Smokey Warren

 Smokey Warren (John Warianka),  *12-08-1916 Phoeniox, AZ, +30-10-2005
Shorty Warren (Michael Warianka), *15-05-1913, +15- 08-2005
2nd version
by Mario Manciotti, Praguefrank, Steve Hathaway, Henk Scholts, Dagmar Binge, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
1946 New York City – Shorty Warren and His Western Rangers (vcl: Hank Hand [-1], Smoky Warren [-2], Sunshine Trio [-3], Warren Brothers [-4]
000 580A SWEETHEART IN THE ROCKIES -1-3 Yale 580
001 580B DOWN ECHO VALLEY -1-2   Yale 580
W01 581A YOU CAN LAY AN EGG -4 Yale 581
000 581BON A RANCH IN OLD MONTANA -1  Yale 581
000 583A EILEEN -1 583
W02 583B TRAIL TO HER HEART -4 583
Mid 1950 poss. New York City – Shorty Warren and His Western Rangers (vcl: Warren Brothers)
W02a DLG-50344 I THOUGHT SHE WAS A LOCAL (BUT SHE WAS A FAST EXPRESS) London 16027 /HBR 062 BCM CD D 516
W02b DLG-50345 STOP THAT WEDDIN’ 16027/HBR 062
W02c DLG-50346 SOONER OR LATER  16045
W02d DLG-50347 YOU’RE BREAKIN’ THE ONLY HEART (THAT TRULY LOVES YOU) 16045
HILLBILLY RESEARCHER HBR 062 LONDON 16000 SERIES VOL.1 (UK, 2003)
1951 unknown – The Warren Brothers (Shorty Warren, Smokey Warren)
W03 G-933  AIN'T GOT NO TIME Abbey 15043/BACM CD D 516
W04 G-934  HOT ROD WRECK  15043
1951 unknown – The Warren Brothers (Shorty Warren, Smokey Warren)
W05 G-953 POISON LOVE Abbey 15049
W06 G-954 BEFORE YOU BREAK MY HEART  15049
ca Fall 1951 unknown  – Shorty Warren and His Western Rangers (Smoky Warren [vcl-1], Warren Brothers [vcl-2]
001a AC-HB-102 LET OLD MOTHER NATURE HAVE HER WAY -1 Air Check 78-2001/CD D 516
W06a AC-HB-104 CRYING HEART BLUES -2 Air Check 78-2002/CD D 516
AIR CHECK 78-2001, 2002 – EPs by Shorty Warren
1953 unknown, NJ – Smokey Warren
002 I WASN'T FREE ML 2007 Cattle LP-50
003 GOLDEN GATE EXPRESS  Cattle LP-50
004 BACK IN '52  Cattle LP-50
Ca 1953 unknown - Shorty Warren and His Western Rangers (vcl: Warren Brothers)
W07 107B ROSES AND THORNS -2 R-107
1954 unknown - Shirley Winters, Smokey Warren, Shorty Warren and his Western Rangers
005 OVER AND OVER AGAIN Rita R-110B
006 JERSEY CENTRAL SPECIAL Rita R-110B
1955 unknown, NJ – Smokey Warren
007 PRISONER'S DREAM Yale 250/ML 2007  Cattle LP-50 BACM CD D 516
1956 unknown, NJ – Smokey Warren
008 I WONDER WHERE YOU ARE TONIGHT  Cattle LP-50
009 BALL OF FIRE   Yale 250/ML 2007 Cattle LP-50 BACM CD D 516
010 WHERE WAS MY MIND?  ML 2007 Cattle LP-50
1957 unknown, NJ – Smokey Warren
011 LET ME DOWN AGAIN ML 2007 Cattle LP-50
Ca September 1957 poss. Bell Sound Studio, 237 West 54th St., New York City – Smokey Warren
012 12343 PRISONER’S DREAM Roulette 7006 /CD D 516
014 12344 unknown title
013 12345 BALL OF FIRE  Roulette 7006/CD D 516
014 12346 unknown title
1958 unknown, NJ – Smokey Warren
015 SMOKEY'S POLKA –instr.- Yale 250  Cattle LP-50
1958 unknown – Warren Brothers
W08 NECESSARY TO ME Cool 105 /CD D 516
W09 I WONDER WHERE YOU ARE TONIGHT  Cool 105/CD D 516
1958 unknown, NJ – Smokey Warren and Shorty Warren
016 111A SO BAD Flame 111
017 111B YOU’RE GONNA GRIEVE WHEN I LEAVE Flame 111
ca December 1958 unknown – Smokey Warren
018 unknown title
019 SELFISH HEART
ca January 1959 unknown, NJ – Smokey Warren and Dottie Mae
020 none SOMETHIN’ WONDERFUL Y-101
1959 unknown, NJ – Smokey Warren and His Famous Mountain Dew Boys featuring Dottie Mae
021 BONAPART'S RETREAT Yale Y 1000
022 TAKE THESE CHAINS Yale Y 1000
023 I'M TELLING YOU Yale Y 1000
024 AFRAID Yale Y 1000
025 STORY OF MY LIFE Yale Y 1000
026 ALL RIGHT I'LL SIGN THE PAPERS Yale Y 1000
027 OUT BEHIND THE BARN  Yale Y 1000
028 WHERE THE OLD RED RIVER FLOWS [OLD RED RIVER FLOATS *] Yale 226/Y 1000*
029 MAGGIE Yale 226/Y 1000
030 U4KM-8773 RUNNING FROM ANOTHER BROKEN HEART  Yale 227/Y 100
031 U4KM-8774 MARIE Yale 227/Y 1000
1959 unknown, NJ – Smokey Warren
032THE LETTER EDGED IN BLACK  Cattle LP-50
1961 unknown, NJ – Smokey Warren
033 TRUCK DRIVER'S RIDE –instr.-  Yale Y 1000 Cattle LP-50
034 WHEN YOU AND I WERE YOUNG MAGGIE –instr.- Cattle LP-50
ca late November 1962 unknown, NJ – Smokey Warren
035 1036 I DREAMED OF AN OLD LOVE AFFAIR Flamingo 542
036 1037 BALL OF FIRE Flamingo 542
1960s unknown – Smokey Warren (Earl Bateman [calls])
037 DAISEY MAE ROUND Diplomat DS 2609
038 SHAKERAG - OPRY HOEDOWN Diplomat DS 2609  
039 FLATROCK FIDDLER Diplomat DS 2609
040 FOX RUN-A-ROUND Diplomat DS 2609  
041 GOOD OLE' COUNTRY MUSIC Diplomat DS 2609  
042 VIRGINIA BLUES Diplomat DS 2609  
043 SQUARE DANCE TONIGHT Diplomat DS 2609  
044 OLD HEN SQUARE Diplomat DS 2609  
045 TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE Diplomat DS 2609
1964 unknown . Shorty and Smokey Warren featuring Dottie Mae (Shorty Warren, Smokey Warren, Dottie Mae, Harvey Reynolds, Whitey Murphy, Chet Tyler, Jimmy Reinhart, Barney Horn, Toothless Twins)
046 FRANKIE AND JOHNNY Riccio LPR1001
047 RED RIVER VALLEY Riccio LPR1001
048 DOWN IN THE VALLEY Riccio LPR1001
049 DEAR EVELINA Riccio LPR1001
050 WABASH CANNONBALL Riccio LPR1001
051 OLD RIGGED CROSS Riccio LPR1001
052 OLD SOUTHERN HOME Riccio LPR1001
053 COWBOY JACK Riccio LPR1001
054 LETTER EDGED IN BLACK Riccio LPR1001
055 LONESOME ROAD BLUES Riccio LPR1001  
ca 1979 Trans Audio Studios, ?, NJ – Smokey Warren and Dottie Mae (Smokey Warren [vcl/gt], Dottie Mae [vcl], Bobby Bonk [ld gt], Tony Richards [steel], Steve Petrella [bass/harmonica], Blackie Summers [fiddle], Ed Goldberg [piano]. Produced by Real Associates)
056 JERSEY CENTRAL SPECIAL Real Associates LP-7079  
057 BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN Real Associates LP-7079  
058 IF TEARDROPS WERE PENNIES Real Associates LP-7079  
059 KEYS IN THE MAILBOX Real Associates LP-7079  
060 THERE HE GOES Real Associates LP-7079  
061 WALK RIGHT BACK Real Associates LP-7079  
062 HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO YODEL Real Associates LP-7079  
063 LOOSE TALK Real Associates LP-7079  
064 ONE ROSE Real Associates LP-7079  
065 TEXAS WHEN I DIE Real Associates LP-7079  
066 NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW Real Associates LP-7079  
067 BORIK’S BOUNCE Real Associates LP-7079  
Discography is probably incomplete




ALBUMS
Mountain [CAN] ML.2007 Smokey Warren’s Country Music Review: Prisoner’s Dream [1]; China Doll [2]; Ball Of Fire [1]; Necessary To Me [2]; Where Was My Mind? [1]; A Good Man Is Hard To Find [2]; I Wasn’t Free [1]; Sugar Doll [2]; Let Me Down Again [1]; Written On The Sidewalk [2] - 6- Smokey Warren [1], Dottie Mae [2]
Yale Y-1000 Yea ! Smokey - Eastern King Of Western Swing: Old Red River Floats; Bonapart's Retreat; Maggie; Take These Chains; I'm Telling You; Another Broken Heart; Marie;‘ Afraid; Truck Drivers Ride; Story Of My Life; All Right I'll Sign The Papers Out Behind The Bard – 6-
Riccio LPR 1001 Riccio Records Presents Shorty And Smokey Warren Featuring Dottie Mae/ Country Music Standards: Frankie And Johnny; Red River Valley; Down In The Valley; Dear Evelina; Wabash Cannonball; Old Rigged Cross;  Old Southern Home; Cowboy Jack; Letter Edged In Black; Lonesome Road Blues – 64 (MX: RR4M-5091/2)
Diplomat D/DS 2609 Daisy Mae Round / Smokey Warren’s Square Dances: Daisey Mae Round; Shakerag - Opry Hoedown; Flatrock Fiddler; Fox Run-A-Round; Good Ole' Country Music; Virginia Blues; Square Dance Tonight; Old Hen Square; Trail Of The Lonesome Pine – ca 66 (calls by Earl Bateman)
Yale 250 Yale Records Presents Smokey Warren The "Ball Of Fire“: Ball Of Fire (Smokey); Good Man Is Hard To Find (Dottie Mae); Southern Home (Shorty and Smokey); Reynolds Waltz (Harvey Reynolds); Barbara Waltz (Instrumental); Letter Edged In Black (Smokey); Jersey Central Special (Shorty); Cowboy Jack (Dottie Mae); Prisoners Dream (Smokey); Sittin' And Thinkin' (Jerry Hatton); Smokey's Polka (Instrumental); Old Love Affair (Shorty) – 05-68
Real Associates LP-7079 The Best Of Smokey Warren and Dottie Mae: Jersey Central Special; Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain; If Teardrops Were Pennies; Keys in the Mailbox; There He Goes; Walk Right Back; He Taught Me How to Yodel; Loose Talk; One rose; Texas When I Die; No One Will Ever Know; Borik’s Bounce – ca 79
Cattle LP-50 The Eastern King Of Western Swing: I Wonder Where You Are Tonight; Prisoner's Dream; Ball Of Fire; Where Was My Mind?; I Wasn't Free; Let Me Down Again; Truck Driver's Ride (Inst.); The Letter Edged In Black; When You And I Were Young Maggie (Inst.); Golden Gate Express; Back In '52; Smokey's Polka – 83
BACM [UK] CD D 516 Warren Brothers/ Shorty And Smokey And The Western Rangers: Hillbilly Heart;  Ding Dong Polka;  Ain't Got The Time;  Hot Rod Wreck;  I Thought She Was Local (But She Was A Fast Express);  Stop That Weddin';  Please Have A Talk With Your Heart;  Arizona; I Still Have A Picture Of You;  (It's Too Late) I Found Somebody Else; Jersey Central Special; Over And Over Again;  She's Gone, Gone, Gone;  25 Chickens-35 Cows;  Wondering;  Always Late; Give Me More; Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way; Slow Poke; Mom And Dad's Waltz; It's No Secret What God Can Do; Hey Good Lookin'; Silver And Gold; Too Old To Cut The Mustard; Crying Heart Blues; Bundle Of Southern Sunshine; Necessary To Me; I Wonder Where You Are Tonight; Prisoner's Dream; Ball Of Fire – 02-16

SINGLES
Yale (1946) Shorty Warren and His Western Rangers
580 Sweetheart In The Rockies [Hank Hand and The Sunshine Trio] / Down Echo Valley [Hank Hand and Smoky Warren] – 46  
581 You Can Lay An Egg [Warrern Brothers] / On A Ranch In Old Montana [Hank Hand] - 46
583 Eileen [Hank Hand]  Trail To Her Heart [Warren Brothers]– 47
London (1950) Shorty Warren and His Western Rangers, vcl by Warren Brothers
16027 I Thought She Was A Local (But She Was a Fast Express) / Stop That Wedding  - 50 (rev. July 8)
16045 Sooner Or Later / You’re Breakin’ The Only Heart (That Truly Loves You) – 12-50 (rev Dec. 16)
Abbey (1951) Warren Brothers
15043  Hot Rod Wreck / Ain't Got No Time  -51
15049 Poison Love / Before You Break My Heart - 51
Rita (1954)
R-110B Over And Over Again / Jersey Central Special – 08-54 (rev. Aug. 21) Shirley Winters, Smokey Warren, Shorty Warren and his Western Rangers
Roulette (1958)
RCW-7006 Prisoner’s Dream / Ball Of Fire - 58
Cool (1958)
105 Necessary To Me / I Wonder Where You Are Tonight – 58 Warren Brothers
Flame (1958)
111 So Bad / You’re Gonna Grieve When I Leave – 20-11-58 w. Shorty Warren (rev. Apr. 13)
Yale (1959-)
Y-101 Sugar Doll [Dottie Mae] / Somethin' Wonderful [Dottie Mae and Smokey] – 03-59  (rev. March 23)
226 Where The Old Red River Flows / Maggie - 67
227 Running From Another Broken Heart / Marie – 67 w. Dottie Mae
Flamingo (1962)
542 I Dreamed Of An Old Love Affair / Ball of Fire – 01-63 (rev. Feb. 2)