By Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS also recorded with Milt Okun, Jeannie Ritchie
1953 unknown - The Folksay Trio (Erik
Darling, Bob Carey and Roger Sprung)
F01 ALABAMA BOUND Stinson SLP 6
F02 DEVILISH MARY Stinson SLP 6
F03 ROUND THE BAY OF MEXICO Stinson SLP 6
F04 TOM DOOLEY Stinson SLP 6
F05 THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL Stinson SLP 6
F06 SPORTIN' LIFE BLUES Stinson SLP 6
F07 RAISE A RUKUS TONIGHT Stinson SLP 6
F08 THE CRAWDAD SONG Stinson SLP 6
1958 unknown – The Shanty Boys (Mike Cohen [ld vcl/gt], Roger Sprung [banjo], Lionel Kilberg [bass])
S01 SHUCKIN' OF THE CORN Elektra EKL 142
S02 SWEET POTATO Elektra EKL 142
S03 JOHNSON BOYS Elektra EKL 142
S04 RUBIN RANZO Elektra EKL 142
S05 OH MONA Elektra EKL 142
S06 MIDNIGHT SPECIAL Elektra EKL 142
S07 OUT AFTER BEER Elektra EKL 142
S08 CRYING HOLY Elektra EKL 142
S09 DANCE BOATMAN Elektra EKL 142
S10 PUTTIN' ON THE STYLE Elektra EKL 142
S11 EZEKIEL Elektra EKL 142
S12 HOME IN THAT ROCK Elektra EKL 142
S13 OXTAIL RAG-OUT Elektra EKL 142
S14 WALKING CANE Elektra EKL 142
S15 AWAY RIO Elektra EKL 142
1963 New York City – Roger Sprung And His Progressive
Bluegrassers (Roger Sprung [banjo], Doc Watson [gt], Joe Locker [gt], Willie
Locker [mandolin], Ollie Phillips [bass], Bob Thomas [drums],
001 THE WILDGOOSE CHASE Folkways FA 2370
002 STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER Folkways FA 2370
003 SPINNING WHEEL Folkways FA 2370
004 BIG BANJO FROM BROADWAY Folkways FA 2370
005 WHISTLING RUFUS Folkways FA 2370
006 THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE Folkways FA 2370
007 MACK THE KNIFE Folkways FA 2370
008 NELLIE BLY Folkways FA 2370
009 MALAQUENA Folkways FA 2370
010 SMOKEY MOKES Folkways FA 2370
011 GREENSLEEVES Folkways FA 2370
012 BYE BYE BLUES Folkways FA 2370
1964 New York City – Roger Sprung And His Bluegrass
All-Stars (Roger Sprung [banjo], Jon Sholle [gt], Hank Miller [gt], Larry Dunn
[gt], Jody Stecher [mandolin], Frank Benedetto [bass], Bob Thompson [drums /washboard],
Gene Lowinger [fiddle])
013 DILL PICKLE RAG Folkways FA 2371
014 SHOOT THE TURKEY BUZZARD Folkways FA 2371
015 MISIRLOU Folkways FA 2371
016 CHINATOWN Folkways FA 2371
017 PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON Folkways FA 2371
018 TIGER RAG Folkways FA 2371
019 SWEET GEORGIA BROWN Folkways FA 2371
020 GIE GORDONS Folkways FA 2371
021 SILVER RAINBOW Folkways FA 2371
022 ARKANSAS TRAVELER Folkways FA 2371
023 HOW HIGH THE MOON Folkways FA 2371
024 GEORGIA CAMP MEETING Folkways FA 2371
025 THAT'S A-PLENTY Folkways FA 2371
1965 New York City – Roger Sprung And His Progressive Bluegrassers(Roger Sprung [banjo], John
Sholle [gt], Lenny Pogan [gt], Jody Stecher [mandolin], Irv Manning [bass],
Rudy Grant [drums], Speedy Shepard [fiddle], Saul Broudy [mouth harp], Dan
Isaacson [Jew's harp])
026 YES SIR, THAT'S MY BABY Folkways FA 2472
027 BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM Folkways FA 2472
028 DEEP ELEM BLUES Folkways FA 2472
029 FISHER'S HORNPIPE Folkways FA 2472
030 DOWN HOME RAG Folkways FA 2472
031 TURKEY IN THE STRAW Folkways FA 2472
032 THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY Folkways FA 2472
033 RICKETT'S HORNPIPE Folkways FA 2472
034 OLD MOLLY HARE Folkways FA 2472
035 SAILOR'S HORNPIPE Folkways FA 2472
036 BUCK'S STUMBLE Folkways FA 2472
037 FORKED DEER Folkways FA 2472
038 MOSCOW NIGHTS Folkways FA 2472
039 PADDY WON'T YOU DRINK SOME CIDER Folkways FA 2472
040 HELLO, DOLLY Folkways FA 2472
041 RAGTIME ANNIE Folkways FA 2472
1966 poss. New York City – Roger Sprung And His
Progressive Bluegrassers (Roger Sprung
[banjo], Jon Sholle [ld gt], Larry Dunn [gt], Jody Stecher [mandolin], Austin
Gelzer/ Mike Miller [bass], Richie Barron [drums], Jackie Pack [Goblet
drum], Gene Lowenger [fiddle], Gene Zimmerman [Jew’s harp])
042 GRASSY LICKS Verve FV 9037
043 18TH CENTURY DRAWING ROOM Verve FV 9037
044 PADDY ON THE TURNPIKE Verve FV 9037
045 GREENLAND WHALE FISHERIES Verve FV 9037
046 WHITE WATER JIG Verve FV 9037
047 OLD BLACK JOE Verve FV 9037
048 DEVIL'S DREAM Verve FV 9037
049 MUSKRAT RAMBLE Verve FV 9037
050 CLUCK OLD HEN Verve FV 9037
051 JINGLE BELLS Verve FV 9037
052 BILL CHEATHAM Verve FV 9037
053 BLUE BELLS OF SCOTLAND Verve FV 9037
054 MUDDY ROADS Verve FV 9037
055 MRS. BROWN YOU'VE GOT A LOVELY DAUGHTER Verve FV
9037
056 BLACK MOUNTAIN RAG Verve FV 9037
057 HAVA NAGILA Verve FV 9037
058 THE WHITE COCKADE Verve FV 9037
1967 poss. New York City – Roger Sprung And His
Progressive Bluegrassers
059 MISSISSIPPI SAWYER Showcase S 1
060 WHOA BACK BUCK Showcase S 1
061 COLORED ARISTOCRACY Showcase S 1
062 MISS MCCLOUD'S REEL Showcase S 1
063 EREV SHELSHOSHANIM Showcase S 1
064 THE OLD GREY EAGLE Showcase S 1
065 THREE JOLLY ROGUES Showcase S 1
066 SWANNEE RIVER Showcase S 1
067 FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Showcase S 1
068 I DON'T LOVE NOBODY Showcase S 1
069 GOODBYE LIZA JANE Showcase S 1
070 SEEING NELLIE HOME Showcase S 1
071 PRETTY LITTLE WIDOW Showcase S 1
072 CHINA BOY Showcase S 1
073 RYE STRAW Showcase S 1
074 GROUND HOG Showcase S 1
1970 unknown – Roger Sprung and Joan Sprung (Roger Sprung [banjo],
Joan Sprung [gt], Harry Robinson [ld gt], Hal Wylie [rh gt], Arthur Rose [mandolin],
Will Tressler [dobro], Austin Gelzer/ Jerry
Samuels [bass], Marty Sachs [jaw harp])
075 YAKETY BANJO Showcase S 2
076 RAINCROW BILL / DAWSONS TUNE Showcase S 2
077 BILL CHEATHAM Showcase S 2
078 GEORGE COLLINS Showcase S 2
079 RUTLAND'S REEL Showcase S 2
080 SWEET SUNNY SOUTH Showcase S 2
081 ST. ANNE'S REEL Showcase S 2
082 JUNE APPLE Showcase S 2
083 EBENEZER / TUCKER'S OL' BARN / 'LEVEN PENCE Showcase S 2
084 NOBODY'S BUSINESS Showcase S 2
085 THE WAYS OF THE WORLD Showcase S 2
086 LIBERTY Showcase S 2
087 I'LL FLY AWAY Showcase S 2
088 BUMMER'S REEL / BILLY IN THE LOW GROUND Showcase S 2
1970
unknown – Roger Sprung and Joan Sprung
089 THE SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE Showcase S 3
090 TODAY Showcase S 3
091 THE GOOD OLD COLONY DAYS Showcase S 3
092 RAIN AND SNOW;THE GALWAY BANJO Showcase S 3
093 THE STORMS ARE ON THE OCEAN Showcase S 3
094 SASSAFRAS TEA Showcase S 3
095 THE OLD CANE PRESS Showcase S 3
096 LOVE IS BLUE Showcase S 3
097 DRY BONES Showcase S 3
098 MY LOVE SHE IS BUT A LASSIE YET Showcase S 3
099 ROCKY TOP Showcase S 3
100 LORD THOMAS AND FAIR ELLENDER Showcase S 3
1972 [live-37th
Annual Old Fiddler’s Convention] Galax, VA – Roger Sprung
10001 JUNE
APPLE Heritage VPMF OFC 37 Moose Lodge 733
1974
unknown – Roger Sprung, Hal Wylie And The Progressive Bluegrassers (Roger
Sprung [banjo/autoharp], Hal Wylie [gt], Richard Smith [mandolin], Arnie
Feldman [4-string banjo], Corky Ballard [bass], Ken Kosek [fiddle])
101 COMIN' ROUND THE MOUNTAIN Folkways FTS 31038
102 CIDER MILL Folkways FTS 31038
103 MOUNTAIN DEW Folkways FTS 31038
104 COUSIN SALLY BROWN Folkways FTS 31038
105 JUNE APPLE Folkways FTS 31038
106 AULD LANG SYNE Folkways FTS 31038
107 JOHN HARDY Folkways FTS 31038
108 JOHNNY BOOKER Folkways FTS 31038
109 SIMPLE GIFTS Folkways FTS 31038
110 LITTLE RABBIT Folkways FTS 31038
111 LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL Folkways FTS 31038
112 FORTUNE Folkways FTS 31038
113 GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK Folkways FTS 31038
1976 unknown – Roger Sprung wth Hal Wylie and Progressive
Bluegrassers
114 RIDER BLUES Showcase S 4
115 FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWN Showcase S 4
116 WILDWOOD FLOWER Showcase S 4
117 THE NEW WILD GOOSE Showcase S 4
118 WORRIED MAN BLUES Showcase S 4
119 WHISKEY BEFORE BREAKFAST Showcase S 4
120 ROANOKE Showcase S 4
121 CRIPPLE CREEK Showcase S 4
122 FIRST DAY IN TOWN Showcase S 4
123 DUELING BANJOS Showcase S 4
124 SALTY DOG RAG Showcase S 4
125 ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL Showcase S 4
26-28 August 1977 [live-Philadelphia Folk Festival] Old
poole Farm, Upper Stafford, PA – Roger Sprung
12501 WILD GOOSE CHASE Flying Fish FF 064
1978? unknown – Roger Sprung with Hal Wylie and Progressive
Bluegrassers
126 JOHN HENRY Showcase S 5
127 HOME SWEET HOME Showcase S 5
128 BANKS OF THE OHIO Showcase S 5
129 CRAWDAD SONG Showcase S 5
130 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS Showcase S 5
131 BLACK MOUNTAIN RAG Showcase S 5
132 RED WING Showcase S 5
133 DOWN YONDER Showcase S 5
134 OL' JIMMY SUTTON Showcase S 5
135 GOLDEN SLIPPERS Showcase S 5
136 DIXIE Showcase S 5
137 MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA Showcase S 5
138 LONESOME ROAD BLUES Showcase S 5
1982 RBY
Studios, Southbury, CT – Roger Sprung with Hal
Wylie and Progressive Bluegrassers with The Crystal Band
139 PETRONELLA Showcase S 6
140 BLACKJACK DAVY Showcase S 6
141 MORGAN MAGAN Showcase S 6
142 THE GREAT SILKIE OF SULE SKERRY Showcase S 6
143 THE GERMAN BOW /
LESLIE'S HORNPIPE Showcase S 6
144 CHRISTMAS EVE / COME WEST ALONG THE ROAD / MOUNTAIN ROAD
Showcase S 6
145 FAREWELL TO CARLINGFORD Showcase S 6
146 NAPOLEAN CROSSING THE RHINE Showcase S 6
147 HOME DEARIE HOME Showcase S 6
148 BIRD IN THE BUSH /
CONNOLLY'S HORNPIPE Showcase S 6
1983 unknown – Roger Sprung with Hal Wylie and Progressive
Bluegrassers
149 HONEYSUCKLE HORNPIPE /
KITTY'S WEDDING Showcase S 7
150 THE BLACK VELVET BAND /
THE BOYS OF BLUE HILL Showcase S 7
151 KEVIN BARRY Showcase S 7
152 SOLDIER'S JOY / THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY Showcase
S 7
153 A DAY IN WATERFORD Showcase S 7
154 RAMBLES OF SPRING Showcase S 7
155 SILVER SPEAR /
SLIGO MAID Showcase S 7
156 RODDY MCCORLEY Showcase S 7
157 HARVEST HOME Showcase S 7
1983 unknown – Roger Sprung with Hal Wylie and Progressive
Bluegrassers
158 NORTH FORK Showcase S 8
159 JOHN LOVER'S GONE Showcase S 8
160 WALKIN' IN THE PARLOR Showcase S 8
161 SOUTHWEST WINDS Showcase S 8
162 BEAUMONT RAG Showcase S 8
163 SAILING Showcase S 8
164 JOYS OF QUEBEC Showcase S 8
165 THE CROW SONG Showcase S 8
166 LIQUOR SELLER Showcase S 8
167 CHRISTMAS TIME'S A-COMIN' Showcase S 8
168 GOIN' DOWN TO GEORGIO Showcase S 8
169 ROCK THE CRADLE JOE Showcase S 8
170 OL' MAN ROCKIN' THE CRADLE Showcase S 8
1988 unknown – Roger Sprung
171 JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE A DUMMY BILL BAILEY Showcase S 9
172 HAWKS AND EAGLES Showcase S 9
173 DEEP ELM BLUES Showcase S 9
174 HIGH SOCIETY Showcase S 9
175 GOING GONE Showcase S 9
176 SHAWNEE TOWN Showcase S 9
177 CATTLE IN THE CORN Showcase S 9
178 LITTLE WHITE CHURCH Showcase S 9
179 WABASH BLUES Showcase S 9
180 WAY DOWN IN THE MINES Showcase S 9
181 MAGPIE AND LITTLE BILLY WILSON Showcase S 9
182 IT'S A SMALL WORLD Showcase S 9
183 LONESOME FIDDLE BLUES Showcase S 9
Roger Sprung recorded later two more albums; incomplete info
in albums list
There are also various unlisted live recordings on festivals
ALBUMS
Stinson SLP 6 American
Folksay: Ballads and Dances, Vol. 2: Alabama Bound; Devilish Mary; Round The
Bay Of Mexico; Tom Dooley; The Midnight Special; Sportin' Life Blues; Raise A
Rukus Tonight; The Crawdad Song - 53 The
Folksay Trio
Elektra EKL-142 Off-Beat
Folk Songs: Shuckin' of the Corn; Sweet Potato; Johnson Boys; Rubin Ranzo; Oh
Mona; Midnight Special; Out After Beer; Crying Holy; Dance Boatman; Puttin' on
the Style; Ezekiel; Home in That Rock; Oxtail Rag-Out; Walking Cane; Away Rio –
58 The Shanty Boys
Folkways FA 2370
Progressive Bluegrass. Vol. 1: The Wildgoose Chase; Stars And Stripes Forever; Spinning Wheel; Big Banjo From Broadway; Whistling Rufus; The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise; Mack The Knife; Nellie Bly;
Malaquena; Smokey Mokes; Greensleeves;
Bye Bye Blues - 63
Folkways FA 2371
Progressive Ragtime Bluegrass 2 And Other Instrumentals: Dill Pickle
Rag; Shoot The Turkey Buzzard; Misirlou;
Chinatown; Puff The Magic Dragon; Tiger Rag;
Sweet Georgia Brown; Gie Gordons; Silver Rainbow; Arkansas Traveler; How High The Moon; Georgia Camp Meeting; That's A-Plenty - 05-64
Folkways FA 2472
Progressive Bluegrass. Vol. 3, Five String Banjo Specialties: Yes Sir,
That's My Baby; Blackberry Blossom; Deep Elem Blues; Fisher's Hornpipe; Down Home Rag; Turkey In The Straw; The Little Drummer Boy; Rickett's Hornpipe; Old Molly Hare; Sailor's Hornpipe; Buck's Stumble; Forked Deer; Moscow Nights; Paddy Won't You Drink Some Cider; Hello, Dolly;
Ragtime Annie- 06-65
Verve/Forecast FV
9037 Grassy Licks: Grassy Licks; 18th Century Drawing Room; Paddy On The Turnpike; Greenland Whale Fisheries; White Water Jig; Old Black Joe; Devil's Dream; Muskrat
Ramble; Cluck Old Hen; Jingle Bells; Bill Cheatham; Blue Bells Of
Scotland; Muddy Roads; Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter; Black Mountain Rag; Hava Nagila; The White Cockade – 11-66 and
His Progressive Bluegrassers (reissued in 1973 as Folkways FTS 31036)
Showcase S 1 Roger
Sprung and his Progressive Bluegrassers: Mississippi Sawyer; Whoa Back
Buck; Colored Aristocracy; Miss Mccloud's Reel; Erev Shelshoshanim; The Old Grey Eagle; Three
Jolly Rogues; Swannee River; Fiddler On
The Roof; I Don't Love Nobody; Goodbye Liza Jane; Seeing Nellie Home; Pretty Little Widow; China Boy;
Rye Straw; Ground Hog - 67
Showcase S 2
Pickin' On The Mountain: Yakety
Banjo; Raincrow Bill / Dawsons Tune; Bill Cheatham; George Collins; Rutland's
Reel; Sweet Sunny South; St. Anne's Reel; June Apple; Ebenezer / Tucker's Ol'
Barn / 'Leven Pence; Nobody's Business; The Ways Of The World; Liberty; I'll
Fly Away; Bummer's Reel / Billy In The Low Ground. - 70 w. Joan Sprung
Showcase S 3 Roger
and Joan: The Sunny Side Of Life;
Today; The Good Old Colony Days;
Rain And Snow;The Galway Banjo;
The Storms Are On The Ocean;
Sassafras Tea; The Old Cane
Press; Love Is Blue; Dry Bones;
My Love She Is But A Lassie Yet;
Rocky Top; Lord Thomas And Fair
Ellender - 70 w. Joan Sprung
Folkways FTS 31038
Bluegrass Blast : A Mixed Bag Of Ol' Timey Music: Comin' Round The
Mountain; Cider Mill; Mountain Dew; Cousin Sally Brown; June Apple; Auld Lang Syne; John Hardy;
Johnny Booker; Simple Gifts; Little Rabbit; Leaving Of Liverpool; Fortune; Grandfather's Clock- 74 and Hal
Wylie and The Progressive Bluegrassers
Showcase S 4
Bluegrass Gold: Rider Blues; Foggy
Mountain Breakdown; Wildwood Flower; The
New Wild Goose; Worried Man Blues;
Whiskey Before Breakfast; Roanoke; Cripple Creek; First Day In Town; Dueling Banjos; Salty Dog Rag; Orange Blossom Special - 76 w.Hal Wylie and The Progressive Bluegrassers
Showcase S 5
Bluegrass Gold, vol. 2: John Henry;
Home Sweet Home; Banks Of The Ohio; Crawdad Song; Bridge Over Troubled Waters; Black Mountain Rag; Red Wing; Down Yonder;
Ol' Jimmy Sutton; Golden
Slippers; Dixie; Marching Through Georgia; Lonesome Road Blues – 78? w.Hal Wylie and The Progressive Bluegrassers
Showcase
S 6 Irish-Grass:
Petronella; Blackjack Davy; Morgan Magan;
The Great Silkie Of Sule Skerry;
The German Bow / Leslie's
Hornpipe; Christmas Eve / Come West
Along The Road / Mountain Road; Farewell
To Carlingford; Napolean Crossing The
Rhine; Home Dearie Home; Bird In The Bush / Connolly's Hornpipe - 82 and His Progressive Bluegrassers
Showcase S 7 The
Irish-Bluegrass Connection: Honeysuckle Hornpipe / Kitty's Wedding; The Black Velvet Band / The Boys Of Blue Hill; Kevin Barry;
Soldier's Joy / The Wind That Shakes The Barley; A Day In Waterford; Rambles Of Spring; Silver Spear / Sligo Maid;
Roddy Mccorley; Harvest Home - 82 and His Progressive Bluegrassers
Showcas S 8 Southwest
Winds: North Fork; John Lover's
Gone; Walkin' In The Parlor; Southwest
Winds; Beaumont Rag; Sailing; Joys Of Quebec; The Crow Song; Liquor Seller; Christmas Time's A-Comin'; Goin' Down To Georgio; Rock The Cradle Joe; Ol' Man Rockin' The Cradle- 83 and His Progressive
Bluegrassers
Showcase CS-9 Let's
Pick: Just Because You're a Dummy Bill Bailey; Hawks and Eagles; Deep Elm
Blues; High Society; Going Gone; Shawnee Town; Cattle in the Corn; Little White
Church; Wabash Blues; Way Down in the Mines; Magpie and Little Billy Wilson;
It's a Small World; Lonesome Fiddle Blues -
88 (cassette)
Showcase CS-10 Thyme
and Beyond: (tracks unknown) - 89 (cassette)
Showcase CS-11
Stompin' Stuff: (tracks unknown) - 90 (cassette)
