Dick Weissman

By Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli

SESSIONS  see also The Journeymen, also member of Campers

1957 unknown - Pat Foster with Dick Weissman (Pat Foster [vcl/gt/ banjo], Dick Weissman [vcl/gt/banjo])

001 ORIGINAL TALKING BLUES Counterpoint CPT 550 

002 TALKING DUST BOWL Counterpoint CPT 550 

003 TALKING MIGRANT Counterpoint CPT 550 

004 TALKING SHARECROPPER Counterpoint CPT 550 

005 TALKING MINER Counterpoint CPT 550 

006 TALKING BONNEVILLE DAM Counterpoint CPT 550 

007 TALKING TVA Counterpoint CPT 550 

008 TALKING UNION Counterpoint CPT 550 

009 TALKING SAILOR Counterpoint CPT 550 

010 TALKING UNION VOTER Counterpoint CPT 550 

011 TALKING RENT Counterpoint CPT 550 

012 TALKING HITLER'S HEAD OFF Counterpoint CPT 550 

013 TALKING ATOM Counterpoint CPT 550 

014 TALKING SUBWAY Counterpoint CPT 550   

1958 unknown, CA - Pat Foster with Dick Weissman (Pat Foster [vcl/gt/ banjo], Dick Weissman [vcl/gt/banjo])

015 FAR CALIFORNIA Riverside RLP 12-654

016 SWEET BETSY FROM PIKE Riverside RLP 12-654

017 THEN HURRAH FOR HOME Riverside RLP 12-654

018 SWEET JANE Riverside RLP 12-654

019 OH, CALIFORNIA Riverside RLP 12-654

020 WINDHAM Riverside RLP 12-654

021 THE FOOLS OF '49 Riverside RLP 12-654

022 CALIFORNIA BOY Riverside RLP 12-654

023 WHAT WAS YOUR NAME IN THE STATES Riverside RLP 12-654

024 STRIKING A LEAD Riverside RLP 12-654

025 ARRIVAL OF THE GREENHORN Riverside RLP 12-654

026 THE MINERS' MEETING Riverside RLP 12-654

027 THE DYING CALIFORNIAN Riverside RLP 12-654

1958 unknown, CA – Dick Weisman, Billy Faier, Eric Weissberg (Dick Weisman [vcl-7/banjo-1], Billy Faier [vcl-9/banjo-2], Eric Weissberg [vcl-8/banjo-3/gt-5], Dick Rosmini [vcl-6/gt-4], Frank Hamilton [gt-10]. Producer: Kenneth S.Goldman)

000 BUCK DANCER'S CHOICE -2 -4 Judson J 3017

028 LITTLE BIRDIE -1 Judson J 3017

000 GLORY, GLORY -3 Judson J 3017

000 OLD JOE CLARK -2-4-6 Judson J 3017

029 CHILLY WINDS -1-3-7-8 Judson J 3017

030 EAST TENNESSEE BLUES / SHOUT LULU -1-4 Judson J 3017

000 PIGTOWN FLING -2 Judson J 3017

031 CAPE COD BLUES -1 Judson J 3017

000 HARD, AINT IT HARD -3 Judson J 3017

000 RED WING -2  Judson J 3017

032 A DAY IN THE KENTUCKY MOUNTAINS -1-7 Judson J 3017

000 YOU CAN DIG MY GRAVE -2-3-8-9 Judson J 3017

033 SOURWOOD MOUNTAINS -1 Judson J 3017

000 900 MILES -3-4 Judson J 3017

000 CRIPPLE CREEK -2-10 Judson J 3017

034 BLUE GOOSE -1 Judson J 3017 

19 September 1963 [no 11461] Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine St., Hollywood,  CA – Dick Weissman (Dick Weissman [vcl/banjo/ gt], Frank Hamilton [gt], Steve Young [gt], David Dyson [bass]. Producer: Kermit Walter)

035 50554 TALKIN' MINOR BLUES unissued

036 50555 HE HAD A LONG CHAIN ON  Capitol ST 2033

037 50556 LULLABY  Capitol ST 2033

038 50557 A HARD RAIN'S A-GONNA FALL  Capitol ST 2033

19 September 1963 [no 11467] Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine St., Hollywood,  CA – Dick Weissman (Dick Weissman [vcl/banjo/ gt], Frank Hamilton [gt], Steve Young [gt], David Dyson [bass]. Producer: Kermit Walter)

039 50571 WARTIME BLUES  Capitol ST 2033

040 50572 PRETTY BOY FLOYD  Capitol ST 2033

23 September 1963 [no 11472] Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine St., Hollywood,  CA – Dick Weissman (Dick Weissman [vcl/banjo/ gt], Frank Hamilton [gt], Steve Young [gt], David Dyson [bass]. Producer: Kermit Walter)

041 50575 GOIN' AWAY DON'T YOU WANTA GO  Capitol ST 2033

042 50576 NEVER COMIN' BACK  Capitol ST 2033

043 50577 TROUBLED  Capitol ST 2033

23 September 1963 [no 11473] Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine St., Hollywood,  CA – Dick Weissman (Dick Weissman [vcl/banjo/ gt], Frank Hamilton [gt], Steve Young [gt], David Dyson [bass]. Producer: Kermit Walter)

044 50578 THE HARVEST SONG Capitol ST 2033

045 50582 EAST VIRGINIA BLUES Capitol ST 2033

046 50583 PORTLAND TOWN Capitol ST 2033

047 50584 THEY STILL GO DOWN Capitol ST 2033

Ca early 1970s? [prob. Live] unknown – Dick Weissman

04701 SOMEONE TO TALK MY TROUBLES TO Richmond Org. 12-01

04702 WHEREVER I GO, WHATEVER I DO Richmond Org. 12-01

04703 SNOWBIRD Richmond Org. 12-01

04704 IF YOU HAPPEN TO PASS BY Richmond Org. 12-01

04705 COOL COLORADO Richmond Org. 12-01

04706 THE HARVEST SONG (THE CROP SONG) Richmond Org. 12-01

04707 AND I HEAR YOUR NAME Richmond Org. 12-01

04708  WILLOW Richmond Org. 12-01

1979 unknown – Dick Weissman (Dick Weissman [banjo])

048 MOUNTAIN DANCE Kicking Mule KM 214

049 BLUES FOR DOCK BOGGS Kicking Mule KM 214

050 ODE TO AMUSE Kicking Mule KM 214

051 GAMBLING JACK Kicking Mule KM 214

052 LAMENT FOR COLORADO WOMEN'S COLLEGE Kicking Mule KM 214

053 D-DJANGO'S TUNE Kicking Mule KM 214

054 MUSIC BOX Kicking Mule KM 214

055 DOWN IN DENVER Kicking Mule KM 214

056 RAMBLING BOY Kicking Mule KM 214

057 MEADOWBROOK MORNINGS Kicking Mule KM 214

058 SNOWBIRD Kicking Mule KM 214

059 IF HE HAD STAYED IN OREGON Kicking Mule KM 214

060 THE PARTING SONG Kicking Mule KM 214

061 CRIPPLED CREEK Kicking Mule KM 214

062 LAREDO FANTASY Kicking Mule KM 214

1994 unknown – Dick Weissman (Dick Weissman [banjo/gt/piano], Tim O’Brien [vcl-1/gt/ mandolin/ fiddle], Molly O’Brien [vcl-1], Tom Doenges [slide gt], Adolph Mares [el bass], Bob Rbholz [soprano sax])

063 NEW TRADITIONS: CHANGE OF LIGHT / ON MY WAY / WHERE THE BLUES HAVE GONE / FIVE BANJO MOODS / SOON YOU WILL BE COMIN' BACK TO ME / REPRISE -1-2  Folk Era FE 1400CD

064 SUNDAY SOON Folk Era FE 1400CD

065 TWO NIGHTS IN TAMERZA Folk Era FE 1400CD

066 AFTER KENTUCKY: OPENING THEME / MID MORNING / THE LIGHT BEHIND THE FOOTHILLS / MOUNTAIN / TWO KINDS OF BLUES / REPRISE Folk Era FE 1400CD

1998 unknown – Dick Weissman (Dick Weissman [banjo], Mary Flowers [vcl-1], Ed Contreras [percussion], Bob Rebholz [sax/flute])

067 RUSSELL'S DREAM Folk Era FE 1444CD

068 WHERE I COME FROM Folk Era FE 1444CD

069 REFLECTIONS I: REFLECTIONS Folk Era FE 1444CD

070 REFLECTIONS II: ART'S TUNES Folk Era FE 1444CD

071 REFLECTIONS III: SUCH A LONG TIME TO BE GONE Folk Era FE 1444CD

072 LEADBELLY IN BELGIUM Folk Era FE 1444CD

073 FREE FOURTHS Folk Era FE 1444CD

074 BOSSA BANJO Folk Era FE 1444CD

075 DUST IN MY DREAMS Folk Era FE 1444CD

076 ARABIAN NIGHTS Folk Era FE 1444CD

077 RESTING PLACE I: RESPITE -1 Folk Era FE 1444CD

078 RESTING PLACE II: OUT IN THE WORLD -1 Folk Era FE 1444CD

079 RESTING PLACE III: RESTING PLACE -1  Folk Era FE 1444CD

080 CORDLESS Folk Era FE 1444CD

081 REFLECTIONS: TAKE TWO Folk Era FE 1444CD  

2000 unknown – Dick Weissman and Gary Keiski (Dick Weissman [banjo/gt], Gary Keiski [gt/ fiddle])

082 DJANGO'S DILEMA Wind River WR 4017CD

083 SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN Wind River WR 4017CD

084 FROM GRANADA TO KINGSTON Wind River WR 4017CD

085 DELTA DAYBREAK Wind River WR 4017CD

086 BREEZE-IL Wind River WR 4017CD

087 MR. BANJEAURINE MAN Wind River WR 4017CD

088 ALDERBROOK Wind River WR 4017CD

089 CRABTREE'S LAMENT Wind River WR 4017CD

090 WOLFGANG'S BANJO Wind River WR 4017CD

091 SUNDAY SERMON Wind River WR 4017CD

092 RHAPSODY FOR RON Wind River WR 4017CD

093 THE LEFT HAND IS THE DREAMER Wind River WR 4017CD

094 THE OTHER SIDE OF LONESOME Wind River WR 4017CD

095 MR. RICK'S RAG Wind River WR 4017CD

096 TOO MANY TEARS Wind River WR 4017CD

097 MAKING WAVES Wind River WR 4017CD

098 TUESDAY, TUESDAY Wind River WR 4017CD

099 PIONEER NIGHT Wind River WR 4017CD 

2002 unknown – David Crabtree and Dick Weissmen (David Crabtree [gt/ banjo/ mandolin], Dick Weissman [gt/ banjo/ steel]. Producer: David Crabtree and Dick Weissman)
C01 JOHN LEE'S MINOR MOOD WR 4024CD  
C02 BLUES FOR BOBBY T. WR 4024CD  
C03 RIO OR NOT WR 4024CD  
C04 THE LONG WAY HOME WR 4024CD  
C05 KITE FESTIVAL WALTZ WR 4024CD
C06 FIVES WR 4024CD  
C07 WALLY RENOUNCES THE VOW OF POVERTY WR 4024CD  
C08 NO BOUNDARIES WR 4024CD
C09 BANJO INSOMNIA WR 4024CD   
C10 REAS OF LIGHT WR 4024CD  
C11 COWBOY REGGAE WR 4024CD  
C12 9/11 WR 4024CD
C13 THE SLUMLORD'S GARDENER WR 4024CD  
C14 ANGLO NOVA WR 4024CD   
C15 RAGGIN' WR 4024CD  
C16 YE OLDE SQUARE DANCE WR 4024CD  
C17 ANOTHER FULL WEEK OF RAIN WR 4024CD

2005 Blue Dog Studios, Portland, OR – Dick Weissman (Dick Weissman [banjo/gt])

100 WIND ACROSS THE RIVER Long bridge NW 2812

101 SOGGY MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWN Long bridge NW 2812

102 QUADRILLE VARIATIONS Long bridge NW 2812

103 MCFRENZIE'S RANT Long bridge NW 2812

104 SEA OF TRANQUILITY Long bridge NW 2812

105 WACKADEMIA Long bridge NW 2812

106 CHEROKEE GENTLEMAN Long bridge NW 2812

107 FLAMINGO FLAMENCO Long bridge NW 2812

108 THE LAST OF THE INCAS Long bridge NW 2812

109 ZEBRA NOVA Long bridge NW 2812

110 CAPE COD REVISITED Long bridge NW 2812

111 ESTA'S DANCE Long bridge NW 2812

112 MILDRED BRUNER Long bridge NW 2812

113 MILL VALLEY SERENADE Long bridge NW 2812

114 OTIS AND THE BANJO BLASTER Long bridge NW 2812  

2008 unknown – Dick Weissman (Dick Weissman [vcl/banjo/ gt] + Rain Country Orechestra; Noah Peterson; Chico Schwall; The Robert Zimmerman Memorial Choir; Mary Flower; Anne Weiss; Tom May)

115 BANJO DETOUR –instr.-  Long Bridge 6145117576

116 JERRY TOLD ME  –instr.- Long Bridge 6145117576

117 CANYON DE CHELLY  –instr.-  Long Bridge 6145117576

118 NEW MEXICO  –instr.-  Long Bridge 6145117576

119 DURANGO  –instr.-  Long Bridge 6145117576

120 FOUR CORNERS  –instr.-  Long Bridge 6145117576

121 TREES  –instr.-  Long Bridge 6145117576

122 DOUBLE BANJO INTUITION  –instr.-  Long Bridge 6145117576

123 ARKADELPHIA  –instr.-  Long Bridge 6145117576

124 TRAIN TO KANSAS CITY  –instr.-  Long Bridge 6145117576

125 CHARLEY'S NOT HOME  –instr.- Long Bridge 6145117576

126 DAVE'S DANCE  –instr.-  Long Bridge 6145117576

127 BIX. CLAUDE AND BADEN  –instr.-  Long Bridge 6145117576

128 SAM BROWN'S BLUES  –instr.-  Long Bridge 6145117576

129 FOLK SONG USA  –instr.-  Long Bridge 6145117576

130 ABOUT THE TUNES  –instr.-  Long Bridge 6145117576

131 THREE DREAMERS Long Bridge 6145117576

132 ONE BIG UNION Long Bridge 6145117576

133 SO MUCH DYLAN Long Bridge 6145117576

134 DANCING IN MY DREAMS Long Bridge 6145117576

135 ONLY A WOMAN Long Bridge 6145117576

136 I MET THE BLUES IN KANSAS Long Bridge 6145117576

137 LUCY ANN RAG Long Bridge 6145117576

138 BLIND GARY Long Bridge 6145117576

139 SUTTER'S GOLD Long Bridge 6145117576

140 NEVER COMING BACK Long Bridge 6145117576

141 NOTHING BUT SILENCE Long Bridge 6145117576

142 LARIMER STREET Long Bridge 6145117576

143 ABOUT THE SONGS Long Bridge 6145117576

2012 unknown – Dick Weissman (Dick Weissman [vcl/gt/ banjo], Molly O’Brien [vcl-1], Mirch Imori [oboe], Noah Peterson [sax])

144 TRAIL RIDGE VARIATIONS

145 BRAZILIAN BANJO RAG

146 OKLAHOMA (CARRY ALL MY TEARS AWAY) -1

147 BANJO DUENDE

148 ANGEOLOGY

149 WHITE MEN AT EAGLE PASS

150 STUART AND THE BLUE GOOSE

151 DARK DAY

152 RECAPTURING TRAIL RIDGE

153 MILL VALLEY

124 A CUP OF THE BLUES

155 ARTIE

156 TOO MUCH RAIN

157 TAKE THIS LETTER

158 SAMI AND DAVE

Tracks above issued on album Near And Far

2015 unknown – Dick Weissman (Dick Weissman [banjo], Mitchi Limori [clarinet/ dulcimer/ English horn/ oboe])

159 NIGHT SKY Long Bridge 70026143867

160 DEPARTURE Long Bridge 70026143867

161 THE TURKISH SHIP Long Bridge 70026143867

162 THE OFFER Long Bridge 70026143867

163 THE BRAVE CABIN BOY Long Bridge 70026143867

164 THE BETRAYAL Long Bridge 70026143867

165 SLADE IN MONTANA Long Bridge 70026143867

166 LONESOMEST BANJOLA Long Bridge 70026143867

167 DARK HOLLER Long Bridge 70026143867

168 PARISIAN PRAIRIE STATE BLUES Long Bridge 70026143867

169 COREGON BLUES Long Bridge 70026143867  

170 WILLIE'S 700 MILE JOURNEY Long Bridge 70026143867

171 RIDING WITH THE LONE CAT Long Bridge 70026143867

172 BOGGIN' THE GRASS Long Bridge 70026143867  

173 MIXED BLESSINGS Long Bridge 70026143867

174 ALBUQUERQUE MORNING Long Bridge 70026143867

ALBUMS

Counterpoint /Esoteric CPT 550 Documentary Talking Blues: Original Talking Blues; Talking Dust Bowl; Talking Migrant; Talking Sharecropper; Talking Miner; Talking Bonneville Dam; Talking TVA; Talking Union; Talking Sailor; Talking Union Voter; Talking Rent; Talking Hitler's Head Off; Talking Atom; Talking Subway – 57 w. Pat Foster

Riverside RLP 12-654 Gold Rush Songs: Far California; Sweet Betsy From Pike; Then Hurrah For Home; Sweet Jane; Oh, California; Windham; The Fools Of '49; California Boy; What Was Your Name In The States; Striking A Lead; Arrival Of The Greenhorn; The Miners' Meeting; The Dying Californian – 58 w. Pat Foster

Judson J 3017 Banjos, Banjos And More Banjos: Buck Dancer's Choice; Little Birdie; Glory, Glory; Old Joe Clark; Chilly Winds; East Tennessee Blues / Shout Lulu; Pigtown Fling; Cape Cod Blues; Hard, Aint It Hard; Red Wing; A Day In The Kentucky Mountains; You Can Dig My Grave; Sourwood Mountains; 900 Miles; Cripple Creek; Blue Goose – 58 (also as Washington WLP 704 Five-String Banjo Jamboree: A Treasury Of Banjo Music)

Capitol  T/ST 2033 The Things That Trouble My Mind: He Had A Long Chain On;  Never Comin' Back; Portland Town; A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall; Pretty Boy Floyd; Wartime Blues; Lullaby; Goin' Away, Don't You Wanta Go?; East Virginia Blues; The Harvest Song; Troubled; They Still Go Down – 64

The Richmond Organisation 12-01 Seven By Mike Settle / Eight By Dick Weissman: [Mike Settle:] Where In This World Are We Going?; That's The Way My Love Began; The Land Of The Dogweed Tree; The Magic Language; You Shall Reap What You Sow; The Bluebird, The Robin; It's A Long Road To Travel; [Dick Weissman:] Someone To Talk My Troubles To; Wherever I Go, Whatever I Do; Snowbird; If You Happen To Pass By; Cool Colorado; The Harvest Song (The Crop Song); And I Hear Your Name; Willow – 7- (promo)

Kicking Mule KM 214 Modern Banjo - Mountain Style: Mountain Dance; Blues For Dock Boggs; Ode To Amuse; Gambling Jack; Lament For Colorado Women's College; D-Django's Tune; Music Box; Down In Denver; Rambling Boy; Meadowbrook Mornings; Snowbird; If He Had Stayed In Oregon; The Parting Song; Crippled Creek; Laredo Fantasy – 79

Folk Era FE 1400CD New Traditions: New Traditions: Change Of Light / On My Way / Where The Blues Have Gone / Five Banjo Moods / Soon You Will Be Comin' Back To Me / Reprise; Sunday Soon; Two Nights In Tamerza; After Kentucky: Opening Theme / Mid Morning / The Light Behind The Foothills / Mountain / Two Kinds Of Blues / Reprise – 13-07-94

Folk Era FE 1444CD Reflections: Russell's Dream; Where I Come From; Reflections I: Reflections; Reflections II: Art's Tunes; Reflections III: Such A Long Time To Be Gone; Leadbelly In Belgium; Free Fourths; Bossa Banjo; Dust In My Dreams; Arabian Nights; Resting Place I: Respite; Resting Place II: Out In The World; Resting Place III: Resting Place; Cordless; Reflections: Take Two – 09-06-98

Wind River WR 4017CD Pioneer Nights: Django's Dilema; Superstition Mountain; From Granada To Kingston; Delta Daybreak; Breeze-Il; Mr. Banjeaurine Man; Alderbrook; Crabtree's Lament; Wolfgang's Banjo; Sunday Sermon; Rhapsody For Ron; The Left Hand Is The Dreamer; The Other Side Of Lonesome; Mr. Rick's Rag; Too Many Tears; Making Waves; Tuesday, Tuesday; Pioneer Night – 00 

Wind River WR 4024CD Tours /Detours: John Lee's Minor Mood; Blues for Bobby T.; Rio or Not; The Long Way Home; Kite Festival Waltz; Fives; Wally Renounces the Vow of Poverty; No Boundaries; Banjo Insomnia;  Reas of Light; Cowboy Reggae; 9/11; The Slumlord's Gardener; Anglo Nova;  Raggin'; Ye Olde Square Dance; Another Full Week of Rain – 02 w. David Crabtree

Long Bridge NW 2812 Solo: Wind Across The River; Soggy Mountain Breakdown; Quadrille Variations; Mcfrenzie's Rant; Sea Of Tranquility; Wackademia; Cherokee Gentleman; Flamingo Flamenco; The Last Of The Incas; Zebra Nova; Cape Cod Revisited; Esta's Dance; Mildred Bruner; Mill Valley Serenade; Otis And The Banjo Blaster – 08-11-05

Long Bridge 6145117576 Four Directions: [Instrumentals:] Banjo Detour; Jerry Told Me; Canyon De Chelly; New Mexico; Durango; Four Corners; Trees; Double Banjo Intuition; Arkadelphia; Train To Kansas City; Charley's Not Home; Dave's Dance; Bix. Claude and Baden; Sam Brown's Blues; Folk Song USA; About The Tunes; [Songs:] Three Dreamers; One Big Union; So Much Dylan; Dancing In My Dreams; Only A Woman; I Met The Blues In Kansas; Lucy Ann Rag; Blind Gary; Sutter's Gold; Never Coming Back; Nothing But Silence; Larimer Street; About The Songs– 24-06-08

Long Bridge ? Near And Far: Trail Ridge Variations;  Brazilian Banjo Rag; Oklahoma (carry all my tears away);  Banjo Duende;  Angeology;  White Men At Eagle Pass;  Stuart and The Blue Goose;  Dark Day;  Recapturing Trail Ridge;  Mill Valley;  A Cup of the Blues;  Artie;  Too Much Rain;  Take This Letter;  Sami and Dave;  About the Music – 01-04-13

Long Bridge 70026143867 Night Sky:  Night Sky;  Departure;  The Turkish Ship;  The Offer;  The Brave Cabin Boy;  The Betrayal;  Slade in Montana;  Lonesomest Banjola;  Dark Holler; Parisian Prairie State Blues;  Coregon Blues;  Willie's 700 Mile Journey;  Riding with the Lone Cat;  Boggin' the Grass;  Mixed Blessings;  Albuquerque Morning – 01-04-16

Also instructional albums and publications on Mel Bay, Music Minus One