Saturday, December 20, 2014

Whitey and Hogan / The Briarhoppers

Roy "Whitey" Grant, *07-04-1916 in Shelby, NC, + 17-09-2010 Charlotte, NC
Arval Hogan, *24-07-1911 Robbinsville, NC, +12-09-2003
2nd version
by Dick Grant , Dave Sax, Al Turner, Tony Russell, Mario Manciotti, Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
 Only Briarhopper’s recordings with Whitey and Hogan listed. Whitey and Hogan were also members of The Carolina Playboys in the mid of 1940s and Briaroppers accompanied Fred Kirby on some of his recordings in this period.
8 November 1939 Decca Recording Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th St., New York City - Whitey and Hogan (Arval Hogan [vcl/mandolin], Roy "Whitey" Grant [vcl/gt])
001 66473-A WATCHING YOU Decca 5810/BACM CD D 689
002 66474-A YOU’LL BE MY CLOSEST NEIGHBOR 5758/ BACM CD D 689
003 66475-A SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE 5758/ BACM CD D 689
004 66476-A THAT’S A WAY WITH A BROKEN HEART 5810/ BACM CD D 689
005 66477-A OLD LOG CABIN FOR SALE 5817/ BACM CD D 689
006 66478-A IT’S ALCATRAZ FOR ME 5759/ BACM CD D 689
007 66479-A GOSH I MISS YOU ALL THE TIME 5759/ BACM CD D 689
008 66480-A ANSWER TO BUDDED ROSE 5817/ BACM CD D 689
009 66481-A LET ME TRAVEL ALONG 5838
010 66482-A TELL MOTHER I’LL MEET HER 5784
011 66483-A I’LL MEET YOU IN THE MORNING 5838
012 66484-A TURN YOUR RADIO ON 5784/ BACM CD D 689 VIM 4013
013 66485-A RIDIN‘ ON MY SAVIOR’S TRAIN 5772/ BACM CD D 689
014 66486-A DON’T BE KNOCKING 5796/ BACM CD D 689
015 66487-A I’VE CHANGED MY MIND 5772/ BACM CD D 689
016 66488-A I CAN TELL YOU THE TIME 5796/ BACM CD D 689
MCA VIM 4013 OLD TIMEY MUSIC (JAP, 1976)
Fall 1945 WBT Radio Station, Charlotte, NC - Whitey and Hogan
017 SR-516 TALKING TO MOTHER Sonora  H 7003/ BACM CD D 689
018 SR-517 HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY THAT I LOVE YOU? Sonora H 7004/ BACM CD D 689
019 SR-518 MAMA, I'M SICK Sonora H-7004/ BACM CD D 689
020 SR-519 I'M LONGING FOR MY SWEETHEART H-7003/ BACM CD D 689
ca January 1947 Linden, NJ - Whitey and Hogan
021 D305 BEAR CREEK HOP De Luxe 5021
022 D306 I’M JUST HERE TO GET MY BABY OUT OF JAIL 5023
023 D307 I’M JUST A USED-TO-BE 5023-B
024 D308 YOU’VE HAD A CHANGE OF HEART De Luxe 5021-B/ BACM CD D 689
5023 issued as Whitey and Hogan - Charlotte, North Carolina
November 1947 Linden, NJ - Whitey and Hogan, * and The Farmhands
025 D536 THE BIBLE MY DADDY LEFT FOR ME De Luxe 5042
026 D537 I CAN’T SIT DOWN 5042/ BACM CD D 689
027 D538 THE TRAMP ON THE STREET* De Luxe 5038/ BACM CD D 689
028 D539 A POWER GREATER THAN ATOMIC* 5038/BACM CD D 684
BACM D 684 OLDTIME TUNES AND SONGS VOL.4 (UK, 2021)
1948 Philadelphia, PA - Whitey and Hogan (Arval Hogan [vcl/mandolin], Roy "Whitey" Grant [vcl/gt], Shannon Grayson [banjo])
029 JESSE JAMES Cowboy CR-1301/Rounder 1013, JSP JSP-7731 BACM CD D 689
030 I HAVE TRIED BUT I HAVE FAILED CR-1301/ BACM CD D 689
ROUNDER LP 1013 THE EARLY DAYS OF BLUEGRASS VOL.1 (1974); JSP 7731 BLUEGRASS EARLY CUTS 1931/1953 (UK, 2004, 4CD)
December 1977 Frank Pointdexter‘s Studio, Monroe, NC – Whitey and Hogan with The Briarhoppers (Roy "Whitey" Grant [vcl/gt], Arval Hogan [vcl/mandolin], Shannon Grayson [banjo], Don White [el bass/lap steel], Hank Warren [fiddle])
031 WAIT TILL THE SUN SHINES, NELLIE Old Homestead OHS 90089
032 BRIARHOPPER RAG Old Homestead OHS 90089
033 KENTUCKY Old Homestead OHS 90089
034 HANG OUT THE FRONT DOOR KEY Old Homestead OHS 90089
035 BIBLE MY DADDY LEFT TO ME Old Homestead OHS 90089
036 RAGTIME ANNIE Old Homestead OHS 90089
037 GATHERING BUDS Old Homestead OHS 90089
038 MAMA I'M SICK Old Homestead OHS 90089
039 HAWAIIAN ROSE Old Homestead OHS 90089
040 MY OLD SADDLE HORSE IS MISSING Old Homestead OHS 90089
041 CONVICT AND THE ROSE KANAWHA MARCH Old Homestead OHS 90089
042 AMAZING GRACE Old Homestead OHS 90089
043 PILOT LOVE LIGHT Old Homestead OHS 90089
044 CARRY ME BACK TO THE MOUNTAINS Old Homestead OHS 90169
045 WHEN MY BLUE MOON TURNS TO GOLD Old Homestead OHS 90169
046 STEEL GUITAR RAG Old Homestead OHS 90169
047 SOUTHERN MOON Old Homestead OHS 90169
048 SWEET MOTHER OF MINE Old Homestead OHS 90169
049 PUT ME ON THE TRAIL TO CAROLINA Old Homestead OHS 90169
050 ROW US OVER THE TIDE Old Homestead OHS 90169
051 DOLLAR DOWN AND A DOLLAR A WEEK Old Homestead OHS 90169
052 LOOK WHAT THOSE BLUE EYES DID TO ME Old Homestead OHS 90169
053 INTERSTATE RAG Old Homestead OHS 90169
054 LONESOME FOR YOU ANNABELLE Old Homestead OHS 90169
055 SMILING TO HIDE A BROKEN HEART Old Homestead OHS 90169
056 SAN ANTONIO ROSE Old Homestead OHS 90169
057 FOREVER APART Old Homestead OHS 90169
058 THE FACE AT HEAVEN'S WINDOW Old Homestead OHS 90169
1980 Lamon Sound Studio, Charlotte, NC/ ICCA Studios, Charlotte, N.C – The Briarhoppers  (Roy "Whitey" Grant [vcl/gt], Arval Hogan [vcl/mandolin], Shannon Grayson / David Reese [banjo], Don White [el bass/lap steel], Hank Warren/ Dwight Moody [fiddle]. Producer: Dwight Moody, Carlton Moody)
059 DEAR OLD DIXIE Lamon LR 10017 
060 THE PILOT LOVE LIGHT Lamon LR 10017   LR 10318
061 SMILING TO HIDE A BROKEN HEART Lamon LR 10017 LR 10259-2
062 MY OLD SADDLE HORSE IS MISSING Lamon LR 10017  LR 10259-2
063 SOUTHERN MOON Lamon LR 10017 
064 THE FACE AT HEAVEN'S WINDOW Lamon LR 10017
065 FOREVER APART Lamon LR 10017
066 KANAWHA MARCH Lamon LR 10017 LR 10259-2
067 NOBODY'S BUSINESS Lamon LR 10017 
068 BIBLE MY DADDY LEFT FOR ME Lamon LR 10017
069 AMAZING GRACE Lamon LR 10017 LR 10318
1981 Lamon Sound Studio, Charlotte, NC – The Briarhoppers  (Roy "Whitey" Grant [vcl/gt], Arval Hogan [vcl/mandolin], Shannon Grayson / David Reese [banjo], Don White [el bass/lap steel], Hank Warren/ Dwight Moody [fiddle]. Producer: Dwight Moody, Carlton Moody)
070 BIG STOMP RAG Lamon LR 10039
071 THE VIOLET AND THE ROSE Lamon LR 10039 LR 10259-2
072 THE WEEPING WILLOW TREE (BURY ME BENEATH THE WILLOW) Lamon LR 10039 LR 10318
073 LISTEN TO THE MOCKING BIRD Lamon LR 10039 LR 10318
074 TRUCK DRIVIN' MAN Lamon LR 10039 LR 10259-2
075 JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE Lamon LR 10039
076 THE PRISONER'S SONG Lamon LR 10039
077 BACK TO OLD SMOKEY MOUNTAIN Lamon LR 10039 LR 10259-2 LR 10318
078 KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE WALTZ MEDLEY Lamon LR 10039 LR 10318
079 LIFE'S RAILWAY TO HEAVEN Lamon LR 10039 LR 10318
080 I DREAMED OF AN OLD LOVE AFFAIR Lamon LR 10039 LR 10318
081 THE ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL. Lamon LR 10039
1980s Lamon Sound Studio, Charlotte, NC – The Briarhoppers
082 HE WILL SET YOUR FIELDS ON FIRE Lamon LR 10141-1 LR 10259-2
083 LEARNING TO LEAN Lamon LR 10141-1 LR 10259-2
084 SOME GLAD DAY Lamon LR 10141-1
085 THE OLD RUGGED CROSS Lamon LR 10141-1 LR 10259-2
086 I SAW THE LIGHT Lamon LR 10141-1
087 WHISPERING HOPE Lamon LR 10141-1
088 JESUS HOLD MY HAND Lamon LR 10141-1
089 WHEN JESUS BECKONS ME HOME Lamon LR 10141-1
090 SHAKE MY MOTHER'S HAND Lamon LR 10141-1
091 WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN Lamon LR 10141-1
092 THE OLD COUNTRY CHURCH Lamon LR 10141-1
093 HOW BEAUTIFUL HEAVEN MUST BE Lamon LR 10141-1
1980s or 1990s Lamon Sound Studio, Charlotte, NC – The Briarhoppers
094 THEME: WAIT TILL THE SUN SHINES NELLIE Lamon LR 10259-2 LR 10318
095 MEET ME SOMEWHERE IN MY DREAMS Lamon LR 10259-2
096 MY ABODE HACIENDA Lamon LR 10259-2
097 FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWN Lamon LR 10259-2
098 RECITATION: DRINKING FROM MY CUP  Lamon LR 10259-2
Btw 1980s-2001 Lamon Sound Studio, Charlotte, NC – The Briarhoppers
099 IT'S BRIARHOPPER HYMN TIME Lamon LR 10318
100 THE GLORYLAND MARCH Lamon LR 10318
101 CHURCH IN THE MOUNTAINS Lamon LR 10318 
102 WAIT TILL THE SUN SHINES NELLIE Lamon LR 10318
103  NOBODY'S DARLIN' BUT MINE Lamon LR 10318
104 RAG TIME ANNIE Lamon LR 10318




ALBUMS
Old Homestead OHCS-110 Early Radio:
Walk In The Gospel Way; I Can't Sit Down; Gold On The Rainbow; Gosh! I Miss You All The Time; You See I'm Loving You; Kneel At The Cross; Arkansas Travler; You Waited Too Long; There's A Little Pine Log Cabin; Nine Pound Hammer; Lonesome Gamblin Man; Georgia Anna Moon --Heaven Seems Brighter; The Ole Grey Mare Is Back Where She Used To Be; Dust On The Bible; I Dreamed I Searched Heaven For You; An Old Log Cabin For Sale; You'll Be My Closest Neighbor – 77 (1939-1950s transriptions and home recordings)
Lamon LR-10017 Hit’s Briarhopper Time: Dear Old Dixie;  The Pilot Love Light;  Smiling To Hide A Broken Heart;  My Old Saddle Horse Is Missing;  Southern Moon;  The Face At Heaven's Window;  Forever Apart;  Kanawha March;  Nobody's Business;  Bible My Daddy Left For Me; . Amazing Grace – 80
Lamon LR-10039 Hit’s Briarhopper Time (Again): Big Stomp Rag; The Violet And The Rose; The Weeping Willow Tree (Bury Me Beneath The Willow); Listen To The Mocking Bird; Truck Drivin' Man; Just A Closer Walk With Thee; The Prisoner's Song; Back To Old Smokey Mountain; Kentucky And Tennessee Waltz Medley; Life's Railway To Heaven; I Dreamed Of An Old Love Affair; The Orange Blossom Special.- 81
Old Homestead OHS 90089 Whitey and Hogan With The Briarhoppers. Vol. 1: Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie;. Briarhopper Rag; Kentucky; Hang Out the Front Door Key; Bible My Daddy Left to Me; Ragtime Annie; Gathering Buds; Mama I'm Sick; Hawaiian Rose; My Old Saddle Horse Is Missing; Convict and the Rose Kanawha March; Amazing Grace; Pilot Love Light – 81
Old Homestead OHS 90169 Whitey and Hogan With The Briarhoppers. Vol. 2: Carry Me Back To The Mountains;  When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold;  Steel Guitar Rag;  Southern Moon;  Sweet Mother Of Mine;  Put Me On The Trail To Carolina;  Row Us Over The Tide;  Dollar Down And A Dollar A Week;  Look What Those Blue Eyes Did To Me;  Interstate Rag;  Lonesome For You Annabelle;  Smiling To Hide A Broken Heart;  San Antonio Rose;  Forever Apart;  The Face At Heaven's Window – 84
Lamon LR 10141-1 Hits Briarhopper Hymn Time: He Will Set Your Fields On Fire; Learning To Lean;  Some Glad Day; Old Rugged Cross; I Saw The Light; Whispering Hope; Jesus Hold My Hand; When Jesus Beckons Me Home; Shake My Mother's Hand; Will The Circle Be Unbroken; The Old Country Church; How Beautiful Heaven Must Be - 88
Lamon LR 10259-2 The Legendary Briarhoppers: Theme: Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie; Smiling To Hide A Broken Heart; My Old Saddle Horse Is Missing; Kanawha March; The Violet And The Rose; Truck Driving Man; Back To Old Smokey Mountain; He Will Set The Wheels On Fire; Learning To Lean; Old Rugged Cross; Meet Me Somewhere In My Dreams; My Abode Hacienda; Foggy Mountain Breakdown; Recitation: Drinking From My Cup – 96
Lamon LR 10318 North Carolina Folk Heritage Award: Theme: Wait Till the Sun Shines Nellie; The Pilot Love Light   Buy; The Weeping Willow Tree;  Listen to the Mocking Bird;  I Dreamed of an Old Love Affair; Kentucky Waltz / Tennessee Waltz; It's Briarhopper Hymn Time;  Life's Railway to Heaven;  The Gloryland March;  Church in the Mountains;   Amazing Grace;  Wait Till the Sun Shines Nellie; Back To Old Smokey Mountains;   Nobody's Darlin' But Mine;  Rag Time Annie  - 04 WBT Briarhoppers
BACM [UK] CD D 689 Sunny Side Of Life: Watching You; You'll Be My Closest Nieghbor; Sunny Side Of Life; That's The Way With A Broken Heart; Old Log Cabin For Sale; It's Alcatraz For Me; Gosh! I Miss You All The Time; Answer To Budded Rose; Turn Your Radio On; Ridin' On My Saviour's Train; Don't Be Knockin'; I've Changed My Mind; I Can Tell You The Time; Talking To Mother; Have I Told You Lately That I Love You; Mama I'm Sick; I'm Longing For My Sweetheart; You've Had A Change Of Heart; I Can't Sit Down; Tramp On The Street; Jesse James; I Have Tried But I Have Failed – 31-05-22

SINGLES
Decca (1939)
5758 You’ll Be My Closet Neighbor / Sunny Side Of Life - 14-11-39
5759 It’s Alcatraz For Me / Gosh! I Miss You All The Time - 14-11-39
5771 Ridin’ On My Savior’s Train / I’ve Changed My Mind - 06-12-39
5784 Tell My Mother I’ll Meet Her / Turn Your Radio On - 09-01-40
5796 Don’t Be Knockin’ / I Can Tell You The Time - 30-01-40
5810 Watching You / That’s The Way With A Broken Heart - 04-03-40
5817 An Old Log Cabin For Sale / Answer To Budded Roses - 25-03-40
5838 Let Me Travel Along / I’ll Meet You In The Morning - 02-05-40 (also on Melotone 45360)
Sonora (1946)
H 7003 I'm Longing For My Sweetheart / Talking To Mother - 46
H 7004 Have I Told You Lately That I Love You / Mama, I'm Sick - 46
De Luxe (1947)
5021 Bear Creek Hop / You’ve Had A Change Of Heart - 47
5023 I’m Just Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail / I’m Just A Used-To-Be - 47
5038 The Tramp On The Street / A Power Greater Than Atomic - 47
5042 The Bible My Daddy Left For Me / I Can’t Sit Down - ca 48
Cowboy (1948)
CR-1301 I Have Tried But I Have Failed / Jesse James - 48

Hot Rize



3rd version
By Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti,  Patrick Milligan, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS

January/February 1979 Colorado Sound Recording, 3100 W. 71st. Ave., Westminster, CO - Hot Rize (Tim O'Brien [vcl/mandolin/fiddle], Pete Wernick [vcl/banjo], Charles Sawtelle [vcl/gt], Nick Forster [bass]. Producers: Hot Rize and Vic Garrett)
001 BLUE NIGHT FF-206
002 EMPTY POCKET BLUES FF-206
003 NELLIE KANE FF-206
004 HIGH ON A MOUNTAIN FF-206
005 AIN'T I BEEN GOOD TO YOU FF-206
006 POWWOW THE INDIAN BOY FF-206
007 PRAYER BELLS OF HEAVEN FF-206
008 THIS HERE BOTTLE FF-206
009 99 YEARS FF-206
010 OLD DAN TUCKER FF-206
011 COUNTRY BOY ROCK'N'ROLL FF-206
012 STANDING IN THE NEED OF PRAYER FF-206
013 DURHAM'S REEL FF-206
014 MIDNIGHT ON THE HIGHWAY FF-206
ca. 1980 Colorado Sound Recording, 3100 W. 71st. Ave., Westminster, CO– Hot Rize (Tim O'Brien [vcl/mandolin/fiddle], Pete Wernick [vcl/banjo], Charles Sawtelle [vcl/gt], Nick Forster [bass]. Producers: Hot Rize and Vic Garrett)
015 RADIO BOOGIE FF-231
016 AIN'T GONNA WORK TOMORROW FF-231
017 WILD BILL JONES FF-231
018 LAND OF ENCHANTMENT FF-231
019 MAN IN THE MIDDLE FF-231
020 I LONG FOR THE HILLS FF-231
021 JUST AIN'T NO BRAKES FF-231
022 WALKIN' THE DOG FF-231
023 SWEETEST SONG I SING FF-231
024 TOM AND JERRY FF-231
025 GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN FF-231
9, 16 April 1982 [live] The Left Hand Grange Hall, Niwot, CO - Hot Rize or Red Knuckles and The Trailblazers (Tim O'Brien aka Red Knuckles [vcl/ac gt], Nick Forster aka Happy [ld el gt], Pete Wernick aka Waldo Otto [steel], Charles Sawtelle aka Slade [bass])
02501 TRAVELIN' BLUES FF-279 FF 70107
02502 HONKY TONK MAN FF-279 FF 70107
02503 SLADE'S THEME FF-279 FF 70107
02504 DIXIE CANNONBALL FF-279 FF 70107
02505 I KNOW MY BABY LOVES ME FF-279  FF 70107
02506 TRAILBLAZER THEME FF-279 FF 70107
02507 ALWAYS LATE FF-279 FF 70107
02508 HONKY TONK SONG FF-279 FF 70107
02509 KANSAS CITY STAR FF-279 FF 70107
02510 WALDO'S DISCOUNT DONUTS FF-279  FF 70107
02511 BOOT HEEL DRAG FF-279 FF 70107
02512 WINDOW UP ABOVE FF-279 FF 70107
02513 YOU'RE GONNA CHANGE AND I'M GONNA LEAVE FF-279  FF 70107
02514 LONG GONE JOHN FROM BOWLING GREEN FF-279  FF 70107
02515 LET ME LOVE YOU ONE MORE TIME FF-315 FF 70107
02516 GOIN' ACROSS THE SEA FF-315  FF 70107
02517 MY LITTLE DARLIN' FF-315   FF 70107
02518 I'VE BEEN ALL AROUND THIS WORLD FF-315 FF 70107
02519 I'M GONNA SLEEP WITH ONE EYE OPEN FF-315  FF 70107
02520 MARTHA WHITE THEME FF-315  FF 70107
02521 YOUR LIGHT LEADS ME ON FF-315 FF 70107
02522 SUGARFOOT RAG FF-315 FF 70107
02523 TEXAS HAMBONE BLUES FF-315 FF 70107
02524 WENDELL'S FLY SWATTERS FF-315 FF 70107
02525 OH MONA FF-315 FF 70107
02526 RANK STRANGERS FF-315 FF 70107
02527 SHADY GROVE FF-315 FF 70107
4/5 June 1984 Studio Fromentel, Conches-en-Ouche, FRA - Hot Rize aka Red Knuckles and The Trailblazers (Tim O'Brien aka Red Knuckles [ld vcl/ac gt], Nick Forster aka Wendell Mercantile [el gt/hmny vcl], Pete Wernick aka Waldo Otto [steel], Charles Sawtelle aka Slade [bass] + Autoon Aukes [drums], Elmo Otto [fiddle])
026 PISTOL PACKING MAMA ADA 2005
027 MY BABY'S JUST LIKE MONEY ADA 2005
028 WENDELL DID THE BOOGIE ADA 2005
028 TRY ME ONE MORE TIME ADA 2005
030 BUFFALO GALS ADA 2005
031 CADILLACIN' MODEL A ADA 2005
032 DEEP WATER ADA 2005
033 PEACH PICKING TIME IN GEORGIA ADA 2005
034 PICK ME UP ON YOUR WAY DOWN ADA 2005
035 MOM AND DAD'S WALTZ ADA 2005
036 THEY RAIDED THE JOINT ADA 2005
ca. 1984 Colorado Sound Recording, 3100 W. 71st. Ave., Westminster, CO - Hot Rize (Tim O'Brien [vcl/mandolin/fiddle], Pete Wernick [vcl/banjo], Charles Sawtelle [vcl/gt], Nick Forster [bass]. Producer: Hot Rize)
037 HARD PRESSED Sugar Hill SH-3748
038 IF I SHOULD WANDER BACK TONIGHT SH-3748
039 WALK THE WAY THE WIND BLOWS SH-3748
040 HEAR JERUSALEM MOAN SH-3748
041 FRANK'S BLUES SH-3748
042 LOST JOHN SH-3748
043 MONTANA COWBOY SH-3748
044 FOOTSTERS SO NEAR SH-3748
045 LEATHER BRITCHES SH-3748
046 WORKING ON A BUILDING SH-3748
047 JOHN HENRY SH-3748
048 KEEP YOUR LAMP TRIMMED AND BURNING SH-3748
15 March 1986 [live] Winfield High School Auditorium, 3920 Missouri 47, Winfield, KS – Hot Rize/*Red Knuckles and The Trailblazers (Hot Rize: Charles Sawtelle  [vcl/gt], Tim O‘ Brien [ld vcl/mandolin], Pete Wernick [vcl/banjo], Nick Forster [vcl/bass/gt-1]/ as Red Knuckles and The Trailblazers: Red Knuckles [vcl/gt], Wendell Mercantile [vcl/takeoff gt], Waldo Otto [steel], Slade [bass])
04801 INTRODUCTION BY ORIN FRIESEN ACD-AO-50021
04802 BLUE NIGHT ACD-AO-50021
04803 HARD PRESSED ACD-AO-50021
04804 BAND INTROS ACD-AO-50021
04805 WILD RIDE ACD-AO-50021
04806 WALK THE WAY THE WIND BLOWS ACD-AO-50021
04807 HIGH ROAD ACD-AO-50021
04808 IF I LOSE ACD-AO-50021
04809 RADIO BOOGIE ACD-AO-50021
04810 UNTOLD STORIES ACD-AO-50021
04811 FOOTPRINTS SO NEAR ACD-AO-50021
04812 LEATHER BRITCHES ACD-AO-50021
04813 TRAILBLAZER INTRO* ACD-AO-50021
04814 IN THE JAILHOUSE NOW* ACD-AO-50021
04815 SLADE'S THEME/I KNOW MY BABY* ACD-AO-50021
04816 RED REMEBERS THE 60'S* ACD-AO-50021 
04817 YOUR RED WAGON* ACD-AO-50021
04818 SLEEPWALK* ACD-AO-50021
04819 WALDO TALKS* ACD-AO-50021
04820 LAND'S END -1 ACD-AO-50021
04821 HIGH ON A MOUNTAIN ACD-AO-50021
04822 SHADY GROVE ACD-AO-50021
04823 MIDNIGHT ON THE HIGHWAY ACD-AO-50021
1986 Colorado Sound Recording, 3100 W. 71st. Ave., Westminster, CO - Hot Rize (Tim O'Brien [vcl/mandolin/fiddle], Pete Wernick [vcl/banjo], Charles Sawtelle [vcl/gt], Jerry Douglas [dobro], Nick Forster [bass]. Producer: Hot Rize)
049 ARE YOU TIRED OF ME DARLING SH-3756
050 UNTOLD STORIES SH-3756
051 JUST LIKE YOU SH-3756
052 COUNTRY BLUES SH-3756
053 BLUEGRASS PART III SH-3756
054 WON'T YOU COME AND SING FOR ME SH-3756
055 TIME I FEEL THE SPIRIT SH-3756
056 LIFE'S TOO SHORT SH-3756
057 YOU DON'T HAVE TO MOVE THAT MOUNTAIN SH-3756
058 SHADOWS IN MY ROOM SH-3756
059 DON'T MAKE ME BELIEVE SH-3756
060 WILD RIDE SH-3756
061 LATE IN THE DAY SH-3756
28 July 1987 [live] Kentucky Center For The Arts, Louisville, KY - Hot Rize, *as by Red Knuckles and The Trailblazers (Tim O'Brien [vcl/mandolin/fiddle], Pete Wernick [vcl/banjo], Charles Sawtelle [vcl/gt], Nick Forster [bass])
06101 BLUE NIGHT  Wendell World WW 2006DVD  
06102 KEEP YOUR LAMP TRIMMED AND BURNING  Wendell World WW 2006DVD  
06103 WILD RIDE  Wendell World WW 2006DVD  
06104 RADIO BOOGIE  Wendell World WW 2006DVD  
06105 SHADOWS IN MY ROOM  Wendell World WW 2006DVD 
06106 DON'T MAKE ME BELIEVE  Wendell World WW 2006DVD 
06107 WON'T YOU COME AND SING FOR ME  Wendell World WW 2006DVD  
06108 SALLY ANN  Wendell World WW 2006DVD  
06109 DEEP WATER*  Wendell World WW 2006DVD 
06110 ONE WOMAN MAN* WINDOW UP ABOVE*  Wendell World WW 2006DVD 
06111 PISTOL PACKIN' MAMA*  Wendell World WW 2006DVD 
06112 UNTOLD STORIES  Wendell World WW 2006DVD 
06113 GREAT HIGH MOUNTAIN  Wendell World WW 2006DVD 
06114 JUST LIKE YOU  Wendell World WW 2006DVD 
06115 SHADY GROVE  Wendell World WW 2006DVD 
06116 WHEEL HOSS  Wendell World WW 2006DVD 
1988 Colorado Sound Recording, 3100 W. 71st. Ave., Westminster, CO - Hot Rize aka Red Knuckles (Tim O'Brien [vcl/mandolin/fiddle], Pete Wernick [vcl/banjo], Charles Sawtelle [vcl/gt], Nick Forster [bass], Black Knuckles (Larry Thompson) [drums],Elmo Ott [fiddle], White Knuckler (Buck White) [piano]. Producer: Hot Rize)
062 GOIN' STEADY Sugar Hill SH-CD-3767
063 ON MONDAY Sugar Hill SH-CD-3767
064 WIGWAM WIGGLE Sugar Hill SH-CD-3767
065 I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU CALLING MY NAME Sugar Hill SH-CD-3767
066 BLUES STAY AWAY FROM ME Sugar Hill SH-CD-3767
067 GOLDEN ROCKET Sugar Hill SH-CD-3767
068 I'M A ONE WOMAN MAN Sugar Hill SH-CD-3767
069 GIRL OF MY DREAMS Sugar Hill SH-CD-3767
070 IF YOU AIN'T LOVIN' Sugar Hill SH-CD-3767
071 NOWHERE MAN Sugar Hill SH-CD-3767
072 EVERYBODY'S ROCKIN' BUT ME Sugar Hill SH-CD-3767
073 IN THE JAILHOUSE NOW Sugar Hill SH-CD-3767
1990 Colorado Sound Recording, 3100 W. 71st. Ave., Westminster, CO - Hot Rize (Tim O’Brien [vcl/mandolin/fiddle/gt], Charles Sawtelle [vcl/gt/mandolin], Pete Wernick [vcl/banjo], Nick Forster [bass]. Producer: Hot Rize)
074 COLLEEN MALONE Sugar Hill SH-CD-3784
075 ROCKY ROAD BLUES Sugar Hill SH-CD-3784
076 VOICE ON THE WIND Sugar Hill SH-CD-3784
077 BENDING BLADIES Sugar Hill SH-CD-3784
078 GONE FISHING Sugar Hill SH-CD-3784
079 THINK OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE Sugar Hill SH-CD-3784
080 CLIMB THE LADDER Sugar Hill SH-CD-3784
081 MONEY TO BURN Sugar Hill SH-CD-3784
082 BRAVEST COWBOY Sugar Hill SH-CD-3784
083 LAMPLIGHTING TIME IN THE VALLEY Sugar Hill SH-CD-3784
084 WHERE THE WILD RIVER ROLLS Sugar Hill SH-CD-3784
085 OLD ROUNDER Sugar Hill SH-CD-3784
086 TENDERLY CALLING Sugar Hill SH-CD-3784
ca. Summer 1991 unknown - Hot Rize aka Red Knuckles
087 THAT WHITE CHRISTMAS SONG Sugar Hill SH-CD-3796 [va]
6/7 March 1996 [live] The Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, CO - Hot Rize (Tim O’Brien [vcl/mandolin/fiddle/gt], Charles Sawtelle [vcl/gt/mandolin], Pete Wernick [vcl/banjo], Nick Forster [bass].Producer: Peter Wernick)
08701 BLUE NIGHT Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3943
08702 KEEP YOUR LAMP TRIMMED AND BURNING Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3943
08703 EMPTY POCKET BLUES Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3943
08704 INTRODUCTIONS Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3943
08705 RADIO BOOGIE Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3943
08706 JUST LIKE YOU Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3943
08707 CLIMBING UP A MOUNTAIN Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3943
08708 WALKIN' THE DOG Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3943
08709 FRANK'S BLUES Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3943
08710 VOICE ON THE WIND Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3943
08711 SHADOWS IN MY ROOM Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3943
08712 NELLIE KANE Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3943
08713 BUTCHER'S DOG Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3943
08714 WORKING ON A BUILDING Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3943
08715 WALK THE WAY THE WIND BLOWS Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3943
08716 FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWN Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3943
08717 HIGH ON A MOUNTAIN Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3943
08718 COLLEEN MALONE Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3943
08719 LIFE'S TOO SHORT Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3943
08720 WON'T YOU COME AND SING FOR ME Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3943
2014 The Studio At Town Hall, Boulder, CO - Hot Rize (Bryan Sutton [vcl/gt],  Pete Wernick [vcl/banjo], Nick Forster [vcl/bass])
088 WESTERN SKIES 30 Tigers/Ten In Hand 9001  
089 BLUE IS FALLIN' 30 Tigers/Ten In Hand 9001  
090 COME AWAY 30 Tigers/Ten In Hand 9001
091 SKY RIDER 30 Tigers/Ten In Hand 9001  
092 YOU WERE ON MY MIND THIS MORNING 30 Tigers/Ten In Hand 9001
093 DOGGONE 30 Tigers/Ten In Hand 9001  
094 A COWBOY'S LIFE 30 Tigers/Ten In Hand 9001
095 I NEVER MET A ONE LIKE YOU 30 Tigers/Ten In Hand 9001  
096 BURN IT DOWN 30 Tigers/Ten In Hand 9001  
097 GLORY IN THE MEETING HOUSE 30 Tigers/Ten In Hand 9001
098 I AM THE ROAD 30 Tigers/Ten In Hand 9001  
099 CLARY MAE 30 Tigers/Ten In Hand 9001  
January 2018 [live-3 nights] Boulder Theater, Boulder, CO - Hot Rize (Bryan Sutton [vcl/gt],  Pete Wernick [vcl/banjo], Tim O‘ Brien [mandolin/fiddle], Nick Forster [vcl/bass])
09901 BLUE NIGHT Ten In hand 9002  
09902 WESTERN SKIES Ten In hand 9002  
09903 COLLEEN MALONE Ten In hand 9002  
09904 HUCKLING THE BERRIES Ten In hand 9002  
09905 WICHITA LINEMAN Ten In hand 9002  
09906 YOU WERE ON MY MIND Ten In hand 9002  
09907 OUT ON THE OCEAN Ten In hand 9002  
09908 JUST LIKE YOU Ten In hand 9002  
09909 BURN IT DOWN Ten In hand 9002  
09910 THINGS IN LIFE Ten In hand 9002  
09911 THE HIGH ROAD Ten In hand 9002  
09912 RADIO BOOGIE Ten In hand 9002  
09913 WALK THE WAY THE WIND BLOWS Ten In hand 9002  
09914 YOUR LIGHT LEADS ME ON Ten In hand 9002  
09915 I AM THE ROAD Ten In hand 9002  
09916 NELLIE KANE Ten In hand 9002  
09917 HARD PRESSED Ten In hand 9002  
09918 HIGH ON A MOUNTAIN Ten In hand 9002  
09919 ANGELINA BAKER Ten In hand 9002 

ALBUMS
Flying Fish FF-206 Hot Rize: Blue Night; Empty Pocket Blues; Nellie Kane; High On A Mountain; Ain't I Been Good To You; Powwow The Indian Boy; Prayer Bells Of Heaven; This Here Bottle; 99 Years; Old Dan Tucker; Country Boy Rock'n'roll; Standing In The Need Of Prayer; Durham's Reel; Midnight On The Highway - 79
Flying Fish FF-231 Radio Boogie: Radio Boogie; Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow; Wild Bill Jones; Land Of Enchantment; Man In The Middle; I Long For The Hills; Just Ain't No Brakes; Walkin' The Dog; Sweetest Song I Sing; Tom And Jerry; Gone But Not Forgotten – 01-09-81
Flying Fish FF-279 Hot Rize Presents Red Knuckles And The Trailblazers: Travelin' Blues; Honky Tonk Man; Slade's Theme; Dixie Cannonball; I Know My Baby Loves Me; Trailblazer Theme; Always Late; Honky Tonk Song; Kansas City Star; Waldo's Discount Donuts; Boot Heel Drag; Window Up Above; You're Gonna Change And I'm Gonna Leave; Long Gone John From Bowling Green – 04-07-82 (reissued on FFCD-107, French issue on ADA 2001)
Flying Fish FF-315 In Concert Hot Rize Appearing In Person: Let Me Love You One More Time; Goin' Across The Sea; My Little Darlin'; I've Been All Around This World; I'm Gonna Sleep With One Eye Open; Martha White Theme; Your Light Leads Me On; Sugarfoot Rag; Texas Hambone Blues; Wendell's Fly Swatters; Oh Mona; Rank Strangers; Shady Grove – 01-08-84 (reissued on FFCD-107)
ADA Production [FRA] ADA 2005 Red Knuckles and The Trailblazers: Honky Tonk Swing Music - The French Way: Pistol Packing Mama; My Baby's Just Like Money; Wendell Did The Boogie; Try Me One More Time; Buffalo Gals; Cadillacin' Model A; Deep Water; Peach Picking Time In Georgia; Pick Me Up On Your Way Down; Mom And Dad's Waltz; They Raided The Joint - 84
Sugar Hill SH-3748 Traditional Ties: Hard Pressed; If I Should Wander Back Tonight; Walk The Way The Wind Blows; Hear Jerusalem Moan; Frank's Blues; Lost John; Montana Cowboy; Footsters So Near; Leather Britches; Working On A Building; John Henry; Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning – 10-05-85
Sugar Hill SH-3756 Untold Stories: Are You Tired Of Me Darling; Untold Stories; Just Like You; Country Blues; Bluegrass Part III; Won't You Come And Sing For Me; Time I Feel The Spirit; Life's Too Short; You Don't Have To Move That Mountain; Shadows In My Room; Don't Make Me Believe; Wild Ride; Late In The Day -15-05-87
Sugar Hill SH/SH-CD-3767 Shades Of The Past: Goin' Steady; On Monday; Wigwam Wiggle; I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name; Blues Stay Away From Me; Golden Rocket; I'm A One Woman Man; Girl Of My Dreams; If You Ain't Lovin'; Nowhere Man; Everybody's Rockin' But Me; In The Jailhouse Now* - 88 aka Red Knuckles (*unissued on vinyl album)
Flying Fish FF 70107 Red Knuckles and Hot Rize: Live: Travelin' Blues; Honky Tonk Man; Slade's Theme; Dixie Cannonball; I Know My Baby Loves Me; Trailblazer Theme; Always Late; Honk Tonk Song; Kansas City Star; Waldo's Discount Donuts; Boot Heel Drag; The Window up Above; You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave); Long Gone John from Bowling Green; Introduction; Let Me Love You One More Time; Goin' Across the Sea; My Little Darlin';  I've Been All Around This World; I'm Gonna Sleep With One Eye Open; Martha White Theme; Sally Goodin'; You Light Leads Me On; The Sugar Foot Rag; Introduction of Red Knuckles and The Trailblazers by Pete Wernick; Texas Hambone Blues; Wendell's Fly Swatters; Oh, Mona!; Rank Strangers; Shady Grove - 88
Sugar Hill SH-CD-3784 Take It Home: Colleen Malone; Rocky Road Blues; Voice On The Wind; Bending Bladies; Gone Fishing; Think Of What You've Done; Climb The Ladder; Money To Burn; Bravest Cowboy; Lamplighting Time In The Valley; Where The Wild River Rolls; Old Rounder; Tenderly Calling - 09-08-90
Sugar Hill SUGCD-3943 So Long Of A Journey: Live At The Boulder Theater: Blue Night; Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning; Empty Pocket Blues; Introductions; Radio Boogie; Just Like You; Climbing Up A Mountain; Walkin' The Dog; Frank's Blues; Voice On The Wind; Shadows In My Room; Nellie Kane; Butcher's Dog; Working On A Building; Walk The Way The Wind Blows; Foggy Mountain Breakdown; High On A Mountain; Colleen Malone; Life's Too Short; Won't You Come And Sing For Me; Untitled (0:04) - 05-03-02
Acoustic Oasis ACD-AO-50021 Live In Kansas 1986: Introduction By Orin Friesen; Blue Night; Hard Pressed; Band Intros; Wild Ride; Walk The Way The Wind Blows; High Road; If I Lose; Radio Boogie; Untold Stories; Footprints So Near; Leather Britches; Trailblazer Intro; In The Jailhouse Now; Slade's Theme/I Know My Baby; Red Remebers The 60's;  Your Red Wagon; Sleepwalk; Waldo Talks; Land's End; High on a Mountain; Shady Grove; Midnight on the Highway – 30-09-11 as Red Knuckles, The Trailblazers (double)
30 Tigers/Ten In Hand THR 9001 When I‘m Free: Western Skies; Blue Is Fallin';  Come Away; Sky Rider; You Were on My Mind This Morning; Doggone; A Cowboy's Life; I Never Met a One Like You; Burn It Down; Glory in the Meeting House; I Am the Road; Clary Mae – 30-09-14
Ten In Hand 90021/9002 Hot Rize's 40th Anniversary Bash: Blue Night; Western Skies; Colleen Malone; Huckling the Berries; Wichita Lineman; You Were on My Mind; Out on the Ocean; Just Like You; Burn It Down; Things in Life; The High Road; Radio Boogie; Walk the Way the Wind Blows; Your Light Leads Me On; I Am the Road; Nellie Kane; Hard Pressed; High on a Mountain; Angelina Baker  – 13-07-18
 


 

VHS/DVD
Central Sun Video no # Hot Rize With Red Knuckles Bluegrass: Hard Pressed; Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning; Wild Ride; Walk The Way The Wind Blows; Leather Britches; [as Red Knuckles and The Trailblazer:]  In The Jailhouse Now; Red Remembers The 60’s; Apache; Cadillacin; [Nellie Kane:] Prayer Bells – 86 VHS
Wendell World WW 2006DVD Classic Hot Rize, with Red Knuckles and the Trailblazers: Blue Night;  Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning;  Wild Ride;  Radio Boogie;  Shadows In My Room; Don't Make Me Believe; Won't You Come And Sing For Me;  Sally Ann;  Deep Water*; One Woman Man* Window Up Above*; Pistol Packin' Mama*; Untold Stories; Great High Mountain; Just Like You; Shady Grove; Wheel Hoss - 07 (also on DVD) * as by Red Knuckles and The Trailblazers

Charlie Hamilton



By Jim Loessberg, Praguefrank

SESSIONS
1960s unknown – Charlie Hamilton
001 SUZIE WON'T DANCE Kathy K-104
002 WHERE IS YOUR HEART TONIGHT  Kathy K-104
ca. January 1968 poss. San Antonio, TX - Charlie Hamilton
003 BAD DREAMS Starday 835
004 I'LL NEVER LEAVE SAN ANTONE 835
1968 Nashville, TN - Charlie Hamilton (Buddy Emmons [steel], + unknown musicians)
005 TOMORROW I’LL CRY D-Ton D-110 
006 OUT WITH HER GOOD FRIENDS D-Ton D-110 
007 THE BUBBLIN’ PARTY TIME PARTY DOLL D-Ton D-110 
008 LOVLIEST TO MY EYES  D-Ton D-110 
1969 unknown - Charlie Hamilton
009 SUZIE WON'T DANCE D-114
010 I CAN'T SHAKE YOU FROM MY HEART D-114
011 THAT’S HOW I FEEL D-115
012 PART TIME PARTY DOLL  D-115


EPs
D-Ton
D-110 Tomorrow I’ll Cry; Out With Her Good Friends / The Bubblin’ Party Time Party Doll; Lovliest To My Eyes - 68



SINGLES
Kathy
K-104 Suzie Won't Dance / Where Is Your Heart Tonight
Starday (1968)
835 Bad Dreams / I’ll Never Leave San Antonio – 04-68 (add. April 20)
D-Ton (1968-69)
D-114 Suzie Won't Dance / I Can't Shake You From My Heart - 69
D-115 That’s How I Feel / Part Time Party Doll – 70?