Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Lonnie Barron (by Dick Grant)



LONNIE BARRON
SESSION DISCOGRAPHY

JIMMY MINOR-1
LONNIE BARRON AND THE FARM BOYS-2                                                              
                                                               Radio Station WDOG      Marine City, Mich:                                                                               Autumn 1954
Lonnie Clanceal “Lonnie” Barron (vcl/rhy gtr); James “Jim” Minor (vcl-4/gtr); Albert “Al Allen” Punturi (ld gtr); Harlen Nathaniel “Casey” Clark (fdl); poss Delbert “Bert” McNally (stl gtr); poss William “Rockey” Van Gieson (sg bs).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Producer:  Les Emery

JM-1001/             SOMEBODY RUSTLED MY SUGAR                         -1-4                    Western Chuck-Wagon 103, Western Chuck-Wagon 45-103
45-JM-1001/        (Jimmy Minor-Les Emery) (Western Chuck-Wagon Music Co. BMI) Chuck-Wagon 45-103
KING 387
JM-1002/             DON’T CROSS YOUR FINGER CROSS YOUR HEART-1-4                  Western Chuck-Wagon 103,                                       45-103
45-JM-1002/        (Robert L.Cloud) (Western Chuck-Wagon Music Co. BMI)Chuck-Wagon 45-103
KING 387
JM-1003/             I BETTER GO                   -2                                   Western Chuck-Wagon 104
45-JM-1003         (Lonnie Barron) (Western Chuck-Wagon Music Co. BMI)                       Western Chuck-Wagon 45-104, Woodward WWD-101
KING 387                                                                                                                 Old Homestead OHCD-4042
JM-1004/             A MEMORY OR TWO       -2                                   Western Chuck-Wagon 104
45-JM-1004         (Lonnie Barron) (Western Chuck-Wagon Music Co. BMI)                       Western Chuck-Wagon 45-104
KING 387                                                                                                                 Old Homestead OHCD-4042

NB(1): WESTERN CHUCK-WAGON 103/WESTERN CHUCK-WAGON 45-103 issued on both 78rpm. & 45rpm.
NB(2): WESTERN CHUCK-WAGON 103/WESTERN CHUCK-WAGON 45-103 released January 1955.
NB(3): CHUCK-WAGON 45-103 (2nd Press) released
NB(4): All of the above records were pressed by KING Records.
NB(5): WESTERN CHUCK-WAGON 104/WESTERN CHUCK-WAGON 45-104 issued on both 78rpm. & 45rpm.
NB(6): WESTERN CHUCK-WAGON 104/WESTERN CHUCK-WAGON 45-104 released January 1955.
NB(7): Both of the above records were pressed by KING Records. 
NB(8): WESTERN CHUCK-WAGON owned by Les Emery.

NOTE: Billboard FOLK TALENT and TUNES Saturday 13th November 1954-Lonnie Barron celebrated his second anniversary at station WDOG, Marine City, Mich., with a gala party at Lonnie’s Barn Dance Hall on Highway 24, Richmond, Mich. Shindig attracted some 500-, with Lonnie’s fan club members and the station staff playing co-hosts. In addition to Barron and his six-piecr crew, other guitar pickers on deck for the event included Herb Williams, Buddy Emmons, of Casey Clark’s WJR Lazy Ranch Boys., Bob Sykes (Fortune), Pat Nelson, Bob McDonald and Joyce Forton. Lonie and His Farm Boys perform every Saturday night over WDOG. He has a 10-acre tract in Marine City which he plans to convert into a hillbilly park in time for next season.

LONNIE BARRON (The Missippi Farm Boy) with The Farm Boys
                                                                                                                               Los Angeles, Ca:                                        Late 1954/January 1955
(vcl/rhy gtr); Unk (ld gtr); unk (fdl); unk (stl gtr); Unk (stg bs);
                                                                                                                               Producer:

45-201-A             YOU’RE NOT THE FIRST GIRL                                                         Sage and Sand 201, Sage and Sand 45-201-A
                          (Lonnie Barron) (Sage & Sand Music Pub. BMI)          Crown CLP-5334, Crown CST-334
                                                                                                                               Woodward WWD-101, Old Homestead OHCD-4042
45-201-B             SENTIMENTAL ME, SENTIMENTAL SHE                                           Sage and Sand 201, Sage and Sand 45-201-B
                          (Lonnie Barron) (Sage & Sand Music Pub. BMI)          Crown CLP-5243, Crown CLP-5334, Crown CST-334
                                                                                                                               Crown CLP-5480, Crown CST-480
                                                                                                                               Woodward WWD-101, Old Homestead OHCD-4042                            

NB(1): SAGE and Sand 201/SAGE and SAND 45-201 released Saturday 26th March 1955.
NB(2): SAGE and SAND owned by W.O. “Woodie” FLEENER.
NB(3): CASEY CASEY FORWARDED all the SAGE and SAND masters of LONNIE BARRON to CROWN Records in 1963.
NB(4): CROWN CLP-5243 “OLDIES BUT GOODIES COUNTRY AND WESTERN, Vol.4.” released 1961.
NB(5): CROWN CLP-5480/CST-480 “GOLDEN OLDIES COUNTRY & WESTERN” released 1965.

LONNIE BARRON and The Farm Boys
             Radio Station WXYZ, Maccabees Bldg, Woodward Avenue                          Detroit, Mich:                                             Sunday 29th April 1956
(vcl/rhy gtr); Casey Clark (fdl); Donnel “Don” Hemminger (gtr); William “Billy” Cooper (stl gtr); poss Dick McCobb (pno);   
                                                                                                                               Producer: Pat Nelson

45-R1137            GO ON, IT’S OK                                                     Sage and Sand 219, Sage and Sand 45-219
                          (Lonnie Barron) (Sage & Sand Music Pub. BMI)          Sparton 329R, Sparton 4-329R, Woodward WWD-101
                                                                                                                               Old Homestead OHCD-4042, Bear Family BCD-16892
45-R1148            DON’T DOUBT MY LOVE                                        Sage and Sand 219, Sage and Sand 45-219
5334-2                ()                                                                                                   Sparton 329R, Sparton 4-329R, Crown CLP-5334
                                                                                                                               Crown CS-334, Woodward WWD-101
                                                                                                                               Old Homestead OHCD-4042

NB(1): SAGE and SAND 219/SAGE and SAND 45-219 released Wednesday 16th May 1956.
NB(2): SPARTON 329R/PARTON 4-329R released Canada May 1956.
NB(3): CROWN CLP-5334/CST-334 “IN MEMORIAL TO LONNIE BARRON with Casey Clark & Evelyn Harlene” released 1963.
NB(4): OLD HOMESTEAD OHCD-4042 “LONNIE BARRON AND MAY HAWKS-A MEMORY OR TWO-1950s RECORDINGS FROM DETROIT’S GOLDEN AGE OF HILLBILLY MUSIC” released 2003.
NB(5): BEAR FAMILY BCD-16892 “GONNA SHAKE THIS SHACK TONIGHT FROM THE VAULT OF SAGE & SAND RECORDS” released Germany 2011.

LONNIE BARRON (The Mississippi Farm Boy)                                                        
                                                                                                                               Nashville, Tn:                                       Friday 21st September1956
                                                                                                                               Nashville, Tn:                                 Saturday 22nd September 1956
(vcl/rhy gtr); Casey Clark (hmny vcl-1/fdl); Unk (ld gtr): unk (stl gtr); unk (pno); Unk (stg bs); Unk (dms).
                                                                                                                               Producer:

45-R-1211           TEENAGE QUEEN                                                                           Sage 230, Sage 45-230, Sage & Sand SS-930702
                          (L.Barron) (Sage & Sand Music Pub. BMI)                                           P-Vine PCD-2468, Cat CD-1034, Chief CCD-1156512
                                                                                                                               Buffalo Bop Bb-CD-55035, Club LP-024
                                                                                                                               Woodward WWD-101, Collector CLCD-4458
                                                                                                                               Mustang MUSTCD-2, Pan American CD-56003
                                                                                                                               Old Homestead OHCD-4042, Proper Properbox 122
                                                                                                                               Bear Family BCD-16838
45-R-1212           PLEASE BLUE HEART      -1                                   Sage 230, Sage 45-230, Sage C-18, Crown CLP-5213                                                                                        (Marion Sykes) (Sage & Sand Music Pub. BMI)          Crown CLP-5334, Crown CST-334, Crown CLP-5433
                                                                                                                              Crown CST-433, Woodward WWD-101
                                                                                                                               Old Homestead OHCD-4042                                                            

NB(1): SAGE 230/SAGE 45-230 released Wednesday 10th October 1956.
NB(2): SAGE 45-230 reviewed Billboard C&W Saturday 17th November 1956.
NB(3): SAGE C-18 “COUNTRY MUSIC ON THE GO, Vol.1.” issued on red wax, released 1961.
NB(4): CROWN CLP-5213 “OLDIES & GOODIES COUNTRY AND WESTERN, Vol.1.” released 1961.
NB(5):CROWN CLP-5433/CST-433 “COUNTRY & WESTERN FAVORITES” released 1964.
NB(6): SAGE & SAND SS-930702 “SAGE & SAND, Vol.2. “LET ME SLIDE” released Holland 1993.
NB(7): P-VINE PCD-2468 “ROCK ‘N’ ROLL COWBOY: SAGE & SAND GREATEST ROCKABILLIES” released Japan 1994.
NB(8): CAT CD-1034 “CALLING ALL ROCK ‘N’ ROLL COLLECTORS, Vol.2.” released Holland 1994.
NB(9): CHIEF CCD-1156512 (Ist Issue) “ULTRA RARE ROCKABILLYS, Vol.12” released Holland 1995.
NB(10): BUFFALO BOP Bb-CD-55035 “ALLEY CAT” released Germany 1995.
NB(11): CLUB LP-024 “GRAB THIS AND DANCE, Vol.24.” released United Kingdom
NB(12): WOODWARD WWD-101 “THE MISSISIPPI FARM BOY-DON’T DOUBT MY LOVE” released 1997.
NB(13): COLLECTOR CLCD-4458 “ROCKY HOODLUMS GO MAXIMUM” released Holland 2000.
NB(14): MUSTANG MUSTCD-2 “GOIN’ DOWN THAT ROAD” released 2001.
NB(15): PAN AMERICAN CD-56003 “TEENAGE QUEEN” released Switzerland
NB(16): PROPER PROPERBOX 122 “CLASSIC ROCKABILLY” released United Kingdom 2007.
NB(17): BEAR FAMILY BCD-16838 “THAT’LL FLAT…GIT IT!, Vol.27 ROCKABILLY & ROCKNROLL FROM THE VAULT OF SAGE and SAND RECORDS” released Germany 2011.

NOTE: Billboard FOLK TALENT and TUNES Saturday 29th September 1956-Lonnie Barron was in Nashville last Friday and Saturday (21-22) for another session for Sage & Sand Records. Barron, who’s now doing 13 radio shows a week-seven days on WDOG, Marine City, Mich., and six days on WABJ, Adrian, Mich-does a repeat guest shot with “WWVA JAMBOREE,” Wheeling, W.Va., October 11-12. On October 6 he’s set for “Circle Theater Jamboree” Cleveland. 

NOTE: Billboard FOLK TALENT and TUNES Saturday 20th October 1956-Lonnie Barron last week inaugurated a new show on WDOG, Marine City, Mich.. which will keep hom occupied six days a week, beginning at 11 a.m. Lonnie’s newest on Sage & Sand label, released October 10, is “Please, Blue Heart,” a country item penned by Mrs. Bob Sykes, of Nashville, and a rock ‘n’ roller “My Teen-Age Queen,”. Deejays may obtain a copy by writing to him at the above station. Last weekend, Barron guested on WWVA’s “World’s Original Jamboree,” Wheeling, W.Va.

NOTE: Billboard Saturday 17th November 1956.

LONNIE BARRON
TEEN-AGE QUEEN                                                          74
SAGE 230-Here’s the spectre of the teen-age queen rockin’ down the aisle to become a bride. Whole job is very close to “Seventeen,” and performance by Barron is good.
PLEASE, BLUE HEART                                                   70
A pleading, bleating ballad of anguish. Barron registers okay here, but fli has more of a kicker.




DISCOGRAPHY compiled by DICK GRANT, AL TURNER & PHIL TRICKER with acknowledgements to Bo Berglind, Adam Komorowski , Paul Vidal, Kent Heineman, Craig Maki & John Morris.

1977-2014.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    




1 comment:

  1. Jim Minor produced the records for Les Emery's Western CHuck Wagon label. Im Minor's son and he told me that les had the money and he let Minor produce the records. Minors initials are the record number and the initials are in the deadwax. On Lonnie Barrons record it was recorded at his radio station. Darold Hyde played guitar on the record. He told me the whole story of going over to the station with Minor in the middle of the winter and they made the recording and then got the vehicle stuck in the snow in front of the station. Les Emery also owned another label in the mid 1950s called Modern Pop-Hit Recordings. The record number on this is the missing number on the chuck wagon label, JM-1005 and 1006. The only artist on this label Sue CHilders. Songs are Kiss-Mus-Tree and Ooh! Ooh! Golly Gee!. This was a Christmas record and Minor produced it as well. This was the first major recording to come out of Flint. Darold Hyde played guitar on this one and it was recorded at the Flint armory. Sue Childers changed her name to Sue CHilds and recorded a jazz lp in 1964 and went on to be the female vocalist for the Frank Sinatra Jr. band in the 1960s. On Minor's discog, Vada Belle and alice berry are not backing minor and the Jordanaires as i first reported to you years ago. Minor took Belle and Berry into the rca studio b and did a&r for them and they each recorded a record for United artists records in 1960. Belle's record number is UA 266 AND Berrys is UA 265.

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