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 26-50 of 50 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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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 |
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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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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