Six Westernaires

By Kevin Coffey, Henk Scholts

SESSIONS  (3 various lineups, marked A,B,C)

1945 Hollywood, CA - Six Westernaires (Red Murrell [gt], Merle Travis [gt], Cliffie Stone [bass],  Tex Atchison [vcl-2/fiddle]  + T. Texas Tyler [vcl-1], ? [organ])
A01 BW-127-2 DON’T PLAY WITH MY HEART -1 Black and White 10000/BACM CD D 327
A02 BW-128-1 A LITTLE WHILE LONGER -2 10000/ BACM CD D 327
A03 BW-129-1 WHY DON’T THESE BLUES LEAVE ME ALONE -1 10001/ BACM CD D 327
A04 BW-130-2 SINGIN’ IN THE SADDLE -2 10001/ BACM CD D 327

ca late 1945 Hollywood, CA – Six Westernaires (Buck Nation [vcl-2], Porky Freeman [ld gt], Slim Duncan [fiddle] + more uknown musicians)

B01 BW-175-2 NEW SAN ANTONIO ROSE Black/White 10002/ BACM CD D 343

B02 BW-176 THE WIND SINGS A COWBOY SONG 10003/ BACM CD D 343

B03 BW-177* REMEMBER MY DARLING 10003/ BACM CD D 343

B04 BW-178-1 WESTERN RANGE AHEAD 10002 / BACM CD D 343

*on label 178

Ca December 1945 or January 1946 Hollywood, CA - Oklahoma Ed Moody With The Six Westernaires (Ed Moody [vcl], Porky Freeman ld gt], ? [gt], ? [bass], Slim Suncan [fiddle])

C01 BW-191-4 FOREVER IS A LONG LONG TIME Black/White 10004/BACM CD D 281

C02 BW-192-1 SITTING ALONE ON MY DOORSTEP 10004/BACM CD D 281

C03 BW-193-3 NO KISSES FOR YOU 10005/BACM CD D 281

C04 BW-194-2 DOWN THE TRAIL TO HOME  10005/BACM CD D 281

Mid 1946 Hollywood, CA - Oklahoma Ed Moody With The Six Westernaires  (Ed Moody [vcl], ? [gt], poss. Eddie Martin [steel], ? [bass], poss Shorty Scott [fiddle], poss Highpockets Busse [accordion])

C05 BW-273-3 CAN'T WIN CAN'T PLACE CAN'T SHOW Black/White 10006/BACM CD D 281

C06 BW-274-2 WHAT GOOD WOULD IT DO 10006/BACM CD D 281

C07 BW-275-1 IF I COULD GO BACK 10007/BACM CD D 281

C08 BW-276-1 BAD LITTLE GIRL 10007/BACM CD D 281

Note by Kevin Coffey: only the first Black and White hillbilly session (10000-10001) features a Six Westernaires lineup that was actually working together at the time - Cliffie Stone, Merle Travis, Tex Atchison and Red Murrell. The rest of the Black and White sessions that use that name, it is just a recording band that the label has given the Six Westernaires name to

ALBUMS (including Six Westernaires tracks)

BACM [UK] CD D 281  Down The Trail To Home: Oklahoma Hills; Careless Darlin'; Forever Is A Long Long Time; Sitting Alone On My Doorstep; No Kisses For You;  Down The Trail To Home; Can't Win Can't Place Can't Show;What Good Would It Do; If I Could Go Back; Bad Little Girl Black; I'm Still Cryin' Over You;Mail Order Mama; Don't Hand Me That Line; I'll Remember You Love In My Prayer; No Alibis; You'll Never Change;  Don't Look Down On Me; Too Many Sweethearts; Gravy Train; Devil In Disguise – 09

BACM [UK] CD D 327 Natural Born Gamblin’ Man: Brown-Ferry Blues; Cincinnati Lou; I Used To Work In Chicago; Kilroy Was Here; Somebody’s Rose; If You’d Believe In Me; You Don’t Do Right By Me Anymore; Here Comes My Heart Again; Natural Born Gamblin’ Man; I’m Beginning To Believe In You; One Broken Heart; You Gotta Quit That Chasin’ Around; I Love You That Much; I’ll Never Be Sorry; He Was Your Friend And Mine; Don’t Play With My Heart; A Little While Longer; Why Don’t These Blues Leave Me; Singin’ In The Saddle; [Doug Venable:] That’s All; [Red Murrell:] Texas Home; I’m Sick And Tired of You Little Darling; I’ll Never Do It Again; [Deuce Spriggins radio show:] My Heart’s In This Letter; You Brought Sorrow To My Heart; No One To Cry To; Free Little Bird – 11

BACM [UK] CD D 343 Western Range Ahead: Blue Ridge Mountain Sweetheart;  The Church Bells Told; Twelve Cent Cotton Rollin' In Wealth; Grandad's Cuspidor; Vine Covered Church;  Newly Moulded Mound; Bruno Hauptmann's Fate; The End Of Public Enemy Number One; Don't Leave Now; South; You Are My Sunshine; Bad Girl;  I Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'; You Belong To Me; New San Antonio Rose; Western Range Ahead;  Remember My Darling; The Wind Sings A Cowboy Song;  Daddy's Pal;  I'll Try Not To Cry; Strawberry Roan; Susan Van Duzan; Broncho Mustang; Cowboy’s Lament – 11

SINGLES

Black and White (1945-1946)
A

10000 Don’t Play With My Heart / A Little While Longer - 45
10001 Why Don’t These Blues Leave Me Alone / Singin’ In The Saddle – 45

B

10002 New San Antonio Rose /  Western Range Ahead – 03-46

10003 Remember My Darling / The Wind Sings A Cowboy Song – 03-46

C

10004 Forever Is A Long Long / Sitting Alone On My Doorstep – 46

10005 No Kisses For You / Down The Trail To Home – 46

10006 Can't Win Can't Place Can't Show / What Good Would It Do – 46

10007 If I Could Go Back / Bad Little Girl – 46