
Brunswick E23128-E23129 10-in. 5/13/1927 The nine pound hammer Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins Male vocal solo, with vocal and instrumental ensemble instrumentalist, violin, vocalist  
Brunswick E23130-E23131 10-in. 5/13/1927 Whoa, mule Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins Male vocal solo, with vocal and instrumental ensemble instrumentalist, violin, vocalist  
Brunswick E23145-E23147 10-in. 5/14/1927 Echoes of the chimes Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins Male vocal solo, with vocal and instrumental quartet vocalist, instrumentalist, violin  
Brunswick E23148-E23149 10-in. 5/14/1927 Boatin’ up Sandy Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins Male vocal solo, with vocal and instrumental quartet vocalist, instrumentalist, violin  
Brunswick E23150-E23151 10-in. 5/14/1927 Johnson Boys Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins Male vocal solo, with vocal and instrumental quartet vocalist, instrumentalist, violin  
Brunswick E23169-E23170 10-in. 5/16/1927 Hear dem bells Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins Male vocal solo, with male vocal trio and instrumental ensemble vocalist, instrumentalist, violin  
Brunswick E23171-E23172 10-in. 5/16/1927 Georgie Buck Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins Male vocal solo, with male vocal trio and instrumental ensemble instrumentalist, banjo, violin, vocalist  
Brunswick E23173-E23174 10-in. 5/16/1927 The feller that looked like me Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins Male vocal solo, with male vocal trio and instrumental ensemble instrumentalist, violin, vocalist  
Brunswick E23175-E23176 10-in. 5/16/1927 C.C.&O. No. 558 Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins Male vocal solo, with male vocal trio and instrumental ensemble instrumentalist, violin, vocalist  
Brunswick E23177-E23178 10-in. 5/16/1927 Darling Nellie Gray Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins Male vocal solo, with male vocal trio and instrumental ensemble vocalist, instrumentalist, violin  
Brunswick E23179-E23180 10-in. 5/16/1927 She’ll be comin’ ‘round the mountain Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins Male vocal solo, with male vocal trio and instrumental ensemble vocalist, instrumentalist, violin  
Brunswick E23181-E23182 10-in. 5/16/1927 Ride that mule Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins Male vocal solo, with vocal and instrumental ensemble instrumentalist, violin, vocalist  
Brunswick E23183-E23184 10-in. 5/16/1927 Bug in the 'taters Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins Male vocal solo, with vocal and instrumental ensemble instrumentalist, violin, vocalist  
Brunswick E23185-E23186 10-in. 5/16/1927 Baby, your time ain’t long Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins Male vocal solo, with vocal and instrumental ensemble vocalist, instrumentalist, violin  
Brunswick E23187-E23188 10-in. 5/16/1927 Oh! Where is my little dog gone? Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins Male vocal solo, with male vocal trio and instrumental quintet vocalist, instrumentalist, violin  
Brunswick E23189-E23190 10-in. 5/16/1927 Wasn’t she a dandy? Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins Male vocal solo, with male vocal trio and instrumental quintet vocalist, instrumentalist, violin  
Brunswick E23191-E23192 10-in. 5/16/1927 Roll on the ground Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins Male vocal solo, with vocal and instrumental ensemble instrumentalist, violin, vocalist  
Brunswick E23193-E23194 10-in. 5/16/1927 Daisies won’t tell Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins Male vocal solo, with vocal and instrumental ensemble instrumentalist, violin, vocalist  
(Results 26-50 of 50 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bowman, Charlie," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/111759.

Bowman, Charlie. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/111759.

"Bowman, Charlie." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.

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