Walter Forbes

*13-11-1942 Rockford, IL

3rd version

by Praguefrank, Kurt Rokitta, Carl G. Cederblad
SESSIONS

June 1961 RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins St. Nashville, TN - Walter Forbes (Walter Forbes [vcl], Norman Blake [gt/dobro], Bob Johnson [banjo], Junior Huskey [bass])

001 M2-WW-0856 WHOA MULE RCA Victor LSP-2472                

002 M2-WW-0857 JOHNNY I HARDLY KNEW YE RCA Victor LSP-2472  

July 1961 [2 sessions] RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins St. Nashville, TN - Walter Forbes (Walter Forbes [vcl], Norman Blake [gt/dobro], Bob Johnson [banjo], Junior Huskey [bass]. Producer: Anita Kerr)

003 M2-WW-0889 FENARIO LSP-2472

004 M2-WW-0890 PRETTY POLLY LSP-2472

005 M2-WW-0891 TAKE THIS HAMMER LSP-2472

006 M2-WW-0892 POOR LITTLE ELLEN LSP-2472

007 M2-WW-0893 CUMBERLAND MOUNTAIN DEER CHASE LSP-2472

008 M2-WW-0894 RAKE AND RAMBLING BOY LSP-2472

009 M2-WW-0895 DOWN IN THE WILLOW GARDEN LSP-2472

010 M2-WW-0896 WHOA MULE unissued

011 M2-WW-0897 COD LIVER OIL LSP-2472

012 M2-WW-0898 BALLAD OF LOST JIMMIE WHELAN  RCA Victor 47-7994/LSP-2472

013 M2-WW-0899 FEAST HERE TONIGHT unissued

1961 RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins St. Nashville, TN - Walter Forbes

014 RABBIT IN A LOG RCA Victor LSP-2472          

August 1962 RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins St., Nashville, TN – Walter Forbes

015 N2-WW-0864 LITTLE MARGARET LSP-2670

016 N2-WW-0865 THE TRAVELER LSP-2670

017 N2-WW-0866 STIR THE PUDDIN' unissued

018 N2-WW-0867 THE CRAW DAD SONG LSP-2670

August 1962 RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins St., Nashville, TN – Walter Forbes (Producer: Anita Kerr)

019 N2-WW-0868 DARLIN' COREY LSP-2670

020 N2-WW-0869 SPRING SONG LSP-2670

021 N2-WW-0870 DARLING ANNE  unissued

022 N2-WW-0871 THE HANGMAN  LSP-2670

August 1962 RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins St., Nashville, TN – Walter Forbes

023 N2-WW-0872 ABILENE  LSP-2670

024 N2-WW-0873 NICODEMUS LSP-2670

025 N2-WW-0874 JANE JANE LSP-2670

026 N2-WW-0875 ECHOES OF LOVE  unissued

October 1962 RCA Victor Studio,  1611 Hawkins St., Nashville, TN – Walter Forbes (Producer: Chet Atkins)

027 N2-WW-0951 JACK DANIELS LSP-2670

028 N2-WW-0952 HULABALOO LSP-2670

029 N2-WW-0953 PASTURES OF PLENTY LSP-2670

030 N2-WW-0954 HOLD THE WOOD PILE DOWN unissued

1962 unknown – Walter Forbes and The Lonesome Travelers

031 NO7W 2671 THE BALLAD OF ROB DONALD Signal Thread 691S-2671

032 NO7W-2672 NERVOUS BREAKDOWN Signal Thread 691S-2671

1973 [soundtrack Nashville Coyote] Jack Clement Recording Studio, 3100 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN - Walter Forbes (Producer: Jack Spears and Jack Clement)
033 TALKIN' BLUES JMI 4005
034 GOIN' WHERE THE RAILS GO JMI 4005
035 BEFORE I MET YOU JMI 27/4005
036 HANGIN' ON THE FRINGE OF MUSIC CITY JMI 27/4005
037 COYOTE BLUES JMI 4005
038 YOU CAN'T GO IN THE RED PLAYIN' BLUEGRASS JMI 4005
039 THAT LITTLE TUNE JMI 4005
040 LAST LONGHORN JMI 4005
041 GOIN' BACK JMI 4005
042 DOWN IN NASHVILLE TENNESSEE JMI 4005
1992 Nashville, TN - Walter Forbes (Mark Howard [gt/mandolin], Don Cassell [gt/dobro/mandolin], Junior Huskey [bass], Kenny Malone [percussion] + Bonnie Gallie, Pam Wolfe, Doug Nelson, Kitty Forbes [bck vcl]. Producer: Mark Howard and Walter Forbes)
043 RED VELVET
044 HE SET ME FREE
045 CHARLIE BOY
046 AUTUMN WIND
047 INTOXICATED RAT
048 PLANXTY IRWIN
049 WILLY
050 COME TO ME GENTLY
051 OLD SWIMMIN' HOLE
052 GREY GOOSE
053 PIG IN A PEN
054 SECOND COMING
055 KITTY'S SONG
056 FLOWERS OF EDINBURGH
057 CROSS OVER JORDAN
all tracks recorded for album Tried and True

2013 Nashville, TN - Walter Forbes (+ Shawmn Camp, Roger Cook, Marshall Howard, Mike Bobb, Marshall Chapman.Producer: David Ferguson)

058 BRISTLE CONE PINE

059 EAST VIRGINIA BLUES

060 MY LOVELY ASSISTANT

061 CAROLINA STAR

062 ORGIN OF THE SPECIES

063 THE LONGER THE WAITING THE SWEETER THE KISS

064 MY BOAT'S GOT A HOLE IN IT

065 ON A COLD WINTRY NIGHT

066 LEAVING IS THE LOVING THING TO DO

067 DON'T FORGET ME LITTLE DARLING

068 THE CIRCUS SONG

069 WHEN THE ROSES BLOOM AGAIN

070 THE L + N DON'T STOP HERE ANYMORE

071 THE FAR SIDE BANK OF JORDAN
tracks above issued on album Bull-Bat Time

October 2013 Nashville, TN – Walter Forbes (Walter Forbes [banjo]. J. T, Huskey [bass], Producer: Jack Clement)

072 THE FOX

073 I'M MY OWN GRANDPA

074 A TINY BROKEN HEART

075 BUCKEYE JIM

076 ARE YOU FROM DIXIE

077 THE OLD SWIMMING HOLE

078 HARD TIMES

079 LEATHER WING BAT

080 MY GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK

081 PASTURES OF PLENTY

082 WIDE RIVER

083 THE CAT CAME BACK

084 NICODEMUS

085 TAKE ME HOME

tracks above issued on album Just For Fun

ca 2017 unknown – Walter Forbes

086 WILLY

087 THE SECOND COMING

088 WOMAN

089 SALESMAN'S SONG

090 AND SO YOU'RE GONE

091 THE LAST FAN

092 NIGHT DRIVE

093 A FATHER'S PLEA

094 AUTUMN WIND

095 KITTY'S SONG

096 AFTERNOON ON A HILL

097 JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN

tracks above issued on album Fifty Years Later

ALBUMS
RCA Victor LPM/LSP-2472 Ballads And Bluegrass: Whoa, Mule, Whoa!; Fenario; Poor Little Ellen; Ballad Of Lost Jimmie Whelen; Take This Hammer; Feast Here Tonight; Johnny, I Hardly Knew; Cumberland Mountain Deer Chase; Cod Liver Ile; Pretty Polly; Willow Garden; Rake And Rambling Boy - 01-62  (MX: M2PW 0757/8(m))
RCA Victor LPM/LSP-2670 Folk Song Festival: Little Margaret; Darlin' Corey; Spring Song; Jack Daniels; Nicodemus; Craw-Dad Song; Jane Jane; Hangman; Hulabaloo; Traveler; Abilene Blues; Pastures Of Plenty – 04-63 (MX: N2WP 1079/80(m))
JMI JMI-4005 Nashville Coyote: Talkin' Blues; Goin' Where The Rails Go; Before I Met You; Hangin' On The Fringe Of Music City; Coyote Blues; You Can't Go In The Red Playin' Bluegrass; That Little Tune; Last Longhorn; Goin' Back; Down In Nashville Tennessee – 05-73 (O.S. Nashville Coyote)
Walter Forbes  no # Tried And True: Red Velvet; He Set Me Free; Charlie Boy; Autumn Wind; Intoxicated Rat; Planxty Irwin; Willy; Come To Me Gently; Old Swimmin' Hole; Grey Goose; Pig In A Pen; Second Coming; Kitty's Song; Flowers Of Edinburgh; Cross Over Jordan - 92

Walter Forbes ? (UPC0888295077637) Bull-Bat Time: Bristle Cone Pine; East Virginia Blues; My Lovely Assistant; Carolina Star; Orgin of the Species; The Longer the Waiting the Sweeter the Kiss;  My Boat's Got a Hole in It; On a Cold Wintry Night; Leaving Is the Loving Thing to Do; Don't Forget Me Little Darling; The Circus Song; When the Roses Bloom Again; The L + N Don't Stop Here Anymore; The Far Side Bank of Jordan – 03-04-14

Walter Forbes no # Just for Fun:  The Fox;  I'm My Own Grandpa;  A Tiny Broken Heart;  Buckeye Jim;  Are You from Dixie;  The Old Swimming Hole;  Hard Times;  Leather Wing Bat;  My Grandfather's Clock;  Pastures of Plenty;  Wide River;  The Cat Came Back;  Nicodemus; Take Me Home - 16

Walter Forbes ? Fifty Years Later: Willy; The Second Coming; Woman; Salesman's Song; And so You're Gone; The Last Fan; Night Drive; A Father's Plea; Autumn Wind; Kitty's Song; Afternoon on a Hill; Jesus Loves the Little Children – 15-08-17

SINGLES
RCA Victor (1961-63)
47-7994 Cumberland Mountain Deer Chase / Ballad Of Lost Jimmie Whelen - 02-62
47-8163 Jack Daniel / Spring Song - 04-63

Signal Thread

691S-2671 The Ballad Of Rob Donald / Nervous Breakdown - 62
JMI (1973)
JMI-27 Before I Met You / Hanging On The Fringe Of Music City - 73