Rusty Wier

Russell Allen "Rusty" Wier, *03-05-1944 Corpus Cristi, TX, +09-10-2009

4th version

By Praguefrank, Michal Gololobov
SESSIONS
March/April 1974 Village Recorder, Los Angeles, CA – Rusty Wier (Rusty Wier [vcl/ac gt], Layton DePenning [ac/el gt/bck vcl], John Inmon [ld gt], Chris Hillman [mandolin], Herb Pederson [banjo], Rusty Young [steel], James Rolleston [bass gt], Gary Mallabar [drums/vibes/percussion], Floyd Guilbeau [fiddle], Paul Harris [piano], John English [harmonica] + Layton DePenning, Richie Furay, Chris Hillman, Bobby Smith, Mac Tubb, Jim Mason [bck vcl])
001 WHISKEY STILL ABCX-820
002 EASIER TO HURT ABCX-820
003 TEXAS MORNING ABCX-820 Harlequin 69770
004 PAINTED LADY ABCX-820
005 BUSTED ABCX-820
006 16612 STONED, SLOW, RUGGED ABC-12019/ABCX-820
007 16611 JEREMIAH BLACK ABC-12019/ABCX-820
008 COUNTRY STYLE ABCX-820
009 COBEY'S SONG ABCX-820
010 RAILROAD MAN ABCX-820
ca early 1975 unknown – Rusty Wier (Rusty Wier [vcl/rh gt], Leonard Arnold [ld gt/banjo/steel], John Hiatt [ac gt-1],  Layton DePenning [gt/bck vcl], Bobby Smith [bass gt], Jimmy Marriott [percussion], Shane Keister [clavinet/moog/piano], Glen Spreen [piano]. Producer: Glen Spreen)
011 DON'T IT MAKE YOU WANNA DANCE? 20th C. TC-2219/T-469 Harlequin 69770
012 I BELIEVE IN THE WAY THAT YOU LOVE ME 20th C. TC-2219/T-469 Harlequin 69770
013 TROUBLE 20th C. T-469 Harlequin 69770
014 BLUE HAZE 20th C. T-469
015 AQUA DULCE 20th C. TC-2188/T-469 Harlequin 69770
016 RELIEF 20th C. T-469
017 SING ME -1 20th C. T-469
018 SALLY MAE 20th C. T-469 Harlequin 69770
019 I HEARD YOU BEEN LAYIN' MY OLD LADY (APOLOGIES TO SUSIE) [*MY OLD LADY (APOLOGIES TO SUSIE)]  20th C. TC-2188 TC-2195*/T-469 Harlequin 69770
020 TULSA TURNAROUND 20th C. T-469
021 CLOUDY DAYS 20th C. T-469
1975 Quadrafonic Sound Studios, Nashville, TN – Rusty Wier (Rusty Wier [vcl/ac gt], Reggie Young [gt], Leonard Arnold [gt], Teddy Irwin [gt-1], Teddy Reynolds [bass], Larry London [drums], Shane Keister [keyboards] + Ladysmith: Caral Anderson, Sharon Ruhlman, Mary Beth Anderson [bck vcl] + Fisk University Choir [-1]/
11-26 August 1975 Silvery Moon Studios, Inc., 326 La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA – Rusty Wier (Rusty Wier [vcl/ac gt], Leonard Arnold [gt/bck vcl/tambourine], Mike Ballew [ac gt], Todd Potter [gt/calavas/bck vcl], Bobby Smith [bass/bck vcl/sticks/hand jive], Jim Marriott [drums/maracas/tambourine/bck vcl], Kim Snider [piano/organ/bck vcl], Bill Smith [piano/Fender Rhodes/clavinet], Glenn Spreen [piano/Fender Rhodes], Shane Keister [piano/Moog], Don Francisco [bck vcl]. Producer: Glenn Spreen)
022 FLY AWAY -1 20th C. T-495 Harlequin 69770
023 I DON'T WANT TO LAY THIS GUITAR DOWN 20th C. TC-2273/T-495 Harlequin 69770
024 SOPHIA 20th C. T-495
025 SEMINOLE JAIL /QUEEN OF MY DREAMS 20th C. T-495
026 LISTEN TO MY SONG - JUST ONE MORE TIME 20th C. T-495 Harlequin 69770
027 BASIC LADY 20th C. T-495
028 LONG AND LONESOME HIGHWAY BLUES 20th C. TC-2273/T-495
029 DIXIE LYNN 20th C. T-495
030 PASS THE BUCK 20th C. T-495
Mid 1976 Nashville, TN/Los Angeles, CA – Rusty Wier (Rusty Wier [vcl/ac/el gt], Waddy Wachtel [ac gt/sitar/pedal steel], Todd Potter [ac/el gt/bck vcl], Leonard Arnold [el gt/banjo/steel/bck vcl], Jay Lacy [al/ac gt], Bob Smith [bass gt/bck vcl], Don Whaley [bass gt], Jim Marriott [drums/percussion/bck vcl], Tris Imboden [drums], Gib Gilbeaux [fiddle], James Nelson Phelan [harmonica/bck vcl], Kim Snider [piano/Fender Rhodes/bck vcl], Glen Spreen, [harpsichord/Fender Rhodes], Steve Wood [accordion/piano] + Jon Robert Farr, Brooks Hynicutt, Christine Oliver, Janice Oliver [bck vcl] + Strings and Horns arr. by Glen Spreen. Producer: Glen Spreen)
033 BLACK HAT SALOON Columbia PC-34319 Harlequin 69770
034 THE DEVIL LIVES IN DALLAS Columbia PC-34319 Harlequin 69770
035 SILLY RHYMES Columbia PC-34319
036 HIGH ROAD-LOW ROAD Columbia PC-34319
037 COAST OF COLORADO Columbia PC-34319 Harlequin 69770
038 TELL ME TRULY JULIE Columbia PC-34319
039 LISA A/K/A JULIE Columbia PC-34319
040 HONEY DEW Columbia PC-34319
041 I THINK IT'S TIME (I LEARNED HOW TO LET HER GO) Columbia 3-10445/PC-34319
042 ME AND DAISY ON THE RUN Columbia 3-10445/PC-34319
7-26 March 1977 American Studios And Bar, Nashville, TN/Haji Mobile Truck, Big Bear Lake, CA/Kendun Recorders, Burbank, CA/Quadrafonic Studios, Nashville, TN/Silvery Moon Studios, Los Angeles, CA – Rusty Wier (Rusty Wier [vcl/ac/el gt], "Waddy" Wachtel [gt], Todd Potter [gt/bck vcl], Leonard Arnold [gt], George Rarey [bass gt], Bob Glaub [bass], Mike Baird/Jimmy Marriott [drums], Steve Forman [percussion], Glen Spreen/Shane Kiester [keyboards], William Smith [keyboards/vcl], Kim Snider/Judy Spreen [piano] + Venetta Fields, Brenda Briant, Patrisha Smith, Addie Clement, Producer: Glen Spreen)
043 WALKIN' THRU NEW ORLEANS Columbia PC-34775
044 SUNDOWN SALLY Columbia PC-34775
045 GOOD, GOOD LOVIN' Columbia 3-10600/PC-34775
046 BLACK QUEEN Columbia PC-34775
047 MIDNITE ANGEL Columbia PC-34775
048 BLACK MOLLY BLUES Columbia PC-34775
049 THINK ABOUT IT Columbia 3-10600/PC-34775
050 BURNED Columbia PC-34775
051 LOLA Columbia PC-34775
052 DON'T LET ME DOWN AGAIN Columbia PC-34775

053 LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL Westside 919
1979 unknown – Rusty Wier (Producer: Rusty Wier)

054 TS 1001A TEXAS SPIRIT Texas Spirit TS-0001

055 TS 1001B NUMBER ONE FRONT DOOR MAN Texas Spirit TS-0001
ca March 1983 Nashville, TN – Rusty Wier (Producer: Glenn Sutton)
055 83-CP-2052 YOU GIVE ME A REASON Compleat CP-107
056 DON'T IT MAKE YOU WANNA DANCE? Compleat CP-107
ca December 1983 Nashville, TN – Rusty Wier (Producer: Glenn Sutton)
057 83-CP-2120 LONE STAR LADY CP-121
058 I STILL BELIEVE IN YOU CP-121

1985 Nashville, TN – Rusty Wier (Producer: Glenn Sutton)

059 U14302 OTHER SIDE OF THE HILL Longhorn LR-101

ca early 1987 Young Un¢ Studio, Boxwood Farm, Salem Road, Murfreesboro, TN – Rusty Wier (Rusty Wier [vcl/ac gt], Pete Wade [ld gt/dobro], Chip Young [rh gt], Bobby Thompson [rh gt], John Fannin [gt/bck vcl], Carl Jackson [mandolin/banjo/fiddle], Lloyd Green [steel], Jack Jackson [bass gt], Jerry Kroon [drums], Hargus Robbins [piano], Producer: Glenn Sutton,  Rusty Wier)
060 KUM-BACK BAR AND GRILL Black Hat BHR-102/BHR-1000
061 CHERYL DOREEN Black Hat BHR-1000
062 DAYTIME DRINKIN' Black Hat BHR-1000
063 WONDERFUL TONIGHT Black Hat BHR-1000
064 I KEPT THINKIN' ABOUT YOU Black Hat BHR-103/BHR-1000
065 LOVER OF THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HILL Black Hat BHR-1000
066 CLOSE YOUR EYES Black Hat BHR-102/BHR-1000
067 ALIBI LIES Black Hat BHR-1000
068 ALL MY GIVE A DAMN IS GONE Black Hat BHR-1000
069 LONE STAR LADY Black Hat BHR-1000
070 OTHER SIDE OF THE HILL Black Hat BHR-103
March 1994 [live] Poor David's Pub, 1313 S Lamar St, Dallas, TX – Rusty Wier (Rusty Wier [vcl/ac gt], Joe Forlini [el ld gt/bck vcl], Mike Cross [bass gt/bck vcl], Paul Harrington [harmonica])
07001 INTRODUCTION PRD-1050
07002 I THINK IT S TIME (I LEARNED HOW TO LET HER GO) PRD-1050
07003 COAST OF COLORADO PRD-1050
07004 I HEARD YOU BEEN LAYIN MY OLD LADY PRD-1050
07005 BLACK MAGIC GUN PRD-1050
07006 CREEK WATER COFFEE PRD-1050
07007 AGUA DULCE PRD-1050
07008 HOT SPOT PRD-1050
07009 FAST HORSES PRD-1050
07010 YOU VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN‘PRD-1050
07011 AMIE PRD-1050
1997 unknown – Rusty Wier (Rusty Wier [ld vcl/ac gt/tamborine], Joe Forlini [gt], Coby Wier [el gt], Todd Potter [el gt], John Fannin [slide gt], Mike Cross[ bass gt/bck vcl], Charlie Bickley [bass gt], Bon Wier/ Steve Samuels [drums], Jeremy Bow [drums/congo], Ron Knuth/ Mandy Mercier [fiddle], Cole El Saleh [keyboards], Steve Edwards [accordian], Larry Nye [bck vcl]. Producer: Rusty Wier, Larry Nye)
071 PIROGUE JOE Berto Prod. 1
072 COWBOY WHO LOVES TO SING THE BLUES Berto Prod. 1
073 MY SIDE OF THE STORY Berto Prod. 1
074 GETAWAY HOLIDAY Berto Prod. 1
075 FANNIN' THE FIRE Berto Prod. 1
076 DOWN ON THE BAYOU Berto Prod. 1
077 MR. RIGHT Berto Prod. 1
078 QUERVO'S GOLD Berto Prod. 1
079 DARK CLOUD Berto Prod. 1
080 HOT SPOT Berto Prod. 1
1998 [live] Poor David’s Pub,  1313 S Lamar St.,Dallas, TX - Rusty Wier (Rusty Wier [ld vcl/ac gt], Coby Wier [el ld gt], Charlie Bickley [bass gt/bck vcl], Jeremy Bow [drums/percussion], Cole Elsaleh [keyboards/bck vcl]. Producer: Rusty Wier)
08001 I DON’T WANT TO LAY THIS GUITAR DOWN PDR 1080
08002 PIROGUE JOE PDR 1080
08003 CUERVO'S GOLD PDR 1080
08004 1-2 BUCKLE MY SHOE PDR 1080
08005 GETAWAY HOLIDAY PDR 1080
08006 FANNIN' THE FIRE / TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS PDR 1080
08007 COWBOY WHO LOVES TO SING THE BLUES PDR 1080
2001 [live] The Gruene Hall, TX – Rusty Wier (Rusty Wier [vcl/ac gt], Joe Forlini [el gt/bck vcl], Coby Wier [el gt], Mike Cross [bass guitar/bck vcl], Marc Singer [drums], Robert Asocar [fiddle], John Polk [vcl])
08008 OUTLAW LOVE Rusty Wier 34715
08009 HE'S NOT THE MAN Rusty Wier 34715
08010 RUNNING WITH THE WRONG CROWD Rusty Wier 34715
08011 STILL WATERS RUN DEEP Rusty Wier 34715
08012 TAKE IT SLOW Rusty Wier 34715
08013 PIROGUE JOEL PAINTED LADY Rusty Wier 34715
08014 DON'T IT MAKE YOU WANNA DANCE? Rusty Wier 34715
2002 Ia-Z-L Studio, Kingsland, TX – Rusty Wier (Rusty Wier [vcl/ac gt/percussion], Larry Nye [gt], Stephen Bruton [gt/mandolin], John Fannin [gt], John Inmon [gt], Derek Groves [gt], Todd Potter [gt], Joe Forlini [gt], Price Porter [dobro], Andy Tarrant [bass gt], Jeremy Bow [drums], Jason Roberts [fiddle], Cole El Saleh/Gray Gregson [keyboards], Elliot Fikes [sax], Mike Cross, Kevin Higgins, Hillary Jean Coffman-Smith, Barbara Maltese, Mike Blakely, Gray Gregson, Larry Nye, Debbi Walton, Julie Ann Sckittone [bck vcl]. Producer: Rusty Wier, Larry Nye)

081 OUTLAW LOVE Rusty Wier 37672
082 WITHOUT YOU Rusty Wier 37672
083 ELIZA JANE Rusty Wier 37672
084 I GOT YOU Rusty Wier 37672
085 TRULY JULIE Rusty Wier 37672
086 STILL WATERS RUN DEEP Rusty Wier 37672
087 THICK AND THE THIN Rusty Wier 37672
088 LONG - LONESOME HIGHWAY BLUES Rusty Wier 37672
089 SUNRISE IN PORT A Rusty Wier 37672
090 I STOOD UP Rusty Wier 37672
2005 [live] The Texas Theater, 231 West Jefferson Boulevard, Dallas, TX – Rusty Wier
09001 INTRO/HOT SPOT
09002 TWO DOGS HOWLIN' AT THE MOON
09003 THE VIAGRA SONG
09004 THE VALENTINE SONG
09005 CHERYL DOREEN
09006 THE COWBOY WHO LOVES TO SING THE BLUES
09007 BURN DOWN THE BEERJOINT
09008 THICK AND THE THIN
09009 I HEARD YOU BEEN LAYIN' MY OLD LADY
09010 CUERVO'S GOLD
09011 DON'T IT MAKE YOU WANNA DANCE
Tracks above issued on album Live From Texas Theater

ALBUMS
ABC ABCX-820 Stoned, Slow, Rugged: Whiskey Still; Easier To Hurt; Texas Morning; Painted Lady; Busted; Stoned, Slow, Rugged; Jeremiah Black; Country Style; Cobey's Song; Railroad Man – 05-74
20th Century T-469 Don't It Make You Wanna Dance?: Don't It Make You Wanna Dance?; I Believe In The Way That You Love Me; Trouble; Blue Haze; Aqua Dulce; Relief; Sing Me; Sally Mae; I Heard You Been Layin' My Old Lady (Apologies To Susie); Tulsa Turnaround; Cloudy Days – ca 07-75
20th Century T-495 Rusty Wier: Fly Away; I Don't Want To Lay This Guitar Down; Sophia; Seminole Jail / Queen Of My Dreams; Listen To My Song / Just One More Time; Basic Lady; Long And Lonesome Highway Blues; Dixie Lynn; Pass The Buck – 75
Columbia PC-34319 Black Hat Saloon: Black Hat Saloon; The Devil Lives In Dallas; Silly Rhymes; High Road-Low Road; Coast Of Colorado; Tell Me Truly Julie; Lisa A/K/A Julie; Honey Dew; I Think It's Time (I Learned How To Let Her Go); Me And Daisy On The Run – 17-09-76 (reissued in 2002 as part of Westside 919)
Columbia PC-34775 Stacked Deck: Walkin' Thru New Orleans; Sundown Sally; Good, Good Lovin'; Black Queen; Midnite Angel; Black Molly Blues; Think About It; Burned; Lola; Don't Let Me Down Again – 27-05-77 (reissued in 2002 as part of Westside 919)
Black Hat BHR-1100 Kum-Bak Bar And Grill: Kumback Bar And Grill; Cheryl Doreen; Daytime Drinkin'; Wonderful Tonight; I Kept Thinkin' About You; Lover Of The Other Side Of The Hill; Close Your Eyes; Alibi Lies; All My Give A Damn Is Gone; Lone Star Lady - 87
PDR PDR-1050 Rusty Wier Live At Poor Davids: Introduction; I Think It‘s Time (I Learned How To Let Her Go); Coast Of Colorado; I Heard You Been Layin My Old Lady; Black Magic Gun; Creek Water Coffee; Agua Dulce; Hot Spot; Fast Horses; You‘ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin‘; Amie – 24-01-95 With Joe Forlini, Mike Cross, Paul Harrington
Berto Production 1 Are We There Yet?: Pirogue Joe; Cowboy Who Loves To Sing The Blues; My Side Of The Story; Getaway Holiday; Fannin' The Fire; Down On The Bayou; Mr. Right; Quervo's Gold; Dark Cloud; Hot Spot - 97
PDR  PDR-1080 Rusty And Son – Live At Poor David’s Pub: I Don’t Want To Lay This Guitar Down; Pirogue Joe; Cuervo's Gold; 1-2 Buckle My Shoe; Getaway Holiday; Fannin' The Fire / Try A Little Tenderness; Cowboy Who Loves To Sing The Blues – 12-01-99
Rusty Wier 34715 Rusty Wier Live at Gruene Hall: Outlaw Love; He's Not The Man; Running With The Wrong Crowd; Still Waters Run Deep; Take It Slow; Pirogue JoeL Painted Lady; Don't It Make You Wanna Dance? – 01
Rusty Wier 37672 I Stood Up: Outlaw Love; Without You; Eliza Jane; I Got You; Truly Julie; Still Waters Run Deep; Thick and the Thin; Long - Lonesome Highway Blues; Sunrise in Port A; I Stood Up – 02 (also on Crystal Clear CC 5123)
Harlequin 69770 Under My Hat: Listen To My Song; Just One More Time; Don't it Make You Wanna Dance; I Don't Want to Lay This Guitar Down; Fly Away; Sally Mae; Trouble; Believe in the Way That You Love Me; Aqua Dulce; I Heard That You've Been Laying' My Old Lady; Texas Morning; Black Hat Saloon; The Devil Lives in Dallas; The Coast of Colorado – 03 (sampler, reissued in 2013 on Icehouse 401)

Hat Creek no # (UPC 837101085212) Live From Texas Theater: Campfire Stories and Sing-A-Long Songs: Intro/Hot Spot; Two Dogs Howlin' at the Moon; The Viagra Song; The Valentine Song; Cheryl Doreen; The Cowboy Who Loves to Sing the Blues; Burn Down The Beerjoint; Thick And The Thin; I Heard You Been Layin' My Old Lady; Cuervo's Gold; Don't it Make You Wanna Dance – 24-09-05

SINGLES
ABC (1974)
ABC-12019 Jeremiah Black / Stoned, Slow And Rugged - 08-74
20th Century (1975)
TC-2188 I Heard You Been Layin' My Old Lady (Aplogies To Susie)  / Aqua Dulce – 04-75

TC-2195 My Old Lady (Apologies To Susie) / My Old Lady (Apologies To Susie) – 05-75 (mono/stereo, promo)
TC-2219 Don't It Make You Wanna Dance / I Believe In The Way That You Love Me – 08-75
TC-2273 I Don't Want To Lay This Guitar Down / Long And Lonesome Highway Blues - 76
Columbia (1976-77)
3-10445 I Think It's Time / Me And Daisy On The Run - 11-76 (rev. Nov. 20)
3-10600 Good, Good Lovin' / Think About It - 08-77

Texas Spirit (1979)

TS-0001 Texas Spirit / Number One Front Door Man - 79
Compleat (1983-84)
CP-107 You Give Me A Reason / Don't It Make You Wanna Dance? - 05-83
CP-121 Lone Star Lady / I Still Believe In You - 02-84

Longhorn (1985)

LR-101 Other Side Of The Hill – 85 (promo, same on both sides)
Black Hat (1987)
BHR-102 Close Your Eyes / Kum-Bak Bar And Grill - 04-87
BHR-103 Other Side Of The Hill / I Kept Thinkin' About You - 07-87