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 101-125 of 294 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | 65105 | 10-in. | 3/2/1939 | Toodle toodle oo | Bob Dunn's Vagabonds | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
Decca | 65106 | 10-in. | 3/2/1939 | When night falls | Bob Dunn's Vagabonds | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
Decca | 65107 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | You'll pay some day | Bob Dunn's Vagabonds | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
Decca | 65108 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | You don't know my mind | Bob Dunn's Vagabonds | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
Decca | 65109 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | Graveyard blues | Bob Dunn's Vagabonds | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
Decca | 65110 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | I want the whole world to know I love you | Bob Dunn's Vagabonds | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
Decca | 65111 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | I wonder if you feel the way I do | Texas Wanderers, The | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
Decca | 65112 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | I'll never let you cry | Texas Wanderers, The | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
Decca | 65113 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | I'll always be your buddy | Texas Wanderers, The | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
Decca | 65114 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | Is this a dream | Texas Wanderers, The | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
Decca | 65115 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | Meet me in Loveland | Texas Wanderers, The | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
Decca | 65116 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | I still care for you | Texas Wanderers, The | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
Decca | 65117 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | Waiting at the end of the road | Texas Wanderers, The | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
Decca | 65118 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | I wish I'd never learned to love you | Texas Wanderers, The | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
Decca | 65119 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | In a little house on the hill | Texas Wanderers, The | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
Decca | 65120 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | Rosetta | Texas Wanderers, The | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
Decca | 65121 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | wonder stomp (Instrumental) | Texas Wanderers, The | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
Decca | 65122 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | Jo-jo (Instrumental) | Texas Wanderers, The | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
Decca | 65123 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | Easy rider, easy rider-1 | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
Decca | 65130 | 10-in. | 3/4/1939 | You can't put that monkey on my back No.2 | The Shelton Brothers | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
Decca | 65131 | 10-in. | 3/4/1939 | Just because you're in deep elem | The Shelton Brothers | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
Decca | 65132 | 10-in. | 3/4/1939 | That's no way to treat the man you love | The Shelton Brothers | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
Decca | 65133 | 10-in. | 3/4/1939 | She's my gal | The Shelton Brothers | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
Decca | 65134 | 10-in. | 3/4/1939 | I just don't care anymore | The Shelton Brothers | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
Decca | 65135 | 10-in. | 3/4/1939 | Bye bye baby bye bye | The Shelton Brothers | 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
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/7149528
MusicBrainz: Bob Dunn - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a8382a2a-87be-4e84-9665-22be6591694a
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