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.
No comments:
Post a Comment