Black Twig Pickers

By Praguefrank

SESSIONS

2000 Ironto, VA/ Roanoke, VA – Black Twig Pickers (Isak Howell [vcl/gt], Mike Gangloff [fretless banjo], Ralph Berrier Jr. [fiddle] + Dan Crafword [spoons])

001 SPIKE DRIVER'S BLUES VHF 61

002 SAIL AWAY LADIES VHF 61

003 POOR BOY LONG WAYS FROM HOME VHF 61

004 ISAK'S BLUES NO. 1 VHF 61

005 GET ALONG HOME CINDY VHF 61

006 COLD, FROSTY MORNING VHF 61

007 REUBEN'S BLUES VHF 61

008 LONESOME CLINCH MOUNTAIN VHF 61

009 EBENEEZER VHF 61

010 TWO WHITE HORSES IN A LINE VHF 61

011 RAMBLING HOBO VHF 61

012 ANGELINA BAKER VHF 61

013 ISAK'S BLUES NO. 2 VHF 61

014 FAIR AND TENDER LADIES VHF 61

015 LITTLE SADIE VHF 61          

016 GREAT VALLEY MINE VHF 61

017 TRAIN ON THE ISLAND VHF 61 

2001 unknown – Black Twig Pickers

Unknown tracks for Big Banjo Blues album

2002 poss. Ironto, VA - Black Twig Pickers (Isak Howell [vcl/gt],  Mike Gangloff [vcl/dobro/ gut-string baritone banjo], Ralph Berrier Jr. [vcl/fiddle])

033 JOHN BROWN'S DREAM VHF 73

034 IRONTO SPECIAL VHF 73

035 FLOYD ALLEN VHF 73

036 31 WEEK BLUES VHF 73

037 LIGHTNING STRIKE VHF 73

038 PALLET ON THE FLOOR VHF 73

039 CINDY VHF 73

040 WAITING ON MY RIDER BACK FROM TOWN VHF 73

041 HAVE YOU BEEN TO ALABAMA VHF 73

042 LOST INDIAN VHF 73

043 OH DEATH VHF 73

044 THIS WAR IS KILLING TIME VHF 73

2002 poss. Ironto, VA - Black Twig Pickers (Isak Howell [vcl/gt],  Mike Gangloff [vcl/banjo/gt], Mike Gayheart [vcl/bass],  Ralph Berrier Jr. [vcl/fiddle])

045 FIRE IN THE STOVE VHF 86 

046 IN THE PINES VHF 86 

047 LOST UP THE HOLLER BLUES VHF 86

048 SLEMP'S FAREWELL VHF 86 

049 RIVER'S FLOODED AND ROBIN'S DROWNED VHF 86 

050 RAFE CALLS THE UNDERTAKER VHF 86

051 TELL IT TO THE BOSMAN VHF 86 

052 BLOOD RED CLAY COAL BLACK SAND VHF 86 

053 ORIGINAL NATURAL BRIDGE BLUES VHF 86

054 BENT MOUNTAIN DRAG VHF 86

055 BANJO INSTRUMENTAL VHF 86 

056 WEARY BONES WALTZ VHF 86

057 TWILIGHT ON THE RADFORD ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT VHF 86

058 STAIRWAY TO HELL'S HOLLER VHF 86

059 untitled bonus track VHF 86  - 04

2007 poss. Ironto, VA - Black Twig Pickers (Isak Howell [vcl/gt/harp],  Mike Gangloff [vcl/banjo/dobro/fiddle], Nathan Bowles [vcl/ washboard/ percussion])

060 CROSSING THE JAMES VHF 108

061 RATTLETRAP VHF 108

062 CHERRY RIVER LINE VHF 108

063 LAST KIND WORD BLUES VHF 108

064 GLORY IN THE MEETING HOUSE VHF 108

065 AT THE HEAD OF EVERY CREEK VHF 108

066 STAY ALL NIGHT VHF 108

067 BOATSMAN VHF 108

068 PAINT BANK VHF 108

069 WALKING IN THE PARLOR VHF 108

070 CALLAHAN VHF 108

071 TRAIN 45 VHF 108

072 NEVER MISS YOUR MAMA VHF 108

073 TWIN SISTERS VHF 108

074 SALLY COMING THROUGH THE RYE VHF 108

075 OLD TIME FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN VHF 108

076 OLD JOE CLARK VHF 108

077 OLD JOE BONE VHF 108

078 FROSTY MORNING VHF 108

079 P.E.A. VINE BLUES VHF 108

080 CROSSING THE JAMES VHF 108

081 untitled VHF 108

082 untitled  VHF 108 -

February-November 2008 The Shred Shed, Ironto, VA – Jack Rose and Black Twig Pickers  (Jack Rose [steel/banjo], Isak Howell [gt/harmonica],  Mike Gangloff [vcl/gt/fiddle], Nathan Bowles [percussion])

083 LITTLE SADIE VHF 116 

084 SAIL AWAY LADIES/I SHALL NOT BE MOVED VHF 116 

085 HAND ME DOWN MY WALKING CANE VHF 116

086 SOFT STEEL PISTON Great Pop Supplement GPS 28/VHF 116 

087 SOME HAPPY DAY VHF 116 

088 RIDE OLD BUCK VHF 116 

089 REVOLT Great Pop Supplement GPS 28/VHF 116

090 KENSINGTON BLUES VHF 116 

091 SPEDIAL RIDER VHF 116

092 BRIGHT SUNNY SOUTH VHF 116 

093 GOODBYE BOOZE VHF 116 

Poss. From sessions above:

094 SHOOTING CREEK Great Pop Supplement GPS 49

095 RAPPAHANOCK RIVER RAG Great Pop Supplement GPS 49

2009 The Shed, Ironto, VA – Black Twig Pickers (Isak Howell [vcl/gt],  Mike Gangloff [vcl/banjo/fiddle], Nathan Bowles [vcl/banjo/snare drum/ washboard])

096 DON'T DRINK NOTHING BUT CORN Thrill Jockey 249

097 LAST PAYDAY AT COAL CREEK Thrill Jockey 249

098 DEAD MAN'S PIECE Thrill Jockey 249

099 SMOKER WEDDING MARCH Thrill Jockey 249 

100 LAY TEN DOLLARS DOWN Thrill Jockey 249 

101 DUCKS ON THE POND Thrill Jockey 249 

102 SARO O SARO Thrill Jockey 249

103 CRAIG STREET HOP Thrill Jockey 249 

104 FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN Thrill Jockey 249

105 OLD JACK GILLIE Thrill Jockey 249

106 BONAPARTE'S MARCH INTO RUSSIA Thrill Jockey 249

107 LOVE MY HONEY I DO Thrill Jockey 249 

108 PICKIN' OUT THE DEVIL'S EYES Thrill Jockey 249 

109 WALLS OF JERICHO Thrill Jockey 249

110 ROCKIN' IN A WEARY LAND Thrill Jockey 249

GPS 59 Where You Gonna Be (When The Good Lord Calls You Home) / Stepback Cindy - 10

30 May 2010 [most of tracks] The Shed, Ironton, VA – Black Twig Pickers with Charlie Parr (Charlie Parr [vcl/resonator gt], Isak Howell [vcl/gt/harp], Mike Gangloff [vcl/banjo/ fiddle/ jaw harp],  Nathan Bowles [vcl/banjo/washboard/ bones/ tambourine], Amy Shea [vcl/ tambourine/shaker])

111 GLORY IN THE MEETING HOUSE House of Mercury MR 024 

112 DEATH'S BLACK TRAIN House of Mercury MR 024 

113 THEY WHUPPED HIM UP THE HILL House of Mercury MR 024 

114 OLD ARK'S A-MOVIN' House of Mercury MR 024

115 JESUS ON THE MAINLINE House of Mercury MR 024  

116 I WISH I WAS IN HEAVEN SITTING DOWN House of Mercury MR 024 

117 THIS WORLD IS NOT MY HOME House of Mercury MR 024 

118 WHERE YOU GONNA BE (WHEN THE GOOD LORD CALLS YOU HOME) GPS 59 /House of Mercury MR 024 

119 WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE House of Mercury MR 024 

120 THERE AIN'T NO GRAVE GONNA HOLD MY BODY DOWN House of Mercury MR 024

121 PURE RELIGION House of Mercury MR 024 

122 I'M GOING HOME House of Mercury MR 024 

123 LIGHT FROM THE LIGHTHOUSE House of Mercury MR 024

124 STEPBACK CINDY Great Pop Supplement GPS 59

Prob. From sessions above:

125 FORKY DEER Thrill Jockey 268

126 WARMING BY THE DEVIL'S FIRE Thrill Jockey 268

127 FALLS OF RICHMOND Thrill Jockey 268

128 HORSESHOE Thrill Jockey 268

129 BARNSWALLOW Thrill Jockey 268

130 WEDNESDAY NIGHT WALTZ Thrill Jockey 268

131 DEATH OF JERRY DAMRON Thrill Jockey 268  

January 2012 Tupelo, Floyd County, VA – Black Twig Pickers (Isak Howell [vcl/gt],  Mike Gangloff [vcl/ banjo/ fiddle], Nathan Bowles [vcl/ banjo/ washboard], Sally Anne Morgan [vcl/fiddle], Joseph Derjarnette [vcl])

132 BLIND MAN’S LAMENT Thrill Jockey 309

133 ROUGH CARPENTERS Thrill Jockey 309  

134 LITTLE ROSE Thrill Jockey 309

135 BANKS OF THE ARKANSAS Thrill Jockey 309

136 ELKHORN RIDGE Thrill Jockey 309

137 THE POPLAR POLE Thrill Jockey 309

138 WHERE THE WHIPPOORWILLS ARE WHISPERING GOODNIGHT Thrill Jockey 309

139 YOU PLAY THE HIGH CARD AND I’LL PLAY THE ACE Thrill Jockey 309

140 OLD CHRISTMAS MORNING Thrill Jockey 309  

141 ROLL ON JOHN Thrill Jockey 309

142 JACK OF DIAMONDS Thrill Jockey 309

143 CHARLESTON GIRLS Thrill Jockey 309

144 SIFT THE MEAL AND SAVE THE BRAN Thrill Jockey 309

145 I CAN’T STAY HERE BY MYSELF  Thrill Jockey 309

13 January 2012 Black Dirt Studio, Westtown, NY – Black Twig Pickers ((Isak Howell [vcl/gt],  Mike Gangloff [vcl/ banjo/ fiddle], Nathan Bowles [vcl/ banjo/ washboard])

146 YELLOW CAT Thrill Jockey 307

147 YOU’LL NEVER MISS YOUR MAMA 307

Poss. From session above:

148 MERRY MOUNTAIN HOEDOWN Thrill Jockey 12.50

149 BRUSHY FORK OF JOHN’S CREEK Thrill Jockey 12.50

2013 Black Dirt Studio, Westtown, NY – Black Twig Pickers and  Steve Gunn (Steve Gunn [gt], Isak Howell [gt/harp], Nathan Bowles [vcl/banjo], Sally Anne Morgan [fiddle], Mike Gangloff [vcl/fiddle])

150 LONESOME VALLEY Thrill Jockey 355      

151 SWEET LITTLE JULIE Thrill Jockey 355

2014 Studio 808a, Floyd, VA/ Black Dirt Studio, Westtown, NY – Black Twig Pickers and  Steve Gunn

152 DIVE FOR THE PEARL THRILL 386

153 DON'T LET YOUR DEAL GO DOWN THRILL 386

154 CARDINAL 51 THRILL 386  

155 TRAILWAYS RAMBLE THRILL 386

156 SEASONAL HIRE THRILL 386  

Early 2020 Studio 808a, Floyd, VA – Black Twig Pickers (Isak Howell [vcl/gt/harmonica], Nathan Bowles [vc/banjo/  washboard], Sally Anne Morgan [vcl/fiddle], Mike Gangloff: Hardanger [vcl/fiddle/ singing bowl/ sruti box] + Andrew Zinn [vcl/gt], Joe Dejarnette [bass].
157 MOONSHINER VHF 153   
158 MONEY MUSK/ICY MOUNTAIN/TOMMY HAWK VHF 153   
159 CARA'S WALTZ VHF 153   
160 SHEETS OF RAIN, STREAMS OF SUN VHF 153   
161 WILL YOU MISS ME WHEN I'M GONE? VHF 153  
162 ROAN MOUNTAIN SALLY ANN VHF 153   
163 KNIGHT ON THE ROAD VHF 153   
164 BARNSWALLOW VHF 153  
165 ST. VALENTINE'S VHF 153   
166 MARCH ELLISTON JOY VHF 153   
167 DAN FRIEND'S PIECE VHF 153  

ALBUMS

VHF 61 North Folk Flyer: Spike Driver's Blues; Sail Away Ladies; Poor Boy Long Ways From Home; Isak's Blues No. 1; Get Along Home Cindy; Cold, Frosty Morning; Reuben's Blues; Lonesome Clinch Mountain; Ebeneezer; Two White Horses in a Line; Rambling Hobo; Angelina Baker; Isak's Blues No. 2; Fair and Tender Ladies; Little Sadie; Great Valley Mine; Train on the Island – 12-06-01

Klang ?  Big Banjo Blues: (tracks unknown) - 02

VHF 73 Soon One Morning: John Brown's Dream; Ironto Special; Floyd Allen; 31 Week Blues; Lightning Strike; Pallet on the Floor; Cindy; Waiting on My Rider Back From Town; Have You Been to Alabama; Lost Indian; Oh Death; This War Is Killing Time- 04-03-03

VHF 86 Midnight Has Come And Gone: Fire In The Stove;  In The Pines;  Lost Up The Holler Blues; Slemp's Farewell;  River's Flooded And Robin's Drowned;  Rafe Calls The Undertaker; Tell It To The Bosman;  Blood Red Clay Coal Black Sand;  Original Natural Bridge Blues; Bent Mountain Drag; Banjo Instrumental;  Weary Bones Waltz; Twilight On The Radford Army Ammunition Plant; Stairway To Hell's Holler; Bonus Track - 04

VHF 108 Hobo Handshake: Crossing the James; Rattletrap; Cherry River Line; Last Kind Word Blues; Glory In The Meeting House; At the Head of Every Creek; Stay All Night; Boatsman; Paint Bank; Walking in the Parlor; Callahan; Train 45;Never Miss Your Mama; Twin Sisters; Sally Coming Through the Rye; Old Time Fire on the Mountain; Old Joe Clark; Old Joe Bone; Frosty Morning; P.E.a. Vine Blues; Crossing the James; (Hidden Track); (Hidden Track) - 08

VHF 116 Jack Rose And The Black Twig Pickers: Little Sadie; Sail Away Ladies/I Shall Not Be Moved;  Hand Me Down My Walking Cane; Soft Steel Piston;  Some Happy Day;  Ride Old Buck;  Revolt; Kensington Blues;  Spedial Rider; Bright Sunny South;  Goodbye Booze – 14-07-09 with Jack Rose

Thrill Jockey 249 Ironto Special: Don't Drink Nothing But Corn; Last Payday At Coal Creek; Dead Man's Piece; Smoker Wedding March; Lay Ten Dollars Down; Ducks on the Pond; Saro O Saro; Craig Street Hop; Fire On The Mountain; Old Jack Gillie; Bonaparte's March Into Russia; Love My Honey I Do; Pickin' Out the Devil's Eyes; Walls of Jericho; Rockin' In a Weary Land; (CD-ROM Track) – 21-09-10

House Of Mercy Recordings MR 024 Glory In The Meeting House: Glory In The Meeting House; Death's Black Train; They Whupped Him Up The Hill; Old Ark's A-Movin'; Jesus On The Mainline; I Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down; This World Is Not My Home; Where You Gonna Be (When The Good Lord Calls You Home); What A Friend We Have; There Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down; Pure Religion; I'm Going Home; Light From The Lighthouse – 10 With Charlie Parr

Thrill Jockey 268 Even To Win Is To Fail / Eastmont Syrup: [Glenn Jones:] Anchor Chain Blues; The Great Pacific Northwest; On The Massachusetts / Virginia Border; Even To Win Is To Fail; Tinka Marie; [Black Twig Pickers With Charlie Parr:] Forky Deer; Warming By The Devil's Fire; Falls Of Richmond; Horseshoe; Barnswallow; Wednesday Night Waltz; Death Of Jerry Damron – 04-11 (vinyl LP)      

Thrill Jockey 309 Rough Carpenters:  Blind Man’s Lament;  Rough Carpenters;  Little Rose;  Banks Of The Arkansas;  Elkhorn Ridge; The Poplar Pole;  Where The Whippoorwills Are Whispering Goodnight; You Play The High Card And I’ll Play The Ace; Old Christmas Morning;  Roll On John; Jack Of Diamonds; Charleston Girls; Sift The Meal And Save The Bran;  I Can’t Stay Here By Myself – 19-02-13

Thrill Jockey THRILL 386 Seasonal Hire: Dive for the Pearl; Don't Let Your Deal Go Down; Cardinal 51; Trailways Ramble; Seasonal Hire – 24-02-15 and Steve Gunn

VHS 153 Friend’s Peace: Moonshiner;  Money Musk/Icy Mountain/Tommy Hawk;  Cara's Waltz;  Sheets of Rain, Streams of Sun;  Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?; Roan Mountain Sally Ann;  Knight on the Road;  Barnswallow; St. Valentine's;  March Elliston Joy;  Dan Friend's Piece – 02-04-21

SINGLES

Great Pop Supplement

GPS 28 Revolt / Soft Steen Piston - 08 Jack Rose and The Black Twigs

GPS 49 Shooting Creek / Rappahanock River Rag – 09 Jack Rose and The Black Twigs

GPS 59 Where You Gonna Be (When The Good Lord Calls You Home) / Stepback Cindy - 10

Thrill Jockey

THRILL 306 Yellow Cat / You’ll Never Miss Your Mama – 21-04-12

12.50 Whompyjawed: Merry Mountain Hoedown / Brushy Fork Of John’s Creek – 24-07-12

THRILL 355 Lonesome Valley / Sweet Little Julie – 15-10-13 w. Steve Gunn