America’s Bluegrass Band

By Praguefrank

SESSIONS

2005 Rivertrack Studio, Fort Gay, WV – America’s Bluegrass Band (Melvin Goins [vcl],  Ernie Thacker [vcl/gt], John McNeely [gt],  Don Rigsby [vcl/mandolin/fiddle], Billy Rose [vcl/banjo/gt],  Randy Kohrs [resophonic gt/ Weisenborn gt], Matthew Thacker [bass], Mike Feagan [fiddle])

001 SHOUTIN' ON THE HILLS OBR 25051  

002 ME AND JESUS OBR 25051

003 PRECIOUS MEMORIES OBR 25051

004 RANK STRANGERS OBR 25051

005 LITTLE WHITE CHURCH OBR 25051

006 I'M WORKIN' ON A BUILDING OBR 25051

007 ZION'S HILL OBR 25051

008 HE SHOWED ME THE WAY OBR 25051  

009 VISION OF MOTHER OBR 25051  

010 MOTHER I'M SORRY OBR 25051  

011 CABIN ON THE HILL OBR 25051

012 SINNER IN SIN TOO LONG OBR 25051

013 WHO WILL SING FOR ME OBR 25051

014 CRYIN' HOLY OBR 25051

015 BEULAH LAND OBR 25051   

ALBUMS

Ol‘ Blue OBR 20051 America’s Favorite Hymns: Shoutin' On The Hills; Me And Jesus; Precious Memories; Rank Strangers; Little White Church; I'm Workin' On A Building; Zion's Hill; He Showed Me The Way; Vision Of Mother; Mother I'm Sorry; Cabin On The Hill; Sinner In Sin Too Long; Who Will Sing For Me; Cryin' Holy; Beulah Land - 05

Ernie Thacker

Ernest Charles Thacker, *1971 Elyria, OH, +10-04-2018

By Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst

SESSIONS  see also America’s Bluegrass Band

25 September 1990 River Track Studio, Louisa, KY – Ralph Stanley and Ernie Thacker (Ernie Thacker [gt], Ralph Stanley [banjo], Ralph 'Hank' Smith [gt], Ralph Stanley II [gt], Jack Cooke [bass], Curly Ray Cline [fiddle])
001 DON'T ASK ME WHY River Track Studio RTS-1525
002 I THINK I'LL GO AWAY River Track Studio RTS-1525
003 BUCKWHEAT River Track Studio RTS-1525
004 HOLDIN' ON River Track Studio RTS-1525
005 SWEETEST LOVE River Track Studio RTS-1525
006 WEARY HEART YOU STOLE AWAY River Track Studio RTS-1525
007 KITTEN AND THE CAT River Track Studio RTS-1525
008 JEALOUS River Track Studio RTS-1525
009 PAINT THE TOWN River Track Studio RTS-1525
010 HOME IN THE MOUNTAIN River Track Studio RTS-1525

1992 unknown - Ernie Thacker and Junior Blankenship

010a OLD VIRGINIA LTD 162   

010b I HOPE YOU'VE LEARNED LTD 162  

010c  WEEPING WILLOW LTD 162   

010d JESUS IS CALLING LTD 162   

010e DARK HOLLOW LTD 162   

010f ON AND ON LTD 162  

010g BABY GIRL LTD 162   

010h I'M ONLY HUMAN LTD 162  

010i WHEEL HOSS LTD 162   

010j OLD HOME TOWN LTD 162   

010k SITTIN' ALONE IN THE MOONLIGHT LTD 162   

010l DADDY HOW I MISS YOU LTD 162

Ca 1994 unknown - Ernie Thacker and Junior Blankenship Band (Ernie Thacker [vcl/mandolin], Junior Blankenship [vcl/gt],  Barry Clevenger [banjo], Butch Bailey [vcl/bass], Art Stamper [fiddle])

011 TRAIN KEEPS RIDING Copper Creek CCCD 0136

012 HOME AGAIN Copper Creek CCCD 0136

013 KENTUCKY BANJO Copper Creek CCCD 0136  

014 SING ME BACK HOME Copper Creek CCCD 0136

015 BLUE RIDGE CABIN HOME Copper Creek CCCD 0136  

016 LEAVING YOU TODAY Copper Creek CCCD 0136  

017 USED TO BE Copper Creek CCCD 0136

018 I'M LONESOME WITHOUT YOU Copper Creek CCCD 0136

019 TENNESSEE BLUES Copper Creek CCCD 0136

020 NO MOTHER OR DAD Copper Creek CCCD 0136

021 GREMIS Copper Creek CCCD 0136

022 WITHOUT YOU Copper Creek CCCD 0136  

023 I'M READY TO GO HOME Copper Creek CCCD 0136

1995 unknown - Ernie Thacker and Junior Blankenship Band

024 TEARS OF GOLD Atteiram API-CD-1730

025 KENTUCKY MANDOLIN Atteiram API-CD-1730  

026 BEAUTIFUL LIFE Atteiram API-CD-1730

027 FADED LOVE Atteiram API-CD-1730  

028 OLD VIRGINIA Atteiram API-CD-1730  

029 ROCK SALT AND NAILS Atteiram API-CD-1730

030 OUR LAST GOODBYE Atteiram API-CD-1730

031 CHALK UP ANOTHER NEW Atteiram API-CD-1730  

032 BILL CHEATHAM Atteiram API-CD-1730   

032a I’M LOST AND I’LL NEVER FIND THE WAY Atteiram API-CD-1730  

032b  LEAVIN‘ YOU TODAY Atteiram API-CD-1730  

032c RED HAIRED BOY Atteiram API-CD-1730  

032d TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE Atteiram API-CD-1730  

2000 unknown – Ernie Thacker and Route 23 (Ernie Thacker [vcl/gt], Mike Mullins [banjo/hmny vcl], Matt Stacy [mandolin/hmny vcl], Matthew Thacker [bass/hmny vcl])

033 WILD HORSES Crosscut CR 1117   

034 MIAMI, MY AMY Crosscut CR 1117  

035 MOLLY Crosscut CR 1117  

036 TOO LATE FOR LOVIN' Crosscut CR 1117  

037 WHISKEY AND WOMEN Crosscut CR 1117  

038 BACKBONE JOB Crosscut CR 1117   

039 REBECCA Crosscut CR 1117  

040 SIX MORE MILES Crosscut CR 1117

041 LONELY AND BLUE Crosscut CR 1117  

042 WORRIES AND TROUBLES Crosscut CR 1117  

043 WHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A WAY Crosscut CR 1117  

2001 unknown – Ernie Thacker

044 LITTLE PIECE OF LAND Doobie Shea DS CD 2004  

045 FATHER, SON AND HOLY GHOST Doobie Shea DS CD 2004  

046 ANOTHER PIECE OF MY HEART Doobie Shea DS CD 2004  

047 MOMMA PREACHED AND DADDY PLOWED Doobie Shea DS CD 2004

048 OLD KENTUCKY HOME Doobie Shea DS CD 2004  

049 OLD BARN Doobie Shea DS CD 2004  

050 YOUR OWN BRAND OF MISERY Doobie Shea DS CD 2004  

051 THE CHILL OF LONESOME Doobie Shea DS CD 2004

052  HIGHWAY OF SORROW Doobie Shea DS CD 2004  

053 WHISKEY AND WOMEN Doobie Shea DS CD 2004  

054 OLD TIME DRUNKARD Doobie Shea DS CD 2004

Fall 2006 Rivertrack Studio, Fort Gay, WV – Ernie Thacker (Ernie Thacker [vcl/gt], Dick Roach [vcl/banjo], Brandon Shupping [mandolin], Matthew Thacker [vcl/bass gt], + John Rigsby [fiddle])

055 THE BALLAD OF CHARLIE DILL Pinecastle PRC 1167  

056 DETROIT CITY CHILL Pinecastle PRC 1167   

057 THIS DRINKIN' WILL KILL ME Pinecastle PRC 1167   

058 FRIDAY ONCE AGAIN Pinecastle PRC 1167  

059 THE HANGMAN Pinecastle PRC 1167   

060 KEITH, HOW MANY? Pinecastle PRC 1167  

061 I WISH YOU KNEW Pinecastle PRC 1167  

062 CHURCH UPON THE HILL Pinecastle PRC 1167  

063 PICKIN' UP THE PIECES Pinecastle PRC 1167  

064 ROLLIN' ON THESE RUBBER WHEELS Pinecastle PRC 1167  

065 SUNDAY MORNING COMING DOWN Pinecastle PRC 1167   

066 WORD OF MOUTH Pinecastle PRC 1167  

ALBUMS

River Track Studio RTS 1525 Holdin' On: Don't Ask Me Why; I Think I'll Go Away; Buckwheat; Holdin' On; Sweetest Love; Weary Heart You Stole Away; Kitten And The Cat; Jealous; Paint The Town; Home In The Mountain – ca 90 w. Ralph Stanley (reissued on Crosscut CR 1121)
LTD  LTD 162 Old Virginia: Old Virginia;  I Hope You've Learned;  Weeping Willow;  Jesus Is Calling;  Dark Hollow;  On And On;  Baby Girl;  I'm Only Human;  Wheel Hoss;  Old Home Town;  Sittin' Alone In The Moonlight;  Daddy How I Miss You – 92 w.Junior Blankenship (Cassette) 
Copper Creek CCCD 0136  Tennessee Blues: Train Keeps Riding; Home Again; Kentucky Banjo;  Sing Me Back Home; Blue Ridge Cabin Home;  Leaving You Today;  Used to Be; I'm Lonesome Without You; Tennessee Blues;  No Mother Or Dad;  Gremis; Without You;  I'm Ready To Go Home - 95 Ernie Thacker and Junior Blankenship Band

Atteiram API-CD 1730 Tears Of Gold:  I’m Lost And I’ll Never Find The Way; Leavin‘ You Today; Rock Salt And Nails; Red Haired Boy; Old Virginia; Faded Love; Beautiful Life; Our Last Goodbye; Chalk Up Another One; Bill Cheatham; Takes One To Know One; Kentucky Mandoline; Tears Of Gold  - 95 Ernie Thacker and Junior Blankenship Band

Crosscut CR 1117 Backbone Job: Wild Horses;  Miami, My Amy;  Molly;  Too Late For Lovin';  Whiskey and Women;  Backbone Job;  Rebecca;  Six More Miles;  Lonely and Blue;  Worries and Troubles; Where There's A Will There's A Way - 00 w. Route 23

Doobie Shea DS-CD 2004 The Chill Of Lonesome: Little Piece Of Land; Father, Son and Holy Ghost; Another Piece Of My Heart; Momma Preached And Daddy Plowed; Old Kentucky Home; Old Barn; Your Own Brand Of Misery; The Chill Of Lonesome; Highway Of Sorrow; Whiskey And Women; Old Time Drunkard. - 30-01-02

Pinecastle PRC 1167 The Hangman: The Ballad Of Charlie Dill;  Detroit City Chill;  This Drinkin' Will Kill Me;  Friday Once Again;  The Hangman;  Keith, How Many?;  I Wish You Knew;  Church Upon The Hill;  Pickin' Up The Pieces;  Rollin' On These Rubber Wheels;  Sunday Morning Coming Down;  Word Of Mouth - 08