Billy Briggs / Sons Of the West

Billy Frank Briggs, Jr. *10-07-1919 Fort Worth, TX, +01-01-1984

3rd version
By Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli, Lillies Olsson, Tony Russell, Robert Platt, Bill Daniels, Thieu Van De Vorst, Steve Hathaway, Mario Manciotti, Henk Scholts
SESSIONS
16 September 1938 Gunter Hotel, San Antonio, TX – Sons of the West (Freddy Dean [gt], Slick Robertson [banjo], Billy Briggs [steel], Jimmie Meek [vcl/bass], Pat Trotter [fiddle])

S01 64524-A THERE’S EVIL IN YOUR CHILDREN Decca 5641/TXR-2708
S02 64525-A VISIONS OF THE PAST 5657/TXR-2708
S03 64526-A MAMA INEZ 5618/TXR-2708
S04 64527-A AM I BLUE 5641/TXR-2708
S05 64528-A SPANISH CAVALIER 5618/TXR-2708
S06 64529-A OH MONAH 5608/TXR-2708
S07 64530-A I’LL ALWAYS BE IN LOVE WITH YOU 5629/TXR-2708
S08 64531-A MY GAL DON’T LOVE ME ANYMORE 5629/TXR-2708
S09 64532-A FOLLOWINHG YOU AROUND 5657/TXR-2708
S10 64533-A THINKING OF YOU 5608/TXR-2708
19 March 1941 WBAP Studio, Blackstone Hotel, Fort Worth, TX - Sons Of The West (Jess Williams [gt], Slick Robertson [banjo], Billy Briggs [steel], Jimmie Meek [vcl/bass], Pat Trotter [fiddle], Buck Buchanan [fiddle], Loren Mitchell [piano])
S11 DAL 1370-1 I LIVE IN MEMORY OF YOU OKeh 06328/TXR-2708
S12 DAL 1371-1 YOU’LL BE SORRY Conqueror 9861
S13 DAL 1372-1 OUR LAST GOODBYE OKeh 06196/TXR-2708
S14 DAL 1373-1 SALLY’S GOT A WOODEN LEG OKeh 06587/TXR-2708
S15 DAL 1374-1 MY PRAIRIE QUEEN OKeh 06587/TXR-2708
S16 DAL 1375-1 PANHANDLE SHUFFLE OKeh 06196/TXR-2708 KKCD 11 PROPERBOX 83
S17 DAL 1376-1 MAKE A WREATH FOR MARY OKeh 06328
S18 DAL 1377-1 I’LL FORGET I EVER LOVED YOU Conqueror 9861

PROPER PROPERBOX 83 STOMPING SINGERS/WESTERN SWINGERS (UK, 2004, 4 CD SET); KRAZY KAT KK CD 11 WANDERS SWING TEXAS DANCE HALL MUSIC (UK, 1994)

ca May 1947 Amarillo, TX - Billy Briggs and X.I.T. Boys (Billy Briggs [vcl/gt], Jess Williams [bass], Herschel Manson [drums],  J.R. Chatwell [fiddle], Loren Mitchell [piano], Freddy Beatty [tenor sax])
001 X.I.T. SONG Time 103 107/HBR 11  KK 24 BACM CD D 574
002 AUTOGRAPH YOUR PHOTOGRAPH Time 103/BSCM CD D 574
003 COO-SEE-COO Time 102
004 GO TO SLEEP OUR BABY BOY Time 102
KRAZY KAT KK 24 DIGGING TEXAS SWING 1946-1966 (UK, 1998); BACM CD D574 PANHANDLE SHUFFLE (UK, 2017)
ca. 1949 Amarillo, TX - Billy Briggs and X.I.T. Boys
005 DOWN IN OLD NEW ORLEANS Time 107/HBR 11
ca. August 1949 Dalhart, TX - Billy Briggs and X.I.T. Boys (Billy Briggs [vcl/gt], Jess Williams [rh gt/bck vcl], Weldon Allard [bass], Pat Trotte [fiddle])
006 PRETTY BABY BOOGIE Time 108/KKCD 23 PROPERBOX 50
007 DARLING WALTZ Time 108
008 NEW PANHANDLE SHUFFLE JIVE Time 109
009 IF I CRY Time 109/ HBR 11
PROPER PROPERBOX 50 HILLBILLY BOOGIE (UK, 2002,4 CD SET); KRAZY KAT KK CD 23 LONE STAR STOMP TEXAS DANCE HALL MUSIC VOL.2 (UK, 1999)
ca. 1949 unknown,  TX - Billy Briggs and X.I.T. Boys
010 110B YODELING SONG Time 110/HBR 11
011 110A I’D RATHER BE ANYTHING THAT WHAT I AM Time 110/HBR 11

1949/1950 Amarillo, TX - Billy Briggs
012 BIG LITTLE DARLIN'
013 I’M GONNA GET ME A BOTTLE HBR 11
014 I’M NOT GONNA LOCK THE DOOR
015 I’M TIRED OF GETTING CHANCES
016 NORTH POLE BOOGIE (2)  PROPERBOX 50
017 I LIKE CANDY
018 I’M HANGING MY TEARS OUT TO DRY
019 MIDNIHT IN OLD AMARILLO
020 THIRD TIME CHARM
021 YOU ALMOST KILLED MY SOUL Folke 102/HBR 11
022 PRETTY BABY BOOGIE
023 BLUEBONNET WALTZ Folke 102/HBR 11

ca. late 1950 Amarillo, TX - Billy Briggs
025 IF-247 THE WALTZ YOU DIDN'T SAVE FOR ME 45-8102
026 IF-248 WAITRESS BLUES 45-8102/HBR 11
027 IF-249 HANDKERCHIEF FULL OF TEARS 45-8123/HBR 11
028 IF-250 FRECKLE FACE SNAGGLE TOOTH GAL unissued
January 1951 Amarillo, TX - Billy Briggs [*overdub session: ca late 1959 details unknown]
029 IF 254 CHEW TOBACCO RAG 45-8104 /HBR 11 BT 5709 CDLR 814 DC 885962 UAG 30312 [overdubbed*:] X 8324
030 IF 255 IT’S A CRIME 45-8104
031 IF 256 MIDNIGHT DREAMS 45-8123/HBR 11
032 IF-257 ALSO SOMEONE ELSE 45-8128

BIG TONE BT 5709 IMPERIAL ROCKABILLIES VOL.2 (UK, 1993); LUCKY CDLR 814 ROCKABILLY GOLD VOL.14 (1997); DISKY DC 885962 RED HOT ROCKABILLY PART 3 (NED, 1999); UNITED ARTISTS  UAG 30312 IMPERIAL ROCKABILLIES VOL.3 (UK, 1980)

April 1951 Amarillo, TX - Billy Briggs
033 IF 264 FEMALE SHUFFLE 45-8107/HBR 11
034 IF 265 COYOTE SONG 45-8107/HBR 11
035 IF 266 AMARILLO ROSE 45-8110/HBR 11 PROPERBOX 83
036 IF 267 DIP SNUFF STOMP unissued/PROPERBOX 83
037 IF 268 FRECKLE FACE, SMAGGLE TOOTH GAL unissued

May 1951 Amarillo, TX - Billy Briggs
038 IF 273 DIP SNUFF STOMP 45-8110/HBR 11
September 1951 Amarillo, TX - Billy Briggs (+George Weldon Allard, Jess Williams) [*overdub session: ca late 1959 details unknown]
039 IF 281 CHEW TOBACCO RAG NO 2 45-8111 20846 /HBR 11 BT 5708 DC 885962 UAG 30312 [overdubbed*:] X 8324
040 IF 282/ZSP 7544 FRECKLE FACE - SNAGGLE TOOTH GAL 45-8115 4-20869/HBR 11
041 IF 283 THE SISSY SONG 45-8115 20869/HBR 11
042 IF 284/ZSP 7545 ALARM CLOCK BOOGIE 45-8111 Columbia 4-20846/HBR 11 PROPERBOX 50
masters IF 268, 281, 283, 284 purchased by Columbia July 1, 1951

October 1951 Amarillo, TX - Billy Briggs (+George Allard, Jesse Williams)
043 IF-308 HONKY TONK BABY 45-8143/HBR 11
044 IF-309 SWEET SWEETHEART 45-8143
045 IF 310 NORTH POLE BOOGIE 45-8131/HBR 11
046 IF-311 ON A COUNTRY ROAD 45-8131
caMarch 1952 Amarillo, TX - Billy Briggs (+George Weldon Allard, Jess Williams)
047 IF-356 FULL-BLOODED TEXAN 45-8184/HBR 11
048 IF-357 THE BATTERY TO MY HEART 45-8184 /HBR 11 JASMCD 3575
049 IF-358 THE GRANDEST THING ON EARTH 45- 8150
050 IF-359 TEXACO, NEW MEXICO JONES 45-8150/HBR 11

JASMINE JASMCD 3575 HILLBILLY HOT ROD AUTOMOBILE SONGS (UK, 2006)

September 1952 Amarillo, TX - Billy Briggs (+George Weldon Allard, Jess Williams)
051 IF 393 TELL YOUR MA AND PA 45-8166/HBR 11
052 IF 394 ON TOP OF PIKES PEAK X8239
053 IF 395 SEND ME SOME LOVE X8239
054 IF 396 COFFEE SIPPIN’ BLUES 45-8166/HBR 11
ca 1953 poss. Amarillo, TX - Billy Briggs
055 WHEN
056 I’LL BET YOU NEVER CARED
Discography is incomplete

ALBUMS
Texas Rose TXR-2708 Sons Of The West 1938-41: Oh Monah; Thinking Of You; Mama Inez; Spanish Cavalier; I’ll Always Be In Love With You; My Gal Don’t Love Me;There’s Evil In Your Children; Am I Blue;Visions Of The Past; Followinhg You Around; Our Last Goodbye; Panhandle Shuffle; I Live In Memory Of You; Make A Wreath For Mary; Sally’s Got A Wooden Leg ; My Prairie Queen – 82 Sons Of The West
Hillbilly Researcher [UK] HBR # 11 Billy Briggs: Coffee Sippin' Blues; The Sissy Song; Mid-Nite Dreams; Yodeling Song; Honky Tonky Baby; Tell Your Ma And Pa; Texaco New Mexico Joe; Alarm Clock Boogie; Amarillo Rose; I'd Rather Be Anything Than What I Am; Chew Tobacco Rag; Waitress Blues; Coyote Song; You Almost Killed My Soul; The Battery To My Heart; Freckle Face - Snaggle Tooth Gal; I'm Gonna Get Me A Bottle; Hankerchief Full Of Tears; Down In Old New Orlean; Dip Snuff Stomp; X.I.T. Song; If I Cry; Chew Tobacco Rag #2; Female Shuffle; Pretty Baby Boogie; Full Blooded Texan; Bluebonnet Waltz; North Pole Boogie - 99
Cremo CRAR-7801 Panhandle Shuffle And Jive: Xit Song; Bluebonnet Waltz; Xit Songs; Autograph Your Photo; Go To Sleep My Baby Boy; Coo Se Coo; Darlin´ Waltz; Pretty Baby Boogie; Mardi Gras In New Orleans; Xit Song / Reprise; Panhandle Shuffle; I´D Rather Be Anything Than What I Am; Yodeling Song; The Waltz You Didn´t Save For Me; Waitress Blues; Handkerchief Full Of Tears; Chew Tobacco Rag; Chew Tobacco Rag #2; It´S A Crime; Midnight Dreams; Also Soeone Else; I Love To Kiss; The Old Fashioned Waltz; I´Ve Been Short-Changed; A Place In The Sunshine; Coyote Shuffle; Amarillo Rose - 01? (Limited Edition of 100 copies)

Cremo CRAR-7802 Bodacious Backwater Boogie: Freckle-Face Snaggle-Tooth Gal; Dip Sniff Stomp; Big Little Darlin´; I´M Not Gonna Lock The Door; I´M Tired Of Taking Chances; Midnight In Amarillo; I´M Gonna Get Me A Bottle; The Sissy Song; Alarm Clock Boogie; Third-Time Charm; I´M Hanging My Tears Out To Dry; Also Someone Else; I Like Candy; Honky-Tonk Baby; Send Me Some Love Coffee-Sippin´ Blues; When; North Pole Boogie; North Pole Boogie (Remake); On A Country Road; Full Blooded Texan; The Battery To My Heart; The Grandest Thing On Earth; Texico New Mexico Joe; Tell Your Ma And Pa; On Top Of Pike´s Peak; Send Me Some Love; Coffee-Sippin´ Blues; When; I´ll Bet You Never Cared -  01? (Limited Edition of 100 copies)
BACM [UK] CD D 489 Chew Tobacco Rag: Waitress Blues; The Waltz You Didn't Save For Me; Handkerchief Full Of Tears; Chew Tobacco Rag; It's A Crime; Mid-Nite Dreams; Also Someone Else; Female Shuffle; Coyote Song; Amarillo Rose; Freckle Face - Snaggle Tooth Gal; Dip Snuff Stomp; Chew Tobacco Rag No.2; I'm Gonna Get Me A Bottle; The Sissy Song; Alarm Clock Boogie; Honky Tonk Baby;  Sweet Sweetheart; North Pole Boogie; On A Country Road; Full-Blooded Texan; The Battery To My Heart;  The Grandest Thing On Earth;  Texaco New Mexico Joe; Tell Your Ma And Pa; On Top Of Pikes Peak; Send Me Some Love; Coffee Sippin' Blues – 05-15

 

SINGLES
Decca (1938) Sons Of The West

5608 Oh Monah / Thinking Of You – 10-38
5618 Mama Inez / Spanish Cavalier – 11-38
5629 I’ll Always Be In Love With You / My Gal Don’t Love Me – 12-38
5641 There’s Evil In Your Children / Am I Blue – 01-39
5657 Visions Of The Past / Followinhg You Around – 02-39
Columbia (1941) Sons Of The West
OKeh/*Conqueror
06196 Our Last Goodbye Okeh / Panhandle Shuffle – 04-41
06328 I Live In Memory Of You / Make A Wreath For Mary – 08-41
*9861 You’ll Be Sorry Conqueror / I’ll Forget I Ever Loved You – 11-41
06587 Sally’s Got A Wooden Leg / My Prairie Queen – 01-42
Time (1947-)
102 Coo-See-Coo / Go To Sleep Our Little Baby - 05-47 (rev. June 7)
103 X.I.T. Song / Autograph Your Photograph - 05-47 (rev. May 24)
107 Down In Old New Orleans / X.I.T. Song – 07-49
108 Darling Waltz / Pretty Baby Boogie – 07-49
109 New Panhandle Shuffle Jive / If I Cry – 10-49
110 I'D Rather Be Anything Than What I Am / Yodeling Song – 10-49
Folke
102 You Almost Killed My Soul / Bluebonnet Waltz – 10-50
Imperial
45-8102 Waitress Blues / Waltz You Didn’t Save For Me – 03-51
45-8104 Chew Tobacco Rag / It’s A Crime - 03-51 (rev. March 24)
45-8105 The Wild Side Of Life / When The Operated On Papa, They Opened Mama's Male - 51
45-8107 Female Shuffle / Layete Song – 07-51
45-8110 Amarillo Rose / Dip Snuff Stomp – 07-51
45-8111 Chew Tobacco Rag No.2 / Alarm Clock Boogie – 07-51
Columbia 20846 Chew Tobacco Rag No. 2 / Alarm Clock Boogie – 27-07-51 (reissue)
45-8115 Freckle Face - Snaggle Tooth Gal / The Sissy Song – 09-51 (rev. Sept. 24; reissued on Columbia 20869)

45-8123 Midnight Dreams / Handerkchief Full Of Tears – 09-51
45-8128 I’m Gonna Get Me A Bottle / Also Someone Else – 10-51
45-8131 North Pole Boogie / On A Country Road – 11-51
45-8143 Honky Tonky Baby / Sweet Sweetheart – 02-52
45-8150 Texaco, New Mexico Joe / The Grandest Thing On Earth – 04-52 (rev. May 3)
45-8166 Coffee Sippin‘ Blues / Tell Your Ma And Pa – 10-52
45-8184 Full Blooded Texan / Battery To My Heart – 03-53
X8239 On Top On Pikes Peak / Send Me Some Love – 04-54 (rev. May 8)

X8324 Chew Tobacco Rag / Chew Tobacco Rag #2 – 01-60