Billy Don Burns

*1949 Stone County, AR

2nd version

by Praguefrank, Kent Heineman, Lillies Ohlsson, Mario Manciotti, Lennart Gustavsson

SESSIONS

March 1971 Nashville, TN – Billy Don Burns (Producer: Shane Wilder)

001 SoN 95371 SHE HASN'T BEEN A LADY VERY LONG Soun Cot SC 1117

002 SoN 95372 TUCKER FARM  Soun Cot SC 1117

ca 1971 Nashville, TN – Billy Don Burns

003 SoN 99551 YOUR MAMA'S EYES Soun Cot SC-1126

004 SoN 99552 JEANNIE  Soun Cot SC-1126

ca 1974 unknown – Billy Don Burns

005 WESTBOUND HIGHWAY Shotgun SMC 746

006 TWO TIME WOMAN  Shotgun SMC 746

1975 unknown – Billy Don Burns and Jimmy Getzen as Travis Brothers

unknown tracks for unknown gospel album

btw 1975-1976 unknown – Billy Don Burns and Jimmy Getzen as Travis Brothers

T11 JAMBALAYA 4-star-4S-SP-111

T12 RUBY 4S-SP-103 Challenge SH-SP-2002

T13 GREAT SPECIAL BIRD 4S-SP-108

T14 GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME 4S-SP-109

1977 unknown – Billy Don Burns (Producer: Joe Johnson)

007 77-077 HE‘S THE ONE SHE'S LIVING FOR 4 Star 5-1029

008 77-078 MOTEL MOTHER LOVER 4 Star 5-1029/4S-SP-102

009 HEARTACHES BY THE NUMBER    4Star 4S-SP-105

010 BE ALRIGHT I ARKANSAS 4Star 4S-SP-106

011 77-081 SOUTHERN LADY 5-1032

012 77-082 THAT'S MADE ME A RAMBLIN' MAN 5-1032

013 DON’T PUNISH ME 4Star 4S-SP-114

1981 Nashville, TN – Billy Don Burns

014 RAMBLIN’ GYPSY Gypsy Woman CPI 10032 

015 AN OLD COUNTRY SONG Gypsy Woman CPI 10032 

016 MEXICAN WOMAN Gypsy Woman CPI 10032  

017 LOVE’S BIG CARROUSEL Jeremiah JH-1009 /Gypsy Woman CPI 10032 

018 RENDEZVOUS Gypsy Woman CPI 10032  

019 I’VE BEEN MISSING YOUR LIES Jeremiah JH-1009 /Gypsy Woman CPI 10032 

020 BLUE LADY Gypsy Woman CPI 10032 

021 TAKE ME ON HOME Gypsy Woman CPI 10032  

022 A TRIBUTE TO HANK WILLIAMS Gypsy Woman CPI 10032 

023 I’M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY Gypsy Woman CPI 10032 

024 JAMBALAYA Gypsy Woman CPI 10032

1984 unknown – Billy Don Burns

025 HEARTBREAK ALLEY Dream 84-101

1994 unknown – Billy Don Burns

026 THAT’S ALL RIGHT MVMG 1918 

027 OLD COUNTRY SONG MVMG 1918 

028 LONG LOST HIGHWAY MVMG 1918 

029 DAWN MVMG 1918 

030 IT AIN’T EASY MVMG 1918 

031 HOBBS, NEW MEXICO MVMG 1918 

032 DREAMERS LIKE ME MVMG 1918 

033 TRAVELIN’MUSICIAN AND A WOMAN WHO FLIES MVMG 1918 

034 BROKEN HEART BLVD. MVMG 1918 

035 HAGGARD AND HANK MVMG 1918 

1996 Bradley's Barn, Mt. Juliet, TN/Hank's Place, Commanche/ Fireside Recording Srudio, Nashville, TN/Soundsmith, Hendersonville, TN - Hank Cochran and Billy Don Burns, *with Willie Nelson (+Clinton Gregory [gt/fiddle/bck vcl], Joe Spivey [ac gt/fiddle], J.W. Younger [ac gt/bck vcl], Billy Don Burns [ac gt/bck vcl], Red Lane [ac gt], Jerry Laseter [el gt/bck vcl], Mike Baker [el gt], David Russell/Dale Reno [mandolin], Eddie Long/Jim Vest [steel/dobro], Owen Bradley [autoharp/piano], Don Wayne Reno [upright bass], Jeff Walikangas [el bass], Billy Sink/Clifford Thompson/Boo Boo McAfee [drums], Steve Thomas/Tommy Williams [fiddle], Scott Walker [harmonica], Scott Blackwell/Jeff Armstrong [piano], Wayne Jackson [horns], Craig Dillingham [bck vcl])
036 DESPERATE MEN Small Dog A Barkin SDB-7962-2

037 I WISH IT WAS THAT EASY GOING HOME Small Dog A Barkin SDB-7962-2

038 PATSY* Small Dog A Barkin SDB-7962-2

039 MEMORIES COST A LOT Small Dog A Barkin SDB-7962-2

040 THAT OLD FRIEND OF MINE Small Dog A Barkin SDB-7962-2

041 DEAD OR ALIVE Small Dog A Barkin SDB-7962-2

042 OUTLAWS AT THE CROSS Small Dog A Barkin SDB-7962-2

043 WAY TO MEXICO Small Dog A Barkin SDB-7962-2

044 DIABLO'S HIGHWAY Small Dog A Barkin SDB-7962-2

045 NO SHORTAGE OF THE BLUES Small Dog A Barkin SDB-7962-2

046 WOMAN BE CAREFUL Small Dog A Barkin SDB-7962-2

047 OUTSKIRTS OF DESPERATE Small Dog A Barkin SDB-7962-2

048 I'D BETTER WRITE IT DOWN Small Dog A Barkin SDB-7962-2

049 BROTHERS OF THE MUSIC Small Dog A Barkin SDB-7962-2

2001 unknown – Billy Don Burns (+Don Reno, Dale Reno, Jeff Williams, John Carter Cash)

050 LONESOME 7-7203  Cody Creek 4703

051 THE ONE WHO GOT AWAY  Cody Creek 4703

052 JAMES DEAN  Cody Creek 4703

053 WHERE WAS LOVE  Cody Creek 4703

054 FALL ON MY SWORD  Cody Creek 4703

055 CAN I COME  Cody Creek 4703

056 SARAI GREEN AND RUBY RED  Cody Creek 4703

057 DOWN HER MEMORY LANE  Cody Creek 4703

058 TALK ABOUT CRAZY  Cody Creek 4703

059 HANK WILLIAMS WOMAN  Cody Creek 4703  

tracks above issued on album A Train Called Lonesome

2004 Comanche Studio, Nashville, TN/Hipp Studios, Hendersonville, TN/John Scott Music, Nashville, TN/Riverside Studio, Nashville, TN – Billy Don Burns (Billy Don Burns [vcl/ac gt, bck vcl], Jeff Williams [gt/bck vcl],  Leo Jackson [ac gt], Willie Nelson [ac gt], Jerry Laseter [gt, 12-string gt], Eugene Moles [gt], Jeff Williams [gt], James Mitchell [gt], Charlie White [gt], John Scott [ac gt/dobro/piano], Don Wayne Reno [banjo], Dale Reno [mandolin], Russ Freeman /Leon Watson [bass instrument, bass gt], Jake Byers/Chad Mize [bass instrument], Jay Weaver [bass gt], Boo Boo McAfee/Boo-Boo McAfee/Bobby Siegler [drums], Deanie Richardson [fiddle], Jeff Armstrong [piano], Scott Walker [harmonica], Amber Williams [back vcl],  Mark Beckett [drums])

060 MISSISSIPPI  Rust 10201

061 I WAS THERE  Rust 10201

062 HAGGARD AND HANK  Rust 10201

063 DARK SIDE OF THE SPOON  Rust 10201

064 NO MAN'S LAND  Rust 10201

065 SAILING DOWN THE NILE  Rust 10201

066 PATSY  Rust 10201

067 KEITH WHITLEY BLUE  Rust 10201

068 RUNNIN' DRUGS OUT OF MEXICO  Rust 10201

069 FULL BLOWN ADDICT  Rust 10201

070 ROCK ON  Rust 10201

071 TIRED AND TROUBLED SOLDIERS  Rust 10201  [radio ed.] Rust 10201

072 GIVE MY LOVE TO ROSE  Rust 10201 

2006 unknown – Billy Don Burns
072a 49 FORD  Hotdisc 98
HOT DISC 98 – FEBRUARY 2007 (2007). Accordings to sleve tracks above is from album Can’t Get There from here. No details on this album found

2008 Hamm’s private appartment, Berlin, GER – Billy Don Burns (Billy Don Burns [vcl/gt])

073 DEAD OR ALIVE  Rockin’H 70000 

074 GAYLOR CREEK CHURCH  Rockin’H 70000 

075 LONG LOST HIGHWAY  Rockin’H 70000 

076 DESPERATE MEN  Rockin’H 70000 

077 WHEN LONESOME COMES AROUND  Rockin’H 70000

078 LOVING ARMS  Rockin’H 70000 

079 WOMAN BE CAREFUL  Rockin’H 70000

080 JACK DANIELS JOHN HENRY AND ME  Rockin’H 70000

081 OUTLAWS AT THE CROSS  Rockin’H 70000

082 ALL THAT SHE PUT HIM THROUGH  Rockin’H 70000

083 BROTHERS OF THE MUSIC  Rockin’H 70000

084 YOU WIN AGAIN  Rockin’H 70000  

2012 Palmietto Studios, Nashville, TN – Billy Don Burns  (Billy Don Burns [vcl/ac gt], Aaron David Rodgers [ac gt/el  gt/dobro/piano/keyboards/hmnyvcl], Jerry Laeseter [ac gt/el gt/hmny vcl], Brad Wolf [ac gt], Doug Seven [el gt], Brannon Macaleb [banjo],  Cowboy Eddie Long/ Kevin Owens/ Robby Turner [steel gt], Clinton Gregory [fiddle], Scott Sweepy Walter [harmonica], Kevin Grant [piano/ keyboards/ bass gt], Jon Coleman/ Joey Huffman [hammond B3], Eddie Dunbar[bass gt/hmny vcl], Gary Nance [bass gt], Chris  Wood/ Richie Albright/ Preston Stanfill [drums], Cadie Calhoun, Simone Gillespie, Leandra Gillespie, Lamanda Gillespie, Chrislynn Jones [bck vcls], Producer: Aaron David Rodgers, Billy Don Burns)
085 HONKY TONK SINGER Rusty Knuckles Music RK 18

086 WOULDN`T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY Rusty Knuckles Music RK 18

087 GAYLOR CREEK CHURCH Rusty Knuckles Music RK 18

088 IS HE THE WRITER Rusty Knuckles Music RK 18

089 BORN TO RIDE Rusty Knuckles Music RK 18

090 STRANGER Rusty Knuckles Music RK 18

091 IT WOULD KILL MAMA Rusty Knuckles Music RK 18

092 DIABLO´S HIGHWAY Rusty Knuckles Music RK 18

093 HEART BREAKDOWN Rusty Knuckles Music RK 18

094 THAT´S ALRIGHT Rusty Knuckles Music RK 18

095 AARON RODGERS AND ME Rusty Knuckles Music RK 18

096 WHEN LONESOME COMES AROUND Rusty Knuckles Music RK 18

2015? [demo sessions] The Joshua Tree Inn, Room 8, 61259 Twentynine Palms Highway, Joshua Tree, CA – Billy Don Burns

09601 OUTSKIRTS OF DESPERATE BCR 037 

09602 WILD DOGS BCR 037 

09603 DEAD OR ALIVE BCR 037 

09604 DESPERATE MEN BCR 037 

09605 WHERE WAS LOVE? BCR 037

09606 LESSON TOO LATE FOR THE LEARNING BCR 037 

09607 OUTLAWS AT THE CROSS BCR 037

09608 GYPSIES ROUND THE FIRE BCR 037

09609 THIS BROKEN HEART OF MINE BCR 037 

09610 ANGEL FIRE BCR 037

09611 WHEN GRAM PARSONS DIED I WAS PLAYIN' HANK BCR 037 

2016 unknown – Billy Don Burns, *with Lindsay Moore

097 NEON CIRCUS RKM 041

098 GRAHAM PARONS, HANK WILLIAMS AND ME RKM 041

099 THIS BROKEN HEART OF MINE RKM 041

100 I NEED SOMETHING REAL RKM 041

101 THE LAST THING ON MY MIND* RKM 041

102 GRAVEYARD IN MONTGOMERY RKM 041

103 TRYING TO GET TO MEMPHIS RKM 041

104 DEAD OR ALIVE RKM 041

105 BULLET TRAIN RKM 041

106 END OF THE ROAD RKM 041

107 HEY WILLIE RKM 041 

2019 Nashville, TN – Billy Don Burns (Producer: Billy Don Burns, Jeff Williams, Mike Randolph)

108 RUNNIN' DRUGS OUT OF MEXICO  Country Rewind 217  

109 MEXICAN WOMAN  Country Rewind 217  

110 NO SHORTAGE OF THE BLUES  Country Rewind 217  

111 DAMN CRYIN' SHAME  Country Rewind 217  

112 STRANGER  Country Rewind 217

113 THE PRISON SONG  Country Rewind 217  

114 RAMBLING GYPSY  Country Rewind 217  

115 YOU LIED OUR LOVE AWAY  Country Rewind 217  

116 I LIKE TRAINS  Country Rewind 217  

117 NO GOD IN JUAREZ  Country Rewind 217  

118 WILD DOGS  Country Rewind 217  

119 HONKY TONK BOOTS  Country Rewind 217   

2020 unknown – Billy Don Burns/*Josh Morningstar
120 BROTHERS OF THE MUSIC INTRO
000 THE PLEA*
121 INTRO TO GAYLOR CREEK CHURCH
122 CHURCH AT GAYLOR CREEK
123 RAMBLIN' MAN TALK;
000 RAMBLIN' MAN CHAPTER 33*
124 TALKIN' ON HANK WILLIAMS
125 HANK WILLIAMS' WOMAN
126 HARD TOURING DIALOG
000 LET HER LEAVE*
127 RELIVING WRITING A SONG
128 OUTSKIRTS OF DESPERATE
000 JOSH TALKING ABOUT BILLY DON GOING OUT IN HIS BOOTS*
000 GOIN’ OUT IN MY BOOTS*
129 WRITING ON GRAM PARSONS
130 GRAM PARSONS
131 ROAD STORIES ABOUT OLD PHOTOS
000 FADED PHOTOS*
132 SPEAKING ON INFLUENCES
000 SANITARIUM LOVESICK BLUES*
133 PARTNERS OF THE ROAD
134 BROTHERS OF THE MUSIC
135 WRITING SONGS WITH MÍSTY
136 COOL PEOPLE PARTY (W. MISTY BROOKE JENNINGS)
137 MOTEL MADNESS
Tracks above issued on album Brothers Of The Music

2023 Hendersonville, TN/ Nashville, TN/ Smyrna, TN/ Muscle Shoals, AL – Billy Don Burns, with Shooter Jennings [-1], Cody Jinks [-2], Whey Jennings [-3], Wes Shipp [-4], Storey Boys [-5]
138 NEON CIRCUS -1 BCR 59   
139 ALL SHE PUT HIM THROUGH BCR 59    
140 DON'T CRY FOR ME BCR 59   
141 BORN TO RIDE BCR 59   
142 I'VE SEEN A LOT OF HIGHWAY -2 BCR 59    
143 I WENT CRAZY -3 BCR 59  
144 YOU CAN'T CHANGE ME -4 BCR 59   
145 SATAN IS A SON OF A BITCH -5 BCR 59   
146 THAT'S WHEN I KNEW BCR 59   
147 MOTEL MADNESS BCR 59      
148 MACK STORY BCR 59
149 TALK ABOUT CRAZY BCR 59

 

ALBUMS

Gypsy Woman CPI-10032 Ramblin’ Gypsy:  Ramblin’ Gypsy;  An Old Country Song;  Mexican Woman;  Love’s Big Carrousel;  Rendezvous;  I’ve Been Missing Your Lies;  Blue Lady;  Take Me On Home;  A Tribute To Hank Williams; I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry;  Jambalaya – 01-03-82

MVMG MVMG-1918 Long Lost Highway: That’s All Right; Old Country Song; Long Lost Highway; Dawn; It Ain’t Easy; Hobbs, New mexico; Dreamers Like Me; Travelin’Musician And A Woman Who Flies; Broken Heart Blvd.; Haggard And Hank – 94

Small Dog A Barkin SDB7962-2 Desperate Men: The Legend and The Outlaw: Desperate Men;  I Wish It Was That Easy Going Home;  Patsy;  Memories Cost a Lot;  That Old Friend of Mine;  Dead or Alive;  Outlaws at the Cross;  Way to Mexico;  Diablo's Highway;  No Shortage of the Blues;  Woman Be Careful;  Outskirts of Desperate;  I'd Better Write It Down;  Brothers of the Music – 11-02-97 w. Hank Cochran

Cody Creek 4703 A Train Called Lonesome: Lonesome 77203; The One Who Got Away;James Dean; Where Was Love; Fall on My Sword; Can I Come; Sarai Green and Ruby Red; Down Her Memory Lane; Talk About Crazy; Hank Williams Woman – 30-01-02

IndieMafia no # Heroes, Friends and Other Troubled Souls: Mississippi; I Was There; Haggard and Hank; Dark Side of the Spoon; No Man's Land; Sailing Down the Nile; Patsy; Keith Whitley Blue; Runnin' Drugs Out of Mexico; Full Blown Addict; Rock On; Tired and Troubled Soldiers; Give My Love to Rose; Tired & Troubled Soldiers [Radio Edit] – 04 (reissued in 2005 on Rust 102010

Rockin‘H 70000 Berlin Tapes: Dead or Alive; Gaylor Creek Church; Long Lost Highway; Desperate Men; When Lonesome Comes Around; Loving Arms; Woman be Careful; Jack Daniels John Henry and Me; Outlaws at the Cross; All That She Put Him Through; Brothers of the Music; You Win Again – 08

Rusty Knuckles Music RKM-018 Nights When I´m Sober – Portrait Of A Honky Tonk Singer:  Honky Tonk Singer; Wouldn´t Have It Any Other Way; Gaylor Creek Church; Is He The Writer; Born To Ride; Stranger; It Would Kill Mama; Diablo´s Highway; Heart Breakdown; That´s Alright; Aaron Rodgers And Me; When Lonesome Comes Around – 17-07-12 

BCR Los Angeles RSD 2016*/BCR 037 A Night In Room 8: Outskirts Of Desperate;  Wild Dogs;  Dead Or Alive;  Desperate Men;  Where Was Love?; Lesson Too Late For The Learning;  Outlaws At The Cross; Gypsies Round The Fire; This Broken Heart Of Mine;  Angel Fire; When Gram Parsons Died I Was Playin' Hank – 16-04-16 (*vinyl; Demos)

Rusty Knuckles RKM 041 Graveyard In Montgomery: Neon Circus; Graham Parons, Hank Williams and Me; This Broken Heart of Mine; I Need Something Real; The Last Thing on My Mind (feat. Lindsay Moore); Graveyard in Montgomery; Trying to Get to Memphis; Dead or Alive; Bullet Train; End of the Road; Hey Willie – 16-12-16

Country Rewind 217 The Country Blues: Runnin' Drugs out of Mexico; Mexican Woman; No Shortage of the Blues; Damn Cryin' Shame; Stranger; The Prison Song; Rambling Gypsy; You Lied Our Love Away; I Like Trains; No God in Juarez; Wild Dogs; Honky Tonk Boots - 13-03-20

Rusty Knuckles ?  Brothers Of The Music: Brothers of the Music Intro;  The Plea*;  Intro to Gaylor Creek Church; Church at Gaylor Creek; Ramblin' Man Talk; - Ramblin' Man Chapter 33*; Talkin' on Hank Williams; Hank Williams' Woman; Hard Touring Dialog; Let Her Leave*; Reliving Writing a Song; Outskirts of Desperate; Josh Talking about Billy Don Going out in his boots*; Goin’ Out In My Boots*; Writing on Gram Parsons;  Gram Parsons;  Road stories about old photos;  Faded Photos*;  Speaking on influences;  Sanitarium Lovesick Blues*; Partners of the road; Brothers Of The Music; Writing songs with Místy; - Cool People Party (w. Misty Brooke Jennings); Motel Madness - 11-12-20 Billy Don Burns, *Josh Morningstar (double)

Black Country Rock  BCR 59 I’ve Seen A Lot of Highway:  Neon Circus (w. Shooter Jennings);  All She Put Him Through;   Don't Cry for Me;  Born to Ride;  I've Seen a Lot of Highway (w. Cody Jinks);   I Went Crazy (w. Whey Jennings);  You Can't Change Me (w. Wes Shipp);  Satan Is a Son of a Bitch (w. Storey Boys);   That's When I Knew;  Motel Madness;     Mack Story; Talk About Crazy – 06-10-23
 

SINGLES

Soun Cot (1971)

SC 1117 She Hasn't Been a Lady Very Long / Tucker Farm – 05-71 (rev. May 8)

SC-1126 Your Mama's Eyes / Jeannie - 72

Shotgun

SMC 746 Westbound Highway / Two Time Woman – ca 74

4-Star

5-1029  He's The One She's Living For / Motel Mother Lover - 77

5-1032  Southern Lady / That's Made Me A Ramblin' Man – 01-78 (rev. Jan. 28)

Jeremiah (1981)

JH-1009 I've Been Missing Your Lies / Love's Big Carousel - 81

Dream (1984)

84-101 Heartbreak Alley / Heartbreak Alley - 84