Slim Mays

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1936

Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, vocalist, composer, speaker

Notes: Also known as "Slim Jim" and Debs Mays, his given name. Sometimes credited without surname as "Slim." Slim Mays's composer credits are often under his given name, Debs Mays.

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor BS-0501 10-in. 9/9/1936 Spooning 'neath a Western sky Slim Mays ; Rex Mitchell ; Oklahoma Cowboys ; Jack Pierce Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal trio vocalist  
Victor BS-0503 10-in. 9/9/1936 If you don't believe I'm leavin' Slim Mays ; Oklahoma Cowboys ; Jack Pierce Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal duet vocalist  
Victor BS-0505 10-in. 9/9/1936 My dad Slim Mays ; Oklahoma Cowboys ; Jack Pierce Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo vocalist, composer  
Victor BS-0506 10-in. 9/9/1936 The Blue Ridge home I love Slim Mays ; Oklahoma Cowboys ; Jack Pierce Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal duet vocalist  
Victor BS-0507 10-in. 9/9/1936 Sweetheart, let's grow old together Willie (Red) Herman Harmonica solo, with guitar and string bass instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor BS-0508 10-in. 9/9/1936 (Trouble ends) Out where the blue begins Willie (Red) Herman Harmonica solo, with guitar and string bass instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor BS-0509 10-in. 9/9/1936 Shine on, harvest moon Willie (Red) Newman Harmonica solo, with guitar and string bass instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor BS-0510 10-in. 9/9/1936 St. Louis blues Willie (Red) Newman Harmonica solo, with guitar and string bass instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor BS-0511 10-in. 9/9/1936 Slim's talkin' blues Slim Mays Dialogue, with guitar composer, instrumentalist, guitar, speaker  
Victor BS-0512 10-in. 9/9/1936 Slim's talkin' blues Slim Mays Dialogue, with guitar instrumentalist, guitar, speaker, composer  
Victor BS-0513 10-in. 9/9/1936 Soap box blues Slim Jim Male vocal solo, with guitar composer, vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor BS-0514 10-in. 9/9/1936 Rabbit blues Slim Jim Male vocal solo, with guitar instrumentalist, guitar, composer, vocalist  
Victor BS-0517 10-in. 9/9/1936 Spanish waltz Los Fronterizos Instrumental ensemble instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor BS-0518 10-in. 9/9/1936 La polka de Juanito Los Fronterizos Instrumental ensemble instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor BS-0519 10-in. 9/9/1936 La polka de Jill Los Fronterizos Instrumental ensemble instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor BS-0520 10-in. 9/9/1936 Helena Earl Carr ; Slim Mays Fiddle (violin) and guitar duet instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor BS-0521 10-in. 9/9/1936 Leña acarreada por el agua Oklahoma Cowboys ; Jack Pierce Fiddle (violin) and guitar duet instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor BS-0522 10-in. 9/9/1936 Cabra Oklahoma Cowboys ; Jack Pierce Instrumental trio instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor BS-0523 10-in. 9/9/1936 Oklahoma medley Oklahoma Cowboys ; Jack Pierce Instrumental trio instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor BS-0524 10-in. 9/9/1936 Frontier breakdown Oklahoma Cowboys ; Jack Pierce Instrumental trio instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor BS-0526 10-in. 9/9/1936 Wabash blues Slim Mays ; Oklahoma Cowboys ; Jack Pierce Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal duet vocalist  
Victor BS-0527 10-in. 9/9/1936 Wang wang blues Slim Mays ; Oklahoma Cowboys ; Jack Pierce Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal duet vocalist  
Victor BS-0528 10-in. 9/9/1936 Has anybody seen my gal Slim Mays ; Oklahoma Cowboys ; Jack Pierce Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo and talk vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor BS-0529 10-in. 9/9/1936 If I had my way Slim Mays ; Oklahoma Cowboys ; Jack Pierce Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal duet vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Mays, Slim," accessed November 7, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/206481.

Mays, Slim. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 7, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/206481.

"Mays, Slim." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 7 November 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/206481

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