J.H. Howell

By Tony Russell, Thieu Van DeVorst

SESSIONS

20 February 1937 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC –  J. H. Howell, * and His Union County Band (Julius H.Howell [vcl/gt], Bootsie* [vcl/banjo])

001 BS-07208-1 THE BOOK OF LIFE*  unissued

002 BS-07209-1 COME ALONG LITTLE CHILDREN * unissued

003 BS-07210-1 HOWELL‘S RAILROAD Bluebird B-7162  / JSP 77131

004 BS-07211-1 LOST JOHN  B-7162/ JSP 77131

JSP 77131 CLASSIC FIELD RECORDINGS 1936/1940 (UK, 2010, 4CD)
29 January 1938 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC    

J. H. Howell‘s Carolina Hillbillies (Julius H.Howell [vcl], “Cebe“, “Bill“ [vcl duet])

005 BS-018826-1 MY SWEETHEART HAS GONE AND LEFT ME B-7509 M-7757/ JSP 77131

006 BS-018827-1 LONESOME LIFE OF WORRY B-8236/ JSP 77131

007 BS-018828-1 BURNING OF CLEVELAND SCHOOL  B-7509/TSO 1875 JSP 77131

008 BS-018829-1 FARTHER ALONG  M 7757

J. H. Howell‘s Carolina Hillbillies (“Boots“ and J.H. Howell (vcl duet)

009 BS-018830-1 GIRL THAT WORRIES MY MIND  B-8219 M-7758/BACM CD D 270 JSP 77131

J. H. Howell‘s Carolina Hillbillies “Boots“ (vcl/banjo], ? [gt])

010 BS-018831-1 MOLLIE MARRIED A TRAVELIN‘ MAN  B-8219 M-7758/BACM CD D 270 JSP 77131

J.H.Howell’s Carolina Hillbillies

011 BS-018832-1 ROCK CITY BLUES  B-8236/ JSP 77131

012 BS-018833-1 CHARLOTTE RAG  destroyed

TOMPKINS SQUARE TSO 1875 PEOPLE TAKE YOUR WARNING (2007, 3CD); BACM CD D 270 BLUEBIRD LABEL VOL.1 (UK, 2009)

SINGLES

Bluebird (1937-38)

B-7162 Howell‘s Railroad / Lost John – 37

B-7509 My Sweetheart Has Gone And Left Me  / Burning of Cleveland School – 38

B-8219 Mollie Married A Travelin‘ Man / Girl That Worries My Mind - 38  

B-8236 Lonesome Life Of Worry  / Rock City Blues - 38

Montgomery Ward

M 7757 My Sweetheart Has Gone And Left Me  / Farther Along

M 7758 Girl That Worries My Mind  / Mollie Married A Travelin‘ Man

Walter Couch (+ Wilks Ramblers)

By Tony Russell, Thieu Van DeVorst

SESSIONS

17 February 1937 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC -  Walter Couch and Wilks Ramblers  (Walter Couch [fiddle], Kelly Couch [gt], Bonson Couch [banjo], ? [vcl-1])

001 BS-07112-1 FOURTEEN DAYS IN GEORGIA  Bluebird B-7252 Montgomery Ward MW-7136/Vetco 2106 JSP 77131

002 BS-07113-1 LONESOME TRAIL -1  B-7095 MW7135  Twin FT 8474

003 BS-07114-1 WANT MY BLACK BABY BACK -1 B-7095 MW7135/JSP 77131

004 BS-07115-1  CHESAPEAKE BOY B-7252 MW7136/JSP 77100 JSP 77131

VETCO 2106 WONDERFUL WORLD OF OLDTIME FIDDLERS VOL.2  (1971); JSP 77100 MOUNTAINFROLIC RARE OLD TIMEY (UK, 2007, 4CD); JSP 77131 CLASSIC FIELD RECORDINGS 1936/1940 (UK, 2010, 4CD)

SINGLES

Bluebird

B-7095 Lonesome Trail / Want My Baby Back – 37 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M 7135 as by Mainer’s Mountaineers)

B-7252 Fourteen Days In Georgia / Chesapeake Boy – 37 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M 7136 as by Mainer’s Mountaineers)

Twin

FT 8474 Lonesome Trail / [Shep Fields]  

Troy Stone

*San Marcos, TX

By Praguefrank

SESSIONS

2010 Digimax Studio, Mineral Wells, TX – Troy Stone

001 YOU STILL TURN MY HEAD

002 TILL THE WIND STARTED BLOWING

002a TILL THE WIND STARTED BLOWING [no eefects]

003 LIVE MINE FOR ME

Tracks above issued on EP You Still Turn My head

2018  unknown, TX - Troy Stone and The Spent Shells

004 INDIAN PAINTBRUSHES

005 CLOSING IN

006 FEEL ALIVE

007 EAGELFORD SHALE NIGHTS

008 HEAVY YOUR HANDS

009 OATMEAL

010 GET ME THROUGH

011 MORE OF THE SAME

012 SINNERS WORK

013 AIN’T GOING HOME

014 ONE FOOT

015 BURGUNDY RED

016 THESE DAYS

017 HAYS COUNTY HILTON

Tracks above issued on album Near and Far

2020 unknown, TX – Troy Stone

018 OLD GLORY

019 UNBROKEN BY THE FALL

020 GO IT ALONE

021 HELPS ME BELIEVE

022 WITH A MICKEY MOUSE FISHING POLE

023 GONNA SHOW YOU LITTLE LADY (HOW TO ROCK AND ROLL)

024 MY SONGS

025 MAYBE I DON'T LOVE YOU (LIKE YOU THINK I DO)

026 EVERY TIME I CRY

027 OH LORD

028 BAPTISM

029 IT WON'T BE LONG

030 LIFE IS GOOD

031 DYNO-BUTTERFLY LOVE

032 IF I ONLY KNEW

Tracks above issued on album Unbroken by the Fall

ALBUMS

1836 Music Group ? Near and Far: Indian Paintbrushes; Closing In; Feel Alive; Eagelford Shale Nights; Heavy Your Hands; Oatmeal; Get Me Through; More Of The Same; Sinners Work; Ain’t Going Home; One Foot; Burgundy Red; These Days; Hays County Hilton – 28-06-19

Troy Stone ? Unbroken By The Fall: Old Glory;  Unbroken by the Fall;  Go It Alone;  Helps Me Believe;  With a Mickey Mouse Fishing Pole;  Gonna Show You Little Lady (How to Rock and Roll);  My Songs;  Maybe I Don't Love You (Like You Think I Do);  Every Time I Cry;  Oh Lord;  Baptism;  It Won't Be Long; Life Is Good;  Dyno-Butterfly Love;  If I Only Knew – 27-09-20

EPs

Troy Stone no # (UPC884501350617)  You Still Turn My Head: You Still Turn My Head; Till The Wind Started Blowing; Live Mine For Me; Till The Wind Started Blowing no effects – 06-07-10