Vern And Ray

Vern =Delbert Lavern Williams sr., *09-12-1930 Treat, Newton County, AR, +06-06-2006

Ray = Ray Park, *1933 Treat, SR

2nd version
by Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst, Uwe Hollihn, Michael Fardy

SESSIONS

19 March 1961 Stockton, CA - Vern And Ray (Vern Williams [vcl/mandolin], Ray Park [vcl/fiddle], Clyde Williamson [gt], Luther Riley [banjo], Bill Carter [el bass])

001 ST-4793? CABIN ON A MOUNTAIN SEP-175/SLP 169

002 ST-4794? CARROLL COUNTY BREAKDOWN SEP-175

003 ST-4795? BLUE GRASS STYLE  SEP-175

004 ST-4796? THINKING OF HOME  SEP-175

STARDAY SLP 169 MORE BANJO IN THE HILLS

1965 [live]  San Francisco, CA – Vern And Ray (Vern Williams [vcl/mandolin], Ray Park [vcl/fiddle])

00401 T FOR TEXAS

00402 SALLY MAE

00403 LITTLE BROWN CHURCH

00404 SLOW

00405 UNKOWN FIDDLE MUSIC

00406 BLACK HOT WALTZ

00407 LAST OLD SHOVEL

00408 MOTHER'S ONLY SLEEPING

00409 START TO TREAT YOUR MAN BETTER

00410 PICK ME UP ON YOUR WAY DOWN

00411 PINY RIVER

00412 RUBY

00413 THE PRISONERS

00414 PRISONER'S SONG

00415 STARLIGHT WALTZ

00416 THE LITTLE BROWN SHACK

00417 WHOLE HONEY WHOLE

00418 I WISH I HAD SOMEONE TO LOVE ME

00419 LITTLE GEORGIA ROSE

00420 PIKE COUNTY BREAKDOWN

Tracks above issued on album Vern And Ray Live In San Francisco 1965

26 April 1968 [live-San Francisco State Folk Festival] San Francisco State College, San Francisco, CA – Vern And Ray (Vern Williams [vcl/mandolin], Ray Park [vcl/fiddle], Herb Pedersen [vck/banjo])

00421 BAND INTRO  Arhoolie ARH-CD-524 

00422 20 SECOND RAG  Arhoolie ARH-CD-524 

00423 HOW MANY TIMES  Arhoolie ARH-CD-524 

00424 MULESKINNER BLUES (BLUE YODEL NO. 8)  Arhoolie ARH-CD-524

00425 SWEET FERN  Arhoolie ARH-CD-524

00426 INTRO  Arhoolie ARH-CD-524

00427 THE LEATHER BRITCHES  Arhoolie ARH-CD-524 

00428 I WONDER WHERE YOU ARE TONIGHT  Arhoolie ARH-CD-524 

00429 LITTLE GEORGIA ROSE  Arhoolie ARH-CD-524 

00430 THE BUCKIN' MULE  Arhoolie ARH-CD-524  

00431 THE BOTTLE LET ME DOWN  Arhoolie ARH-CD-524 

00432 ODE TO THE LITTLE BROWN SHACK  Arhoolie ARH-CD-524 

00433 POOR ELLEN SMITH  Arhoolie ARH-CD-524

00434 HARD TIMES  Arhoolie ARH-CD-524

00435 THE TOUCH OF GOD'S HAND  Arhoolie ARH-CD-524

00436 ON MY MIND  Arhoolie ARH-CD-524

00437 ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL  Arhoolie ARH-CD-524

26 April 1970 [demo session] unknown – Vern and Ray (Ray Park [ld vcl/gt],  Vern Williams [tnr vcl/ mandolin],  Rick Shubb [banjo], Markie Shubb [bass])

00438 THE PRISONERS’S SONG

00439 WHAT WOULD OU GIVE

00440 PRETTY POLLY

00441 THE LAST ODL SHOVELL

00442 SUNNY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN

00443 THE GOLD RUSH

00444 I’LL FLY AWAY

1974 Skunk Valley Productions, 221 Leslie, Lansing, MI – Vern And Ray (Vern Williams [vcl/mandolin], Ray Park [vcl/gt/fiddle], Rick Shubb [banjo], Herb Pedersen [banjo/tnr vcl],  Markie Shubb / Howard Courtney [bass]. Producer Jim Hall)
005 OLD DICK POTTER Old Homestead OHW 10001 

006 HOW MANY TIMES Old Homestead OHW 10001  

007 PRISONER'S SONG Old Homestead OHW 10001 

008 HAPPY I'LL BE Old Homestead OHW 10001 

009 FLYING CLOUD Old Homestead OHW 10001 

010 LITTLE BIRDIE Old Homestead OHW 10001

011 MONTANA COWBOY Old Homestead OHW 10001

012 TOUCH OF GOD'S HAND Old Homestead OHW 10001

013 PANHANDLE RAG Old Homestead OHW 10001 

014 LAST OLD SHOVEL Old Homestead OHW 10001 

015 TO HELL WITH THE LAND Old Homestead OHW 10001 

016 TWENTY SECOND RAG Old Homestead OHW 10001 

ALBUMS

Old Homestead West OHW 10001-V Sounds From The Ozarks: Old Dick Potter;  How Many Times;  Prisoner's Song; Happy I'll Be; Flying Cloud; Little Birdie; Montana Cowboy;  Touch Of God's Hand; Panhandle Rag; Last Old Shovel; To Hell With The Land; Twenty Second Rag  - 74

Arhoolie ARH-CD 524 San Francisco, 1968: Band Intro; 20 Second Rag; How Many Times; Muleskinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8); Sweet Fern; Intro; The Leather Britches; I Wonder Where You Are Tonight; Little Georgia Rose; The Buckin' Mule;  The Bottle Let Me Down;  Ode to the Little Brown Shack; Poor Ellen Smith; Hard Times; The Touch of God's Hand; On My Mind; Orange Blossom Special - 23-05-06

Westmill ? Vern And Ray Live In San Francisco 1965: T for Texas; Sally Mae; Little Brown Church; Slow; Unkown Fiddle Music; Black Hot Waltz; Last Old Shovel; Mother's Only Sleeping; Start to Treat Your Man Better; Pick Me Up On Your Way Down; Piny River; Ruby; The Prisoners; Prisoner's Song; Starlight Waltz; The Little Brown Shack; Whole Honey Whole; I Wish I Had Someone to Love Me; Little Georgia Rose; Pike County Breakdown – 27-04-16

EPs

Starday SEP 175 Cabin on A Mountain: Bluegrass Style;  Thinkin' Of Home /  Cabin On A Mountain;  Carroll County Breakdown -61