VIRGIL SHOUSE
SESSION DISCOGRAPHY
JIMMY WILLIAMS AND RED ELLIS and The Gospel Harmony Boys
poss
Radio Station WHRV Ann
Arbor, Mich: ca.
June 1959
James “Jimmy”/“Jimmie” Lee
Williams (vcl/mand);Marvin T. “Red” Ellis (vcl/gtr); George Woody (5 stg bjo);
Doyle Newkirk (bjo); Virgil Shouse (stg
bs). Producer: Red Ellis
ST-2982 A
PLACE UPON THE MOUNTAIN Starday
SEP-110-A
() (Starday Music-BMI)
ST-2983 I HEARD THE CRY FROM THE CROSS SEP-110-A, Starday SLP-165
(Red Ellis-Jimmie Williams) (Starday
Music-BMI) Upper Room Recording
No.#
ST-2984 THE SWEETEST DREAM Starday
SEP-110-B
(Curly, Dan And Jimmy Williams) (Starday
Music-BMI)
ST-2985 THE LITTLE ADOPTED GIRL SEP-110-B
(R.Ellis-J.Williams-B.Jackson) (Starday
Music-BMI)
NB(1): STARDAY SEP-110 “JIMMY WILLIAMS AND RED ELLIS and the
Gospel Harmony Boys” released 1959.
NB(2): STARDAY SLP-165 “HOLY CRY FROM THE HILLS:16 Mountain
Sacred Songs:16 with 5 String Banjo” released 1962.
NB(3): UPPER ROOM RECORDING No.# “THE EARLY YEARS 1958-1961”
released 2005.
JIMMIE WILLIAMS And RED ELLIS and The Gospel Harmony Boys
poss
Radio Station WHRV Ann Arbor, Mich; February
1960
Jimmie Williams
(vcl/mamd); Red Ellis (vcl/gtr); George Woody (5 stg bjo);James Bryant (fdl);
Robert “Bobby” Stiltner (stg bs) or Virgil
Shouse (stg bs). Producer: Red Ellis
ST-3173 THESE MEN OF GOD Starday
SEP-124, Starday SLP-165, Starday SEP-168
(Red Ellis-Phyllis Williams-Jimmie
Williams) (Starday BMI) Upper
Room Recording No.#
ST-3174 THE EAST BOUND TRAIN Starday
SEP-124, Starday SLP-170, Nashville
NLP-2019
(York)
(Starday BMI) Upper
Room Recording No.#
ST-3175 THE DRUNKEN DRIVER Starday
SEP-124
()
ST-3176 GOING TO MEET JESUS SEP-124, Starday SLP-165
(Red Ellis)(Starday BMI) Upper
Room Recording No.#
NB(1): STARDAY SEP-124 “JIMMIE WILLIAMS And RED ELLIS and
The Gospel Harmony Boys” released 1960.
NB(2): STARDAY SEP-168 2GOSPEL SONGS BY ALL STAR ARTISTS2
released 1961.
NB(3): STARDAY SLP-170 “ALL ABOARD” FOR THE RAILROAD
SPECIAL” released 1962.
NB(4): NASHVILLE NLP-2019 “BIG TRAIN EXPRESS” released 1965.
JIMMIE WILLIAMS and RED ELLIS with George Woody 5 String
Banjo James Bryant Violin Virgil Shouse Bass-1
JIMMIE WILLIAMS & RED ELLIS-2
Red
Ellis Studio Ypsilanti,
Mich: ca.
March 1960
Jimmie Williams
(vcl/mand); Red Ellis (vcl/gtr); George Woody (5 stg bjo); James Bryant (fdl); Virgil Shouse (stg bs).
Producer:
Red Ellis
ST-3233 OPEN WINDOW -1-2 Starday
SEP-132 A, Starday SLP-165
(R.Ellis-J.Wiiliams-P.Williams) (Starday
BMI)
ST-3234 A ROSE FROM MOTHER’S WREATH -1-2 SEP-132 A, Starday SLP-168
(R.Ellis-J.Williams-P.Williams) (Starday
BMI)
ST-3235 SINNER’S DREAM -1-2 Starday SEP-132B, Starday
SLP-165
(York) (Starday BMI)
ST-3236 PRAYER OD SALVATION -1-2 Starday
SEP-132 B, SLP-165
(R.Ellis-J.Williams-P.Williams)(Starday
BMI) Upper Room Recording
No.#
ST- BETTER PRAY -2 Starday
SEP-140
() (Starday Music BMI)
NB(1): STARDAY SEP-132 “JIMMIE WILLIAMS and RED ELLIS with
George Woody 5 String Banjo James Bryant Violin Virgil Shouse Bass” released
Monday 5th September 1960.
NB(2): STARDAY SEP-140 “JIMMIE WILLIAMS & RED ELLIS”
released 1960.
NB(3): STARDAY SLP-168 “ TRAGIC SONGS OF DEATH AND SORROW”
released 1962.
NB(4): Matrix No. for “BETTER PRAY” not shown in STARDAY
files.
JIMMY WILLIAMS AND RED ELLIS With George Woody 5
String Banjo James Bryant-Violin-Virgil Shouse-Bass -1
JIMMY WILLIAMS AND RED ELLIS with Virgil
Shouse-Bass Ernest Graves-Guitar-2
poss Radio Station WHRV Ann
Arbor, Mich; ca.
July 1960
Jimmie Williams
(vcl/mand); Red Ellis (vcl/gtr); George Woody (5 stg bjo); James Bryant (fdl);
Ernest Graves (gtr-3); Virgil Shouse
(stg bs). Producer:
Red Ellis
ST-3372 THERE’S A HIGHER POWER -1-2 Starday SEP-138 A , Starday
SEP-140
(York) (Starday Music BMI) Starday SLP-165, Upper
Room Recording No.#
ST-3373 I’VE WON THE CROWN -1 Starday
SEP-138 A
(Red Ellis-Jimmie Williams) (Starday Music BMI)
ST-3374 DO YOU KNOW OR DON’T YOU CARE -1-2-3 Starday SEP-138 B
(Red Ellis-Jimmie Williams) (Starday Music BMI)
ST-3375 MODERNIZE CHURCHES -1-2-3 SEP-138 B
(E.Graves) (Starday Music BMI)
NB: STARDAY SEP-138 “JIMMY WILLIAMS AND RED ELLIS With
George Woody 5 String Banjo James Bryant Violin Virgil Shouse Bass Ernest
Graves Guitar” released 1960.
JIMMIE WILLIAMS & RED ELLIS & The Gospel Harmony
Boys
Wayne,
Mich: 1960
Jimmie Williams
(vcl/mand); Red Ellis (vcl/gtr); George Woody (5 stg bjo); James Bryant (fdl); Virgil Shouse (stg bs).
Producer:
A NO DEPRESSION IN HEAVEN Happy
Hearts 113
()
B THAT BEAUTIFUL HOME 113
()
A BIRTHDAY OF JESUS Happy Hearts 114
()
B JOY TO THE WORLD 114
()
NB(1): HAPPY HEARTS 113 released 1960.
NB(2): HAPPY HEARTS 114 released 1960.
JIMMIE WILLIAMS And RED ELLIS and The Gospel Harmony Boys-1
JIMMIE WILLIAMS & RED ELLIS-2 Red
Ellis Studio Ypsilanti,
Mich: ca.
October 1960
Jimmie Williams
(vcl/mando); Red Ellis (vcl/gtr); George Woody (5 stg bjo); James Bryant (fdl);
Virgil Shouse (stg bs).
Producer:
Red Ellis
ST-4478 HOLY GHOST BUILDING -1-2 Starday
SEP-148, Starday SLP-165
(Wm. York) (Starday BMI)
ST-4479 SOMEONE WILL LOVE ME IN HEAVEN -1
SEP-148
(Reno-Ward) (Starday BMI)
ST-4480 COMING OF THE LORD -1 SEP-148
(R.Ellis-J.Williams) (Starday BMI)
ST-4481 WITHIN ME -1 SEP-148
(R.Ellis-B.Smiddy-J.Williams) (Starday BMI)
NB: STARDAY SEP-148 “JIMMIE WILLIAMS And RED ELLIS and The
Gospel Harmony Boys” released 1960.
JIMMIE WILLIAMS and RED ELLIS
poss
Radio Station WHRV Ann Arbor, Mich: ca.
December 1960
Jimmie Williams
(vcl/mand); Red Ellis (vcl/gtr); George Woody (5 stg bjo); James Bryant (fdl); Virgil Shouse (stg bs).
Producer:
Red Ellis
ST-4557 THE REAL MEANING OF CHRISTMAS Starday
SEP-156 A
(York) (Starday-BMI)
ST-4558 ZACCHAEUS SEP-156 A
(Fletcher-R.Ellis-Williams) (Starday-BMI)
ST-4559 GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN Starday
SEP-156 B
(York) (Starday-BMI)
ST-4560 GOD’S EVERLASTING LOVE SEP-156 B
(R.Ellis-J.Williams) (Starday-BMI)
NB: STARDAY SEP-156 “JIMMIE WILLIAMS and RED ELLIS” released
1961.
CHARLIE MOORE and The Dixie Partners
1974
Charles “Charlie” Moore
(vcl/gtr); Curley Lambert (vcl-1/mand);Benjamin “Ben” Green (bjo); John
“Smokey” Dacus (fdl-2); Terry Baucom (fdl-3); Danny Proctor (stg bs-4); Virgil Shouse (stg bs-5). Producer:
ON A HIGH MOUNTAIN Old Homestead OHS-90040
() Old
Homestead OHCD-90040
WHEN THE WAGON WAS NEW Old
Homestead OHS-90040
() Old
Homestead OHCD-90040
I’LL LIVE WITH GOD Old
Homestead OHS-90040
() Old
Homestead OHCD-90040
LET ME WALK LORD BY YOUR SIDE -1 Old Homestead OHS-90040
() Old
Homestead OHCD-90040
GOD PUT A RAINBOW IN THE CLOUDS Old
Homestead OHS-90040
() Old
Homestead OHCD-90040
PRAISE THE LORD I’M READY TO GO Old
Homestead OHS-90040
() Old
Homestead OHCD-90040
HE WILL SET YOUR FIELDS ON FIRE Old
Homestead OHS-90040
() Old
Homestead OHCD-90040
THIS WORLD CAN’T STAND LONG Old
Homestead OHS-90040
() Old
Homestead OHCD-90040
MY HOME IN THE SKY Old Homestead OHS-90040
() Old
Homestead OHCD-90040
WHISKEY IS THE DEVIL Old Homestead OHS-90040
() Old
Homestead OHCD-90040
DUST ON THE BIBLE Old Homestead OHS-90040
() Old
Homestead OHCD-90040
TAKE A MESSAGE TO MOTHER Old
Homestead OHS-90040
() Old
Homestead OHS-90040
NB(1):OLD HOMESTEAD OHS-90040 “ON A HIGH MOUNTAIN” released
1974.#
NB(2): OLD HOMESTEAD OHS-90040reviewed Bluegrass Unlimited
Vol.9. #8 February 1975.
NB(3): OLD HOMESTEAD OHCD-90040 “ON A HIGH MOUNTAIN”
released 1997.
CHARLIE MOORE and The Dixie Partners
1975
Charlie Moore (vcl-1/gtr);
William “Billy” Constable (ld gtr); Lois Constable (vcl-2); Ben Green (bjo);
Smokey Dacus (fdl-1); Terry Baucom (fdl-4); Larry Jefferson (mand-5); Larry
Sparks (mand-6); Henry Dockery (stg bs-7); Virgil
Shouse (stg bs-8); Trio (vcl-3). Producer:
THE FIDDLER Old
Homestead OHS-90052
() Old
Homestead OHCD-90052
THE LEGEND OF THE REBEL SOLDIER Old
Homestead OHS-90052
() Old
Homestead OHCD-90052
FLYING SOUTH Old Homestead
OHS-90052
() Old
Homestead OHCD-90052
AMANDA Old
Homestead OHS-90052
() Old Homestead
OHCD-90052
THE LETTER Old
Homestead OHS-90052
() Old
Homestead OHCD-90052
LISTEN TO MY HAMMER RING Old
Homestead OHS-90052
() Old
Homestead OHCD-90052
Old
Homestead OHCD-2001
BROWN MOUNTAIN LIGHT Old Homestead OHS-90052
() Old
Homestead OHCD-90052
YOU’VE BEEN A FRIEND BABE Old
Homestead OHS-90052
() Old
Homestead OHCD-90052
REMEMBER ME -1-2-4 Old Homestead OHS-90052
() Old
Homestead OHCD-90052
LONESOME RIVER Old
Homestead OHS-90052
() Old
Homestead OHCD-90052
BILLY IN THE LOW GROUND (Inst) Old
Homestead OHS-90052
() Old
Homestead OHCD-90052
I HEARD MY MOTHER WEEPING -1-3 Old Homestead OHS-90052
() Old
Homestead OHCD-90052
NB(1): OLD HOMESTEAD OHS-90052 “THE FIDDLER” released 1975.
NB(2): OLD HOMESTEAD OHS-90052 reviewed Bluegrass Unlimited
Vol.10. #9 March 1976.
NB(3): OLD HOMESTEAD OHCD-90052 “THE FIDDLER” released
September 1996.
NB(4): OLD HOMESTEAD OHCD-90052 reviewed Bluegrass Unlimited
Vol.31. #6 December 1996.
NB(5): OLD HOMESTEAD OHCD-2001 “OLD HOMESTEAD GOSPEL
COLLECTION” released 2009.
JOHNNY DACUS poss. Old Homestead Studio Brighton,
Mi.: 1975
(fdl); Billy
Constable (ld gtr); Charlie Moore (gtr); Bill Napier (gtr); Tony Stubbs (rhy
gtr); Ben Greene (bjo); Nolan Faulkner (mand); Charlie Partin (stg bs-1); Virgil Shouse (stg bs-2). Producer:
DEVIL’S DREAM Old
Homestead OHS-90067
()
GLORYLAND MARCH OHS-90067
()
I’VE BEEN FRAMED OHS-90067
` ()
THE INDIAN KILLED A
WOODCOCK OHS-90067
()
JOHN’S FIDDLE BLUES OHS-90067
()
JOHNNY’S REEL OHS-90067
()
LIBERTY OHS-90067
()
MOONLIGHT WALTZ OHS-90067
()
RAGTIME ANIE OHS-90067
()
ROXIANNA WALTZ OHS-90067
()
SOFTLY AND TENDERLY OHS-90067
()
TENNESSEE MOUNTAIN
FIDDLE OHS-90067
()
NB: OLD HOMESTEAD OHS-90067 “TENNESSEE MOUNTAIN
FIDDLE” released 1976.
JIMMIE WILLIAMS & RED ELLIS and The Gospel Harmony Boys
Jessup Recording Studio Jackson, Mich: 1975
Jimmie Williams
(vcl-1.mand); Red Ellis (vcl-2/recit-3/gtr); Virgil Williams (hmny
vcl-4/bjo-5); Virgil Shouse (fdl); Gene
Saylor (bjo); Lynn Hall (stg bs); Phyllis Williams (stg bs-6). Producer:
LITTLE DAVID’S HARP -1-2 Jessup
MB-154
(Jimmy Williams) (La-Car BMI)
ALL YOUR LOVE -1-2-4 MB-154, Upper Room Recording No.#
(Jimmy Williams) (La-Car BMI)
SO HIGH -2 MB-154, No.#
(Traditional) (La-Car BMI)
I’LL TELL YOU THE REASON -1 MB-154
(Jimmy Williams) (La-Car BMI)
LIKE HIS LOVE -1-4-5-6 MB-154
(Jimmy Williams) (La-Car BMI)
RUN DEVIL, RUN (Inst) MB-154
(Jimmy Williams) (La-Car BMI)
STOP -1-3 MB-154
(Jimmy Williams) (La-Car BMI)
SING YOUR SONG, JIMMY -1-4-5-6 MB-154
(Jimmy Williams) (La-Car BMI)
EVERYBODY OUGHT TO KNOW -4 MB-154, No.#
(Jimmy Williams) (La-Car BMI)
WE’RE GONNA HAVE A TIME -4 MB-154
(Red Ellis-Jimmie Williams) (La-Car BMI)
LEAVE BEHIND -1-4-5-6 MB-154
() (La-Car BMI)
WHEN THE TRAIN COMES ALONG -1-2 MB-154, No.#
(Red Ellis-Jimmie Williams (La-Car BMI)
NB(1): JESSUP MB-154 “LITTLE DAVID’S HARP” released 1977.
NB(2): JESSUP MB-154 reviewed Bluegrass Unlimited Vol.12.
#8- February 1978.
CHARLIE MOORE
Wedneasday
26th July 1976
Charlie Moore (vcl/gtr);
Billy Constable (ld gtr); Smokey Dacus (fdl-1); Terry Baucom (fdl-2); Larry
Jefferson (mand); Virgil Shouse (stg
bs-3); Henry Dockery (stg bs-4). Producer:
WHEELING Old
Homestead OHS-90075
() Old
Homestead OHCD-90075
LORENA GO HOME Old
Homestead OHS-90075
() Old
Homestead OHCD-90075
TOMBSTONE EVERY MILE Old Homestead OHS-90075
() Old
Homestead OHCD-90075
MY BABY JUST AIN’T THERE Old Homestead
OHS-90075
() Old
Homestead OHCD-90075
CHARLIE MOORE
Thursday
27th July 1976
Charlie Moore (vcl/gtr);
Billy Constable (ld gtr); Smokey Dacus (fdl-1); Terry Baucom (fdl-2); Larry
Jefferson (mand); Virgil Shouse (stg
bs-3); Henry Dockery (stg bs-4). Producer:
GOODBYE AND SO LONG TO YOU Old
Homestead OHS-90075
() Old
Homestead OHCD-90075
SEASONS Old
Homestead OHS-90075
() Old
Homestead OHCD-90075
BEST FEMALE ACTRESS Old Homestead OHS-90075
() Old
Homestead OHCD-90075
COME SUNDOWN Old
Homestead OHS-90075
() Old
Homestead OHCD-90075
CHARLIE MOORE
Friday
28th July 1976
Charlie Moore
(vcl/gtr);Billy Constable (ld gtr);Smokey Dacus (fdl-1); Terry Baucom (fdl-2);
Larry Jefferson (mand); Virgil Shouse
(stg bs-3); Henry Dockery (Stg bs-4). Producer:
GEORGIA BOUND Old
Homestead OHS-90075
() Old
Homestead OHCD-90075
JULIE Old
Homestead OHS-90075
() Old
Homestead OHCD-90075
SAME OLD PLACE TONIGHT Old Homestead
OHS-90075
() Old
Homestead OHCD-90075
THE SWEETEST GIFT, A MOTHER’S SMILE Old Homestead OHS-90075
() Old
Homestead OHCD-90075
NB(1): OLD HOMESTEAD OHS-90075 “WHEELING” released 1976.
NB(2): OLD HOMESTEAD OHS-90075 reviewed Bluegrass Unlimited
Vol.12. #7-January 1978.
NB(3): OLD HOMESTEAD OHCD-90075 “WHEELING” released 1999.
VIRGIL SHOUSE with MIKE LILLY and WENDY MILLER
1977
Virgil Shouse (fdl); Mike
Miller (bjo); Wendy Miller (mand); William “Bill” Shouse (gtr); Darrell Hensley
(stg bs).
Producer:
CRAZY HORSE Old
Homestead OHS-80009
()
TALL GRASS OHS-80009
()
CUMBERLAND GAP OHS-80009
()
BLUEGRASS JAM OHS-80009
()
CROSS EYED CRICKET
OHS-80009
()
KATY HILL OHS-80009
()
JOHN HENRY OHS-80009
()
BLUEGRASS MOUNTAIN Old Homestead OHS-80009
()
BILLY IN THE LOW GROUND OHS-80009
()
GRAY EAGLE OHS-80009
()
POOR ELLEN SMITH OHS-80009
()
SALLY GOODIN OHS-80009
()
OLD JOE CLARK OHS-80009
()
ARKANSAS TRAVELER OHS-80009
()
NB(1): OLD HOMESTEAD OHS-80009 “BLUEGRASS FIDDLE JAM”
released 1977.
NB(2): OLD HOMESTEAD OHS-80009 reviewed Bluegrass Unlimited
Vol.12. #7-January 1978.
CLAYTON HALE and The Bluegrass Mountaineers
1978
Clayton Hale (vcl/rhy
gtr);John Hurley (ld gtr); Virgil Shouse
(fdl-1); Ralph Mullins (bjo); Robert Hale (mand); Doug Whitt (fdl-2); Tom
Crigger (stg bs). Producer:
POOR WORKING COUNTRY BOY Old
Homestead OHS-80017
()
TAKE ME BACK TO KENTUCKY OHS-80017
()
VEIL
OF WHITE LACE OHS-80017
()
SALLY GOODIN (Inst) OHS-80017
()
MY RAMBLIN’ WIFE OHS-80017
()
TENDER LOVING ARMS
OHS-80017
()
DOG DAYS OHS-80017
()
IT TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE OHS-80017
()
FIRE BALL MAIL (Inst) OHS-80017
()
NB(1): OLD HOMESTEAD OHS-80017 “CLAYTON HALE AND THE
BLUEGRASS MOUNTAINEERS” released 1978.
NB(2): OLD HOMESTEAD OHS-80017 reviewed Bluegrass Unlimited
Vol.13. #12-June 1979.
DISCOGRAPHY compiled by DICK GRANT with acknowledgements to
JOHN MORRIS.
2011-2014.