McLain Family Band

3rd version

By Praguefrank, Wolf-Ruediger Sommer
SESSIONS
ca early 1973 unknown - McLain Family Band (Raymond K.McLain [vcl/gt], Raymond W. McLain [vcl/banjo], Alice McLain [vcl/mandolin], Ruth McLain [vcl/bass])
001 MY VERY SUNSHINE Country Life CLR-2
002 BANJO PICKIN' FOOL Country Life CLR-2
003 PLEASE MR. SUNSHINE Country Life CLR-2
004 RAYMOND'S BREAKDOWN Country Life CLR-2
005 SWEET JANE Country Life CLR-2
006 GATHER TOGETHER Country Life CLR-2
007 TAKE ONE STEP AT A TIME Country Life CLR-2
008 MISTER FROG Country Life CLR-2
009 BUBBLE GUM BABY Country Life CLR-2
010 CHRISTMAS ON THE FARM Country Life CLR-2
011 SILVER CREEK Country Life CLR-2
012 SWEET TOMMOROW Country Life CLR-2
013 PRETTY POLLY Country Life CLR-2
ca early 1974 unknown - McLain Family Band (Raymond K.McLain, Raymond W. McLain, Alice McLain, Ruth McLain)
014 AMAZING GRACE Country Life CLR-3
015 BAD NEWS BLUES Country Life CLR-3
016 CALIFORNIA BLUES Country Life CLR-3
017 COUNTRY HAM Country Life CLR-3
018 GRAND SQUARE Country Life CLR-3
019 HIKIN' DOWN THE INTERSTATE Country Life CLR-3
020 I GOT HIGH HOPES Country Life CLR-3
021 LIVE IT UP HONEY Country Life CLR-3
022 LOVELY DOVE Country Life CLR-3
023 ME AND MY GAL SAL Country Life CLR-3
024 MOVIN ON TO HIGHER GROUND Country Life CLR-3
025 OLD DAN TUCKER Country Life CLR-3
October 1974 unknown - McLain Family Band (Raymond K.McLain, Raymond W. McLain, Alice McLain, Ruth McLain)
026 WILD HONEY Country Life CLR-4
027 MARRIED ME A WIFE Country Life CLR-4
028 SWEET RIVERS OF REDEEMING LOVE Country Life CLR-4
029 BLUE LOCKS BREAKDOWN Country Life CLR-4
030 PRETTY FLOWERS Country Life CLR-4
031 ROSE OF OLD KENTUCKY Country Life CLR-4
032 COUNTRY LIFE Country Life CLR-4
033 STRAIGHTWAY TO JESUS Country Life CLR-4
034 JOE CLARK'S DREAM Country Life CLR-4
035 GIRL LEFT BEHIND ME Country Life CLR-4
036 LET TIME WALK BY AND LOSE ME Country Life CLR-4
037 LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE Country Life CLR-4
early 1976 Mississippi Recording Company, Jackson, MS - McLain Family Band (Raymond K.McLain, Raymond W. McLain, Alice McLain, Ruth McLain)
038 BELIEVE ME Country Life CLR-6
039 BIG RIVER BLUES Country Life CLR-6
040 BROWN EYED BABY Country Life CLR-6
041 CAN'T WE GET TOGETHER ONCE AGAIN Country Life CLR-6
042 HEAVENLY SONG Country Life CLR-6
043 JUMP JOSIE Country Life CLR-6
044 LONESOME DAY Country Life CLR-6
045 NEW RIVER TRAIN Country Life CLR-6
046 OLD MAID SONG Country Life CLR-6
047 ON THE ROAD Country Life CLR-6
048 PRETTY LITTLE RECKLESS BOY Country Life CLR-6
049 YOU'RE EVER GONNA LOVE ME Country Life CLR-6
ca early 1977 unknown - McLain Family Band
050 YOU SIN FOR ME Country Life CLR-7
051 KENTUCKY WIND Country Life CLR-7
052 HATTLE CALL RAG Country Life CLR-7
053 STORMS ARE IN THE OCEAN Country Life CLR-7
054 SAIL AWAY Country Life CLR-7
055 CURLY HEADED BABY Country Life CLR-7
056 BACK UP AND PUSH Country Life CLR-7
057 MY NAME'S MUSIC Country Life CLR-7
058 TURN YOUR RADIO ON Country Life CLR-7
059 FOLLOW THE LIGHT Country Life CLR-7
060 BELLS OF ST. MARY Country Life CLR-7
061 ALWAYS Country Life CLR-7
March 1978 unknown - McLain Family Band (Al White [ld gt], Raymond K. McLain [vcl/gt/accordion], Raymond W.McLain [vcl/gr/ mandolin/ bajo/ fiddle], Alice McLain White [vcl/mandolin], Ruth McLain [vcl/bass])
062 RABBIT IN A LOG Country Life CLR-8
063 DOWN HOME WALTZ Country Life CLR-8
064 MILK COWB BLUES Country Life CLR-8
065 PRISONER'S SONG Country Life CLR-8
066 WEST TEXAS SUN Country Life CLR-8
067 COME OUT TONIGHT Country Life CLR-8
068 DIXIE BREAKDOWN Country Life CLR-8
069 SHADY GROVE Country Life CLR-8
070 FOOLISH PLEASURE Country Life CLR-8
071 TAKE ME BACK TO TULSA Country Life CLR-8
072 ANGEL BAND Country Life CLR-8
073 BOUND FOR GLORYLAND Country Life CLR-8

074 STARS AND STRIPER FOREVER CLR 8

075 TODAY IS GONE CLR 8
ca 1979 unknown - McLain Family Band (Raymond K. McLain [vcl/gt/accordion], Raymond W.McLain [vcl/gr/ mandolin/ bajo/ fiddle], Tim Owen [banjo], Ruth McLain [vcl/bass/ mandolin], Nancy Ann McLain [bass])
076 EAST VIRGINIA BLUES Country Life CLR-9
077 WALKIN' IN MY SLEEP Country Life CLR-9
078 GOIN' TO BOSTON Country Life CLR-9
079 SHUCKIN' THE CORN Country Life CLR-9
080 DARKEST HOUR Country Life CLR-9
081 JEUSITA EN CHIHUAHA Country Life CLR-9
082 FAIR AND TENDER LADIES Country Life CLR-9
083 BLUE AND LONESOME Country Life CLR-9
084 TWO DOLLAR BILL Country Life CLR-9
085 BLUE Country Life CLR-9
086 BLUE BONNET LADY Country Life CLR-9
087 I'M BOUND FOR GLORYLAND Country Life CLR-9
January 1980 Mississippi Recording Company, Jackson, MS - McLain Family Band
088 BIG HILL Country Life CLR-10
089 I NEVER WILL MARRY Country Life CLR-10
090 PIG IN THE PEN Country Life CLR-10
091 I WILL ARISE AND GO TO JESUS Country Life CLR-10
092 GEORGIA MOON Country Life CLR-10
093 ALASKA AIRLINES Country Life CLR-10
094 LIGHT OF THE STABLE Country Life CLR-10
095 BUGLE CALL RAG Country Life CLR-10
096 UNDER THE DOUBLE EAGLE Country Life CLR-10
097 CASEY AT THE BAT Country Life CLR-10
098 PEACOCK RAG Country Life CLR-10
099 OUR SONG Country Life CLR-10
100 DICKENSON COUNTY Country Life CLR-10
101 WORRIED MAN BLUES Country Life CLR-10
102 REMEMBER ME Country Life CLR-10
ca 1981 unknown - McLain Family Band and the Carleton Orchestra (Jeremy Balmuth, conductor, Phillip Rhodes, composer and orchestral arrangements)
103 BREAKDOWN Country Life CLR-11
104 BALLAD Country Life CLR-11
105 VARIATIONS Country Life CLR-11
106 YOU SING FOR ME Country Life CLR-11
107 SILVER CREEK Country Life CLR-11
108 BACK UP AND PUSH Country Life CLR-11
109 ON THE ROAD Country Life CLR-11
110 I'M BOUND FOR GLORYLAND Country Life CLR-11
111 MOVIN' ON TO HIGHER GROUND Country Life CLR-11
24 April 1982 [live] The Carnegie Hall, New York City - McLain Family Band (Raymond J. McLain [vcl/gt/accordion/ bass], Raymond W. McLain [vcl/gt/ banjo/ fiddle], Michael K. McLain [vcl/ gt/mandolin/ banjo], Ruth McLain Riopel [mandolin/ abss], Nancy Ann McLain [vcl/bass/mandolin], Michael J. Riopel [harmonica/ld gt])
11101 BACK UP AND PUSH Country Life CLR-12
11102 BEAVER CREEK Country Life CLR-12
11103 CHICKEN MEDLEY Country Life CLR-12
11104 COUNTRY HAM Country Life CLR-12
11105 FRIED CHICKEN AND A COUNTRY TUNE Country Life CLR-12
11106 GO AWAY FROM MY WINDOW Country Life CLR-12
11107 HOW MOUNTAIN GIRLS CAN LOVE Country Life CLR-12
11108 I DON'T WANT TO GO Country Life CLR-12
11109 LET THE SUN SHINE DOWN ON ME Country Life CLR-12
11110 MOMMA'S LITTLE BABY LOVES SHORTENING BREAD
11111 ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL Country Life CLR-12
11112 PRETTY POLLY Country Life CLR-12
11113 QUICKSAND Country Life CLR-12
11114 SWEET TOMORROW Country Life CLR-12
11115 TROUBLESOME CREEK Country Life CLR-12
11116 UNDER THE DOUBLE EAGLE Country Life CLR-12
11117 WAY DOWN LOW IN A CEDAR SWAMP Country Life CLR-12
ca 1983 unknown - McLain Family Band  (Raymond J. McLain [vcl/gt/accordion/ bass], Raymond W. McLain [vcl/gt/ banjo/ fiddle], Michael K. McLain [vcl/ gt/mandolin/ banjo], Ruth McLain Riopel [mandolin/ abss], Nancy Ann McLain [vcl/bass/mandolin], Michael J. Riopel [harmonica/ld gt])
112 BLOW THE CANDLE OUT Country Life CLR-13
113 BLUE RAILROAD TRAIN Country Life CLR-13
114 BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS OF VIRGINIA Country Life CLR-13
115 BRINGING IN THE GEORGIA MAIL Country Life CLR-13
116 COLUMBUS STOCKADE BLUES Country Life CLR-13
117 FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW Country Life CLR-13
118 HOUSE OF GOLD Country Life CLR-13
119 KENTUCKY CHIMES Country Life CLR-13
120 LONESOME VALLEY Country Life CLR-13
121 SKAGGS' RAGG Country Life CLR-13
122 THIS OLD HOUSE Country Life CLR-13
123 WALKING THE FLOOR OVER YOU Country Life CLR-13
124 WALTZ MEDLEY Country Life CLR-13
May 1984 prob. Mississippi Recording Company, Jackson, MSn - McLain Family Band
125 DANCING WITH THE ANGELS Country Life CLR-14
126 GARDEN HYMN Country Life CLR-14
127 LITTLE DAVID PLAYED HIS HARP Country Life CLR-14
128 AMAZING GRACE Country Life CLR-14
129 TAKE ONE STEP AT A TIME Country Life CLR-14
130 GREEN PASTURES Country Life CLR-14
131 STRAIGHTAWAY TO JESUS Country Life CLR-14
132 I’M WORKING ON A BUILDING Country Life CLR-14
133 HOW FIRM A FOUNDATION Country Life CLR-14
134 THE OLD LANDMARK Country Life CLR-14
135 FOLLOW THE LIGHT Country Life CLR-14
136 BABE OF BETHLEHEM Country Life CLR-14
137 LET THE LIGHT SHINE DOWN ON ME Country Life CLR-14
138 I SAW THE LIGHT Country Life CLR-14
March 1985 Mississippi Recording Company, Jackson, MS - McLain Family Band (Raymond J. McLain [vcl/gt/accordion/ bass], Raymond W. McLain [vcl/gt/ banjo/ fiddle], Michael K. McLain [vcl/ gt/mandolin/ banjo], Ruth McLain Riopel [mandolin/ abss], Nancy Ann McLain [vcl/bass/mandolin], Michael J. Riopel [harmonica/ld gt/ tambourine])
139 TROUBLESOME CREEK Country Life CLR-15
140 KENTUCKY WIND Country Life CLR-15
141 YOU'RE WHY I TRY Country Life CLR-15
142 I WANT TO BE A COWBOY'S SWEETHEART Country Life CLR-15
143 IN THE PINES Country Life CLR-15
144 FINE TIMES AT OUR HOUSE/GUILDEROY Country Life CLR-15
145 ALABAMA JUBILEE Country Life CLR-15
146 SHOW ME THAT YOU KNOW ME Country Life CLR-15
147 EMOTIONS Country Life CLR-15
148 THAT'S HOW I CAN COUNT ON YOU Country Life CLR-15
149 DARK HOLLOW Country Life CLR-15
150 SHOESHINE MAN Country Life CLR-15
151 YOU ARE MY FLOWER Country Life CLR-15
152 CHERRY ROAD. Country Life CLR-15
October 1986 Track 16, Lexington, KY - McLain Family Band (Al White [gt/mandolin/ banjo], Michael K.McLain [banjo], Alice McLain White [mandolin], Ruth McLain Riopel [bass], Raymond W.McLain [fiddle/ gt], Raymond K. McLain [piano]
153 BEAUMONT RAG Country Life CLR-16
154 BIG HILL/FIDDLE A LITTLE Country Life CLR-16
155 BOIL THEM CABBAGE DOWN Country Life CLR-16
156 FAIR JENNY Country Life CLR-16
157 GOING TO HOUSTON Country Life CLR-16
158 HOEDOWN (Hell Broke Loose in Georgia, Pig Town Fling, Come on Out Tonight, Sugarfoot Rag, Katy Hill) Country Life CLR-16
159 LEVI JACKSON RAG Country Life CLR-16
160 OCTOBER ROSE Country Life CLR-16
161 YESTERDAY'S WALTZ Country Life CLR-16
ca 1995 unknown - McLain Family Band
162 SHADY GROVE Country Life CLRCD-18
163 WHY DON'T YOU HAUL OFF AND LOVE ME Country Life CLRCD-18
164 HOT STUFF Country Life CLRCD-18
165 KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN BANJO Country Life CLRCD-18
166 TENNESSEE BLUES/TENNESSEE LONESOME BLUES Country Life CLRCD-18
167 CINDY Country Life CLRCD-18
168 PLAYING POSSUM Country Life CLRCD-18
169 THE DANCE IN OLD KENTUCKY Country Life CLRCD-18
170 BILE THEM CABBAGE DOWN Country Life CLRCD-18
171 BABY-O Country Life CLRCD-18
172 DIXIE HOEDOWN Country Life CLRCD-18
173 MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME Country Life CLRCD-18
174 NIGHT RUNNER Country Life CLRCD-18
175 BROWN'S FERRY BLUES Country Life CLRCD-18
1998 Eleven O Three Studio, Nashville, TN - McLains (Raymond McLain [vcl/gt/banjo/fiddle], Michael McLain [vcl/gt/banjo], Jennifer McLain [vcl/mandolin] + Jim Hurst [gt],Al White [mandolin], Mike Stevens [harmonica], Todd Phillips/Dennis Crouch [bass]
L01 IT'LL COME TO ME Pinecastle PRC-1086
L02 LIPS THAT LIE Pinecastle PRC-1086
L03 STAR OF MUNSTER Pinecastle PRC-1086
L04 TAKE ME IN THE LIFEBOAT Pinecastle PRC-1086
L05 (WISH I WAS A) FREIGHT MAN Pinecastle PRC-1086
L06 MY BABY THINKS HE'S A TRAIN Pinecastle PRC-1086
L07 DIZZY FINGERS Pinecastle PRC-1086
L08 THROUGH THE GARDEN Pinecastle PRC-1086
L09 WINNER'S CIRCLE Pinecastle PRC-1086
L10 LITTLE DARLIN' Pinecastle PRC-1086
L11 GRACIE Pinecastle PRC-1086
L12 FOGGY MOUNTAIN TOP Pinecastle PRC-1086

2017 unknown – McLain Family Band

176 COME ON OUT TONIGHT

177  KITTY ALONE

178 NIGHTBIRD

179 CELEBRATE LIFE

180 MARIE'S WEDDING / COOLEY'S REEL / CARRIED OUT OF BUCKLEY'S

181 KENTUCKY WIND

182 BULLY OF THE TOWN

183 SWEET FERN

184 GOING DOWN

185 YOU CAN'T FIND LOVE IF IT JUST ISN'T THERE

186 COWBOY'S SWEETHEART

187 JAKE'S RAMBLE / BIG WHEEL REEL

Tracks above issued on album Celebrate Life

 


ALBUMS
Country Life CLR-2 The Mc Lain Family Band: My Very Sunshine; Banjo Pickin' Fool; Please Mr. Sunshine; Raymond's Breakdown; Sweet Jane; Gather Together; Take One Step At A Time; Mister Frog; Bubble Gum Baby; Christmas On The Farm; Silver Creek; Sweet Tommorow; Pretty Polly - 05-73 (MX: 31057/8]
Country Life CLR-3 Country Ham: I Got High Hopes; Grand Square; Old Dan Tucker; Live It Up Honey; Bad News Blues; Country Ham; Lovely Dove; Hikin' Down The Interstate; California Blues; Me And My Gal Sal; Movin On To Higher Ground; Amazing Grace;  - ca 10-74
Country Life CLR-4 Country Life: Wild Honey; Married Me A Wife; Sweet Rivers Of Redeeming Love; Blue Locks Breakdown; Pretty Flowers; Rose Of Old Kentucky; Country Life; Straightway To Jesus; Joe Clark's Dream; Girl Left Behind Me; Let Time Walk By And Lose Me; Love Love Love Love - ca 07-75 (MX: 34237/8)
Country Life CLR-6 On The Road: New River Train; Old Maid Song; Lonesome Day; Pretty Little Reckless Boy; If You're Ever Gonna Love Me; Heavenly Song; On The Road; Jump Josie; Believe Me; Brown Eyed Baby; Big River Blues; Can't We Get Together Once Again - 76 (MX: 36895/6)
Country Life CLR-7 Kentucky Wind: Back Up And Push; My Name's Music; Turn Your Radio On; Follow The Light; Bells Of St. Mary; Always; You Sin For Me; Kentucky Wind; Storms Are In The Ocean; Hattle Call;  Sail Away; Curly Headed Baby -  ca 10-77
Country Life CLR-8 The Family Album: Rabbit In A Log; Down Home Waltz; Milk Cow Blues; Prisoner's Song; West Texas Sun; Come Out Tonight; Dixie Breakdown; Shady Grove; Foolish Pleasure; Take Me Back To Tulsa; Angel Band; Bound For Gloryland; Stars And Striper Forever; Today Is Gone - 78
Country Life CLR-9 The 7th Album: East Virginia Blues; Walkin' In My Sleep; Goin' To Boston; Shuckin' The Corn; Darkest Hour; Jeusita En Chihuaha; Fair And Tender Ladies; Blue And Lonesome; Two Dollar Bill; Blue; Blue Bonnet Lady; I'm Bound For Gloryland - 79
Country Life CLR-10 Big Hill: Big Hill; I Never Will Marry; Pig In The Pen; I Will Arise And Go To Jesus; Georgia Moon; Alaska Airlines; Light Of The Stable; Bugle Call Rag; Under The Double Eagle; Casey At The Bat; Peacock Rag; Our Song; Dickenson County; Worried Man Blues; Remember Me – 80 (MX: 41363/4)
Country Life CLR-11 Concerto For Bluegrass Band And Orchestra: Breakdown; Ballad; Variations; You Sing For Me; Silver Creek; Back Up And Push; On The Road; I'm Bound For Gloryland; Movin' On To Higher Ground - 81 w. Carleton Orchestra
Country Life CLR-12 In Concert At Carnegie Hall: How Mountain Girls Can Love; Pretty Polly;    Let The Sun Shine Down On Me; Troublesome Creek; Quicksand; Beaver Creek; Back Up And Push; Under The Double Eagle; Chicken Medley: Cackin' Hen / Chickens Crowing On Sourwood Mountain / Cluck Old Hen    /Fried Chicken And A Country Tune; Momma's Little Baby Loves Shortening Bread; Country Ham; Way Low Down In A Cedar Swamp; Go Away From My Window; Orange Blossom Special; Sweet Tomorrow; I Don't Want To Go - 82
Country Life CLR-13 All Natural Ingredients: Bringing In The Georgia Mail; Blue Railroad Train; Footprints In The Snow; Waltz Medley; This Old House; Lonesome Valley; Kentucky Chimes; Walking The Floor Over You; Skaggs' Ragg; House Of Gold; Blue Ridge Mountains Of Virginia; Columbus Stockade Blues; Blow The Candle Out - 83
Country Life CLR-14/RR 42765 Sunday Singing: Dancing With The Angels; Garden Hymn; Little David Played His Harp; Amazing Grace; Take One Step At A Time; Green Pastures; Straightaway To Jesus; I’m Working On A Building; How Firm A Foundation; The Old Landmark; Follow The Light; Babe Of Bethlehem; Let The Light Shine Down On Me; I Saw The Light - ca 10-84
Country Life CLR-15 Troublesome Creek: Troublesome Creek; Kentucky Wind; You're Why I Try; I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart; In The Pines; Fine Times At Our House/Guilderoy; Alabama Jubilee; Show Me That You Know Me; Emotions; That's How I Can Count On You; Dark Hollow; Shoeshine Man; You Are My Flower; Cherry Road - ca 11-85
Country Life CLR-16 Country Dance Album: Levi Jackson Rag; Yesterday's Waltz; Fair Jenny; Big Hill/Fiddle A Little; Boil Them Cabbage Down; Beaumont Rag; October Rose; Going To Houston; Hoedown (Hell Broke Loose In Georgia, Pig Town Fling, Come On Out Tonight, Sugarfoot Rag, Katy Hill) - 16-11-86
Country Life CLRCD-18 Kentucky Mountain Banjo: Shady Grove; Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me; Hot Stuff; Kentucky Mountain Banjo; . Tennessee Blues/Tennessee Lonesome Blues; Cindy; Playing Possum; The Dance In Old Kentucky; Bile Them Cabbage Down; Baby-O; Dixie Hoedown; My Old Kentucky Home; Night Runner; Brown's Ferry Blues - 95
Pinecastle PRC-1086 CD More Fun Than We Ought To Have: It'll Come To Me; Lips That Lie; Star Of Munster; Take Me In The Lifeboat; (Wish I Was A) Freight Man; My Baby Thinks He's A Train; Dizzy Fingers; Through The Garden; Winner's Circle; Little Darlin'; Gracie; Foggy Mountain Top - 16-02-99 McLains

Country Life ? Celebrate Life: Come on out Tonight; Kitty Alone; Nightbird; Celebrate Life; Marie's Wedding / Cooley's Reel / Carried out of Buckley's; Kentucky Wind; Bully of the Town; Sweet Fern; Going Down; You Can't Find Love If It Just Isn't There; Cowboy's Sweetheart; Jake's Ramble / Big Wheel Reel – 10-12-17