Billy Jack Wills

*26-02-1926 Memphis, TN, +02-03-1991

3rd version
By Michel Ruppli, Henk Scholts, Lillies Ohlssen, Praguefrank, Marc Alesina, Thieu Van De Vorst, Mario Manciotti
SESSIONS See also Bob Wills
ca. March 1951 Hollywood, CA – Billy Jack Wills and His Western Swing Band (Billy Jack Wills [vcl], Kenneth Lowery [rh gt], Vance Terry [steel], Tiny Moore [el mandolin], Dick McComb [trumpetpt/bass], poss Tommy Perkins [drums], Cotton Roberts [fiddle])
001 4045 WATER BABY BOOGIE X 11/Lenox 1016/ BCD 17644
002 4046 unknown title
003 4047 unknown title
004 4048 unknown title
005 4049 ROPED AND TIED X 11/TRG-50105 Lenox 1016 PROPERBOX 83 BCD 17644
006 4050 unknown title
LENOX 1016 HILLBILLY ROCK VOL.3 (FRA, 1994); PROPER PROPERBOX 83 STOMPING SINGERS/WESTERN SWINGERS - MORE FROM THE GOLDEN YEARS OF WESTERN SWING  (UK, 2004, 4CD);
ca. April 1951 Hollywood, CA – Billy Jack Wills and His Western Swing Band
007 4074 CATTLE CALL 1589
008 4075 LILLY DALE X18 1575/ET 101 JASMCD 3585
009 4076 DOWN IN OLD MEXICO 45-1575/JASMCD 3585
010 4077 TOBACCO CHEWING BOOGIE X18/JASMCD 3585 BCD 17644
011 4048 NOW THAT WE HAVE SAID GOODBYE 1589 ET 101 JASMCD 3585
16 March 1953 Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (Billy Jack Wills [vcl-1], Eldon Shamblin [el gt], Jay Roberts [gt], Billy Bowman [steel], Jack Lloyd [bass], Luke Wills [bass], Jack Greenback [drums], Skeeter Elkins [piano], Jesse Ashlock [fiddle])
012 53-S-3016/53-XY-3033 SHE‘S A QUARTER HORSE TYPE (OF A GAL) -1 K11709/ TRG-50105 BFX 15179 BCD 16550 BCD 17644
013 53-S-3019/53-XY-3036 BOTTLE BABY BOOGIE -1 K11635/MG2-5303 TRG-50105 BFX 15179 BCD 16550 JASMCD 3585 Revival 4002  BCD 17644
(only vocal tracks by BJW listed, see also Bob Wills)
REVIVAL 4002 ROCKABILLY BOOGIE RARE ITEMS VOL.2 (DEN,1987)
9 March 1954 Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (Eldon Shamblin [gt], Claude Powell [banjo], Billy Bowman [steel], Billy Jack Wills [bass/vcl-1], Johnny Megetto [drums], Bob Wills [fiddle], Louis Tierney [fiddle/sax])
014 54-S-3038/54-XY-3018 CADILLAC IN MODEL "A" -1 K11883/E 3352 MS 594 BFX 15179 BCD 16550 TRG 50105 JASMCD 3585 Chief CCD 1156501  BCD 17644
(only vocal track by BJW listed, see also Bob Wills)
CHIEF CCD 1156501 ULTRA RARE ROCKABILLY’S VOL.1 (NED, 1995);
24 May 1954 [14:30-17:00] Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Billy Jack Wills and His Western Swing Band
015 54-S-3067/54-XY-3037 FOR THE CHILDREN'S SAKE K11907/ TRG-50105
016 54-S-3068/54-XY-3038 OUT OF GAS K11807/ TRG-50105 JASMCD 3585 BCD 17644
017 54-S-3069/54-XY-3039 TEARDROPS ON A DIARY K11907/ TRG-50105
018 54-S-3070/54-XY-3040 I DON'T WANT TO LIVE ALONE K11807/ TRG-50105 JASMCD 3585
26 January 1955 [14:30-17:30] Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Billy Jack Wills and His Western Swing Band (Billy Jack Wills [vcl/gt], Kenneth Lowery [gt], Billie H. Moore [mandolin/fiddle], Vance Terry [steel], Thomas Freddy Warner [bass], Claude Harris Spencer [drums], Herman Wilkerson Roberts [fiddle], Clifford Melvin Elkin [piano])
019 55-S-17/55-XY-9 RED MITTENS K11966/ TRG-50105
020 55-S-18/55-XY-10 HEY LULA (HEY LU-LA) K12034/ TRG-50105 JASMCD 3585 BCD 17644
021 55-S-19/55-XY-11 FOUR BEERS AND FORTY TEARS K12034/ TRG-50105
022 55-S-20/55-XY-12-2 THERE‘S GOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHT K11966/ TRG-50105 BCD-15789 JASCD 796 BCD 17644
BEAR FAMILY BCD-15789 THAT’LL FLAT GIT IT, VOL. 7 (1996); JASMINE JASCD 796 MGM ROCKABILLY COLLECTION (UK, 2014, 2 CD)
24 October 1955 [14:15-17:15] Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Billy Jack Wills and His Western Swing Band (Billy Jack Wills [vcl/gt], Kenneth Lowery [gt], Billie H. Moore [mandolin/fiddle], Thomas Fredy Warner [steel], John M. Kelleher [bass], Gwyn Merle Nichols [drums], Herman Wilkerson Roberts [fiddle], Roy James Roberts [fiddle], Clifford Melvin Elkin [piano])
023 55-S-77/55-XY-69 MY SHOES KEEP WALKING BACK TO YOU K12302/ TRG-50105 BCD 17644
024 55-S-78/55-XY-70 WHEN A NEW LOVE IS BORN K12172 TRG-50105
025 55-S-79/55-XY-71-7 ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS ROCK K12172 TRG-50105 BCD 15789 Revival 4003 Chief CCD 1156511 BCD 17644
026 55-S-76/55-XY-68 WILL YOU MISS ME WHEN I’M GONE K12302/ TRG-50105
REVIAL 4003 ROCKABILLY BOOGIE RARE ITEMS VOL.3 (DEN, 1987);
CHIEF CCD 1156511 ULTRA RARE ROCBAILLY’S VOL.11 (NED, 1995);
BEAR FAMILY BCD 15789 THAT’LL FLAT GIT IT VOL.7 (GER, 1996);
JASMINE JASCD 796 MGM ROCKABILLY COLLECTION (UK, 2014, 2CD);
25 July 1956 [14:00-17:00] Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Billy Jack Wills and His Western Swing Band
027 56-S-165/56-XY-165 I LOVED AND LOST K12444/ TRG-50105
028 56-S-166/56-XY-166 NOT VERY LONG K12559/ TRG-50105
029 56-S-167/56-XY-167 HEY MISTER MAILMAN K12444/ TRG-50105 BACM CD D 231 BCD 17644
030 56-S-168/56-XY-168 TROUBLES (THOSE LONESOME KIND) K12559/ TRG-50105 Revival 4003 R2 71900 JASCD 796 BCD 17644 BCD 17652
BACM CD D 231 COUNTRY MUSIC ON MGM (UK, 2008); REVIVAL 4003 ROCKABILLY BOOGIE RARE ITEMS VOL.3 (DEN, 1987); RHINO R2 71900/A 261608 HILLBILLY FEVER VOL.1 LEGENDS OF WESTERN SWING (1995);
JASMINE JASCD 796 MGM ROCABILLY COLLECTION 2 CD (UK, 2014); BEAR FAMILY BCD 17652 THAT'LL FLAT GIT IT VOL.40 / ROCKABILLY AND ROCK AND ROLL FROM THE VAULTS OF MGM, CUB AND METRO RECORDS (GER, 2022)



RADIO TRANSCRIPTIONS
1952-1954 [World Radio Transcriptions] Radio Station KFBK, Sacramento, CA – Billy Jack Wills (Billy Jack Wills [vcl/drumsl], Tiny Moore [vcl/el mandolin/fiddle], Kenny Lowery [gt], Vance Terry [steel], Cotton Roberts [bass, fiddle], Dick McComb [trumpet/ bass])
LONESOME HEARTED BLUES Western 2002 Joaquin 2503 BCD 17644
DIPSY DOODLE – instr - Western 2002 Joaquin 2503 BCD 17644
JOHNSON RAG – instr - Western 2002 Joaquin 2503
MR COTTON PICKER – Western 2002 Joaquin 2503 BCD 17644
AIR MAIL SPECIAL – instr - Western 2002 Joaquin 2503 BCD 17644
BASIN STREET BLUES – Western 2002 Joaquin 2503
I DON´T KNOW – Western 2002 Joaquin 2503 BCD 17644
WOODCHOPPER´S BALL – instr - Western 2002 Joaquin 2503 BCD 17644
TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES – Western 2002 Joaquin 2503 BCD 17644
TUXEDO JUNCTION – instr -Western 2002 Joaquin 2503
TWIN GUITAR SPECIAL – instr - Western 2002 Joaquin 2503
ST. LOUIS BLUES – Western 2002 Joaquin 2503
BLUE GUITAR STOMP – instr - Western 2002 Joaquin 2503
SUMMIT RIDGE DRIVE – instr - Western 2002 Joaquin 2503
ROCK CITY BOOGIE – Western 2002 Joaquin 2503
C JAM BLUES – instr - Western 2002 Joaquin 2503 BCD 17644
GET ALONG HOME, CINDY Joaquin 2503
STEEL GUITAR STOMP Joaquin 2503
CARAVAN Joaquin 2503
CADILLAC IN MODEL "A" Western WS-2004 Joaquin 2505 BCD 17644
FOR YOU, MY LOVE Western WS-2004 Joaquin 2505 BCD 17644
JELLY ROLL BLUES Western WS-2004 Joaquin 2505 BCD 17644
SKIDDLE DEE BOO Western WS-2004 Joaquin 2505
ROCK-A-BYE BABY BLUES Western WS-2004 Joaquin 2505 TRG 50115 BCD 17644
SUGAR BLUES Western WS-2004 Joaquin 2505 BCD 17644
STARDUST Western WS-2004 Joaquin 2505
SLOW DRIVE Western WS-2004 Joaquin 2505
CRAZY, MAN, CRAZY Western WS-2004 Joaquin 2505 BCD 17644
MILK COW BLUES Western WS-2004 Joaquin 2505 BCD 17644
SWEET GEORGIA BROWN Western WS-2004 Joaquin 2505 BCD 17644
KENTUCKY MEANS PARADISE Western WS-2004 Joaquin 2505 BCD 17644
KISSIN' BUG BOOGIE Western WS-2004 Joaquin 2505 BCD 17644
JAZZ ME BLUES Western WS-2004 Joaquin 2505
I LAUGH HOW I THINK HOW I CRIED OVER YOU Western WS-2004 Joaquin 2505
TAKE ME BACK TO TULSA Western WS-2004 Joaquin 2505
ROCK-A-BYE-BABY BLUES Western WS-2004 Joaquin 2505
INTRO: TINY MOORE bootleg CD
CRIPPLE CREEK bootleg CD
MAY YOU NEVER BE ALONE bootleg CD
ANYTIME bootleg CD
PANHANDLE RAG bootleg CD
OUTRO bootleg CD



ALBUMS
Western WS-2002 Billy Jack Wills and His Western Swing Band: Lonesome Hearted Blues; Dipsy Doodle; Johnson Rag; Mr. Cotton Picker; Air Mail Special; Basin Street Blues; I Don't Know; Woodchopper's Ball; Teardrops From My Eyes; Tuxedo Junction; Twin Guitar Special; St. Louis Blues; Blue Guitar Stomp; Summit Ridge Drive; Rock City Boogie; C Jam Blues – 82 (see also Joaquin 2503)
Western WS-2004 Crazy, Man, Crazy - 1952-54: Cadillac Un Model "A"; For You, My Love; Jelly Roll Blues; Skiddle Dee Boo; Rock-A-Bye Baby Blues; Sugar Blues; Stardust; Slow Drive; Crazy, Man, Crazy; Milk Cow Blues; Sweet Georgia Brown; Kentucky Means Paradise; Kissin' Bug Boogie; Jazz Me Blues; I Laugh How I Think How I Cried Over You – 82 (see also Joaquin 2505)
Joaquin 2503 Billy Jack Wills and His Western Swing Band: Lonesome Hearted Blues; Dipsy Doodle; Johnson Rag; Mr. Cotton Picker; Air Mail Special; Basin Street Blues; I Don't Know; Woodchopper's Ball; Teardrops From My Eyes; Tuxedo Junction; Twin Guitar Special; St. Louis Blues; Blue Guitar Stomp; Summit Ridge Drive; Rock City Boogie; C Jam Blues; Get Along Home, Cindy*; Steel Guitar Stomp*; Caravan* – 07-11-96 (reissue of Western 2002 with *bonus tracks)
Hound [UK] TRG-505105 There’s Good Rockin’ Tonight: Rock-A-Bye Baby Blues; Bottle Baby Boogie; She’s A Quarter Horse Type (Of A Gal] [w. Bob Wills]; Cadillac In Model “A” [w. Bob Wills]; Out Of Gas; I Don’t Want To Live Alone; Teardrops On A Diary; For The Childrens Sake; There’s Good Rockin’ Tonight; Red Mittens; Hey Lula (Hey Lu-La); Four Beers And Forty Tears; Hey Mr. Mailman; I Loved And Lost; My Shoes Keep Walkin’ Back To You; Will Miss Me When I’m Gone; Troubles (Those Lonesome Kind); Not Very Long; Cadillac In Model “A”; Blues For You My Love; Lonesome Hearted Blues; Rock-A-Bye Baby Blues; Milkcow Blues; Lonesome Hearted Blues; Roped And Tied – 96 (MGM,4 Star tracks + transcriptions)
Joaquin 2505 Crazy, Man, Crazy - 1952-54: Cadillac Un Model "A"; For You, My Love; Jelly Roll Blues; Skiddle Dee Boo; Rock-A-Bye Baby Blues; Sugar Blues; Stardust; Slow Drive; Crazy, Man, Crazy; Milk Cow Blues; Sweet Georgia Brown; Kentucky Means Paradise; Kissin' Bug Boogie; Jazz Me Blues; I Laugh How I Think How I Cried Over You; Take Me Back To Tulsa*; Rock-A-Bye-Baby Blues* – 25-02-99 (reissue of Western WS-2004 with *bonus tracks)

Jasmine [UK] JASM-CD-3585 Dog House Blues: San Antonio Rose; Out Of Gas (Bob Wills and Billy Jack); I'll Never Worry You; I've Got A New Road Under My Wheels (Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys); I Just Can't Take It Any More (Tommy Duncan and His Western All Stars); Down In Old Mexico (Bob Wills and Billy Jack); Mirror On The Wall; Bottle Baby Boogie; (Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys); Sending Your Picture Back; Hey Lula (Hey Lu-La) (Bob Wills and Billy Jack); Somebody's Pushin'; I Hit The Jackpot (When I Won You) (Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys); Lilly Dale (Bob Wills and Billy Jack); Walkin' In The Shadow Of The Blues (Tommy Duncan and His Western All Stars); Now That We Have Said Goodbye (Bob Wills and Billy Jack); My Son My Son; I Don't Want To Live Alone (Bob Wills and Billy Jack); The Parting Of The Ways (Tommy Duncan and His Western All Stars); Cadillac In Model "A" (Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys); Leavin' Today; Dog House Blues (Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys); Tobacco Chewing Boogie (Bob Wills and Billy Jack); Wastin' Your Life Away - 03-08

Bear Family [GER] BCD-17644 Cadillac In Model 'A' - Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight: Kentucky Means Paradise; There's Good Rockin' Tonight; Crazy Man Crazy; Cadillac In Model 'A' ; Out Of Gas; Hey Lula (Hey Lu-La); Air Mail Special; For You My Love; All She Wants To Do Is Rock; Kissin' Bug Boogie; Roped And Tied; C-Jam Blues; Sweet Georgia Brown; Water Baby Boogie; I Don't Know; Sugar Blues; Bottle Baby Boogie; Milk Cow Blues; Jelly Roll Blues; Troubles (That Lonesome Kind); Woodchopper's Ball; Rock-A-Bye Baby Blues; She's A Quarter Horse Type (Of A Gal); Lonesome Hearted Blues; Dipsy Doodle; Tobacco Chewing Boogie; Mr. Cotton Picker; Hey Mr. Mailman; Teardrops From My Eyes; Cadillac In Model 'A' (MGM); My Shoes Keep Walkin' Back To You - 12-08-22       

SINGLES
4-Star (1951)

X-11 Roped And Tied / Water Baby Boogie - 51
X-18 Lilly Dale / Tobacco Chewing Boogie  - 51
45-1575 Lily Dale / Down In Old Mexico - 09-51 (rev. Sept. 15)
45-1589 Cattle Call / Now That We Have Said Goodbye – 01-52
MGM (1953-56)
K11807 I Don't Want To Live Alone / Out Of Gas – 09-54 (rev. Oct. 16)
K11907 For The Children's Sake / Teardrops On A Diary – 01-55 (rev. Jan. 15)
K11966 Red Mittens / There's Good Rockin' Tonight - 04-55 (rev. Apr. 9)
K12034 Hey Lula (Hey Lu-La)  / Four Beers And Forty Tears – 07-55 (rev. July 16)
K12172 When A New Love Is Born (An Old Love Dies) / All She Wants To Do Is Rock - 01-56
K12302 Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone /  My Shoes Keep Walkin' Back To You – 07-56
K12444 Hey Mr. Mailman / I Loved And Lost – 03-57
K12559 Troubles (Those Lonesome Kind) / Not Very Long - 10-57

 

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

Alee

Alexandra Adamoski, *18-07-1992 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

By Praguefrank

SESSIONS

2013 Edmonton, AB, CAN - Alee

001 REAL  + radio edit

002 DON'T SAY YOU LOVE ME    + radio edit

003 WHAT'RE WE WAITIN' FOR?

004 FRIDAY NIGHT

005 TRUCKS

006 CRAZY    + radio edit

007 I'VE GOT YOU

008 ONE MORE LIGHT

Tracks above issued on album This Road Goes Everywhere

2015 Nashville, TN/ Toronto, Ontario, CAN - Alee

009 FALL TOO FAST

010 SAY HELLO TO GOODBYE

011 HAPPILY EVER AFTER (AFTER YOU)

012 MOONSHINE

013 ARE YOU ALONE

014 ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE

Tracks above issued on EP Say Hello To goodbye

2016 unknown, CAN – Alee (Producer: Dan Swimmer, Jeff Datziel)

015 TURN THIS NIGHT OON

016 BAD HABIT

017 DON'T WAIT

018 WHEN I DO

019 DEAL WITH IT

020 MOONSHINE

021 ARE YOU ALONE

022 ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE

023 ENCORE

Tracks above issued on album Bad Habit

2018 unknown, CAN – Alee
024 DON’T MAKE ME MISS YOU digital single [rel. June 29]/ Feels Like This
2020 unknown, CAN – Alee
025 NO ONE LIKE YOU digital single [rel. Apr. 23]/Feels Like This
026 NO ONE LIKE YOU (GREEN) digital single [rel. Apr. 23]
027 THE SPRINGTIMS digital single [rel. June 19]/Feels Like This
2021 unknown, CAN – Alee
028 EX-GIRLFRIEND
029 FEELS LIKE THIS
030 GUYS LIKE YOU
031 BOYS AND GIRLS
Tracks above issued on EP Feels Like This
2023 unknown, CAN – Alee, *with Troy Cartwright
032 DRIVIN' HORSES
033 AIN'T FOR THE BEER*
034 LIKE HE LOVES ME
035 TWENTY-FOUR
036 THIS APARTMENT
037 LOVE SONGS
038 TIME FOR THAT
039 BETTER WITH YOU
040 STOP MAKING TRUCKS
041 LOVE, AGAIN
Tracks above issued on album Love, Again

ALBUMS

Gotta Be Alee [CAN]  ? This Road Goes Everywhere: Real; Don't Say You Love Me; What're We Waitin' for?; Friday Night; Trucks; Crazy; I've Got You; One More Light; Real (Radio Edit); Don't Say You Love Me (Radio Edit); Crazy (Radio Edit) - 18-07-13           

Wax [CAN] ? Bad Habit: Turn This Night Oon; Bad Habit;  Don't Wait; When I Do; Deal With It; Moonshine; Are You Alone; Only the Strong Survive; Encore – 21-04-17

Alee [CAN] ? Love, Again:  Drivin' Horses;  Ain't for the Beer (W.. Troy Cartwright);  Like He Loves Me;  Twenty-Four;  This Apartment; . Love Songs;  Time for That;  Better With You;  Stop Making Trucks;  Love, Again – 26-04-24

EPs

Wax [CAN] ? Say Hello to Goodbye: Fall Too Fast;  Say Hello To Goodbye;  Happily Ever After (After You);  Moonshine;  Are You Alone;  Only the Strong Survive- 10-07-15

Alee [CAN] ? Feels Like This:  No One Like You; Ex-Girlfriend; Feels Like This;  Don’t Make Me Miss You;  The Springtime;  Guys Like You;  No One Like You (Green); Boys and Girls – 16-07-21 

E. B. Anderson

By Praguefrank

SESSIONS

Summer 2010 Halifax, NS, CAN -  E.B. Anderson and The Resolutes

001 STEELTOWN BLUES

002 WHEN IT HAPPENS TO YOU

003 ROTTEN PINES (THE HERMIT'S BLUES)

004 TAKE ME HOME

005 GOODBYE, SO LONG

006 MY WEEPING HEART

007 ABANDON

008 DOWNTOWN BABY

009 REFRAINS

010 IRON ANNIE

Tracks above issued on album Steeltown Blues

2013 R+B Productions, Halifax, NS, CAN/ Studio FMP, Dartmouth, NS, CAN -  E.B. Anderson and The Resolutes (E. B. Anderson [vcl/gt/ banjo/ lap steel/ harmonica], Rob Anderson [gt/back vcl], Derek Thomas [drums]+  Adam Kavanaugh [steel], Steve MacNeil [bass], Ross Billard [piano/ organ/ clavinet/ percussion], Joe Skwaeze [accordion],  Martin Davidson [clarinet], Mike Cowie [trumpet], Ben Arsenault, Lisa MacDougall. Lynnea Armstrong [bck vcl]. Producer: E.B. Anderson, Ross Billard)

011 SEVEN COME ELEVEN LRM 003

012 BROKEN DOWN HORSE LRM 003

013 DEAD AND GONE LRM 003

014 END OF THE ROAD LRM 003

015 I DON'T CARE LRM 003

016 MENDED FENCES LRM 003

017 MOVE YOUR FEET LRM 003

018 OHIO / RAMBLIN LRM 003

019 SHE LRM 003

020 SNOW FALLS ON DENVER LRM 003

021 STRANGER LRM 003

022 TRAIN ROLL ON  LRM 003

2015 Sade's Place, Herring Cove, NS, CAN -  E.B. Anderson and The Resolutes

023 SHE USED TO

024  LOVER LAY DOWN

025 NYC SIDEWALKS

026 SOMEONE LIKE YOU

027 SEE YOU AROUND

028 MATAWAN

029 I'VE SEEN YOU

030 NO ONE EVER SAID IT'D BE EASY

031 WHITE KNUCKLE DRIVING

032 TAKES TIMES; SIX PILLS

Tracks above issued on album Cold Ground

ALBUMS

E-Band Music [CAN] ? Steeltown Blues:  Steeltown Blues;  When it Happens to You;  Rotten Pines (The Hermit's Blues);  Take me Home; Goodbye, So Long;  My Weeping Heart;  Abandon;  Downtown Baby;  Refrains;  Iron Annie- 17-09-11

Let's Riot! Music [CAN] LRM 003 Broken Down Horse: Seven Come Eleven; Broken Down Horse; Dead And Gone; End Of The Road; I Don't Care; Mended Fences; Move Your Feet; Ohio / Ramblin; She; Snow Falls On Denver; Stranger; Train Roll On - 13-07-13

Let's Riot! Music [CAN] ? Cold Ground: She Used To; Lover Lay Down; NYC Sidewalks; Someone Like You; See You Around; Matawan; I've Seen You; No One Ever Said it'd be Easy; White Knuckle Driving; Takes Times; Six Pills – 18-12-15