Brunswick matrix C1887. Gee but it's great to meet a friend (from your home town) / Prairie Ramblers

TitleSource
Gee but it's great to meet a friend (from your home town) (Primary title)Disc label
Old time singing and playing (Title descriptor)Disc label
Authors and ComposersNotes
William Tracey (lyricist)
James McGavisk (composer)
Fred Fisher (composer)
Composer information source: Disc label; ADP.
PersonnelNotes
Prairie Ramblers (Musical group)
Tex Atchison (instrumentalist : violin)
Salty Holmes (instrumentalist : guitar)
Chick Hurt (instrumentalist : mandola)
Sweet Violet Boys (Musical group)Listing on Vocalion and Conqueror.
Jack Taylor (instrumentalist : string bass)
Tex Atchison (vocalist)
Salty Holmes (vocalist)
Jack Taylor (vocalist)
Chick Hurt (vocalist)
Additional Information
  • Description: String band, with male vocal ensemble
  • Instrumentation: Fiddle (violin), mandola, guitar, and string bass
  • Category: Vocal
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Source(s): Brown (issues); disc.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
5/24/1937 Chicago, Illinois. Furniture Mart Bldg. [1] Unknown
5/24/1937 Chicago, Illinois. Furniture Mart Bldg. [2] Unknown
7/14/1937 Chicago, Illinois. Furniture Mart Bldg. [3] Unknown possible technical remake
7/14/1937 Chicago, Illinois. Furniture Mart Bldg. [4] Unknown possible technical remake
10/1/1937 Chicago, Illinois. Furniture Mart Bldg. 5 Master ARC Issues 7-09-52 10-in.
10/1/1937 Chicago, Illinois. Furniture Mart Bldg. 5 Master Vocalion 03766 10-in.
10/1/1937 Chicago, Illinois. Furniture Mart Bldg. 5 Master OKeh 03766 10-in.
10/1/1937 Chicago, Illinois. Furniture Mart Bldg. 5 Master Conqueror 9066 10-in.
10/1/1937 Chicago, Illinois. Furniture Mart Bldg. 5 Master Conqueror 9443 10-in.
10/1/1937 Chicago, Illinois. Furniture Mart Bldg. 5 Master Columbia 37768 10-in.
10/1/1937 Chicago, Illinois. Furniture Mart Bldg. 5 Master Columbia 20345 10-in.
10/1/1937 Chicago, Illinois. Furniture Mart Bldg. [6] Unknown

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Brunswick matrix C1887. Gee but it's great to meet a friend (from your home town) / Prairie Ramblers," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000443218/C1887-Gee_but_its_great_to_meet_a_friend_from_your_home_town.

Brunswick matrix C1887. Gee but it's great to meet a friend (from your home town) / Prairie Ramblers. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000443218/C1887-Gee_but_its_great_to_meet_a_friend_from_your_home_town.

"Brunswick matrix C1887. Gee but it's great to meet a friend (from your home town) / Prairie Ramblers." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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