Sunday, September 2, 2018

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


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