Dean Holmen

*12-07-1959 Madison, WT

By Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst

SESSIONS also member of Silver Wings Band (since 1985)

2003 Marrs Recording Studio, Madison, TN/*Buck’s Place, Hendersonville, TN – Dean Holmen (Dean Holmen [vcl], Charlie Vaughn [ld gt/banjo/ fiddle], Mike Baker [ld gt], Larry Marrs [ac gt/bass/drums], Mike Baker [ld gt/ac gt/bass], Duane Marrs / Jim Vest/ Jeff Surratt [steel], Mark Beckett/ Jeremiah Bivins [drums], Kimberley Marrs [fiddle], Garlant Craft./ Mike Shrimpf [keuboards/ harmonica]. Producer: Larry Marrs, *Bobby G. Rice)

001* RODEO HAS GOT MY HEART

002 DEAR HANK

003 HE'LL CHOOSE TO LOSE AGAIN

004* LITTLE CHEATIN' WOMAN

005 LYNCHBURG

006 THE WAY THINGS HAVE BEEN

007 MY TWO STEPPIN' HONKY TONK QUEEN

008 SIMPLE COUNTRY GIRL

009 DRINKIN' JACK DANIELS

010* WELL OF LONELINESS

Tracks above issued on album True To life

2004 Marrs Recording Studio, Madison, TN  – Dean Holmen
011 JUST A HOMETOWN COWBOY
012 DEAR HANK  EMM 3507
013 IF TEARDROPS PLAYED THE JUKEBOX
014 DO YOU EVER THINK OF ME
015 NEW WAY TO CHEAT
016 HONKY TONK PRISON
017 HOLD ON
018 LET ME CHEAT WITH YOU
019 VICTIM OF HER BEAUTY
020 MY HEART SAID GOODBYE
021 MY MARY LEE
Tracks above issued on album Keep It Country
2006 Marrs Recording Studio, Madison, TN – Dean Holmen (+ John Hughey [steel] + unknown Musicians)

022 DEAR HANK

023 HEARTACHES AND HONKY TONKS

024 CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS

025 I SHOULD GET THIRTY YEARS

026 CHARLIE'S SHOES

027 I DON'T CLAIM TO BE AN ANGEL

028 WEEKEND WILLIE NELSON

029 CLOSE ALL THE HONKY TONKS

030 I GAVE MY HEART AWAY

031 AFTER DARK

032 DON'T EVER LEAVE ME

Tracks above issued on album Heartaches and Honky Tonks

ALBUMS

East Madison Music ? (UPC634479082214) True To Life: Rodeo Has Got My Heart;  Dear Hank;  He'll Choose To Lose Again; Little Cheatin' Woman;  Lynchburg;  The Way Things Have Been;  My Two Steppin' Honky Tonk Queen;  Simple Country Girl;  Drinkin' Jack Daniels;  Well Of Loneliness – 01-06-03

East Madison Music EMM-3507 Keep It Country:  Just A Hometown Cowboy;  Dear Hank;  If Teardrops Played The Jukebox;  Do You Ever Think Of Me;  New Way To Cheat;  Honky Tonk Prison;  Hold On; Let Me Cheat With You;  Victim Of Her Beauty; My Heart Said Goodbye; My Mary Lee – 01-02-05

East Madison Music EMM-011507CD  Heartaches And Honky Tonks: Dear Hank;  Heartaches and Honky Tonks;  Crystal Chandeliers; I Should Get Thirty Years;  Charlie's Shoes; I Don't Claim to Be an Angel; Weekend Willie Nelson; Close All the Honky Tonks; I Gave My Heart Away; After Dark; Don't Ever Leave Me – 02-02-07

 

Billy (Curley) Barrix

*05-06-1937 Tennessee, +22-02-2013

2nd version

By Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
Spring 1957 Universal Recording Corp., 46 East Walton St., Chicago, IL – Billy Barrix
001 8496 COOL OFF BABY Chess 1662/BCD 16123 BCD 17684
002 8497 ALMOST Chess 1662/CDLR 802 BCD 16123
LUCKY CDLR 802 ROCKABILLY GOLD VOL.2 (UK, 1996); BEAR FAMILY BCD 16123 THAT’LL FLAT GIT IT VOL.10. / ROCKABILLY FROM THE VAULTS OF CHESS RECORDS (GER, 2000); BEAR FAMILY BCD 17684 THAT'LL FLAT GIT IT VOL.46 CHESS/CHECKER/ARGO YEAR (GER, 2022)
1960s unknown – Curley Barrix
003 BEFORE I MET YOU IRC 1826/BCD 16123
004 HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY THAT I LOVE YOU POOR IRC 1826
1966 Nashville, TN – Curley Barrix (Producer: Pete Drake)
005 DN-10787 A WORLD YOU DESTROYED Dunwich 132 504 865
006 DN-10788 BIG BLUE MONSTER Dunwich 132
007 DN-11534 BLUE RIBBON CLOWN 137 865
008 DN-11535 I TALK IN MY SLEEP (2:40)  137 504
1968 unknown – Curly Barrix
009 TM 2709 SAME OF THE THINGS (THAT HE LEFT BEHIND) Brave 1023
009 TM 2710 I WAS DREAMIN‘  Brave 1023
Fall 1970 Nashville, TN - Curley Barrix
011 SANTA CLAUS SONG Chaparral 507
012 MOMMY FOR XMAS Chaparral 507
1970s unknown – Cutley Barrix
013 I COULDN'T LOVE AGAIN RG-1300
014 SOME OF THE THINGS RG-1300


SINGLES
Chess (1957)
1662 Cool off Baby / Almost - 06-57
IRC
IRC 1826 Before I Met You / Have I told You Lately That I Love you Poor – 6-
Dunwich (1966)
45-132 A World You Destroyed / Big Blue Monster – 09-66
45-137 Blue Ribbon Clown / I Talk In My Sleep – 66
USA 865 A World You've Destroyed / Blue Ribbon Clown - 66
Chaparral 504  I Talk In My Sleep / A World You Destroyed - 68
Brave (1968)
1023  I Was Dreamin‘ / Same Of The Things (That She Left Behind) – 05-68
Chaparral (1970)
507 Santa Claus Song / Mommy For Xmas – 11-70
RG-1300 I Couldn't Love Again / Some Of The Things

Carla Collen

By Praguefrank, Lennart Gustavsson

SESSIONS
Summer 1985 Studio 19, 821 19th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - Carla Collen, *with Bonnie Guitar (Carla Collen [vcl], Brent Rowan [gt], Fred Carter Jr [gt], Weldon Myric [steel/dobro], Joe Osborne [bass], Kenneth Buttrey [drums], Buddy Spicher [fiddle], David Briggs [calliope], Billy Pruitt [sax], The Nashville String Machine (Carl Gorodetzky [leader]), Bergen White, Lisa Silver, Jana King, Hurshel Wiginton, Dave Tidwell Doug Clements, Judy Rodman [bck vcl]. Producer: Larry Ley)
001 TAKE YOUR TIME Tumbleweed TW 1002/TWS-115                     
002 DON'T LIGHT MY FIRE (IF YOU CAN’T TAKE MY FLAME) Tumbleweed TW 1001/TWS-115                
003 IF YOU COULD SEE HIM (THROUGH MY EYES)* Tumbleweed TWS-115               
004 HANG YOUR HEAD IN SHAME Tumbleweed TWS-115            
005 IN OLD CHICAGO Tumbleweed TWS-115                     
006 SHADES OF BLUE Tumbleweed TWS-115                     
007 MERRY GO ROUND Tumbleweed TWS-115                     
008 GYPSY AND JOE Tumbleweed TWS-115                      
009 BLINDED BY THE LOVELIGHT IN YOUR EYES   Tumbleweed TWS-115
010 WITHOUT YOU  Tumbleweed TWS-115                      

ALBUMS
Tumbleweed TWS-115 Shades Of Blue:  Take Your Time; Don't Light My Fire (If You Can’t Také My Flame); If You Could See Him (Through My Eyes) (w. Bonnie Guitar); Hang Your Head In Shame; In Old Chicago; Shades Of Blue; Merry Go Round; Gypsy And Joe; Blinded By The Lovelight In Your Eyes;  Without You  - ca 86   

SINGLES
Tumbleweed                  
TW 1001 Don't Light My Fire (If You Can't Take My Flame) / Don't Light My Fire (If You Can't Take My Flame) - 20-11-85 (promo)
TW 1002 Take Your Time / Take Your Time – 86 (promo)

Ace Ball

Arthur C. Balch, *13-01-1922 Tahoka, TX, +26-09-2005

2nd version
by Praguefrank, Lennart Gustavsson
SESSIONS also member of  Hank Harral’s Palomino Cowhands

14 February 1953 Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN – Ace Ball (A.C. “Ace Ball“ Balch [vcl] + unknown musicians)
001 CO 48994/NASH 1604? THERE’LL BE A NEW DAY 4-18019
002 CO 48995/NASH 1605 CHANGE OF HEART OKeh 4-18007
003 CO 48996/NASH 1606 HOME IS NOT HOME ANYMORE Okeh 4-18007
004 CO 48997/NASH 1607? HOMELESS HEART 4-18019
8 February 1954 unknown – Ace Ball ]
006 CO 50882/ZSP 31113 SHE‘S WORTH A MILLION TO ME 4-18040
006 CO 50883 WEEDS OF HATE 4-18040
007 CO 50884 ONE ARMED LOVE 4-18047
008 CO 50885 LOST 4-18047

ca April 1959 poss. Lubbock, TX – Ace Ball
009 JB-2023 HIGH SCHOOL WEDDING RING 45-110
010 JB-2024 I’VE LOST AGAIN Caprock 45-110
1968 unknown, CO – Ace Ball
011 GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS Ace HI-AH 1
012 I CRIED AT YOUR WEDDING Ace HI-AH 1
ca 1968/1969 unknown, CO – Ace Ball
013 HOMEWARD ON A HIJACKED PLANE Ace 215
014 FOR OLD TIMES SAKE Ace 215
015 SoN 109101 PRETTY IS AS PRETTY DOES 216
016 SoN 109102 COUNTRY BOY AT COLLEGE 216
017 THE LAST SPORTS CAR 217
018 LITTLE RED SPORTSCAR 217

019 AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL MOVEMENT AH-218

020 THE LAST RODEO AH 218

020a I’LL NEVER FORGET AH 218(b)

1978/1979 unknown, CO – Ace Ball (+Little Roy Wiggins [steel] + unknown musicians + Carol Lee Singers)
021 CAROLERS CAROLERS Pedestal 1381
022 THE KING’S BIRTHDAY Pedestal 1381
023 JUST A LITTLE TIME 1615
024 U 12202 A BIG HEARTED ET (ERNEST TUBB) 1615 PR 2240
025 YOU CAN’T TAKE THE PAST AWAY 1524
026 U 12202 BLUE RIBBON GIRL 1524 PR 2240
027 THE ROLE OF A STEP SON 2160
028 THERE'LL BE A NEW DAY TOMORROW 2160
1983 Crystal Sound Studios, Nashville, TN – Ace Ball (Ace Ball [vcl], Joe Edwards [gt/fiddle], Little Roy Wiggins [steel], Roy Huskey Jr. [bass],  Paul Russell [drums],Willie Rainsford [piano/keyboards]. Producer: Little Roy Wiggins)
029 ONE LITTLE LETTER BJ LPBJR 101
030 HONKY TONK GIRL BJ LPBJR 101
031 I CRIED AT YOUR WEDDING BJ LPBJR 101
032 YOU LASSOED MY HEART WITH A SONG BJ LPBJR 101
033 CRY YOU FOOL CRY BJ LPBJR 101
034 COLORADO POLKA BJ LPBJR 101
035 I WISH I DIDN'T LOVE YOU BJ LPBJR 101
036 THIS ORCHID REMINDS ME OF YOU BJ LPBJR 101
037 MY HEART OF SOUVENIRS BJ LPBJR 101
038 LARIAT OF GOLD BJ LPBJR 101
039 WILL THE ANGELS LIGHT THE CANDLES ON MY CHRISTMAS TREE? BJ LPBJR 101
040 TEARS ON MY CHRISTMAS TREE TONIGHT BJ LPBJR 101

1989 unknown – Ace Ball (Producer: Ernie Hopper)
041 U24116 OVERNITE SENSATION HR 1016
042 U24116 THANK YOU DARLIN‘ HR 1016


ALBUMS
BJ LPBJR 101 Ace Colorado Country: Ace Ball Sings Gene Bloomfield and Some of His Own: One Little Letter; Honky Tonk Girl; I Cried at Your Wedding; You Lassoed My Heart with a Song; Cry You Fool Cry; Colorado Polka; I Wish I Didn't Love You; This Orchid Reminds Me of You; My Heart of Souvenirs; Lariat of Gold; Will the Angels Light the Candles on My Christmas Tree?; Tears on My Christmas Tree Tonight - 83

SINGLES
OKeh (1953-1954)
4-18007 Change Of Heart / Home Is Not Home Anymore - 04-53 (rev. May 16)
4-18019 Homeless Heart / There’ll Be A New Day - 53
4-18040 She‘s Worth A Million To Me / Weeds Of Hate - 54
4-18047 One Armed Love / Lost – 07-54
Caprock (1959)
45-110 I’ve Lost Again / High School Wedding Ring – 05-59
Ace-Hi (1968)
HI AH-1 Girls, Girls, Girls / I Cried At Your Wedding – 68

AH-215 Homeward on a Hijacked Plane / For Old Times Sake - 69
AH-216 Pretty is as Pretty Does / Country Boy At College - 69
AH-217 The Last Sports Car / Little Red Sportscar - 69
AH-218 American Agricultural Movement / The Last Rodeo – 69

AH-218 I’ll never Forget / [Cecilia Sisneros:] Daddy’s Weakness - 69

Pedestal (1978-1979)
UR 1381 Carolers Carolers / The King’s Birthday -78
UR 1524 You Can’t Take The Past Away / Blue Ribbon Girl – 78
UR 1615 Just a Little Time / A Big Hearted ET (Ernest Tubb) - 78
UR 2160 The Role Of a Step Son / There'll be a New Day Tomorrow (w. Little Roy Wiggins)– 17-05-79

PR 2240 Big Hearted E. T. (A tribute To Ernest Tubb) / Blue Ribbon Girl - 84

Hornet (1989)

HR 1016 Overnite Sensation / Thank You Darlin‘ – 89