Salty Holmes

Floyd Holmes (March 6, 1910 – January 1, 1970), better known as Salty Holmes, was an American country musician, harmonica player and Western B-movie actor.

Birth and Death Data: Died January 1, 1970

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1933 - 1955

Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, vocalist, harmonica, songwriter, lead vocal, composer, jug, lyricist, yodeling, speaker, instrumentalist

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 1-25 of 287 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BS-77242	10-in.	12/6/1933	I want my mama	Salty Holmes ; Prairie Ramblers	Harmonica solo, with instrumental trio	instrumentalist, harmonica
Victor	BS-77243	10-in.	12/6/1933	Kentucky blues	Salty Holmes ; The Prairie Ramblers	Harmonica solo, with instrumental trio	instrumentalist, harmonica
Victor	BS-77245	10-in.	12/6/1933	Blue river	Prairie Ramblers	Fiddle (violin) solo, with instrumental trio, and vocal and percussion effects	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-77247	10-in.	12/6/1933	Homesick for my old cabin	Rubye Blevins	Female vocal solo, with string band and yodeling	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	F4PB-4083	10-in.	5/24/1955	Mama blues	Roy Smeck		composer
Columbia	C1443	10-in.	7/17/1936	Hinky dinky parley voo no. 2	Sweet Violet Boys	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	C2125	10-in.	2/25/1938	What would you give in exchange for your mother-in-law	Sweet Violet Boys	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Columbia	C2312	10-in.	9/13/1938	Monkeys is the cwaziest people!	Prairie Ramblers	String band, with male vocal duet	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, lead vocal
Columbia	C2313	10-in.	9/13/1938	Somebody's smile	Prairie Ramblers	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Columbia	C2322	10-in.	9/14/1938	Back yard stomp	Sweet Violet Boys	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	C2362	10-in.	10/17/1938	I'm a-ridin' up the old Kentucky mountain	Patsy Montana ; Prairie Ramblers	Female vocal solo, with string band	instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	C2365	10-in.	10/17/1938	The strawberry roan	Patsy Montana ; Prairie Ramblers	String band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Columbia	C2390	10-in.	11/17/1938	I married a mouse of a man	Sweet Violet Boys	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	C2400	10-in.	12/6/1938	Little old locket of gold	Patsy Montana ; Prairie Ramblers	Female vocal solo, with string band	instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	C2413	10-in.	1/26/1939	Chiselin' daddy	Sweet Violet Boys	String band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	C2414	10-in.	1/26/1939	I married a mouse of a man	Sweet Violet Boys	String band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	C2415	10-in.	1/26/1939	The funny old hills	Prairie Ramblers	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	C2416	10-in.	1/26/1939	Hitch up the horse and buggy	Prairie Ramblers	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	C2417	10-in.	1/26/1939	I wonder if you feel the way I do	Prairie Ramblers	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	C2418	10-in.	1/31/1939	Please come home	Prairie Ramblers	String band, with male vocal solo and male ensemble	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Columbia	C2419	10-in.	1/31/1939	Somebody's smile	Prairie Ramblers	String band, with male vocal solo and male ensemble	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Columbia	C2420	10-in.	1/31/1939	Happy cowboy	Prairie Ramblers	String band, with male vocal solo and male ensemble	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Columbia	C2421	10-in.	1/31/1939	They're burning down the house I was brung up in	Prairie Ramblers	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	C2422	10-in.	1/31/1939	I still love you	Prairie Ramblers	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	C2423	10-in.	2/1/1939	Han'some Joe (from the land of the Navajo)	Patsy Montana ; Prairie Ramblers	Female vocal solo, with string band	instrumentalist, guitar

(Results 1-25 of 287 records)

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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Holmes, Salty," accessed December 24, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/204647.

Holmes, Salty. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 24, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/204647.

"Holmes, Salty." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 24 December 2025.