*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
