Shelly West

*23-05-1958 Cleveland, OH

2nd version

By Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli, Thieu Van De Vorst, Lennart Gustavsson

SESSIONS
ca. June 1980 Hollywood, CA [soundtrack session] – David Frizzell and Shelly West (Producer: Snuff Garrett)
001 YCA9717 YOU’RE THE REASON GOD MADE OKLAHOMA WBS49650/[va] HS-3499 BSK-3555
ca. July 1980 Hollywood, CA – David Frizzell and Shelly West (Producer: Snuff Garrett and Steve Dorf)
002 YCA9775 THAT'S WHERE LOVERS GO WRONG WBS49650/BSK-3555
ca. October 1980 Hollywood, CA – David Frizzell and Shelly West (Producer: Snuff Garrett and Steve Dorff)
003 ZCA9949 THREE BLIND HEARTS WBS49778/BSK-3555
004 ZCA9950 A TEXAS STATE OF MIND WBS49745/BSK-3355

October 1980 Hollywood, CA – David Frizzell and Shelly West (Producer: Snuff Garrett and Steve Dorff)
005 YCA9960 YOURS FOR THE ASKING WBS49825/BSK 3555
006 YCA9962 LEFTY WBS49778/BSK-3555
007 YCA9963 HUSBANDS AND WIVES WBS49825/BSK-3555
ca. November 1980 Hollywood, CA – David Frizzell and Shelly West (Producer: Snuff Garrett and Steve Dorff)
008 YCA1064 LET’S DUET WBS49745
009 CARRYIN' ON THE FAMILY NAMES BSK-3555
010 DARLING, WILL YOU MARRY ME AGAIN BSK-3555
011 LOVE AND ONLY LOVE BSK-3555
012 WE'RE LOVIN' ON BORROWED TIME BSK-3555
ca. October 1981 Hollywood, CA – David Frizzell and Shelly West
013 ZCA1353 BEING A MAN, BEING A WOMAN 7-29850/BSK-3643
014 ZCA1354 ANOTHER HONKY-TONK NIGHT ON BROADWAY WBS50007/BSK-3643
015 ZCA1355 OUR DAY WILL COME 7-29980/BSK-3643
016 WASN'T THAT LOVE BSK-3643
017 TWO SIDES BSK-3643
018 JUST BEFORE DAWN BSK-3643
019 ZCA1359 THREE ACT PLAY WBS50007/BSK-3643
020 DARK SIDE OF THE MOON BSK-3643
021 BREAKING UP A GOOD THING BSK-3643
022 ZCA1362 I JUST CAME HERE TO DANCE 7-29980/BSK-3643
ca. July 1982 Hollywood, CA – David Frizzell and Shelly West (Producer: Snuff Garrett and Steve Dorff)
024 ACA1843 YESTERDAY'S LOVERS 7-29756
ca. September 1982 Hollywood, CA – David Frizzell and Shelly West (Producer: Snuff Garrett and Steve Dorff)
026 ACA1999 PLEASE SURRENDER 7-29850/1-23754
027 WRAPPED AROUND YOUR FINGER 1-23754
028 CAJUN INVITATION 7-29756/1-23754
029 MY BEST TO YOU 1-23754
030 WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR 1-23754
031 MISSING YOU ALL BY MYSELF 1-23754
032 YOU'LL ALWAYS BE SPECIAL TO ME 1-23754
033 ANOTHER DAWN BREAKING OVER GEORGIA 1-23754
034 LOVIN' NATURALLY 1-23754
035 JUKEBOX SERENADE 1-23754
ca. November 1982 Britannia Studios, Hollywood, CA – Shelly West (w. Gene Morford Singers. Producer: Snuff Garrett, Steve Dorff)
036 ACA2035 JOSE CUERVO 7-29778/1-23775
037 WHEN HE KISSES ME 1-23775
038 ACA2037 SEXY SONG 7-29597/1-23775
039 SOMEONE'S BEEN SLEEPING IN OUR BED 1-23775
040 ACA2039 FLIGHT 309 TO TENNESSEE 7-29597/1-23775
041 OUR LOVE 1-23775
042 ME ON THE ONE SIDE 1-23775
043 ACA2042 COUNTRY LULLABY 7-29778
044 DON'T LET HER HURT YOU 1-23775
045 ASK ME NO QUESTIONS (PROMISE ME NO TIES) 1-23775
046 ACA2045? I'LL STILL BE LOVING YOU 7-29106/1-23775
ca. July 1983 Britannia Studios, Hollywood, CA – David Frizzell and Shelly West (Producer: Snuff Garrett and Steve Dorff)
047 BCA2458 SILENT PARTNERS 7-29404/1-23907
048 BETCHA CAN'T CRY JUST ONE 7-29544/1-23907
049 BCA2460 PLEASURE ISLAND 7-29544/1-23907
050 THE WILD SIDE OF LIFE 1-23907
051 IT WASN'T GOD WHO MADE HONKY TONK ANGELS (MEDLEY) 1-23907
052 YOU'RE MY BETTER HALF 1-23907
053 YOU STILL DO IT FOR ME 1-23907
054 BCA2465 STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART 7-29187/1-23907
055 FOREVER AND ALWAYS 1-23907
056 CONFIDENTIAL 7-29404/1-23907
057 I JUST FALL IN LOVE AGAIN 1-23907
November or December 1983 Britannie Studios, Hollywood, CA – Shelly West (Producer: Snuff Garrett and Stevie Dorff)
058 BCA2628? SMALL TALK 7-29265/1-23983
059 BCA2629 NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO WEEP 7-29353/1-23983
060 BCA2630 SUITE SIXTEEN 7-29461/1-23983
061 BCA2631 ANOTHER MOTEL MEMORY 7-29461/1-23983
062 AGAIN 1-23983
063 LOVE ME AGAIN 1-23983
064 GOOD AND LONESOME 1-23983
065 BCA2636 SOMEBODY BUY THIS COWGIRL A BEER 7-29265/1-23983
066 LET'S MAKE A LITTLE LOVE TONIGHT 1-23983
067 DANCE AWAY 1-23983
ca. June 1984 Hollywood, CA – David Frizzell and Shelly West
068 IT'S A BE TOGETHER NIGHT 7-29187/1-25148
069 DO ME RIGHT 7-29048/1-25148
070 EASY SOFT AND SLOW 7-29048
ca. August 1984 Nashville TN – Shelly West (Producer: Bary Beckett and Jim Ed Norman)
071 CTN2228 IF I COULD SING SOMETHING IN SPANISH 7-28857/1-25189
072 DANCE ME INTO FALLING IN LOVE 1-25189
073 CTN2230 DON'T MAKE ME WAIT ON THE MOON Viva 7-28997/1-25189
074 DO I HAVE TO SAY GOODBYE 1-25189
075 CTN2232 WHY MUST THE ENDING BE SO SAD 7-28909/1-25189
076 CTN2233 NOW THERE'S YOU 7-29106/1-25189
077 HOW IT ALL WENT WRONG 1-25189
078 HOLD TIGHT 7-28857/1-25189
079 LET'S STAY THE WAY WE ARE TONIGHT 7-28997/1-25189

080 CTN2242 I'LL DANCE THE TWO STEP 7-28909/1-25189
ca. December 1985 Nashville, TN – Shelly West
081 WHAT WOULD YOU DO 7-28769
082 LOVE DON'T COME ANY BETTER THAN THIS 7-28648
083 MY HEART FEELS LIKE DANCING AGAIN 7-28648

ALBUMS

Warner Bros. BSK-3555 Carryin' On The Family Names: Carryin' On The Family Names; A Texas State Of Mind; You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma; Darling, Will You Marry Me Again; Yours For The Asking; Three Blind Hearts; Love And Only Love; Lefty; Husbands And Wives; We're Lovin' On Borrowed Time – 04-05-81 w. David Frizzell
Viva BSK-3643 The David Frizzell and Shelly West Album: Wasn't That Love; Two Sides; Another Honky-Tonk Night On Broadway; Just Before Dawn; I Just Came Here To Dance; Three Act Play; Being A Man, Being A Woman; Our Day Will Come; Dark Side Of The Moon; Breaking Up A Good Thing – 11-01-82 w. David Frizzell
Viva 1-23754 Our Best To You: Wrapped Around Your Finger; Cajun Invitation; My Best To You; Please Surrender; When You Wish Upon A Star; Missing You All By Myself; You'll Always Be Special To Me; Another Dawn Breaking Over Georgia; Lovin' Naturally; Jukebox Serenade – 11-82 w. David Frizzell
Viva 1-23775 West By West: Flight 309 To Tennessee; Someone's Been Sleeping In Our Bed; José Cuervo; Our Love; Me On The One Side; Don't Let Her Hurt You; Sexy Song; Ask Me No Questions (Promise Me No Ties); When He Kisses Me; I'll Still Be Loving You – 28-02-83
Viva 1-23983 Red Hot: Good And Lonesome; Now I Lay Me Down To Cheat; Somebody Buy This Cowgirl A Beer; Again; Another Motel Memory; Small Talk; Love Me Again; Suite Sixteen; Let's Make A Little Love Tonight; Dance Away – 24-10-83
Viva 1-23907 In Session: Pleasure Island; Silent Partners; The Wild Side Of Life ; It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels (Medley); You're My Better Half; Straight From The Heart; You Still Do It For Me; Forever And Always; Confidential; I Just Fall In Love Again; Betcha Can't Cry Just One – 27-01-84 w. David Frizzell
Viva 1-25148 Golden Duets - The Best Of Frizzell and West: You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma; A Texas State Of Mind; Husbands And Wives; Another Honky-Tonk Night On Broadway; I Just Came Here To Dance; Please Surrender; Cajun Invitation; It's A Be Together Night; Silent Partners; Do Me Right – 08-84 w. David Frizzell
Viva 1-25189 Don't Make Me Wait On The Moon: Now There's You; I'll Dance The Two Step; If I Could Sing Something In Spanish; Don't Make Me Wait On The Moon; Dance Me Into Falling In Love; Do I Have To Say Goodbye; Why Must The Ending Be So Sad; How It All Went Wrong; Hold Tight; Let's Stay The Way We Are Tonight – 14-01-85
K-Tel 3231-2 Greatest Hits - Alone and Together: You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma; Flight 309 To Tennessee (Shelly West); I'm Gonna Hire A Wino To Decorate Our Home (David Frizzell); Another Motel Memory (Shelly West); Texas State Of Mind; I Just Came Here To Dance; Lost My Baby Blues (David Frizzell); Jose Cuervo (Shelly West); Where Are You Spending Your Nights These Days (David Frizzell); Another Honky-Tonk Night On Broadway – 21-03-94 w. David Frizzell (solos and duets, sampler)
Varese Sarabande 302 066970-2 The Very Best Of David Frizzell/Shelly West: You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma;  A Texas State of Mind;  Carryin' on the Family Names;  Husbands and Wives;  Another Honky-Tonk Night on Broadway;  Our Day Will Come;  I Just Came Here to Dance;  Please Surrender;  You'll Always Be Special to Me;  Cajun Invitation;  Pleasure Island;  Silent Partners;  Medley: The Wild Side of Life/If It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Ange;  I Just Fell in Love Again;  Do Me Right;  It's a Be Together Night – 23-06-09 (sampler)
Fast Draw ? Full Moon Over Texas (Live 1982): Let The Good Times Roll; Carry On The Family Name; Are You Happy Baby;  Fool Hearted Man; If You've Got The Money; Will You Marry Me Again;  Good Hearted Woman You Can Have Her; Texas State Of Mind; Beer Joint Fever; I'll Go Steppin' Too;  If Not You;  Little Lefty Left In Me;  I'll Fly Away; You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma - 27-12-21 w. David Frizzell (radio broadcast, not in sessions)

 

SINGLES
Warner Brothers (1980-86)
WBS-49650 You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma / That's Where Lovers Go Wrong –  18-12-80 w. David Frizzell
WBS-49745 A Texas State Of Mind / Let's Duet – 22-05-81 w. David Frizzell
WBS-49825 Husbands And Wives / Yours For The Asking - 09-81 w. David Frizzell
GWB-0414 You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma / A Texas State Of Mind - 81 w. David Frizzell (reissue)
WBS-50007 Another Honky-Tonk Night On Broadway / Three Act Play – 06-01-82 w. David Frizzell
7-29980 I Just Came Here To Dance / Our Day Will Come - 06-82 w. David Frizzell
7-29850 Please Surrender / Being A Man, Being A Woman – 29-10-82 w. David Frizzell
7-29778 Jose Cuervo / Country Lullaby – 14-01-83
7-29756 Cajun Invitation / Yesterday's Lovers - 02-83 w. David Frizzell
7-29597 Flight 309 To Tennessee / Sexy Song - 05-83 (released on Warner-Viva)
7-29544 Pleasure Island / Betcha Can't Cry Just One - 08-83 w. David Frizzell (released on Warner-Viva)
7-29461 Another Motel Memory / Suite Sixteen – 07-10-83 (released on Warner-Viva)
GWB-0465 Jose Cuervo / Flight 309 To Tennessee - 83 (reissue)
7-29404 Silent Partners / Confidental - 01-84 w. David Frizzell (released on Warner-Viva)
7-29353 Now I Lay Me Down To Cheat / Let's Make A Little Love Tonight - 02-84 (released on Warner-Viva)
7-29265 Somebody Buy This Cowgirl A Beer / Small Talk - 05-84 (released on Warner-Viva)
7-29187 It's A Be Together Night / Straight From The Heart - 08-84 w. David Frizzell (released on Warner-Viva)
7-29106 Now There's You / I'll Still Be Loving You – 14-12-84 (released on Warner-Viva)
7-29048 Do Me Right / Easy, Soft, And Slow - 03-85 w. David Frizzell (released on Warner-Viva)
7-28997 Don't Make Me Wait On The Moon / Let's Stay The Way We Were Tonight - 05-85
7-28909 I'll Dabce The Two-Step / Why Must The Ending Be So Sad - 08-85
7-28857 If I Could Sing Something In Spahish / Hold Tight - 11-85
7-28769 What Would You Do / Why Must The Ending Be So Sad – 07-02-86
7-28648 Love Don't Come Any Better Than This / My Heart Feels Like Dancing Again – 18-07-86 

 

RADIO TRANSCRIPTIONS DISCS

DIR Radio Networks/ABC Radio Networks no # The Silver Eagle Cross Country Music Show (1981, W.D. Packard Music Hall, Warren, OH): [Bellamy Brothers:} Let Your Love Flow; Sugar Daddy; Dancin‘  Cowboys; You Ain’t Just Whislin Dixie; Honey We Don’t Know No One In Nashville;  Lovers Live Longer; They Could Put Me In Jail; You’re My favorite Star; The Night They Killed Country Music; Foolin‘  Around; Do You Love As Good As You Look; If I Said You had A Brautiful Body; [David Frizzell (1), Shelly West (2)]: Let The Good Times Roll/Carryin’ On The Family Names (Medley) (1,2); Are You Happy Baby (2); A Lesson In Leaving (2); If You Got The Money I’ve Got The Time (2); Darling Will You Marry Me Again (1,2); Texas State Of Mind (1,2); Lefty  (1); You’re The Reason God Made Oklahoma (1,2) – 11-81 (airdate Nov. 7, 3 discs)

D.I.R. Brodcasting  - The Silver Eagle Cross Country Music Show no # – David Frizzell and Shelly West In Concert At The Exit/In, Nashville, TN: Wasn’t That Love (David and Shelly); Texas State Of Mind (David and Shelly); Medley; Are You Happy Baby/ A Lesson In Leaving (Shelly); If You’ve Got The Money (David); Louisiana Man (David and Shelly); Lefty Frizzell Medley; I Love You A Thousand Ways/I Want To Be With You Always/Always Late With Your Kisses/Mom And Dad’s Waltz (David and Allen Frizzell); Husbands And Wives (David and Shelly); Lovin’ On Borrowed Time (David and Shelly); I Can’t Get Over You To Save My Life (Allen); Ramblin’ Fever (Allen); Yesterday Just Passed My Way Again (Allen); Another Honky Tonk Night On Broadway (David and Shelly); I’ll Go Steppin’ Too (Shelly); Lefty (David); Makes Me Wonder (If I Ever Said Goodbye) (Shelly); The Wayfaring Stranger (Shelly); A Weed Is A Weed (David); Highway 31 (David); You’re The Reason God Made Oklahoma (David and Shelly); Darling Will You Marry Me Again (David and Shelly) – 05-82 (airdate May 22;3 discs)

D.I.R. Brodcasting no # The Silver Eagle Cross Country Music Show – Frizzell and West [Runway Five, Bowling Green, KY]: [Allen Frizzell:] Beer Joint Fever; Ramblin‘  Fever; We Won’t Be Hearing “Always Late” Anymore; [David Frizzell + Shelly West]: Wasn’t That Love; Another Honky Tonk Night On Broadway; Are You Happy Baby [Shelly West]; A Lesson In Leaving [Shelly West]; If You Got The Money I Got The Time [David Frizzell]; Husbands And Wives; I Just Came Here to Dance;I’ve Just Seen a  Face; Mom and Dad Waltz; Texas (When I Die) [Shelly West];  Lost My Baby Blues [David Drizzell]; I’ll Go Stepping Too [Shelly West]; I Want To Be With You Always [Allen Frizzell]; Darling Will You Marry Me Again; We’re Lovin‘ On Borrowed Time; I Can’t Get Over You To Save My Life [David VFrizzell];  Texas State Of Mind; I’m Gonna Hire A Wino To Decorate Our Home [David Frizzell]; You’re The Reason God Made Oklahoma – 10-82 (airdate Oct. 30, 3 discs) 

D.I.R. Brodcasting no # The Silver Eagle Cross Country Music Show – Frizzell and West [rec. Sept. 26, 1983, Sundance, Bay Shore, NY]: [Shelly West:] I’ve Got The Music In Me; Texas; Flight 309 To Tennessee; To Daddy; Medley of Dottie West Tunes: You Pick Me Up (And Put Me Down)/ It‘s High Time; Another Motel Memory; Jose Cuervo; [David Frizzell:] Highway 31; If You Got The Money (I’ve Got The Time); A Million Light Beers Ago; Black and White; I Wish That I Could  Hurt That Way Again (w. Donna Faye); Where Are You Spending Your Nights These Days; I’m Gonna Wire A Hero; [Frizzell and West:] Another Honky Tonk Night On Broadway; Husbands And Wives; You Still Do It For Me; Texas State Of Mind / I Just Came Here To Dance; You’re The Reason God Made Oklahoma – 11-83 (airdate Nov. 26, 3 discs) 

United States Air Force - Country Music Time  # 928: Jose Cuervo; Somebody Buy This Cowgirl A Beer; Another Hotel Memory – ca 12-84
United States Air Force - Country Music Time  # 1006:  Now There’s You; If I Could Sing Something In Spanish; Don’t Make Me Wait On The Moon – ca 05-86

D.I.R. Brodcasting no # The American Eagle (Cross Country Music Show): Dottie West (Live from Zingfields, Tulsa, OK]/ Shelly West [Live From Dule’s Place, Tulsa, OK]: [Shelly West:] Don’t Make Me Wait On The Moon; Somebody Buy This Cowgirl A Beer; Motel Memory; Dance Me Into Falling In Love; Flight 309 To Tennessee; You’re The Reason God Made Oklahoma; Do I Ever To Say Goodbye; Cose Cuervo; [Dottie and Shelly West, live in Nashville, TN:] I Love You 1000 Ways; [Dottie West:] Love Cruise; Heartache Tonight; Country Sunshine; Leaving; Lesson In Leaving; Are You Happy Baby; Every Tine Two Fools Collide; What Are We Doin‘ In Love; High Time; Here Comes My Baby; I’m Gonna Put You Back On The Rack; You’re Not Easy To Forget; Your Cheatin‘ Heart; You Needed Me -  02-89 (airdate Feb. 1; 3 discs)

Darl Enga

*Rugby, ND

By Michal Gololobov, Praguefrank, Lennart Gustavsson

SESSIONS

2001 Gene Breeden Studio, Nashville, TN – Darl Enga (Darl Enga [vcl], Eugene Moles [ld gt], Gene Breeden [rh gt], Steve Wood [bass gt], Alvis Barnett [drums], Jamie Bowles [piano/bck vcl], Barry Wayne/Chrislynn Lee Jones [bck vcl]. Producer AJ Siegler)
001 GOOD COUNTRY MUSIC
002 I'VE BEEN THERE
003 HANG MY HEARTACHES OUT TO DRY
004 TIME HASN'T CHANGED YOU
005 SPEND MY NIGHTS IN LOVE WITH YOU
006 NORTH TO ALASKA
007 EVEN THE JUKE BOX CRIED
008 ME AND PAUL
009 SAFETY IN NUMBERS
010 NEVER NO MORE
Tracks above issued on album Left For Dead (Good Country Music)
2004 prob. Gene Breeden Studio, Nashville, TN – Darl Enga (Darl Enga [vcl], Gene Breeden [ld gt/rh gt], Diane Barry [rh gt], John Heinrich [steel], Steve Woods [bass], Alvis Barnett [drums], Jim Unger/ Stephanie Taylor [fiddle], Jamie Bowles [piano]. Producer: Gene Breeden)
011 GEORGIA ON A FAST TRAIN
012 BRUCE IS CUTTIN' LOOSE
013 LOOK WHO'S BACK FROM TOWN
014 HOLE IN THE FENCE
015 AIN'T NO WAY OF KNOWING
016 SOUTH BEND
017 NOWHERE TO GO BUT BACK
018 BEFORE SHE WALKS
019 YOU'VE GOT A MEMORY THAT JUST WON'T QUIT
020 I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU GO
021 VOICES FROM ABOVE
Tracks above issued on album Look Who's Back From Town


ALBUMS
Zep no # Left For Dead (Good Country Music): Good Country Music;  I've Been There;  Hang My Heartaches Out To Dry; Time Hasn't Changed You;  Spend My Nights In Love With You;  North To Alaska;  Even The Juke Box Cried;  Me And Paul;  Safety In Numbers;  Never No More - 02
TGIC GBS CD050604 Look Who's Back From Town:   Georgia On A Fast Train;  Bruce Is Cuttin' Loose;  Look Who's Back From Town;  Hole In The Fence;  Ain't No Way Of Knowing;  South Bend;   Nowhere To Go But Back;  Before She Walks;  You've Got A Memory That Just Won't Quit;  I Don't Care Where You Go;  Voices From Above – 13-12-04
 

Rhett Akins

Thomas Rhett Akins, *13-10-1969 Valdosta, GA

3rd version

By Praguefrank

SESSIONS
ca. July 1994 Javelina Recording,  Nashville, TN – Rhett Akins (musicians similar as below)
001 WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT Decca DRNS7-54910 DRNP5-54910/DRND-11098
002 HEART TO HEART Decca DRNS7-54910/DRND-11098
ca. October 1994 Javelina Recording, Nashville, TN – Rhett Akins (Rhett Akins [vcl], B. James Lowry [ec gt], Biff Watson [ac gt], Brent Rowan [el gt], Paul Franklin [dobro/steel],  Mike Brignardello [bass], Lonnie Wilson [drums], Glen Duncan [fiddle/ mandolin], The Nashville String Machine [strings], Barry Beckett/ Steve Nathan [keyboards], Harry Stinson, Curtis "Mr. Harmony" Young, John Wesley Ryles, Ricky Skaggs, Mac McAnally [bck vcl].  Producer: Mark Wright)
003 MC-43600 OLD DIRT ROAD Decca DRNS7-55085/DRND-11098
004 MC-43601 SHE SAID YES Decca DRNS7-55085/DRND-11098
005 MC-43602?/MC-44342R* THAT AIN'T MY TRUCK Decca DRNS7-55034*/DRND-11098
006 MC-43603? KATY BROUGHT MY GUITAR BACK TODAY Decca DRND-11098
007 MC-43604? A THOUSAND MEMORIES Decca DRND-11098
008 MC-43605/MC-44077* I BRAKE FOR BRUNETTES DRNS7-54974/DRND-11098 [dance mix]Decca DRNS7-54974*
009 MC-43606 SAME OL' STORY Decca DRNS7-55034/DRND-11098
010 MC-43607? THOSE HANDS Decca DRND-11098
January/February 1996 Javelina Recording, Nashville, TN – Rhett Akins (Rhett Akins [vcl], Mac McAnally [ac gt], Larry Byrom [ac gt], Dann Huff [el gt/gut string gt], Brent Rowan [el gt], Brent Mason [el gt], Paul Franklin/ Sonny Garrish [steel], Mike Brignardello [bass], Lonnie Wilson [drums], Tom Roady [percussion], Stuart Duncan/ Glen Duncan [fiddle/ mandolin], Nashville String Machine [strings], Steve Nathan/ Matt Rollings [keyboards], John Wesley Ryles, Harry Stinson, Curtis Young, Dennis Wilson, Liana Manis, Jennifer Hanson [bck vcl]. Producer: Mark Wright)
012 MC-48249 NO MATCH (FOR THAT OLD FLAME) Decca DRNS7-55223/DRND-11424
013 MC-48250 LOVE YOU BACK Decca DRNS7-55223/DRND-11424
014 MC-48251 SOMEBODY KNEW Decca 55322/ DRND-11424
015 MC-48252 K-I-S-S-I-N-G Decca DRND-11424
016 MC-48253 DON'T GET ME STARTED Decca DRNS7-55166/DRND-11424
017 MC-48254 WHERE ANGELS LIVE Decca DRND-11424
018 MC-48255 TOO MUCH TEXAS Decca DRND-11424
019 MC-48256?/MC-51399R* EVERY COWBOY'S DREAM Decca DRND-11424 [remix*:] DRNS7-55291
020 MC-48257 CAROLINA LINE Decca DRNS7-55291/DRND-11424
021 MC-48258 I WAS WRONG Decca DRNS7-55166/DRND-11424

ca. January 1997 Nashville, TN – Lee Ann Womack,and Mark Chesnutt (Producer: Mark Wright)
022 MC-51704 MAKE MEMORIES WITH ME Decca DRNS7-72041/DRND-11585
ca July 1997 Loud Recording, 50 Music Square West, Nashville TN – Rhett Akins  Rhett Akins [vcl], Brent Mason [el gt], Kent Wells [el gt], J.T. Corenflos [el gt], Larry Byrom [ac gt], Paul Franklin/ Sonny Garrish [steel], Mike Brignardello, Michael Rhodes [bass], Eddie Bayers [drums], Stuart Duncan [fiddle], Steve Nathan/ Matt Rollings [piano], Curtis Young, Russell Terrell [bck vcl]. Producer: James Stroud)
023 BETTER THAN IT USED TO BE DRNS7-72022  DRNS7-72036 /Decca DRND-70001
024 HAPPY AS WE WANNA BE Decca DRND-70001
025 N-1105 MORE THAN EVERYTHING Decca DRNS-72022/DRND-70001
026 I'LL BE RIGHT HERE LOVIN' YOU Decca DRND-70001
027 NOT IN THE CARDS Decca DRND-70001
028 WHAT LIVIN'S ALL ABOUT Decca DRND-70001
029 SHE'S GOT EVERYTHING MONEY CAN BUY Decca DRND-70001
030 AIN'T THAT JUST LIKE A WOMAN Decca DRND-70001
031 DREAM THE REST Decca DRND-70001
032 LOVE RULES Decca DRND-70001
033 I'M FINDING OUT Decca DRNS7-72036 /DRND-70001
034 THE REST OF FOREVER Decca DRND-70001
1998 [Black Dog soundtrack] Nashville, TN– Rhett Akins
035 DRIVIN’ MY LIFE AWAY MCA MCAS7-72049/Decca DRND-70027
Fall 2001 Warner Chappell, Nashville, TN/Emerald Sound Studio, 1033 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN/Twin Pines Studios, Mt. Juliet, TN – Rhett Akins (Rhett Akins [vcl], Shawn Camp [gt], Michael Spriggs [gt], Larry Byrom [gt], Jeff King [gt/banjo], Mike Johnson [slide gt/banjo], Steve Hinson [steel], John E. Jump/Mike Brignardello [bass], Greg Morrow [drums/percussion], John Stacy [drums], Sid Walker [fiddle], Tony Harrell [piano/Hammond B-3 organ], Brian Gary [Hammond B-3 organ], Michael Rojas [keyboards] + Thom Flora, Russell Terrell [bck vcl]. Producers: Rhett Akins, Pat Hutchinson, Charlie Daniels, Kenny Lamb)
036 HIGHWAY SUNRISE Audium AUD-CD-8153
037 THAT GIRL Audium AUD-CD-8153
038 SHE WAS Audium AUD-CD-8153
039 IN YOUR LOVE Audium AUD-CD-8153
040 YOU ROCK ME Audium AUD-CD-8153
041 FRIDAY NIGHT IN DIXIE Audium AUD-CD-8153
042 WHITE LIES AND BLUE EYES Audium AUD-CD-8153
043 TROUBLE WITH A WOMAN Audium AUD-CD-8153
044 LIVIN' NOT LOVIN' YOU Audium AUD-CD-8153
045 RIGHT BACK ATCHA Audium AUD-CD-8153
046 I WONDER WHAT YOU'RE DOIN' TONIGHT Audium AUD-CD-8153
047 MUST BE LIVIN' RIGHT Audium AUD-CD-8153
048 WHERE THE BLACKTOP ENDS Audium AUD-CD-8153
049 THAT AIN'T MY TRUCK Audium AUD-CD-8153
2006 Nashville, TN – Rhett Akins
050 FRIDAY NIGHT IN DIXIE BNA 82876-75764-2
051 I LOVE WOMEN 82876-75764-2
052 IF HEAVEN (WASN'T SO FAR AWAY ) 82876-75764-2
053 IF THAT DON'T GET YOU 82876-75764-2
054 KISS MY COUNTRY ASS 82876-75764-2
055 MUST BE LIVIN' RIGHT 82876-75764-2
056 OLD BIRD DOG 82876-75764-2
057 PEOPLE LIKE ME 82876-75764-2
058 SOMETHING I GONNA HAVE 82876-75764-2
059 SOMETHING'S GONNA KILL ME 82876-75764-2
060 TROUBLE WITH A WOMAN 82876-75764-2
ca 2008 poss. Nashville, TN – Rhett Akins
061 DOWN SOUTH
062 ARE YOU WITH ME
063 COUNTRY STRONG
064 PUT A GIRL IN IT
065 GOOD LORD WILLING
066 ME BEING ME
067 MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
ca 2009 poss. Nashville, TN – Rhett Akins
068 FRIENDS WITH TRACTORS

2009/2010 Sound Emporium, 3102 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN – Rhett Akins (Rhett Akins [vcl-1], Dallas Davidson [vcl-2], Colt Ford [-3], Pat McGrath [ac gt/ banjo/ mandolin], Mike Payne [el gt], Troy Lancaster [el gt], Joey Canaday [bass gt],  Brian Pruitt [drums], Tim Lauer [piano/ Hammond b-3 organ/ keyboards], Wes Hightower [bck vcl])

069 HUNG UP - 1

070 MY BABY LOOKS GOOD IN CAMOUFLAGE -1

000 WEAPONS OF BASS DESTRUCTION -2

071 YELLA ACORNS - 1,2

072 GRANDDADDY'S GUN -1

000 BUCK FEVER - 2

073 HAWGS -1-3

000 DUCK BLIND -2

000 KEEPERS -2

074 OPENIN' DAY -1-2

ALBUMS
Decca DRND-11098 A Thousand Memories: Heart To Heart; What They're Talkin' About; Old Dirt Road; She Said Yes; That Ain't My Truck; Katy Brought My Guitar Back Today; A Thousand Memories; I Brake For Brunettes; Same Ol' Story; Those Hands – 03-01-95
Decca DRND-11424 Somebody New: No Match (For That Old Flame); Love You Back; Somebody Knew; K-I-S-S-I-N-G; Don't Get Me Started; Where Angels Live; Too Much Texas; Every Cowboy's Dream; Carolina Line; I Was Wrong – 08-06-96
Decca DRND-70001 What Livin's All About: Better Than It Used To Be; Happy As We Wanna Be; More Than Everything; I'll Be Right Here Lovin' You; Not In The Cards; What Livin's All About; She's Got Everything Money Can Buy; Ain't That Just Like A Woman; Dream The Rest; Love Rules; I'm Finding Out; The Rest Of Forever – 13-01-98
Koch-Audium AUD-CD-8153 Friday Night In Dixie: Highway Sunrise; That Girl; She Was; In Your Love; You Rock Me; Friday Night In Dixie; White Lies And Blue Eyes; Trouble With A Woman; Livin' Not Lovin' You; Right Back Atcha; I Wonder What You're Doin' Tonight; Must Be Livin' Right; Where The Blacktop Ends; That Ain't My Truck – 26-03-02
BNA 82876-75764-2 People Like Me: Friday Night In Dixie; I Love Women; If Heaven (Wasn't So Far Away); If That Don‛t Get You; Kiss My Country Ass; Must Be Livin¢ Right; Old Bird Dog; People Like Me; Something I Gonna Have; Something‛ Gonna Kill Me;Trouble With A Woman; Down South – 13-03-06 (unissued. Album issued on Rhett Akins label in June 2007),
Rhett Akins no # Down South: Down South; Are You With Me; Country Strong; Put A Girl In It; Good Lord Willing; Me Being Me; Middle of Nowhere - 18-07-08

Georgia Boys Music ? (UPC93624962304) Michael Waddell's Bone Collector: The Brotherhood Album: My Baby Looks Good In Camouflage; Weapons of Bass Destruction; Yella Acorns; Granddaddy's Gun;  Buck Fever; Hawgs; Duck Blind; Keepers;  Hung Up;  Openin' Day – 28-09-10 w. Dallas Davidson

SINGLES
MCA - Decca (1994-98)
DRNS7-54910 What They're Talking About / Heart To Heart – 06-09-94
DRNS7-54974 I Brake For Brunettes / I Brake For Brunettes [dance mix] – 10-01-95
DRNS7-55034 That Ain't My Truck / Same Old Story – 02-05-95
DRNS7-55085 She Said Yes / Old Dirt Road - 09-95
DRNS7-55166 Don't Let Me Started / I Was Wrong - 03-96
DRNS7-55223 Love You Back / No Match - 08-96
DRNS7-55291 Every Cowboy's Dream / Carolina Line - 11-96
55322 Somebody New  - 02-97 (CD single)
DRNS7-72022 More Than Everything / Better Than It Used To Be - 23-09-97
DRNS7-72036 Better Than It Used To Be / I'm Finding Out - 13-01-98

DRNS7-72041 Buckaroo [Lee Ann Womack] / Make Memories With Me (w. Lee Ann Womack)- 02-98
MCAS7-72049 Drivin' My Life Away / A Man With 18 Wheels (Lee Ann Womack) - 03-98 (released on MCA Nashville)

Wayne Busby (Red McCoy)

Wayne Evon Busbice, *28-03-1929 Chatham, LA, +2011

By Dick Grant, Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst

SESSIONS

Summer 1958 Circle Recording Studio, Washington, D.C. – Wayne Busbice (Wayne Busbice [vcl], Buzz Busby [mandolin], Bill Earl [piano]. Producer: Ben Adelman)

001 H 101 J80W-2595  GOING BACK TO DIXIE  Ott 201/Olympic LP-3  Buffalo Bop CD-55012  Zomboco CD-1 WLP 2808

002 H 102 J80W-2594  I’LL LOVE YOU FOREVER    Ott 201

003 H 103 J80W-8085  TOMORROW I MAY BE GONE   Ott 202

004 H 104 J80W-8086  WHAT WILL YOUR HEART SAY  Ott 202                         

COLLECTOR WLP 2808 BOPPIN' HILLBILLY VOL.8 (NED, 1989); BUFFALO BOP BB-CD 55012 HOBO BOP (GER, 1993);  
1959 Rodel Studio, 1028 33rd St., Washington, D.C. – Busby Brothers (Buzz Busby [mandolin/vcl], Wayne Busby [vcl], Pete Pike [gt], Bill Offenbacher [bass], ? [percussion].Producer: Ben Adelman)

B01 SO-774  GOING BACK TO DIXIE Empire 45-506, Olympic 45-004, Olympic OR-3/MVM 176 Buffalo Bop CD-55152, Flame LP-011

B02 SO-775  JUST FOR ME Empire 45-506 Olympic 45-004/Mount Vernon MVM-176       

FLAME LP 011 DESPARATE ROCKA ND ROLL VOL.1 (UK, 1989); BUFFALO BOP BB-CD-55152 CHOO CHOO BOP (GER, 2001)1959 Rodel Studio, 1028 33rd St., Washington, D.C. – Wayne Busby (Wayne Busby [vcl], Buzz Busby [mandolin/vcl], Bill Linder [banjo], Bill Offenbacher [bass], Carl Nelson [fiddle]. Producer: Ben Adelman)

005 S-864-2  PRETTY POLLY  Empire 45-507/Mount Vernon MVM-176            

006 S-865-2 DON’T LEAVE ME ALONE   Empire 45-507/Mount Vernon MVM-176                                   

007 ROCK’N’ROLL ATOM  Empire unissued Olympic OR-3/MVM 157 Flame BOX-2 LP 17 CLCD 4485 RR LP 2005-3

008 ROCK’N’ROLL FEVER Empire unissued/Redita RLP-125, Stomper Time STCD-7 Lucky CDLR 813  STCD 07 STCD 08

FLAME LP 17 DESPERATE ROCK AND ROLL VOL.17 (UK, 1989); LUCKY CDLR 813 ROCKABILLY GOLD VOL.13; REDITA LP 125 ROCK AND ROLL FEVER (NED, 1985); STOMPERTIME STCD 07 FERNWOOD ROCKABILLES (UK, 1998); STOMPERTIME STCD 08 THE LAST GREAT ROCKABILLY SATURDAY NIGHT VOL.1 (UK, 1998)
ca. July 1960 Roddell Studio, Washington, DC – Wayne Busby (Wayne Busby [vcl], Buzz Busby [mandolin/vcl] + unknown musicians. Producer: Ben Adelman)

009 S-982  LIVE YOUR LIFE WITH CARE    Empire 45-EP-510/MVM 157 Esoldun LP-2025 Olympic LP-1001 Rockhouse RHLP-8411  MFLP 066 LP 2005-4 CLCD 4492

010 S-982  I JUST COULDN’T TELL YOU GOODBYE [I JUST COULDN’T SAY GOODBYE*]     Empire 45-EP-510/MVM 157*

011 S-981  FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN   Empire 45-EP-510

012 S-981  I CARRY A TORCH      45-EP-510/Ace CHA-201 American Country Music ACMCD-1001 CLCD 4485 LP 2005-3

COLLECTOR CLCD 4485 ROCK AND ROLL WITH PIANO VOL.8 (NED, 2004); ROCKING RARITIES LP2005-3 IT'S GONNA BE ACTION PACKED VOL.3 (FRA, 2005); MAGNUM FORCE MFLP 055 RED HOT ROCKABILLY VOL.3 (UK, 1987); ESOLDUN 2025 BE BOP BOOGIE (FRA, 1987); ROCKING RARITIES LP2005-4 IT'S GONNA BE ACTION PACKED VOL.4 (FRA, 2005); COLLECTOR CLCD 4492 KNOCK OUT ROCKIN' (NED, 2006)
1961 Rodel Studio, 1028 33rd St., N.W. Washington, D.C. – Red McCoy with the Sons of The Soil (Wayne “Red McCoy” Busbice [ld vcl/rh gt], Buzz Busby [tnr vcl-1/el ld gt], John Duffey [dobro-3], Jack Monroe Stoneman [bass], ? [percussion-5], Carl Nelson [fiddle], ? [piano-4], ? [hmny vcl-2],Unk [perc-5]. Producer: Ben Adelman)
013 LET JESUS COME INTO YOUR HEART -1-3-4 Mount Vernon MVM-157
014 I HEARD MY SAVIOR CALLING -1-2-3-4 MVM-157
015 I WANT TO SEE MY MOTHER AGAIN -1-2-3-4 MVM-157
016 BE CAREFUL OF YOUR FATHER’S NAME -1 MVM-157
017 RAINBOW JOE -4-5 MVM-157 MVM-181/Collector CLCD-4492

MOUNT VERNON MVM-181 HOOTENANNY; COLLECTOR CLCD-4492 KNOCKOUT ROCKIN’ (NED, 2006)

1961 Rodel Studio, 1028 33rd St., N.W. Washington, D.C. – Red McCoy with the Sons of The Soil (Wayne “Red McCoy” Busbice [ld vcl/rh gt], Buzz Busby [el ld gt-1], John Duffey [dobro], ? [steel-3], Carl Nelson [fiddle], ? [piano-4], ? [hmny vcl-2],Unk [perc-5]. Producer: Ben Adelman) [overdub session: Jack Monroe Stoneman [bass]]
018 TRAGIC LOVE AFFAIR -1-3 Sutton SSU-308
019 DARLING DO SSU-308
020 SHE’S COMING HOME TODAY -3 SSU-308
021 FARTHER ALONG -1-2-3 SSU-308
022 WHEN GOD CALLED DADDY AWAY -1-2-3 Sutton SSU-308
023 BY AND BY -1-2-3 SSU-308
024 LET’S GROW OLD TOGETHER -1-3 SSU-308
025 808-2/X-1519 WHAT’S THE USE -1-3 Almanac 808/SSU-308
026 WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS -1-3 SSU-308
027 NEVER ALONE -1-3 SSU-308

Late 1961 Roddell Studio, 1028 33rd St., Washington, DC – Wayne Busby (Wayne Busby [vcl], Buzz Busby [mandolin/vcl] + unknown musicians)

028 BACK HOME IN THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD   Empire 45-513

029 I’ll BE BACK 45-513

Fall 1964 Washington, D.C. – Red McCoy and The Sons of The Soil (Wayne Red McCoy “ Busby [vcl/rh gt], Buzz Busby [tnr vcl-1/ld el gt],  ? [steel-3], Jack Stoneman [el bass], ? [percussion-4], ? [hmny vcl-2])

030 BIMBO Sutton SSU-335

031 BILLY BAYOU SSU-335

032 HE’LL HAVE TO GO SSU-335

033 FOUR WALLS -4 SSU-335

034 I’LL SHARE IT WITH YOU -3 SSU-335

035 DO YOU KNOW WHO LOVES YOU SSU-335

036 PRECIOUS MEMORIES -1-2 SSU-335

037 WALKING BY YOUR SIDE -1-2 SSU-335

038 GOD CALLED JIM REEVES AWAY SSU-335

039 808-2/X 1518 3,000 MILES LONESOME SSU-335, Almanac 808

040 PLAY LIKE YOU LOVE ME SSU-335

ALBUMS

Sutton SU/SSU 308 Country And Gospel Songs: Tragic Love Affair; Darling Do; She’s Coming Home Today; Farther Along; When God Called Daddy Away; By And By;  Let’s Grow Old Together;  What’s The Use; What A Friend We Have In Jesus;  Never Alone – 61

Mount Vernon MVM 157  Country And Gospel:  Let Jesus Come Into Your Heart;  I Heard My Savior Calling;  I Want To See My Mother Again;  Be Careful Of Your Father's Name;  Rainbow Joe;  Rock And Roll Atom;  Goin' Back To Dixie;  Live Your Life With Care;  I Just Couldn't Say Goodbye – 03-63 as Red McCoy

Sutton SU/SSU 335 Memories Of Jim Reeves: Bimbo; Billy Bayou; He’ll Have To Go; Four Walls; I’ll Share It With You; Do You Know Who Loves You; Precious Memories; Walking By Your Side; God Called Jim Reeves Away; 3,000 Miles Lonesome; Play Like You Love Me - 64

EPs

45-E-510 First Battle Of Bull Run;  I Carry A Torch /  Live Your Life With Care;  I Just Couldn't Tell You Goodbye – 09-60 (MX: S 981/2)

SINGLES

Ott (1958)

201 I’ll Love You Forever /  Going Back To Dixie – 09-58

202 Tomorrow I May Be Gone / What Will Your Heart Say - 58

Empire

45-506 Goin‘ Back To Dixie / Just For Me – 60 Busby Brothers (rev. June 13, 1960)

45-507 Pretty Polly / Don’t Leave Me Alone - 60

45-513 Back Home In The National Guard / I’ll Be Back – 62 (rev. March 10)

Olympic 45OR005 Goin‘ Back To Dixie / Just For Me – 01-03-76

Almanac

808 3000 Miles Lonesome / What’s The Use – 65