Bob Dunn
Robert Lee Dunn (February 5, 1908 – May 27, 1971) was a pioneer Western swing steel guitarist. Influenced by influential Hawaiian lap steel guitar player Sol Hoʻopiʻi, Dunn played in his own original bluesy style and was one of the first to record an electric guitar, preceding other country & western guitarists following him shortly. He preceded by over three years George Barnes (with Big Bill Broonzy in 1938), Leonard Ware and, slightly later, Eddie Durham. On January 27, 1935, Dunn became one of the first musicians to record an electrically amplified instrument as a member of Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies. Dunn also played steel guitar in numerous other Western swing groups including those of Cliff Bruner and one of Moon Mullican's earlier bands. Dunn also had his own group, The Vagabonds, featuring Mullican and Cliff Bruner. Dunn was inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 1992. |
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Recordings (Results 76-100 of 294 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | 60655 | 10-in. | 3/5/1936 | A thousand good nights | Brownies [Milton Brown] | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
Decca | 60656 | 10-in. | 3/5/1936 | Keep a-knockin' | Brownies [Milton Brown] | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
Decca | 60657 | 10-in. | 3/5/1936 | Baby keep stealin' | Brownies [Milton Brown] | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
Decca | 60658 | 10-in. | 3/5/1936 | The old grey mare | Brownies [Milton Brown] | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
Decca | 64500 | 10-in. | 9/13/1938 | Annie Laurie | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, electric guitar | ||
Decca | 64501 | 10-in. | 9/13/1938 | Bring it on home to Grandma | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, electric guitar | ||
Decca | 64502 | 10-in. | 9/13/1938 | Ease my worried mind | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, electric guitar | ||
Decca | 64503 | 10-in. | 9/13/1938 | Remember | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, electric guitar | ||
Decca | 64504 | 10-in. | 9/13/1938 | It makes no difference now | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, electric guitar | ||
Decca | 64505 | 10-in. | 9/13/1938 | My Bonnie lies over the ocean | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, electric guitar | ||
Decca | 64506 | 10-in. | 9/13/1938 | Over moonlit waters | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, electric guitar | ||
Decca | 64507 | 10-in. | 9/13/1938 | Draggin' the bow | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, electric guitar | ||
Decca | 64508 | 10-in. | 9/14/1938 | Yearning just for you | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, electric guitar | ||
Decca | 64509 | 10-in. | 9/14/1938 | Old Joe Turner blues | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, electric guitar | ||
Decca | 64510 | 10-in. | 9/14/1938 | When you're smiling | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, electric guitar | ||
Decca | 64511 | 10-in. | 9/14/1938 | I wish I could shimmy like my sister Kate | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, electric guitar | ||
Decca | 64512 | 10-in. | 9/14/1938 | Sittin' on the moon | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, electric guitar | ||
Decca | 64513 | 10-in. | 9/14/1938 | Kangaroo blues | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, electric guitar | ||
Decca | 64514 | 10-in. | 9/14/1938 | I'll keep on loving you | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, electric guitar | ||
Decca | 64515 | 10-in. | 9/14/1938 | I hate to lose you | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, electric guitar | ||
Decca | 65100 | 10-in. | 3/2/1939 | Mama's gone goodbye | Bob Dunn's Vagabonds | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
Decca | 65101 | 10-in. | 3/2/1939 | Too long | Bob Dunn's Vagabonds | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
Decca | 65102 | 10-in. | 3/2/1939 | It must be love | Bob Dunn's Vagabonds | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
Decca | 65103 | 10-in. | 3/2/1939 | Blue skies | Bob Dunn's Vagabonds | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
Decca | 65104 | 10-in. | 3/2/1939 | Mean mistreater | Bob Dunn's Vagabonds | instrumentalist, steel guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Dunn, Bob," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/113144.
Dunn, Bob. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/113144.
"Dunn, Bob." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Dunn, Bob, 1908-1971 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2006084478
Wikidata: Bob Dunn - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2542752
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MusicBrainz: Bob Dunn - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a8382a2a-87be-4e84-9665-22be6591694a
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