Joe Val

*Joseph Paul Valiante, 25-06-1926 Everett, MS, +11-06-1985

2nd version

by Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS also recorded with Bill Keith and Jim Rooney
March-May 1971 unknown - Joe Val and New England Bluegrass Boys (Joe Val [vcl/mandolin], Herb Applin [vcl/gt], Bob French [vcl/banjo], Bob Tidwell [bass])
001 COMIN' ON STRONG Rounder 0003
002 LIVE AND LET LIVE Rounder 0003
003 LITTLE PAPER BOY Rounder 0003
004 DO YOU LIVE WHAT YOU PREACH? Rounder 0003
005 MY BROTHER'S WILL Rounder 0003
006 WHERE THE OLD RED RIVER FLOWS Rounder 0003
007 I DON'T BELIEVE YOU'VE MET MY BABY Rounder 0003
008 DARK HOLLOW Rounder 0003
009 COME WALK WITH ME Rounder 0003
010 ONE MORNING IN MAY Rounder 0003
011 GINGER BRANDY Rounder 0003
012 WHAT CAN I DO Rounder 0003
013 SPARKLING BROWN EYES Rounder 0003 CD-11537
1974 Rounder wmfo and aengus, ? – Joe Val and New England Bluegrass Boys (Joe Val [vcl/mandolin], Herb Applin [gt/vcl-2], Dave Dillon [gt], Bill Hall [banjo-1], Bob French [banjo], Bob Tidwell [bass], Herb Hooven [fiddle]. Producer: John Nagy)
014 FREIGHT TRAIN BLUES Rounder 0025
015 SING ME BACK HOME Rounder 0025
016 CHANGING THE WORDS TO MY LOVE SONG Rounder 0025
017 WHEN THE GOLDEN LEAVES BEGIN TO FALL CD-11537
018 SALLY GOODIN -1 Rounder 0025
019 LEGEND IN MY TIME-2 Rounder 0025
020 YOU'LL BE REWARDED OVER THERE Rounder 0025
021 MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME -2 Rounder 0025
022 OH SO MANY YEARS -1 Rounder 0025
023 FIREBALL MAIL Rounder 0025
024 STEPPING STONES -2 Rounder 0025
025 LAST THING ON MY MIND Rounder 0025
026 MISSISSIPPI SHORE Rounder 0025
ca. 1977 Mixing Lab, Ing., Newton, MA – Joe Val and New England Bluegrass Boys (Joe Val [vcl/mandolin], Dave Dillon [vcl/gt], Paul Silvius [vcl/banjo], Roger Williams [dobro],  Eric Levenson [bass]. Producer: John Nagy)
027 DON'TSELL DADDY ANY MORE WHISKEY 0082 CD-11537
028 POOR ELLEN SMITH 0082 CD-11537
029 DANIEL PRAYED 0082
030 FROM 40 TO 65 0082
031 HIGH ON A HILLTOP 0082
032 NOT A WORD FROM HOME 0082 CD-11537
033 LONG TIME GONE 0082 CD-11537
034 WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME SO 0082 CD-11537
035 GOODBYE, OLD PAL 0082 CD-11537
036 CLINCH MOUNTAIN BACKSTEP 0082
037 WHAT GOES ON IN YOUR MIND 0082
038 MY DESTINY 0082
December 1978 Mixing Lab, Inc., Newton, MA – Joe Val and New England Bluegrass Boys (Joe Val [vcl/mandolin], Dave Dillon [vcl/gt], Paul Silvius [vcl/banjo], Eric Levenson [bass]. Producer: Gragg Lunsford, John Nagy)
039 BOUND TO RIDE 0109
040 VOICE FROM ON HIGH 0109 CD-11537
041 DOWN IN CAROLINE 0109
042 JUST WONDERING WHY 0109 CD-11537
043 TINY BROKEN HEART 0109
044 SOME BROKEN HEARTS NEVER MEND 0109
045 WHY DID YOU WANDER 0109
046 I HEAR A SWEET VOICE CALLING 0109 CD-11537
047 COUNTRY BLUES 0109
048 BABY BLUE EYES 0109
049 DIAMOND JOE 0109 CD-11537
050 WE SHALL RISE 0109
24 January 1981 [live] Srictly Country, Harpel, NED - Joe Val and The New England Bluegrass Boys (Joe Val [vcl/mandolin], Dan Paisley [vcl/gt], Paul Silvius [vcl/banjo], Eric Levenson [bass])
05001 ALL THE GOOOD TIMES ARE PAST AND GONE Sctrictly Country SCR-4 SCR-29
05002 LONESOME RIVER Sctrictly Country SCR-4 SCR-29
05003 BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY Sctrictly Country SCR-4 SCR-29
05004 MOLLY AND TENBROOKS Sctrictly Country SCR-4 SCR-29
05005 SATAN'S JEWEL CROWN Sctrictly Country SCR-4 SCR-29
05006 THE PRISONER'S SONG Sctrictly Country SCR-4 SCR-29
05007 TEARDROPS IN MY EYES Sctrictly Country  SCR-29
05008 OCEAN OF DIAMONDS Sctrictly Country SCR-29
05009 SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT Sctrictly Country SCR-4 SCR-29
05010 COREY IS GONE Sctrictly Country SCR-4 SCR-29
05011 ROSE OF OLD KENTUCKY Sctrictly Country SCR-4 SCR-29
05012 SUNNY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN Sctrictly Country SCR-4 SCR-29
05013 NO MOTHER OR DAD Sctrictly Country SCR-4 SCR-29
05014 DON'T GIVE YOUR HEART TO A RAMBLER Sctrictly Country SCR-4 SCR-29
05015 GOING BACK TO OLD KENTUCKY Sctrictly Country SCR-29
ca. fall 1981 The Mixing Lab, Newton, MA – Joe Val and New England Bluegrass Boys (Joe Val [vcl/mandolin], Dave Dillon [vcl/gt], Paul Silvius [vcl/banjo/gt], Dave Haney [rh gt-1/tnr vcl-2], Eric Levenson [bass], Sonny Miller [fiddle])

051 LONESOME ROAD BLUES Rounder 0152 CD-11537
052 SILVER HAIRED DADDY OF MINE -1-2 Rounder 0152
053 OUT IN THE COLD WORLD Rounder 0152
054 GOING HOME Rounder 0152
055 RIBBON OF DARKNESS Rounder 0152
056 YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS Rounder 0152 CD-11537
057 SPARKLING BROWN EYES Rounder 0152 (maybe reissue from 0003)
058 GOD LOVES HIS CHILDREN Rounder 0152 CD-11537
059 T FOR TEXAS Rounder 0152 CD-11537
060 THE ANGELS REJOICED -1 Rounder 0152 CD-11537
061 FAIR AND TENDER LADIES Rounder 0152
062 VISION OF MOTHER Rounder 0152
April 1983 Perfect Crime, Watertown, MA – Joe Val and New England Bluegrass Boys (Joe Val [vcl/mandolin], Dave Haney [vcl/rh gt], Karl Lauber [vcl/gt/ banjo], Eric Levenson [bass], Jim Buchanan [fiddle]. Producer: Ken Irwin)

063 COLD WIND 0182 CD-11537
064 WRONG ROAD AGAIN 0182 CD-11537
065 YOU'RE RUNNING WILD 0182
066 SEA OF REGRET 0182
067 'NEATH A COLD GRAY TOMB OF STONE 0182 CD-11537
068 NEVER AGAIN 0182
069 WHEN THE CACTUS IS IN BLOOM 0182 CD-11537
070 FIRST WHIPOORWILL 0182
071 MOTHER'S PRAYER 0182 CD-11537
072 STORMY WATERS 0182 CD-11537
073 I'VE BEEN ALL AROUND THIS WORLD 0182 CD-11537
074 ROCKING ALONE IN AN OLD ROCKING CHAIR 0182 CD-11537

ALBUMS
Rounder 0003 One Morning In May: Comin' On Strong; Live And Let Live; The Little Paper Boy; Do You Live What You Preach?; My Brother's Will; Where The Old Red River Flows; I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby; Dark Hollow; Come Walk With Me; One Morning In May; Ginger Brandy; What Can I Do; Sparkling Brown Eyes – 11-71
Rounder 0025 Joe Val And The New England Bluegrass Boys: Freight Train Blues; Sing Me Back Home; Changing The Words To My Love Song; When The Golden Leaves Begin To Fall; Sally Goodin; A Legend In My Time; You'll Be Rewarded Over There; My Old Kentucky Home; Oh So Many Years; Fireball Mail; Stepping Stones; The Last Thing On My Mind; Mississippi Shore – 75
Rounder 0082 Not A Word From Home: Not A Word From Home; Long Time Gone; Clinch Mountain Backstep; 40 to 65; High On A Hlilltop; Goodbye Old Pal; Why Don’t You Tell Me So; Don’t Sell Daddy Any More Whiskey; Poor Elllen Smith; My Destiny; What Goes On In Your Mind; Daniel Prayed – 07-77
Rounder 0109 Bound To Ride: Bound To Ride; A Voice From On High; Down In Caroline; Just Wondering Why; Tiny Broken Heart; Some Broken Hearts Never Mend; Why Did You Wander; I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling; Country Blues; Baby Blue Eyes; Diamond Joe; We Shall Rise – 79
Strictly Country [NED] SCR-4 Live In Holland: All The Goood Times Are Past And Gone; Lonesome River; Blue Moon Of Kentucky; Molly and Tenbrooks; Satan's Jewel Crown; The Prisoner's Song; Swing Low Sweet Chariot; Corey Is Gone; Rose Of Old Kentucky; Sunny Side Of The Mountain; No Mother Or Dad; Don't Give Your Heart To A Rambler – 01-81 (CD SCR-29 reissue includes three bonus tracks: Teardrops In My Eyes; Ocean Of Diamonds; Going Back To Old Kentucky)
Rounder 0152 Sparklin' Brown Eyes: Lonesome Road Blues; Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine; Out In The Cold World; Going Home; Ribbon Of Darkness; Yellow Rose Of Texas; Sparkling Brown Eyes; God Loves His Children; T For Texas; The Angels Rejoiced; Fair And Tender Ladies; Vision Of Mother – 06-82
Rounder 0182 Cold Wind: Cold Wind; Wrong Road Again; You're Running Wild; Sea Of Regret; 'Neath A Cold Gray Tomb Of Stone; Never Again; When The Cactus Is In Bloom; The First Whipoorwill; Mother's Prayer; Stormy Waters; I've Been All Around This World; Rocking Alone In An Old Rocking Chair – 83
Rounder CD-11537 Diamond Joe: Lonesome Road Blues; Just Wondering Why; Not A Word From Home; T For Texas; Long Time Gone; Poor Ellen Smith; Mother's Prayer; Diamond Joe; I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling; Wrong Road Again; Sparkling Brown Eyes; I've Been All Around This World; Rocking Alone In An Old Rocking Chair; Yellow Rose Of Texas; Cold Wind; Don‘t Sell Daddy Any More Whiskey; Voice From On High; 'Neath A Cold Gray Tomb Of Stone; Why Don't You Tell Me So; When The Cactus Is In Bloom; When The Golden Leaves Begin To Fall; Stormy Waters; God Loves His Children; Angels Rejoiced; Goodbye Old Pal - 17-10-95 (sampler)

 

Marsha Thornton

*22-10-1964 Killen, AL

2nd version

By Praguefrank

SESSIONS
ca. June 1989 Bradley’s Barn, Bender’s Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, TN – Marsha Thornton (Marsha Thornton [vcl], Pete Wade [el gt/dobro], Harold Bradley [gt/bass], Jimmy Capps [rh gt/dobro], Sonny Garrish [steel], Johnny Johnson [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Bruce Watkins [fiddle], Tony Migliori [piano] + The Nashville String Machine. Producer: Owen Bradley)
001 MC-29756 DEEP WATER MCA-53711/MCAD-42319
002 MC-29757 DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO MCA-53711 MCA-53762/ MCAD-42319
ca. June 1989 Bradley’s Barn, Bender’s Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, TN – Marsha Thornton (Marsha Thornton [vcl], Pete Wade [el gt/dobro], Harold Bradley [gt/bass], Jimmy Capps [rh gt/dobro], Sonny Garrish [steel], Johnny Johnson [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Bruce Watkins [fiddle], Tony Migliori [piano] + The Nashville String Machine. Producer: Owen Bradley)
003 MC-29851 A BOTTLE OF WINE AND PATSY CLINE MCA-53762/MCAD-42319
004 THE OTHER SHOE MCAD-42319
005 JEALOUS HEART MCAD-42319
006 WASN'T IT YOU MCAD-42319
007 CLIMB THE WALLS (AND WALK THE FLOOR) MCAD-42319
008 LOVE ME MCAD-42319
009 MC-29856 THE GRASS IS GREENER MCA-79037/ MCAD-42319
010 MC-29857 NEXT TIME AROUND MCA-79037/ MCAD-42319
ca. December 1990 Treasure Isle, Nashville, TN/ 16th Avenue Sound, Nashville, TN/ Nightingale Sound, Nashville, TN  – Marsha Thornton (Marsha Thornton [vcl/ac gt], Albert Lee [el gt/mandolin-1], David Grissom [el gt], Ray Flacks [el gt], Pat Flynn  [ac gt], Biff Watson [ac gt], Carl Jackson [ac gt], Jerry Douglas. Steve Fishell [dobro], Mark O’Connor [mandilin/fiddle], Tom Brumley/ Weldon Myrick [steel], Willie Weeks/ Michael Rhodes/ Glenn Worf [bass], Jerry Kroon [drums], Glen D. Hardin [piano]. Producer: Steve Fishell)
011 YOU BETTER STRAIGHTEN UP AND LOVE RIGHT MCAD-10142
012 IS THERE A WAY MCAD-10142
013 MC-34364? MAYBE THE MOON WILL SHINE MCA-53995/ MCAD-10142
014 A FAR CRY FROM YOU MCA-53995/ MCAD-10142
015 IS IT TOO SOON TO TELL -1 MCAD-10142
016 TROUBLE FREE MCAD-10142
017 ALWAYS BELIEVIN' MCAD-10142
018 WHY CRY MCAD-10142
019 IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND MCAD-10142
020 REAL LOVE MCAD-10142

2002 Moraine Music, Nashville, TN – Marsha Thornton (Marsha Thornton [ld vcl/hmny vcl], Robert Bailey, Daryl Bowers, Quention Bush, Ron Johnson, Bruce McGuise, Danne Sterling [hmny vcl], Shelton Feanell [bass]. Producer: Marsha Thornton)
021 WHAT A DAY THAT WILL BE Metronome

022 BE NOT DISMAYED Metronome

023 GOD SHALL WIPE AWAY ALL TEARS Metronome

024 AMAZING GRACE Metronome

025 DOES JESUS CARE Metronome

026 CANAAN’S LAND (WHERE THE SOUL NEVER DIES) Metronome

027 NO TEARS IN HEAVEN Metronome

028 JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE Metronome

029 FARTHER ALONG Metronome

030 THE HOLY HILLS Metronome

031 HOW BEAUTIFUL HEAVEN MUST BE Metronome

032 STAL AWAY Metronome

033 BEAUTIFUL ISLE OF SOMEWHERE Metronome


ALBUMS
MCA MCA/MCAD-42319 Marsha Thornton: Deep Water; A Bottle Of Wine And Patsy Cline; The Other Shoe; Jealous Heart; Wasn't It You; Climb The Walls (And Walk The Floor); The Grass Is Greener; Next Time Around; Love Me; Don't Tell Me What To Do – 16-01-90
MCA MCAD-10142 Maybe The Moon Will Shine: You Better Straighten Up And Love Right; Is There A Way;. Maybe The Moon Will Shine; A Far Cry From You; Is It Too Soon To Tell; Trouble Free; Always Believin'; Why Cry; In The Palm Of Your Hand; Real Love – 19-02-91

Metronome no # Farther Along : Acappella Hymns Of Farewell: What A Day That Will be; Be Not Dismayed; God Shall Wipe Away All Tears; Amazing Grace; Does Jesus Care; Canaan’s Land (Where The Soul Never Dies); No Tears In Heaven; Just A Closer Walk With Thee; Farther Along; The Holy Hills; How Beautiful Heaven Must Be; Stal Away; Beautiful Isle Of Somewhere  - 24-02-03

SINGLES
MCA (1989-91)
MCA-53711 Deep Water / Don't Tell Me What To Do – 29-08-89
MCA-53762 A Bottle Of Wine And Patsy Cline / Don't Tell Me What To Do – 12-12-89
MCA-79037 The Grass Is Greener / Next Time Around - 05-90
MCAS7-53995 Maybe The Moon Will Shine / A Far Cry From You – 08-01-91

Natalie Maines

Natalie Louise Maines Pasdar, *14-10-1974 Lubbock, TX

By Praguefrank

SESSIONS see also Dixie Chicks

2013 unknown – Natalie Maines (Producer: Natalie Maines, Ben Harper)

001 WITHOUT YOU  Columbia 70412-2

002 MOTHER  Columbia 70412-2

003 FREE LIFE  Columbia 70412-2

004 SILVER BELL  Columbia 70412-2

005 LOVER, YOU SHOULD'VE COME OVER  Columbia 70412-2

006 VEIN IN VAIN  Columbia 70412-2

007 TRAINED  Columbia 70412-2

008 COME CRYIN' TO ME  Columbia 70412-2

009 I'D RUN AWAY  Columbia 70412-2

010 TAKE IT ON FAITH  Columbia 70412-2 

ALBUMS

Columbia 8888-3-70412-2-5 Mother: Without You;  Mother; Free Life; Silver Bell; Lover, You Should've Come Over; Vein In Vain; Trained; Come Cryin' To Me; I'd Run Away; Take It On Faith – 06-05-13

Paul And Roy

By Dick Grant, Walt Saunders, Al Turner, Dave Sax, Thieu Van De Vorst, Michel Ruppli, Praguefrank

SESSIONS

ca August 1951 prob. Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North,  Nashville, TN – Paul and Roy The Tennessee River Boys (Paul Boswell [vcl/gt],  Roy Pryor [vcl/mandolin] + unknown musicians)

001 YW-7288 EVERY DOG MUST HAVE HIS DAY Mercury 6360x45/BACM CD D-187 CD D 417

002 YW-7289 YOU’RE ALL ALONE, TONITE 6360x45/BACM CD D-417

BACM CD D-187 THE MERCURY LABEL (UK)

December 1951 prob. Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North,  Nashville, TN – Paul and Roy The Tennessee River Boys (Paul Boswell [vcl/gt],  Roy Pryor [vcl/mandolin] + unknown musicians)

003 YW-7311 SPRING OF LOVE Mercury 6374X45/BACM CD D 417

004 YW-7312 DON’T YOU HEAR THE MASTER CALLING  unissued

005 YW-7313 THE FLOWER OF OLD TENNESSEE 70197x45/BACM CD D 417

006 YW-7314 YOU’VE BEEN CHEATING ON ME, DARLING Mercury 6374x45/BACM CD D 417

Ca May 1952 prob. Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North,  Nashville, TN – Paul and Roy The Tennessee River Boys (Paul Boswell [vcl/gt],  Roy Pryor [vcl/mandolin] + unknown musicians)

007 YW-7388 ONLY PRETENDING Mercury 6406x45/BACM CD D 417

008 YW-7389 YOU MADE THE BREAK Mercury 70027x45/BACM CD D 417

009 YW-7390 THE WAY YOU LIED TO ME 70027x45/Jasmine JASMCD 3608/9 BACM CD D 417

010 YW-7391 THE SHAPE MY HEART’S IN  Mercury 6406x45/BACM CD D 417

JASMINE JASMCD-3608/9 BLUEGRASS THAT HIGH LONESOME SOUND (UK, 2012)

Ca December 1952 prob. Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North,  Nashville, TN – Paul and Roy The Tennessee River Boys (Paul Boswell [vcl/gt],  Roy Pryor [vcl/mandolin] + unknown musicians)

011 YW-7436 I’M LOST WITHOUT YOU           Mercury 70197x45/BACM CD D 417

012 YW-7437 WICKED LOVE Mercury 70121x45/BACM CD D 417

013 YW-7438 MY HEART’S IN TROUBLE unissued    

014 YW-7439 DON’T EVER TELL ME Mercury 70121x45/BACM CD D 417

1959  Nashville, TN – Paul and Roy The Tennessee River Boys (Paul Boswell [vcl/gt],  Roy Pryor [vcl/mandolin] + unknown musicians. Producer: Samuel “Sammy” Pace)

015 PRCM-900 MEET ME LORD, HALF WAY Pace 45-1003/BACM CD D 417

016 PRCM-901 THERE WILL BE NO DISAPPOINTMENTS IN HEAVEN  45-1003/BACM CD D 417

017 PRCM-902 I WISH YOU’D BE A COUNTRY GIRL Pace 45-1004

018 PRCM-903 TWENTY-ONE AND AMBITIOUS  45-1004

ALBUMS

BACM [UK] CD D 417 Paul and Roy The Tennessee River Boys: You’re All Alone Tonight; Spring Of Love; You’ve Been Cheatin‘ On Me Darling; I Was Only Pretending; The Shape My Heart‘s In; You Made The Break; The Way You Lead To Me; Don’t Ever Tell Me; Wicked Love; Flower Of Old Tennessee; I’m Lost Without You; Meet The Lord Half Way; There Will Be No Dissapointments; Every Dog Must Have It’s Day; [Tennessee River Boys-Curtis McPeake and Benny Williams, Cumberland LP:] Bluegrass Music’s Really Gone To Town; Angel Band; Log Cabin In The Lane; Rocky Road Blues; Live And Let Live; Footprints In The Snow; Muleskinner Blues; The Master’s Bouquet; Gathering Flowers From The Hillside; Blue Moon Of Kentucky - 13

SINGLES

Mercury (1951-52)

6360-x45  Every Dog Must Have His Day / You’re All Alone, Tonite – 08-10-51 (adv. Oct. 10)

6374-x45 Spring Of Love / You’ve Been Cheating On Me, Darling – 04-02-52 (rev. Feb. 9)

6406-x45 Only Pretending / The Shape My Heart’s In – 21-07-52 (adv. July 12)

70027-x45 You Made The Break / The Way You Lied To Me – 10-11-52

70121-x45 Wicked Love /  Don’t Ever Tell Me – 16-03-53

70197-x45 Flower Of Old Tennessee  / I’m Lost Without You – 13-07-53 (rev. Aug. 15)

Pace (1959)

45-1003 Meet Me Lord, Half Way / There Will Be No Disappointments In Heaven - 59 (rev. Dec 14)        

45-1004 I Wish You’d Be A Country Girl / Twenty-One And Ambitious - 59