78 RPM - Jimmie Davis - Doggone That Train / She's A Hum Dum Dinger - Victor - USA

78 RPM Record

Artist:	Jimmie Davis
Label:	Victor
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	V-40286
Date:	22 Aug 1930
Format:	10"
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Wants
Price Guide:	$225
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PRICE GUIDE

$225

Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Jimmie Davis	Doggone That Train	Jimmie Davis	Rate
B	Jimmie Davis	She's A Hum Dum Dinger	Jimmie Davis	Rate

Notes

Recorded May 20, 1930, Municipal Auditorium, Memphis, TN
Jimmie Davis, vocals; poss. Prentis Dumas, steel guitar (A), prob. Oscar Woods, guitar (B), Ed Schaffer, steel guitar (B).

Images

Number: 723060

THUMBNAIL
Uploaded By: fixbutte
Description: A Side Label

Number: 723061

Uploaded By: fixbutte
Description: B Side Label

Comments and Reviews


fixbutte 29th Apr 2015		Listening again "Doggone That Train" and reading the lyrics, I have to concede that Corrine might not be so much different in this song, as "she says I'm going north where men are men then I'll be satisfied". Here's the whole lyrics, found on http://www.classic-country-song-lyrics.com/doggonethattrainlyricschords.html with chords: I took my girl to the depot put her on a northbound train I held her hand, I held it long and strong never to hold again The tears streamed down my cold pale cheeks she didn't even bat an eye It was a blue blue day for me I mean when Corrine said goodbye Doggone that train that took my gal away from here She left me blue left me lonesome too My heart will be hard to cheer Maybe some day she'll catch a southbound train And come back to me again The fireman blew his whistle loud the brakeman says we're long gone As the train pulled out she dropped a note saying so long papa so long She says I'm going north where men are men then I'll be satisfied It was a blue blue day for me I mean when Corrine said goodbye Doggone that train that took Corrine away from here She left me blue left me lonesome too My heart will be hard to cheer Maybe some day she'll catch a southbound train And come back to me again



fixbutte 29th Apr 2015		As already said by thebluesneverdie, Hank Snow's cover version, sung with his slightly cynical vocal, is also fine. It is on YouTube with the lyrics which don't differ much from the original: (link updated Dec 14, 2018)



fixbutte 29th Apr 2015		The A-side, Jimmy Davis' original of "Doggone That Train" is very good too. His singing style was apparently heavily influenced by Jimmie Rodgers, but this song and the recording, as always with excellent guitar accompaniment (Prentis Dumas was probably the steel guitarist here), are a distinct work of art. Interestingly, this romantic ballad was dedicated to a girl called Corrine, a name that would be associated with rather different feelings in future recordings of Jimmie Davis:



thebluesneverdie 16th Apr 2015		Nice copy for auction on ebay. Bids start at $100.00, and worth every penny.



fixbutte 16th Apr 2015		From TheHoundBlog already cited yesterday: She's A Hum-Dum Dinger was so popular he would record a part two a year later. In it he introduces the character of Corrine Brown, a nymphomaniac, whom he would revisit in tunes over the next several years. "She dropped anchor / I set sail / lord deliver me from that female", extols Davis with a delivery of such sly effortlessness, as to truly earn that overused adjective -- sublime. And here's the YouTube video of Part 1:



fixbutte 16th Apr 2015		... and the B-side belongs to Jimmie Davis' most popular early recordings. "Singing with guitars" according to this record's labels, these accompanists were probably Oscar "Buddy" Woods on guitar and Ed "Dizzy Head" Schaffer on steel guitar, who would record their one 78 (Victor 23275) under the name Shreveport Home Wreckers the following day. Other sources, however, credit Prentis Dumas with the steel guitar, but that was possibly the case only on the A-side.



thebluesneverdie 16th Apr 2015		Hank Snow made a fine cover of the A-side in the late fifties.

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