Friday, January 9, 2015

Lee Bell (by Dick Grant)



LEE BELL
SESSION DISCOGRAPHY

LINK DAVIS And The Blue Bonnet Play Boys (sic)           Radio Station KTRM          Beaumont, Tx:                                      Early 1947
Lewis Lincoln “Link” Davis (vcl/fdl); Dewey Lee Bell (el gtr); Joe Davis (rhy gtr); Clyde Brewer (fdl-1); Deacon Anderson (stl gtr); Jack Kennedy (pno) or Merle Powell (pno);  Shang Kennedy (stg bs); Johnny Holland (dms).                   Producer:

IF-9                    MY PRETTY BLONDE                                                                      Imperial 8004-A, B.A.C.M. CD D-307
                          (Link Davis)
IF-10                  TIRED OF BEING LONESOME                                                         Imperial 8008-A,                 CD D-307
                          (Link Davis)
IF-11                  BORN TO LOVE                                                                 Imperial 8004-B,                 CD D-307
                          (Link Davis)
IF-12                  WHY DID YOU GO AWAY                                                                Imperial 8008-B,                 CD D-307
                          (Link Davis-Dickie McBride)

NB(1): IMPERIAL 8004 released 1947. (Release Date Unknown).
NB(2): IMPERIAL 8008 released 1947. (Release Date Unknown).
NB(3): B.A.C.M. CD D-307 “JERRY IRBY & LINK DAVIS-TEXAS SWING” released United Kingdom 2011.

LINK DAVIS And The Blue Bonnet Playboys                Radio Station KRIC  Beaumont, Tx:                                                          ca. May 1947
(vcl/fdl); Lee Bell (el gtr); Joe Davis (rhy gtr); Clyde Brewer (fdl); Jack Kennedy (pno) or Merle Powell (pno);; Shang Kennedy (stg bs); Johnny Holland (dms).                                                                                                                      Producer:

IF-17                  I’M TIRED                                                                                      Imperial 8009-A, B.A.C.M. CD D-307
                          (Link Davis)
IF-18                  I’M WAITING FOR YOU                                                                                 8009-B,                CD D-307
                          (Ernest Tubb)

NB: IMPERIAL 8009 released 1947. (Release Date Unknown).

LINK DAVIS And The Blue Bonnet Play Boys-1                              
LINK DAVIS-2                                           Radio Station KRIC                                 Beaumont, Tx:                                             ca. July 1947
(vcl/fdl); Lee Bell (el gtr); Joe Davis (rhy gtr); Clyde Brewer (fdl/el mand); Deacon Anderson (stl gtr); Mancel Tierney (pno); Shang Kennedy (stg bs); Merle Powell (dms) or Johnny Holland (dms).                                                                Producer:

IF-35                  RICE AND GRAVY BLUES                                      -1                       Imperial 8018-A, Krazy Kat KKCD-06
                         (Link Davis)                                                                                    Collectables COL-5341, Collectables CO-5594
                                                                                                                              Rev-Ola CD-252, B.A.C.M. CD D-307
RFD-2/IF-36       BROKEN HEART -2                                                Bayou 3001, B.A.C.M. CD D-307
                          (Link Davis)
RFD-1/IF-37       YOU PLAYED AROUND                                         -2                                  3001, Krazy Kat KKCD-06, Collectables CO-5594   
                          (Link Davis)                                                                                    B.A.C.M. CD D-307
IF-38                  RICE AND GRAVY BOOGIE                                    (Inst)-1               Imperial 8018-B, Krazy Kat KKCD-06, Rev-Ola CD-252
                          (Link Davis)                                                                                    B.A.C.M. CD D-307

NB(1): IMPERIAL 8018 released January 1948. (Release Date Unknown).
NB(2): BAYOU 3001 released April 1953. (Release Date Unknown).
NB(3): KRAZY KAT KKCD-6 “LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL” released United Kingdom April 1991.
NB(4): COLLECTABLES COL-5341 “THE GUYS FROM BIG MAMOU-JOEY LONG and LINK DAVIS-CLASSIC CAJUN AND BACKWATER BLUES” released
NB(5): COLECTABLES COL-5594 “CAJUN BLUES” released May 1996.
NB(6): REV-OLA CD-252 “GUM YA-YA-THE BEST OF LINK DAVIS 1948-1958” released United Kingdom May 2008.  

LINK DAVIS And The Blue Bonnet Playboys                Radio Station KRIC              Beaumont, Tx:                                             ca. July 1947
(vcl/fdl); Lee Bell (el gtr); Clyde Brewer (el mand); Harris Dodd (stl gtr); Mancel Tierney (pno); Cotton Erwin (t/sax); Shang Kennedy (stg bs); Merle Powell (dms).                                                                                  Producer:  

IF-39                  STEEL GUITAR JUMP                                            (Inst)                  Imperial 8030-A, Krazy Kat KKCD-06, B.A.C.M. CD D-307
                          (Wilson Perkins)                                                    
IF-40                  LEAVE MY BLUES BEHIND                                                              Imperial (Uniss)
                          (Jim Suhler)
IF-41                  YOU LOW DOWN CONCEITED DOG                                                Imperial 8030-B, B.A.C.M. CD D-307
                          (Lee Bell)
IF-42                  TEXAS SWING                                                      (Inst)                  Imperial (Uniss), Krazy Kat KKCD-24
                          (Link Davis)

NB(1): IMPERIAL 8030 released 1948. (Release Date Unknown).
NB(2): KRAZY KAT KKCD-24 “DIGGIN’-TEXAS SWING 1946-1955” released United Kingdom September 1998.                                                 





LEE BELL and The Texas Pioneers-1               Radio Station KRIC  Beaumont, Tx:                                     Fall 1947
LEE BELL And The Texas Pioneers-2
(vcl/gtr); Clyde Brewer (fdl); Deacon Anderson (stl gtr); Merle Powell (pno); Unk (stg bs).

IF-53                  BRING A LITTLE SUNSHINE                                   -2                       Imperial 8031-B
                          (Link Davis-Ted De Leon)
IF-54                  PLEASE FORGIVE ME, PLEASE DON’T CRY            -2                                    8031-A
                          (Link Davis-Ted De Leon)
IF-55                  SAD AND WEARY                                                 -1                       Imperial 8021-B
                          (L. Davis- T. De Leon)
IF-56                  I’M THE GUY BEHIND THE PRISON DOORS           -1                                     8021-A
                          (L. Davis-T. De Leon)

NB(1): IMPERIAL 8021 released Tuesday 3rd February 1948.
NB(2): IMPERIAL 8031 released 1948. (Release Date Unknown).

LINK DAVIS And The Blue Bonnet Playboys                Radio Station KRIC              Beaumont, Tx:                                                   Fall 1947
(vcl-1/ fdl); Lee Bell (vcl-2/el gtr); Clyde Brewer (fdl); Deacon Anderson (stl gtr); Merle Powell (pno); Shang Kennedy (stg bs).
                                                                                                                               Producer:

IF-57                  YOU LOVED ME TOO LATE                                    -2                       Imperial 8025-A
                         (L.Davis-T.Hardy)
IF-58                  I’M GRIEVING OVER YOU                                      -2                                     8025-B
                          (L. Davis-T. Hardy)
IF-59                  I DON’T NEED YOU NOW                                      -1                       Imperial (Uniss)
                          (Bennie Hess-D.C.Hess)
IF-60                  THE DAY IS SURE TO COME                                 -1                       Imperial (Uniss)
                          ()

NB: IMPERIAL 8025 released Tuesday 24th February 1948.

CLIFF BRUNER and His Texas Wanderers         ACA Studio, 612 Westheimer           Houston, Tx: 1st August 1949
Clifton Lafayette “Cliff” Bruner (vcl-1/fdl); Link Davis (vcl-2/fdl); Lee Bell (vcl-3/el gtr); Robert Lee “Bob” Dunn (stl gtr); Cotton Ervin (cln); John Wallace (stg bs); John Courville (dms).                                                           Producer:

ACA-1172            YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE OF A LONELY HEART-3     Ayo (Uniss); Bear Family BCD-15932
                          (Sam Ayo-Cliff Bruner)
ACA-1173            HONEY WHAT YOU DOING TO ME                         -3                       Ayo (Uniss),                     BCD-15932
                          ()
ACA-1174            SANTA FE WALTZ                                                                           Ayo 102, Modern 20-697, Bear Family BCD-15932
                          (Sam Ayo-Cliff Bruner)
ACA-1175            RIO GRANDE POLKA                                                                             102,              20-697,                      BCD-15932
                          (Sam Ayo-Cliff Bruner)
ACA-1176            UNFAITHFUL ONE                                                -1                       Ayo 103, Modern 20-698,                      BCD-15932
                          (Cliff Bruner-A. Lyle)
ACA-1177            SAN ANTONIO BLUES                                           -2                              103,              20-698,                      BCD-15932
                          (Cliff Bruner-Link Davis)

NB(1): AYO 102 released 1949.
NB(2): AYO 103 released 1949.
NB(3): MODERN 20-697 released 1949.
NB(4): MODERN 20-698 released 1949.
NB(5): BEAR FAMILY BCD-15932 “CLIFF BRUNER & HIS TEXAS WANDERERS” released Germany 18th March 1997.

CLIFF BRUNER and His Texas Wanderers         ACA Studio, 612 Westheimer           Houston, Tx:                                      ca. November 1949
Cliff Bruner (vcl-1); Myrl “Rusty” McDonald (vcl-2/rhy gtr); Lee Bell (el gtr); Bob Dunn (stl gtr); poss Cotton Ervin (cln); poss John Wallace (stg bs); prob Richard Prine (dms).                                                                                                  Producer:

ACA-1254            OUT OF BUSINESS                                               -1                       Ayo 107, Bear Family BCD-15932    
                          (Cliff Bruner-A. Lyle)
ACA-1255            Unknown Title                                                                                 Ayo (Uniss)
                          ()
ACA-1256            MR. POSTMAN                                                      -1                       Ayo 107,                     BCD-15932
                          (Sam Ayo-Cliff Bruner)
ACA-1257            OUCH                                                                  -2                       Ayo 105,                     BCD-15932
                          (Cliff Bruner-Ben Mullins)
ACA-1258            Unknown Title                                                                                 Ayo (Uniss)
                          ()
ACA-1259            YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE OF A LONELY HEART-2     Ayo 105,                     BCD-15932
                          (Sam Ayo-Cliff Bruner)

NB(1): AYO 105 released 1949.
NB(2): AYO 107 released 1950.


CLIFF BRUNER and His Texas Wanderers        
                                                   ACA Studio, 5522 Washington Avenue                  Houston, Tx:                                                     May 1950
Cliff Bruner (vcl-1/fdl); Robert “Bobby” Lane (vcl-2/        ); Lee Bell (el gtr); plus Unk Musicians
                                                                                                                               Producer:

ACA 1639            DON’T FORGET THE ROSES                                  Ayo (Uniss/Lost)
                          (Cliff Bruner)
ACA-1640            NO ONE BUT YOU                                                                          Ayo (Uniss/Lost)
                          (Cliff Bruner-A. Lyle)
ACA-1641            YOU BETTER DO BETTER BABY -2                          Ayo 112, Bear Family BCD-15932
                          (Audry Daly-Ray Marsh)
ACA-1642            HARD LUCK BLUES                                              -2                             112,                     BCD-15932
                          (Cliff Bruner-Bobby Lane)
ACA-1643            SWEETEST LITTLE DANNY                                     -1                       Ayo 109,                     BCD-15932
                          (Ruth Burnett)
ACA1644             I WAS A GAMBLER IN TEXAS    -2                                 109,                     BCD-15932
                          (Ruth Burnett)
ACA-1645            YOU’VE GOT TO GIVE ME WHAT’S MINE                -2                       Ayo 113,                     BCD-15952
                          ()
ACA-1646            I’M DYING BY PIECES, DEAR    -2                                 113,                     BCD-15932
                          ()

NB(1): AYO 109 released June 1950.
NB(2): AYO 112 released 1950.
NB(3): AYO 113 released 1950.

LEE BELL and the Texas Pioneers         Jim Beck Studio, 1101 Ross Avenue            Dallas, Tx:                         Monday 22nd September 1952
(vcl/el gtr); James “Jimmy” Rollins (ld gtr); Billy Knight (rhy gtr); Larry Helm (stl gtr); Robert “Bob” Rutland (fdl); Harold Carmack (pno); Homer Zeke Clemons (stg bs).                                                                            Producer:

E2-VB-7378         GET READY WITH THOSE TEARS                                                    RCA Victor 20-5148, RCA Victor 47-5148
                          ()
E2-VB-7379         BEATIN’ OUT THE BOOGIE (ON THE MISSISSIPPI MUD)                                      20-5148,                   47-5148
                          (Bob Baker) (Jim Beck Music Co. BMI)                                               Detour 33-008, Collector CLCD-4518, Jasmine JASMCD-3562/3
                                                                                                                               Golden Stars GSS-5441, Bear Family BCD-16864
E2-VB-7380         LET ME LOVE YOU                                                                         RCA Victor 20-5024, RCA Victor 47-5024
                          ()
E2-VB-7381         I GET THE BIGGEST THRILL                                                                               20-5024,                   47-5024
                          ()

NB(1): RCA VICTOR 20-5024/47-5024 released Tuesday 28th October 1952.
NB(2): RCA VICTOR Records advert Billboard Saturday 1st November 1952-RCA VICTOR 20/47-5024-(shipped coast to coast Sunday 2nd November 1952).
NB(3): RCA VICTOR 20-5148/47-5148 released Tuesday 27th January 1953.
NB(4): RCA VICTOR Records advert Billboard Saturday 31st January 1953-(shipped coast to coast Friday 30th January 1953).
NB(5): RCA VICTOR 20-5148/47-5148 reviewed Billboard Country & Western (Folk) Record Reviews Saturday 7th February 1953.
NB(6): DETOUR 33-008 “HILLBILLY HOUN’ DAWGS & HONKY TONK ANGELS” released United Kingdom 1989.
NB(7): COLLECTOR CLCD-4518 “ROCKIN’ WITH A BOPPIN’ FEEL” released Holland
NB(8): JASMINE JASMCD-3562/3 2HILLBILLY BOP, BOOGIE & THE HONKY TONK BLUES, Vol.2. 1951-1953” released United Kingdom
NB(9): GOLDEN STARS GSS-5441 “HILLBILLY BOOGIE:BOOGIE ALL NIGHT” released Holland 2006.
NB(10): BEAR FAMILY BCD-16864 “GONNA SHAKE THIS SHACK TONIGHT!” released Germany June 2007.

LEE BELL
RCA VICTOR 20-5148

GET READY WITH THOSE TEARS          70
Bell, a personable sounding chanter, handles the ditty effectively for a listenable hunk of wax.

BEATIN’ OUT THE BOOGIE                                                            70
Another good reading by Bell on a driving boogie ditty.





DISCOGRAPHY compiled by PHIL TRICKER, DICK GRANT, AL TURNER, BILL DANIELS & DAVE SAX  with acknowledgements to Michel Ruppli & Frantisek Frank.

1986-2015.




                         

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