Billy Henson

 William Donald Henson, *12-12-1937 Murfreesboro, TN
2nd version
By Jim Loessberg, Praguefrank
SESSIONS
1963 poss. Nugget Studio, Goodlettsville, TN – Billy Henson (+Buddy Emmons [steel] + unknown musicians. Producer: Jack Logan)
001 P4KM-5466 CAUTION HEART Nuggett NR-207/ Especially For You
002 P4KM-5467 TROUBLES, TRIALS, TRIBULATIONS  NR-207
1964 poss. Nugget Studio, Goodlettsville, TN – Billy Henson (Producer: Jack Logan)
003 SoN 5911 MR. BLUES NR 216/Especially For You
004 SoN 5912 NO ONE BUT ME  NR-216
005 SoN 9931 DIG ME A HOLE  NR 226
006 SoN 9932 GOING BACK  NR-226
1965 poss. Nugget Studio, Goodlettsville, TN – Billy Henson (Producer: Jack Logan)
007 SoN 16711 WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE HOME NR-237/ Especially For You
008 SoN 16712 I’M PLAYING HOUSE NR-237
009 SoN 21201 THE END OF UNDERSTANDING NR-240
010 SoN 21202 EASIER SAID THAN DONE NR-240/ Especially For You
Billy Henson recorded after 1965. Incomplete info in albums list
1966 and sooner unknown, TN – Bill Henson (Producer: Billy Henson Enterprises)
011 LEGEND OF THE DEVIL HOLE
012 HAPPY LANDINGS
013 SATURDAY IN MY HOME TOWN
014 GUITAR PICKIN' MAN
015 THE DEVIL'S FACEO BE HOME
016 BALLAD OF SHANNON LEE
017 EVERYBODY'S GOTTA BE SOMEWHERE
018 MAMA AND DADDY AT THE HOMEPLACE
Tracks above issued on album Billy Henson Sings Especially For You
2010 or sooner unknown, TN – Billy Henson feat. The Fiddles Of Tennessee
019 THERE IS A TIME
020 WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE HOME
021 IN THE WHISPERING PINE
022 IF LONELINESS CAN KILL ME
023 TWO OLD MEN
024 LONESOME FEELING
025 COLORADO
026 DEAR HEART
027 THE REDEEMED ARE COMING HOME
028 BIG EIGHT WHEELER
Tracks above issued on album There Is A Time


ALBUMS
Billy Henson no # Billy Henson Sings Especially For You: Legend Of The Devil Hole;  Mr. Blues; Happy Landings; Saturday In My Home Town; Guitar Pickin' Man; The Devil's Face;  What It's Like To Be Home; Easier Said Than Done; Caution Heart; Ballad Of Shannon Lee; Everybody's Gotta Be Somewhere; Mama And Daddy At The Homeplace - 66 (MX: SoN 43391/2)
Wine Street no # (UPC884501493376) There Is A Time: There Is a Time;  What It's Like To Be Home;  In the Whispering Pine;  If Loneliness Can Kill Me;  Two Old Men;  Lonesome Feeling;  Colorado;  Dear Heart; The Redeemed Are Coming Home;  Big Eight Wheeler – 22-04-11 with The Fiddles of Tennessee

SINGLES
Nugget (1963-65)
NR-207 Caution Heart / Troubles, Trials, Tribulations – 10-63
NR-216 Mr. Blues / No One But Me  - 64
NR-226 Go Dig Me A Hole / Going Back – 09-64 (rev. Sept. 19)
NR-237 What It’s Like To Be Home / I’m Playing House – 03-65 (rev. March 27)
NR-240 The End Of Understanding / Easier Said Than Done – 07-65  (rev. July 24)

Ginger St. James

 *Binbrook, ON, CAN
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS
2010 unknown, CAN – Ginger St. James and The Grinders, *with Chuck Willis
001 SWING ABOUT YOU
002 LONELY CRYIN' BLUES
003 BOOM BOOM ROOM
004 DEVIL DANCE
005 DON'T DECEIVE ME*
006 LULLABY
Tracks above issued on EP Spank, Sparkle and Growl
2012 unknown, CAN – Ginger St. James (Ginger St. James [vcl], Snow-heel Slim [gt],  Darrel Lascelles [bass], Andre Tellier [drums], Greg Brisco [keyboards]. Producer: Snow-heel Slim)
007 BEER BOTTLE POCKETS
008 LULLABY
009 SALVATION
010 PLEASE MR. DRIVER
Tracks above issued on EP Tease
2014 poss. Hamilton, ON, CAN – Ginger St. James and The Grinders
011 INTRO
012 PLEASE MR. DRIVER
013 COUNTRY BUMPKIN'
014 MY HONEY
015 LULLABY
016 SLIM'S REEL
017 SALVATION
018 BEER BOTTLE POCKETS
019 ZIPPER
020 LONELY CRYIN' BLUES
021 FURIOUS
Tracks above issued on album Diesel and Peas
2015 unknown, ON, CAN – Ginger St. James
022 POUR ME
023 TRAIN WHISTLE
024 HONEYMOON STAGE
025 SLIM'S JIG
026 SOMEBODY SHOT ME
027 BEST OF ME AND YOU
028 HAIR OF THE BLACKDOG
029 YOU WERE MINE
030 MERRY GO ROUND  
Tracks above issued on album One For The Money
2019 [live] unknown – Gunger St. James (Producer: James McKenty)
03001 TRAIN WHISTLE
03002 POUR ME
03003 BOOM BOOM ROOM
03004 BEER BOTTLE POCKETS
03005 SALVATION
03006 PLEASE MR. DRIVER
03007 SOMEBODY SHOT ME
03008 COUNTRY BUMPKIN
Tracks above issued on EP Live at Knox Farms


ALBUMS
Ginger St. James [CAN]  no # Diesel And Peas: Intro; Please Mr. Driver; Country Bumpkin'; My Honey; Lullaby; Slim's Reel; Salvation; Beer Bottle Pockets; Zipper; Lonely Cryin' Blues; Furious – 02-09-14 w. The Grinders (reissued in 2015 on Busted Flat)
Busted Flat [CAN] BUSTED 088 One For The Money: Pour Me;  Train Whistle;  Honeymoon Stage;  Slim's Jig;  Somebody Shot Me;  Best Of Me And You;  Hair Of The Blackdog; You Were Mine; Merry Go Round  - 29-04-16

EPs
Ginger St. James [CAN] ?  Spank, Sparkle and Growl: Swing About You; Lonely Cryin' Blues; Boom Boom Room; Devil Dance; Don't Deceive Me (Chuck Willis Feat. Ginger St. James and The Grinders); Lullaby – 15-05-10 and The Grinders
Let’s Riot Music [CAN] no # Tease: Beer Bottle Pockets; Lullaby; Salvation; Please Mr. Driver – 19-10-12
Buster Flat [CAN] no # Live At Knox Farms: Train Whistle; Pour Me; Boom Boom Room; Beer Bottle Pockets; Salvation; Please Mr. Driver; Somebody Shot Me; Country Bumpkin – 20-08-19

Todd Taylor

 *1965 South Carolina
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS also member of The Taylor Twins
1984 and later(?) Evans Brothers Studios, Moore, SC – Todd Taylor (and Kiffin Hope)
001 TAYLOR'S FREEBIRD
002 BANJO BLUES
003 BE GOOD
004 STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN/ARRIVAL
005 GHOST RIDER  1984
006 MUSIC BOX
007 SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
008 MOCKING BIRD
009 BOOGIE ROCK
010 PINK PANTHER
011 BEETHOVEN'S NIGHTMARE
012 DIXIE BREAKDOWN
013 TAYLOR'S TANGO
014 DUELING BANJOS
015 PATRIOTIC MEDLEY
Tracks above issued on album Something Different
1998-1999 Nashville, TN– Todd Taylor (Todd Taylor [vcl/banjo/ mandolin], Troy Lancaster [gt], Michael Johnson [steel/lap steel],  Ron de la Vega [bass],  Brian Barnett [drums], Thornton Cline [fiddle/ keyboards])
016 GOING WEST
017 SERENITY
018 WINGS OF AN ANGEL
019 I KNOW A LITTLE
020 ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL
021 FAST RIDE
022 WORKING MAN BLUES
023 LONG HARD RIDE
024 THE RACE IS ON
025 TODD BE GOOD
026 GOING WEST – instr. –
Tracks above issued on album Fast Ride
2003 unknown – Todd Taylor
027 RAWHIDE DWEG 110803   
028 NASHVILLE BLUES DWEG 110803  
029 THE RACE IS ON DWEG 110803   
030 HOME SWEET HOME DWEG 110803   
031 FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWN DWEG 110803  
032 I'LL FLY AWAY DWEG 110803  
033 ALABAMA JUBILEE DWEG 110803
034 DOUG'S TUNE DWEG 110803  
035 LINUS AND LUCY SNOOPY THEME DWEG 110803   
036 WILDWOOD FLOWER DWEG 110803  
037 BELLVILLE ROAD BREAKDOWN DWEG 110803   
038 GRAND FATHER'S CLOCK DWEG 110803   
039 OLD JOE CLARK DWEG 110803  
040 BLUEGRASS BREAKDOWN DWEG 110803  
2005 unknown – Todd Taylor (Todd Taylor [banjo/ gt],  Bo Frazer [mandolin/ fiddle],  Steve Thorpe [dobro], Mike Moody/ Ken Parker [bass])
041 FOGGY MTN. SPECIAL DWEG 110804
042 JO BAN DWEG 110804
043 WASHINGTON COUNTY DWEG 110804
044 GOLD TONE JUBILEE DWEG 110804
045 UNLEASHED DWEG 110804
046 JOHN HARDY DWEG 110804
047 GHOST RIDERS DWEG 110804
048 SHUCKIN THE CORN DWEG 110804
049 STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN DWEG 110804
050 DIXIE BREAKDOWN DWEG 110804
051 EL CUMBANCHERO DWEG 110804
2006 unknown – Todd Taylor (Todd Taylor [banjo/ mandolin]; Chuck Embry III [gt], Ribert Feather [gt], Lamont Goff [mandolin], Steve Thorpe [vcl/dobro], Nathan Thorpe/ Mike Moody [bass], Bo Frazier [fiddle])
052 3-FIVE-N DWEG 110805
053 LITTLE BESSIE DWEG 110805
054 RUEBEN DWEG 110805
055 BAYOU BOTTLE BLUES DWEG 110805
056 MINER'S NIGHT OUT DWEG 110805
057 EL CUMBANCHERO (3:53) DWEG 110805 Bringin It Home
058 ROCKET MAN DWEG 110805
059 PRAIRIE SONG DWEG 110805
060 THE BALLAD OF OSCEOLA DWEG 110805
061 GOLD RUSH DWEG 110805
062 ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL DWEG 110805
2008 unknown – Todd Taylor
063 UP 18 NORTH
064  FREEBIRD
065 NORWEGIAN WOOD
066 BLACK JACK
067 SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
068 THEME TIME
069 JERUSALEM RIDGE
070 LONESOME FIDDLE BLUES
071 MINERS' NIGHT OUT
072  SHENANDOAH BREAKDOWN
Tracks above issued on album Bringin It Home
2010 unknown – Todd Taylor
073 TRAIN 45
074 DUST IN THE WIND
075 I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU
076 APPALACHIAN RAIN
077 HOW GREAT THOU ART
078 SLEDD RIDIN‘
079 WAYFARING STRANGER
080 BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM
081 FOGGY MOUNTAIN ROCK
082  YAKATY SAX
083 TAYLOR'S RIDE
084 WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS
085 JIMMI HENDRIX TRIBUTE
Tracks above issued on album Diversity
2012 unknown - Todd Taylor (Todd Taylor [banjo], T Bone Johnson [gt],  Mike Moody [bass], John Rogers/Frank Griffith [drums], Thornton Cline [cello/ violin], Duane Evans [piano]. Producer: Todd Taylor)
086 SIX GUN'S
087 WATERFALL
088 EL CANCION DEL MARIACHI
089 CRAZY TRAIN
100 BEETHOVEN'S NIGHTMARE
101 JOURNEY'S END
102 BACH CELLO SUITE NO. 1 IN G MAJOR
103 GHOST RIDERS
104 BANJO BLUES
105 STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
106 TAYLOR'S FREEBIRD AKA FREE BIRD
Tracks above issued on album Indescribably
2015? [poss. early 1990s] unknown – Todd Taylor
107 JINGLE BELLS
108 AWAY IN A MANGER
109 DECK THE DUELING HALLS
110 SILENT NIGHT
111 WHAT CHILD IS THIS
112 GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN
113 O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM
114 WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS
115 O CHRISTMAS TREE
116 GOOD KING WENCESLAS





ALBUMS
Todd Taylor DWEG 110765 Fast Ride: Going West; Serenity; Wings Of An Angel; Orange Blossom Special; I Know A Little; Fast Ride; Working Man Blues; Long Hard Ride; The Race Is On; Todd Be Good; Going West – 15-04-00
Lost Gold no # Something Different: Taylor's Freebird; Banjo Blues; Be Good; Stairway To Heaven/Arrival; Ghost Rider; Music Box; Somewhere Over The Rainbow; Mocking Bird; Boogie Rock; Pink Panther; Beethoven's Nightmare; Dixie Breakdown; Taylor's Tango; Dueling Banjos; Patriotic Medley. – 25-12-01
Pirate DWEG 110803 Blazin‘ Bluegrass Banjo: Rawhide;  Nashville Blues; The Race Is On;  Home Sweet Home;  Foggy Mountain Breakdown;  I'll Fly Away; Alabama Jubilee; Doug's Tune; Linus and Lucy Snoopy Theme;  Wildwood Flower;  Bellville Road Breakdown;  Grand Father's Clock;  Old Joe Clark; Bluegrass Breakdown - 13-01-04
Pirate DWEG 110804 Taylor Made: Foggy Mtn. Special; Jo Ban; Washington County; Gold Tone Jubilee; Unleashed; John Hardy; Ghost Riders; Shuckin The Corn; Stairway To Heaven; Dixie Breakdown; El Cumbanchero – 22-03-05
Pirate DWEG 110805 3-Five-N: 3-Five-N; Little Bessie; Rueben; Bayou Bottle Blues; Miner's Night Out; El Cumbanchero; Rocket Man; Prairie Song; The Ballad Of Osceola; Gold Rush; Orange Blossom Special – 29-11-06
Pirate no # Bringin‘ It Home: Up 18 North;  El Cumbanchero;  Norwegian Wood;  Black Jack;  Somewhere Over The Rainbow; Theme Time;  Jerusalem Ridge; Lonesome Fiddle Blues; Miners' Night Out;  Shenandoah Breakdown;  Freebird - 09-09-08
Todd Taylor no # Diversity: Train 45;  Dust In The Wind; I Can't Stop Loving You;  Appalachian Rain;  How Great Thou Art;  Sledd Ridin‘; Wayfaring Stranger;  Blackberry Blossom; Foggy Mountain Rock;  Yakaty Sax;  Taylor's Ride;  What A Friend We Have In Jesus; Jimmi Hendrix Tribute -  10
Pirate no #  Indescribably: Six Gun's; Waterfall; El Cancion Del Mariachi; Crazy Train; Beethoven's Nightmare; Journey's End; Bach Cello Suite No. 1 In G Major; Ghost Riders; Banjo Blues; Stairway To Heaven; Taylor's Freebird Aka Free Bird – 12-05-12
Todd Taylor no # Todd Taylor's Banjo Christmas: Jingle Bells;  Away In A Manger; Deck The Dueling Halls;  Silent Night;  What Child Is This; God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; O Little Town Of Bethlehem; We Wish You A Merry Christmas;  O Christmas Tree;  Good King Wenceslas - 14-07-15

Cajun Pioneers

 By Thieu Van De Vorst, Praguefrank
SESSIONS
1999 unknown, GER – Cajun Pioneers
001 MADAME BOSSO WR 61438  
002 EUNICE TWO STEP WR 61438
003 ALLONS À LAFAYETTE WR 61438
004 VALSE DE OPELOUSAS WR 61438  
005 FLAMMES D'ENFER WR 61438  
006 J'AI ÉTÉ-Z-AU BAL WR 61438   
2001 L-Studio, Bluemnthal, GER – Cajun Pioneers (Klaus Warler [gt], Michael Bentele [bass], Olaf Markewitz [drums/ rubboards], Luitger Fräger [vcl/accordion/ triangle])
007 AMEDE TWO-STEP WR 61458
008 BAYOU PON PON WR 61458  
009 EVANGELINE SPECIAL WR 61458
010 HOP, SKIP AND JUMP WR 61458  
011 PARLEZ-NOUS A BOIRE WR 61458  
012 PAUVRE HOBO WR 61458  
013 OLD CARPENTER’S WALTZ – CONTREDANSE DE MAMOU WR 61458  
014 JOLIE BLONDE WR 61458
015 ARC DE TRIOMPHE TWO STEP WR 61458  
016 BAYOU TECHE WR 61458  
017 BOSCO STOMP WR 61458  
018 LA PORTE D‘ ARRIERE WR 61458  
019 MAMOU TWO-STEP WR 61458  
020 YOU USED TO CALL ME WR 61458
021 FIDDLESTICK (J’ETE-Z-AU BAL) WR 61458
022 ZYDECO SONT PAS SALE WR 61458  
2003 Downhill Studio, München, GER – Cajun Pioneers (Klaus Warler [gt], Michael Bentele [bass], Olaf Markewitz [drums/ rubboards], Luitger Fräger [vcl/accordion/ triangle], Hartmut Hegewald [fiddle/rubberboard])
023 JOSEPHINE C'EST PAS MA FEMME WR 61472
024 BLUES DE BOSCO WR 61472
025 TANTE NA  NA WR 61472
026 TWO STEP DE PRAIRIE SOILEAU WR 61472
027 CHERE CATIN WR 61472
028 ALLIGATOR WR 61472
029 PAPER IN MY SHOE WR 61472
030 C'EST PAS LA PEINE BRAILLER WR 61472
031 TRAVAILLER C'EST TROP DUR WR 61472
032 TITE FILLE WR 61472  
033 VAGABOND SPECIAL WR 61472
034 IKO IKO WR 61472  


ALBUMS
Whoopee [GER WR 61458 Jolie Blonde: Amede Two-Step; Bayou Pon Pon; Evangeline Special; Hop, Skip and Jump; Parlez-nous a boire; Pauvre Hobo; Old Carpenter’s Waltz – Contredanse de Mamou; Jolie Blonde; Arc de Triomphe Two Step; Bayou Teche; Bosco Stomp; La porte d‘ arriere; Mamou Two-Step; You Used To Call me; Fiddlestick (J’ été-z-au bal); Zydeco sont pas sale -  01
Whooper [GER] WR 61472 Tante Na Na: Josephine c'est pas ma femme; Blues de Bosco; Tante Na  Na; Two Step de Prairie Soileau; Chere Catin; Alligator; Paper in My Shoe; C'est pas la peine brailler; Travailler c'est trop dur;  Tite Fille;  Vagabond Special; Iko Iko -  03



EPs
Whoopee [GER] WR-61438 Good Rockin' Louisiana Cajun Music: Madame Bosso; Eunice Two Step; Allons à Lafayette; Valse de Opelousas; Flammes d'enfer; J'ai été-z-au Bal -  99

Joe Calvert

 By Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
1999 Bismeaux Studio, Austin, TX/ Cribworks Studio, Austin, TX – Joe Calvert (Joe Calvert [vcl/ac gt], Kenny Grimes [ac/el gt], Rick McRae [el gt], Keith Kimble [dobro], Marty Muss/ Randy Reinhart [steel], Cindy Cashdollar  [triple-neck steel/lap steel], David Heath/ Jim Kalson [bass], Paul Pearcy/ Dan Dreeben [drums], Merel Bregante [percussion/hmny vcl], Don Raby/ Ron Knuth [fiddle], Riley Osbourn [piano/keyboards], Ronnie Huckaby [keyboards], Sarah Pierce, Chris Gage, Paula Thompson Pollock, Jodie Lyons [hmny vcl]. Producer: Meral Bregante, Joe Calvert)
001 TIED TO THE TRACK RFR 1001  
002 I'M IN THE GAME RFR 1001    
003 IF THE PHONE DOESN'T RING, IT'S ME RFR 1001  
004 MY CAJUN ROSE RFR 1001
005  NO CONTEST RFR 1001  
006 I STILL DREAM OF YOU RFR 1001  
007 HIGH PRICE TO PAY RFR 1001  
008 CUTEST LITTLE BUTT ON THE BOAT RFR 1001  
009 HAVE A VERY TEXAS CHRISTMAS RFR 1001  
010 MOVING DOWN THE ROAD RFR 1001  
011 THESE SONGS OF MINE RFR 1001  
1999 Keith Harter Studio, San Antone, TX – Joe Calvert (Musicians see above. Producer: Joe Calvert, Jodie Lyons)
012 LOST IN AUSTIN AGAIN RFR 1001


ALBUMS
Redfish RFR-1001 Lost In Austin... Again: Tied To The Track; I'm In The Game; Lost In Austin Again; If The Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me; My Cajun Rose; No Contest; I Still Dream Of You; High Price To Pay; Cutest Little Butt On The Boat; Have A Very Texas Christmas; Moving Down The Road; These Songs Of Mine. - 99