Friday, February 9, 2024

New North Carolina Ramblers

 by Praguefrank
SESSIONS

1972 field recordings – Gray Craig  and The New North Carolina Ramblers
001 RUN BOY, RUN!    LEA 4040
002 POLECAT BLUES    LEA 4040
003 OLD JOE CLARK    LEA 4040
004 WALKING IN MY SLEEP    LEA 4040
005 GREENFIELDS    LEA 4040
006 FOURTEEN DAYS IN GEORGIA  LEA 4040
LEADER LEA 4040 NORTH CAROLINA BOYS (UK, 1972)
2007 Monkeyclaus Recording Studio, Roseland, VA – The New North Carolina Ramblers
(Darren Moore [vcl/gt/ autoharp],Jeremy Stephens [gt/autoharp/banjo/fiddle],Kinney Rorrer [vcl/banjo], Kirk Sutphin [banjo/fiddle], Kinney Rorrer [banjo])
007 SILVER TRUMPET OB 703   
008 COTTON MILL BLUES OB 703   
009 JUBILO OB 703   
010 RICHMOND OB 703  
011 IT'S A ROUGH ROAD TO GEORGIA OB 703  
012 SWEET FREEDOM OB 703   
013 THE RECKLESS MOTORMAN OB 703   
014 FLYING CLOUDS OB 703   
015 ITALIAN WALTZ OB 703   
016 MILWAUKEE BLUES OB 703  
017 LYNCHBURG TOWN OB 703  
018 THE BLUEFIELD MURDERS OB 703   
019 I CAN NOT BE YOUR SWEETHEART OB 703   
020 ANCHORED IN LOVE OB 703   
021 FORTUNE OB 703   
022 SWEET SUNNY SOUTH OB 703  
023 CHARLES GITEAU OB 703   
024 FOURTEEN DAYS IN GEORGIA OB 703  
025 SWEET SIXTEEN OB 703   
026 BIRDIE OB 703   
027 WHITE HOUSE BLUES OB 703  
028 THE WRECK OF THE VIRGINIAN #3 OB 703   
029 CLIMBING UP THE GOLDEN STAIRS OB 703   
030 RODES DIVISION OB 703   
2009 Eastwood Studios, 1137 Oak St., Cana, VA – The New North Carolina Ramblers
Darren Moore [vcl/gt/autoharp], Jeremy Stephens [vcl/gt/fiddle], Kirk Sutphin [gt/banjo],
031 RAGTIME ANNIE OB 704  
032 GOLDEN SLIPPERS OB 704  
033 AUNT DINAH'S QUILTING PARTY OB 704
034 FADED COAT OF BLUE OB 704  
035 BACK TO THE BLUE RIDGE OB 704
036 THE GREAT REAPING DAY OB 704
037 THERE'S A MOTHER OLD AND GREY WHO NEEDS ME NOW OB 704  
038 FANNY HILL OB 704  
039 LEAVING HOME OB 704  
040 HELLO STRANGER OB 704
041 STONY FORK OB 704  
042 YOU AIN'T TALKING TO ME OB 704  
043 THE MURDER OF THE LAWSON FAMILY OB 704  
044 NO DEPRESSION IN HEAVEN OB 704  
045 BROOKSIE OB 704  
046 GOOD-BY MAGGIE, GOOD-BY DARLING OB 704  
047 WHEN THE WORLD'S ON FIRE OB 704  
048 GOOD NIGHT WALTZ OB 704  
049 YOUNG FREDA BOLT OB 704  
050 CHINESE BREAKDOWN OB 704  
051 GYPSY GIRL OB 704  
052 MOTHER'S FAREWELL KISS OB 704  
053 THE FUN IS ALL OVER OB 704  
054 SAD AND LONESOME DAY OB 704
055 DEVILISH MARY OB 704  - 09
2010 [live] unknown – The New North Carolina Ramblers
05501 OPENING AT THE HERITAGE HALL OF OLD-TIME MUSIC OB 706  
05502 MY NAME IS JOHN JOHANNA OB 706  
05503 TEXAS GALS OB 706
05504 THE FATE OF DEWEY LEE OB 706  
05505 ALABAMA GALS OB 706
05506 DAN CARTER WALTZ OB 706  
05507 DON'T LET YOUR DEAL GO DOWN BLUES OB 706  
05508 BALTIMORE FIRE OB 706  
05509 WILL YOU MISS ME WHEN I'M GONE OB 706  
05510 HICKMAN RAG OB 706  
05511 AFTER THE BALL OB 706  
05512 ROUND TOWN GALS OB 706  
05513 IN A COTTAGE BY THE SEA OB 706  
05514 THE LETTER THAT NEVER CAME OB 706  
05515 SANDY RIVER BELLE OB 706  
05516 UNDER THE DOUBLE EAGLE OB 706  
05517 WEARY PRODIGAL SON OB 706  
05518 THE WRECK OF THE C+O SPORTSMAN OB 706  
05519 MISSISSIPPI SAWYER OB 706
05520 YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS OB 706  
2013 unknown – The New North Carolina Ramblers
056 HONEYSUCKLE OB 712
057 HUNGRY HASH HOUSE OB 712
058 THERE'LL COME A TIME OB 712
059 THE MAN FROM TENNESSEE OB 712
060 GOODBY MARY DEAR OB 712
061 THE HIGHWAY MAN OB 712
062 GOODBY BOOZE OB 712
063 TAKE A DRINK ON ME OB 712
064 BUDDED ROSES OB 712
065 ONE MOONLIGHT NIGHT OB 712
066 IF I LOSE, I DON'T CARE OB 712
067 LEAVING DEAR OLD IRELAND OB 712
068 MY WIFE WENT AWAY AND LEFT ME OB 712
069 BILL MASON OB 712
070 MAY I SLEEP IN YOUR BARN TONIGHT OB 712
071 THE ONLY GIRL I EVER LOVED OB 712
072 OLD AND ONLY IN THE WAY OB 712
073 A MOTHER'S PLEA FOR HER SON OB 712
074 WHAT IS A HOME WITHOUT BABIES OB 712
075 I ONCE LOVED A SAILOR OB 712
076 I'M THE MAN WHO RODE THE MULE 'ROUND THE WORLD OB 712
077 MEDLEY (FLYING CLOUDS, FORKS OF SANDY, TOO YOUNG TO MARRY) OB 712




ALBUMS
Old Blue OB 703 Cotton Mill Blues:
Silver Trumpet;  Cotton Mill Blues;  Jubilo;  Richmond;  It's a Rough Road to Georgia;  Sweet Freedom;  The Reckless Motorman;  Flying Clouds;  Italian Waltz;  Milwaukee Blues;  Lynchburg Town;  The Bluefield Murders;  I Can Not Be Your Sweetheart;  Anchored in Love;  Fortune;  Sweet Sunny South;  Charles Giteau;  Fourteen Days in Georgia;  Sweet Sixteen;  Birdie;  White House Blues;  The Wreck of the Virginian #3;  Climbing Up The Golden Stairs;  Rodes Division – 07
Old Blue OB-CD-704 Four and a Half:  Ragtime Annie;  Golden Slippers;  Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party; Faded Coat of Blue;  Back to the Blue Ridge; The Great Reaping Day; There's a Mother Old and Grey Who Needs Me Now;  Fanny Hill;  Leaving Home;  Hello Stranger;  Stony Fork;  You Ain't Talking to Me;  The Murder of the Lawson Family;  No Depression in Heaven;  Brooksie;  Good-by Maggie, Good-by Darling;  When the World's on Fire;  Good Night Waltz;  Young Freda Bolt;  Chinese Breakdown;  Gypsy Girl;  Mother's Farewell Kiss;  The Fun is All Over;  Sad and Lonesome Day;  Devilish Mary - 09
Old Blue OB-CD-706 Live and Lively: Opening at the Heritage Hall of Old-Time Music;  My Name is John Johanna;  Texas Gals;  The Fate of Dewey Lee;  Alabama Gals;  Dan Carter Waltz;  Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Blues;  Baltimore Fire;  Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone;  Hickman Rag;  After The Ball;  Round Town Gals;  In A Cottage by the Sea;  The Letter That Never Came;  Sandy River Belle;  Under the Double Eagle;  Weary Prodigal Son;  The Wreck of the C+O Sportsman;  Mississippi Sawyer; Yellow Rose of Texas – 13-12-10
Old Blue OB-CD-712 A Tribute To Charlie Poole: Honeysuckle; Hungry Hash House; There'll Come a Time; The Man from Tennessee; Goodby Mary Dear; The Highway Man; Goodby Booze; Take a Drink On Me; Budded Roses; One Moonlight Night; If I Lose, I Don't Care; Leaving Dear Old Ireland; My Wife Went Away and Left Me; Bill Mason; May I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight; The Only Girl I Ever Loved; Old and Only in the Way; A Mother's Plea for Her Son; What Is a Home Without Babies; I Once Loved a Sailor; I'm the Man Who Rode the Mule 'round the World; Medley (Flying Clouds, Forks of Sandy, Too Young to Marry) – 06-06-13



Backwoods Bluegrass Band / Backwoods

 by Praguefrank
SESSIONS  

2015 unknown, IN - The Backwoods Bluegrass Band (Aaron Tackett [vcl/gt], Joe East [vcl/gt], Sarah McCullough [vcl/banjo],  Austin Harper [vcl/mandolin], Rusty Collier [bass] + Ron Stewart [fiddle/gt])
001 SADIE'S GOT HER NEW DRESS ON
002 JUST AS LONG AS YOU LOVE ME
003 ANGELINE THE BAKER
004 GONNA BE MOVIN'
005 WHITE FREIGHTLINER
006 I'VE WAITED AS LONG AS I CAN
007 THERE IS YOU
008 RECORD BOOK
009 PRAYER BELLS OF HEAVEN
010 SOME CALL IT HEAVEN
011 SOLID ROCK
012 HALLELUJAH I'M READY
Tracks above issued on album As Long As I Can
2016 unknown, IN - The Backwoods Bluegrass Band
Unknown tracks for album Revival
Summer 2022 unknown, IN – The Backwoods (Joe East [vcl/gt], Austin Harper [vcl/mandolin], Sarah Stewart [vcl/banjo], Rusty Collier [bass])
025 LOVE BUG
026 RAMBLIN' FEVER
027 SOUTHERN TRAIN
028 ROCK HEARTS
029 HE LIFTS ME HIGHER
030 SOLD (THE GRUNDY COUNTY AUCTION INCIDENT)
031 SOMEDAY SOON
032 LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE FOR JESUS
033 MY WALKING SHOES
034 SUGAR COATED LOVE
035 I'M GOING THAT WAY
036 WHERE THERE'S A ROAD
Tracks above issued on album Southern Train

ALBUMS
Backwoods Bluegrass Band no #
As Long As I Can: Sadie's Got Her New Dress on; Just As Long As You Love Me; Angeline the Baker; Gonna Be Movin'; White Freightliner; I've Waited As Long As I Can; There Is You; Record Book; Prayer Bells of Heaven; Some Call It Heaven; Solid Rock;    Hallelujah I'm Ready – 07-01-16
Backwoods Bluegrass Band no # Revival: (tracks uknown) - 17
Backwoods Music ? Southern Train:  Love Bug;  Ramblin' Fever; Southern Train;  Rock Hearts;  He Lifts Me Higher;  Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident);  Someday Soon;  Let Your Light Shine for Jesus;  My Walking Shoes; Sugar Coated Love;  I'm Going That Way; Where There's a Road -  11-03-23


Tommy Atwood

 by Praguefrank
SESSIONS
also member of The Florida Boys
1972 Goodman Sound Studios,  Tommy Atwood (+ Eddie Cook, Aaron Wilburn, Larry Strzelecki, Jim Dumas, Jack Smith, Rick Goodman. Producer: Eddie Crook)
001 THE NIGHT I KNELT TO PRAY HAR 1013-LP  
002 HIS RETURN HAR 1013-LP
003 I WILL SERVE THEE HAR 1013-LP
004 ARE YOU WASHED IN THE BLOOD HAR 1013-LP  
005 I SEE JESUS HAR 1013-LP   
006 JOY IN THE MORNING HAR 1013-LP  
007 BLOOD WAS SHED HAR 1013-LP
008 CRYING IN THE GARDEN HAR 1013-LP  
009 LET ME CLING HAR 1013-LP   
010 MY HEAVENLY FATHER HAR 1013-LP  
1973 Goodman Sound Studios,  Tommy Atwood (+ Eddie Cook, Aaron Wilburn, Steve Chapman, Jim Dumas, Jack Smith, Rick Goodman. Producer: Eddie Crook)
011 I’M GONNA LEAVE MY TROUBLES ON THIS SIDE OF THE RIVER HAR 1018 LPS
012 THEN I MET JESUS HAR 1018 LPS
013 OLD FASHION LOVE HAR 1018 LPS
014 LIGHTBHOUSE HAR 1018 LPS
015 SOMEBODY TOUCHED ME HAR 1018 LPS
016 LIFE’S DARK ROAD HAR 1018 LPS
017 DO WE REALLY HAVE A BURDEN HAR 1018 LPS
018 ANYWHERE IN HOME HAR 1018 LPS
019 THANK GOD I’M NOT THE MAN HAR 1018 LPS
020 HE’S TAKING GOOD CARE OF ME HAR 1018 LPS  
1975 unknown – Tommy Atwood
021 SING THIS SONG PLP 1708
022 I KNOW HE'S THERE PLP 1708  
023 ROOM AT THE CROSS PLP 1708  
024 THE SON HATH MADE ME FREE PLP 1708  
025 HE SEES ME PLP 1708
026 OVER THE NEXT HILL PLP 1708  
027 JUST OVER IN THE GLORYLAND PLP 1708  
028 ONLY YOU PLP 1708  
029 I WILL TRADE THE OLD CROSS PLP 1708  
030 WHEN GOD DIPS HIS LOVE IN MY HEART PLP 1708  
Ca 1977 Hilltop Recording Studios, 902 Due West Ave., Nashville, TN – Tommy Atwood (Tommy Atwood [vcl], Leo Jackson [rh gt], Jack Eubanks [ld gt], Jim Baker [steel], Bill Humble [bass], DJ Fontana [drums], Bunky Keels [piano]. Producer: Ronnie Drake)
031 I KNOW THERE IS A GOD TA 7702  
032 UNAFRAID TA 7702
033 I WILL FOLLOW TA 7702
034 IN AN OLD FOLKS HOME TA 7702  
035 LOVE I THOUGHT I’D NEVER HAVE TA 7702
036 I’M ON MY WAY TA 7702  
037 TAKE THE TIME TA 7702
038 MY GOD IS REAL TA 7702
039 SONGS I REMEMBER MOTHER SINGING TA 7702  
040 JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE TA 7702


ALBUMS
Harvest HAR 1013-LP God Opens A Door:
The Night I Knelt To Pray; His Return; I will Serve Thee; Are You Washed In The Blood;  I See Jesus;  Joy In The Morning; Blood Was Shed; Crying in The Garden; Let Me Cling;  My Heavenly Father – 72
Harvest HAR 1018-LP Tommy Atwood Sings About This Side of The River: I’m Gonna Leave My Troubles On This Side of The River; Then I Met Jesus; Old Fashion Love; Lightbhouse; Somebody Touched Me; Life’s Dark Road; Do We Really Have a Burden; Anywhere In Home; Thank God I’m Not The Man; He’s Taking Good Care of Me - 73
Pyramid PLP 1708 Sing This Song!: Sing This Song; I Know He's There; Room At The Cross; The Son Hath Made Me Free; He Sees Me; Over The Next Hill; Just Over In The Gloryland; Only You; I Will Trade The Old Cross; When God Dips His Love In My Heart – 75
Sonlight TA 7702 Tommy Atwood: I Know There Is A God; Unafraid; I Will Follow; In An Old Folks Home; Love I Thought I’d Never Have; I’m On My Way; Take The Time; My God Is Real; Songs I Remember Mother Singing; Just a Closer Walk With Thee – 77?

Castellows

 by Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2023 Darkhorse Recording Studio, Franklin, TN – The Castellows (Lilian Balkcom [vcl], Eleanor Balkcom [vcl/ld gt], Powell Balkcom [banjo/bck vcl] + Jerry McPherson [el gt], Steve Mackey [bass],Jerry Roe [drums/percussion], Andy Leftwich [fiddle]. Producer: Trina Shoemaker)
001 A LITTLE GOES A LONG WAY
002 HEARTLINE HILL
003 THE PART WHERE YOU BREAK MY HEART
004 NO. 7 ROAD
005 COWBOY KIND OF LOVE
006 HURRICANE
007 I KNOW IT’LL NEVER END
Tracks above issued on EP A Little Goes a Long Way


EPs
Henry-Dixon Line / Warner ? A Little Goes A Long Way:  A Little Goes A Long Way;  Heartline Hill;  The Part Where You Break My Heart;  No. 7 Road;  Cowboy Kind of Love;  Hurricane;  I Know It’ll Never End – 09-02-24