Buddy Jones
Birth and Death Data: Born February 17, 1924 (Hope), Died June 9, 2000 (Carmel Valley)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1930 - 1956
Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, vocalist, string bass, songwriter, speaker, harmonica, composer, lyricist
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BVE-64754 | 10-in. | 11/29/1930 | Penitentiary blues | Jimmie Davis | Male vocal solo, with 2 guitars | songwriter | |
| Victor | BVE-69352 | 10-in. | 5/26/1931 | Hobo's warning | Jimmie Davis | Male vocal solo, with 2 guitars | instrumentalist, guitar, songwriter | |
| Victor | BVE-69353 | 10-in. | 5/26/1931 | Bury me in old Kentucky | Jimmie Davis | Male vocal solo, with 2 guitars | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-69354 | 10-in. | 5/26/1931 | The gambler's return | Jimmie Davis | Male vocal solo, with 2 guitars | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-69355 | 10-in. | 5/26/1931 | Wild and reckless hobo | Jimmie Davis | Male vocal solo, with 2 guitars | instrumentalist, guitar, composer, lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-69356 | 10-in. | 5/26/1931 | The Davis limited | Jimmie Davis | Male vocal solo, with harmonica, guitar, speech, and train whistle effects | instrumentalist, guitar, speaker, harmonica | |
| Victor | BVE-69357 | 10-in. | 5/27/1931 | She left a-runnin' like a sewing machine | Jimmie Davis | Male vocal solo, with 2 guitars | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-70655 | 10-in. | 2/7/1932 | High behind blues | Jimmie Davis | Male vocal solo, with guitar | songwriter | |
| Decca | 60835 | 10-in. | 3/21/1936 | I wish I had never seen sunshine | Jimmie Davis | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 60836 | 10-in. | 3/21/1936 | High geared Mama-1, 4 | Jimmie Davis | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 60837 | 10-in. | 3/21/1936 | Bed bug blues-1,2 | Jimmie Davis | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 60845 | 10-in. | 3/21/1936 | I ain't gonna let Satan turn me 'round | Jimmie Davis | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 60846 | 10-in. | 3/21/1936 | 'Twill be sweet when we meet-3 | Jimmie Davis | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 61836 | 10-in. | 2/18/1937 | Davis rag (Instrumental)-1 | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 61837 | 10-in. | 2/18/1937 | Mean old lonesome blues | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 61838 | 10-in. | 2/18/1937 | The women | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 61858 | 10-in. | 2/18/1937 | Doing my pal - Jimmie Davis | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 61859 | 10-in. | 2/18/1937 | Drunkard's blues | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 61860 | 10-in. | 2/18/1937 | Rambler's blues | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 61861 | 10-in. | 2/18/1937 | My home in the hills of Caroline | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 61873 | 10-in. | 2/19/1937 | Huntin' blues | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 61874 | 10-in. | 2/19/1937 | Butcher man blues | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 63009 | 10-in. | 12/11/1937 | Ragged but right | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 63010 | 10-in. | 12/11/1937 | When the cactus is in bloom | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 63011 | 10-in. | 12/11/1937 | When the sun goes down | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 63012 | 10-in. | 12/11/1937 | Small town Mama | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 63013 | 10-in. | 12/11/1937 | Shereveport County jail blues | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 63014 | 10-in. | 12/11/1937 | My home, my baby and me | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 63015 | 10-in. | 12/11/1937 | Streamlined Mama | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 63016 | 10-in. | 12/11/1937 | I'm your real and true friend | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 63017 | 10-in. | 12/11/1937 | Tom cattin' around | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 63018 | 10-in. | 12/11/1937 | Evil stingaree | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 64558 | 10-in. | 9/21/1938 | Carry the good work on | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 64559 | 10-in. | 9/21/1938 | I'll get mine bye and bye | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 64560 | 10-in. | 9/21/1938 | Small town Mama No.2 | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 64561 | 10-in. | 9/21/1938 | Easy rollin' Sue | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 64566 | 10-in. | 9/21/1938 | She's sellin' what she used to give away | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 64567 | 10-in. | 9/21/1938 | I ain't goin' your way | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 64568 | 10-in. | 9/21/1938 | Old fashioned sweetheart | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 65123 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | Easy rider, easy rider-1 | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 65124 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | Ease my troubled mind | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 65125 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | I'm in the doghouse now | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 65126 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | Oklahoma City blues | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 65127 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | She's selling what she used to give away No.2 | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 65128 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | She's got her jinx on me | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 65129 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | The roughest gal in town | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 65138 | 10-in. | 3/4/1939 | I'll get mine bye and bye No.2 | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 65139 | 10-in. | 3/4/1939 | You cannot take it with you | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 66333 | 10-in. | 8/30/1939 | Hold it a little longer | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 66334 | 10-in. | 8/30/1939 | I can't be bothered | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 66335 | 10-in. | 8/30/1939 | I can't use you anymore | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 66336 | 10-in. | 8/30/1939 | I'll get mine bye and bye No.3 | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 66337 | 10-in. | 8/30/1939 | Boog-a-boo baby | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 66338 | 10-in. | 8/30/1939 | Like the doctor said | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 66339 | 10-in. | 8/30/1939 | Tend to your business | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 66340 | 10-in. | 8/30/1939 | Alice from Dallas | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 66341 | 10-in. | 8/30/1939 | Rockin' rollin' Mama | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 66342 | 10-in. | 8/30/1939 | You'll miss me some sweet day | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 66343 | 10-in. | 8/30/1939 | Settle down blues | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 66344 | 10-in. | 8/30/1939 | I'm in the doghouse now No.2 | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 66345 | 10-in. | 8/30/1939 | She's got the best in town | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 66346 | 10-in. | 8/30/1939 | I wish I'd never met you | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 66347 | 10-in. | 8/30/1939 | Action speaks louder than words | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 66348 | 10-in. | 8/30/1939 | I think I'll turn your damper down | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 66378 | 10-in. | 9/2/1939 | Garbage man | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 66379 | 10-in. | 9/2/1939 | Big Mama blues | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 69748 | 10-in. | 9/17/1941 | She's a hum-dum-dinger | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 69749 | 10-in. | 9/17/1941 | Don't say goodbye if you love me | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 69750 | 10-in. | 9/17/1941 | I'm going to get me a honky tonk baby | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 69751 | 10-in. | 9/17/1941 | Every day blues | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 88959 | 11/7/1955 | Flying down to Rio | Gene Quill-Dick Sherman Quintet | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 88960 | 11/7/1955 | The things we did last Summer | Gene Quill-Dick Sherman Quintet | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 88961 | 11/7/1955 | Darn that dream | Gene Quill-Dick Sherman Quintet | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 88962 | 11/7/1955 | Sid meets Haig | Gene Quill-Dick Sherman Quintet | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | C 90213 | 10-in. | 8/11/1935 | I wish I had never seen sunshine | Jimmie Davis | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | C 90214 | 10-in. | 8/11/1935 | Bed bug blues | Jimmie Davis | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | C 90215 | 10-in. | 8/12/1935 | Deep Mississippi blues | Jimmie Davis | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | C 90216 | 10-in. | 8/12/1935 | Will you love me when I'm old | Jimmie Davis | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | C 90217 | 10-in. | 8/12/1935 | Are you tired of me darling? | Jimmie Davis | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | C 90218 | 10-in. | 8/12/1935 | Red River blues | Jimmie Davis | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | C 90219 | 10-in. | 8/12/1935 | Corn fed man | Jimmie Davis | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | C 90220 | 10-in. | 8/12/1935 | I ain't gonna let Satan turn me 'round | Jimmie Davis | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | C 90222 | 10-in. | 8/13/1935 | Come on over to my house | Jimmie Davis | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | C 90223 | 10-in. | 8/13/1935 | In my cabin tonight | Jimmie Davis | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 90235 | 10-in. | 8/14/1935 | 'Twill be sweet when we meet | Jimmie Davis | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 92042 | 10-in. | 4/7/1940 | Mean old sixty five blues | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 92043 | 10-in. | 4/7/1940 | I'll come back dear | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 92044 | 10-in. | 4/7/1940 | Goin' back to Louisiana Lou | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 92045 | 10-in. | 4/7/1940 | Taxicab driver's blues | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 92046 | 10-in. | 4/7/1940 | Waiting for a train | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 92047 | 10-in. | 4/7/1940 | Dear old sunny South by the sea | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 92048 | 10-in. | 4/7/1940 | I won't miss you when yoa go away | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 92049 | 10-in. | 4/8/1940 | Any old time | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 92050 | 10-in. | 4/8/1940 | I'm going back to Sadie | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 92051 | 10-in. | 4/8/1940 | Sailing blues | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 93722 | 10-in. | 4/29/1941 | Don't ever leave me alone | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 93723 | 10-in. | 4/29/1941 | Honey don't turn me down | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 93724 | 10-in. | 4/29/1941 | You've got just what it takes | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 93725 | 10-in. | 4/29/1941 | Red wagon | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 93726 | 10-in. | 4/30/1941 | What is life lived alone | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 93727 | 10-in. | 4/30/1941 | Gonna change my business all around | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 93728 | 10-in. | 4/30/1941 | If I'm wrong, I'm sorry | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 93729 | 10-in. | 4/30/1941 | Mean hangover blues | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 100986 | 11/14/1956 | Coquette | Johnny Costa | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 100987 | 11/14/1956 | Cherokee | Johnny Costa | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 100988 | 11/14/1956 | From this moment on ; Who cares | Johnny Costa | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 100989 | 11/14/1956 | Whispering | Johnny Costa | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 100990 | 11/14/1956 | I'll be around | Johnny Costa | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 100991 | 11/14/1956 | Everything I've got | Johnny Costa | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 100992 | 11/14/1956 | Willow weep for me | Johnny Costa | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 100993 | 11/14/1956 | It's all right with me | Johnny Costa | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 100994 | 11/14/1956 | The boy next door | Johnny Costa | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 100995 | 11/15/1956 | The most beautiful girl in the world | Johnny Costa | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 100996 | 11/15/1956 | Night and day | Johnny Costa | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 100997 | 11/15/1956 | This can't be love | Johnny Costa | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 100998 | 11/15/1956 | I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter | Johnny Costa | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 100999 | 11/15/1956 | By a waterfall | Johnny Costa | instrumentalist, string bass |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Jones, Buddy," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107321.
Jones, Buddy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107321.
"Jones, Buddy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.
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External Sources
Discogs: Buddy Jones
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Jones, Buddy, 1924-2000 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95111756
Wikidata: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1001217
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