Texas Troubadours

2nd version

by Michel Ruppli, Mario Manciotti, Praguefrank, Steve Hathaway

SESSIONS see also Ernest Tubb

13 January 1944 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Texas Troubadours

001 L 3283/L 50152 I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU unissued

002 L 3284/L 50153 THAT'S ALL SHE WROTE unissued

003 L 3285/L 50154 TWO unissued

004 L 3286/L 50155 SUNDOWN AND SORROW unissued

ca February 1946 poss. Nashville, TN – Texas Troubadours

005 THAT'S ALL SHE WROTE Bullet 609

006 WHY SHOULD I CRY OVER YOU 609

30 March 1960 [00:00-03:00] Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - Ernest Tubb (Buddy Emmons [lead gt], Grady Martin [gt], Howard Johnson [gt], Bobby Garrett [steel], Jack Drake [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Floyd Cramer [piano]. Producer: Owen Bradley)
007 109014/NA 11073 THIS AIN'T THE BLUES unissued/BCD 15688 BCD 15954

28 May 1961 [20:15-23:15] Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN -  Texas Troubadours (Johnny Johnson, Grady Martin, Leon Rhodes, Buddy Emmons, Jack Drake, Jan Kurtis, Hargus Robbins. Producer: Owen Bradley)
008 110702/NA 11564 DANNY BOY unissued/BCD 15929 BCD 15954
29 June 1961 [20:30-23:30] Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - Texas Troubadours (Johnny Johnson, Grady Martin, Leon Rhodes, Buddy Emmons [steel], Jack Drake, Jan Kurtis, Hargus Robbins. Producer: Owen Bradley)
009 110803/NA 11606 ROSE CITY CHIMES  DL 74045 BCD 15929 BCD 15954
1 March 1962 [19:15-22:15] Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Texas Troubadours (Johnny Johnson [vcl/gt], Leon Rhodes [vcl/gt],  Grady Martin [gt], Buddy Charleton [steel], Jack Drake [bass], Jan Kurtis [drums], Floyd Cramer [piano]. Producer: Owen Bradley)

010 111911/NA 11936 STEEL GUITAR RAG DL 74321 BCD 15929 BCD 15954
011 111912/NA 11937 RED SKIN RAG DL 74321 BCD 15929 BCD 15954
012 111913/NA 11938 OLD LOVE, NEW TEARS  DL 74321 BCD 15954

013 111914/NA 11939 OUT OF MY MIND -2 unissued/BCD 15954

4 March 1962 [19:15-22:15] Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - Texas Troubadours (Johnny Johnson [vcl/gt], Leon Rhodes [vcl/gt],  Grady Martin [gt], Buddy Charleton [steel], Jack Drake [bass], Jan Kurtis [drums], Floyd Cramer [piano]. Producer: Owen Bradley)

014 111906/NA 11945 LOVER'S WALTZ DL 74321 BCD 15929 BCD 15954
4 April 1962 [19:15-22:15] Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Texas Troubadours (Johnny Johnson [gt], Leon Rhodes [gt], Grady Martin [gt], Buddy Charleton [steel], Jack Drake [bass], Jan Kurtis [drums], Floyd Cramer [piano]. Producer: Owen Bradley)

015 112117/NA 12013 BANDERA WALTZ  DL 74321

23 July 1963 [19:00-23:00] Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Texas Troubadours (Cal Smith [vcl-1], Leon Rhodes [vcl-2/gt], Johnny Wiggins [vcl-3], Jack Drake [bass], Harold Bradley [gt], Buddy Charleton [steel], Jack Greene [drums], Floyd Cramer [piano]. Producer: Owen Bradley)

016 113876/NA 12590 SAN ANTONIO ROSE -2 DL 74459

017 113877/NA 12591 SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD -3 DL 74459

018 113878/NA 12592 CAIN'S CORNER - instr.- DL 74459 BCD 15954

019 113879/NA 12593 RHODES-BUD BOOGIE - instr.- DL 74459 BCD 15954

020 113880/NA 12594 I'LL HAVE ANOTHER CUP OF COFFEE -1 DL74459

021 113881/NA 12595 PANHANDLE RAG - instr.- DL 74459 BCD 15954

24 July 1963 [19:00-23:00] Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Texas Troubadours   (Cal Smith [vcl-1], Leon Rhodes [vcl-2/gt], Jack Drake [bass], Harold Bradley [gt], Buddy Charleton [steel], Jack Greene [vcl-4/drums], Floyd Cramer [piano]. Producer: Owen Bradley)

022 113882/NA 12596 TEXAS TROUBADOURS STOMP -instr.- DL 74459 BCD 15954

023 113883/NA 12597 I WILL MISS YOU WHEN YOU -2 DL 74459

024 113884/NA 12598 THE LAST LETTER -4 DL 74459

025 113885/NA 12599 TWELFTH STREET RAG - instr.- DL 74459 BCD 15954

026 113886/NA 12600 HONEY LOVE DL 74459

027 113887/NA 12601 THE WALTZ YOU SAVED FOR ME - instr.- DL 74459 BCD 15954

19 October 1964 [22:00-01:00] Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Texas Troubadours  (Cal Smith [vcl-1], Jerry Shook  [gt], Jack Drake [bass], John Wiggins [gt], Buddy Charleton [steel], Jack Greene [vcl-4/drums], Floyd Cramer [piano]. Producer: Owen Bradley)

028 115331/NA 13135 OKLAHOMA HILLS -1 DL 74644

029 115332/NA 13136 JUST A STONE'S THROW AWAY DL 74644

030 115333/NA 13137 ANOTHER BRIDGE TO BURN -4 DL 74644

031 115334/NA 13138 ALMOST TO TULSA - instr.- 32185/DL 74644 BCD 15954

8 December 1964 [18:00-21:00] Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Texas Troubadours Troubadours  (Cal Smith [vcl-1], Jerry Shook  [gt], Jack Drake [bass], John Wiggins [vcl-3/gt], Buddy Charleton [steel], Jack Greene [vcl-4/drums], Hargus Robbins [piano]. Producer: Owen Bradley)

032 115458/NA 13188 HIGHWAY MAN  -3 31837/DL 74644

033 115459/NA 13189 LEON'S GUITAR BOOGIE - instr.- unissued [alt.:] BCD 15954

034 115460/NA 13190 HONKY TONKS AND YOU -1 DL 74644

035 115461/NA 13191 TWILIGHT OVER TEARS - instr.- DL 74644 BCD 15954

14 December 1964 [18:00-21:00] Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Texas Troubadours (Cal Smith [gt], Jerry Shook  [gt], Jack Drake [vcl-5/gt], John Wiggins [gt], Buddy Charleton [steel], Jack Greene [vcl-4/drums], Hargus Robbins [piano]. Producer: Owen Bradley)

036 115478/NA 13195 DETOUR -5 DL 74644

037 115479/NA 13196 C-JAM BLUES - instr.- DL 74644 BCD 15954

038 115480/NA 13197 WHAT ABOUT ME -4 DL 74644

039 115481/NA 13198 LEON'S GUITAR BOOGIE - instr.- 31837/DL 74644 BCD 15954

19 April 1965 [18:00-21:00] RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Texas Troubadours  (Cal Smith [gt], Jerry Shook  [gt], Jack Drake [bass], John Wiggins [vcl-3/gt], Buddy Charleton [steel], Jack Greene [vcl-4/drums], Jerry Smith [piano]. Producer: Owen Bradley)

040 115969/NA 13395 HONEYMOON WITH THE BLUES -3 DL 74681

041 115970/NA 13396 AFRAID TO CARE -5 DL 74681

042 115971/NA 13397 BIG BEAVER - instr.- DL 74681

20 April 1965 [18:00-21:00] RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Texas Troubadours  (Leon Rhodes [vcl-2/gt], Jerry Shook  [gt], Jack Drake [bass], John Wiggins [gt], Buddy Charleton [steel], Jack Greene [drums], Jerry Smith [piano]. Producer: Owen Bradley)

043 115976/NA 13402 COCOANUT GROVE -instr.- DL 74681

044 115977/NA 13403 WHAT AM I BID -2 unissued

045 115978/NA 13404 LOST HIGHWAY DL 74746

21 April 1965 [18:00-21:00] RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Ave. South, Nashville, TN –Texas Troubadours  (Cal Smith [vcl-1/gt], Leon Rhodes [gt], Jerry Shook  [gt], Jack Drake [bass], John Wiggins [gt], Buddy Charleton [steel], Jack Greene [drums], Jerry Smith [piano]. Producer: Owen Bradley)

046 115980/NA 13410 I'M A SAD LONELY MAN -1 DL 74681

21 June 1965 [18:00-21:00] RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Texas Troubadours  (Cal Smith [gt], Leon Rhodes [vcl-2/gt], Jerry Shook  [gt], Jack Drake [bass], John Wiggins [gt], Buddy Charleton [steel], Jack Greene [drums], Jerry Smith [piano]. Producer: Owen Bradley)

047 116282/NA 13640 WHAT AM I BID -2 DL 74681

28 February 1966 [18:00-21:00] Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Texas Troubadours  (Cal Smith [vcl-1/gt], Leon Rhodes [gt], Jerry Shook  [gt], John Wiggins [gt], Buddy Charleton [steel], Jack Drake [bass],  Willie Ackerman [drums], Moon Mullican [piano]. Producer: Owen Bradley)

048 117077/NA 13951 THEY'LL NEVER TAKE HER LOVE -1 DL 74745

4 April 1966 [14:00-17:00] RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Texas Troubadours (Cal Smith [vcl-1/gt], Leon Rhodes [vcl-2/gt], Jerry Shook  [gt], John Wiggins [gt], Buddy Charleton [steel], Jack Drake [bass],  Jack Greene [vcl-4/drums], Jerry Smith [piano]. Producer: Owen Bradley)

049 117211/NA 14007 TIME CHANGES EVERYTHING -1 DL 74745

050 117212/NA 14008 E.T. BLUES -instr.- 32008/DL 74745 BCD 15954

051 117213/NA 14009 BEFORE I LOST YOU -4 DL 74745

052 117214/NA 14010 MY BABY'S COMIN' HOME  -2 unissued

6 April 1966 [18:00-21:00] RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Texas Troubadours  (Cal Smith [gt], Leon Rhodes [vcl-2/gt], Jerry Shook  [gt], John Wiggins [gt], Buddy Charleton [steel], Jack Drake [bass],  Jack Greene [vcl-4/drums], Jerry Smith [piano]. Producer: Owen Bradley)

053 117238/NA 14019 COOL IT -instr.- DL 74745 BCD 15954

054 117239/NA 14020 MY BABY'S COMIN' HOME -2 DL 74745

055 117240/NA 14021 GONE -4 DL 74745

27 June 1966 [14:00-17:30] RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Texas Troubadours  (Cal Smith [gt], Leon Rhodes [vcl-2/gt], Jerry Shook  [gt], John Wiggins [gt], Buddy Charleton [steel], Jack Drake [bass],  Jack Greene [drums], Jerry Smith [piano]. Producer: Owen Bradley)

056 117641/NA 14129 HONEY FINGERS -instr.- DL 74745 BCD 15954

057 117642/NA 14130 TAKE THAT -instr.- DL 74745 BCD 15954

058 117643/NA 14131 ALMOST EVERYTHING A LONELY BOY NEEDS -2 DL 74745

11 August 1966 [18:00-21:00] RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Ave. South, Nashville, TN –  Texas Troubadours  (Cal Smith [gt], Leon Rhodes [gt], Jerry Shook  [gt], John Wiggins [gt], Buddy Charleton [steel], Jack Drake [bass],  Jack Greene [drums], Hargus Robbins [piano]. Producer: Owen Bradley)

059 117813/NA 14192 GARDENIA WALTZ -instr.- 32121/DL 74745 BCD 15954

060 117814/NA 14193 WALKING THE FLOOR OVER YOU -instr.-32065/DL 74745 BCD 15954

6 February 1968 [14:00-17:00] Bradley's Barn, 722 Bender’s Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, TN –Texas Troubadours as The Adours (Steve Chapman [vcl-2/gt], Buck Evans [vcl-3/gt], Cal Smith [gt], Buddy Charleton [steel], Jack Drake [bass], Wade Ray [vcl-1/fiddle],  Billy Pfender [drums], Jerry Smith [piano]. Producer: Owen Bradley)

061 119884/NA 14978 HEART OF A CLOWN -1 DL 75017

062 119885/NA 14979 MY LITTLE RED WAGON -1 DL 75017

063 119886/NA 14980 I ACT JUST LIKE THIS ALL MAN -2 DL 75017

064 119887/NA 14981 SING ME BACK HOME -3 DL 75017

20 February 1968 [18:00-21:00] Bradley's Barn, 722 Bender’s Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, TN – Texas Troubadours  (Steve Chapman [gt], Buck Evans [gt], Cal Smith [gt], Buddy Charleton [steel], Jack Drake [bass], Wade Ray [fiddle],  Billy Pfender [drums], Jerry Smith [piano]. Producer: Owen Bradley)

065 119979/NA 15022 TUXEDO JUNCTION -instr.- DL 75017 BCD 15954

066 119980/NA 15023 NASHVILLE SHUFFLE -instr.- DL 75017 BCD 15954

067 119981/NA 15024 RIDGETOP STOMP -instr.- 32587/DL 75017 BCD 15954

068 119982/NA 15025 BUDDIE'S BOOGIE -instr.- DL 75017 BCD 15954

1981 Pete's Place, 809 18th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Texas Troubadours (Pete Mitchell [vcl/gt], Lynn Owsley [steel], Ronnie Dale [bass], Jerry Don Borden [drums], Johnny Walker [piano] + Etnest Tubb [guest vcl-1]. Producer: Pete Drake)

069 AFTER TEXAS First Generation FGLP 101

070 DOOR THAT NEVER OPENED First Generation FGLP 101

071 DETOUR First Generation FGLP 101

072 COLUMBUS STOCKADE BLUES First Generation FGLP 101

073 I JUST LOST MY FAVORITE GIRL First Generation FGLP 101

074 BIG BEAVER First Generation FGLP 101

075 YOU COMB HER HAIR First Generation FGLP 101

076 MIDNIGHT IN AMARILLO First Generation FGLP 101

077 I'LL BE THERE (IF YOU EVER WANT ME) First Generation FGLP 101

078 DRIVIN' NAILS IN MY COFFIN -1 First Generation FGLP 101

ALBUMS
Decca DL-4459/DL-74459 Ernest Tubb Presents The Texas Troubadours: San Antonio Rose; Cains Corner; I'll Have Another Cup Of Coffee (Then I'll Go); Twelfth Street Rag; The Last Letter; Pan Handle Rag; Texas Troubadour Stomp; I Will Miss You When You Go; Rhodes-Bud Boogie; Six Days On The Road; The Waltz You Saved For Me; Honey Love - 64
Decca DL-4644/DL-74644 Country Dance Time: Oklahoma Hills; Red Top; Just A Stone's Throw Away; Almost To Tulsa; Another Bridge To Burn; C-Jam Blues; Highway Man; Twilight Over Tears; What About Me; Detour; Honky Tonks And You; Leon's Guitar Boogie – 06-65
Decca DL-4745/DL-74745 Ernest Tubb's Fabulous Texas Troubadours: Time Changes Everything; Honey Fingers; Before I Lost You; Take That; My Baby's Comin' Home; Gardenia Waltz; Cool It; Gone; Almost Everything A Lonely Boy Needs; E.T. Blues; They'll Never Take Her Love From Me; Walking The Floor Over You - 03-66
Decca DL-75017 The Terrific Texas Troubadours: Buddie's Boogie; Heart Of A Clown; The Day The World Stood Still; Tuxedo Junction; Sing Me Back Home; Silent Partner; Ridgetop Stomp; Just For You; Nashville Shuffle; I Act Just Like This All The Time; (Won't You Ride In) My Little Red Wagon – 06-68
First Generation FGLP-101 The Texas Troubadours: After Texas; Door That Never Opened; Detour; Columbus Stockade Blues; I Just Lost My Favorite Girl; Big Beaver; You Comb Her Hair; Midnight In Amarillo; I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me); Drivin' Nails In My Coffin - 81

Bear Family [GER] BCD 15946 Almost To Tulsa – The Instrumentals: Rose City Chimes;  Danny Boy;  Tuxedo Junction;  Almost To Tulsa;  Leon's Guitar Boogie;  C-Jam Blues;  Cool It;  The Waltz You Saved For Me;  Rhodes'-Bud Boogie; . Walking The Floor Over You;  Honey Fingers;  Steel Guitar Rag;  Lover's Waltz;  Panhandle Rag;  Gardenia Waltz;  Redskin Rag;  Texas Troubadour Stomp;  E.T. Blues;  Nashville Shuffle;  Jamming With C And C;  Cain's Corner;  Big Beaver;  12th Street Rag;  Ridgetop Stomp;  Cocoanut Grove;  Red Top;  Take That;  Twilight Over Texas;  Leon's Guitar Boogie;  Buddie's Boogie;  This Ain't The Blues; [Buddy Emmons:]  Four Wheel Drive;  Blue Wind;  Highland Swing;  Greensleeves - 08

SINGLES

Bullet (1946)

609 That's All She Wrote / Why Should I Cry Over You – ca. 04-46

Decca (1964-69)

31627 The Last Letter / Honey Love – 18-05-64

31699 Panhandle Rag / Rhodes-Bud Boogie - 11-64

31770 Honky Tonks And You / Cain's Corner - 04-65

31837 Higwhay Man / Leon's Guitar Boogie - 08-65

32065 E.T. Blues / Walking The Floor Over You -11-66

32131 Honey Fingers / Gardenia Waltz - 04-67

32185 Almost To Tulsa / Oklahoma Hills - 08-67

32587 Ridgeton Stomp / Jamming With C And C - 10-69