*1913, +1997
By Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS also member of White Lightin‘ (1969-1970)
July 1957 Western North Carolina State Hospital, ?, NC –
Obray Ramsey (Obray Ramsey [vcl/banjo]. Producer: Kenneth S. Goldstein)
001 THE RAMBLING BOY Riverside RLP 12-649
002 KEEP ON THE SUNNY SIDE Riverside RLP 12-649
003 POLLY PUT THE KETTLE ON Riverside RLP 12-649
004 LITTLE MARGARET Riverside RLP 12-649
005 I AM A PILGRIM Riverside RLP 12-649
006 CRIPPLE CREEK Riverside RLP 12-649
007 DOWN BY THE SEA SHORE Riverside RLP 12-649
008 SONG OF THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER Riverside RLP 12-649
009 GOD GAVE NOAH THE RAINBOW SIGN Riverside RLP 12-649
010 SHORTENIN' BREAD Riverside RLP 12-649
011 WILDWOOD FLOWER Riverside RLP 12-649
012 MY LORD, WHAT A MORNING Riverside RLP 12-649
013 LONESOME ROAD BLUES Riverside RLP 12-649
014 WEEPING WILLOW Riverside RLP 12-649
1961 [live] Asheville, NC – Obray Ramsey and Henry Gentry
(Obray Ramsey [vcl/banjo], Henry Gentry [gt])
01401 LITTLE MAGGIE Washington WLP 712
01402 POOR LITTLE ELLEN Washington WLP 712
1961 unknown – Obray Ramsey (Obray Ramsey [vcl/ banjo/ gt], Tommy
Hunter [gt].Producer: Kenneth L. Goldstein)
015 T FOR TEXAS Prestige INT 13009
016 BLUE YODEL #2 Prestige INT 13009
017 IN THE JAILHOUSE NOW Prestige INT 13009
018 BRAKEMAN'S BLUES Prestige INT 13009
019 BEN DEWBERRY'S FINAL RUN Prestige INT 13009
020 BLUE YODEL #4 Prestige INT 13009
021 WAITING FOR A TRAIN Prestige INT 13009
022 DADDY AND HOME Prestige INT 13009
023 BLUE YODEL #3 Prestige INT 13009
024 NEVER NO MORE BLUES Prestige INT 13009
025 MY LITTLE OLD HOME DOWN IN NEW ORLEANS Prestige INT
13009
026 T.B. BLUES Prestige INT 13009
027 HOBO BILL'S LAST RIDE Prestige INT 13009
028 MISSISSIPPI RIVER BLUES Prestige INT 13009
029 MY OLD PAL Prestige INT 13009
030 LULLABY YODEL Prestige INT 13009
1961 unknown – Obray Ramsey (Obray Ramsey [vcl/ banjo], Tommy
Hunter [gt]. Producer: Kenneth S. Goldstein)
031 WILD BILL JONES Prestige INT 13020
032 THE WAGONER'S LAD Prestige INT 13020
033 JIM GUNTHER AND THE STEER Prestige INT 13020
034 GEORGE COLLINS Prestige INT 13020
035 MY LORD WHAT A MORNING Prestige INT 13020
036 RAIN AND SNOW Prestige INT 13020
037 THE RICH AND RAMBLING BOY Prestige INT 13020
038 I'LL NOT MARRY AT ALL Prestige INT 13020
039 THE BATTLE OF KING'S MOUNTAIN Prestige INT 13020
040 SHADY GROVE Prestige INT 13020
041 I'M GONNA RIDE ON THAT CLOUD Prestige INT 13020
042 BLACK JACK DAVY Prestige INT 13020
043 GREEN BACK DOLLAR Prestige INT 13020
044 SAILOR ON THE DEEP BLUE SEA Prestige INT 13020
045 OMIE WISE Prestige INT 13020
1961 unknown – Obray Ramsey (Obray Ramsey [vcl/ banjo], Tommy
Hunter [gt]. Producer: Kenneth S. Goldstein)
046 THE WAR IS A-RAGING Prestige INT 13030
047 LITTLE MARGARET Prestige INT 13030
048 DOWN BESIDE THE OHIO Prestige INT 13030
049 WORRIED MAN Prestige INT 13030
050 HOLD FAST TO THE RIGHT Prestige INT 13030
051 PEARL BRYANT Prestige INT 13030
052 CRIPPLE CREEK Prestige INT 13030
053 I WISH I WERE A SINGLE GIRL Prestige INT 13030
054 LITTLE SPARROW Prestige INT 13030
055 SHORTENING BREAD Prestige INT 13030
056 THE ROAMING BOY Prestige INT 13030
057 I WANT TO GO HOME Prestige INT 13030
058 PRETTY SARO Prestige INT 13030
059 PRETTY FAIR MISS Prestige INT 13030
060 MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW Prestige INT 13030
Btw 1962-1967 New York City – Obram Ramsey and Byard Ray
(Obram Ramsey [vcl/banjo], Byard Ray [vcl/fiddle]], Fred ? [gt])
061 I'M SO
LONESOME I COULD CRY Field FRC 113
062 LITTLE
MARGARET Field FRC 113
063 BEFORE
I MET YOU Field FRC 113
064 BROWN
EYES Field FRC 113
065 WILDWOOD
FLOWER Field FRC 113
066 I FEEL
LIKE I GOTTA TRAVEL ON Field FRC 113
067 LONG
JOURNEY HOME Field FRC 113
068 CUMBERLAND GAP Field FRC 113
069 ROLL IN
MY SWEET BABY'S ARMS Field FRC 113
070 CRIPPLE
CREEK Field FRC 113
071 FADED
LOVE Field FRC 113
072 OLD JOE
CLARK Field FRC 113
073 DOWN
THE ROAD Field FRC 113
074 LITTLE
BETTY ANN Field FRC 113
075 TENNESSEE WALTZ Field
FRC 113
076 MY
HOME'S ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS Field FRC 113
077 SHORT
LIFE OF TROUBLE Field FRC 113
078 CHEYENNE Field FRC 113
079 NEW RIVER TRAIN Field FRC 113
080 HANDSOME
MOLLY Field FRC 113
081 BILLY
IN THE LOW GROUND Field FRC 113
082 COLUMBUS STOCKADE BLUES
Field FRC 113
083 LITTLE
MAGGIE Field FRC 113
084 HOME
SWEET HOME AND SILVER BELLS Field FRC 113
085 ALL THE
GOOD TIMES ARE PAST AND GONE Field FRC 113
ALBUMS
Riverside LP-12-649 Banjo
Songs Of The Blue Ridge And Great Smokies: The Rambling Boy; Keep On The
Sunny Side; Polly Put The Kettle On; Little
Margaret; I Am A Pilgrim; Cripple Creek; Down By The Sea Shore; Song Of The
French Broad River; God Gave Noah The Rainbow Sign; Shortenin' Bread; Wildwood
Flower; My Lord, What A Morning; Lonesome Road Blues; Weeping Willow - 57
(reissued in 1961 on Washington WLP 707 as Blue Ridge Banjo)
Prestige INT 13009
Obray Ramsey Sings Jimmie Rodgers Favorites: T For Texas; Blue Yodel #2; In
The Jailhouse Now; Brakeman's Blues; Ben DewBerry's Final Run; Blue Yodel #4; Waiting
For A Train; Daddy And Home; Blue Yodel #3; Never No More Blues; My Little Old
Home Down In New Orleans; T.B. Blues; Hobo Bill's Last Ride; Mississippi River
Blues; My Old Pal; Lullaby Yodel - 61
Prestige INT 13020 Obray
Ramsey Sings Folksongs From The Three Laurels: Wild Bill Jones; The
Wagoner's Lad; Jim Gunther And The Steer; George Collins; My Lord What A
Morning; Rain And Snow; The Rich And Rambling Boy; I'll Not Marry At All; The
Battle Of King's Mountain; Shady Grove; I'm Gonna Ride On That Cloud; Black
Jack Davy; Green Back Dollar; Sailor On The Deep Blue Sea; Omie Wise - 61
Prestige INT 13030 Folksongs
From The Gateways To The Smokies: The
War Is A-Raging; Little Margaret; Down Beside The Ohio; Worried Man; Hold Fast
To The Right; Pearl Bryant; Cripple Creek; I Wish I Were A Single Girl; Little Sparrow;
Shortening Bread; The Roaming Boy; I Want To Go Home; Pretty Saro; Pretty Fair
Miss; Man Of Constant Sorrow - 61
Field Recorders’ Collective FRC 113 Pretty Polly: I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry; Little Margaret; Before
I Met You; Brown Eyes; Wildwood Flower; I Feel Like I Gotta Travel On; Long
Journey Home; Cumberland Gap; Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms; Cripple Creek; Faded
Love; Old Joe Clark; Down the Road; Little Betty Ann; Tennessee Waltz; My
Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains; Short Life of Trouble; Cheyenne; New
River Train; Handsome Molly; Billy in the Low Ground; Columbus Stockade Blues; Little
Maggie; Home Sweet Home and Silver Bells; All the Good Times Are Past and Gone –
09 w. Ray Byard
