Tracy Schwarz

*13-11-1938 New York City

by Praguefrank

SESSIONS alo member of New Lost City Ramblers, see also Strange Creek Singers

Ca 1973 unknown - Tracy and Eloise Schwarz

001 HOME AMONG THE HILLS Folk Variety FV 12007

002 WILD BILL JONES Folk Variety FV 12007

003 WAYWORN TRAVELER Folk Variety FV 12007  

004 GREEN VALLEY WALTZ Folk Variety FV 12007   

005 KEEP MY SKILLET GOOD AND GREASY Folk Variety FV 12007

006 I'LL NEVER FORSAKE YOU Folk Variety FV 12007

007 WHERE THE SOUL OF MEN NEVER DIES Folk Variety FV 12007  

008 UNCLE HENRY Folk Variety FV 12007

009 MEET ME TONIGHT IN THE MOONLIGHT Folk Variety FV 12007  

010 BLIND CHILD Folk Variety FV 12007  

011 JOHN HENRY Folk Variety FV 12007

012 WHERE THE BEES ARE IN THE GOLDENROD Folk Variety FV 12007

013 HOW BEAUTIFUL HEAVEN MUST BE Folk Variety FV 12007

014 FLY AROUND MY PRETTY LITTLE MISS Folk Variety FV 12007  

1975 Glen Rock, PA – Tracy Schwarz (Tracy Schwarz [vcl/gt/banjo/fiddle], Eloise Schwarz [rh gt])

015 FREIGHT TRAIN MOAN Folkways FA 2419

016 FIDDLER'S BLUES Folkways FA 2419

017 GRAVEYARD Folkways FA 2419

018 LITTLE DOVE Folkways FA 2419

019 SIDELINE BLUES Folkways FA 2419

020 CLAUDE ALLEN Folkways FA 2419

021 LIZA JANE Folkways FA 2419

022 FORKS OF SANDY Folkways FA 2419

023 WAITING BY THE GATE Folkways FA 2419

024 LITTLE ROSEWOOD CASKET Folkways FA 2419

025 BALLAD OF A FEW SHORT DAYS Folkways FA 2419

026 HOSANNA JESUS REIGNS Folkways FA 2419 

027 SATAN YOUR KINGDOM MUST COME DOWN Folkways FA 2419

028 I KNOW YOU'LL UNDERSTAND Folkways FA 2419

029 WEDDING BLUES Folkways FA 2419

030 DOGHOUSE BLUES Folkways FA 2419

031 HICKORY LEAF Folkways FA 2419  -

1977 [live] Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC – Tracy Schwarz

03101 I DANCED ALL NIGHT LONG WITH A BOTTLE IN MY HAND

03102 WON'T YOU COME OVER AND SEE ME SOMETIME

03103 FIDDLER'S BLUES

03104 LITTLE NASHVILLE

03105 MEDLEY

03106 SIOUX INDIANS

03107 SHE TICKLES ME

03108 THE VICTORY RAG

03109 YOU'VE BEEN A FRIEND TO ME

03110 THERE'LL BE JOY UP IN ME FATHER'S

03111 I CAN ALMOST SEE THE LIGHTS OF HOME

03112 OLD MOLLY HARE

03113 TODAY I STARTED LOVING YOU AGAIN

03114 GOING ACROSS THE SEA

03115 LIZA JANE

03116 SATAN YOUR KINGDOM MUST COME DOWN

03117 MADELAINE

03118 THE OLD BELL COW

Tracks above issued on cassette Tracy Schwarz                   

February 1978 unknown – Tracy and Eloise Schwarz (Tracy Schwarz [vcl/gt/banjo/fiddle], Eloise Schwarz [vcl/rh gt])

032 GET ALONG HOME Folkways FTS-31052                  

033 I HOPE SHE'S SATISFIED Folkways FTS-31052          

034 SWEET FERN  Folkways FTS-31052                     

035 BAREFOOT BOY WITH BOOTS ON       Folkways FTS-31052

036 YOU'VE BEEN A FRIEND TO ME  Folkways FTS-31052     

037 JOY JOY JOY  Folkways FTS-31052                    

038 MADELEINE  Folkways FTS-31052                      

039 MY PATHWAY LEADS TO PENNSYLVANIA  Folkways FTS-31052

040 ANCHORED IN LOVE DIVIDE  Folkways FTS-31052        

041 I'M GOING CROSS THE OCEAN   Folkways FTS-31052     

042 PRETTY CROWING CHICKEN Folkways FTS-31052          

043 DON'T FORGET THIS SONG Folkways FTS-31052          

044 OLD BELL COW Folkways FTS-31052                     

1978 unknown – Tracy and Eloise Schwarz

045 SOLDIER'S FAREWELL Old Homestead OHS 90092  

046 SHOOT THE TURKEY BUZZARD Old Homestead OHS 90092

047 DOWN AT THE END OF MEMORY TRAIL Old Homestead OHS 90092

048 LIGHTNING EXPRESS Old Homestead OHS 90092   

049 ROW US OVER THE TIDE Old Homestead OHS 90092   

050 NO DESIRE TO ROAM Old Homestead OHS 90092  

051 ON HAS FACE WAS SORROW WRITTEN Old Homestead OHS 90092  

052 THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING Old Homestead OHS 90092  

053 I'M THINKING TONIGHT OF THE OLD FOLKS Old Homestead OHS 90092

054 CRAPSHOOTER'S HOP Old Homestead OHS 90092

055 SWEET SUZANNAH Old Homestead OHS 90092

056 LA PORTE DANS ARRIERE Old Homestead OHS 90092

057 LAKE ARTHUR STOMP Old Homestead OHS 90092

058 SOMEBODY MAKES ME THINK OF YOU Old Homestead OHS 90092

059 WHY DO YOU WEEP DEAR WILLOW Old Homestead OHS 90092  

060 SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE Old Homestead OHS 90092  

Spring 1979 Crosswind Studios, Shinnesbury, PA – Tracy’s Family Band (Tracy Schwarz [fiddle], Eloise Schwarz, Peter Schwarz, Dick Stabler [mandolin], Earl Yeager [bass])

061 CINDY Folkways FTS-6524

062 MISSISSIPPI SAWYER Folkways FTS-6524  

063 LEATHER BRITCHES Folkways FTS-6524

064 SOURWOOD MOUNTAIN Folkways FTS-6524  

065 RAGTIME ANNIE Folkways FTS-6524  

066 SALLY ANN Folkways FTS-6524

067 COTTON EYED JOE Folkways FTS-6524  

068 CUMBERLAND GAP Folkways FTS-6524 

1981 Inception Sound, Toronto, Ontario, CAN – Tracys’s Family Band (Tracy Schwarz [vcl/gt/fiddle/accordion], Eloise Schwarz [vcl/gt], Peter Schwarz [vcl/bass/harmonica/fiddle/triangle/drums],+ Joe King [gt], Ron Dann [steel], Randy Kempf [el bass])

069 WELCOME HOME WEARY TRAVELERS Folkways FTS 31083

May 1981 Jerry’s Garage, York, PA – Tracys‘ Family Band (Tracy Schwarz [vcl/gt/fiddle/accordion], Eloise Schwarz [vcl/gt], Peter Schwarz [vcl/bass/harmonica/fiddle/triangle/drums])

070 OLD DAN TUCKER Folkways FTS 31083  

071 MY HOME'S ACROSS THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS Folkways FTS 31083

072 WHITE DOVE Folkways FTS 31083

073 MY HEART'S TONIGHT IN TEXAS Folkways FTS 31083

074 LEMONADE SONG Folkways FTS 31083

075 JAI PASSE-JUST TODAY Folkways FTS 31083  

076 WE'RE THE BAND THAT RODE THE MULE AROUND THE WORLD Folkways FTS 31083  

077 I'M THINKING TONIGHT OF MY BLUE EYES Folkways FTS 31083  

078 GIVE HIM ONE MORE AS HE GOES Folkways FTS 31083  

079 I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU Folkways FTS 31083  

Mid 1984  unknown - Dewey Balfa, Tony Balfa, Tracy Schwarz, Peter Schwarz

080 MARDI GRAS JIG Folkways FA 2626 

081 DANS LA COEUR DE LA VILLE Folkways FA 2626  

082 EASY RIDER Folkways FA 2626

083 CHERE ALICE Folkways FA 2626 

084 QUOI FAIRE DONC? Folkways FA 2626

085 WEDDING MARCH Folkways FA 2626

086 MARDI GRAS SONG Folkways FA 2626 

087 DIRT FARMER Folkways FA 2626

088 15 YEARS (DEPUIE L'AGE DE UINCE ANS) Folkways FA 2626 

089 MUDDY WATERS Folkways FA 2626 

090 DYING IN MISERY Folkways FA 2626

091 MON NEG' EST PAS RIVE Folkways FA 2626

1989 unknown – Tracy Schwarz

Unknown tracks for Marimac 9026

June 1993 unknown - The Tracy Schwarz Cajun Trio (Tracy Schwarz [vcl/fiddle/ accordion/triangle], Lee Blackwell [vcl/gt], Matt Haney [fiddle]. Producer: Tracy Schwarz)

105 EVANGELINE SPECIAL Swallow CD 6106  

106 LA VALSE DU BOGHEY D'AMOUR Swallow CD 6106

107 LES FLAMMES D'ENFER Swallow CD 6106

108 LE 'TI MOUCHOIR Swallow CD 6106

109 LA VALSE DE BALFA Swallow CD 6106 

110 JOHNNY CAN'T DANCE Swallow CD 6106

111 WALTZ OF NO RETURN Swallow CD 6106

112 ALLONS AU BAL CHEZ 'TI MAURICE Swallow CD 6106

113 LA VALSE DE TOUT L'MONDE Swallow CD 6106 

114 FOND D'CULOTTES Swallow CD 6106

115 LA VALSE DE DURALD Swallow CD 6106

116 JE SUIS ORPHELIN Swallow CD 6106

117 YANKEE-CHANK TWO-STEP Swallow CD 6106

118 LE CREPE NAZARE Swallow CD 6106

119 LA VALSE DE L'HERITAGE Swallow CD 6106

120 HICK'S WAGON WHEEL SPECIAL Swallow CD 6106 

1995 unknown – Tracy Schwarz and Ginny Hawker

121 SPECKLED TOP SHOES Marimac CD-9063              

122 BEAUTIFUL LIFE   Marimac CD-9063                

123 LEAVE ONE TOKEN OF YOUR LOVE      Marimac CD-9063

124 I WANT JESUS TO WALK WITH ME Marimac CD-9063    

125 LIFE OF SORROW Marimac CD-9063                   

126 ANGELS REJOICED LAST NIGHT Marimac CD-9063       

127 DARLING DON'T YOU KNOW THAT'S WRONG Marimac CD-9063                               

128 TAKE ME BACK (ONE MORE TIME) Marimac CD-9063    

129 MEMORIES OF YOU  Marimac CD-9063                

130 OLD CHURCH YARD   Marimac CD-9063               

131 WON'T YOU COME AND SING FOR ME    Marimac CD-9063

132 WAITING FOR THE BOYS   Marimac CD-9063          

133 I GUESS I'M CRAZY  Marimac CD-9063              

1996 Charles Eller Studios, Charlotte, VT - The Tracy Schwarz Cajun Trio (Tracy Schwarz [vcl/fiddle/accordion], Lee Blackwell [vcl/gt/triangle], Matt Haney [vcl/fiddle]. Producer: Tracy Schwarz Cajun Trio)                         

134 DIGGY DIGGY LO Swallow CD 6131  

135 REVE DU SOULARD Swallow CD 6131 

136 BRAILLE PAS PETITS YEUX BLEUS Swallow CD 6131

137 CHOUPIQUE TWO STEP Swallow CD 6131   

138 J'SUIS PAS BLAMER Swallow CD 6131

139 LET THE MEATBALL ROLL Swallow CD 6131  

140 VALSE D' AUGUST BREAUX Swallow CD 6131  

141 BLUES D' BEBE Swallow CD 6131 

142 VALSE DE LA VIE Swallow CD 6131  

143 QUEUE DE TORTUE Swallow CD 6131  

144 AU LONG DE LA RIVIERE Swallow CD 6131

145 MON NONE CHARLOT Swallow CD 6131  

146 ERNESTINE Swallow CD 6131

147 TA 'TITE ROBE COURTE Swallow CD 6131

148 WALTZ OF A BROKEN HEART Swallow CD 6131

149 HOMESICK WALTZ Swallow CD 6131

150 EVANGELINE PLAYBOYS SPECIAL Swallow CD 6131

151 MIDNIGHT PLAYBOY MELTDOWN Swallow CD 6131 

March 1999 Dry Edge Recoprding, St. Albans, WV/December 1999 Burnt Hill, Clarksbug, MD/ March 2000 Tanner, WV – Tracy Schwarz and Ginny Hawker (Ginny Hawker [vcl], Tracy Schwarz [vcl/gt/fiddle], Jim Martin [gt/bass], Buddy Griffin [mandolin], Vocals – Peter Schwarz [vcl/bass]. Producer: Ginny Hawker, Tracy Schwarz)

152 COOL DOWN ON THE BANDKS OF JORDAN Copper Creek CCCD-0183

153 FORG ON THE WATER  Copper Creek CCCD-0183              

154 STEP OUT IN THE SUNSHINE  Copper Creek CCCD-0183       

155 TOUCH MY HEART  Copper Creek CCCD-0183                  

156 ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER  Copper Creek CCCD-0183      

157 LET'S TURN BACK THE YEARS  Copper Creek CCCD-0183      

158 TIME TO SELL  Copper Creek CCCD-0183                   

159 BUTCHER'S BOY Copper Creek CCCD-0183                    

160 GO HOME BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE  Copper Creek CCCD-0183   

161 I JUST STEAL AWAY AND PRAY   Copper Creek CCCD-0183    

162 YOUR LONE JOURNEY     Copper Creek CCCD-0183           

163 PRECIOUS JEWEL  Copper Creek CCCD-0183                 

164 32 ACRES    Copper Creek CCCD-0183                     

165 FIDDLER   Copper Creek CCCD-0183                       

166 GENTLY ROCK ME Copper Creek CCCD-0183                  

19 January 2001 Cypress House Studio, St. Martinsville, LA – Tracy Schwarz and  Ginny Hawker (Ginny Hawker [vcl],  Tracy Schwarz [vcl/gt], Peter Schwarz [vcl], Kari Sickenberger [vcl], Ron Stewart [gt/mandolin/ fiddle], Dirk Powell [mandolin])

167 KATIE DEAR Rounder 0543-2

168 THOSE BLUE EYES Rounder 0543-2 

169 SOLDIER'S FAREWELL Rounder 0543-2 

170 POOR DRUNKARD'S DREAM Rounder 0543-2

171 LITTLE WILLIE Rounder 0543-2

172 MY CLOSEST NEIGHBOR Rounder 0543-2

173 CLIMBING UP THE GOLDEN STAIRS Rounder 0543-2 

174 DYING RANGER Rounder 0543-2

175 LOVE WILL ROLL THE CLOUDS AWAY Rounder 0543-2

176 SALEM'S BRIGHT KING Rounder 0543-2

177 POOR ORPHAN CHILD Rounder 0543-2

178 LONESOME Rounder 0543-2

179 LONESOME FOR YOU, DARLING Rounder 0543-2 

180 PLEASE BABY Rounder 0543-2

2009 Cypress House Studio, St. Martinsville, LA – Ginny Hawker and Tracy Schwarz (+Kevin Wimmer, Eric Frey, and Glen Fields from The Red Stick Ramblers, plus Jim Miller,
Jesse Wells, Brett Ratliff, Tracy Schwarz, Richard Comeaux, Kari Sickenberger, Courtney Granger)
181 PLAY ME THE WALTZ OF THE ANGELS Rounder  0607-2  
182 BACK OF YOUR HAND Rounder  0607-2  
183 I COULDN'T FIND MY WALKING SHOES Rounder  0607-2  
184 WALL OF BOTTLES Rounder  0607-2  
185 BLUES IN MY MIND Rounder  0607-2  
186 OLD RIVER Rounder  0607-2  
187 I'LL BE THERE Rounder  0607-2
188 GONNA WRITE ME A LETTER Rounder  0607-2  
189 IF YOU GO I'LL FOLLOW Rounder  0607-2  
190 JESUS IS THE ROCK Rounder  0607-2  
191 THIS LAST REQUEST Rounder  0607-2
192 I HEARD YOU CRYING IN YOUR SLEEP Rounder  0607-2  
193 TESTING TIMES Rounder  0607-2

ALBUMS

Folk Variety [GER] FV 12007 Home Among The Hills: Home Among The Hills; Wild Bill Jones; Wayworn Traveler;  Green Valley Waltz;  Keep My Skillet Good And Greasy; I'll Never Forsake You; Where The Soul Of Men Never Dies; Uncle Henry; Meet Me Tonight In The Moonlight; Blind Child; John Henry; Where The Bees Are In The Goldenrod; How Beautiful Heaven Must Be; Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss – 73 (reissued on Bear Family BF 15007 in 1975)

Folkways FAS 2419 Look Out!  Here It Comes:  Freight Train Moan; Fiddler's Blues;  Graveyard; Little Dove; Sideline Blues; Claude Allen; Liza Jane;  Forks Of Sandy; Waiting By The Gate; Little Rosewood Casket; Ballad Of A Few Short Days; Hosanna Jesus Reigns;  Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down; I Know You'll Understand; Wedding Blues;  Doghouse Blues; Hickory Leaf - 75

No label no # Tracy Schwarz: I Danced All Night Long With A Bottle In My Hand; Won't You Come Over And See Me Sometime; Fiddler's Blues; Little Nashville; Medley; Sioux Indians; She Tickles Me; The Victory Rag; You've Been A Friend To Me; There'll Be Joy Up In Me Father's; I Can Almost See The Lights Of Home; Old Molly Hare; Today I Started Loving You Again; Going Across The Sea; Liza Jane; Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down; Madelaine; The Old Bell Cow – 04-12-77 (cassette) 

Folkways FTS 31052 Down Home:  Get Along Home; I Hope She's Satisfied; Sweet Fern; Barefoot Boy With Boots On; You've Been A Friend To Me; Joy Joy Joy; Madeleine; My Pathway Leads To Pennsylvania; Anchored In Love Divide;  I'm Going Cross The Ocean;  Pretty Crowing Chicken; Don't Forget This Song; Old Bell Cow - 78  w Eloise Schwarz                  

Old Homestead OHS 90092 Our Kind Of Music: Soldier's Farewell; Shoot The Turkey Buzzard; Down At The End Of Memory Trail; Lightning Express;  Row Us Over The Tide;  No Desire To Roam; On Has Face Was Sorrow Written; Three O'clock In The Morning;  I'm Thinking Tonight Of The Old Folks; Crapshooter's Hop; Sweet Suzannah; La Porte Dans Arriere; Lake Arthur Stomp; Somebody Makes Me Think Of You; Why Do You Weep Dear Willow; Sunny Side Of Life - 78              

Folkways FTS-6524 Dancing Bow And Singing Strings: Cindy; Mississippi Sawyer;  Leather Britches; Sourwood Mountain; Ragtime Annie; Sally Ann; Cotton Eyed Joe;  Cumberland Gap - 79                   

Folkways FTS 31083 Rode The Mule Around The World:  Old Dan Tucker; My Home's Across The Smoky Mountains; White Dove; My Heart's Tonight In Texas; Lemonade Song; Jai Passe-Just Today; We're The Band That Rode The Mule Around The World; I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes; Give Him One More As He Goes; I'm In Love With You; Welcome Home Weary Travelers - 81

Folkways FA 2626  Les Quatre Vieux Garçons: Mardi Gras Jig; Dans la Coeur de la Ville; Easy Rider; Chere Alice; Quoi Faire Donc?; Wedding March; Mardi Gras Song; Dirt Farmer; 15 Years ( Depuie L'Age de uince Ans); Muddy Waters; Dying In Misery; Mon Neg' Est Pas Rive – 84 Dewey Balfa, Tony Balfa, Tracy Schwarz, Peter Schwarz

Marimac 9026 Feel Bad Sometime: (tracks unknown) - 89                                 

Swallow CD-6106-2 Tracy Schwarz Cajun Trio:  Evangeline Special;  La Valse Du Boghey D'amour; Les Flammes D'enfer; Le 'Ti Mouchoir; La Valse De Balfa;  Johnny Can't Dance; Waltz Of No Return; Allons Au Bal Chez 'Ti Maurice; La Valse De Tout L'monde;  Fond D'culottes; La Valse De Durald; Je Suis Orphelin; Yankee-Chank Two-Step; Le Crepe Nazare; La Valse De L'heritage; Hick's Wagon Wheel Special - 93

Marimac CD-9063 Deep Hollows And High Ridges: Speckled Top Shoes; Beautiful Life;  Leave One Token Of Your Love; I Want Jesus To Walk With Me; Life Of Sorrow; Angels Rejoiced Last Night; Darling Don't You Know That's Wrong; Take Me Back (One More Time); Memories Of You; Old Church Yard; Won't You Come And Sing For Me; Waiting For The Boys; I Guess I'm Crazy - 95                

Swallow CD-6131-2 Mes Amis: Diggy Diggy Lo; Reve Du Soulard; Braille Pas Petits Yeux Bleus; Choupique Two Step;  J'suis Pas Blamer; Let The Meatball Roll; Valse D' August Breaux; Blues D' Bebe;  Valse De La Vie; Queue De Tortue; Au Long De La Riviere; Mon None Charlot; Ernestine; Ta 'Tite Robe Courte; Waltz Of A Broken Heart; Homesick Waltz; Evangeline Playboys Special; Midnight Playboy Meltdown – 96

Copper Creek CCCD-0183 Good Songs For Hard Times:  Cool Down On The Bandks Of Jordan; Forg On The Water; Step Out In The Sunshine; Touch My Heart; On The Banks Of The River; Let's Turn Back The Years; Time To Sell; Butcher's Boy; Go Home Before It's Too Late; I Just Steal Away And Pray; Your Lone Journey; Precious Jewel; 32 Acres;  Fiddler; Gently Rock Me - 00  W. Ginny Hawker                

Rounder 82161-0543-2 Draw Closer: Katie Dear; Those Blue Eyes; Soldier's Farewell; Poor Drunkard's Dream; Little Willie; My Closest Neighbor; Climbing up the Golden Stairs; Dying Ranger; Love Will Roll The Clouds Away; Salem's Bright King; Poor Orphan Child; Lonesome; Lonesome For You, Darling; Please Baby; - 14-09-04

Rounder 11661-0607-2 After It’s Gone: Play Me The Waltz Of The Angels;  Back of Your Hand;  I Couldn't Find My Walking Shoes;  Wall Of Bottles;  Blues In My Mind;  Old River;  I'll Be There; Gonna Write Me A Letter;  If You Go I'll Follow;  Jesus is the Rock;  This Last Request; I Heard You Crying In Your Sleep;  Testing Times – 15-12-09 w. Tracy Schwartz

 

INSTRUCTIONAL ALBUMS

Folkways FI 8359 Learn To Fiddle Country Style - 65                     

Folkways FI 8361 Traditional Cajun Fiddle - 76 w. Dewey Balfa Schwarz

Folkways FM 8350 Tracy Schwarz’s Fiddle Companion: – 81