A Different Thread

 Robert Jackson (Lichfield, UK)
Alicia Best from (Durham, NC)
by Praguefrank
SESSIONS  
2017 Alma Vale Studios, The basement, 34 Alma Vale RdBristol, UK – A Different Thread (+Andrew Hughes, Jonny Bruce, Lewis Creaven, Luke Cawthra, Matthew Jones, Ruth Royall, Isaac Collier)
001 BIG CRANE
002 A WAYWARD SUN
003 HAPPY MAN
004 THE SAME CLOTH
005 HOME FROM HOME
Tracks above issued on EP Home From Home
2017 Alma Vale Studios, The basement, 34 Alma Vale RdBristol, UK – A Different Thread (+ Jade Lelohe, Jamie White)
006 CHERRY TREE
007 LONG IN THE TOOTH
008 SWEET ELIZABETH
009 HIGH TIME
010 BANJO TUNE
Tracks above issued on EP High Time
2018 Arbor Ridge Studios, 3582 Manns Chapel Rd,, Chapel Hill, NC – A Different Thread (Robert Jackson, Alicia Best [vcl/fiddle], + Jeff Crawford [bass/bck vcl/ keyboards], Rob Davis [percussion], Omar Ruis-Lopez, [violin /viola], Pippa Hoover [cello], Matthew Greenslade [keyboards], Alan Best [accordion/ mandolin], Rusty Smith [trumpet/ flugel horn], Birdie Baird [bck vcl])
011 ON A WHIM
012 HOLD ME DOWN
013 ROSA ROSA
014 THE PRICKLY BUSH
015 HONEY AND FIRE
016 CHAIRS INSTEAD
017 CAROLINA SONG
018 THE FARMER'S MISTRESS
019 HIGH TIME
020 CHARLOTTE
021 NOT GOOD WITH WORDS
Tracks above issued on album On A Whim
2018 [live] Ivy Lane Studios, Dartmouth, UK - – A Different Thread (+ Isaac Collier [cello])
02101 POTTER'S FIELD On a Whim
2019 Alma Vale Studios, The basement, 34 Alma Vale RdBristol, UK – A Different Thread (Robert Jackson [vcl/gt/ harmonica], Alicia Best [vcl/ fiddle/ percussion], Richard Allen [bass]. Producer: A Different Thread and Luke Cawthra)
Engineered by Luke Cawthra
Alma Vale Studio, Bristol, UK
022 RED IS THE ROSE
023 PRETTY POLLY
024 CRUEL MOTHER
025 LONG BLACK VEIL
026 THE BLACKEST CROW
Tracks above issued on EP Some Distant Shore
2021 Alma Vale Studios, The basement, 34 Alma Vale RdBristol, UK – A Different Thread (Robert Jackson [vcl/gt/ harmonica], Alicia Best [vcl/ fiddle/ percussion], Mike Seal [bass], Chris Elliott [fiddle/bouzuki/ bck vcl], Caitlin Jones [flute/whistle/ bck vcl])
027 DIDN'T WANNA GO
028 CRADLE TO THE GRAVE
029 CALL OF THE ROAD
030 CHANGE
031 THE CHASE
032 GET CLOSE
033 BEHIND THE CURTAIN
034 TRY TO ASK YOU
035 ODE TO THE LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL
036 THE DEVIL YOU DON'T
037 LINDA'S CROSSING
Tracks above issued on album Call Of The Road


ALBUMS
Horus Music Distribution [UK] no # On a Whim:  On a Whim;  Hold Me Down;  Potter's Field;  Rosa Rosa;  The Prickly Bush;  Honey and Fire;  Chairs Instead;  Carolina Song;  The Farmer's Mistress;  High Time;  Charlotte;  Not Good with Words – 13-09-18
Same Cloth [UK] ? Call of the Road:  Didn't Wanna Go;  Cradle to the Grave;  Call of the Road;  Change;  The Chase;  Get Close;  Behind the Curtain;  Try to Ask You;  Ode to the Leaving of Liverpool;  The Devil You Don't;  Linda's Crossing – 01-09-22

EPs
Horus Music Distribution [UK] no # Home from Home:  Big Crane;  A Wayward Sun;  Happy Man;  The Same Cloth;  Home from Home – 15-04-17
Horus Music Distribution [UK] no # High Time:  Cherry Tree;  Long in the Tooth;  Sweet Elizabeth;  High Time;  Banjo Tune – 29-09-17
A Different Thread [UK] no # Some Distant Shore: Red is the Rose; Pretty Polly; Cruel Mother; Long Black Veil; The Blackest Crow – 22-05-20

     

Shawn Hess

 *Laramie, WY
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS
2018 Prairie Gold Sound, Laramie, WY – Shawn Hess (Producer: Will Flag)
001 WORLD AWAY
002 CHEYENNE
003 LEAVING ME BEHIND
004 LORRAINE
005 PICTURE FROM A MAGAZINE
006 TEARDROPS ON THE FLOOR
007 HEADLIGHTS
008 LONG, LONELY LIVIN'
009 PRAY LIKE ME
010 TOWN OF TWO
011 STARDUST INN
Tracks above issued on album World Away
2019 [demo session] unknown – Shawn Hess
01101 HOME cassette
2022 unknown – Shawn Hess (Shawn Hess [vcl/ac gt/ bass gt], Kevin Hegyi [el gt/tic-tac bass], Will Flagg [gt/ steel/ percussion/ harmonica/ keyboards/ bck vcl], Muskrat Jones [steel], Casey Schmidt [drums], Jackson Clarendon [fiddle], Jacob LeFevre, Hillery Lynn [bck vcl]. Producer: Will Flagg, Shawn Hess)
012 LEAVING AT MIDNIGHT
013 DON'T CALL ME BABY
014 FALL RIVER COUNTY
015 HONKY TONK CONNOISSEUR
016 SWEET OLD TIMES
017 FRIEND
018 HOME
019 PLACE WHERE NO ONE GOES
020 I STAY AWAY
Tracks above issued on album Hey, Friend
2023 Wild Horse Studio, ?/5th Street Studios, ? – Shawn Hess (Shawn Hess [vcl/ac gt],
Kevin Hegyi [ld gt/bck vcl], Cooper Dickerson [steel/bck vcl], Hunter Hicks [bass], Neil Mitchell [percussion], Jackson Clarendon [fiddle])
021 'TIL IT AIN'T
022 YESTERDAY'S COFFEE
023 HARVEST ME
024 YOU'RE NOT THE ONE
025 WHEN YOU CALL
026 CHANGING HEART
027 A TEAR FOR YOU
028 WALLS
029 TIME, ONLY TIME
030 ROADHOUSE BLUES (THE OTHER ONE)
Tracks above issued on album Wild Onion



ALBUMS
Shawn Hess ? World Away: World Away; Cheyenne; Leaving Me Behind; Lorraine; Picture from a Magazine; Teardrops on the Floor; Headlights; Long, Lonely Livin'; Pray Like Me; Town of Two; Stardust Inn - 24-05-19
Shawn Hess ? Hey, Friend:  Leaving at Midnight;  Don't Call Me Baby;  Fall River County; Honky Tonk Connoisseur;  Sweet Old Times; Friend; Home;  Place Where No One Goes;  I Stay Away  – 30-09-22
Shawn Hess ? Wild Onion: 'Til It Ain't; Yesterday's Coffee; Harvest Me; You're Not The One; When You Call; Changing Heart; A Tear For You; Walls; Time, Only Time; Roadhouse Blues (The Other One) - 19-01-24

Billy Gray

 William Thomas Gray, *29-12-1924 Paris, TX, +27-03-1975
4th version
by Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli, Mario Manciotti, Steve Hathaway, Thieu Van De Vorst, Jim Loessberg, Tore Brennodden
SESSIONS also member of Brazos Valley Boys
Ca early 1950s unknown – Billy Gray and His Echo Mountain Boys
001 SO ROUND SO FIRM SO FULLY PACKED  Hit Parade no #
002 CIMMARON ROLL ON Hit Parade no #
24 March 1954 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA - Billy Gray and His Westerm Oakies
003 L 7604 WHO’LL BUY MY TACOS 9-29120/ Cactus 127
004 L 7605 PIN-UP GIRL 9-29120/ Cactus 127
005 L 7606 WE JUST DON’T SEE THINGS ALIKE ANYMORE 9-29271/ Cactus 127 Chief CCD 11565/30
006 L 7607 FARTHER ON DOWN THE ROAD 9-29271/ Cactus 127 Chief CCD 11565/30
007 L 7608 HARBOR OF LOVE 9-29678/ Cactus 127
CHIEF  CCD 11565/30 ULTRA RARE WESTERN SWING, VOL. 1 (NED, 1995)
24 March 1954 [18:20-21:50] Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA - Wanda Jackson (Billy Gray [gt/recitation], Billy Strange [gt], Billy Stewart [bass], Roy Harte [drums], Amos Hedrick [fiddle], Gilbert Baca [piano]. Producer: Tom Mack)
000 L 7609 IF YOU KNEW WHAT I KNOW 9-29253/DL 4224
000 L 7610 LOVIN' COUNTRY STYLE 9-29140/DL 4224 VL 73861
000 L 7611 THE HEART YOU COULD HAVE HAD 9-30153/DL 4224 VL 73861
000 L 7612 THE RIGHT TO LOVE 9-29253/DL 4224 VL 73861
000 L 7613 YOU CAN'T HAVE MY LOVE 9-29140/ Cactus 127
19 August 1954 Hank Thompson's House, 8308 N. May, Oklahoma City, OK - Billy Gray, * and Wanda Jackson (? [gt], Bobby White [steel], Billy Stewart [bass], Roy Harte [drums], Amos Hedricks [fiddle], Gilbert Baca [piano])
008 86690/OK 100 IF YOU DON'T, SOMEBODY ELSE WILL* 9-29267/[va] DL 4201 Cactus 127
009 86691/OK 101 YOU'D BE THE FIRST ONE TO KNOW* 9-29267/DL 4224
010 86692/OK 102 TALK OF THE TOWN unissued
1 March 1955 Castle Studio, the Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville 3, TN - Billy Gray
011 87501/NA 3438 I’M MAD AT MY HEART 9-29489/ Cactus 127
012 87502/NA 3439 OKIE BLONDIE 9-29489/ Cactus 127
013 87503/NA 3440 GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS 9-29678/
2 March 1955 Bradley Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - Bill Gray and His Western Oakies (Billy Gray [gt], Bobby Koefer [steel], Billy Carson [bass gt], Wayne Foster [drums], Joe Hendrix [fiddle], Leon Boulandger [fiddle], Arthur "Art" McNuilty [piano])
014 87633/BR 9056 THE BANDERA SHUFFLE ED-2235/DL-5567 DL-8730 Cactus 127  Chief CCD 11565/30
015 87634/BR 9057 TIPPIN' IN ED-2233 DL-5567 Cactus 127
016 87635/BR 9058 SNOW DEER ED-2233/DL-5567 DL-8730 Cactus 127
017 87636/BR 9059 TUXEDO JUNCTION ED-2234/DL-5567 DL-8730 Cactus 127
018 87637/BR 9060 CURTAIN CALL ED-2233/DL-5567 Cactus 127
019 87638/BR 9061 JOHNSON RAG ED-2234/DL-5567 Cactus 127
020 87639/BR 9062 TENNESSEE STOMP ED-2234/DL-5567 Cactus 127
021 87640/BR 9063 MOONLIGHT COCKTAIL ED-2233/DL-5567 Cactus 127
Decca DL-8730 WESTERN SWING IN HI-FI (August 11,1958) (see various artists file)
12 December 1955 Fort Worth, TX - Billy Gray and His Western Oakies
022 89045/FT 17000 GOLDEN GOOSE unissued
023 89046/FT 17001 LOVIN' ANGEL WITHOUT MY HEART unissued
19 December 1955 Bradley Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Billy Gray & His Oakies (unknown musicians. Producer: Paul Cohen)
024 89047/NA 9263 IT COULD HAVE BEEN ME 9-29800/ Cactus 127
025 89048/NA 9264 TENNESSEE TODDY 9-29800/Bear Family BCD-15733 [va] Cactus 127 MCF 3035 CD 5707 BCD 15733
MCA MCF 3035 RARE ROCKABILLY VOL. 4 (UK, 1979); BIG TONE CD 5707 MCA ROCKABILLIES, VOL. 3 (UK, 1993); BEAR FAMILY BCD 15733 THAT’LL FLAT GIT IT VOL. 6 (GER, 1996)
1955 or 1956 [live-radio show] unknown – Billy Gray and His Western Oakies
02501 RIDIN‘ ON A FENDER BACM CD D 640
02502 OKIE BLONDIE BACM CD D 640
BACM CD D 640 WESTERN SERENADE – LIVE WESTERN SWING IN THE 1950’S (UK, 2019)
8 November 1956 Music City Recordings, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - Mimi Roman  and Billy Gray
026 101076/NA 9543 WE'RE TAKING CHANCES 9-30389/ Cactus 127
027 101077/NA 9544 YES I WILL unissued
028 101078/NA 9545 MR. OPPORTUNITY 9-30389/ Cactus 127
12 December 1956 Fort Worth, TX - Billy Gray
029 102856/FT 17000 FREE LOVE MAMA BOOGIE rejected
030 102857/FT 17001 YOU'RE A LOVING ANGEL WITHOUT MY HEART rejected
1960 unknown, TX - Billy Gray with Orchestra
031 LH 505B I'LL FIND A WAY Longhorn LH 505/ Cactus 127 ANTHR 0008
032 LH 505A I'LL GO BROKE LOVING YOU Longhorn LH 505 / Cactus 127  ANTHR 0008
ca May 1963 poss. Hollywood, CA - Billy Gray and The Western Okies  (Producer: Tommy Allsup)
033 LB 1678 I LEFT MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO Liberty 55599
034 LH 1679 I'LL NEVER LIVE LONG ENOUGH (TO FORGET ABOUT YOU)  Liberty 55599
Mid 1964 unknown, TX - Billy Gray and The Nuggets
035 R4KM-8472 THE FUNNY WAY OF HURTING ME Vandan 8472
036 R4KM-8473 ONE BROKEN HEART AGO Vandan 8472
ca September 1965 unknown, TX - Billy Gray (Producer: Billy Gray)
037 SoN 25711  ROTTEN LOVE Longhorn LH 565 / Cactus 127 ANTHR 0008
038 SoN 25712 FOR NO REASON Longhorn LH 565/ Cactus 127 ANTHR 0008
1971 unknown, TX – Billy Gray and The Cowtowners
039 DOWN TOWN DALLAS Celebrated Artis CAA 601 / CAA 603 ANTHR 0008
040 YOU GOT CAUGHT Celebrated Artis CAA 601/CAA 603 ANTHR 0008
041 WAKE ME IF I'M DREAMING CAA 603 ANTHR 0008
042 LOOK AGAIN FORTUNE TELLER CAA 603 ANTHR 0008
043 HOW WOULD SHE LOOK IN A KITCHEN CMR 480/CAA 603 ANTHR 0008
044 I FEEL SORRY FOR HIM CAA 603 ANTHR 0008
045 HEART OF A BEGGAR (MIND OF A FOOL) CAA 603 ANTHR 0008
046 BIG HEARTED SUE CAA 603 ANTHR 0008
047 COMPLETELY CONFUSED CAA 603 ANTHR 0008
048 NOWHERE TO GO (BUT OUT OF MY MIND) CMR 480/CAA 603 ANTHR 0008
Ca 1972  unknown, TX – Billy Gray
049 LIFETIME TO FORGET  604
050 MAKINGS OF A FOOL  604
1974 unknown, TX - Billy Gray
051 I DON'T WANT TO EVER FEEL THIS WAY AGAIN Toro 105 / ANTHR 0008
052 NEON LIGHTS Toro 105 / ANTHR 0008



ALBUMS
Decca DL-5567 Country and Western Dance-O-Rama, Vol. 7 - Billy Gray: Moonlight Cocktail; Curtain Call; Snow Deer; Tippin' In; The Bandera Shuffle; Tuxedo Junction; Tennessee Stomp; Johnson Rag - 55 (10“ LP)
Celebrated Artist CAA-603 Celebrated Artist Presents Billy Gray: Wake Me If I'm Dreaming; You Got Caught; Fortune Teller; How Would She Look In A Kitchen; I Feel Sorry For Him; Heart Of A Beggar (Mind Of A Fool); Big Hearted Sue; Down Town Dallas; Completely Confused; Nowhere To Go  – 71
Cactus 127 [NED] 127 Billy Gray - Hillbilly Stars Of Decca Records: Tennessee Toddy; It Should Have Been Me; Farther On Down The Road; We Just Don't See Things Alike; Okie Blondie; I'm Mad At My Baby; Girls Girls Girls; Harbor Of Love; Mr. Opportunity; We're Taking Chances; If You Don't Somebody Else Will (w. Wanda Jackson); You Can't Have My love (w. Wanda Jackson); Who'll Buy My Tacos?; Pin Up Girl; Moonlight Cocktail; Curtain Call; Snow Deer; Tippin' In; The Bandera Shuffle; Tuxedo Junction; Tennessee Stomp; Johnson Rag; I'll Go Broke Loving You; I'll Find A Way; Rotten Love; For No Reason - 09
Americana Anthtopology ANTHR 0008 Nowhere To Go (But Out Of My Mind): Wake Me If I'm Dreaming; You Got Caught;  Look Again Fortune Teller;  How Would She Look In A Kitchen;  I Feel Sorry For Him;  Rotten Love; I'll Find A Way (To Free Myself);  Neon Lights; Heart Of A Beggar (Mind Of A Fool);  Big Hearted Sue;  Downtown Dallas;  Completely Confused;  Nowhere To Go (But Out Of My Mind);  For No Reason;  I'll Go Broke Loving You; I Don’t Want To Ever Feel This - 02-06-23

EPs
Decca ED 2233 Country And Western Dance-O-Rama, Vol.7, part 1: Moonlight Cocktail;  Curtain Call /  Snow Deer;  Tippin' In - 55 (MX: S 2456/7)
Decca ED 2234 Country And Western Dance-O-Rama, Vol.7, part 2: The Bandera Shuffle;  Tuxedo Junction / Tennessee Stomp;  Johnson Rag – 55 (MX: S 2458/9)


SINGLES
Hit Parada  
No # So Roud So Fir So Fully Paqcked / Cimmaron Roll On – 5- w. Echo Mountain Boys
Decca (1954-57)
9-29120 Pin-Up Girl / Who'll Buy My Tacos - 04-54
9-29140 Lovin' Country Style / You Can't Have My Love - 05-54 w. Wanda Jackson
9-29267 If You Don't, Somebody Else Will / You'd Be The First One To Know - 09-54 w. Wanda Jackson
9-29271 Farther On Down The Road / We Just Don't See Things Alike Anymore - 09-54
9-29489 Okie Blondie / I'm Mad At My Heart - 03-55
9-29678 Harbor Of Love / Girls, Girls, Girls - 10-55
9-29800 It Could Have Been Me / Tennessee Today - 01-56 (rev. Feb. 4)
9-30389 Mister Opportunity / We're Taking Chances - 07-57
Longhorn (1960)
LH-505 I'll Find A Way / I'll Go Broke Loving You – 09-60 (rev. Oct. 10)
Liberty (1963)
55599 I Left My Heart In San Francisco / I'll Never Live Long Enough (To Forget About You)  - 07-63
Vandan (1964)
VR-8472 The Funny Way Of Hurting Me / One Broken Heart Ago - 64
Longhorn (1960)
LH-565 For No Reason / Rotten Love - 11-65
Celebrated ArtisT
CAA 601 Down Town Dallas / You Got Caught – 71
604 Lifetime To Forget / Makings Of A Fool – 71
CMR
CMR 480 How Would She Look In A Kitchen / Nowhere To Go (But Out Of My Mind)  - 7-
Toro (1974)
T 105 I Don't Want To Ever Feel This Way Again / Neon Lights – 74

Lambert Brothers & The Tri-County Boys

 by Praguefrank
SESSIONS  
1965 poss. Fort Worth, TX - The Lambert Brothers and The Tri-County Boys
001 SK5M-5824 GOOD TIMES ARE PAST AND GONE K 116
002 SK5M-5825 DIG A HOLE IN THE MEADOW K 116
1969 unknown, TX - The Lambert Bros and The Tri-County Boys
003 LH 5216 KNOXVILLE JAIL Music Mill 1002
004 LH 5217 MUD IN YOUR EYE 1002
7 April 1973 Custom Studio, Tyler, TX - The Lambert Brothers and The Tri-County Boys (Gilbert Lambert [vcl/ac gt], Gene Carter [vcl/gt],  T.H. Lambert [vcl/mandolin], Joe Hood [banjo], Leonard Simmons [bass], Marvin Wright [fiddle])
005 HERE'S MUD IN YOUR EYE LP 119
006 VOICE OF MY SAVIOR LP 119  
007 DARK HOLLOW LP 119   
008 GIRL IN THE BLUE VELVET BAND LP 119   
009 I'LL NEVER TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER LP 119   
010 SCOTLAND LP 119  
011 TOO LATE TO WALK THE FLOOR LP 119   
012 TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF MOSES LP 119   
013 WILL YOU MISS ME LP 119  
014 KNOXVILLE JAIL LP 119
015 LOVE PLEASE COME HOME LP 119  
016 TRAIN 45 LP 119
1975 unknown – The Lambert Brothers and The Tri-County Boys (Gilbert Lambert [vcl/ac gt], Gene Carter [vcl/gt],  T.H. Lambert [vcl/mandolin], Joe Hood [banjo], Leonard Simmons [bass], Marvin Wright [fiddle])
017 ANOTHER NIGHT BP 5253  
018 PROUD MARY BP 5253
019  YOU KNOW I'LL BE LONESOME BP 5253   
020 UNCLE PEN BP 5253  
021 SWEETHEART YOU DONE ME WRONG BP 5253
022 SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT BP 5253  
023 KATY DAILY BP 5253  
024 I'LL GO STEPPING TOO BP 5253   
025 WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS BP 5253   
026 THIS LONESOME OLD FEELING BP 5253
027  GOLD WATCH AND CHAIN BP 5253  
028 JOHN HARDY BP 5253  


ALBUMS
Custom LP 119 First Class Bluegrass:  Here's Mud In Your Eye; Voice Of My Savior; Dark Hollow;  Girl In The Blue Velvet Band;  I'll Never Take No For An Answer;  Scotland; Too Late To Walk The Floor;  Take Your Shoes Off Moses;  Will You Miss Me; Knoxville Jail; . Love Please Come Home; Train 45 – 73
Kera BP 5253 Bluegrass Pickin‘: Another Night; Proud Mary; You Know I'll Be Lonesome;  Uncle Pen; Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong;  Swing Low Sweet Chariot; Katy Daily; - I'll Go Stepping Too;  What A Friend We Have In Jesus;  This Lonesome Old Feeling; Gold Watch And Chain; John Hardy – 75

SINGLES
Bo-Kay (1965)
K 116 Good Times Are Past And Gone / Dig A Hole In The Meadow - 65
Music Mill (1969)
1002 Knoxville Jail / Mud In Your Eye - 69