Big Smith

By Praguefrank

SESSIONS

1998 The Studio, 328 Sound Ave., Springfield, MO – Big Smith (Jody Bilyeu [vcl/gt/ mandolin/ accordion], Mark Bilyeu [vcl/gt/fiddle/ harmonica], Mike Williamson [vcl/dulcimer/ mandolin/ mouth bow], Rik Thomas [vcl/ autoharp], Jay Williamson [vcl/ trombone/ washboard/ shaker/ spoons/ tambourine/ wood block])

001 GO AWAY MAGGIE MayApple  0100

002 BURN DOWN THE HOUSE (AND LEAVE BY THE LIGHT OF THE FIRE) MayApple  0100

003 BAREBACK RIDIN' MayApple  0100

004 PRETTY POLLY MayApple  0100

005 LONG BLACK VEIL MayApple  0100

006 MOCKING BIRD MayApple  0100

007 TRASH MayApple  0100

008 DANCE, DANCE, DANCE MayApple  0100

009 BARREL SPRING MayApple  0100

010 LAND ON THAT SHORE MayApple  0100

011 I WALK ALONE MayApple  0100

012 DIRTY OLD JAMES MayApple  0100

013 HARD HEADED WOMAN MayApple  0100

014 PONCE DE LEON MayApple  0100

015 BULLFROG MayApple  0100

13 August 1998 [live]  Lone Star Church of God, Lone Star Rd, Forsyth, MO – Big Smith (Jody Bilyeu [vcl/gt/ mandolin/ piano], Mark Bilyeu [vcl/gt/ bass/slide gt/ banjo], Rik Thomas [vcl/gt/ mandolin], Jay Williamson [vcl/ snare drum/ washboard/ tambourine], Mike Williamson [vcl/ bull fiddle/ trombone], + Hosea Bilyeu Jr. [song leader-1], Thelma Bilyeu, [song leader-2], Bobby Joe and Hosea Bilyeu [song leaders-3], The Waymakers [vcl-4], Donnie Kraft [bass-5], Connie Bilyeu [piano-6]. Producer: Big Smith)

01501 AMAZING GRACE -1 MayApple  0101

01502 I AM THE DOOR MayApple  0101

01503 THERE'S A HIGHER POWER MayApple  0101

01504 I AM A PIGRIM MayApple  0101

01505 UNCLE CHESTER GOT HIS LIMIT MayApple  0101

01506 I CAN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU MayApple  0101

01507 STREAMS OF MERCY MayApple  0101

01508 THE RIVER OF JORDAN -4 MayApple  0101

01509 RICH MAN'S POOR MayApple  0101

01510 WELL WELL WELL MayApple  0101

01511 LAND ON THAT SHORE -2-6 MayApple  0101

01512 SHINE ON ME MayApple  0101

01513 PAUL AND SILAS MayApple  0101

01514 I'LL FLY AWAY MayApple  0101

01515 OLD TIME RELIGION -3-5 MayApple  0101

1999-2000 The Studio, 328 Sound Ave., Springfield, MO – Big Smith (Mark Bilyeu [vcl/gt/ fauxbro],  Jody Bilyeu [vcl/ mandolin/ piano/ Hammond B-3], Rik Thomas [vcl/ mandolin], Jay Williamson [vcl/snare drum/ washboard/ hi-hat/ tambourine/ shaker], Mike Williamson [bull fiddle/ tuba/ trombone/ cowbell/ broom])

016 BIG ROCK MayApple  0102

017 BACKWATER MayApple  0102

018 NO SIR MayApple  0102

019 DIE, DEAD, DIE MayApple  0102

020 PREACHER MayApple  0102

021 POISON MayApple  0102

022 QUARRY ANTHEM MayApple  0102

023 JOHN ELVIS MayApple  0102

024 WHAT HAS HAPPENED MayApple  0102

025 12" 3-SPEED OSCILLATING FAN MayApple  0102

026 SHE LETS ME IN MayApple  0102

027 DON'T YOU EVER (ASK ME TO LEAVE THIS TOWN AGAIN) MayApple  0102

028 FICKLE-HEARTED MAN MayApple  0102

029 SWEET RIVERS MayApple  0102

October 2001 The Studio, Springfield, MO/Digital Media Dynamics, Springfield, MO – Big Smith (Mark Bilyeu [vcl/gt], Jody Bilyeu [vcl/ mandolin/ piano/ organ/ bass fiddle],  Jay Williamson [vcl/ washboard/ drums/ spoons/ bones/ tambourine], Mike Williamson [vcl/bass fiddle/ bass gt/ sousaphone/ mouthbow], Rik Thomas [vcl/ house sound/ mandolin/ tambourine]

030 WORRIED MAN BLUES MayApple  0103

031 MOCKING BIRD MayApple  0103

032 HOT CORN, COLD CORN MayApple  0103

033 BACKWATER MayApple  0103

034 OLD JOE CLARK MayApple  0103

035 WILLOW GARDEN MayApple  0103

036 GO AWAY MAGGIE MayApple  0103

037 OLD BILL JONES MayApple  0103

038 BAREBACK RIDIN' MayApple  0103

039 TONGUE IN GROOVE MayApple  0103

040 BARREL SPRINGS MayApple  0103

041 RICH MAN'S POOR MayApple  0103

042 CRAWDAD HOLE MayApple  0103

043 WHY YOU BEEN GONE SO LONG? MayApple  0103

044 HIS EYE IS ON THE BAPTIST MayApple  0103

045 DIE, DEAD, DIE MayApple  0103

046 THE L + N DON'T STOP HERE ANYMORE MayApple  0103

047 DRIVE EVERY WEEKEND MayApple  0103

048 FICKLE-HEARTED MAN MayApple  0103

049 DARLIN' CORY MayApple  0103

050 SHE LETS ME IN MayApple  0103

051 PONCE DE LEON MayApple  0103

052 SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO MayApple  0103

2002 Big Smith home studio, Springfield, MO/ Spokane, MO - Big Smith (Mark Bilyeu [vcl/gt/ harmonica], Rik Thomas [gt/mandolin],  Joel Bilyeu [vcl/ mandolin/ accordion/ piano], Jay Williamson [vcl/ washboard/ drums/ spoons/ bones], Mike Williamson [vcl/ bass/ trumpet/ trombone/ tuba/ mouthbow/ dulcimer/ bass harmonica],  The Little Smith Singers (Joel Bilyeu, Ruby Bilyeu, Andrew Thomas, Cady Thomas, Adam Williamson, Lucy Williamson) + Bill Thomas [banjo], Molly Healey [fiddle]. Producer: Big Smith)

053 PLAY TIME: ABC'S MayApple  0104

054 HAY IS FOR HORSES MayApple  0104

055 HAY IS FOR HORSES REPRISE MayApple  0104

056 LEAP AS YOU RUN MayApple  0104

057 CHEESE ENCHILADA MayApple  0104

058 ITSY BITSY SPIDER MayApple  0104

059 EASY GREASY MayApple  0104

060 BRIAN O'LYNN MayApple  0104

061 CONCERNIN' MURDER MayApple  0104

062 THERE'S A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA MayApple  0104

063 ROUND MEDLEY MayApple  0104

064 20 FROGGIES MayApple  0104

065 I MARRIED MY WIFE IN THE MONTH OF JUNE MayApple  0104

066 TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR MayApple  0104

067 CROSS-EYED GIRL MayApple  0104

068 THE WHALE SWALLOWED JONAH MayApple  0104

069 THE SCARECROW SONG MayApple  0104

070 RING AROUND THE ROSY MayApple  0104

071 KOOKABURRA MayApple  0104

072 HAGALENA MAGALENA MayApple  0104

073 SHE'LL BE COMIN' ROUND THE MOUNTAIN MayApple  0104

074 I'M BLUE EYED, I'M BLACK EYED MayApple  0104

075 GREAT BIG SILVER AIRPLANE MayApple  0104

076 OLD MACDONALD MayApple  0104

077 SUSIE LITTLE SUSIE MayApple  0104

078 FORKS OF THE BRANCH MayApple  0104

079 BONE TERRY AND THE PAW PAW PATCH MayApple  0104

080 PAW PAW PATCH REVISITED MayApple  0104

081 GIDDYAP HOEDOWN MayApple  0104

082 SLEEPY TIME: WHEN I'M ONE MayApple  0104

083 I SEE THE MOON MayApple  0104

084 HUSH LITTLE BABY MayApple  0104

085 CADY'S LULLABY MayApple  0104

086 NIGHT LIGHT MayApple  0104

087 GO TELL AUNT RHODY MayApple  0104

088 LITTLE COWBOY'S LULLABY MayApple  0104

089 DO NOTHING AT ALL MayApple  0104

090 ROCKY BABY MayApple  0104

091 SWEETLY THE SWAN SINGS MayApple  0104

092 SANDMAN'S A-COMIN' MayApple  0104

093 HUSH-A-BYE OWLET MayApple  0104

094 FOREST ANIMAL LULLABY MayApple  0104

2008/2009 Big Smith home studio, Springfield, MO/ Spokane, MO - Big Smith (Mark Bilyeu [vcl/gt/ harmonica], Rik Thomas [vcl/ac gt/ tenor banjo/ mandolin/ ukulele], Jody Bilyeu [vcl/el gt/ mandolin/ piano/ Wurlitzer organ], Bill Thomas [vcl/bass], Jay Williamson [vcl/drums/ washboard/ percussion], Molly Healey [violin/ cello])

095 MY OVERALLS (DON'T FIT ME ANYMORE) MayApple  0105

096 AIN'T GOT NOBODY MayApple  0105

097 COAL MINER'S BLUES MayApple  0105

098 CICADA MayApple  0105

099 BRADY AND DUNCAN MayApple  0105

100 FOREST FOR THE TREES MayApple  0105

101 MOUNTAIN MAN'S LAMENT MayApple  0105

102 RIDE THAT TRAIN MayApple  0105

103 TEXAS CAN WAIT MayApple  0105 

104 MEDICAL EMERGENCY MayApple  0105

105 IT'S A GOOD DAY MayApple  0105

106 TOTED A LOAD MayApple  0105

107 HANDSOME MOLLY MayApple  0105

108 SUMMERTIME MayApple  0105

109 SUNDAY MayApple  0105

110 IT'LL BE OKAY MayApple  0105

2010 The Studio, 328 Sound Ave., Springfield, MO – Big Smith

111 UNCLE BUD MayApple  0106?

112 HOW MANY TIMES MayApple  0106?

113 SUZIE MayApple  0106?

114 YOU DON'T LOVE ME MayApple  0106?

115 ROLL THEM BONES MayApple  0106?

116 LIKE YOU DO MayApple  0106?

117 WHIP-POOR-WILL MayApple  0106?

118 GHOST MayApple  0106?

119 NOBODY DIED MayApple  0106?

120 THE SQUIRREL AND THE ACORN MayApple  0106?

121 GRANDMOTHER MABEL MayApple  0106?

122 OLD BILL JOHNSON MayApple  0106?

123 RASPBERRY BERET MayApple  0106?

124 THIRTY DAYS IN THE WORKHOUSE MayApple  0106?

125 I THOUGHT IT WAS OVER MayApple  0106?

ALBUMS

MayApple 0100 Big Smith: Go Away Maggie;  Burn Down the House (and Leave by the Light of the Fire);  Bareback Ridin';  Pretty Polly;  Long Black Veil;  Mocking Bird;  Trash;  Dance, Dance, Dance;  Barrel Spring;  Land on That Shore;  I Walk Alone;  Dirty Old James;  Hard Headed Woman;  Ponce de Leon;  Bullfrog – 98

MayApple 0101 Live At Lone Star: Amazing Grace (Led By Hosea Bilyeu Jr.); I Am The Door; There's A Higher Power; I Am A Pigrim; Uncle Chester Got His Limit; I Can't Begin To Tell You; Streams Of Mercy; The River Of Jordan (Special Guests The Waymakers); Rich Man's Poor; Well Well Well; Land On That Shore (Led By Thelma Bilyeu); Shine On Me; Paul And Silas; I'll Fly Away; Old Time Religion (Led By Bobby Joe And Hosea Bilyeu) - 99

MayApple 0102 Big Rock: Big Rock; Backwater; No Sir; Die, Dead, Die; Preacher; Poison; Quarry Anthem; John Elvis; What Has Happened; 12" 3-Speed Oscillating Fan; She Lets Me In; Don't You Ever (Ask Me To Leave This Town Again); Fickle-Hearted Man; Sweet Rivers  – 00

MayApple 0103 Gig: Worried Man Blues; Mocking Bird; Hot Corn, Cold Corn; Backwater; Old Joe Clark; Willow Garden; Go Away Maggie; Old Bill Jones; Bareback Ridin'; Tongue In Groove; Barrel Springs; Rich Man's Poor; Crawdad Hole; Why You Been Gone So Long?; His Eye Is On The Baptist; Die, Dead, Die; The L + Don't Stop Here Anymore; Drive Every Weekend; Fickle-Hearted Man; Darlin' Cory; She Lets Me In; Ponce De Leon; Should I Stay Or Should I Go – 02 (double)

MayApple 0104 From Hay To ZZZZ/Hillbilly Songs For Kids: Play Time: ABC's; Hay Is For Horses; Hay Is For Horses Reprise; Leap As You Run; Cheese Enchilada; Itsy Bitsy Spider; Easy Greasy; Brian O'Lynn; Concernin' Murder; There's A Hole In The Bottom Of The Sea; Round Medley; 20 Froggies; I Married My Wife In The Month Of June; Twinkle Twinkle Little Star; Cross-Eyed Girl; The Whale Swallowed Jonah; The Scarecrow Song; Ring Around The Rosy; Kookaburra; Hagalena Magalena; She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain; I'm Blue Eyed, I'm Black Eyed; Great Big Silver Airplane; Old Macdonald; Susie Little Susie; Forks Of The Branch; Bone Terry And The Paw Paw Patch; Paw Paw Patch Revisited; Giddyap Hoedown; Sleepy Time: When I'm One; I See The Moon; Hush Little Baby; Cady's Lullaby; Night Light; Go Tell Aunt Rhody; Little Cowboy's Lullaby; Do Nothing At All; Rocky Baby; Sweetly The Swan Sings; Sandman's A-Comin'; Hush-A-Bye Owlet; Forest Animal Lullaby – 03 (double)

MayApple 0105 Roots Shoots And Wings:   My Overalls (Don't Fit Me Anymore);  Ain't Got Nobody;  Coal Miner's Blues;  Cicada;  Brady And Duncan;  Forest For The Trees;  Mountain Man's Lament;  Ride That Train;  Texas Can Wait;   Medical Emergency;  It's A Good Day;   Toted A Load;  Handsome Molly;  Summertime;  Sunday;  It'll Be Okay – 09-02-10

MayApple 0106? Kin: Uncle Bud; How Many Times; Suzie; You Don't Love Me; Roll Them Bones; Like You Do; Whip-Poor-Will; Ghost; Nobody Died; The Squirrel and the Acorn; Grandmother Mabel; Old Bill Johnson; Raspberry Beret; Thirty Days in the Workhouse; I Thought it Was Over – 05-07-11