James Kimbrough

*1926 near Florence, AL

By Praguefrank

SESSIONS

1975 Woodrich Recording Studio, Lexington, AL – James Kimbrough (James Kimbrough [dobro], Bobby Himes [gt], Wesley Stevenson [bass])

001 ARP 2535 MAIDEN’S PRAYER Woodrich 2535/2536

002 ARP 2536 HAWAIIAN COUNTRY BLUES Woodrich 2535/2536

1977 Woodrich Recording Studio, Lexington, AL – James Kimbrough (James Kimbrough [dobro], Bobby Himes [gt], James Whitten [bass])

003 ARP 2691 BLUEGRASS STEEL GUITAR RAG Woodrich 2691-2692

004 ARP 2692 HAWAIIAN DOBRO CHIMES Woodrich 2691-2692

February 1980 Woodrich Recording Studio, Lexington, AL – James Kimbrough

005 I'M NOT SCARED OF THAT OLD GRAVE Cattle LP 37 

006 GO HOME, GO HOME Cattle LP 37 

007 ARE YOU SPEAKING TO ME, LORD? Cattle LP 37 

1980 Woodrich Recording Studio, Lexington, AL – James Kimbrough (James Kimbrough [dobro], Johnny Weems [gt], Jessie Handley [gt],  T. R. Campbell [gt], Charles Moody [banjo], Tommy Oliver [steel], Dalton Miles/ Jake Landers [bass], Larry McWilliams [fiddle])

008 YOUR EYES LIGHT UP MY WORLD FOR ME Cattle LP 12 

009 LONESOME FOR YOU BABY Cattle LP 12 

010 I DIDN'T KNOW THE HALF OF IT Cattle LP 12 

011 DIVORCE AFTER FIFTY Cattle LP 12 

012 I'VE GOT A WEAKNESS Cattle LP 12 

113 DOBRO CHIMES (=STEEL GUITAR CHIMES) Cattle LP 12 

014 ARP 2995 DON'T LET THE PARTY END Woodrich 2995/2996/Cattle LP 12 

015 ARP 2996 THE PLACE I'M HOMESICK FOR Woodrich 2995/2996/Cattle LP 12

016 CALL OF THE ISLAND Cattle LP 12 

017 PLEASE TURN YOUR BACK ON THOSE FOOTLIGHTS Cattle LP 12 

018 SUNDOWN AT OUR OLD HOME PLACE Cattle LP 12 

019 BOUNCIN' THE BAR Cattle LP 12  

July/September 1981 poss. Woodrich Recording Studio, Lexington, AL– James Kimbroug (James Kimbrough [dobro], James Whitten [gt], Jake Landers [rh gt/ bass], Terry Campbell [bass], Al Lester [fiddle]

020 LOOKING FOR UNCLE JOSH Cattle LP 26

021 RAINBOW Cattle LP 26

022 COUNTRY SOUNDS Cattle LP 26

023 WALTZING DOBRO Cattle LP 26

024 MAIDEN'S PRAYER Cattle LP 26

025 FADED LOVE Cattle LP 26

026 HAWAIIAN COUNTRY BLUES Cattle LP 26

027 ISLAND MARCH Cattle LP 26

028 DOBRO RHUMBA Cattle LP 26

029 TWINKLE, TWINKLE LITTLE STAR Cattle LP 26

030 OVER THE WAVES Cattle LP 26

031 WHISPERING HOPE Cattle LP 26

032 REVIEWS Cattle LP 26

August 1982 Woodrich Recording Studio, Lexington, AL – James Kimbrough (James Kimbrough [vcl/ld gt/dobro], Genelle Jackson [tnr vcl], Woody Richardson [baritone vcl], Johnny Weems [vcl/gt], Jessie Handler [vcl/gt / bass], Frog Fowler [fiddle])

033 U 10306 RING AROUND THE COLLAR Cattle LP 37 

034 COOSIE COO AND POOKIE DOO Cattle LP 37 

035 HOOKED ON YOUR BED OF SIN Cattle LP 37 

036 I'M THINKING TONIGHT OF MY BLUE EYES Cattle LP 37 

037 OPERATOR, GIVE ME HEAVEN Cattle LP 37

038 IF THIS OLD HOUSE COULD TALK Cattle LP 37 

039 WINNERS TAKE ALL Cattle LP 37

040 WHEN IT'S LAMP LIGHTING TIME IN THE VALLEY Cattle LP 37 

041 AMERICA LET'S WAKE UP Cattle LP 37 

November 1983 Dexter Johnson‘s Recording Studio, Sheffield, AL – James Kimbrough (James Kimbrough [dobro/gt], Jessie Handley [gt/mandolin], Rual Yarbrough [banjo],  Dexter Johnson [bass], Frog Fowler [fiddle])

042 U 10306 I'M GOING BACK TO THE COUNTRY Cattle LP 59 

043 THE BOTTLE LET ME DOWN Cattle LP 59 

044 RATTLE SNAKING DADDY Cattle LP 59

045 FIRST FALL OF SNOW Cattle LP 59 

046 ONLY A FOOL WOULD SAY THERE'S NO GOD Cattle LP 59 

047 BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA Cattle LP 59

048 HARDDOWN LONESOME Cattle LP 59

049 DIPPIN' A LITTLE SKOAL Cattle LP 59

050 STUCK-UP BLUES Cattle LP 59 

051 MILK COW BLUES Cattle LP 59 

052 EYES CAN SEND A MESSAGE Cattle LP 59

053 THE ANSWER TO "HELL NO, WE WON'T GO" Cattle LP 59  

1986 Dexter Johnson‘s Recording Studio, Sheffield, AL – James Kimbrough

James Kimbrough [vcl/dobro],  Johnny Weems [vcl/gt]. Jessie Handley [vcl/ mandolin/ abss],  Frog Fowler [fiddle])
054 THERE'S A STAR SPANGLED BANNER WAVING SOMEWHERE Kimbro KR 101086  

055 PHILIPINO BABY Kimbro KR 101086  

056 I DREAMED OF AN OLD LOVE AFFAIR Kimbro KR 101086  

057 WHEN MY BLUE MOON TURNS TO GOLD AGAIN Kimbro KR 101086  

058 THEY'RE ALL GOING HOME BUT ONE Kimbro KR 101086  

059 I WANT TO BE LOVED (BUT ONLY BY YOU) Kimbro KR 101086  

060 THAT SILVER HAIRED DADDY OF MINE Kimbro KR 101086  

061 PICTURES FROM LIFE'S OTHER SIDE Kimbro KR 101086  

062 I WONDER WHERE YOU ARE TONIGHT Kimbro KR 101086  

063 THE GREAT TITANIC Kimbro KR 101086  

064 I WALK ALONE Kimbro KR 101086  

065 ALL I DO IS HANG MY HEAD AND CRY Kimbro KR 101086   

1988 unknwon, AL - James Kimbrough (James Kimbrough [vcl/gt/ dobro],  Jessie Handley [vcl/gt/ bass],  Frog Fowler [fiddle])
066 THIS WORLD IS NOT MY HOME Kimbro JK 7688 

067 HOW BEAUTIFUL HEAVEN MUST BE Kimbro JK 7688 

068 THE OLD COUNTRY CHURCH Kimbro JK 7688 

069 WHEN THE ROLL IS CALLED UP YONDER Kimbro JK 7688 

070 THE UNCLOUDED DAY Kimbro JK 7688 

071 THE HEART THAT WAS BROKEN FOR ME Kimbro JK 7688 

072 WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS Kimbro JK 7688 

073 CITY ON THE HILL Kimbro JK 7688 

074 I DREAMED I SEARCHED HEAVEN FOR YOU Kimbro JK 7688 

075 THAT BEAUTIFUL HOME Kimbro JK 7688 

076 AUTOMOBILE OF LIFE Kimbro JK 7688 

077 IN THE GARDEN Kimbro JK 7688

ALBUMS

Cattle [GER] LP 12 Country Music Is Still Alive:  Your Eyes Light Up My World For Me;  Lonesome For You Baby;  I Didn't Know The Half Of It;  Divorce After Fifty;  I've Got A Weakness;  Dobro Chimes (=Steel Guitar Chimes);  Don't Let The Party End;  The Place I'm Homesick For;  Call Of The Island;  Please Turn Your Back On Those Footlights;  Sundown At Our Old Home Place;  Bouncin' The Bar – 80

Cattle [GER] LP 26 The Pure Dobro Country Sound Of James Kimbrough: Looking For Uncle Josh;  Rainbow; Country Sounds; Waltzing Dobro; Maiden's Prayer; Faded Love; Hawaiian Country Blues; Island March; Dobro Rhumba; Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star; Over The Waves; Whispering Hope;  Reviews – 81

Cattle [GER] LP 37 Country Songs For Country Folks:  Ring Around The Collar;  Coosie Coo And Pookie Doo;  Hooked On Your Bed Of Sin;  I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes;  I'm Not Scared Of That Old Grave;  Go Home, Go Home;  Operator, Give Me Heaven; If This Old House Could Talk;  Winners Take All; When It's Lamp Lighting Time In The Valley;  America Let's Wake Up;  Are You Speaking To Me, Lord? – 83

Cattle [GER]  LP 59 Going Back To The Country:  I'm Going Back To The Country;  The Bottle Let Me Down;  Rattle Snaking Daddy; First Fall Of Snow;  Only A Fool Would Say There's No God;  Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea;  Harddown Lonesome;  Dippin' A Little Skoal;  Stuck-Up Blues;  Milk Cow Blues;  Eyes Can Send A Message;The Answer To "Hell No, We Won't Go" - 84

Kimbro KR 101086 Sings Saturday Night Favorites Of The 30’s and 40‘s: There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere;  Philipino Baby;  I Dreamed Of An Old Love Affair;  When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again;  They're All Going Home But One;  I Want To Be Loved (But Only By You);  That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine;  Pictures From Life's Other Side;  I Wonder Where You Are Tonight;  The Great Titanic;  I Walk Alone;  All I Do Is Hang My Head And Cry – 10-10-86

Kimbro JK 7688 James Kimbrough Sings Old Time Radio Hymns:  This World Is Not My Home;  How Beautiful Heaven Must Be;  The Old Country Church;  When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder;  The Unclouded Day;  The Heart That Was Broken For Me;  What A Friend We Have In Jesus;  City On The Hill;  I Dreamed I Searched Heaven For You;  That Beautiful Home;  Automobile Of Life;  In The Garden – 06-07-88

SINGLES

Woodrich (1977)

2535/2536 Maiden’s Prayer / Hawaiian Country Blues - 75

2691/2692 Bluegrass Steel Guitar Rag / Hawaiian Dobro Chimes – 77

2995/2996 Don't Let The Party End / The Place I Am Homesick For (Is Just Six Miles From Here) - 80

Cattle

10306 I‘m Going Back To The Country / Ring Around The Collar Cattle - 84