Gary Scruggs

Gary Eugene Scruggs, *18-05-1949 Knoxville, TN, + 01-12-2021

By Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli, Thieu Van De Vorst

SESSIONS see also Earl Scruggs

Around 1967 Nashville, TN – Elmer Hinton featuring Gary and Rany Scruggs (Elmer Hinton [vcl] + Gary Scruggs [vcl/rh gt], Randy Scruggs [banjo/12 str gt], Junior Huskey [bass],

001 DOWN TO EARTH PART 1  Georgie GLP 1000

002 UNCLE OLIVERS BLUENOSE MULE  Georgie GLP 1000

003 OLD BLUESTREAK  Georgie GLP 1000

004 THE UNHOG BUSINESS  Georgie GLP 1000

005 A CHICKEN FARM  Georgie GLP 1000

006 ITCHIN' AND SCRATCHIN'  Georgie GLP 1000

007 HOME COUNTRY  Georgie GLP 1000

008 DOWN TO EARTH PART 2  Georgie GLP 1000

5-11 September 1967 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16ta Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Gary Scruggs (Producer: Bob Johnston)

009 NCO 120181 GENTLE WHEN YOU SAY THE WORD Columbia 4-44360

010 NCO 120182 I NEED SOMEONE Columbia 4-44360

28 August 1968 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16ta Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Gary Scruggs (Producer: Bob Johnston)

011 NCO 98328 JUST A FRIEND 4-44722

012 NCO 98329 THE HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN 4-44722  

1969 Woodland Sound Studio, 1011 Woodland St., Nashville, TN – Randy Scruggs and Gary Scruggs (Gary Scruggs [vcl/bass/piano/organ], Randy Scruggs [gt/banjo/bck vcl] + Karl Himmel [drums], Lea Jane Berinati, Laverne Moore, Richard Law [bck vcl]. Producer: Charlie Daniels, Nil Wilburn)
013 LOUISIANA BOY   Vanguard VSD-6538                             

014 IF I WERE A CARPENTER   Vanguard VSD-6538                          

015 SHADY GROVE   Vanguard VSD-6538  

016 I'LL BE YOUR BABY TONIGHT  Vanguard VSD-6538                                   

017 ROAD TO NOWHERE   Vanguard VSD-6538

018 BLACK MOUNTAIN   Vanguard VSD-6538               

019 WOODSTOCK    Vanguard VSD-6538            

020 SWEET SIR GALAHAD  Vanguard VSD-6538                              

021 WHO'LL STOP THE RAIN    Vanguard VSD-6538                 

022 CARL'S BREAKDOWN  Vanguard VSD-6538          

023 LET IT BE  Vanguard VSD-6538 

1972 Mercury Custom Recording Studio, 1512 Hawkins St., Nashville, TN/ Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Randy Scruggs and Gary Scruggs (Autoharp – Randy Scruggs (Gary Scruggs [vcl/gt/bass/organ/bck vcl], Randy Scruggs [vcl/gt/banjo], Earl Scruggs [banjo], Jody Maphis/ Karl Himmel [drums], Bob Wilson [piano], Jeff Hanna, Norro Wilson, Ron Cornelius, Tracy Nelson [bck vcl]. Producer: Neil Wilbur)

024 LITTLE MAGGIE  Vanguard VSD-6579                                 

025 IF ANYONE CALLS   Vanguard VSD-6579     

026 T FOR TEXAS  Vanguard VSD-6579

027 HOBO'S LULLABY   VSD 35152/VSD-6579   

028 ZTS 223815 ROCK'N ROLL GYPSIES     Vanguard VSD 35142/VSD-6579                           

029 LOWLANDS  Vanguard VSD-6579

030 LONELY LIVING (WITHOUT LOVE)  Vanguard VSD-6579                 

031 TROUSDALE FERRY RAG  Vanguard VSD-6579                            

032 OH FAITH   Vanguard VSD-6579

033 JOHNSON BOYS  Vanguard VSD-6579                     

034 BUGLER  Vanguard VSD-6579

ALBUMS

Georgie GLP-1000 Down To Earth: Down To Earth Part 1; Uncle Olivers Bluenose Mule; Old Bluestreak; The Unhog Business; A Chicken Farm; Itchin' And Scratchin'; Home Country; Down To Earth Part 2; Long Long Ago; Lost Country Sounds; Pickin' Strawberries; Wind On The River; Goodbye To A Tree; Faith In Her Heart; Gods Country – 6- Elmer Hinton with Gary and Randy Scruggs  (side one)

Vanguard VSD-6538 All The Way Home: Louisiana Boy; If I Were A Carpenter; Shady Grove; I'll Be Your Baby Tonight; Road To Nowhere; Black Mountain; Woodstock; Sweet Sir Galahad; Who'll Stop The Rain; Carl's Breakdown; Let It Be – 69 w. Randy Scruggs

Vanguard VSD-6579 The Scruggs Brothers: Little Maggie; If Anyone Calls; T For Texas; Hobo's Lullaby; Rock 'N Roll Gypsies; The Lowlands; Lonely Living; Trousdale Ferry Rag; Oh Faith; The Johnson Boys; Bugler – 72 w. Randy Scruggs (MX XSV 223925/6)

SINGLES

Columbia  (1967-68)             

4-44360 Gentle When You Say The Word / I Need Someone - 11-67

4-44722 Just A Friend / The House Of The Rising Sun - 12-68

Vanguard

VSD 35142 Rock And Roll Gypsies / ? – 72

VSD 35142 Hobo’s Lullaby / ? - 72

              

Southwind

By Praguefrank

SESSIONS

1968 Master Recording Studios, Beverly Hills, CA – Southwind (John Martin [vcl/gt], Jim Pulte [vcl/bass], Eric Dalton [drums], Phil Hope [organ]. Producer: Dugg Brown)

001 YOU BEEN ON MY MIND   Venture VE 621/VTS-4002

002 V-004207 GET ON BOARD THE TRAIN   Venture VE 616/VTS-4002

003 HIGHWAY ONE   Venture VTS-4002

004 GOT TO GET MYSELF TOGETHER   Venture VE 616/VTS-4002

005 HOLLYWOOD HONEY'S   Venture VTS-4002

006 NEW ORLEANS   Venture VTS-4002

007 MY BABY WAS NEVER LONELY   Venture VTS-4002 

1968 Master Recording Studios, Beverly Hills, CA – Southwind (John Martin [vcl/gt], Jim Pulte [vcl/bass], Eric Dalton [drums], Phil Hope [organ]. Producer: Leon Ware)

008 I'M PROUD TO BE   Venture VTS-4002

009 FRESH AS A DAISY   Venture VE 621/VTS-4002

1968 Master Recording Studios, Beverly Hills, CA – Southwind (John Martin [vcl/gt], Jim Pulte [vcl/bass], Eric Dalton [drums], Phil Hope [organ]. Producer: Willie Hutch)

010 I'M MOVING ON   Venture VTS-4002

011 TRYING TO FLY MY KITE   Venture VTS-4002

012 YOU'RE GONNA BLOW MY MIND   Venture VTS-4002

1969 [live] The Fillmore West, San Francisco / A+M Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA – Southwind (John Martin [vcl/gt], Fontaine Brown [vcl/gt/keboards], Jim Pulte [bass], Erik Dalton  [drums])

013 ROCK AND ROLL RUBY   Blue Thumb BTS 13

014 HONKY TONKIN'   Blue Thumb BLU 111/BTS 13

015 8015 READY TO RIDE   Blue Thumb BLU 108/BTS 13

016 I GOT YOU COVERED   Blue Thumb BTS 13

017 HEAT DOWN IN THE ALLEY   Blue Thumb BTS 13

018 ROOTIN' AND TOOTIN'   Blue Thumb BTS 13

019 8016 COOL GREEN HILLS OF EARTH   Blue Thumb BLU 108/BTS 13

020 SAME SAD OLD SONG   Blue Thumb BTS 13

021 FINE TOOTH COMB   Blue Thumb BTS 13

022 RUBY EILEEN Blue Thumb BTS 13

023 BOOGIE WOOGIE COUNTRY GIRL  BLU 111

1 December 1969-15 January 1971 Village Recorders, West Los Angeles, Southwind (Fontaine Brown [vcl/gt/bass gt/piano], John Martin [vcl/gt], Jim Pulte [vcl/bass gt], Eric Dalton [drums] )

024 BLUE THUMB BTS-23 WHAT A PLACE TO LAND:

025 BACK IN THE BAND   Blue Thumb BTS 23

026 8045 PLEASE DON'T HITCHHIKE   Blue Thumb BTA 203/BTS 23

027 8046 BESIDE THE MOUNTAIN   Blue Thumb BTA 203/BTS 23

028 BOOTLEG WOMAN   Blue Thumb BTS 23

029 SLIPPERY JOHN   Blue Thumb BTS 23

030 DYNAMITE   Blue Thumb BTS 23

031 BEST PART   Blue Thumb BTS 23

032 BABY GAMES   Blue Thumb BTS 23

033 BUZZ ME   Blue Thumb BTS 23

ALBUMS

Venture VTS 4002 Southwind:  You Been On My Mind; Get On Board The Train; I'm Proud To Be; Highway One; I'm Moving On; Got To Get Myself Together; Hollywood Honey's; Trying To Fly My Kite; You're Gonna Blow My Mind; New Orleans; Fresh As A Daisy; My Baby Was Never Lonely - 68

Blue Thumb BTS-13 Ready To Ride: Rock and Roll Ruby; Honky Tonkin'; Ready To Ride; I Got You Covered; Heat Down In The Alley; Rootin' and Tootin'; Cool Green Hills Of Earth; Same Sad Old Song; Fine Tooth Comb; Ruby Eileen – 69 (MX 5025/6)

Blue Thumb BTS-23 What A Place To Land: Back In The Band;Please Don't Hitchhike; Beside The Mountain; Bootleg Woman; Slippery John; Dynamite; Best Part; Baby Games; Buzz Me - 71

SINGLES

Venture

VE 616 Get On Board The Train / Got To Get Myself Together  – 68

VE-621 You’ve Been On My Mind  / Fresh As A Daisy - 68

Blue Thumb

BLU 108 Ready To Ride / Cool Green Hills Of Earth – 11-69

BLU 111 Boogie Woogie Country Girl / Honky Tonkin‘ – 03-70

BTA 203 Please Don’t Hitch Hike / Beside The Mountain – 70  

Randy Scruggs

Randy Lynn Scruggs, *03-08-1953 Nashville, TN, +17-04-2018

2nd version

By Praguefrank, Randy Scruggs

SESSIONS see also Earl Scruggs

Around 1967 Nashville, TN – Elmer Hinton featuring Gary and Rany Scruggs (Elmer Hinton [vcl] + Gary Scruggs [vcl/rh gt], Randy Scruggs [banjo/12 str gt], Junior Huskey [bass],

001 DOWN TO EARTH PART 1  Georgie GLP 1000

002 UNCLE OLIVERS BLUENOSE MULE  Georgie GLP 1000

003 OLD BLUESTREAK  Georgie GLP 1000

004 THE UNHOG BUSINESS  Georgie GLP 1000

005 A CHICKEN FARM  Georgie GLP 1000

006 ITCHIN' AND SCRATCHIN'  Georgie GLP 1000

007 HOME COUNTRY  Georgie GLP 1000

008 DOWN TO EARTH PART 2  Georgie GLP 1000

1969 Woodland Sound Studio, 1011 Woodland St., Nashville, TN – Randy Scruggs and Gary Scruggs (Gary Scruggs [vcl/bass/piano/organ], Randy Scruggs [gt/banjo/bck vcl] + Karl Himmel [drums], Lea Jane Berinati, Laverne Moore, Richard Law [bck vcl]. Producer: Charlie Daniels, Nil Wilburn)
009 LOUISIANA BOY   Vanguard VSD-6538                             

010 IF I WERE A CARPENTER   Vanguard VSD-6538                          

011 SHADY GROVE   Vanguard VSD-6538  

012 I'LL BE YOUR BABY TONIGHT  Vanguard VSD-6538                                   

013 ROAD TO NOWHERE   Vanguard VSD-6538

014 BLACK MOUNTAIN   Vanguard VSD-6538               

015 WOODSTOCK    Vanguard VSD-6538            

016 SWEET SIR GALAHAD  Vanguard VSD-6538                              

017 WHO'LL STOP THE RAIN    Vanguard VSD-6538                 

018 CARL'S BREAKDOWN  Vanguard VSD-6538          

019 LET IT BE  Vanguard VSD-6538 

1972 Mercury Custom Recording Studio, 1512 Hawkins St., Nashville, TN/ Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Randy Scruggs and Gary Scruggs (Autoharp – Randy Scruggs (Gary Scruggs [vcl/gt/bass/organ/bck vcl], Randy Scruggs [vcl/gt/banjo], Earl Scruggs [banjo], Jody Maphis/ Karl Himmel [drums], Bob Wilson [piano], Jeff Hanna, Norro Wilson, Ron Cornelius, Tracy Nelson [bck vcl]. Producer: Neil Wilbur)

020 LITTLE MAGGIE  Vanguard VSD-6579                                 

021 IF ANYONE CALLS   Vanguard VSD-6579     

022 T FOR TEXAS  Vanguard VSD-6579

023 HOBO'S LULLABY   VSD 35152/VSD-6579   

024 ZTS 223815 ROCK'N ROLL GYPSIES     Vanguard VSD 35142/VSD-6579                           

025 LOWLANDS  Vanguard VSD-6579

026 LONELY LIVING (WITHOUT LOVE)  Vanguard VSD-6579                 

027 TROUSDALE FERRY RAG  Vanguard VSD-6579                            

028 OH FAITH   Vanguard VSD-6579

029 JOHNSON BOYS  Vanguard VSD-6579                     

030 BUGLER  Vanguard VSD-6579

1998 Scruggs Sound Studio, 2828 Azalea Place, Nashville, TN – Randy Scruggs, w. Vince Gill [-1], Mary Chapin Carpenter [-2], Trisha Yearwood [-3], Travis Tritt [-4], LeeRoy Parnell [-5], John Prine [-6], Emmylou Harris and Iris DeMent [-7], Earl Scruggs and Jerry Douglas [-8], Joan Osborne [-9],  Rosanne Cash [-10], Bruce Hornsby [-11] (Randy Scruggs [vcl/gt/dobro/bck vcl], George Marinelli [gt], Reggie Young [gt], Roger McGuinn [12-string gt], Lee Roy Parnell [slide gt], Jerry Douglas [dobro], Earl Scruggs [banjo], Stuart Duncan/ Tammy Rogers [mandolin/ fiddle], Marty Stuart [mandolin], Dan Dugmore [steel], Kenny Aronoff [drums/ tambourine], Harry Stinson/ Paul Leim/ Owen Hale/ Chad Cromwell [drums], Ron Reynolds/ Tom Roady [percussion], David Davidson, David Angell [violin], Kristin Wilkinson [viola], John Catchings [cello], Delbert McClinton [harmonica], Reese Wynans [piano/ organ], Steve Nathan [piano/ synthesizer], Chuck Leavell [piano], Gary Chapman, Iris DeMent, Jeff Hanna, John Hiatt, Matraca Berg, Amy Grant [bck vcl])

023 SOLDIER'S JOY -1 Warner Brothers 9-46930-2 

024 IT'S ONLY LOVE -2 Warner Brothers 9-46930-2

025 I WANNA BE LOVED BACK -3 Warner Brothers 9-46930-2

026 AMIE -4 Warner Brothers 9-46930-2 

027 TRAVEL ON -5 Warner Brothers 9-46930-2 

028 CITY OF NEW ORLEANS -6 Warner Brothers 9-46930-2

029 WILDWOOD FLOWER -7 Warner Brothers 9-46930-2

030 LONESOME RUBEN -8 Warner Brothers 9-46930-2

031 PASSIN' THRU -9 Warner Brothers 9-46930-2

032 MY SECRET LIFE -10 Warner Brothers 9-46930-2

033 CROWN OF JEWELS -11 Warner Brothers 9-46930-2

034 BOTH SIDES NOW Warner Brothers 9-46930-2 

ALBUMS 

Georgie GLP-1000 Down To Earth: Down To Earth Part 1; Uncle Olivers Bluenose Mule; Old Bluestreak; The Unhog Business; A Chicken Farm; Itchin' And Scratchin'; Home Country; Down To Earth Part 2; Long Long Ago; Lost Country Sounds; Pickin' Strawberries; Wind On The River; Goodbye To A Tree; Faith In Her Heart; Gods Country – 6- Elmer Hinton with Gary and Randy Scruggs  (side one)

Vanguard VSD-6538 All The Way Home: Louisiana Boy; If I Were A Carpenter; Shady Grove; I'll Be Your Baby Tonight; Road To Nowhere; Black Mountain; Woodstock; Sweet Sir Galahad; Who'll Stop The Rain; Carl's Breakdown; Let It Be – 69 w. Gary Scruggs
Vanguard VSD-6579 The Scruggs Brothers: Little Maggie; If Anyone Calls; T For Texas; Hobo's Lullaby; Rock 'N Roll Gypsies; The Lowlands; Lonely Living; Trousdale Ferry Rag; Oh Faith; The Johnson Boys; Bugler – 72 w. Gary Scruggs (MX XSV 223925/6)
Warner Brothers 9-46930-2 Crown Of Jewels: Soldier's Joy (w. Vince Gill); It's Only Love (w. Mary Chapin Carpenter); I Wanna Be Loved Back (w. Trisha Yearwood); Amie (w. Travis Tritt); Travel On (w. Lee Roy Parnell); City Of New Orleans (w.John Prine); Wildwood Flower (w. Emmylou Harris & Iris De Ment); Lonesome Ruben (w. Earl Scruggs, Jerry Douglas); Passin' Thru (w. Joan Osborne); My Secret Life (w. Rosanne Cash); Crown Of Jewels (w. Bruce Hornsby); Both Sides Now – 14-07-98

SINGLES
Vanguard

VSD 35142 Rock And Roll Gypsies / ? – 72

VSD 35152 Hobo's Lullaby / ? - 72