Slim Bryant

Thomas Hoyt Bryant (December 7, 1908 – May 28, 2010) known professionally as Slim Bryant, was an American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist born in Atlanta, Georgia. He was one of the last country musician's who had started recording in the 1920s. He started playing guitar in his youth and he would become billed on radio as "The Boy With A Thousand Fingers" and by the 1930s became famous as member of The Georgia Wildcats, his crisp modern guitar-playing would be admired by virtuoso Les Paul. As a songwriter, he composed some 200 songs, but was best known for writing commercial radio jingles for large corporations, like US Steel, Alcoa, Westinghouse, Chevrolet and for Iron City Beer for the Pittsburgh Brewing Company.

Birth and Death Data: Born December 7, 1908 (Atlanta), Died May 28, 2010 (Pennsylvania)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1929 - 1946

Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, vocalist, composer, songwriter, lyricist

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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 80 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BSHQ-58960	10-in.	8/10/1932	In the hills of Tennessee	Jimmie Rodgers	Male vocal solo, with instrumental quintet	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BSHQ-58961	10-in.	8/11/1932	Mother, the queen of my heart	Jimmie Rodgers	Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio	songwriter, instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BSHQ-58962	10-in.	8/11/1932	Prohibition has done me wrong	Jimmie Rodgers	Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BSHQ-58963	10-in.	8/11/1932	Rock all our babies to sleep	Jimmie Rodgers	Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BSHQ-58964	10-in.	8/11/1932	Whippin' that old T.B.	Jimmie Rodgers	Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-58968	10-in.	8/15/1932	No hard times	Jimmie Rodgers	Male vocal solo, with 2 guitars	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-58970	10-in.	8/15/1932	Peach picking time down in Georgia	Jimmie Rodgers	Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-58971	10-in.	8/16/1932	Gambling barroom blues	Jimmie Rodgers	Male vocal solo, with violin, banjo, and guitar	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-58972	10-in.	8/16/1932	I've only loved three women	Jimmie Rodgers	Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-73325	10-in.	8/29/1932	Prairie lullaby	Jimmie Rodgers	Male vocal solo, with instrumental quintet	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-73326	10-in.	8/29/1932	Miss the Mississippi and you	Jimmie Rodgers	Male vocal solo, with instrumental quintet	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-056522	10-in.	10/11/1940	Little darlin', I'll be yours	The Pine Ridge Boys	Male vocal duet, with 2 guitars	composer
Victor	BS-071059	10-in.	10/1/1941	Anna from Indiana	Tobacco Tags	Vocal and instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	BS-071061	10-in.	10/1/1941	You didn't mean it, darlin'	Tobacco Tags	Vocal and instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	D6VB-2938	10-in.	9/27/1946	Eeny meeny dixie deeny (the hide and go seek song)	Zeke Manners Band	Vocal ensemble, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Columbia	W151081	10-in.	12/7/1930	When the bloom is on the sage	Hugh Bryant ; Clayton McMichen	Male vocal duet, with fiddle (violin) and guitar	instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	W151104	10-in.	12/8/1930	You brought a new kind of love to me	Slim Bryant ; Clayton McMichen	Male vocal duet, with fiddle (violin) and guitar	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Columbia	W151932	10-in.	10/26/1931	When the bloom is on the sage	Slim Bryant ; Georgia Wildcats ; Clayton McMichen	Male vocal duet, with fiddle (violin) and guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	W151933	10-in.	10/26/1931	Yum yum blues	Slim Bryant ; Georgia Wildcats ; Clayton McMichen	Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, lyricist, composer
Columbia	W151966	10-in.	10/28/1931	Wild cat rag	Georgia Wildcats ; Clayton McMichen	String band, with talking	instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	W151967	10-in.	10/28/1931	Carolina train	Georgia Wildcats ; Clayton McMichen	Instrumental trio	instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	W151968	10-in.	10/28/1931	On the banks of the Ohio	Georgia Wildcats ; Clayton McMichen	Instrumental trio	instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	W151969	10-in.	10/28/1931	Back to my Georgia home	Georgia Wildcats ; Clayton McMichen	Instrumental trio	instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	W151970	10-in.	10/28/1931	The golden wedding ring	Georgia Wildcats ; Clayton McMichen	Instrumental trio	instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	W151971	10-in.	10/28/1931	Sweet Floreine	Georgia Wildcats ; Clayton McMichen	Instrumental trio, with male vocal duet	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar

(Results 1-25 of 80 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bryant, Slim," accessed September 30, 2023, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110743.

Bryant, Slim. (2023). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 30, 2023, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110743.

"Bryant, Slim." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2023. Web. 30 September 2023.