James King

*1958 Martinsville,  +19-05-2016

2nd version

By Praguefrank, Richard Thomoson, Eddie Stubbs, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
8 December 1985 unknown – James King and Ralph Stanley and Clinch Mountain Boys (Jame King [gt], Ralph Stanley [vcl/banjo], Charlie Sizemore [vcl/gt], Junior Blankenship [vcl/gt], Jack Cooke [vcl/bass], Curly Ray Cline [fiddle],Ernie Stubbs [fiddle])
001 DON'T GO OUT TONIGHT Wango LP-118 CD-103
002 ANOTHER NIGHT Wango LP-118 CD-103
003 OUR LAST GOODBYE Wango LP-118 CD-103
004 IT'S NEVER TOO LATE Wango LP-118 CD-103
005 LET ME BE YOUR FRIEND Wango LP-118 CD-103
006 POISON LIES Wango LP-118 CD-103
007 LOVING YOU TOO WELL Wango LP-118 CD-103
008 NOBODY'S LOVE IS LIKE MINE Wango CD-103
009 BABY GIRL Wango LP-118 CD-103
010 LONESOME WITHOUT YOU Wango LP-118 CD-103
011 TRUST EACH OTHER Wango LP-118 CD-103
012 WHAT ABOUT YOU Wango CD-103
14/15 March 1987 unknown – Ralph Stanley with George Shuffler and James King
013 SAY YOU'LL TAKE ME BACK Wango CD-104
014 TOO LATE TO CRY Wango CD-104
015 LITTLE GLASS OF WINE Wango CD-104
016 A LIFE OF SORROW Wango CD-104
017 I LOVE NO ONE BUT YOU Wango CD-104
018 SWEETEST LOVE Wango CD-104
019 I‘LL TAKE THE BLAME Wango CD-104
020 THE OLD HOME Wango CD-104
021 LET ME LOVE YOU ONE MORE TIME Wango CD-104
022 RALPH'S MEDLEY Wango CD-104
023 DARKEST HOUR IS JUST BEFORE DAWN Wango CD-104
024 SALLY ANN (RAY'S THEME) Wango CD-104
July 1988 Norman Writhe Studio, Falls Church, VA  – James King (James King [vcl/gt],  Brian Wetzel [vcl/ld gt], Bill Emerson [vcl/banjo], Jimmy Gaudreau [mandolin], Ernie Sykes [bass], Joe Meadows [fiddle])
025 I JUST WANT TO GROW OLD LOVIN' YOU Webco WRCD-0131
026 IT'S A COLD COLD WORLD Webco WRCD-0131
027 YOU'RE STILL TO BLAME Webco WRCD-0131
028 I AM WEARY Webco WRCD-0131
029 MY LORD KEEPS A RECORD Webco WRCD-0131
030 IT MUST BE LOVE Webco WRCD-0131
031 SHE'S LEFT ME AGAIN Webco WRCD-0131
032 SWEETHEARTS IN HEAVEN Webco WRCD-0131
033 THE MOON SHINES DOWN ON ME Webco WRCD-0131
034 SOPHRONIE Webco WRCD-0131
1993 Big Mo Recording Studio, Kensington, MD  – James King (James King [vcl], David McLaughlin [gt/mandolin/bck vcl], Dudley Connell [gt/bck vcl], Tom Adams [banjo], Marshall Wilborn [bass], Tim Smith [fiddle]. Producer: Ken Irwin)
035 LEAVIN' Rounder CD-0305
036 TEARDROP ON A ROSE Rounder CD-0305
037 LONELY RIVER Rounder CD-0305
038 THESE OLD PICTURES Rounder CD-0305  11661-0595-2
039 OLD SWINGING BRIDGE Rounder CD-0305
040 OLD RIVER Rounder CD-0305
041 I'LL GET BY Rounder CD-0305
042 GARDEN IN THE SKY Rounder CD-0305  11661-0595-2
043 SLIPPIN' AWAY Rounder CD-0305
044 SILENT PARTNER (CALLED THE BLUES) Rounder CD-0305
045 MY ACHIN' HEART Rounder CD-0305
046 WEARY ANGEL OF DEATH Rounder CD-0305
1995 Big Mo Recording Studio, Kensington, MD – James King (James King [vcl], Dudley Connell [vcl/gt], David McLaughlin [crosspick gt/vcl], Tom Adams [banjo], Mike Compton [mandolin], Marshall Wilborn [bass], Tim Smith [fiddle]. Producer: Ken Irwin)
047 CRAZY HEART Rounder CD-0350
048 INDECISION Rounder CD-0350
049 FEW OLD MEMORIES Rounder CD-0350
050 ONE WAY TICKET TO THE BLUES Rounder CD-0350
051 (WHEN THE PHONE DON'T RING) IT'LL BE ME Rounder CD-0350
052 I BEG TO YOU Rounder CD-0350
053 LOVESICK AND SORROW Rounder CD-0350
054 WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME Rounder CD-0350
055 WALL Rounder CD-0350
056 LETTERS HAVE NO ARMS Rounder CD-0350
057 WHISPERING WATERS Rounder CD-0350
058 MESSAGE FOR PEACE Rounder CD-0350  11661-0595-2
December 1995 [sessions for Longview] Long View Farm, North Brookfield, MS - Longview (Dudley Connell [vcl/gt], Joe Mullins [vcl/banjo], Don Rigsby [vc/mandolin], James King [vcl],  Marshal Wilborn [bass], Glen Duncan [fiddle]. Producer: Ken Irwin, Longview)
L01 THE TOUCH OF GOD'S HAND CD-0386 Rounder 0595-2
1997 [sessions for Ain’t God Good] unkown – Paul Williams (Paul Wiliams [vcl/mandolin], James King [vcl/gt], Adam Poindexter [baritone vcl/banjo], Jason Moore [vbass], Jason Carter [fiddle]. Producer: Paul Williams)
W01 I JUST STEAL AWAY AND PRAY Rounder CD-0414 0595-2
16/20 March 1998 [sessions for High Lonesome]  Long View Farm, North Brookfield, MS - Longview (Dudley Connell [vcl/gt], Joe Mullins [vcl/banjo], Don Rigsby [vc/mandolin], James King [vcl],  Marshal Wilborn [bass], Glen Duncan [fiddle]. Producer: Ken Irwin, Longview)
L02 ANGELS ARE SINGING (IN HEAVEN TONIGHT) Rounder CD-0434  0595-2
L03 VOICE OF MY SAVIOR Rounder CD 0434 0595-2
1998 unknown – James King (James King [ld vcl], Don Rigsby [tnr vcl], Tim Austin [gt], Dan Tyminski [mandolin], Craig Smith [banjo], Barry Bales [bass], Aubrey Haynie [fiddle])
059 WILL HE WAIT A LITTLE LONGER DS-3001 11661-0595
060 THE DARKEST HOUR OS JUST BEFORE DOWN DS-3001 11661-0595
DOOBIE SHEA DS-3001 THE STANLEY GOSPEL TRADITION – SONGS ABOUT OUR SAVIOR (1998)
1998 Hilltop Recording Studios, 902 Due West Ave., Nashville, TN – James King (James King [vcl/gt], Kevin Prater [mandolin/gt/vcl], Adam Poindexter [banjo/gt], Jason Moore [bass], Bobby Hicks [fiddle], Owen Saunders [fiddle]. Producer: Ken Irwin)
061 WEAR A RED ROSE Rounder CD-0425
062 BIG HOUSE ON THE CORNER Rounder CD-0425
063 BED BY THE WINDOW Rounder CD-0425
064 TALL PINES Rounder CD-0425
065 SWEETER THAN THE FLOWERS Rounder CD-0425 11661-0595-2
066 I DON'T DO FLOORS Rounder CD-0425
067 THEY'LL NEVER TAKE HER LOVE FROM ME Rounder CD-0425
068 PACK UP YOUR SORROWS Rounder CD-0425
069 LOVE ME ONE MORE TIME Rounder CD-0425
070 YESTERDAY'S WINNER IS A LOSER TODAY Rounder CD-0425
071 CALLED FROM POTTER'S FIELD Rounder CD-042570
072 LONELY YEARS BELONG TO ME Rounder CD-0425
2001 Hilltop Recording Studios, 902 Due West Ave., Nashville, TN – James King (James King [vcl/gt], Kevin Prater [vcl/gt/mandolin], Joe Clark [gt/bass/bck vcl], Adam Poindexter [banjo/bck vcl], Owen Saunders [fiddle/bck vcl]. Producer: Ken Irwin)
073 THIRTY YEARS OF FARMING Rounder 0490-2
074 I DON'T SEE WHAT I ONCE SAW Rounder 0490-2
075 HEARTBREAK EXPRESS Rounder 0490-2
076 ROY LEE Rounder 0490-2
077 FLAME IN MY HEART Rounder 0490-2
078 TOIL TEARS AND TROUBLE Rounder 0490-2
079 HERE TODAY AND GONE TOMORROW Rounder 0490-2
080 FADED ROSE A BROKEN HEART Rounder 0490-2
081 COLOR OF THE BLUES Rounder 0490-2
082 DAYS OF GREY AND BLACK Rounder 0490-2
083 I OVERLOOKED AN ORCHID Rounder 0490-2
084 WHOOPIN' IT Rounder 0490-2
085 PLAY US A WALTZ Rounder 0490-2
2002 [sessions for O Christmas Tree!: A Bluegrass Collection For The Holidays] Sound Wave Studio,  Nashville, TN – James King Band (James King [vcl/gt], Kevin Prater [ld gt/mandolin/vcl], Jimmy Haynes [rh gt], Tim Green [bass], Adam Haynes [fiddle])
086 CALL COLLECT ON CHRISTMAS Rounder 11661-0513-2
2004 Hilltop Recording Studios, 902 Due West Ave., Nashville, TN – James King (James King [vcl/gt], Ben Greene [vcl/gt/banjo], Kevin Prater [vcl/gt/mandolin], Bernie Green [tnr/bari vcl/banjo], Jerry McNeely [bass vcl], Jerry McNeely [double bass], Adam Haynes [fiddle]. Producer: Ken Irwin, Steve Chandler)
087 COLDEST DAY OF WINTER Rounder 0551-2
088 ECHO MOUNTAIN Rounder 0551-2
089 SHE TOOK HIS BREATH AWAY Rounder 0551-2
090 STUMBLING IN MY FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS Rounder 0551-2
091 JERUSALEM TOMORROW Rounder 0551-2  11661-0595-2
092 FLOWERS IN THE DELL Rounder 0551-2
093 SECOND HANDED FLOWERS Rounder 0551-2
094 SAGINAW, MICHIGAN Rounder 0551-2
095 GARAGE SALE Rounder 0551-2
096 CARROLL COUNTY ACCIDENT Rounder 0551-2
097 COLD HARD FACTS OF LIES Rounder 0551-2
098 WHATEVER HAPPENED TO JULIE? Rounder 0551-2
099 JUST AS THE SUN WENT DOWN Rounder 0551-2  11661-0595-2
2008 unknown – James King (James King [ld vcl], Adam Poindexter [vcl/gt], Kevin Prater [vcl/gt], John Wade/Jason Moore [bass], Adam Haynes [fiddle], Rhonda Vincent [vcl])
100 DADDY DOESN'T PRAY ANYMORE Rounder 0595-2
101 IT'S HOT DOWN HERE Rounder 0595-2
102 DON'T WORRY MAMA Rounder 0595-2
103 THE PRETTIEST FLOWERS WILL BE BLOOMING Rounder 0595-2
104 WILL YOU FEEL AT HOME/ HAPPY I'LL BE Rounder 0595-2
2013 Hilltop Recording Studios, 902 Due West Ave., Nashville, TN - James King (James King [vcl],  Josh Williams [gt], Ron Stewart [banjo], Jesse Brock [mandolin], Jimmy Mattingly [fiddle])
105 THE DEVIL'S TRAIN Rounder 9134
106 JASON'S FARM Rounder 9134
107 CHISELED IN STONE Rounder 9134
108 HIGHWAY TO NOWHERE Rounder 9134  
109 TALKIN' TO THE WALL Rounder 9134
110 HE STOPPED LOVING HER TODAY Rounder 9134
111 BLUE BLUE DAY Rounder 9134
112 RIDING WITH PRIVATE MALONE Rounder 9134
113 THINGS HAVE GONE TO PIECES Rounder 9134
114 SUNDAY MORNING CHRISTIAN Rounder 9134
115 SHADOWS OF MY MIND Rounder 9134
116 OLD FIVE AND DIMERS Rounder 9134

ALBUMS
Wango LP-118 Introducing James King: Don't Go Out Tonight; Another Night; Our Last Goodbye; It's Never Too Late; Let Me Be Your Friend; Poison Lies; Loving You Too Well; Baby Girl; Lonesome Without You; Trust Each Other – 10-86 James King, George Shuffler, Ralph Stanley (reissued in 1997 on Wango CD-103 with added songs Nobody's Love Is Like Mine; What About You)
Webco WRCD-0131 James King Sings "It's A Cold, Cold World": I Just Want To Grow Old Lovin' You; It's A Cold Cold World; You're Still To Blame; I Am Weary; My Lord Keeps A Record; It Must Be Love; She's Left Me Again; Sweethearts In Heaven; The Moon Shines Down On Me; Sophronie – 09-89 (reissued on WRCD-6002 Webco Classics, vol. 2 in 1995)

Rounder CD-0305 These Old Pictures: Leavin'; Teardrop On A Rose; Lonely River; These Old Pictures; Old Swinging Bridge; Old River; I'll Get By; Garden In The Sky; Slippin' Away; Silent Partner (Called The Blues); My Achin' Heart; Weary Angel Of Death – 24-08-93
Rounder CD-0350 Lonesome And Then Some: Crazy Heart; Indecision; Few Old Memories; One Way Ticket To The Blues; (When The Phone Don't Ring) It'll Be Me; I Beg To You; Lovesick And Sorrow; When I Call Your Name; The Wall;. Letters Have No Arms; Whispering Waters; Message For Peace – 14-09-95
Wango CD-104 Reunion: Say You'll Take Me Back; Too Late To Cry; Little Glass Of Wine; A Life Of Sorrow; I Love No One But You; Sweetest Love; I'll Take The Blame; The Old Home; Let Me Love You One More Time; Ralph's Medley; Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn; Sally Ann (Ray's Theme) – 97 .James King, George Shuffler, Ralph Stanley
Rounder CD-0425 Bed By The Window: Wear A Red Rose; Big House On The Corner; Bed By The Window; Tall Pines; Sweeter Than The Flowers; I Don't Do Floors; They'll Never Take Her Love From Me; Pack Up Your Sorrows; Love Me One More Time; Yesterday's Winner Is A Loser Today; Called From Potter's Field; Lonely Years Belong To Me – 27-10-98
Rounder 82161-0498-2 Thirty Years Of Farming: Thirty Years Of Farming; I Don't See What I Once Saw; Heartbreak Express; Roy Lee; Flame In My Heart; Toil Tears And Trouble; Here Today And Gone Tomorrow; Faded Rose A Broken Heart; Color Of The Blues; Days Of Grey And Black; I Overlooked An Orchid; Whoopin' It; Play Us A Waltz – 12-02-02
Rounder 11661-0551-2 Bluegrass Storyteller: Coldest Day of Winter; Echo Mountain; She Took His Breath Away; Stumbling in My Father's Footsteps; Jerusalem Tomorrow; Flowers in the Dell; Second Handed Flowers; Saginaw, Michigan; Garage Sale; Carroll County Accident; Cold Hard Facts of Lies; Whatever Happened to Julie?; Just as the Sun Went Down – 25-01-05

Rounder 11661-0595-2 Gardens In The Sky: The Bluegrass Gospel Of James King: Will He Wait A Little Longer; The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn; I Just Steal Away And Pray; Daddy Doesn't Pray Anymore* Garden In The Sky; Jerusalem Tomorrow; It's Hot Down Here* Sweeter Than The Flowers; Don't Worry Mama* The Touch Of God's Hand; These Old Pictures; Just As The Sun Went Down; Message For Peace; Angels Are Singing (In Heaven Tonight); The Prettiest Flowers Will Be Blooming* Voice Of My Savior; Will You Feel At Home/Happy I'll Be*– 20-05-08 (*previusly unissued)

Rounder 11661-9134-2 Three Chords And The Truth: The Devil's Train;  Jason's Farm; Chiseled In Stone;  Highway To Nowhere;  Talkin' To The Wall;  He Stopped Loving Her Today;  Blue Blue Day;  Riding With Private Malone;  Things Have Gone To Pieces;  Sunday Morning Christian;  Shadows Of My Mind;  Old Five And Dimers – 30-09-13