Tuesday, May 21, 2019

James Alan Shelton

*02-07-1936 Reidsville, NC, + 21-11-2009
2nd version
by Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS  also member of Clinch Mountain Boys
1992 unknown – James Alan Shelton (James Shelton [gt/mandolin], Alison Krauss, Ernie Thacker, Alison Brown, Adam Steffey, Barry Bales)
001 BLUE IN THE BLUE RIDGE  Heart 515 
002 BILL CHEATUM  Heart 515 
003 I JUST THINK I'LL GO AWAY  Heart 515 
004 DOWN AT MYLOW'S HOUSE  Heart 515  
005 THESE OLD BLUES  Heart 515  
006 TOP OF THE WORLD  Heart 515  
007 BIRMINGHAM TURNAROUND  Heart 515 
008 BROWN COUNTY BREAKDOWN  Heart 515
009 NO LETTER IN THE MAIL  Heart 515
010 BILLY IN THE LOWGROUND  Heart 515  
011 SOMEBODY LOVES YOU DARLIN' Heart 515
1995 Maggard Sound Studio, Big Stone Gap, VA – James Alan Shelton (James Shelton [gt/mandolin/banjo/bass], Steve Sparkman [banjo], James Price [fiddle])
012 RED WING Zap 106
013 TWILIGHT SWAMP Zap 106  
014 JOHN HENRY Zap 106  
015 UNCLOUDY DAY Zap 106  SR 1960
016 CLUCK OLD HEN Zap 106 
017 WILDWOOD FLOWER Zap 106
018 LITTLE ROSEWOOD CASKET Zap 106  SR 1960
019 SOURWOOD MOUNTAIN Zap 106  
020 WEEPING WILLOW Zap 106  SR 1960
021 COOSY Zap 106
022 THE OLD GOSPEL SHIP Zap 106   SR 1960
023 WORRIED MAN BLUES Zap 106 
024 OLD TIME PICKIN' Zap 106
1997 unknown – James Alan Shelton (James Alan Shelton [gt], Steve Sparkman [banjo], Adam Steffey/ John Rigsby [mandolin], James Price [fiddle])
025 TOM'S CREEK  copper Creek CCCD 0154  SR 1963
026 ROAD TO COEBURN  copper Creek CCCD 0154 SR 1963  
027 FIVE STRING DRAG  copper Creek CCCD 0154 SR 1963 
028 ANGELINE THE BAKER  copper Creek CCCD 0154   SR 1963
029 ASHLAND BREAKDOWN  copper Creek CCCD 0154  SR 1963
030 GOING UP CANEY  copper Creek CCCD 0154 SR 1963
031 LONESOME REUBEN  copper Creek CCCD 0154 SR 1963
032 I SAW THE LIGHT  copper Creek CCCD 0154 SR 1960 SR 1963  
033 EAST VIRGINIA BLUES  copper Creek CCCD 0154   SR 1963
034 HIGHWAY'S END  copper Creek CCCD 0154 SR 1963 
035 SUNNY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN  copper Creek CCCD 0154   SR 1963
036 BEAUTIFUL STAR OF BETHLEHEM  copper Creek CCCD 0154 SR 1960 SR 1963  
037 MY DIXIE DARLING  copper Creek CCCD 0154 SR 1963
1999 unknown – James Alan Shelton (James Alan Shelton [gt/banjo], Marcus Smith [vcl/gt],  Adam Steffey [vcl/mandolin], Alison Krauss [vcl/fiddle], Shawn Lane , Barry Bales [vcl])
038 STANDING ROOM ONLY  Freeland FRC-CD-661  
039 GETTYSBURG MARCH  Freeland FRC-CD-661 
040 I CRIED AGAIN  Freeland FRC-CD-661 
041 STORMS ARE ON THE OCEAN  Freeland FRC-CD-661  
042 SALLY ANN  Freeland FRC-CD-661  
043 WILL YOU MISS ME  Freeland FRC-CD-661  
044 JOHN HENRY  Freeland FRC-CD-661  
045 FOGGY MOUNTAIN CHIMES  Freeland FRC-CD-661  
046 CHAIN GANG  Freeland FRC-CD-661  
047 DOWN IN THE WILLOW GARDEN  Freeland FRC-CD-661  
048 LITTLE MAGGIE  Freeland FRC-CD-661 
049 TAKE ME HOME SAVIOR  Freeland FRC-CD-661 
16-17 March 1999 Maggard Sound Studio, Big Stone Gap, VA – James Alan Shelton (James Alan Shelton [vcl/ld gt], Ralph Stanley II [rh gt], Steve Sparkman [banjo], Adam Steffey [mandolin], Barry Bales [bass], James Price [fiddle]. Producer: James Alan Shelton)
050 SUGARFOOT RAG  Copper Creek CCCD 0178  SR 1963
051 OLD SPINNING WHEEL  Copper Creek CCCD 0178 SR 1963
052 BARBARA ALLEN  Copper Creek CCCD 0178 SR 1963
053 CANNONBALL BLUES  Copper Creek CCCD 0178 SR 1963
054 THE GHOST TRAIN  Copper Creek CCCD 0178 SR 1963
055 I'LL FLY AWAY  Copper Creek CCCD 0178 SR 1960  SR 1963
056 ROAD WEARY BLUES  Copper Creek CCCD 0178 SR 1963
057 TRAGIC ROMANCE  Copper Creek CCCD 0178 SR 1963
058 SNOW DEER  Copper Creek CCCD 0178  SR 1963
059 LOST INDIAN  Copper Creek CCCD 0178  SR 1963
060 ROSEWOOD CASKET  Copper Creek CCCD 0178  SR 1963
061 SWEET BY AND BY  Copper Creek CCCD 0178 SR 1963
062 SHENANDOAH  Copper Creek CCCD 0178 SR 1963
8/9 March 2000 Ticknock Studio, Lenoir, NC – George Shuffler and James Alan Shelton (George Shuffler [gt/bass], James Alan Shelton [gt], Ron Shuffler [bass])
063 TRUE LIFE BLUES Copper Creek CCCD 0182
064 KATY DEAR Copper Creek CCCD 0182
065 CARTER FAMILY MEDLEY Copper Creek CCCD 0182
066 NEARER MY GOD TO THEE Copper Creek CCCD 0182 
067 BANKS OF THE OHIO Copper Creek CCCD 0182
068 NOBODY'S BUSINESS Copper Creek CCCD 0182
069 HOUSE OF GOLD Copper Creek CCCD 0182 SR 1960
070 NO LETTER IN THE MAIL Copper Creek CCCD 0182
071 OLD LEATHER Copper Creek CCCD 0182
072 WHEN OUR LORD SHALL COME AGAIN Copper Creek CCCD 0182 SR 1960
073 I STILL MISS SOMEONE Copper Creek CCCD 0182
074 SIX MORE MILES Copper Creek CCCD 0182 
075 TAKE ME IN A LIFEBOAT / SWEET BYE AND BYE Copper Creek CCCD 0182 SR 1960
2002 Hog Holler, Jonesborough, TN/Maggard Sound Studios, Big Stone Gap, VA – Jame Alan Shelton (James Alan Shelton [gt/mandolin], Gillian Welch [vcl/gt],Tim Stafford [vcl/gt], David Rawlings [vcl], Barry Bales [bass])
076 NORTH FORK OF THE HOLSTON  Rebel REB-CD-1785 
077 SONG FOR GRETA  Rebel REB-CD-1785  
078 FIFTY MILES OF ELBOW ROOM  Rebel REB-CD-1785  SR 1960
079 FADED LOVE  Rebel REB-CD-1785  
080 THE SUNSET TRAIL  Rebel REB-CD-1785  
081 SCARBOROUGH FAIR  Rebel REB-CD-1785  
082 BACK UP AND PUSH  Rebel REB-CD-1785  
083 SHADY GROVE  Rebel REB-CD-1785 
084 WHEN YOU AND I WERE YOUNG, MAGGIE  Rebel REB-CD-1785  
085 IT IS BETTER FARTHER ON  Rebel REB-CD-1785  SR 1960
086 DOWN YONDER  Rebel REB-CD-1785  
087 FREIGHT TRAIN  Rebel REB-CD-1785  
088 LONG JOURNEY HOME  Rebel REB-CD-1785
2004 Hog Holler Studios, Jonesborough, TN  - James Alan Shelton (James Alan Shelton [gt/banjo/mandolin], Tim Stafford [vcl/gt], Ralph Stanley II [vcl/gt], Shawn Lane [vcl], Dan Moneyhun [vcl], Ralph Stanley [baritone vcl], John Rigsby [vcl/ mandolin/ fiddle], Steve Sparkman [banjo], Adam Steffey [mandolin], Barry Bales/ Bill Dunham [double bass], Keith Williams/ Todd Meade/ Hunter Berry [fiddle])
089 HALF MOON BAY  Rebel REB-CD-1805 
090 TUPELO COUNTY JAIL  Rebel REB-CD-1805
091 GOODBYE LIZA JANE  Rebel REB-CD-1805 
092 DARK AS A DUNGEON  Rebel REB-CD-1805
093 ROAD TO COLUMBUS  Rebel REB-CD-1805 
094 EIGHT MORE MILES TO LOUISVILLE  Rebel REB-CD-1805
095 FOGGY MOUNTAIN TOP  Rebel REB-CD-1805 
096 DARLIN' NELLIE GRAY  Rebel REB-CD-1805 
097 MARRIED LIFE BLUES  Rebel REB-CD-1805 
098 LITTLE BENNIE (CRAZEOLOGY)  Rebel REB-CD-1805 
099 TEXAS GALES  Rebel REB-CD-1805
100 HANDSOME MOLLY  Rebel REB-CD-1805 
101 WILD MOUNTAIN THYME  Rebel REB-CD-1805
2007 unknown – James Alan Shelton (James Alan Shelton [gt], Judy Marshall [vcl], Ratliff [rh gt/mandolin], Audey Daniel Grindstaff [banjo], Steve Sparkman [banjo], Adam Steffey [mandolin], Barry Bales [bass], Dewey Brown [fiddle])
102 SOLDIER'S JOY Sheltone SR 1961 
103 FAIR AND TENDER LADIES Sheltone SR 1961 
104 WALKING DOWN THE LINE Sheltone SR 1961 
105 SALT CREEK Sheltone SR 1961 
106 NASHVILLE BLUES Sheltone SR 1961 
107 OLD TOY TRAINS Sheltone SR 1961
108 MOTHERLESS CHILDREN Sheltone SR 1961
109 METHODIST PREACHER Sheltone SR 1961 
110 STEPHEN Sheltone SR 1961
111 HARD TIMES COME AGAIN NO MORE Sheltone SR 1961
112 MY GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK Sheltone SR 1961 
113 FIREBALL MAIL Sheltone SR 1961
114 SOUNDS OF SILENCE Sheltone SR 1961
2009 unknown – James Alan Shelton
115 CHEROKEE SHUFFLE Sheltone SR 1962 
116 ROSE CONLEY Sheltone SR 1962
117 WHERE I'M BOUND Sheltone SR 1962
118 RIDING ON THE CLINCHFIELD Sheltone SR 1962 
119 THEME FROM DILLINGER (THE OLD GOSPEL SHIP) Sheltone SR 1962 
120 HOME SWEET HOME Sheltone SR 1962 
121 PASTURES OF PLENTY Sheltone SR 1962 
122 BUCKAROO Sheltone SR 1962 
123 ALL THE PRETTY LITTLE HORSES Sheltone SR 1962
124 AULD LANG SYNE Sheltone SR 1962 
125 CATCH THE WIND Sheltone SR 1962
126 DANNY BOY Sheltone SR 1962
127 I'LL FOLLOW THE SUN Sheltone SR 1962
128 DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR? Sheltone SR 1962

ALBUMS
Heart 515 Blue in the Blue Ridge: Blue in the Blue Ridge;  Bill Cheatum;  I Just Think I'll Go Away;  Down at Mylow's House;  These Old Blues;  Top of the World;  Birmingham Turnaround;  Brown County Breakdown; No Letter in the Mail; Billy in the Lowground;  Somebody Loves You Darlin'- 92 (reissued on Freeland FRC-CD-645 in 1996)
Zap 106 Clinch Mountain Guitar: Red Wing;  Twilight Swamp;  John Henry;  Uncloudy Day; Cluck Old Hen; Wildwood Flower; Little Rosewood Casket;  Sourwood Mountain;  Weeping Willow;  Coosy; The Old Gospel Ship;  Worried Man Blues;  Old Time Pickin'- 95  (reissued on Freeland FRC-CD-650 in 1996)
Copper Creek CCCD 0154 Road To Coeburn: Tom's Creek;  Road to Coeburn;  Five String Drag;  Ageline the Baker;  Ashland Breakdown;  Going up Caney;  Lonesome Reuben; I Saw the Light;  East Virginia Blues;  Highway's End; Sunny Side of the Mountain;  Beautiful Star of Bethlehem;  My Dixie Darling – 20-05-97 (reissued as part of Sheltone SR 1963  The Copper Creek Sessions in 2012)
Freeland FRC-CD-661 Standing Room Only: Standing Room Only;  Gettysburg March;  I Cried Again;  Storms Are On The Ocean;  Sally Ann;  Will You Miss Me;  John Henry;  Foggy Mountain Chimes;  Chain Gang;  Down In The Willow Garden;  Little Maggie;  Take Me Home Savior – 10-08-99
Copper Creek CCCD 0178 Guitar Tracks: Sugarfoot Rag;  Old Spinning Wheel;  Barbara Allen; Cannonball Blues;  The Ghost Train; I'll Fly Away;  Road Weary Blues; Tragic Romance; Snow Deer;  Lost Indian;  Rosewood Casket;  Sweet By And By;  Shenandoah  - 99 (reissued as part of Sheltone SR 1963  The Copper Creek Sessions in 2012)
Cooper Creek CCCD 0182  The Legacy Continues: True Life Blues;  Katy Dear;  Carter Family Medley;  Nearer My God To Thee;  Banks Of The Ohio;  Nobody's Business;  House Of Gold;  No Letter In The Mail;  Old Leather;  When Our Lord Shall Come Again;  I Still Miss Someone;  Six More Miles;  Take Me In A Lifeboat / Sweet Bye And Bye – 05-09-00 w. George Shuffler
Rebel REB-CD-1785 Song For Greta: North Fork of the Holston;  Song for Greta;  Fifty Miles of Elbow Room;  Faded Love;  The Sunset Trail;  Scarborough Fair;  Back Up and Push;  Shady Grove; When You and I Were Young, Maggie;  It Is Better Farther On;  Down Yonder;  Freight Train;  Long Journey Home - 30-07-02
Rebel REB-CD-1809 Half Moon Bay: Half Moon Bay;  Tupelo County Jail;  Goodbye Liza Jane;  Dark as a Dungeon; Road to Columbus;  Eight More Miles to Louisville; Foggy Mountain Top;  Darlin' Nellie Gray;  Married Life Blues;  Little Bennie (Crazeology);  Texas Gales;  Handsome Molly;  Wild Mountain Thyme - 29-06-04
Sheltone SR 1960 Gospel Guitar: Sweet By And Bye;  Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem; I Saw The Light; Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room; Little Rosewood Casket; House Of Gold; I'll Fly Away; It Is Better Farther On; When Our Lord Shall Come Again; The (Old) Gospel Ship; Uncloudy Day; Weeping Willow; Take Me In The Lifeboat / Sweet By And By - 05 (sampler)
Sheltone SR 1961 Walking Down The Line: Soldier's Joy; Fair and Tender Ladies; Walking Down the Line; Salt Creek; Nashville Blues; Old Toy Trains; Motherless Children; Methodist Preacher; Stephen; Hard Times Come Again No More; My Grandfather's Clock; Fireball Mail; Sounds Of Silence- 22-05-07
Sheltone SR 1962 Where I'm Bound: Cherokee Shuffle; Rose Conley; Where I'm Bound; Riding On the Clinchfield; Theme From Dillinger (The Old Gospel Ship); Home Sweet Home; Pastures Of Plenty; Buckaroo; All the Pretty Little Horses;Auld Lang Syne; Catch the Wind; Danny Boy; I'll Follow The Sun; Do You Hear What I Hear?- 08-06-10
Sheltone SR 1963  The Copper Creek Sessions: Tom's Creek; Sunny Side of the Mountain; Five String Drag; Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem; Angeline the Baker; My Dixie Darling; Goin' Up Caney; Road to Coeburn; Ashland Breakdown; Lonesome Reuben; East Virginia Blues; I Saw the Light; Highway's End; Sugarfoot Rag; Old Spinning Wheel; Barbara Allen; Cannonball Blues; Ghost Train; I'll Fly Away; Road Weary Blues; Tragic Romance; Snow Deer; Lost Indian; Rosewood Casket; Sweet Bye and Bye; Shenandoah – 20-03

Shad Burns


Shad Wesley Burns, *La Cruse, NM
By Praguefrank

SESSIONS
2001 Nashville, TN – Shad Burns (Producer: Grant Boatwright and Mike Soll)
001 BLACK WATER BAYOU
002 SHE DON'T MISS A THING
003 THE HONEYMOON'S OVER
004 THIS GUITAR
005 BLAME IT ON THE NIGHT
006 SOMETHIN'
007 WITHOUT MY ANGEL
008 PRISONER OF THE HIGHWAY
009 OLD WORKING GLOVES
010 EXCUSE ME, I THINK I'VE GOT A HEARTACHE
011 SOMEONE SOMEWHERE
012 TIME WILL CHANGE IT ALL
Tracks above issued on album Blame It On The Night

ALBUMS
Shad Burns ? (UPC662582802320) Blame It On The Night: Black Water Bayou;  She Don't Miss a Thing;  The Honeymoon's Over;  This Guitar; Blame It on the Night; Somethin';  Without My Angel; Prisoner of the Highway;  Old Working Gloves;  Excuse Me, I Think I've Got a Heartache; Someone Somewhere;  Time Will Change It All – 20-11-01