Joe "Jo Jo" Thames
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1937 - 1941
Roles Represented in DAHR: banjo, vocalist
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decca | 61636 | 10-in. | 2/5/1937 | So tired | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 61637 | 10-in. | 2/5/1937 | Milk cow blues | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 61638 | 10-in. | 2/5/1937 | The right key | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 61639 | 10-in. | 2/5/1937 | You got to hi de hi | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 61640 | 10-in. | 2/5/1937 | In the blue of the night | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 61641 | 10-in. | 2/5/1937 | Shine | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 61642 | 10-in. | 2/5/1937 | Can't nobody truck like me | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 61643 | 10-in. | 2/5/1937 | Bringin' home the bacon | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 61644 | 10-in. | 2/5/1937 | Under the silvery moon | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 61645 | 10-in. | 2/5/1937 | Corrine Corrina | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 61646 | 10-in. | 2/5/1937 | Four or five times | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 61647 | 10-in. | 2/5/1937 | Oh you pretty woman | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 61648 | 10-in. | 2/5/1937 | I ain't gonna give nobody none o' this jelly roll | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 61649 | 10-in. | 2/5/1937 | Old fashioned love | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 62966 | 10-in. | 12/8/1937 | Oh how I miss you tonight | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62967 | 10-in. | 12/8/1937 | One sweet letter from you | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62968 | 10-in. | 12/8/1937 | Dream train | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62969 | 10-in. | 12/8/1937 | Sunbonnet Sue | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62970 | 10-in. | 12/8/1937 | Tonight you belong to me | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62971 | 10-in. | 12/8/1937 | By a window at the end of the lane | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62972 | 10-in. | 12/8/1937 | Girl of my dreams | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62973 | 10-in. | 12/8/1937 | I saw your face in the moon | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62974 | 10-in. | 12/8/1937 | Red lips-Kiss my blues away | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62975 | 10-in. | 12/8/1937 | You can depend on me | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62976 | 10-in. | 12/8/1937 | Sugar | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62977 | 10-in. | 12/8/1937 | My Daddy, my mother and me | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62978 | 10-in. | 12/8/1937 | Truckin' on down | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62979 | 10-in. | 12/8/1937 | River stay 'way from my door | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62980 | 10-in. | 12/8/1937 | Baby won't you please come home | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62981 | 10-in. | 12/8/1937 | Beaumont rag | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 63009 | 10-in. | 12/11/1937 | Ragged but right | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 63010 | 10-in. | 12/11/1937 | When the cactus is in bloom | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 63011 | 10-in. | 12/11/1937 | When the sun goes down | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 63012 | 10-in. | 12/11/1937 | Small town Mama | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 63013 | 10-in. | 12/11/1937 | Shereveport County jail blues | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 63014 | 10-in. | 12/11/1937 | My home, my baby and me | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 63015 | 10-in. | 12/11/1937 | Streamlined Mama | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 63016 | 10-in. | 12/11/1937 | I'm your real and true friend | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 63017 | 10-in. | 12/11/1937 | Tom cattin' around | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 63018 | 10-in. | 12/11/1937 | Evil stingaree | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 64500 | 10-in. | 9/13/1938 | Annie Laurie | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 64501 | 10-in. | 9/13/1938 | Bring it on home to Grandma | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 64502 | 10-in. | 9/13/1938 | Ease my worried mind | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 64503 | 10-in. | 9/13/1938 | Remember | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 64504 | 10-in. | 9/13/1938 | It makes no difference now | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 64505 | 10-in. | 9/13/1938 | My Bonnie lies over the ocean | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 64506 | 10-in. | 9/13/1938 | Over moonlit waters | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 64507 | 10-in. | 9/13/1938 | Draggin' the bow | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 64508 | 10-in. | 9/14/1938 | Yearning just for you | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 64509 | 10-in. | 9/14/1938 | Old Joe Turner blues | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 64510 | 10-in. | 9/14/1938 | When you're smiling | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 64511 | 10-in. | 9/14/1938 | I wish I could shimmy like my sister Kate | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 64512 | 10-in. | 9/14/1938 | Sittin' on the moon | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 64513 | 10-in. | 9/14/1938 | Kangaroo blues | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 64514 | 10-in. | 9/14/1938 | I'll keep on loving you | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 64515 | 10-in. | 9/14/1938 | I hate to lose you | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 64558 | 10-in. | 9/21/1938 | Carry the good work on | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 64559 | 10-in. | 9/21/1938 | I'll get mine bye and bye | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 64560 | 10-in. | 9/21/1938 | Small town Mama No.2 | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 64561 | 10-in. | 9/21/1938 | Easy rollin' Sue | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 64566 | 10-in. | 9/21/1938 | She's sellin' what she used to give away | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 64567 | 10-in. | 9/21/1938 | I ain't goin' your way | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 64568 | 10-in. | 9/21/1938 | Old fashioned sweetheart | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65100 | 10-in. | 3/2/1939 | Mama's gone goodbye | Bob Dunn's Vagabonds | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65101 | 10-in. | 3/2/1939 | Too long | Bob Dunn's Vagabonds | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65102 | 10-in. | 3/2/1939 | It must be love | Bob Dunn's Vagabonds | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65103 | 10-in. | 3/2/1939 | Blue skies | Bob Dunn's Vagabonds | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65104 | 10-in. | 3/2/1939 | Mean mistreater | Bob Dunn's Vagabonds | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65105 | 10-in. | 3/2/1939 | Toodle toodle oo | Bob Dunn's Vagabonds | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65106 | 10-in. | 3/2/1939 | When night falls | Bob Dunn's Vagabonds | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65107 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | You'll pay some day | Bob Dunn's Vagabonds | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65108 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | You don't know my mind | Bob Dunn's Vagabonds | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65109 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | Graveyard blues | Bob Dunn's Vagabonds | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65110 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | I want the whole world to know I love you | Bob Dunn's Vagabonds | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65111 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | I wonder if you feel the way I do | Texas Wanderers, The | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65112 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | I'll never let you cry | Texas Wanderers, The | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65113 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | I'll always be your buddy | Texas Wanderers, The | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65114 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | Is this a dream | Texas Wanderers, The | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65115 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | Meet me in Loveland | Texas Wanderers, The | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65116 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | I still care for you | Texas Wanderers, The | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65117 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | Waiting at the end of the road | Texas Wanderers, The | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65118 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | I wish I'd never learned to love you | Texas Wanderers, The | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65119 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | In a little house on the hill | Texas Wanderers, The | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65120 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | Rosetta | Texas Wanderers, The | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65121 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | wonder stomp (Instrumental) | Texas Wanderers, The | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65122 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | Jo-jo (Instrumental) | Texas Wanderers, The | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65123 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | Easy rider, easy rider-1 | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65124 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | Ease my troubled mind | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65125 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | I'm in the doghouse now | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65126 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | Oklahoma City blues | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65127 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | She's selling what she used to give away No.2 | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65128 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | She's got her jinx on me | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65129 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | The roughest gal in town | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65130 | 10-in. | 3/4/1939 | You can't put that monkey on my back No.2 | The Shelton Brothers | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65131 | 10-in. | 3/4/1939 | Just because you're in deep elem | The Shelton Brothers | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65132 | 10-in. | 3/4/1939 | That's no way to treat the man you love | The Shelton Brothers | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65133 | 10-in. | 3/4/1939 | She's my gal | The Shelton Brothers | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65134 | 10-in. | 3/4/1939 | I just don't care anymore | The Shelton Brothers | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65135 | 10-in. | 3/4/1939 | Bye bye baby bye bye | The Shelton Brothers | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65136 | 10-in. | 3/4/1939 | On Mexico's beautiful shore | The Shelton Brothers | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65137 | 10-in. | 3/4/1939 | That's why I'm jealous of you | The Shelton Brothers | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65138 | 10-in. | 3/4/1939 | I'll get mine bye and bye No.2 | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65139 | 10-in. | 3/4/1939 | You cannot take it with you | Buddy Jones | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65146 | 10-in. | 3/5/1939 | The pretty little girl with a smile | The Shelton Brothers | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65147 | 10-in. | 3/5/1939 | Hallelujah I'm gonna be free again | The Shelton Brothers | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65148 | 10-in. | 3/5/1939 | You can't fool a fool all the time | The Shelton Brothers | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65149 | 10-in. | 3/5/1939 | You gotta quit cheatin' on me | The Shelton Brothers | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65150 | 10-in. | 3/5/1939 | How times have changed | The Shelton Brothers | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 65151 | 10-in. | 3/5/1939 | You can't do that to me | The Shelton Brothers | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 66307 | 10-in. | 8/26/1939 | I'm still in love with you | Cliff Bruner and his Boys | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 66415 | 10-in. | 9/5/1939 | Basin Street blues | Bob Dunn's Vagabonds | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 66416 | 10-in. | 9/5/1939 | was that all I meant to you | Bob Dunn's Vagabonds | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 66419 | 10-in. | 9/5/1939 | Meet me tonight in dreams | Bob Dunn's Vagabonds | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 66420 | 10-in. | 9/5/1939 | Stompin' at the honky tonk | Bob Dunn's Vagabonds | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 66421 | 10-in. | 9/5/1939 | Wednesday rag (Instrumental) | Bob Dunn's Vagabonds | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 66422 | 10-in. | 9/5/1939 | I'll tell the world | Bob Dunn's Vagabonds | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 66423 | 10-in. | 9/5/1939 | Sweet bunch of daisies | Bob Dunn's Vagabonds | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 93736 | 10-in. | 4/30/1941 | It's been a long, long time | Floyd Tillman | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 93737 | 10-in. | 4/30/1941 | All because of you | Floyd Tillman | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 93738 | 10-in. | 4/30/1941 | I've learned my lesson now | Floyd Tillman | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 93739 | 10-in. | 4/30/1941 | They took the stars out of heaven | Floyd Tillman | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 93740 | 10-in. | 4/30/1941 | Rio Grande | Floyd Tillman | instrumentalist, banjo | ||
| Decca | 93741 | 10-in. | 4/30/1941 | Why do you treat me this way | Floyd Tillman | instrumentalist, banjo |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Thames, Joe "Jo Jo"," accessed April 26, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/210102.
Thames, Joe "Jo Jo". (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/210102.
"Thames, Joe "Jo Jo"." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 26 April 2024.
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