Son Bonds
Abraham John Bond Jr., known as Son Bonds (March 16, 1909 – August 31, 1947), was an American country blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was a working associate of Sleepy John Estes and Hammie Nixon. He was similar to Estes in his guitar-playing style. According to the music journalist Jim O'Neal, "the music to one of Bonds's songs, 'Back and Side Blues' (1934), became a standard blues melody when Sonny Boy Williamson I, from nearby Jackson, Tennessee, used it in his classic "Good Morning, School Girl". The best-known of Bonds's other works are "A Hard Pill to Swallow" and "Come Back Home." |
Birth and Death Data: Born March 16, 1909 (Brownsville), Died August 31, 1947 (Dyersburg)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1941
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, guitar, kazoo, composer, songwriter
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BS-064915 | 10-in. | 9/24/1941 | Don't you want to know? | Delta Boys | Male vocal solo and duet, with instrumental trio | vocalist, instrumentalist, kazoo | |
| Victor | BS-064916 | 10-in. | 9/24/1941 | You shouldn't do that | Delta Boys | Male vocal solo and duet, with instrumental trio | instrumentalist, kazoo, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-064917 | 10-in. | 9/24/1941 | When the saints go marching in | Delta Boys | Male vocal solo and duet, with instrumental trio | instrumentalist, kazoo, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-064918 | 10-in. | 9/24/1941 | Black gal swing | Delta Boys | Male vocal solo and duet, with instrumental trio | composer, instrumentalist, kazoo, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-064919 | 10-in. | 9/24/1941 | Get up and go | Delta Boys | Male vocal solo and duet, with instrumental trio | composer, instrumentalist, kazoo, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-064920 | 10-in. | 9/24/1941 | Every time my heart beats | Delta Boys | Male vocal solo and duet, with instrumental trio | instrumentalist, kazoo, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-064921 | 10-in. | 9/24/1941 | 80 Highway blues | Son Bonds | Male vocal solo, with 2 guitars and imitation tub bass | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer | |
| Victor | BS-064922 | 10-in. | 9/24/1941 | A hard pill to swallow | Son Bonds | Male vocal solo, with 2 guitars and imitation tub bass | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-064923 | 10-in. | 9/24/1941 | Come back home (Little girl) | Son Bonds | Male vocal solo, with 2 guitars and imitation tub bass | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer | |
| Victor | BS-064924 | 10-in. | 9/24/1941 | Lawyer Clark | Sleepy John Estes | Male vocal solo, with 2 guitars and imitation tub bass | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-064925 | 10-in. | 9/24/1941 | Little Laura blues | Sleepy John Estes | Male vocal solo, with 2 guitars and imitation tub bass | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-064926 | 10-in. | 9/24/1941 | Working man blues | Sleepy John Estes | Male vocal solo, with 2 guitars and imitation tub bass | instrumentalist, guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bonds, Son," accessed April 16, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110633.
Bonds, Son. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 16, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110633.
"Bonds, Son." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 16 April 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Bonds, Son, 1909-1947 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97077452
Wikidata: Son Bonds - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7560569
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/63618742
MusicBrainz: Son Bonds - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bce0e9b1-68d9-4a22-9d06-b2863ae69da0
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