Jim Varsos (Alaska's Hobo Jim)

By Praguefrank

SESSIONS

1982 unknown – Alaska’s Hobo Jim

001 IDITAROD TRAIL SONG Alaskan Recording Co ARC 51401

002 THE YODELIN‘ LOGGER Alaskan Recording Co ARC 51401

January 1984 Colorado Sound Studios, Denver, CO – Alaska’s Hobo Jim (Hobo" Jim Varsos [vcl/ld gt], Randy Barker [vcl/.gt], Chris "Spoons" Daniels [banjo/ mandolin/vcl], Bryan Grassmeyer [bass/vcl],  Scott "Cactus" Moser [drums/vcl], Tim O'Brien [fiddle], Steven R. Conn [piano/ accordian/ vcl]. Producer: Russell Smith)

003 LOGGER'S LULLABYE FF 344  AVL 94115

004 THE IDATAROD TRAIL FF 344  AVL 94115

005 THE YODELIN' LOGGER FF 344 AVL 94115  

006 THE DRAMAMINE FISHER FF 344 

007 THE COYOTE AND I FF 344 

008 THE AMERICAN FARMER SONG FF 344  

009 MY OL' TRACTOR FF 344 

010 MAN OF THE ROAD FF 344

011 THE BEAUTY OF YOU FF 344 

012 THE CARPENTER FF 344

June/July 1985 Colorado Sound Studios, Denver, CO – Alaska’s Hobo Jim

013 THE GREAT ALASKA RAILROAD  BS 1003  AVL 94115

014 GRANDPA HUNTED COON  BS 1003 

015 A LITTLE NIGHTIME YODEL  BS 1003 

016 MAPLE SYRUP ON FLAPJACKS  BS 1003  AVL 94115

017 GYPSY TAVERN  BS 1003 

018 LOST AND DYIN' BREED  BS 1003 

019 MINER'S DREAM  BS 1003  AVL 94115

020 LONESOME PINES  BS 1003 

021 THE F/V MARY ANN  BS 1003  AVL 94115

022 THE SHAMAN'S SONG  BS 1003

1988 Sound Emporium, 3102 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN – Hobo Jim (Hobo Jim Varsos [vcl/gt], Bela Fleck [gt/banjo],  Sam Bush [mandolin/fiddle], John Cowan [bass/bck vcl],  Kenny Malone/ Tom Roady [percussion], Johnny Burrell [piano], Sam Bush, Ashley Cleveland, Russell Smith, Kristen DeLauer [bck vcl])

023 WHERE LEGENDS ARE BORN FF 520  AVL 94115

024 BACKWOODS GIRL FF 520   AVL 94115

025 WILD AND FREE FF 520  AVL 94115

026 THE CANNERY CALL FF 520  AVL 94115

027 ON A YANKEE WHALER FF 520   AVL 94115

028 ATHABASKAN FIDDLER FF 520  AVL 94115

029 THE SONGBIRD FF 520

030 OFF TO DUTCH HARBOR FF 520   AVL 94115

031 RIDIN' AWAY FF 520  

1991 unknown – Hobo Jim

032 THROUGH THE YEARS

033 LAND OF DREAMS

034 DADDY'S LITTLE SLEEPY HEAD

035 COUNTING SHEEP

036 BRAND NEW DADDY

037 THE TINY LITTLE CLOCK

038 PRECIOUS LITTLE CHILD

Tracks above issued on cassette Daddy Sing To Me: A Father’s Collection Of Lullabies

October 1996 Country Q Productions, Nashville, TN – Hobo Jim, *with Michael Johnson (Producer: Pat Flynn and Hobo Jim)

039 THE WILDERNESS WAY

040 THIS CABIN

041 EDUCATED MAN

042 THE OLD ANCHOR BAR

043 PATCHES

044 UNCHARTED GROUND

045 THE LADY LEE

046 BRISTLECONE PINE*

047 WHEN WE WENT FISHIN'

048 GOODBYE OLD COWBOY

Tracks above issued on album The Wilderness Way

May 2004 Country Q Productions, Nashville, TN – Hobo Jim (Producer: Pat Flynn and Hobo Jim)

049 WOODSMOKE HJM 006 

050 THE FISHERMAN'S SONG HJM 006

051 REDINGTON'S RUN HJM 006 

052 FISHIN' FOR CHICKENS HJM 006 

053 WOODY'S ROAD HJM 006

054 CATALOG DREAMS HJM 006 

055 BLESSED HJM 006 

056 SALTY SEA HJM 006

057 LONG HARD RIDE HJM 006  

2014 unknown – Alaska’s Hobo Jim, *with Janis Ian

058 MY WILD AND WOLFEN WAYS

059 MAKING THESE MOUNTAINS MY HOME

060 SUMMER HAY

061 I AM ALASKA

062 WHEEL OF LIFE

063 SNOWBIRD

064 SADDLE BLANKET

065 RAMBLIN'

066 GUARDIAN ANGEL*

067 THE TRACKER

Tracks above issued on album My Wild and Wolfen Ways

ALBUMS

Flying Fish FF 344 Thunderfoot:  Logger's Lullabye; Idatarod Trail; The Yodelin' Logger;  The Dramamine Fisher; The Coyote And I; The American Farmer Song;  My Ol' Tractor;  Man Of The Road;  The Beauty Of You;  The Carpenter  - 84 as Alaska’s Hobo Jim  (reissued on B/S B/S 1004)

Barnett/Sparre BS 1003 Lost and Dyin' Breed: The Great Alaska RR; Grandpa Hunted Coon; A Little Nightime Yodel; Maple Syrup On Flapjacks; Gypsy Tavern; Lost And Dyin' Breed; Miner's Dream; Lonesome Pines; The F/V Mary Ann; The Shaman's Song - 85 (reissued on Hobo Jim Music HBJ 18465)

Hobo Jim HBJ 18467 Flying Fish FF 520 Where Legends Are Born:  Where Legends Are Born;  Backwoods Girl;  Wild And Free;  The Cannery Call;  On A Yankee Whaler;  Athabaskan Fiddler; The Songbird;  Off To Dutch Harbor;  Ridin' Away – 88 (also on Flying Fish FF 520)

Paws IV ? Daddy Sing To Me: A Father’s Collection Of Lullabies: Through The Years; Land Of Dreams; Daddy's Little Sleepy Head; Counting Sheep; Brand New Daddy; The Tiny Little Clock; Precious Little Child – 91 (cassette)

Hobo Jim Music AVL 94115 A Collection: Logger’s Lullaby; Maple Syrup On Flapjacks; Where Legends Are Born; Miner's Dream; The Iditarod Trail Song; Wild And Free; Backwoods Girl; The Coyote And I; Off To Dutch Harbor; Cannery Call; The F/V Mary Ann; On A Yankee Whaler; The Great Alaska Railroad; Athabascan Fiddler; Yodellin‘  Logger -  94 (sampler)

Hobo Jim  Music HJM 005  The Wilderness Way: The Wilderness Way; This Cabin; Educated Man; The Old Anchor Bar; Patches; Uncharted Ground; The Lady Lee; Bristlecone Pine (With Michael Johnson); When We Went Fishin'; Goodbye Old Cowboy – ca 12-96

Balmur Ent. ? Hobo Jim’s Alaska: Through Story And Song: Where Legends Are Born;

Backwoods Girl; Lady Lee; Iditarod Trail Song; Old Anchor Bar; Great Alaska Railroad; On A Yankee Whaler; Miner's Dream; Cannery Call; Wilderness Way – 96 (sampler)

Hobo Jim Music HJM 006 Woodsmoke: Woodsmoke; The Fisherman's Song; Redington's Run; Fishin' For Chickens; Woody's Road; Catalog Dreams; Blessed; Salty Sea; Long Hard Ride – 04

Hobo Jim Music ? Songs Of The Alaskan Fisherman: The Days When We Went Fishin; The Dramamine Fisher; The Lady Lee; The Fisherman's Song; On a Yankee Whaler; The Old Anchor Bar; The F/V Mary Ann; The Cannery Call; Salty Sea – 07-07-11 (remastered tracks)

Hobo Jim Music ? My Wild and Wolfen Ways: My Wild and Wolfen Ways; Making These Mountains My Home; Summer Hay; I Am Alaska; Wheel of Life; Snowbird; Saddle Blanket; Ramblin'; Guardian Angel (feat. Janis Ian); The Tracker – 18-05-15

SINGLES

Alaskan Recording Co

ARC 51401 Iditarod Trail Song / The Yodelin‘ Logger – 82