Ken Clark

William Kenneth Clark, *05-01-1932 Moultrie, GA, + 09-06-2015

4th version

by Dick Grant, Todd Gracyk, Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS

Spring 1957 Ken Clark Studio, Jacksonville, FL – Ken Clark and His Merry Mountain Boys (Ken Clark [vcl/rh gt], poss. Harry Bowen [ld gt], John Handcock [banjo], Edgar Robertson [dobro], Ernie Dukes [bass], Cliff Milton [fiddle], Russell Bowen [fiddle])

001 45-631-A HO! HO! LOVE ’EM JOE Starday 45-631/S-D- LP 860 Texas Gold TG 933 Dixie CD-5555 BACM CD D 390

002 45-631-B QUIT FOOL (MAMA’S LOOKIN‘) Starday 45-631/Dixie CD-5555 BACM CD D 390

S-D LP-860 TEENAGE CUTIE (GER, 1991), TEXAS GOLD TG-933 THE STARDAY STORY, VOL. 3 (NED, 1993); DIXIE CD-5555 DIXIE BOPPIN‘  HILLBILLIES (NED, 1995); BACM CD D 390 CUSTOM MADE HILLBILLY VOL. 2 (UK. 2012)

ca. April 1959 unknown - Ken Clark and His Merry Mountain Boys
003 2941 SASHIMO unissued
004 2942 PRETTY LOVE Starday 45-442 / BACM CD D 523
005 2943 COUNTRY JUMPIN’ unissued/ BACM CD D 523
006 2944 MY HEART MUST HAVE SEEN unissued
007 2945 GONNA PUT MY HEART unissued
008 2946 BUCKSKIN COAT 45-442/BACM CD D 523
1959 unknown- Ken Clark (Ken Clark [vcl/rh gt], poss. Harry Bowen [ld gt], John Handcock [banjo], Edgar Robertson [dobro], Ernie Dukes [bass], Cliff Milton [fiddle], Russell Bowen [fiddle])
009 3066 SOUTH PACIFIC SHORE [SOUTHERN PACIFIC SHORE*] 45-468 /BACM CD D 523*
010 3067 JUMPIN’ JOHN unissued
011 3068 I COULDN’T STAND TO GIVE YOU UP AGAIN unissued/ BACM CD D 523
012 3069 CANDY MAN 45-468/BACM CD D 523
013 3070 LOST FROM THE LORD unissued
014 3071 MY WORLD IS A HEAVEN unissued
1959 unknown - Ken Clark and Don Anthony (Ken Clark [vcl/rh gt], John Handcock [banjo], Chuck O‘ Neal [bass], Don (Chubby) Anthony [fiddle])
015 BLUEGRASS SWING [LEE HIGHWAY RAMBLE*; LEE HIGHWAY SWING**] SEP 130*/ SLP-114 SLP 115* NLP 2001* NLP 2015 GT 104* BACM CD D 523**
016 CHUBBY'S RUN SLP-114  NLP 2015 BACM CD D 523
017 MERRY MOUNTAIN HOEDOWN EP-477/SLP-109 NLP 2006 GT 104 BACM CD D 523

STARDAY SLP 109 COUNTRY EXPRESS (1959); STARDAY SLP 114 ROSIN ON THE BOW AND HERE WE GO!: FIDDLIN' COUNTRY STYLE (1960); STARDAY SLP 115 THE BLUEGRASS SPECIAL (1960)

Notes: 015 on SLP 115 as Ken Clark, 017 on SLP 109 SEP-45-477 as Ken Clark

ca. February 1960 Starday Sound studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN - Ken Clark  (Ken Clark [vcl/rh gt], John Handcock [banjo], Chuck O‘ Neal [bass], Don (Chubby) Anthony [fiddle])
018 3177 BIG BEN unissued
019 3178 RAMBLERS RIDE [RAMBLER’S RIDE*] SLP-114 NLP 2015 BACM CD D 523*
020 3179 BIG MAN 45-495/SLP-136 Country Stars CTS 55424 BACM CD D 523
021 3180 LET’S PRETEND unissued
022 3181 DAYS THAT ONCE HAVE BEEN 45-495

STARDAY SLP 136 BANJO JAMBOREE SPECTACULAR (1961)

Notes: 019 on SLP 114 as Ken Clark with Don Anthony
ca. May 1961 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN– Ken Clark and His Merry Mountaineers  (Ken Clark [vcl/rh gt], John Handcock [banjo], Edgar Robertson [dobro], Chuck O‘ Neal [bass], Don (Chubby) Anthony [fiddle])
023 4836 OLD TIMER unissued
024 4837 EDGAR’S DOBRO unissued
025 4838 SUNSHINE SHUFFLE SEP-181
026 4839 RUBBER DOLL SPECIAL [RUBBER DOLL RAG*; DOBRO DOLLY**] SEP-181/SLP 221* Diplomat DS 26000 Wyncote W 9077** BACM CD D523**

027 4840 A THOUSAND MILES AGO [A THOUSAND MILES OF OCEAN*]  Nashville NV-5009/SLP 169* Palace 720 Cont. Maple Leaf CMS 1010 BACM CD D 523
028 4841 OLD JOSEPH BROWN unissued
029 4842 THIS MAPLE TREE unissued/BACM CD D 523
030 4843 LEAVE HER WITH JOE unissued
031 4844 TRUCK DRIVING JOE [TRUCK DRIVIN‘ JOE*]  Nashville NV-5009/SLP 250 BACM CD D 523*
032 4845 DEAR MR. K unissued
033 4846 YOU’RE NOBODY UNTIL SOMEBODY CARES unissued/ BACM CD D 523

Possibly from session above:

034 SOUTHERN SHORES  [SOUTHERN MOON*] SEP-181/BACM CD D 523*
STARDAY SLP 169 MORE BANJO ON THE HILLS (1962)[ STARDAY SLP 221 FIRE ON THE STRINGS (1963); STARDAY SLP 250 DIESEL SMOKE, DANGEROUS CURVES, AND OTHER TRUCK DRIVER FAVORITES (1963); PALACE M/S 720 MOUNTAIN FOLK SONG BLUEGRASS STYLE (1963);  WYNCOTTE SW 9077 FIDDLIN‘ COUNTRY STYLE (1965)

Notes: 026 on  SLP 221,W 9077 as Ken Clark, 027 on SLP 169, M 720 as Ken Clark, 031 on SLP 250 as Ken Clark

ca. April 1963 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN - Ken Clark
035 6257 TOO MUCH LIKE AN ANGEL unissued
036 6258 TALK ABOUT LOVE Nashville NV-5134
037 6259 WE’RE TOO FAR APART 720/ BACM CD D 523
038 6260 EASE MY MIND Nashville NV-5134
ca. October 1964 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Ken Clark
039 7458 STANDING ON THE OUTSIDE 720/ BACM CD D 523

Unknown info  – Ken Clark [from Jerry Steinberg Collection]

040 TILL SUMMER COMES AGAIN BACM CD D 523

041 OPEN THE DOOR AND COME ON IN BACM CD D 523

042 STACKING UP THOSE MEMORIES BACM CD D 523

043 TINY DOLL BACM CD D 523

044 THREE SILVER DOLLARS BACM CD D 523

1973 [live] Country Music Park, Lawtey, FL – Ken Clark and His Merry Mountain Boys

04401 TURN BACK THE WORLD BACM CD D 523 NR 3007

04402 I LOVE NELLIE BROWN NR 3007 BACM CD D 523

04403 SIMPLE THINGS IN LIFE NR 3007 BACM CD D 523

04404 GOLD WATCH CHAIN NR 3007 BACM CD D 523

04405 CROSS OVER THE MOUNTAIN NR 3007 BACM CD D 523

04406 NOBODY UNLESS SOMEBODY CARES NR 3007 BACM CD D 523

ALBUMS

No label NR 3007 Bluegrass Grows In Florida: Gene Austin: Lawtey;  Ken Clark:Turn Back The World; Ken Clark: I Love Nellie Brown; Ken Clark: Simple Things In Life; Teddy Billeaudeaux: Odds And Ends; Ken Clark: Gold Watch And Chain; Various: Turn Left At Charlotte; Ken Clark: Cross Over The Mountain; Ken Clark: Nobody Unless Somebody Cares;Various: Friends,Of Bluegrass - 73

BACM [UK] CD D 523 Ken Clark And His Merry Mountain Boys: A Thousand Miles Of Ocean; Big Man; Lee Highway Swing; Buckskin Coat; Candy Man; Chubby's Run; Dobro Dolly; Rambler's Ride; Pretty Love; Southern Pacific Shore; Southern Moon; Truck Drivin' Joe; We're Too Far Apart; Standing On The Outside; Till Summer Comes Again; I Couldn't Stand To Give You Up Again; Country Jumpin'; Open The Door And Come On In; Stacking Up Those Memories; This Maple Tree; Tiny Doll; Three Silver Dollars; You're Nobody Unless Somebody Cares; Turn Back The World; I Love Nellie Brown; Simple Things In Life; Gold Watch Chain; Cross Over The Mountain; Merry Mountain Hoedown – 05-16

EPs

Starday SEP-45-477 Country Instrumentals: Dixie Mountain Express (Bill Clifton); Travelin’ Dobro Blues (Country Gentlemen); Merry Mountain Hoedown (Ken Clark) / Snowflake Breakdown (Earl Mitton); Dixie Hoedown (Jim and Jesse); Lazy (Cal and Ivan) – 59

Starday SEP 130 Country Fiddle Instrumentals: Fiddler’s Love (Tommy Hill’s String Band); Fiddler’s Prayer (Tommy Hill’s String Band); Sparta Waltz (Big Tige And His 8 String Fiddle) / Round Town Gals (Jim Eanes With Allen Shelton And Roy Russell); Dine-E-O (Jim Eanes With Allen Shelton And Roy Russell); Lee Highway Ramble (Ken Clark With Don Anthony) (reissue of Bluegrass Swing) - 60

Starday SEP 181 Dobro Instrumentals: Sunshine Shuffle (Ken Clark and His Merry Mountaineers); Houndog Ramble (Uncle Josh and Dobro) / Rubber Doll Special (Ken Clark and His Merry Mountaineers); Southern Shores (Ken Clark and His Merry Mountaineers) - 61

SINGLES
Starday (1959-65)
45-631 Ho! Ho! Love’em Joe / Quit Fool (Mama’s Lookin‘) – 05-57 (Starday custom)

45-442 Buckskin Coat / Pretty Love – 07-07-59 (ad. June 15)
45-468 South Pacific Shore / Candy Man – 10-11-59
45-495 Big Man / Days That Once Have Been – 22-03-60 (rev. May 23)
Nashville NV-5009 Trucky Driving Joe / A Thousand Miles Ago – 07-61
Nashville NV-5134 Talk About Love / Ease My Mind - 63
720 We're Too Far Apart / Standing On The Outside – 25-05-65 (rev. June 12)

 


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