Bashful Brother Oswald
Beecher Ray "Pete" Kirby (December 26, 1911 – October 17, 2002), better known as Bashful Brother Oswald, was an American country musician who popularized the use of the resonator guitar and Dobro. He played with Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys and was a member of the Grand Ole Opry. Though he released only a few recordings as a solo artist, he played as a session musician on numerous records, including the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's 1972 album Will the Circle be Unbroken. |
Birth and Death Data: Born 1911 (Sevier County), Died October 17, 2002 (Madison)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1939 - 1951
Roles Represented in DAHR: steel guitar, harmony vocal, guitar, lead vocal
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia | HCO807 | 10-in. | 5/28/1942 | Wreck on the highway | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, harmony vocal, instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Columbia | HCO808 | 10-in. | 5/28/1942 | Fire ball mail | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Columbia | HCO809 | 10-in. | 5/28/1942 | I'll reap my harvest in heaven | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist, harmony vocal | |
| Columbia | HCO810 | 10-in. | 5/28/1942 | Night train to Memphis | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Columbia | H811 | 10-in. | 6/1/1942 | Prodigal son | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Columbia | HCO812 | 10-in. | 6/1/1942 | Low and lonely | Roy Acuff ; Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Columbia | H813 | 10-in. | 6/1/1942 | Write me sweetheart | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal duet | instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist, harmony vocal | |
| Columbia | HCO818 | 10-in. | 6/1/1942 | They can only fill one grave | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist, harmony vocal | |
| Columbia | H820 | 10-in. | 6/4/1942 | Don't make me go to bed and I'll be good | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Columbia | H822 | 10-in. | 6/4/1942 | Not a word from home | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal duet | instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist, harmony vocal | |
| Columbia | H823 | 10-in. | 6/4/1942 | Do you wonder why | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Columbia | H824 | 10-in. | 6/4/1942 | I'll forgive you but I can't forget | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Columbia | HCO2205 | 10-in. | 1/28/1947 | (Our own) Jole Blon | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Columbia | HCO2206 | 10-in. | 1/28/1947 | Tennessee Central (Number 9) | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Columbia | HCO2208 | 10-in. | 1/28/1947 | There's a big rock in the road | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Columbia | HCO2209 | 10-in. | 1/28/1947 | Po' folks (all the time) | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Columbia | C3700 | 10-in. | 4/29/1941 | Be honest with me | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Columbia | C3701 | 10-in. | 4/29/1941 | Worried mind | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Columbia | C3704 | 10-in. | 4/29/1941 | It won't be long (till I'll be leaving) | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal duet | vocalist, harmony vocal | |
| Columbia | C3705 | 10-in. | 4/29/1941 | Just inside the pearly gates | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal duet | vocalist, harmony vocal | |
| Columbia | C3707 | 10-in. | 4/29/1941 | Brother take warning | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal duet | vocalist, harmony vocal | |
| Columbia | C3712 | 10-in. | 4/29/1941 | Branded wherever I go | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal duet | vocalist, harmony vocal | |
| Columbia | C3713 | 10-in. | 4/29/1941 | No letter in the mail | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, harmony vocal | |
| Columbia | C3715 | 10-in. | 4/29/1941 | I called and nobody answered | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal duet | vocalist, harmony vocal | |
| Columbia | C4314 | 10-in. | 12/19/1944 | It's too late now to worry anymore | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Columbia | C4315 | 10-in. | 12/19/1944 | Wait for the light to shine | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, harmony vocal | |
| Columbia | HCO4516 | 10-in. | 3/11/1946 | Let me be the first to say I'm sorry | Roy Acuff ; Smoky Mountain Boys | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Columbia | CCO4519 | 10-in. | 3/11/1946 | Waiting for my call to glory | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Columbia | CCO4520 | 10-in. | 3/11/1946 | Gone, gone, gone (but not forgotten) | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Columbia | CCO4521 | 10-in. | 3/11/1946 | Tell me now or tell me never | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Columbia | CCO4893 | 10-in. | 11/18/1947 | When they take that last look at me | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist, harmony vocal | |
| Columbia | CCO4894 | 10-in. | 11/18/1947 | This world can't stand long | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, harmony vocal | |
| Columbia | CCO4899 | 10-in. | 11/18/1947 | I had a dream | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, harmony vocal | |
| Columbia | CO40406 | 10-in. | 1/16/1949 | Take an old cold 'tater (and wait) | Little Jimmy Dickens | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Columbia | CO40407 | 10-in. | 1/16/1949 | Pennies for Papa | Little Jimmy Dickens | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Columbia | CO40410 | 10-in. | 1/15/1949 | Were you there when they crucified my Lord | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, harmony vocal | |
| Columbia | CO40411 | 10-in. | 1/15/1949 | Sweeter than the flowers | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, harmony vocal | |
| Columbia | CO40412 | 10-in. | 1/15/1949 | Tennessee waltz | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, harmony vocal | |
| Columbia | CO40413 | 10-in. | 1/15/1949 | The pale horse and his rider | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, harmony vocal | |
| Columbia | CO45066 | 10-in. | 1/16/1951 | Baldknob Arkansas | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo and vocal chorus | vocalist, harmony vocal | |
| Columbia | CO45068 | 10-in. | 1/16/1951 | Advice to Joe | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, harmony vocal | |
| Columbia | CO45069 | 10-in. | 1/16/1951 | When my money run out (I lost all my friends) | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, harmony vocal | |
| Columbia | CO45905 | 10-in. | 5/11/1951 | In the shadow of the Smokies | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist, harmony vocal | |
| Columbia | CO46931 | 10-in. | 9/24/1951 | Just a friend | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, harmony vocal | |
| Brunswick | MEM40 | 10-in. | 7/5/1939 | Smoky Mountain moon | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Brunswick | DAL944 | 10-in. | 4/11/1940 | Come back little pal | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Brunswick | DAL948 | 10-in. | 4/11/1940 | Beneath that lonely mound of clay | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Brunswick | DAL949 | 10-in. | 4/11/1940 | The streamlined cannon ball | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | DAL951 | 10-in. | 4/12/1940 | Farther along | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, harmony vocal | |
| Brunswick | DAL952 | 10-in. | 4/12/1940 | Blue eyed darling | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Brunswick | DAL953 | 10-in. | 4/12/1940 | The precious jewel | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist, harmony vocal | |
| Brunswick | DAL956 | 10-in. | 4/12/1940 | Lonesome old river blues | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist, harmony vocal | |
| Brunswick | DAL958 | 10-in. | 4/12/1940 | Mule skinner blues (Blue yodel #8) | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Brunswick | DAL967 | 10-in. | 4/11/1940 | Just to ease my worried mind | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, harmony vocal, instrumentalist, guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bashful Brother Oswald," accessed September 19, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/371479.
Bashful Brother Oswald. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 19, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/371479.
"Bashful Brother Oswald." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 September 2024.
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