Sunday, July 16, 2023

Strommen Brothers

2nd version
by Praguefrank, Michal Gololobov
SESSIONS

ca 1976 Soundshop Studio, 1307 Division St., Nashville, TN– The Strommen Brothers (Eliot Strommen, Del Strommer [vcl] + Pete Bordonalli [ld gt], Larry Keith [rh gt], Hal Rugg [steel], Don Smith [bass], Clyde Brooks [drums], Buddy Spicher/ Johnny Gimble/ Jimmy bryant  [fiddle], Charlie McCoy [harp], Billy Poett [sax])
001 HARD TIME CHARLIE SOFT SHOES  Baby Grand SE 1072  
002 BALLYHOO DAYS  Baby Grand SE 1072
003 WOULDN'T YOU RATHER  Baby Grand SE 1072
004 BAD DREAMS  Baby Grand SE 1072  
005 MISTER D.J.  Baby Grand SE 1072  
006 WHAT A WAY TO GO  Baby Grand SE 1072  
007 I AIN'T BLIND  Baby Grand SE 1072
008 CIGAREETTS, WHUSKY, AND WILD, WILD WOMEN  Baby Grand SE 1072
009 THE AUCTIONEER SONG  Baby Grand SE 1072
010 MARBLES  Baby Grand SE 1072  
1978 unknown – The Strommen Brothers (Eliot Strommen, Del Strommer [vcl] +
Gary Ruffin [ac/el gt/bass], Don Holloway [banjo], Tommy Dodd [steel], Stan Ruffin [drums/percussion], Tony Shannon [keyboards]. Producer: Bowman)
011 I FINALLY GOT IT RIGHT THIS TIME  Baby Grand SE 2082  
012 LET ME IN  Baby Grand SE 2082
013 DON'T THROW OUR LOVE AWAY  Baby Grand SE 2082  
014 WE COULD HAVE BEEN THE CLOSEST OF FRIENDS  Baby Grand SE 2082  
015 MAN, SHE'S A PRETTY THING  Baby Grand SE 2082  
016 LOVE'S A GAME THAT YOU PLAY  Baby Grand SE 2082  
017 MEET ME DOWN BY THE RIVER  Baby Grand SE 2082  
018 CAROLINE  Baby Grand SE 2082  
1979 Melody Studios, Atlanta, GA – The Strommen Brothers (Eliot Strommen [vcl/keyboards], Del Strommer [vcl/percussion] + unknown musicians)
019 UNTIL YOUR LOVE FOUND ME SE 2083
020 LIFETIME LOSER SE 2083  
021 MARY ANN SE 2083  
022 TAKE ME SE 2083  
023 LOVE'S LULLABY SE 2083  
024 PREACHER MCGEE SE 2083  
025 DON'T LEAVE ME LONELY SE 2083  
026 I LOST MY HEAD SE 2083   
1981 Columbia Recording Studio, 34 music Sq. East, Nashville, TN – The Strommen Brothers (Eliot Strommen [vcl/keyboards], Del Strommer [vcl/percussion] + Larry Keith [gt/bck vcl], Pete Bordonali [gt], Don Roth [gt], Steve Burchfield [gt], Sonny Garrish [steel], Larry Paxton [bass], Clyde Brooks [drums], Buddy Spicher [fiddle], Hubert Hester [fiddle],  Tony Migliore [keyboards], Dan Hoffman, C.C. Couch, Ricky Page, Alan Mooio, Dick Krim, Steve Pippin [bck vcl])
027 THAT’S WHEN THE MAGIC BEGINS Monument SM 12002  
028 RIDE THE BULL TONIGHT Monument 21002/SM 12002  
029 WILLIE SING ME BACK TO TEXAS Monument SM 12002  
030 WISHING WE DIDN’T KNOW NOW WHAT WE DIDN’T KNOW THEN Monument SM 12002
031 WAT’S A NICE GUY LIKE ME DOING IN A PLACE LIKE THIS Monument 21002/SM 12002
032 LET ME DOWN EASY Monument SM 12002  
033 OLD SOLDIER Monument SM 12002  
034 I’M A FOOL FOR LOVING HER, AND YOU’RE A FOOL FOR LOVING ME Monumnt SM 12002
035 YOU SAY SOMETHING NICE ABOUT EVERYBODY Monument WS4-03875/SM 12002  
036 THE LAST SHOW Monument WS4-03875/SM 12002   

ALBUMS
Baby Grand SE 1072 Ballyhoo Days:
Hard Time Charlie Soft Shoes; Ballyhoo Days; Wouldn't You Rather; Bad Dreams; Mister D.J.; What A Way To Go; I Ain't Blind; Cigareetts, Whusky, And Wild, Wild Women; The Auctioneer Song; Marbles – 77 (also on Orphan OR 0836 What A Way To Go)
Baby Grand SE 2082 Meet Me Down By  The River: I Finally Got It Right This Time; Let Me In; Don't Throw Our Love Away; We Could Have Been The Closest Of Friends; Man, She's A Pretty Thing; Love's A Game That You Play; Meet Me Down By The River; Caroline – 78
Baby Grand SE 2083 Lifetime Loser: Until Your Love Found Me; Lifetime Loser; Mary Ann; Take Me; Love's Lullaby; Preacher McGee; Don't Leave Me Lonely; I Lost My Head - 79
Monument SM 12002 Down At the Bluebird: That’s When The Magic Begins; Ride The Bull Tonight; Willie Sing Me Back To Texas; Wishing We Didn’t Know Now What We Didn’t Know Then; What’s A Nice Guy Like Me Doing In A Place Like This; Let Me Down Easy; Old Soldier; I’m A Fool For Loving Her, And You’re A Fool For Loving Me; You Say Something Nice About Everybody; The Last Show – 31-12-81 (reissued on PW  38529 The Strommen Brothers in 1983)

SINGLES
Monument
M 21002 What's A Nice Guy Like Me Doing In A Place Like This? / Ride The Bull Tonight – 21-10-81
WS4-03875 You Say Something Nice About Everybody / The Last Show – 82 (P Dan Hoffman)



Nick Casey

 *West Greenwich, RI
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2019 Lakewest Recording Studio, 200 Mishnock Rd, West Greenwich, RI – Nick Casey (+ Ryan Tremblay [ld gt],  Uncle Jarod Cournoyer [bass], Ethan "Big Dog" Lyons [drums] + more unknown musicians)
001 RIDING HIGH
002 IN MY COUNTRY
003 GHOSTS LIKE ME
004 WHISTLING JOHNNY
005 LIVING WITH THE BLUES
006 THE PICTURE OF HENRY PRESCOTT
007 BASED ON A TRUE STORY
008 DOWNBOUND TRAIN
009 MY OWN ROAD
010 FIGHTING FIRES
Tracks above issued on album Ghosts Like Me
2023 unknown – Nick Casey, with Read Connolly [-1], Philip Bowen [-2], Nick Bosse [-3]
011 I CAN'T GO TO TEXAS
012 THE BANKS OF O'DELL CREEK
013 ELIZABETH -1
014 THE DEVIL OWNS MY SOUL -2
015 WHEN I'M ALONE
016 DIED IN MY HOMETOWN
017 WHAT MY HEROES SAY
018 A GUITAR AND A BARSTOOL -3
tracks above issued on album When I’m Alone




ALBUMS
West Log Bridge ? Ghosts Like Me
: Riding High; In My Country; Ghosts Like Me; Whistling Johnny;  Living with the Blues; The Picture of Henry Prescott;  Based on a True Story; Downbound Train; My Own Road;  Fighting Fires – 15-05-20
Nick Casey ? When I’m Alone: I Can't Go to Texas; The Banks of O'Dell Creek;  Elizabeth (w. Read Connolly);  The Devil Owns My Soul (w. Philip Bowen);  When I'm Alone;  Died in My Hometown;  What My Heroes Say;  A Guitar and a Barstool (w. Nick Bosse) – 14-07-23

Cheryll Kent

 by Praguefrank
SESSIONS  

1976 unknown, CA – Cheryll Kent and Sunny Monday
unknown tracks for album Tribute
1982 unknown, CA – Dusty Road
unknown tracks for album Echo of Light
2002 unknown, CA – Cheryll Kent
001 MAMA LOVES THE OLD HYMNS Ruby Road
002 BLESSED ASSURANCE
003 THE SOLID ROCK MEDLEY
004 SUPPER TIME
005 SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER MEDLEY
006 LEAD ME TO CALVARY
007 WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS
008 HE GREW THE TREE
009 NOTHING BUT THE
010 I SURRENDER ALL
011 'TIS SO SWEET TO TRUST IN JESUS
012 BECAUSE HE LIVES MEDLEY
tracks above issued on album Mama Loves The Old Hymns
2012 unknown, CA - Cheryll Kent and Hickory Wind
013 CRAZY
014 LONG DISTANCE ROMANCE
015 TWO STEPS BEHIND MY DREAMS Ruby Road
016 IT DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE
017 LADY LEFT BEHIND Ruby Road
018 SEA OF HEARTBREAK
019 PAPA TIME
Tracks above issued on EP Behind My Dreams
ca 2013 unknown, CA – Cheryll Kent and Hickory Wind
020 TIME  digital single
2013 unknown, CA – Cheryll Kent and Hickory Wind
021 PRECIOUS CHRISTMAS digital single [rel. Dec. 9]
2017 Ravenwood The Studio, Placerville, CA – Cheryll Kent and Hickory Wind, with Fred Kent [-1], Ronnie Elkin, Tom Gunterman [-2]
022 FOLLOWING A DREAM
023 OUR CALIFORNIA GOLD -1 Ruby Road
024 PAST THE POINT OF CRYING
025 HOLD YOU FOR A WHILE Ruby Road
026 YOU WALKED OUT THE DOOR
027 BLUE HEART OF MINE
028 GOING THROUGH SOME HARD TIMES Ruby Road
029 ON THE MORNING AFTER Ruby Road
030 TRAVELLING LIFE YOU AND ME Ruby Road
031 I WILL BE LEAVING SOON
032 THAT’S WHAT’S SO AMAZING (ABOUT AMAZING GRACE) -1 Ruby Road
033 HICKORY FIDDLE LULLABY -2
tracks above issued on album Following A Dream
March 2018 [live] the Acoustic Den, Roseville, CA  – Cheryll Kent and Hickory Wind
03301 DIFFERENT DRUM
03302 BACK IN BABY'S ARMS
03303 SWEET DREAMS
03304 WHITE LINE
03305 LUXURY LINER Ruby Road
tracks above issued on EP Live at The Acoustic Den
2018 and sooner unknown, CA – Cheryll Kent and Fred Kent
034 HICKORY WIND
035 TULSA QUEEN
036 DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M GOING BUT I' GONE
037 IT AIN'T ME BABE, IT AIN'T YOU
038 BLUES IN THE MORNING
039 DOWN THE RUBY ROAD
tracks above issued on album Ruby Road


ALBUMS
? Tribute:
(tracks unknown) - 76 Cheryll Kent and Sunny Monday
? Echo of Light: (tracks unknown) - 82 Dusty Road
Cheryll Kent ? Mama Loves The Old Hymns: Mama Loves the Old Hymns; Blessed Assurance; The Solid Rock Medley; Supper Time; Sweet Hour of Prayer Medley; Lead Me to Calvary; What a Friend We Have in Jesus; He Grew the Tree; Nothing But The; I Surrender All; 'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus; Because He Lives Medley – 25-11-02
Cheryll Kent ? Following A Dream: Following A Dream; Our California Gold (w. Fred Kent); Past The Point Of Crying; Hold You For A While; You Walked Out The Door; Blue Heart of Mine; Going Through Some Hard Times; On The Morning After; Travelling Life You and Me; I Will Be Leaving Soon; That’s What’s So Amazing (About Amazing Grace) (w. Fred Kent); Hickory Fiddle Lullaby (w. Ronnie Elkin, Tom Gunterman) - 20-10-17
Cheryll Kent ? The Ruby Road / 40 Years of Life, Love and Music: Traveling Life You and Me;  Two Steps Behind My Dreams;  Our California Gold;  Hickory Wind;  Lady Left Behind;  Tulsa Queen;  Going Through Some Hard Times;  Don't Know Where I'm Going but I' Gone;  That's What's so Amazing About Amazing Grace;  Luxury Liner (Live);  It Ain't Me Babe, It Ain't You;  On the Morning After;  Hold You for a While;  Mama Loves the Old Hymns;  Blues in the Morning;  Down the Ruby Road – 01-11-18

EPs
Cheryll Kent ? Behind My Dreams:  Crazy;  Long Distance Romance;  Two Steps Behind My Dreams;  It Doesn't Matter Anymore;  Lady Left Behind;  Sea of Heartbreak;  Papa Time – 01-11-12
Cheryll Kent ? Live At The Acoustic Den:  Different Drum;  Back in Baby's Arms;  Sweet Dreams; White Line; Luxury Liner  – 30-09-18





Tammy Wood and Stephen Drinkwater

 by Praguefrank
SESSIONS  

2015 poss. Montreal, QC, CAN - Tammy Wood and Stephen Drinkwater (+ Martin Poudrie [gt], Benjamin Bessette [bass], Yvan Bessette [drums])
001 SIT BACK, IT'S OVER
002 THROWING WHISKEY DOWN A HOLE
003 IN MY BABY'S ARMS
004 STARS IN YOUR EYES
005 WHEAT FIELDS AND FARMS
006 JE MARCHE AVEC TOI
007 HAPPINESS IN A JAR
008 DON'T CHEAT OR TELL ME LIES
009 DANCE LIKE IT'S FOREVER
010 GOING HOME
011 WASTED YEARS
012 WHISPERS IN THE WIND
tracks above issued on album Whispers In The Wind
2023 poss. Montreal, QC, CAN - Tammy Wood and Stephen Drinkwater
013 COUNTY ROAD 17
014 WALKED RIGHT ON OUT OF MY LIFE
015 MY LOVE FOR YOU
016 THIS AIN'T MY FIRST RODEO
017 FREIGHT TRAIN
018 SHUT THE DOOR
019 BOTTLE OF TROUBLE
020 DIS-MOI
021 OKLAHOMA
022 LED TO ME
023 HOW GREAT THOU ART
tracks above issued on album County Road 17




ALBUMS
Tammy Wood-Stephen Drinkwater [CAN] ? Whispers in the Wind:
  Sit Back, It's Over;  Throwing Whiskey Down a Hole;  In My Baby's Arms;  Stars in Your Eyes;  Wheat Fields and Farms; Je Marche Avec Toi;  Happiness in a Jar; Don't Cheat or Tell Me Lies;  Dance Like It's Forever;  Going Home;  Wasted Years;  Whispers in the Wind – 03-04-16
Tammy Wood-Stephen Drinkwater [CAN] ? County Road 17:  County Road 17;  Walked Right on out of My Life;  My Love for You;  This Ain't My First Rodeo;  Freight Train; Shut the Door;  Bottle of Trouble;  Dis-Moi;  Oklahoma;  Led to Me;  How Great Thou Art – 14-07-23