Red Belcher (by Dick Grant)

RED BELCHER

SESSION DISCOGRAPHY

RED BELCHER And The Kentucky Ridge Runners

                                                                                                                               Johnstown, Pa:                                                            Winter 1948

Finley Duncan “Red” Belcher (vcl/bjo); Mitchell Burt “Bea” Lilly (rhy gtr); Charles Everett Lilly (mand); Benjamin Franklin “Tex” Logan (fdl); Smilie Sutter (); Donald “Don” Kidwell ().                         Producer:

P 501                  COLEMAMAN’S MARCH   (Banjo Solo)                     Page P 501

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P 501                  DEWDROPS                    (Banjo by Red Belcher)                P-501

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NB(1): PAGE P 501 released 1948.

NB(2): PAGE Records owned by AL & ERNIE PAGE.                         

   

RED BELCHER And The Kentucky Ridgerunners (sic) (W.W.V.A ARTIST)

                                                                                                                               Johnstown, Pa:                                                                       1949

Red Belcher (vcl/bjo); Bea Lilly (vcl-2/rhy gtr); Everett Lilly (mand); Tex Logan (vcl-1/fdl); Smilie Sutter (); Don Kidwell ().                                                                                                                                                                                                       Producer:

P 502 A               KENTUCKY IS ONLY A DREAM                              -2                       Page P  502 A, Rounder 1013, Catfish KATCD-195

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P 502 B               OLD GREY GOOSE                                                -1                       Page P 502 B,                  1013, JSP JSP-7731

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NB(1): PAGE P 502 A/B released 1949.

NB(2): PAGE P 502 A/B released on both 78rpm & 45rpm.

LILLY BROTHERS-Everett & Mitchell                                             

                                                                                                                               Johnstown, Pa:                                                                       1949

Bea (vcl/gtr): Everett (vcl/mand); prob Red Belcher (bjo); Tex Logan (fdl); Smilie Sutter (); Don Kidwell ().

                                                                                                                               Producer:

P 505 A               WHAT ARE THEY DOING IN HEAVEN                                              Page P 505 A, Rounder 1013, Catfish KATCD-195

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P 505 B               THEY SLEEP NOW TOGETHER AT REST                 Page P 505 B,                 1013,             KATCD-195

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NB(1): PAGE P 505 A/B released 1949.

NB(2): PAGE P 505 A/B released on both 78rpm & 45rpm.

NB(3): ROUNDER 1013 “EARLY DAYS OF BLUEGRASS, Vol.1.” released 1974.

NB(4): ROUNDER 1013 reviewed Bluegrass Unlimited Vol.10, #5-November 1975.

NB(5): CATFISH KATCD-195 “BLUEGRASS BEGINNINGS” released United Kingdom 2001.

NB(6): JSP JSP-7731 “BLUEGRASS EARLY CUTS 1931-1953 CLASSIC RECORDINGS REMASTERED” released United Kingdom Tuesday 24th August 2004.

RED BELCHER And His Kentucky Ridge Runners

                                                                                                                               Johnstown, Pa:                                                                       1949

(vcl/bjo); Tex Logan (fdl); Everett Lilly (mand); Smilie Sutter (); Don Kidwell ().

                                                                                                                               Producer:

P 101 A               DEWDROPS                                                                                   Page P 101

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P 101 B               COLEMAN’S MARCH       (Inst)                                        P 101

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NB: PAGE P 101 released 1949.

RED BELCHER And The Kentucky Ridge Runners Trio by Eddie Miller, Jackie Starr and Roy Scott-1

RED BELCHER And The Kentucky Ridge Runners Vocal by Roy Scott-2

                                                                                                                               Davis, W.Va:                                                              ca. July 1950

(bjo); Eddie Miller (vcl-3/         ); Jackie Starr (vcl-3/          ); Roy Scott (vcl-4/          ).

                                                                                                                               Producer: John Bava

258                     I AIN’T GONNA LET OLD SATAN TURN ME DOWN-1-3-4                    Cozy No.258, Jasmine JASMCD-3608

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259                     I’M MOVING ON              -2-4                                Cozy No.259

                          (Hank Snow)

NB(1): COZY No.258/No.259 released ca. August 1950.

NB(2): JASMINE JASMCD-3608 “BLUEGRASS THAT HIGH LONESOME SOUND” released United Kingdom March 2012.

DISCOGRAPHY compiled by DICK GRANT with acknowledgements to AL TURNER & DAVE SAX.

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