Roy Lanham

Roy Howard Lanham, *16-01-1923 Corbin, KY, +14-02-1991

2^nd version

By Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti, Thieu Van De Vorst

SESSIONS  see also Sons Of The Pioneers, Merle Travis; also member of Fidgety Four

1948 unknown – Roy Lanham And His Gospel Quartet

001 WE WILL KNOW   Flyright FLY CD 64

FLYRIGHT FLY CD 64 HILLBILLY GOSPEL 1948/1958 (UK, 2001)

ca November 1950 unknown – Roy Lanham and The Tennessee Jaybirds, *w. Doug Dalton

002 DLG-50522 SHE’S GON NOT FORGOTTEN London 16048/HBR 062

003 DLG-50523 LANHAM GIT BOOGIE 16048 /HBR 062

004 DLG-50524 unknown title

005 DLG-50525 TROUBLE, TROUBLE*  L 1007

HILLBILLY RESEARCHER HBR 062 LONDON 16000 SERIES COL. 1 (UK, 2003)
early 1958 Abbott Recording Studio, Escondido Canyon, CA – Roy Lanham

006 KLONDIKE Radio 104-45/BCD 15936 CD 001

007 ALTITUDE Radio 104-45/CD 001

008 MIDDLE OF A DREAM Radio 109-45/CD 001

009 BOYS OUT OF SCHOOL 109-45/CD 001

BEAR FAMILY [GER] BCD 15936 THAT'LL FLAT GIT IT, VOL. 8 (1996);  RADIO RACD- 001 THE RADIO STORY

1959 Hollywood, CA -  Roy Lanham and The Whippoorwills (Roy Lanham  [vcl/gt], Jimmy Widener [rh gt], Doug Dalton [mandolin], Don Rhoads [bass])

010 SUMMITT RIDGE DRIVE NRC LP-A 6 

011 STOMPING AT THE SAVOY NRC LP-A 6

012 SOPHISTICATED SWING NRC LP-A 6

013 KERRY DANCE NRC LP-A 6

014 LOVER NRC LP-A 6

015 TEA FOR TWO NRC LP-A 6

016 AIR MAIL SPECIAL NRC LP-A 6

017 IF I HAD YOU NRC LP-A 6

018 SLIPPED DISC NRC LP-A 6

019 MELLOW MOOD NRC LP-A 6 

020 EAGER BEAVER NRC LP-A 6

021 TUXEDO JUNCTION NRC LP-A 6

1959 Western Recorders, 6000 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Roy Lanham (Roy Lanham [gt], Red Wootten [bass], Earl Palmer [drums]. Producer: Josie Wilson, Bob Reisdorff)

022 AS TIME GOES BY Dolton BST 8009

023 KERRY DANCE Dolton BST 8009

024 BODY AND SOUL Dolton BST 8009

025 THESE FOOLISH THINGS Dolton BST 8009

026 OLD JOE CLARK Dolton BST 8009 

027 WHERE OR WHEN Dolton BST 8009 

028 SONG OF INDIA Dolton BST 8009 

029 LOST WEEKEND Dolton BST 8009 

030 STEEL GUITAR RAG Dolton BST 8009

031 LOVER COME BACK TO ME Dolton BST 8009

032 SMOOTH ONE Dolton BST 8009

033 WILDWOOD FLOWER Dolton BST 8009

December 1959 Hollywood, CA – Roy Lanham

034 MY ADOBE HACIENDA Sundazed SEP 285

035 LANHAM BOOGIE Sundazed SEP 285

036 SONG OF INDIA Sundazed SEP 285

037 CARNIVAL OF PARIS Sundazed SEP 285

14 February 1963 House Of Sounds, Hollywood, CA – Roy Lanham (Roy Lanham [gt], Dusty Rhodes [rh gt], Red Wooten [bass], Muddy Berry [drums]. Producer: Russell Sims)

038 YOUR HEART DARLIN' Sims SIMS 105 

039 HOLIDAY FOR STRINGS Sims SIMS 105 

040 ROY'S BLUES Sims SIMS 105  

041 TUXEDO JUNCTION Sims SIMS 105  

042 WE'LL BE TOGETHER AGAIN Sims SIMS 105 

043 BRAZIL Sims SIMS 105 

044 IN THE MOOD Sims SIMS 105 

045 DOUBLE EAGLE Sims SIMS 105

046 BROWN'S FERRY BLUES Sims SIMS 105 

047 CARNIVAL IN PARIS Sims SIMS 105 

048 ONE LOVE Sims SIMS 105  

049 CAN'T WE BE FRIENDS Sims SIMS 105]

Unknown info – Roy Lanham (Pepe Production)

050 WHERE THE BLUE OF THE NIGHT (MEETS THE GOLD OF THE DAY) Alert 1001

051 AM I BLUE Alert 1001

ALBUMS

NRC LP-A 6 Sizzling Strings: Summitt Ridge Drive;  Stomping At The Savoy; Sophisticated Swing;  Kerry Dance; Lover; Tea For Two; Air Mail Special; If I Had You; Slipped Disc;  Mellow Mood;  Eager Beaver;  Tuxedo Junction – 59 (reissued as part of Bear Family [GER] BCD-16116 in 1996; also reissued in 2005 on NRC CD 6)

Dolton BLP 2009/BST-8009 The Most Exciting Guitar: As Time Goes By; Kerry Dance; Body And Soul; These Foolish Things; Old Joe Clark; Where Or When; Song Of India; Lost Weekend; Steel Guitar Rag; Lover Come Back To Me; Smooth One; Wildwood Flower – 61 (reissued in May 2015 on Beer Family BAF 18014 (LP)

Sims SIMS-105 The Fabulous Roy Lanham:  Your Heart Darlin';  Holiday for Strings; Roy's Blues;  Tuxedo Junction;  We'll Be Together Again;  Brazil; In the Mood;  Double Eagle; Brown's Ferry Blues;  Carnival in Paris;  One Love;  Can't We Be Friends – 63 (reissued as part of Bear Family [GER] BCD-16116 in 1996)

Soundies SCD 4137 Hard Life Blues:  Hard Life Blues; Walking With You;  Why Can't That Someone Be Me;  Elementary Canal;  When My Sugar Walks Down The Street;  Someone's In The Kitchen With Dinah;  Section Eight;  I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good; Mandolin King Rag;  Now And Then;  Blue Mood; Trouble, Trouble; I Waited Too Late;  Lanham's Leap;  Tabby The Cat;  Arkansas Traveler;  I Don't Want A Second Hand Romance; Lost Weekend;  Meanest Kind Of Blues;  (Just One Way To Say) I Love You;  I Will Be True To You;  Picnic For Strings;  Carolina Moon;  Tweedle O'Twill;  I'll Never Love No One But You;  Dimples And Cherry Cheeks;  Kerry Dance;  Peachy Pie;  The Good Lord Willing;  Stay A Little Longer;  Waitin' For My Gal To Come Back – 00 (Standard Radio transcriptions. Rec. early 1950s, Roy Lanham (guitar); Georgia Brown (vocals), Arthur Douglas "Doug" Dalton (mandolin))

Cattle Compact [GER] CCD 298 The Whippoorwills In Hollywood In 1951: Waitin' for My Gal to Come Back; I Get the Blues When It Rains; Sweet Georgia Brown (Inst.); Cimarron; Take Time to Pray; Vaya Con Dios (God Be with You); Besame Mucho (Inst.); Blue Skies; Slow Poke; Whispering Wind; It Had to Be You (Inst.); Playboy of the Alley;

Tweedle-O-Twill; Prairie Echoes; Dark Eyes (Inst.); Lay Your Little Head on My Shoulder;

I'm on My Journey Home; Taxes; Caravan (Inst.); Sentimental Journey; I Hear You Knockin'; Bye Bye Blackbird; Lover (Inst.); Trouble, Trouble; Sometimes I'm Happy; Peachy Pie; Seven Come Eleven (Inst.) - 07-10-04 (The Whgippoorwills: Roy Lanham [leader/ld gt], Juanita Vastine [Sweet Georgia Brown] [vcl],  Gene Monbeck [rh gt], Arthur Douglas Dalton [mandolin/ fiddle], Don Rhoads [vcl/bass], Sue Thompson [accordion]; rec. 1951 Hollywood, CA, for RadiOzark, transcriptions)

EPs

Sundazed/Cedwicke SEP 285 The Spectacular Six-String Of Roy Lanham: My Adobe Hacienda; Lanham Boogie / Song Of India; Carnival Of Paris -19-04-14 (1959 tracks)

SINGLES

London (1950)

16048 She's Gone But Not Forgotten / Lanham Git-Boogie – 51 w. Tennessee Jaybirds

L 1007 Trouble, Trouble (with Doug Dalton and the Tennessee Jay Birds) / Sticks and Stones (the Tennessee Jay Birds) – 03-51 (UK issue; USA issue listed in JEMF, 1974 as 15059, not confirmed)

Radio

104-45 Klondike / Altitude – 04-58 (rev. Apr. 14)

109-45 Middle Of A Dream / Boys Out Of School – 58

Alert

1001 Where The Blue Of The Night (Meets The Gold Of The Day) / Am I Blue