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Darby and Tarlton was an early country music duo, who achieved some level of success in the late 1920s. The duo consisted of Tom Darby (born August 25, 1891[1] Columbus, Georgia - died August 20, 1971) and Jimmie Tarlton, (born May 8, 1892 Cheraw, South Carolina - died November 29, 1979 Phenix City, Alabama).
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Biography
Tarlton grew up on a farm in Chesterfield County, South Carolina learning folk songs from an early age. His parents were sharecroppers and he had to help out with the chores. He still managed to find the time to learn the slide guitar and banjo. After working as a street musician in the 1920s, Tarlton met Frank Ferera who taught him how to play the Hawaiian guitar. Tarlton soon moved to Columbus, Georgia where he met Tom Darby. They began performing together and shortly, they were offered a chance to make a recording for Columbia Records. Two songs were cut on April 5, 1927 and the recording sold well enough to allow a second recording session. On November 10, 1927 they recorded four songs, among them "Birmingham Jail" and "Columbus Stockade Blues". The two songs, coupled on one record, became the duo's biggest hits selling more than 200 000 copies. Darby and Tarlton recorded 63 songs between 1927 and 1933. In the early 1930s they became hostile towards each other and went their separate ways. Their hostility seemed to be about royalty issues. Tom Darby formed a short lived duo in 1931 together with Jesse Pitts, called "The Georgia Wildcats". Darby and Tarlton both retired in 1935, and although they lived in the same town, they never spoke to one another again.
During the folk revival of the 1960s, Tarlton found himself performing once more.
Original Discography
Darby and Tarlton
Matrix Title Record # Recording date 143902 "Down In Florida On a Hog" Columbia 15197-D April 5, 1927 143903 "Birmingham Town" Columbia 15197-D April 5, 1927 145202 "Birmingham Jail" Columbia 15212-D November 10, 1927 145203 "Columbus Stockade Blues" Columbia 15212-D November 10, 1927 145204 "Gamblin' Jim" Columbia 15684-D November 10, 1927 145205 "Lonesome In the Pines" Columbia 15684-D November 10, 1927 146042 "After the Ball" Columbia 15254-D April 12, 1928 146043 "I Can't Tell You Why I Love You" Columbia 15254-D April 12, 1928 146044 "Irish Police" Columbia 15293-D April 12, 1928 146045 "The Hobo Tramp" Columbia 15293-D April 12, 1928 146046 "Alto Waltz" Columbia 15319-D April 12, 1928 146047 "Sleeping In the Manger" Columbia unissued April 12, 1928 146048 "Daddy Won't Have No Easy Rider Here" Columbia unissued April 12, 1928 146049 "Mexican Rag" Columbia 15319-D April 12, 1928 147358 "Birmingham Jail no.2" Columbia 15375-D October 31, 1928 147359 "The Rainbow Division" Columbia 15360-D October 31, 1928 147360 "Country Girl Valley" Columbia 15360-D October 31, 1928 147361 "Lonesome Railroad" Columbia 15375-D October 31, 1928 147366 "If You Ever Learn To Love Me" Columbia 15388-D October 31, 1928 147367 "If I Had Listened To My Mother" Columbia 15388-D October 31, 1928 147368 "Traveling Yodel Blues" Columbia 15330-D October 31, 1928 147369 "Heavy Hearted Blues" Columbia 15330-D October 31, 1928 148293 "The New York Hobo" Columbia 15452-D April 15, 1929 148294 "All Bound Down In Texas" Columbia 15477-D April 15, 1929 148295 "Touring Yodel Blues" Columbia 15419-D April 15, 1929 148296 "Slow Wicked Blues" Columbia 15419-D April 15, 1929 148297 "Black Jack Moonshine" Columbia 15452-D April 15, 1929 148298 "Ain't Gonna Marry No More" Columbia 15477-D April 15, 1929 148303 "Down In the Old Cherry Orchard" Columbia 15403-D April 15, 1929 148304 "Where the Bluebirds Nest Again" Columbia 15403-D April 15, 1929 148305 "Beggar Joe" Columbia 15624-D April 15, 1929 148306 "When You're Far Away From Home" Columbia 15624-D April 15, 1929 148307 "Birmingham Rag" Columbia 15436-D April 15, 1929 148308 "Sweet Sarah Blues" Columbia 15436-D April 15, 1929 149308 "Where the River Shannon Flows" Columbia unissued October 31, 1929 149309 "Little Bessie" Columbia 15492-D October 31, 1929 149310 "I Left Her At the River" Columbia 15492-D October 31, 1929 149311 "Jack and May" Columbia 15528-D October 31, 1929 149312 "Captain Won't You Let Me Go Home" Columbia 15528-D October 31, 1929 149313 "The Blue and the Grey" Columbia unissued October 31, 1929 149322 "Going Back To My Texas Home" Columbia 15715-D October 31, 1929 149323 "The Whistling Songbird" Columbia 15511-D October 31, 1929 149324 "Freight Train Ramble" Columbia 15511-D October 31, 1929 149325 "Lonesome Frisco Line" Columbia unissued October 31, 1929 149326 "Down Among the Sugar Cane" Columbia 15715-D October 31, 1929 149327 "What Is Home Without Love" Columbia unissued October 31, 1929 150247 "The Black Sheep" Columbia 15674-D April 16, 1930 150248 "Little Ola" Columbia 15591-D April 16, 1930 150249 "Once I Had a Sweetheart" Columbia 15674-D April 16, 1930 150250 "The Maple On the Hill" Columbia 15591-D April 16, 1930 150251 "My Father Died a Drunkard" Columbia 15552-D April 16, 1930 150252 "Frankie Dean" Columbia 15701-D April 16, 1930 150263 "Pork Chops" Columbia 15611-D April 17, 1930 150264 "On the Banks of a Lonely River" Columbia 15572-D April 17, 1930 150265 "Faithless Husband" Columbia 15552-D April 17, 1930 150266 "Hard Time Blues" Columbia 15611-D April 17, 1930 150267 "Rising Sun Blues" Columbia 15701-D April 17, 1930 150268 "My Little Blue Heaven" Columbia 15572-D April 17, 1930 71627 "Thirteen Years In Kilbie Prison" Victor 23680 February 28, 1932 71628 "Once I Had a Fortune" Victor 23680 February 29, 1932 13432 "Let's Be Friends Again" (ARC) Ba 32810 June 7, 1933 13433 "I Long For the Pines" ARC unissued June 7, 1933 13437 "Black Sheep" ARC unissued June 7, 1933 Jimmie Tarlton
Matrix Title Record # Recording date 151000 "Careless Love" Columbia 15651-D December 3, 1930 151001 "By the Old Oaken Bucket Louise" Columbia 15763-D December 3, 1930 151002 "Lowe Bonnie" Columbia 15763-D December 3, 1930 151003 "After the Sinking of the Titanic" Columbia unissued December 3, 1930 151004 "New Birmingham Jail" Columbia 15629-D December 3, 1930 151005 "Roy Dixon" Columbia 15629-D December 3, 1930 151010 "Moonshine Blues" Columbia 15651-D December 4, 1930 151011 "Over the Hills Maggie" Columbia unissued December 4, 1930 71629 "Dixie Mail" Victor 23665 February 29, 1932 71630 "The Weaver's Blues" Victor 23700 February 29, 1932 71631 "Sweetheart of My Dreams" Victor 23665 February 29, 1932 71632 "Ooze Up To Me" Victor 23700 February 29, 1932 13434 "Hitch Hike Bums" ARC unissued June 7, 1933 13435 "By the Old Oaken Bucket Louise" (ARC) Ba 32810 June 7, 1933 13436 "Baby I Can't Use You" ARC unissued June 7, 1933 The Georgia Wildcats
Matrix Title Record # Recording date 69365 "She's Waiting For Me (Fort Benning Blues)" Victor 23640 May 27, 1931 69378 "The Bootlegger Song" Victor unissued May 29, 1931 69379 "The Monkey Song" Victor unissued May 29, 1931 69380 "Goin' Down That Lonesome Frisco Line" Victor 23640 May 29, 1931 69398 "Broke Man Blues" Victor unissued May 30, 1931 69399 "High Sheriff From Georgia" Victor unissued May 30, 1931 References
- Darby and Tarlton, Liner notes, Booklet, Bear Family Records.
Categories:- American country musicians
- Musicians from Georgia (U.S. state)
- Old-time musicians
- Musicians from South Carolina
- People from Columbus, Georgia
- People from Chesterfield County, South Carolina
- 1891 births
- 1892 births
- 1971 deaths
- 1979 deaths
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