Sunshine Boys (early)

2nd version

By Henk Scholts, Tony Russell, Dave Schroeder, Henk Scholts, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS

4 May 1940 Burrus Sawmill Studio, Saginaw, TX – The Sunshine Boys (Merle Shelton [gt], Billy Mack (McNew) [el steel],  Grundy 'Slim' Harbert [vcl-3/bass], Jimmy Thomason [vcl-1/fiddle], Aubrey 'Moon' Mullican [vcl-2/piano], band [vcl-4])
001 DAL-1132-1 PIPELINER BLUES – 2 Okeh 05669 Conqueror 9730/LP 5144 Proper PVCD-106 CD D 582 CD D 715
002 DAL-1133-1 LAY ME DOWN BESIDE MY DARLING -2 05880 9729/LP 5144 BACM CD D 582 CD D 715
003 DAL-1134-1 WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH DEEP ELM -3-4 05810 9728/LP 5144 PROPERBOX 6  PVCD-106 FA 065 BT 3041 CD D 715
004 DAL-1135-1 TELL ME WITH YOUR BLUE EYES -1-3  05612
005 DAL-1136-1 IT'S A WEARY WORLD WITHOUT MY BLUE EYES -3 05880 9729
006 DAL-1137-1 IT'S HARD TO PLEASE YOUR MIND -1-3 05612
007 DAL-1138-2 COO-SE-COO -1-3 05669 9730/ CD D 715
008 DAL-1139-2 FORGIVE AND FORGET – 3 05810  9728/ CD D 715
PROPER PROPERBOX 6 DOUGBOYS PLAYBOYS AND COWBOYS (UK, 2002, 4CD); PROPER PVCD 106 I’LL SAIL MY SHIP ALONE (UK, 1998, 2CD); BACM CD D 582 EARLY YEARS (UK, 2017); FREMAUX FA 060 HILLBILLY BLUES 1928/1945 (FRA, 1997, 2CD); BIG 3 BT 3041 WESTERM SWING (UK, 2011, 3CD)
8 March 1941 WBAP Studio, Blackstone Hotel, 601 Main St., Fort Worth, TX – The Sunshine Boys (Merle Shelton [gt], Bruce Roscoe Pierce [banjo], Grundy 'Slim' Harbert [vcl-2/bass], Jimmy Thomason [vcl-1/fiddle], prob. Moon Mullican  [piano])
009 DAL-1251-1 TWO AND TWO STILL MAKE FOUR -1-2 06150 CQ 9851/ CD D 715
010 DAL-1252-1 NO GOOD FOR NOTHIN' BLUES -2 06338/LP 101 PVCD-106 PLCD 992 CD D 715
011 DAL-1253-1,-2 BLUE AND LONESOME -1?-2? unissued
012 DAL-1254-1,-2 I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU -1-2 unissued
013 DAL-1255-2 I'M CHECKING OUT -2 06195 Columbia 37659/LP 5144 CD D 582 CD D 715
014 DAL-1256-1 SITTIN' ON THE DOORSTEP – 2 06240/LP 5144 CD D 715
RAMBLER LP 101 TEXAS SAND ANTHOLOGY PF WESTERN SWING (1980); PRESIDENT PLCD 992 STOMPING WESTERN SWING (UK, 1996)
13 March 1941 WBAP Studio, Blackstone Hotel, 601 Main St., Fort Worth, TX – The Sunshine Boys (Merle Shelton [gt], Bruce Roscoe Pierce [banjo], Grundy 'Slim' Harbert [vcl-3/bass], Jimmy Thomason [fiddle-1/mandolin-2], prob. Moon Mullican  [piano], band [vcl-4])
015 DAL-1317-1 SHE'S A ROUNDER -1-2-3 06540 37426/LP 5144 PROPERBOX 83 PAZZ 040 CD D 715
016 DAL-1318-1,-2 MY MIND WON'T BE WORRIED ANYMORE! unissued
017 DAL-1319-2 I'LL DUMP YOUR APPLE CART – 2-3  06603/ CD D 715
018 DAL-1320 WANT A LITTLE HOME TO GO TO unissued
019 DAL-1321-1 WHO'S GONNA CHOP MY BABY'S KINDLIN' -1-3 06240/LP 5144 CD D 715
020 DAL-1322-2 GONNA GET TIGHT -1-3-4 06540 CO 37426/LP 5144 PROPERBOX 6 PVCD-106 FA 160 PAZZ 040 CD D 715
FREMEAUX FA 160 COUNTRY BOOGIE 1939/1947 (FRA, 1998, 2CD); PAZZAZZ PAZZ 040 KINGS OF WESTERN SWING (GER, 2004, 2CD); PROPER PROPEBOX 83 STOMPIN SINGERS/WESTERN SWINGERS (UK, 2004, 4CD)
18 March 1941 WBAP Studio, Blackstone Hotel, 601 Main St., Fort Worth, TX – The Sunshine Boys (Merle Shelton [gt], Bruce Roscoe Pierce [vcl-2/banjo], Grundy 'Slim' Harbert [vcl-3/bass], Jimmy Thomason [vcl-1/fiddle], prob. Moon Mullican  [piano], band [vcl-4])
021 DAL-1359-1 DRINKIN' MADE A FOOL OUTA ME -1-3 06444/ CD D 715
022 DAL-1360-1 THAT'S BAD -2-4 06603/ CD D 715
023 DAL-1361-1 WHO'S BEEN TENDIN' TO MY BUSINESS -3  06338/LP 5144 CD D 715
024 DAL-1362-1 DON'T COME CRYIN' IN MY BEER -3  06150 9851/LP 5144 CD D 715
025 DAL-1363-1 MONKEY BUSINESS -3  06195 CO 37659/LP 5144 CD D 715
026 DAL-1364-1 WOMEN ARE MY WEAKNESS -3 06444/CD D 582 CD D 715
according to Tony Russell the pianist on all session except the first was Jack Hinson

ALBUMS

Cowgirlboy [GER] LP 5144  The Early Sunshine Boys (With Moon Mullican): She's A Rounder; Gonna Get Tight;  Who's Been Tendin' To My Business; What's The Matter With Deep Elm; Pipe Liner Blues; Lay Me Down Beside; If You Care For Me*; I Wasn't Born To Be Happy*; Sittin' On The Doorstep; Who's Gonna Chop My Baby's Kindlin'; Don't Come Crying In My Beer; I'm Checking Out; Monkey Business; My Darling Why Don't You Write*; Old Joe Clark*; Worried Man's Blues* – 95 ( different group, *Sunshine Boys (Quartet)

BACM [UK] CD D 715 Gonna Get Tight: Pipe Liner Blues; Lay Me Down Beside My Darling;  What's The Matter With Deep Elm; Coo Se Coo;  Forgive And Forget;  Two And Two Still Make Four;  No Good For Nothin' Blues Ok;  I'm Checking Out;  Sittin’ On The Door Step; She's A Rounder; I'll Dump Your Apple Cart;  Who's Gonna Chop My Baby's Kindlin';  Gonna Get Tight;  Drinkin' Made A Fool Outa Me;  That's Bad;  Don't Come Crying In My Beer; Who's Been Tendin' To My Business;  Monkey Business; Women Are My Weakness; [slim Harbert’s Okeh Boys:] Brown Bottle Blues; Fruit Wagon Gal; [Louisiana Haymakers:] When You Were A Boy On My Knee; When It's Harvest Time - 02-24

SINGLES
Columbia

OKeh /*Vocalion

*05612 Tell Me With Your Blue Eyes / It's Hard To Please Your Mind – 06-40

05669 Pipeliner Blues / Coo-Se-Coo – 07-40
05810 What's The Matter With Deep Elm / Forgive And Forget – 10-40
05880 Lay Me Down Beside My Darling / It's A Weary World Without My Blue Eyes – 12-40

06150 Two And Two Still Make Four / Don't Come Cryin' In My Beer – 04-41
06195 I'm Checking Out / Monkey Business – 05-41 (reissued in 1947 as Columbia 37659)
06240 Sittin' On The Doorstep / Who's Gonna Chop My Baby's Kindlin' – 06-42

06338 No Good For Nothin' Blues / Who's Been Tendin' To My Business – 08-41
06444 Drinkin' Made A Fool Outa Me / Women Are My Weakness – 10-41

06540 Gonna Get Tight / She’s A Rounder – 12-41 (reissued in 1947 as Columbia 37426)

06603 I'll Dump Your Apple Cart / That’s Bad – 02-42 (rev. March 14)
Conqueror

9851 Two And Two Still Make Four / Don't Come Cryin' In My Beer - 41

9728 What's The Matter With Deep Elm / Forgive And Forget - 42
9729 Lay Me Down Beside My Darling / It's A Weary World Without My Blue Eyes - 42

9730 Pipeliner Blues / Coo-Se-Coo – 42