Blankenship Brothers

 2nd version
by Dick Grant, Al Turner, Phil Tricker, Dave Sax, Johan Lofstedt, Udo Frank, Shane Hughes, Marc Coulavin, Terry Gordon, Praguefrank,
SESSIONS
1959 Indianopolis, IN – The Blankenship Brothers (Floyd Blankenship [vcl/rh gt], Dennis Blankenship [vcl/rh gt], Ray Miller [ld gt], Ray Smith [bass], Russell Spears [drums])
001 THE TEARS I CRIED FOR YOU Bluegrass 45-773/LP 100
002 MARY 45-773/LP 100
1959 Indianopolis, IN – The Blankenship Brothers with The Sundown Playboys (Floyd Blankenship [vcl/rh gt], Dennis Blankenship [vcl/rh gt], Ray Miller [ld gt], Ray Smith [bass], Russell Spears [drums])
003 TOO LATE Bluegrass 45-816/LP 100 Buffalo Bop Bb-2069
004 LONESOME OLD JAIL 45-816/LP 100
1960 Indianopolis, IN – The Blankenship Brothers (Floyd Blankenship [vcl/rh gt], Dennis Blankenship [vcl/rh gt], Ray Miller [ld gt], Ray Smith [bass], Russell Spears [drums])
005 THE STORY (THE WORLD WILL NEVER KNOW) Bluegrass 45-870/LP 100
006 YOU WENT AND BROKE MY HEART 45-870/LP 100
1960 Indianopolis, IN – The Blankenship Brothers (Floyd Blankenship [vcl/rh gt], Dennis Blankenship [vcl/rh gt], Ray Miller [ld gt], Ray Smith [bass], Russell Spears [drums])
007 SKY-45-15 EASY TO LOVE-HARD TO FORGET Skyline 45-105/Blue Sky LP-100
008 SKY-45-16 DON’T TELL ME YOU’RE SORRY 45-105/LP-100
009 SKY-45-17 I GOT JUST ONE HEART Skyline 45-106/LP-100, Bark Log LP-4 Bark Log BLCD-101 Bark Log CD 4-5
010 SKY-45-18 THAT’S WHY I’M BLUE Skyline 45-106 Dee Jay Jamboree 45-120/Blue Sky LP-100 Lenox LP-101 Flesh Den CD-6903 Buffalo BbCD-55064
011 SKY-45-19 WAITING FOR A TRAIN Skyline 45-107/Blue Sky LP-100 Bark Log LP-1Bark Log CD-1 Buffalo Bop BbCD-55064 Bark Log BLCD-101
012 SKY-45-20 HARD UP BLUES Skyline 45-107 Dee Jay Jamboree 45-120/Blue Sky LP-100 Legend LP-1003 Buffalo Bop BbCD-55064 Eagle EA-R-90207
BARK LOG LP-1 COUNTRY HICKS, Vol.1 (UK, 1990); LENOX LP-1003 GRANDADDY’S ROCKIN’ PRIMITIVE ROCKABILLY 1955-1959, Vol.2 (FRA,1993); LENOX LP-101 GRANDADDY’S ROCKIN’ ROCKABILLY & HILLBILLY FROM THE 50s, Vol.5 (FRA, 1995); FLESH DEN CD-6903 ROCK ‘N’ ROLL ORGY, Vol.3 (UK, 1995); BARK LOG CD-1 COUNTRY HICKS (UK, 1995); BUFFALO BOP BbCD-55064 ROCKABILLY PARTY (GER, 1997); BARK LOG LP-4 COUNTRY HICKS, Vol.4 (UK, 1997); BARK LOG BLCD-101 COUNTRY HICKS, Vol.1 (UK); BARK LOG CD 4-5 COUNTRY HICKS, Vol.4-5 (UK); EAGLE EA-R-90207 COOL OFF BABY (GER, 2003)

ALBUMS
Blue Sky LP-100 Blue Grass And Rockabilly Kings From Indiana/Blankenship Bros: That’s Why I’m Blue; I Got Just One Heart; Hard Up Blues; Waiting For A Train; Don't Tell Me Your Sorry; Hard To Forget; Too Late; Lonesome Old Jail; I Cried For You; Mary; You Went And Broke My Heart; The Story (The World Will Never Know) – 99


SINGLES
Bluegrass (Starday Custom, 1959-60)
45-773 The Tears I Cried For You / Mary – 05-59
45-816 Too Late / Lonesome Old Jail – 11-59
45-870 The Story (The World Will Never Know) / You Went And Broke My Heart – 07-60
Blue Sky (1960)
45-105 Easy To Love-Hard To Forget / Don’t Tell Me You’re Sorry – 08-60
45-106 I Got Just One Heart / That’s Why I’m Blue – 08-60
45-107 Waiting For A Train / Hard Up Blues – 08-60
Dee Jay Jamboree 45-120 Hard Up Blues / That’s Why I’m Blue (released in Germany)