Thursday, May 9, 2013

Connie and Babe and Joe (by Dick Grant)



CONNIE & BABE
CONNIE & JOE
THE BACKWOODS BOYS
SESSION DISCOGRAPHY

CONNIE And BABE                                                                                                  Nashville, Tn:                                                                         1954
Connie M. Gately Jr.(bari vcl-1/ld vcl-4/gtr);Ernest “Babe” Lofton (ld vcl verse-2/tnr vcl chrs-3/gtr); Joe Drumright (bjo); John                                                 Hurt
(mand); John Hagar (fdl); Thayer Washer (ld vcl chrs-5); Dalton Tate (stg bs).
                                                                                                                                          Producer:

E4-KW-842         ROLL ON BLUES             -1-2-3-5                           Republic 7090, Rounder 1022, JSPJSPCD-7731
                          (Connie Gately)                                                     
E4-KW-843         HOW WILL THE FLOWERS BLOOM                        -1-2-3-5               Republic 7106,                1022,        JSPCD-7731                             
                          (Connie Gately)                                                     
E4-KW-844         THE LONELY WALTZ        -4                                   Republic 7090,                1022,        JSPCD-7731
                          (Connie Gately)   
                          Unknown Title                                                        Republic (Uniss/Lost)                                                                                               
                          ()

NB(1): REPUBLIC 7090 released
NB(2): JSP JSPCD-7731 “BLUEGRASS EARLY CUTS 1931-1953” released United Kingdom 2004.

CONNIE And BABE                                                                                                  Nashville, Tn:                                                                         1954
Connie Gately Jr. (bari vcl-1/ld vcl-4); Babe Lofton (ld vcl verse-2/tnr vcl chrd-3/gtr); Joe Drumright (bjo); John Hurt (mand); John Hagar (fdl); Thayer Washer (ld vcl chrs-5); Dalton Tate (stg bs).    Producer:

E4-KW-9150        THE LAST LOVE LETTER  -3-4                                Republic 7106, Rounder 1022, JSP JSPCD-7731
                          (Connie Gately- Babe Lofton)                                                                                                                                                                                                        Unknown Title                                                                     Republic uniss/Lost)
                          ()
                          Unknown Title                                                        Republic (Uniss/Lost)
                          ()
                         Unknown Title                                                        Republic (Uniss/Lost)
                          ()

NB(1): REPUBLIC 7106 was released in Monday 3rd January 1955.
NB(2): Both REPUBLIC 7090 & REPUBLIC 7106 were pressed by RCA Victor.
NB(3): REPUBLIC 7106 reviewed Billboard C& W Saturday 8th January 1955.

BILL MONROE And His Blue Grass Boys
             Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue, South                         Nashville, Tn:                                             Tuesday 8th April 1958
                                                     William Smith “Bill” Monroe (mand); Ed Mayfield (gtr); Joe Drumright (bjo); Kenneth “Kenny” Baker (fdl); Robert “Bobby” Hicks (fdl); Bessie Lee Mauldin (stg bs).                                                                                          Producer:

NA-10221/          PANHANDLE COUNTRY   (Inst)                              Decca 9-30739, Decca DL-4601
104835               (Bill Monroe)
NA-10222/          SCOTLAND                                                           (Inst)                             9-30739, Decca DL-4134, Decca DL-4601
104836               (Bill Monroe)

NB(1): DECCA 9-30739 released October 1958.
NB(2): “SCOTLAND” entered Billboard C&W chart Monday 3rd November 1958 - #15 - 6 weeks.
NB(3): DECCA DL-4134 “ALL TIME COUNTRY & WESTERN-ORIGINAL HIT PERFORMANCES, Vol.3.” released
NB(4): DECCA DL-4601 i“BLUEGRASS INSTRUMENTALS” released June 1965.
NB(5): DECCA DL-4601 reviewed Billboard Saturday 12th June 1965.

BILL MONROE And His Blue Grass Boys
             Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue, South                         Nashville, Tn:                               Wednesday 25th November 1959
(ld vcl/mand); Jack Cook (gtr); Joe Drumright (bjo); Benjamin Edward “Benny” Martin (fdl); Dale Potter (fdl); Bessie Lee Mauldin (stg bs).                                                                                     Producer:

NA-10902/           LONESOME WIND BLUES                                                               Decca 9-31031, Decca ED-2713
108458                (Wayne Raney) (Lois BMI)
NA-10903/           THINKING ABOUT YOU                                          Decca ED-2713, Decca DL-4303
108459                (Lee Fikes-Bill Monroe)
NA-10904/           COME GO WITH ME                                                                       Decca 9-31031
108460               (Marty Robbins)

NB(1): DECCA 9-31031 released December 1959.
NB(2): DECCA ED-2713 “BILL MONROE AND HIS BLUE GRASS BOYS” released 1962
NB(3): DECCA DL-4303 “GRAND OLE OPRY, SATURDAY NIGHT” released 1962.
                                                    
CONNIE AND JOE - The Backwoods Boys
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        ca: Thursday 4th February 1960
Connie Gately Jr.(bari vcl-2/gtr); Joe Drumright  (bjo); Gene Turner (tnr vcl-3/mand); Charlie Smith (fdl); Thayer Washer (ld vcl-1/stg bs).                                                                                                      Producer:

ST-3164              MY DOLLIES WOULD CRY                                                              Starday 45-490, Rounder 1022, Americana AMC 30-03
                          (J.Talley-C.Gately) (Starday Music BMI)                                            
ST-3165              TOIL, TEARS AND TROUBLE                                                           Starday 45-490, Starday SLP-136, Rounder 1022                   
                          (J.Talley-C.Gately) (Starday Music BMI)                                             Country Stars CTS-55424, Xtra CD-26454,
                                                                                                                               Americana AMC 30-03, King KG-0952-4-2 
                                                                                                                               Jasmine JASMCD-3608
ST-3166              ARE YOU WAITING                                               -1-2-3                 Starday (Uniss), Rounder 1022, Americana AMC 30-03
                          (Connie Gately)                                                                                                                                                                                  
ST-3167              THUNDERHEAD              (Inst)                              Starday (Uniss),                1022,                    AMC 30-03
                          (Joe Drumright-Gene Turner)                                                            

NB(1): Starday 45-490 released April 1960.
NB(2): The above recordings may have taken place in 1958.
NB(3): J.Talley is JOHN C. TALLEY.
NB(4): JASMINE JASMCD-3608 “BLUEGRASS THAT HIGH LONESOME SOUND” released United Kingdom March 2012.

CONNIE AND JOE - The Backwoods Boys
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             1960
Connie Gately Jr.(ld vcl/gtr); Joe Drumright (bjo); Ernest “Babe” Lofton (tnr vcl); Brundell Rhodes (bari vcl);  Charlie Smith (fdl); Gene Turner (mand); Dalton Tate (stg bs).                          Producer:

                          MOTHER’S PRAYERS                                                                     Starday (Uniss), Rounder 1022, Americana AMC 30-03
                          ()                                                                                                  

NB: The above recordings may have taken place in 1958.               

CONNIE AND JOE - The Backwoods Boys
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      July 1960
Connie Gately Jr. (bari vcl/gtr); Joe Drumright (bjo); Ernest “Babe” Lofton (tnr vcl/gtr); Thayer Washer (ld vcl); Billy Clark (fdl); Gene Turner (mand); Dalton Tate (stg bs).                          Producer:

ST-3392-1            LONELY YEARS                                                    Starday 45-512, Rounder 1022, Americana AMC 30-03
                          (J.Talley-C.Gately) (Starday Music BMI)                                            
ST-3392-2            LONELY YEARS BELONG TO ME                                                     Starday (Uniss), Americana 30-03
                          (J.Talley-C.Gately) (Starday Music BMI)
ST-3393-1            HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS                                                     Starday 45-512, Starday SLP-136, Rounder 1022 
                          (J.Talley-C.Gately) (Starday Music BMI)                                             Country Stars CTS 55424, Xtra CD-26454
                                                                                                                               King KG-0952-4-2, Americana AMC 30-03
ST-3393-2            HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS                                                     Starday (Uniss),                        AMC 30-03
                          (J.Talley-C.Gately) (Starday Music BMI)
ST-3393-3            HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS                                                     Starday (Uniss),                        AMC 30-03
                          (J.Talley-C.Gately) (Starday Music BMI)
                          DARK WATERS               (Take 1)                          Starday (Uniss), Rounder 1022, Americana AMC 30-03
                         (Connie Gately)                                                     
                          DARK WATERS               (Take 2)                          Starday (Uniss), Americana AMC 30-03                                                                                                             (Connie Gately)
                          LITTLE MAGGIE               (Take 1)                          Starday (Uniss),                    AMC 30-03
                          ()
                          LITTLE MAGGIE               (Take 2)                          Starday (Uniss),                    AMC 30-03
                          ()          

NB(1): The correct title of Matrix no. ST-3393 is “THE LONELY YEARS BELONG TO ME”.
NB(2): STARDAY 45-512 released August 1960.
NB(3): The above recordings may have taken place in 1958.
NB(4): ROUNDER 1022 “CONNIE & BABE THE EARLY DAYS OF BLUEGRASS Vol.10.” released September 1980.
NB(5): ROUNDER 1022 reviewed  Bluegrass Unlimited Vol.15, #4 - October 1980.
NB(6): COUNTRY STARS CTS-55424 “BLUEGRASS SPECTACULAR” released Belgium 1993.
NB(7): XTRA CD-26454 “THE APPALACHIAN WAY-ROOTS OF BLUEGRASS” released United Kingdom 2004.
NB(8): KING KG-0952-4-2 “THE BEST OF KING And STARDAY BLUEGRASS” released 2004.

CONNIE AND JOE - The Backwoods Boys
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             1960
Connie Gately Jr. (bari vcl-1/mand); Joe Drumright (bjo); Thayer Washer (ld vcl/gtr); Carl Washer (tnr vcl); Bill Jones (fdl); John John Bridges (stg bs).                                                   Producer:

                          CAMPTOWN RACES                                              Starday (Uniss), Rounder 1022, Americana AMC 30-03
                          ()                                                                                                  
                          BARBARA ALLEN                                                                            Starday (Uniss),                  1022,                  AMC 30-03              
                          ()                                                                                                  
                         
CONNIE AND JOE - The Backwoods Boys
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             1960
Connie Gateley Jr. (bari vcl/mand); Joe Drumright (bjo); Thayer Washer (ld vcl/gtr); Carl Washer (tnr vcl); Bill Jones (fdl); John Bridges (stg bs).                                                                              Producer:

                          BABY BEN                                                                                      Starday (Uniss), Americana AMC 30-03
                          ()
                          KNOXVILLE GIRL                                                                            Starday (Uniss),                    AMC 30-03
                          ()
                          AULD LANG SYNE                                                 (Inst)                  Starday (Uniss),                    AMC 30-03
                          ()          

NB(1): There is an indication that the above recordings were recorded for STARDAY Records. Though they are not shown on the STARDAY SESSION SHEETS for CONNIE & JOE.
NB(2): AMERICANA AMC 30-03 “STARDAY SESSIONS” released     
                                                     BILL MONROE And His Blue Grass Boys
                                                                                                                               Nashville, Tn:                                        Monday 27th January 1964
(ld vcl/mand); Joe Stuart (gtr); Joe Drumright (bjo); Benny Williams (fdl); Bessie Lee Mauldin (stg bs).
                                                                                                                                                                                   Producer:

                                                     NA-12798/          I’LL MEET YOU IN CHURCH SUNDAY MORNING    Decca DL-4537
                                                     114410               (Bill Monroe)
                                                     NA-12799/          MARY AT THE HOME PLACE                                                           Decca 31658, Decca DL-4671
                                                     114411               (Ken Clark)
                                                     NA-12800/          HIGHWAY OF SORROW                                        Decca DL-4780
                                                     114412               (Bill Monroe-Pete Pyle)
                                                    
                                                     NB(1): DECCA 31658 released September 1964.
                                                     NB(2): DECCA DL-4537 “I’LL MEET YOU IN CHURCH SUNDAY MORNING” released August 1964.
                                                     NB(3): DECCA DL-4671 “SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE GRAND OLE OPRY, Vol.3.” released 1965.
                                                     NB(4): DECCA DL-4780 “THE HIGH LONESOME SOUND” released August 1966.      

BILL MONROE And His Blue Grass Boys
                                                                                                                               Nashville, Tn:                                       Tuesday 28th January 1964
(ld vcl-1/tnr vcl-1/mand); Delano Floyd “Del” McCoury (ld vcl chrs-2/gtr); Joe Drumright (bjo); Benny Williams (fdl); Joe Stuart (fdl); Bessie Lee Mauldin (stg bs).                            Producer:

NA-12801/           ONE OF GOD’S SHEEP                                          Decca DL-4537
114413                (Wally Fowler)
NA-12802/           ROLL ON BUDDY, ROLL ON                                  -1-2                    Decca DL-4896
114414                (Teddy Wilburn-Doyle Wilburn)
NA-12803/           LEGEND OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS           Decca (Uniss)
114415                (Horace Scarlet)

NB(1): Originally master no. NA-12803 was titled “YOUNG GIRL DRESSED IN BLUE” on the original session data; this was crossed out and the present title substituted at a later date!
NB(2): DECCA DL-4896 i“BLUE GRASS TIME” released Monday 12th June 1967.
                                                    



CONNIE & BABE and the Backwods Boys
                                                                Celebration Studio                                  Nashville, Tn:                                                                         1973
Connie Gately Jr.(Bari vcl-1/gtr); Babe Lofton (tnr vcl-2); Joe Drumright (bjo-4); Jody Drumright (mand-5); Thayer Washer (ld  vcl-3); Gerald “Red” Roberts (ld gtr/fdl-6).Dalton Tate (stg bs).      Producer:Dale Kelly

20988                 HEAVENLY LIGHT                                                                           Rounder 0042
                          (Alton Delmore)
20988                 DARK WATERS               -1-2-3                                             0042
                          (Connie Gately)
20988                 BABY BEN                                                            -1-2                                   0042
                          ()
20988                 I’LL NEVER MAKE YOU CRY                                                                          0042
                          (Connie Gately) (Happy Valley Music BMI)
20988                 AULD LANG SYNE                                                 (Inst)-4-5-6                         0042
                          ()
20988                 BLUE DIAMONDS                                                  -4-5-6                                0042
                          (Connie Gately) (Happy Valley Music BMI)
20988                 WONDER WHERE YOU ARE TONIGHT                   -1-2-3                                0042
                          ()
20988                 JUST OUTSIDE                -2                                                  0042
                          (Eddie Miller)
20988                 WAITING FOR THE BOYS TO COME HOME                            0042
                          (Luther Presley)
20988                 ARE YOU ALL ALONE                                                           0042
                          (Ira Louvin)
20988                 SAIL AWAY LADY                                                  (Inst)-4-5-6                         0042
                          ()
20988                 ARE YOU WAITING                                               -1-2-3                                0042
                          (Connie Gately)

NB(1): ROUNDER 0042 “BASIC BLUEGRASS” released November 1973.
NB(2): JOHN HAGER (fdl/gtr) is not on this session. According to JOHN HAGER he did not participate in the above                                         session.
                                                    
CONNIE & BABE and the Backwoods Boys
                                                                                                                               Nashville, Tn:                                                            Summer 1974
Connie Gately Jr. (ld vcl-1/bari vcl-2/gtr); Babe Lofton (ld vcl-3/tnr vcl-4/gtr); Joe Drumright (bjo); Red Roberts (ld gtr/fdl-5); Thayer Washer (ld vcl-6/bari vcl-7); Jody Drumright (mand); Fred Gately (stg bs).       
                                                                                                                               Engineer: Tommy Downs

                          HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS                                                     Rounder 0043, Rounder AN22
                          (J.Talley-C.Gately)
                          DUSTY MILLER                                                                    0043
                          (Luke Bulla) (Happy Valley Music BMI)
                          MY DOLLIES WOULD CRY                                                                             0043
                          (J.Talley-C.Gately)
                          ROLL ON BLUES                                                                  0043
                          (C.Gately)
                          LONESOME TRAIL                                                                                         0043
                          ()
                          NORTH CAROLINA BOUND                                                                            0043
                          ()
                          TOIL, TEARS AND TROUBLE                                                                          0043
                          (J.Talley-C.Gately)
                          LAST LOVE LETTER                                                              0043
                          (C.Gately-B.Lofton)
                          THUNDERHEAD                                                                   0043, Rounder CD-11542
                          (Joe Drumright-Gene Turner)
                          HOW WILL THE FLOWERS BLOOM                                                                 0043
                          (C.Gately)
                          NO ONE BUT YOU                                                                                         0043
                          ()
                          LONELY YEARS                                                                   0043
                          (J.Talley-C.Gately)           

NB(1): ROUNDER 043 “BACKWOODS BLUEGRASS” released November 1975.
NB(2): ROUNDER AN22 “HAND-PICKED-25 YEARS OF BLUEGRASS ON ROUNDER RECORDS” released 1995.
NB(3): ROUNDER CD-11542 “ROUNDER BANJO” released 1987.
NB(4): ROUNDER CD-11542 reviewed Bluegrass Unlimited Vol.25, #2-August 1990.

THE BAILEY BROTHERS             
                                       Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road                     Madison, Tn:                                                                          1979
Charles L. “Charlie” Bailey (ld vcl/mand); Daniel E. “Danny” Bailey (tnr vcl/rhy gtr); Joe Drumright (bjo): Larry Mathis (bjo-2); Clarence “Tater” Tate (bs vcl-1/fdl); English P.  “Slap Happy Jake” Tullock (stg bs).         
                                                                                                                               Engineer: Sundance

34399                 SOUTHERN MOON                                                                         Rounder 0056
                          (Alton Delmore-Rabon Delmore)
34399                 THEY’RE ALL GOING HOME BUT ONE                    -2                                      0056
                          ()
34399                 TWO LITTLE ROSEBUDS                                                       0056
                          ()
34399                 BLESSED JESUS HOLD MY HAND                                                                  0056
                          ()
34399                 I LOVED YOU BETTER THAN YOU KNEW                               0056
                          ()
34399                 THIS WORLD CAN’T STAND LONG                         -1                                      0056
                          ()
34399                 SUNBONNET MOTHER                                                         0056
                          (Don Stover)

NB: ROUNDER 0056 “JUST AS THE SUN WENT DOWN” released 1980.
        
THE BAILEY BROTHERS
                          Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road        Madison, Tn:     1979
Charlie Bailey (ld vcl/mand); Danny Bailey (tnr vcl/rhy gtr); Joe Drumright (bjo); Tater Tate (bs vcl-/fdl); Jake Tullock (stg bs).                                                                                                                  Engineer: Sundance

34399                 I WANT TO BE LOVED ONLY BY YOU                     -2                       Rounder 0056                                                                                
                          ()
34399                 PLEASE SPEAK TO ME LITTLE DARLING                                0056
                          ()
34399                 LITTLE GREEN VALLEY                                                         0056
                          ()
34399                 JUST AS THE SUN GOES DOWN                                                                    0056
                          ()
34399                 BROKEN ENGAGEMENT                                                       0056
                          ()
34399                 HE’S KNOCKING                                                                  0056
                          ()
                                              
CONNIE & BABE & The Backwoods Boys                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     1990-1992
Connie Gately Jr. (ld vcl-1/bari vcl-2/gtr); Babe Lofton (ld vcl-3/tnr vcl-4/gtr); Joe Drumright (bjo); Red Roberts (ld gtr/fdl-8); Thayer Washer (vcl-5); Jody Drumright (ld vcl-6/tnr vcl-7/mand); Mike Pierson (gtr-9). Fred Gately (ld vcl-8/stg bs).     
                                                                                                                              Producer:

                          GRAVE ON THE ROLLING HILLSIDE                                                Rounder ROUCD-11661-0298
                          (Connie Gately)
                          DREAMING OF A LITTLE CABIN                                                                     ROUCD-11661-0298
                          (Albert E.Brumley)
                          NORTH TO ALASKA                                                                                       ROUCD-11661-0298
                          (M.Phillips)
                          IS IT TRUE?                                                          -9                                      ROUCD-11661-0298
                          (Connie Gately) (Happy Valley Music BMI)
                          SHOUTING ON THE HILLS OF GLORY                                                            ROUCD-11661-0298
                          (Arr. Connie Gately) (Happy Valley Music BMI)
                          CRUEL WILLIE                (Inst)                                             ROUCD-11661-0298                                                                                                           (Arr. Connie Gately) (Happy Valley Music BMI)           Rounder ROUCD-11661-0500
                          BACKWOODS DIXIE        (Inst)                              Rounder ROUCD-11661-0298
                          (Joe Drumright-Jody Drumright)
                          WHEN YOU ARE LONELY                                                                              ROUCD-11661-0298
                          (Bill Monroe-Lester Flatt)
                          THE SWEETEST GIFT                                                           ROUCD-11661-0298
                          (J.BCoates)
                          DOWN THE ROAD TO HOME                                 -9                       Rounder ROUCD-11661-0298
                          (Connie Gately) (Happy Valley Music BMI)
                          MEMORIES OF MOTHER AND DAD                                                                ROUCD-11661-0298
                          (Albert Price)
                          WRECK OF THE OLD 97                                                       ROUCD-11661-0298
                          (Arr. Connie Gately) (Happy Valley Music BMI)
                          DEEP ELEM BLUES                                                                                       ROUCD-11661-0298
                          (Leon Chappelear)

NB(1): ROUNDER ROUCD-11661-0298 “DOWN THE ROAD TO HOME” released 1992.
NB(2): ROUNDER ROUCD-11661-0500 “BLUE TRAIL OF SORROW” released 2001.
DISCOGRAPHY compiled by DICK GRANT; WALT SAUNDERS & DAVE SAX with acknowledgements to Neil Rosenberg;
Rounder Records & Mario Manciotti.
2008-2013.                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

                                                                             

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