Overland Express

By Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst

SESSIONS

1983  Webco Recording Studio, 8705 Deanna Drive, Gaithersburg, MD – Overland Express (Dave Burford [baritone vcl-1/gt],   Lenny Whitehead [ld vcl/baritone vcl-2/mandolin], Terry Wittenberg [rnr vcl/banjo], Mike Jenkins [baritone vcl/ld vcl-3/bass]. Producer: WEBCO and Overland Express)

001 GOING BACK TO STAY Webco WLPS-0111                  

002 LAST CALL Webco WLPS-0111                             

003 HANDSOME MOLLY -2-3  Webco WLPS-0111                        

004 MY DARLIN'S GONE -1 Webco WLPS-0111                      

005 CHASE Webco WLPS-0111 

006 ASHES OF LOVE Webco WLPS-0111                         

007 FIRST STAGE OUT Webco WLPS-0111                       

008 JUST ONE LOOK Webco WLPS-0111                         

009 LOUISE Webco WLPS-0111   

010 WHEN PAYDAY ROLLS AROUND Webco WLPS-0111              

011 RIVER MIGHTY RIVER Webco WLPS-0111                    

012 NO HIDING PLACE -2-3 Webco WLPS-0111 

ALBUMS

Webco WLPS-0111 First Stage Out:  Going Back To Stay; Last Call; Handsome Molly; My Darlin's Gone; Chase;Ashes Of Love; First Stage Out; Just One Look; Louise; When Payday Rolls Around; River Mighty River; No Hiding Place – 04-84               

Floyd Westerman

*17-08-1940 the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux reservation,  Veblen, SD, +13-12-2007

By Praguefrank

SESSIONS  also actor and politician

1969 A1 Studios, New York City/Music City Recorders, Nashville, TN – Floyd Westerman (Floyd Westerman [vcl/rh gt], Bob Abrahams [gt], J. C. [rh gt], Jerry Shook [dobro/harp], Pete Drake [steel], John Palmer Trivers [bass], Harry Lasarowitz [drums])

001 CUSTER DIED FOR YOUR SINS PLP 5

002 MISSIONARIES PLP 5

003 WORLD WITHOUT TOMORROW PLP-8/PLP 5

004 GOING BACK PLP 5 35

005 MORE MILES PLP 5

006 RED, WHITE AND BLACK PLP 5

007 WHERE WERE YOU WHEN PLP 5

008 HERE COMES THE ANTHROS PLP 5

009 THEY DIDN'T LISTEN PLP 5

010 TASK FORCE PLP 5

011 B. I. A.  PLP 5 

Possibly from sessions above

012 35 MORE MILES  PLP 8

1970 [live] Town Hall, New York City (Floyd Westerman [vcl], Bob Abrahams [ld gt], John Trivers [bass])

01201 I STILL MISS SOMEONE PLP 14

01202 NOBODY KNOWS PLP 14

01203 LONESOME WHISTLE PLP 14

01204 ME AND BOBBY MCGEE PLP 14

01205 JAMBALAYA PLP 14

01206 SAN QUENTIN PLP 14

01207 FOLSOM PRISON PLP 14

01208 ANITA YOU’RE DREAMING PLP 14

01209 BUSTED PLP 14

1982 unknown – Floyd Westerman (Floyd Westerman [vcl/gt], James Quill Smith [gt],  Peter Hunt [steel], Charles Souza [bass], Dewayne Quirco [drums], Christian Mostert [keyboards].

Producer: Floyd Westerman)

013 CUSTER DIED FOR YOUR SINS

014 RED, WHITE AND BLACK

015 HERE COME THE ANTHROS

016 THIRTY-FIVE MORE MILES

017 B.I.A.

018 GOING BACK

019 MISSIONARIES

020 TASK FORCE

021 WORLD WITHOUT TOMORROW

022 WHERE WERE YOU WHEN

023 THEY DIDN'T LISTEN

Tracks above issued on album Custer Died For Your Sin [re-recordings]

1984 Kitchen Cync Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA/ Ground Control Recording Studio, Santa Monica, CA – Floyd Westerman

024 HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN BLIND

025 B.I.A. (BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS) BLUES

026 QUIET DESPERATION

027 YELLOW METAL

028 SOON, MOON, AND TEARS

029 JOSEPH

030 OR DO YOU CARE

031 BRING ME TO MY KNEES

032 WOUNDED KNEE

033 THE LAND IS YOUR MOTHER (LA TIERRA ES TU MADRE)

034 RABBIT DANCE

035 CHANTE WASTE' WI (DE NI SHNA NA)

 Tracks above issued on album The Land Is Your Mother

2006 unknown – Floyd Red Crow Westerman (Floyd Westerman [vcl], Chad Watson [gt/ mandolin/ bass], Harlan Steinberger [drums/percussion], Matt Margucci [accordion/ trumpet/ harmonica])

036 SUNDAY MORNIN' COMIN' DOWN

037 I WALK THE LINE

038 GUESS THINGS HAPPEN THAT WAY

039 DON'T TAKE YOUR GUNS TO TOWN

040 BIG RIVER

041 GIVE MY LOVE TO ROSE

042 SAN QUENTIN

043 TENNESSEE FLAT BOX TOP

044 BUSTED

045 FOLSOM PRISON BLUES

046 I STILL MISS SOME ONE

047 DRUMS

048 RING OF FIRE

Tracks above issued on album A Tribute To Johnny Cash

ALBUMS

Perception PLP 5 Custer Died For Your Sins: Custer Died For Your Sins; Missionaries; World Without Tomorrow; Going Back; 35 More Miles; Red, White And Black; Where Were You When; Here Comes The Anthros; They Didn't Listen; Task Force; B. I. A.  – 69 (reissued on Red Crow in 2001 as part of album Going Back Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow)

Perception PLP 14  Indian Country:  I Still Miss Someone; Nobody Knows; Lonesome Whistle; Me And Bobby Mcgee; Jambalaya; San Quentin; Folsom Prison; Anita You’re Dreaming; Busted - 70

Red Crow no # Custer Died For Your Sin: Custer Died For Your Sins; Red, White And Black; Here Come The Anthros; Thirty-Five More Miles; B.I.A.; Going Back ; Missionaries; Task Force; World Without Tomorrow; Where Were You When; They Didn't Listen – 82 (re-recordings)

Full Circle Prod. No # The Land Is Your Mother (La Tierra Es Tu Madre): How Long Have You Been Blind; B.I.A. (Bureau Of Indian Affairs) Blues; Chante Waste' Wi (De Ni Shna Na); Quiet Desperation; Yellow Metal; Soon, Moon, And Tears; Joseph; Or Do You Care; Bring Me To My Knees; Wounded Knee; The Land Is Your Mother (La Tierra Es Tu Madre); Rabbit Dance – 84 (reissued on Red Crow in 2001 as part of album Going Back Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow)

Hen House Studios no # A Tribute To Johnny Cash: Ring Of Fire; Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down;  I Walk The Line;  Guess Things Happen That Way;  Don't Take Your Guns To Town;  Big River;  Give My Love To Rose; San Quentin; Tennessee Flat Box Top; Busted; Folsom Prison Blues; I Still Miss Some One; Drums – 15-07-06

Also collaborated in Tony Hymas album Oyate (FRA Dissques Vogues 669 003, 1990)

SINGLES

Perception

P-8 35 More Miles / World Without Tomorrow - 70

Ramona Jones

Ramona Riggins, *28-01-1924 Prairie Creek, IN, +17-11-2015

3rd version

By Praguefrank , Dick Grant, Thieu Van De Vorst, Lennart Gustavsson

SESSIONS

ca. February 1962 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN - Ramona Jones (Producer: Tommy Hill)

001 5288 DON‘T SELL DADDY ANYMORE WHISKEY Starday 589

002 5289 DOWN BY THE RIVER  SLP-385

003 5290 FIDDLER JOE  589

004 5291 HOLD FAST TO THE RIGHT SEP-217

005 5292 FROM JERUSALEM TO JERICHO  unissued

006 5293 GENTLE NETTIE MOORE unissued

11 March 1964 [14:00-17:30] Fred Foster Sound Studio, 319 17th Ave. North, Nashville, TN - Ramona Jones (Ra,ona Jones [vcl], Ray Edenton [gt], Joe Tanner [gt], Harold Bradley [bass gt], Grandpa Jones [banjo], Jerry Byrd [bass], James Isbell [drums], Onie Wheeler [harmonica] + Maybelle and Helen Carter. Producer: Fred Foster)

007 C3W-476 LONESOME TRAIN Monument  unissued/BCD 15788

008 C3W-477 SANDY LAND  45-853/BCD 15788

009 C3W-478 SEND ME A RED ROSE 45-853/BCD 15788

BEAR FAMILY BCD-15788 GRANDPA JONES EVERYBODY'S GRANDPA (GER, 1997, 5CD BOX)

1973 poss. Nashville, TN – Ramona Jones (Ramona Jones [fiddle], Ray Edenton [gt], Red Rector [mandolin], Mark Jones [banjo], Joe Zinkan [bass])

010 BILE THEM CABBAGE DOWN Happy Valley PRP 43871-2

011 CRICKET ON THE HEARTH Happy Valley PRP 43871-2

012 WAKE UP SUSAN Happy Valley PRP 43871-2

013 SOLDIERS JOY Happy Valley PRP 43871-2

014 GONNA GO HUNTING FOR THE BUFFALO Happy Valley PRP 43871-2

015 OLD JOE CLARK Happy Valley PRP 43871-2

016 CRUEL WILLIE Happy Valley PRP 43871-2

017 VALLEY FORGE Happy Valley PRP 43871-2

018 ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL Happy Valley PRP 43871-2

019 LIBERTY Happy Valley PRP 43871-2

020 BILL CHEATUM Happy Valley PRP 43871-2

021 ARKANSAS TRAVELER Happy Valley PRP 43871-2

022 OLD MAN AND OLD WOMAN Happy Valley PRP 43871-2

Ca 1974 unknown – Ramona Jones (Ramona Jones [fiddle], Alisa Jones [vcl/dulcimer], Grandpa Jones [banjo], Mark Jones [], Cathy Barton [] + The Simmons Family)

026 RED HAIRD BOY NR-10274 

027 DRY AND DUSTY NR-10274 

028 OVER THE WATEFALL NR-10274 

029 CROOKED STOVE PIPE NR-10274 

030 ANGELINE THE BAKER NR-10274 

031 REMEMBER ME NR-10274

032 DEVILISH MARY NR-10274

033 RAG TIME ANNIE NR-10274 

034 OLD FIDDLER JOE NR-10274

035 8TH OF JANUARY NR-10274 

1976 Arthur Smith Studio, 5457 Monroe Road, Charlotte, NC - Grandpa Jones and Ramona Jones and Brown's Ferry Four (Grandpa Jones [vcl/gt/banjo], Ramona Jones [vcl-1/fiddle], Dayle Dykes [el ld gt], Arthur Smith [gt/fiddle], Clay Smith [gt], Tommy Faile [bass], David Brakefield [drums]. Producer: Arthur Smith)

036 KENTUCKY -1 CMH-9007
037 MOUNTAIN LAUREL -1 CMH-9007
038 SWEEPING THROUGH THE GATES -1 CMH-9007
039 THERE'S A HAND THAT'S A-WAITING -1 CMH-9007
040 OLD CAMP MEETING TIME -1 CMH-9007
041 I'LL MEET YOU IN THE MORNING -1 CMH-9007
042 DARK AS A DUNGEON -1 CMH-9007
043 ROSALEE -1 CMH-9007
044 GONE HOME -1 CMH-9007

1983 [live] The Grandpa Jones Dinner Theatre, Mountain View, AR – Ramona Jones (Ramona Jones [vcl/fiddle/ mandolin], Mark Jones [gt/ Dobro/ banjo/ bass], Dale Sledd [vcl/gt/ Dobro], Myron Smith [steel], Alisa Jones [dulcimer], Cathy Barton Para [dulcimer/banjo],  Ron Wall [autoharp], Jerry Dooley [drums],  Gene Reasoner [piano])

04401 MIDNIGHT FLYER History HLPS 1994  

04402 DOWN HOME WALTZ History HLPS 1994   

04403 BLACK EYED SUSIE History HLPS 1994  

04404 RACHEL History HLPS 1994

04405 MOUNTAIN VIEW I HEAR YOUR MUSIC RINGING History HLPS 1994  

04406 ARKANSAS History HLPS 1994   

04407 DELIVERANCE WILL COME History HLPS 1994  

04408 MAIDENS PRAYER History HLPS 1994

04409 HAD A BIG TIME TODAY History HLPS 1994

04410 BACK TO THE COUNTRY ROADS History HLPS 1994   

04411 10TH OF NOVEMBER History HLPS 1994  

04412 GOIN' ACROSS THE SEA History HLPS 1994  

04413 I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU LORD History HLPS 1994  

1 March 1984 Burns Station Sound Studio, Burns, TN – Ramona Jones (Ramona Jones [fiddle], Dale Sledd [gt], Thom Bresh [gt], Larry Sledge [mandolin], Mark Jones [banjo], Cathy Barton paja [old time banjo], Billy Linneman [bass], Buddy Spicher [fiddle/viola]. Producer: Buddy Spicher)

045 RUN REBEL RUN      County CO-783                                                 

046 GOODBYE MY BLUE DELL  County CO-783                                              

047 LISTEN TO THE MOCKINGBIRD     County CO-783                                      

048 WHEN THEY RING THEM GOLDEN BELLS   County CO-783                                 

049 OLD JOE      County CO-783                                                       

050 HICKMAN COUNTY HOEDOWN County CO-783 

2 March 1984 Burns Station Sound Studio, Burns, TN – Ramona Jones (Ramona Jones [fiddle], Dale Sledd [gt], Thom Bresh [gt], Larry Sledge [mandolin], Mark Jones [banjo], Cathy Barton paja [old time banjo], Billy Linneman [bass], Buddy Spicher [fiddle/viola]. Producer: Buddy Spicher)

051 WHISKEY BEFORE BREAKFAST   County CO-783  CMH CD-1778                                       

052 SHAMUS O' BRIEN     County CO-783                                                

053 LADY'S FANCY   County CO-783                                                     

054 TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR  County CO-783                                       

055 BIG MAMOU     County CO-783                                                      

056 PRAIRIE CREEK   County CO-783                                                     

CMH CD-1778 RHYTHM OF THE MOUNTAINS THE MUSIC OF APPALACHIA (1994, 4CD BOX)

1987 unknown – Ramona Jones (Ramona Jones [fiddle/viola/ autoharp], Danny Dozer [gt],  Alisa Jones Wall [dulcimer], Mark Jones [banjo/bass], Cathy Barton Pula [banjo/dulcimer], Larry Sledge [mandolin])

057 CHRISTMAS TIME A-COMIN' RJ 32087

058 SILVER BELLS RJ 32087

059 O CHRISTMAS TREE RJ 32087 

060 AWAY IN A MANGER RJ 32087 

061 HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING RJ 32087 

062 JINGLE BELLS RJ 32087

063 WINTER WONDERLAND RJ 32087 

064 O COME LITTLE CHILDREN RJ 32087

065 THE FRIENDLY BEASTS RJ 32087 

066 THE HOLLY AND THE IVY RJ 32087

067 WHAT CHILD IS THIS RJ 32087

068 JOLLY OLD SAINT NICHOLAS RJ 32087   

Unknown info (probably early 1980s)

CLUCK OLD HEN CMH CD-1779

CMH CD-1779 THAT'S BLUEGRASS CMH RECORDS - 20TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION  (1995)

Singles on Buddah and Jet Stream are by different (soul) singer.

ALBUMS

Happy Valley no # Back Porch Fiddlin', vol 1: Bile Them Cabbage Down; Cricket On The Hearth; Wake Up Susan; Soldiers Joy; Gonna Go Hunting For The Buffalo; Old Joe Clark; Cruel Willie; Valley Forge; Orange Blossom Special; Liberty; Bill Cheatum; Arkansas Traveler; Old Man And Old Woman - 73 (MX: PRP 43871/2)

Happy Valley NR 10274 Stone County Fiddlin': Red Haird Boy; Dry And Dusty; Over The Watefall; Crooked Stove Pipe; Angeline The Baker; Remember Me; Devilish Mary; Rag Time Annie; Old Fiddler Joe; 8th Of January – ca 74

CMH CMH-9007 The Grandpa Jones Story: Sweet Dreams Of Kentucky; My Carolina Sunshine; Jesse James; It's Raining Here This Morning; Eight More Miles To Louisville; Tragic Romance; Kentucky; Old Rattler; Mountain Laurel; I'm On My Way Back Home; Sweeping Through The Gates; There's A Hand That's A-Waiting; Old Camp Meeting Time; Closer To God Than Ever Before; I'll Meet You In The Morning; You'll Make Our Shack A Mansion; Dark As A Dungeon; I'm On My Way Somewhere; Rosalee; Gone Home - 77 w. Grandpa Jones and Brown's Ferry Four  (double)

History HLPS 1994 Ramona Jones, Family and Friends Live: Midnight Flyer; Down Home Waltz;  Black Eyed Susie;  Rachel; Mountain View I Hear Your Music Ringing; Arkansas;  Deliverance Will Come; Maidens Prayer; Had A Big Time Today; Back To The Country Roads;  10th Of November; Goin' Across The Sea; I Just Want To Thank You Lord - 83

County CO-783 Lady’s Fancy: Run Rebel Run; Goodbye My Blue Dell; Whiskey Before Breakfast; Shamus O' Brien; Listen To The Mockingbird; When They Ring Them Golden Bells; Old Joe; Lady's Fancy; Twinkle Twinkle Little Star; Big Mamou; Prairie Creek; Hickman County Hoedown County - 84

Grandpa Jones RJ 32087 Old Time Christmas: Christmas Time A-Comin'; Silver Bells; O Christmas Tree; Away In A Manger; Hark The Herald Angels Sing; Jingle Bells; Winter Wonderland; O Come Little Children; The Friendly Beasts; The Holly And The Ivy; What Child Is This; Jolly Old Saint Nicholas -  87

SINGLES

Starday (1962)      

45-589 Don't Sell Daddy Any More Whiskey / Fiddler Joe - 04-62

Monument (1964)       

45-853 Sandy Land / Send Me A Red Rose - 07-64 

 

RADIO TRANSCRIPTIONS 

United States Air Force -  Country Music Time # 401: Eight More Miles To Louisville – Grandpa; Kitty Clyde (Oh Tell Me If You Love Me) – Grandpa. Raining On The Mountain – Grandpa and Ramona; Here Comes The Champion – Grandpa; Liberty – Ramona; Kentucky – Grandpa and Ramona  - 65 Grandpa Jones,  Ramona Jones (GXTV 102009)
U.S. Air Force - Country Music Time # 521: Come My Little Pink – Grandpa; Over In The Glory Land – Ramona; Baby-O – Grandpa; Over The Waterfall – Ramona – ca 09-77 Grandpa Jones, Ramona Jones (MX: 75256)