Monday, November 25, 2019

Plott Hounds


By Praguefrank
SESSIONS
2015 poss. The Pearl Recording Studio, Minneapolis, MN – The Plott Hounds
001 SOUTH BOUND
002 LIVING FREE OR DYING TO TRY
003 THIS AIN’T NO COUNTRY SONG
004 GROWING YOUNG
005 DAYLIGHT
006 BETTER GO
007 FLYING AWAY
008 SWEET LOVIN’
009 YOU AND ME
010 DRINKS WITH GHOSTS
011 WHERE DID YOU GO
012 THE MAN YOU NEED
013 NOWHERE LEFT TO HIDE
014 STORM CLOUD
Tracks above issued on album Living Free
2016 The Pearl Recording Studio, Minneapolis, MN - The Plott Hounds (Noah Alexander [vcl/gt], Alexandra Green [vcl], Jeff Powell [ld gt], Colin Wymore [gt], Marty Lestock [bass gt/vcl], Tater [drums]. Producer: Zach Hollander, Colin Wymore)
015 GET HIGH (DOWN TOWN ANOKA)
016 THIRSTY FOR SOMETHING
017 DALTON
018 LET IT SHINE
019 AMERICAN DREAM
020 NIGHT OWLS
Tracks above issued on EP Thirsty For Something
19 November 2016 [live] Le Musique Room, St. Michael, MN – The Plott Hounds
02001 BETTER GO
02002 DRINKS WITH GHOSTS
02003 THIRSTY FOR SOMETHING
02004 NIGHT OWLS
02005 DAYLIGHT
02006 THIS AIN'T NO COUNTRY SONG
02007 SOUTHBOUND
02008 THE MAN YOU NEED
02009 LESSONS NOT LEARNED
02010 COUNTRY BLUES
02011 GROWING YOUNG
02012 DALTON
02013 ONE WAY OU
02014 COLD ONE
02015 SWEET LOVIN’
Tracks above issued on album Blue Collar Hippie Music
2016 The Pearl Recording Studio, Minneapolis, MN - The Plott Hounds (Noah Alexander [vcl/gt],  Jeff Powell [ld gt], Kirk Humber [gt], Uncle Jesse [bass gt/vcl], Tater [drums]. Producer: Zach Hollander)
021 WRITE YOUR OWN SONGS
022 $7.29 AND A PAIR OF BOOTS
023 THE TAXMAN
024 LOST SUMMER DAY
025 REQUIEM OF 1864
026 THE SOUTH IS BURNING AGAIN
027 WAILIN' ON WAYLON
028 BEER THIRTY
Tracks above issued on EP Lost Summer Day
2016 The Pearl Recording Studio, Minneapolis, MN - The Plott Hounds (Noah Alexander [vcl/gt],  Jeff Powell [ld gt], Kirk Humber [gt/cello/vcl], Kevin Coughenour [bass gt/vcl], Scott Tate [drums]. Producer: Zach Hollander and The Plott Hounds)
029 COUNTRY BLUES
030 OLD PHOTOS
031 DAMN THE WIND
032 LAY YOU TO REST
033 NOT ALL TORNADOES COME FROM TEXAS
034 GOODNIGHT BUDDY
035 MONTANA
036 IT'S A WAR
037 WINDING ROADS
038 TOUGH (FOR AVERY)
Tracks above issued on album Damn The Wind

ALBUMS
Plott Hounds ? Living Free: South Bound; Living Free Or Dying To Try; This Ain’t No Country Song; Growing Young; Daylight; Better Go; Flying Away; Sweet Lovin’; You And Me; Drinks With Ghosts; Where Did You Go; The Man You Need; Nowhere Left To Hide; Storm Cloud [bonus track] - 15
Plott Hounds ? Blue Collar Hippie Music: Better Go; Drinks With Ghosts; Thirsty for Something; Night Owls; Daylight; This Ain't No Country Song; Southbound; The Man You Need; Lessons Not Learned; Country Blues; Growing Young; Dalton; One Way out; Cold One; Sweet Lovin’ – 27-02-17
Plott Hounds ? Damn The Wind: Country Blues; Old Photos; Damn the Wind; Lay You to Rest; Not All Tornadoes Come from Texas; Goodnight Buddy;Montana; It's a War; Winding Roads; Tough (For Avery) – 12-03-19

EPs
Plott Hounds ? Thirsty For Something: Get High (Down Town Anoka); Thirsty for Something; Dalton; Let It Shine; American Dream; Night Owls – 12-06-16
Plott Hounds ? Lost Summer Day: Write Your Own Songs; $7.29 and a Pair of Boots; The Taxman; Lost Summer Day; Requiem of 1864; The South Is Burning Again; Wailin' on Waylon; Beer Thirty – 27-06-17

Grassland Bluegrass Band


By Praguefrank
SESSIONS
2014 unknown, VA – Grassland Bluegrass Band
001 HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT
002 LOVE, PLEASE COME HOME
003 REDWOOD HILLS
004 THE BANKS OF THE OHIO
005 BIG SPIKE HAMMER
006 WALK THE WAY THE WIND BLOWS
007 OLD HOME PLACE
008 JUST LIKE YOU
009 FOX ON THE RUN
010 I'LL TAKE THE BLAME
011 MARY ANNE
012 COUNTRY ROADS
Tracks above issued on album Grassland Bluegrass Band
2015 unknown, VA – Grassland Bluegrass Band
013 BIG COUNTRY
014 CAROLINA IN THE PINES
015 OLD OLD HOUSE
016 30 YEARS OF FARMING
017 COLLEEN MALONE
018 HEARTBREAK MOUNTAIN
019 GIRL FROM WEST VIRGINIA
020 LITTLE CABIN HOME ON THE HILL
021 WAGON WHEEL
022 A VISION OF MOTHER
023 FADED LOVE
Tracks above issued on album Old Old House
2019 unknown, VA – Grassland Bluegrass Band
024 WORKING MAN'S BLUES
025 REDWOOD HILL
026 LAST TRAIN TO POOR VALLEY
027 LOVE, PLEASE COME HOME
028 MR. ENGINEER
029 HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT
030 I HEARD MY MOTHER CALL MY NAME IN PRAYER
031 SPANISH GRASS
032 GENTLE ON MY MIND
033 FOX ON THE RUN
Tracks above issued on album Moving Down The Backroads

ALBUMS
Grassland Bluegrass Band ? (UPC888174925950) Grassland Bluegrass Band: Help Me Make It Through the Night; Love, Please Come Home; Redwood Hills; The Banks of the Ohio; Big Spike Hammer; Walk the Way the Wind Blows; Old Home Place; Just Like You; Fox On the Run; I'll Take the Blame; Mary Anne; Country Roads - 19-05-14
Grassland Bluegrass Band ? (UPC889211701452) Old Old House: Big Country; Carolina in the Pines; Old Old House; 30 Years of Farming; Colleen Malone; Heartbreak Mountain; Girl from West Virginia; Little Cabin Home On the Hill; Wagon Wheel; A Vision of Mother; Faded Love - 30-06-15
Grassland Bluegrass Band ? (UPC194660208965) Moving Down the Backroads: Working Man's Blues; Redwood Hill; Last Train to Poor Valley; Love, Please Come Home; Mr. Engineer; Help Me Make It Through the Night; I Heard My Mother Call My Name in Prayer; Spanish Grass; Gentle on My Mind; Fox on the Run - 06-11-19




Billy Williams



Aston Parker Williams, *01-12-1913 Avery, TX, +02-06-2001
2nd version
by Henk Scholts, Michel Ruppli, Praguefrank, Murray Kirch, Mario Manciotti, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
Sessions with Sammy Kaye Orchestra  during 1942-1947 not listed, for basic info see below
November 1945 RCA Victor Studio, 155 E, 24th St., Manhattan, New York City  - Billy Williams
WHEN I MARRY, I'LL MARRY FOR LOVE   20-1746
YOU'RE NOBODY TILL SOMEBODY LOVES YOU  20-1746
January 1946 RCA Victor Studio, 155 E, 24th St., Manhattan, New York City  - Billy Williams and The Pecos River Rogues (members of Sammy Kaye’s Orchestra)
D6-VB-1318  I'VE JUST GOT TO BE A COWBOY 20-1973/BACM CD D 429
I'M HEADIN' EAST 20-1792
LONELY CORRAL, OLD PARD'NER 20-1792/ CAE 412 BACM CD D 429
D6-VB-1321  I'LL RIDE ACROSS THE PURPLE SAGE 20-1973/ BACM CD D 429

1946 RCA Victor Studio, 155 E, 24th St., Manhattan, New York City  - Billy Williams and The Pecos River Rogues (members of Sammy Kaye’s Orchestra)
HEARTBREAK TRAIL  20-1849/BACM CD D 429
YIPPIE KI-AYE  20-1849/ CAE 412 BACM CD D 429 JASM 13/4
JASMINE 13/4 COWBOY'S LIFE IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME / 100 SONGS OF THE PLAINS AND LIFE IN THE WEST (UK, 2005,4CD)
1946 RCA Victor Studio, 155 E, 24th St., Manhattan, New York City  - Billy Williams and The Pecos River Rogues (members of Sammy Kaye’s Orchestra)
I'LL RIDE ACROSS THE PURPLE SAGE 20-1973
I'VE JUST GOT TO BE A COWBOY 20-1973
7 January 1947 [19:00-24:00] RCA Victor Studio 1, 155 E, 24th St., Manhattan, New York City  - Billy Williams and The His Pecos River Rogues (members of Sammy Kaye’s Orchestra)
D7-VB-034  unknown title
D7-VB-035  unknown title
D7-VB-036  MY ADOBE HACIENDA 20-2150 CAE 412/BACM CD D 429
D7-VB-037  unknown title
I AIN'T A-GONNA LEAVE MY LOVE NO MORE 20-2150
GREEN GRASS OF WYOMING 20-2229
REMEMBER ME (WHEN THE CANDLELIGHTS ARE GLEAMING) 20-2229
Spring 1947 poss. RCA Victor Studio, 155 E, 24th St., Manhattan, New York City  - Billy Williams and The Pecos River Rogues (members of Sammy Kaye’s Orchestra)
I'VE GOT A GIRL IN LARAMIE 20-2343/BACM CD D 429
MARY MARRY ME 20-2343/BACM CD D 429
1947  poss. RCA Victor Studio, 155 E, 24th St., Manhattan, New York City  - Billy Williams and The  Pecos River Rogues (members of Sammy Kaye’s Orchestra)
ROUNDUP TIME FOR LOVE 20-2518/ BACM CD D 429
THROW A SADDLE ON A STAR  20-2518
Fall 1947 poss. RCA Victor Studio, 155 E, 24th St., Manhattan, New York City  - Billy Williams and The Pecos River Boys (members of Sammy Kaye’s Orchestra)
LIVING WESTERN STYLE 20-2732/CAE 412 BACM CD D 429
TEXAS BELLE  20-2732
Fall 1947 poss. RCA Victor Studio, 155 E, 24th St., Manhattan, New York City  - Billy Williams and Rosalie Allen with The Black River Riders
HE LIVED IN TEXAS 20-2853
WHOA SAILOR 20-2853
JUST AS BIG AS TEXAS 20-2997
session info and exact order of tracks unknown
for later Peter Pan recordings see singles list

LANG-WORTH TRANSCRIPTIONS

WES 32
I'VE GOT A GAL IN LARAMIE     LP 14
TWO SILHOUETTES ON THE PRAIRIE    LP 14 BACM CD D 429
YOU CAN BET YOUR BOOTS AND SADDLE     LP 15  BACM CD D 429
TILL THE END OF THE WORLD     LP 15  BACM CD D 429
WES 33
IF YOU EVER HAD A BROKEN HEART  LP 14  BACM CD D 429
I'VE LIVED A LIFETIME FOR YOU   LP 14
OUT WHERE THE WEST SAYS GOODNIGHT  LP 15  BACM CD D 429
MARY, MARRY ME    LP 15
WES 34
I'LL RIDE ACROSS THE PURPLE SAGE  LP 14
ROUNDUP TIME FOR LOVE    LP 14
THAT TUMBLED DOWN SHACK (IN THE VALLEY)  LP 14
HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY THAT I LOVE YOU  LP 15
WES 40
GOT A DOLLY DOWN IN DALLAS     LP 14  BACM CD D 429
TEARDROPS AND HEARTACHES     LP 15
YOUR PICTURE IS FRAMED IN MY MEMORY LP 15
THERE'S AN ECHO IN THE CANYON TONIGHT    LP 15 BACM CD D 429
WES 42
HEARTBREAK TRAIL      LP 14
WHO SHOT THE HOLE IN MY SOMBRERO   LP 15 BACM CD D 429
IF YOU KNEW WHAT IT MEANS TO BE LONESOME   LP 15
YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE   LP 15 BACM CD D 429
WES 43
I'VE JUST GOT TO BE A COWBOY    LP 14
YESTERDAY'S KISSES (ARE TEARDROPS TODAY)    LP 14 BACM CD D 429
PLEASE THINK IT OVER    LP 15
JUST A FEW MILES FROM HOME    LP 15 BACM CD D 429




ALBUMS
Crown CLP 5435/CST 435 Your Cheatin Heart A Memory To Hank Williams: Home On The Range; Golden Slippers; Streets Of Laredo; Old Chisolm Trail; Blood On The Saddle; Your Cheatin' Heart; Red River Valley; Lovesick Blues; Blue Tail Fly; Big Rock Candy Mountain – 64 and The Westerners (unknown recording info)
Cattle [GER] LP 14 Memories Of The Great Western Music Era, Vol.1:  I've Got A Gal In Laramie; Two Silhouettes On The Prairie; Got A Dolly Down In Dallas; I've Just Got To Be A Cowboy; Yesterday's Kisses (Are Teardrops Today); I'll Ride Across The Purple Sage;Roundup Time For Love; Heartbreak Trail; That Tumbled Down Shack (In The Valley); If You Ever Had A Broken Heart; I've Lived A Lifetime For You – 81 (Lang Worth transcriptions)
Cattle [GER] LP 15 Memories Of The Great Western Music Era, Vol.2: Who Shot The Hole In My Sombrero; You Can Bet Your Boots And Saddle; Please Think It Over; Teardrops And Heartaches; Till The End Of The World; Just A Few Little Miles From Home; If You Knew What It Means To Be Lonesome; Out Where The West Says Goodnight; Have I Told You Lately That I Love You; Your Picture Is Framed In My Memory; There's An Echo In The Canyon Tonight; Mary, Marry Me; You Are My Sunshine – 81 (Lang Worth transcriptions)
BACM [UK] CD D 429 Livin’ Western Style: My Adobe Hacienda; I’ll Ride Across The Purple Sage; If You Ever Had A Broken Heart; I’ve Just Got To Be A Cowboy; That Tumbled Down Shack (In The Valley); Two Silhouettes On The Prairie; Who Shot The Hole In My Sombrero; Yipee Ki Aye; There’s An Echo In The Canyon Tonight; I’ve Got A Gal In Laramie; Out Where The Sun Says Goodnight; Roundup Time For Love; Lonely Corral, Old Pard’ner; You Are My Sunshine; You Can Bet Your Boots And Saddles; Just A Few Little Miles From Home; Mary, Marry Me; Got A Dolly Down In Dallas; Heartbreak Trail; Livin’ In Western Style; Till The End Of The World; Yesterday’s Kisses. Bonus tracks*: Big Rock Candy Mountain, Old Chisholm Trail, Home On The Range; Old Susanna – 13 (RCA singles, Lang Worth transcriptions, *Peter Pan recordings)

EPs
Camden CAE 412 Livin‘ In Western Style: Livin' In Western Style; My Adobe Hacienda / Yippee Ki-aye; Lonely Corral, Old Pardner – 5-


SINGLES
RCA Victor (1946-47?)
20-1746 When I Marry, I'll Marry For Love / You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You – 11-45
20-1792 I'm Headin' East / Lonely Corral - 02-46
20-1849 Heart Break Trail / Yippee Ki-Aye - 04-46
20-1973 I'll Ride Across The Purple Sage / I've Just Got To Be A Cowboy – 46 (as by Billy Williams and the Pecos River Rogues (members of Sammy Kaye’s band)
20-2150 My Adobe Hacienda / I Ain't Gonna Leave My Love No More - 02-47
20-2229 Remember Me (When The Candlelights Are Gleaming) / The Green Grass Of Wyoming - 04-47
20-2343 I've Got A Gal In Laramie / Mary Marry Me - 07-47
20-2518 Roundup Time For Love / Throw A Saddle On A Star - 11-47
20-2732 Living Western Style / Texas Belle - 02-48  w. Pecos River Boys
20-2853 He Lived In Texas / Whoa Sailor - 04-48 w. Rosalie Allen
20-2997 Just As Big As Texas / That Tumble Down Shack - 07-48
Peter Pan (as Billy Williams and his Cowboy Rangers)
2226 Old Macdonald Had A Farm / Oh Susanna - 49
2226 She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain; Turkey In The Straw; Camptown Races / Old Macdonald Had A Farm - 49
2227 Home On The Range; The Old Chisholm Trail; The Big Rock Candy Mountain / Oh Susanna -49 [on BACM CD D 429]
N-2282 [Not BW] / Folk Songs: She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain; Turkey In The Straw; Camptown Races
228 Kiddy Cowboy Songs Part 1: The Old Chisholm Trail; Home On The Range / Part 2: She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain;  Turkey In The Straw
326 Home On The Range; The Old Chisholm Trail / Camptown Races - Oh Susanna
326 The Big Rock Candy Mountain / Camptown Races; Oh Susanna
PP 326 Cowboy Songs For Children: The Big Rock Candy Mountain / Camptown Races; Oh Susanna
328 Home On The Range; The Old Chisholm Trail / Turkey In The Straw;She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain -53
328 Home On The Range; The Old Chisholm Trail / Turkey In The Straw;  PP 328 She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain -53
326A/399B The Big Rock Candy Mountain /2294B Oh Susanna
343 [Not BW ]/ Turkey In The Straw; She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain - ?
370 [Not BW] / Camptown Races; Oh Susanna - ?
375 [Not BW] / The Big Rock Candy Mountain - 57
398 [Not BW] / 328A/398A Home On The Range; The Old Chisholm Trail
399 [Not BW] / 326A/399B The Big Rock Candy Mountain - ?
402 [Not BW] / 402B/328A Home On The Range; The Old Chisholm Trail
451 [Not BW] / Home On The Range; The Old Chisholm Trail - ?
45-4016 [Not BW] / Old Macdonald Had A Farm / Oh Susanna (Same As 45-4023) - 55
45-4017 Big Rock Candy Mountain: The Big Rock Candy Mountain; Home On The Range; The Old Chisholm Trail / [Not BW]  - 55
45-4023 [Not BW] / Old Macdonald Had A Farm; Oh Susanna (Same As 45-4016) -55


  
 
RECORDINGS WITH SAMMY KAYE ORCHESTRA (jazz) (only songs with BW on it are mentioned

SINGLES
RCA Victor
27944 I’m Headin’ For The Blue Horizon Where The Mountains Meet The Sky -1942
20-1610 Don't Fence Me In - 1944
20-1622 I Miss Your Kiss (With The Five Kaydets) - 1944
20-1635 I Don't Want To Love You (Like I Do) - 1945
20-1642 Just A Prayer Away (With The Kaya Choir / All Of My Life -1945
20-1680  Her Heart Was Made Of Stone (With The Kaye Choir & Tony Russo) - 1945
20-1684 Good, Good, Good (With Nancy Norman) - 1945
20-1713 I'll Be Walkin With My Honey (With Nancy Norman) / Promises - 1945
20-1726 Chickery Chick / I Lost My Job Again (With Chubby Silvers And The Kaydets) -1945
20-1738 It Might As Well Be Spring - 1945
20-1795 I Didn't Mean A Word I Said / Atlanta, Ga. - 1946
20-1812 Put Your Little Foot Right Out (With Betty Barclay) - 1946
20-1844 (Gee! I'm Glad To Be) The One That I Am (With Betty Barclay) - 1946
20-1856 Laughing On The Outside, Crying On The Inside - 1946
20-1963 The Old Lamp-Lighter - 1946

ALBUMS
Hindsight HSR 163 The Uncollected Sammy Kaye And His Orchestra Vol 2, 1944-1946: Come Closer To Me (w. Nancy Norman); I'm Beginning To See The Light [Nancy Norman]; There Is No Greater Love; Give Me The Simple Life [Betty Barclay]; Sentimental Journey; A Little On The Lonely Side [Nancy Norman]; Along The Navajo Trail; One Night Stand; I'll Be Walkin' With My Honey [Nancy Norman]; I Can't Begin To Tell You [Nancy Norman]; It's Only A Paper Moon; Everybody Knew But Me [Betty Barclay]; I Promise You; Candy [Nancy Norman]; I'll Buy That Dream (w. Nancy Norman); You Made Me Love You - 81

RADIO TRANSCRIPTIONS

V-Disc (War Department  - Music Section - Athletic ans Recreation Branch - Special Service Divison - A.S.F.)
No 224-B Good Night, Whereever You Are (+ Sammy Kaye Orch) -07-44
No 261-A Someday I’ll Meet You Again (+ Sammy Kaye Orch) -09-44
No 292-A Where The Mountains Meet The Sky / I’m Headin’ East (With Instrumental Trio) -10-4
No 303-A Janie (With The Kaydets + Sammy Kaye Orch) -11-44
No 349-B Hawaiian Sunset (+ Sammy Kaye Orch) -01-45
No 351-B My Blue Heaven / When I Marry I'll Marry For Love (With Instrumental Trio) - 01 - 45       
No 433-A I Miss Your Kiss (+ Sammy Kaye Orch) -05-45
No 530-A Baia (With Arthur Wright And The Choir + Sammy Kaye Orch) -10-45
No 680-B Gee, I'm Glad To Be The One That I Am (With Betty Barclay, Some Members Of The Band + Sammy Kaye Orch) -09-46
No 693-A Laughing On The Outside (+ Sammy Kaye Orch) -10-46
No 702-A Atlanta, G.A. (+ Sammy Kaye Orch) -11-46