Big Chief Henry's Indian String Band

Big Chief Henry's Indian String Band
Origin Oklahoma, USA
Genres String band
Years active 1920s-1930s
Labels RCA Victor
Past members Henry Hall (1877-1941)
Harold Hall (1901-1986)
Clarence Hall (1908-1975)

Big Chief Henry's Indian String Band was a Choctaw Indian string band from Oklahoma, United States. The band was composed of members of the Hall familyHenry, father, on vocals and fiddle; and sons Clarence on guitar and Harold on banjo. They played from Wichita, Kansas.[1]

H. C. Speir, a music promoter from Jackson, Mississippi, heard them playing at the Choctaw Indian Fair in Philadelphia, Mississippi. He got them a recording contract with RCA Victor, who recorded a number of songs in Dallas, October 14, 1929.[2]

Discography

Original recording date October 14, 1929, Dallas.[3]
Session Title Recording
BVE 56382-2 Blue Bird Waltz V-40255
BVE 56383-2 Choctaw Waltz V-40255
BVE 56384-2 Indian Tom-Tom V-40281
BVE 56385-2 The Indian's Dream V-40281
BVE 56386-2 Cherokee Rag V-40195
BVE 56387-2 On The Banks Of The Kaney V-40195

References

  1. Sisson, The American Midwest, p. 385: "Big Chief Henry Hall of Wichita, Kansas, recorded commercially in Dallas in 1929, ..."
  2. Wardlow, Chasin' That Devil Music, pp. 146-147: "He [HC Speir] loved white fiddle music. He found a Choctaw Indian fiddle band from Oklahoma that was at the Philadelphia Choctaw Festival in the summertime and got them on Victor. Big Chief Henry was his name."
  3. Spottswod, Ethnic Music on Records, p. 2928.

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