Earl Johnson

Aliases: Earl Johnson and His Clodhoppers
Earl Johnson & His Clodhoppers
Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers
Earl Johnson and His Dixie Entertainers
Real name: Robert Earl Johnson
Born: August 24, 1886
Died: May 31, 1965
Country: United States
Comments: Old time fiddle player active around the period from 1920 until 1932.
He recorded in a trio with guitarist Byrd Moore and banjoist Emmett Bankston known as Earl Johnson and His Dixie Entertainers. When Moore left, Johnson replaced him with guitarist Lee "Red" Henderson and renamed the band, Earl Johnson and His Clodhoppers.
Related: Byrd Moore
Red Henderson Guitarist for Earl Johnson's Clodhoppers/Dixie Entertainers
Emmett Bankston Banjoist for Earl Johnson' Clodhoppers/Dixie Entertainers

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Originals

	Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
	The Little Grave in Georgia	Earl Johnson and His Clodhoppers	March 15, 1928	Charlie Louvin
i	Twinkle Little Star	Earl Johnson and His Clodhoppers	November 1927	(39 artists)
	Three Nights Experience	Earl Johnson and His Dixie Entertainers	April 5, 1927	(33 artists)
i	Nigger in the Cotton Patch	Earl Johnson & His Clodhoppers	October 1929	Joe LaRose

Covers by Earl Johnson

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
i	Earl Johnson's Arkansaw Traveler	Earl Johnson and His Clodhoppers	November 1927	(unknown)
	In the Shadow of the Pine	Earl Johnson and His Clodhoppers	March 15, 1928	(unknown)
	Johnnie, Get Your Gun	Earl Johnson and His Clodhoppers	December 25, 1927	Harry C. Browne
i	Leather Breeches	Earl Johnson and His Clodhoppers	April 1928	Uncle "Am" Stuart
	They Don't Roost Too High for Me	Earl Johnson and His Clodhoppers	June 1928	George Riley Puckett - Gid Tanner
	Dixie	Earl Johnson and His Dixie Entertainers	August 1927	Geo J. Gaskin REC,REL, Bryant's Minstrels PRF
i	Fiddlin' Rufus	Earl Johnson and His Dixie Entertainers	February 1930	Vess L. Ossman
	Hen Cackle	Earl Johnson and His Dixie Entertainers	July 1927	Fiddlin' John Carson
	Johnson's Old Grey Mule	Earl Johnson and His Dixie Entertainers	July 1927	(unknown)
i	Mississippi Sawyer	Earl Johnson and His Dixie Entertainers	February 1930	The Hill Billies [US]
	Nobody's Business	Earl Johnson and His Dixie Entertainers	April 5, 1927	Tennessee Ten (Original Memphis Five)
i	Rocky Palace	Earl Johnson and His Dixie Entertainers	October 3, 1930	Gid Tanner and His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett and Clayton McMichen
	All Night Long	Earl Johnson & His Clodhoppers	October 1929	(unknown)
i	Laughin' Rufus	Earl Johnson & His Clodhoppers	January 1930	Vess L. Ossman
	Old Grey Mare Kicking out of the Wilderness	Earl Johnson & His Clodhoppers	1928	Prince's Band
	Poor Little Joe	Earl Johnson & His Clodhoppers	January 1930	(unknown)
	Boil Dem Cabbage Down	Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers	1927	Uncle Dave Macon
	Bringing in the Sheaves	Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers	February 1931	Trinity Mixed Quartet
	Shortenin' Bread	Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers	1927	(unknown)
	Stay in the Wagon Yard	Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers	1931	"Peg" Moreland
	Take Me Back to My Old Mountain Home	Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers	1931	Riley Puckett

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Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Ain't Nobody's Business	Earl Johnson and His Dixie Entertainers	April 5, 1927	OKeh
All Night Long	Earl Johnson & His Clodhoppers	October 1929	OKeh
Boil Dem Cabbage Down	Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers	1927	OKeh
Buy a Half Pint and Stay in the Wagon Yard	Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers	1931	OKeh
Dixie	Earl Johnson and His Dixie Entertainers	August 1927	OKeh
Earl Johnson's Arkansaw Traveler	Earl Johnson and His Clodhoppers	November 1927	OKeh
Green Mountain	Earl Johnson and His Dixie Entertainers	October 3, 1930	Victor
Hen Cackle	Earl Johnson and His Dixie Entertainers	July 1927	OKeh
I Get My Whiskey from Rockingham	Earl Johnson & His Clodhoppers	1928	OKeh
I Know That My Redeemer Liveth	Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers	February 1931	OKeh
I've Got a Woman on Sourwood Mountain	Earl Johnson and His Clodhoppers	December 25, 1927	OKeh
Mississippi Sawyer	Earl Johnson and His Dixie Entertainers	February 1930	Victor
Poor Little Joe	Earl Johnson & His Clodhoppers	January 1930	OKeh
Red Hot Breakdown	Earl Johnson and His Clodhoppers	April 1928	OKeh
The Little Grave in Georgia	Earl Johnson and His Clodhoppers	March 15, 1928	OKeh
They Don't Roost Too High for Me	Earl Johnson and His Clodhoppers	June 1928	OKeh

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