Johnny Travis

Elroy Newton, *24-04-1942 Baird, TX

2nd version

by Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli, Thieu Van DeVorst, Lennart Gustavsson

SESSIONS

ca 1960s unknown – Johnny Travis

001 THE LOOKS OF A LONELY MAN No Name 6074

002 LETTER TO A STRANGER  No Name 6074

November 1971 [no 19734] unknown – Johnny Travis (Producer: Jimmy Duncan)

003 77664 WANDERING WIND Capitol 3257 

004 77665 PARKER D.  3257

1979 unknown – Johnny Travis

005 SOMEONE NEW Solar 1010

006 DON’T SAY WE’RE THROUGH 1010

1979 Toy Box Studio, Nashville, TN – Johnny Travis (Johnny Travis [vcl], Jimmy Capps [ld gt/dobro], Leo Jackson [rh gt], Weldon Myrick [steel/dobro], Bill Humble/ Jay Marshall [bass gt], Jim Wolfe [drums], Buddy Spicher [fiddle], Willie Rainsford  [piano] + strings arr. By Chuck Haines + Sound Seventies, Ronnie Drake, LaVerna Moore, Beckie Foster [bck vcl]. Producer: Glen ”Gator” Ray)

007 CANDY IN THE WINDOW Tip TR-79 

008 THE BALLAD OF FORTY DOLLARS Tip TR-79 

009 COOT MARSEILLES BLUES Tip TR-79 

010 THE HOMECOMING Tip TR-79 

011 OLD DOGS, CHILDREN AND WATERMELON WINE Tip TR-79 

012 ME AND JESUS Tip TR-79 

013 THE YEAR THAT CLAYTON DELANEY DIED Tip TR-79 

014 THE SINGER’S SONG Tip TR-79 

015 A WEEK IN A COUNTRY JAIL Tip TR-79 

016 I LOVE Tip TR-79 

1984 Fame Recording Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL – Johnny Travis (Producer: Walt Aldridge, Johnny Travis)

017 ICED TEA AND TATERS TRSS 51585/TRSA 985

018 NOBODY LOVES A HERO (WHEN HE’S DOWN)  TRSA  985

1984 Don Caldwell Studios, Lubbock, TX – Johnny Travis (Producer: Don Caldwell, lloyd Maines)

019 PLASTIC BOOTS TRSS 51585/TRSA  985

020 I MAY NOT AGREE Tip TRSS 13185

021 AMERICAN CITIZEN TRSS 13185

022 ODE TOMURPHY’S LAW  Tip TRSS 385/TRSA  985

023 REMEMBER WHEN Tip TRSS 385/TRSA  985

024 GIVE ME SOME LEVI'S Tip TRSS 386/TRSA  985  

025 GET DOWN PRAYIN' Tip TRSA  985  

026 AM I REALLY PROUD, OR JUST A PROUD FOOL? Tip TRSA  985  

027 IF THIS IS ALL I'M EVER GONNA' BE Tip TRSA  985 

028 STICK TO YOUR GUNS TRSS-1285

029 COTTON CHOPPIN' TRSS-1285/TRSA  985

1986 Don Caldwell Studios, Lubbock, TX – Johnny Travis (Producer: Don Caldwell, lloyd Maines)

020 I DONT HAVE 2 GET BACK 2  TRSS 386

1987 Don Caldwell Studios, Lubbock, TX – Johnny Travis, *and Terri Sue Caldwell (Johnny Travis [vcl],  Lloyd Maines [gt/steel/bck vcl], Alan Mundy [banjo], Joe Carr [mandolin],  Kenny Maines [bass gt/harmonica/bck vcl], Mark Gillespie [drums], Richard Bowden [fiddle], Bill Gammill/ Cary Banks [keyboards], Don Caldwell [tnr sax]. Producer: Don Caldwell, lloyd Maines)

031 WE WERE LOVERS IN THE FIFTIES TRSS 14288/TRSA 22588

032 THE NIGHT AND THE DAY TRSS 14288/TRSA 22588

033 IF I WERE LOOKING* TRSS 54288/TRSA 22588

034 I’VE GOT NO RIGHT TO FEEL SO WRONG TRSS 94288 /TRSA 22588

035 YOU ARE THE STANDARD  TRSS 94288/TRSA 22588

036 THERE COULD NEVER BE US WITHOUT YOU Tip TRSA 22588  

037  I'M ONLY WHAT YOU MAKE ME Tip TRSA 22588  

038 WANDERING WIND Tip TRSA 22588  

039 WE'RE JUST A HABIT Tip TRSA 22588  

040 YOU'LL BE THE FIRST TO KNOW Tip TRSA 22588  

ALBUMS

Tip TR-79 Songs I Wish I'd Written - Johnny Travis Sings Tom T. / Songs I Wish I'd Written: Candy In The Window; The Ballad Of Forty Dollars; Coot Marseilles Blues; The Homecoming; Old Dogs, Children And Watermelon Wine; Me And Jesus; The Year That Clayton Delaney Died; The Singer’s Song; A Week In A Country Jail; I Love – 09-79

Tip TRSA 985 Iced Tea And Taters: Iced Tea and 'Taters; Ode To Murphy's Law; Give Me Some Levi's; Cotton Choppin'; Get Down Prayin'; Nobody Loves A Hero (When He's Down); Am I Really Proud, Or Just A Proud Fool?; Plastic Boots;  Remember When; If This Is All I'm Ever Gonna' Be - ca 09-85

Tip TRSA 22588 Two Sides To Love: We Were Lovers In The Fifties; There Could Never Be Us Without You; You Are The Standard; I'm Only What You Make Me; Wandering Wind; If I Were Looking (w. Terri Sue Caldwell);  The Night And The Day; We're Just A Habit; You'll Be The First To Know; I've Got No Right (To Feel So Wrong) - ca 25-02-88

SINGLES

No Name (ca 1960s)

6074 The Looks of a Lonely Man / Letter to a Stranger -

Capitol (1971)

3257 Parker D / Wandering Wind – 07-72

Solar

1010 Don’t Say We’re Through / Someone New  – 7-

Tip (1984-85)

TRSS 51585 Iced Tea And Taters / Plastic Boots - 84

TRSS 13185 I May Not Agree / American Citizen - 84

TRSS 385 Ode To Murphy’s Law / Remember When – 84

TRSS 1285  Stick To Your Guns / Cotton Choppin' – 85

TRSS 386 Give Me Some Levis / I Dont Have 2 Get Back 2 - 86

TRSS 14288 We Were Lovers In The Fifties / The Night And The Day – 88

TRSS 54288 If I Were Looking / ? – 88

TRSS 94288 I’ve Got No Right To Feel So Wrong / You Are The Standard - 88