Carolina Drifters

 by Praguefrank
SESSIONS
Summer 1953 unknown - The Carolina Drifters
001 6396 DON‘T MONKEY AROUND MY WIDDER  X 78
002 6397 PART OF MY HEART IS MISSING  X 78


SINGLES
4-Star
X 78 Don't Monkey Round My Widder / Part Of My Heart Is Missing – 05-54 (rev. May 8)

Peter Solmes

 by Praguefrank
SESSIONS  
1984 unknown, ON, CAN – Peter Paul Solmes
001 HOUSE WITHOUT YOU SSR 002
002 SHE'S THE QUEEN OF...  SSR 002
1985 unknown, ON, CAN – Peter Solmes
003 LONGBOAT KEY BA 225
004 HOUSE WITHOUT YOU BA 225
1996 poss. Ambassador Records, 185 Oshawa Blvd. South, Oshawa, ON, CAN – Peter Solmes
005 MIDNIGHT RUN ARC 96150  
006 AIN'T THEM WEEKENDS FUN ARC 96150  
007 CANADIAN TRADITION ARC 96150  
008 A HOUSE, BUT WITHOUT YOU ARC 96150
009 QUEEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC ARC 96150
010 I LOVE COUNTRY LIFE ARC 96150  
011 TOMMY AND ME ARC 96150  
012 TRANS CANADA HIGHWAY ARC 96150  
013 SAILOR AND THE GIRL ARC 96150
014 ROLLIN' INTO EDMONTON ARC 96150  
015 OUT ON PRESQU'ÎLE BAY ARC 96150
016 HEAL THYSELF, O CANADA ARC 96150
017 THE LORD'S PRAYER ARC 96150  
018 UNCLOUDED DAY ARC 96150
1999 Ambassador Records, 185 Oshawa Blvd. South, Oshawa, ON, CAN – Peter Solmes (Peter Solmes [vcl/rh gt/ keyboards/ mandolin/ bass], Joe Howe [ld/rh gt], Tom Mark [dobro], Paul Evans [steel],  Bill Lintner [bass], June Eikhard /Paul Helleur [fiddle], Kimberley Paulsen, Frank Woodcock [bck vcl]. Produecer: Peter Solmes and Paul Evans)
019 O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM
020 THE HURON CAROL
021 OLD FASHIONED CHRISTMAS
022 SNOW ON CHRISTMAS MORNING
023 CHRISTMAS DAY
024 TRUCKIN' HOME CHRISTMAS NIGHT
025 HOW I LOVE A COUNTRY CHRISTMAS
026 CHRISTMAS AWAY
027 GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN
028 WHAT CHILD IS THIS
029 BEING HERE WITH YOU
+ possibly one or more unknown tracks for album The Many Moods Of Christmas
2000 poss. Ambassador Records, 185 Oshawa Blvd. South, Oshawa, ON, CAN – Peter Solmes
033 LAKE ONTARIO MORN
034 BEN KERR
035 BLACK DONNOLLYS
036 SUDBURY SHUFFLE
037 RIDIN' ON THE NORTHERN LINE
038 NEWFOUNDLAND, IT'S JUST LIKE HOME
039 BALLAD OF ST. ANNE'S REEL
040 SILENT HARBOUR
041 MARITIME OPUS: O'RE  THE MOOR AND HEATHER /  NEW RIGGED SHIPS / FAREWELL TO NOVA SCOTIA
042 WILD ROCKIES WILLY
043 IN THE OKANAGAN
044 COYOTE CRYING
045 FREE WITH THE WHALES
046 GOIN' TO THE FIDDLEFEST
047 COULD I WALK YOU HOME
048 LONE TRAIN CALLING
Tracks above issued on album Home and Away
2001 poss. Ambassador Records, 185 Oshawa Blvd. South, Oshawa, ON, CAN – Peter Solmes
049 STORIES OF PRESQU'ILE
050 OUT ON PRESQU'ILE BAY
051 LAKE ONTARIO MORN
052 THE PRESQU'ILE PAVILION
053 BEN KERR (THE RUM RUNNER)
054 BIRDS
055 THE BAY OF QUINTE WALTZ
056 WAVE SUMMER BYE, BYE
057 APPLEFEST HOEDOWN
058 THE SPEEDY
059 APPLEFEST IN BRIGHTON
060 GOING TO PRESQU'ILE
Tracks above issued on album Stories Of Presqu‘ile
2003 poss. Ambassador Records, 185 Oshawa Blvd. South, Oshawa, ON, CAN – Peter Solmes (Peter Solmes [vcl/gt], : Doug Deveaux [gt], Joe Howe  [gt],  Tom Mark [dobro], Al Brisco / Paul Evans [steel], June Eikhard [fiddle], Anita Perras, Frank Woodcock [bck vcl])
061 BUS WHEELS KEEP ROLLIN‘
062 STEEL MAN
063 WHERE THE BOW RIVER FLOWS
064 LATELY
065 DREAMIN‘ OF YOU
066 JENNY
067 WHIGHT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
068 SELKIRK GIRL
069 THE TRAIN DOESN’S STOP HERE ANYMORE
070 CANTINA EL GRANDE
071 THE GHOST DANCED
072 MORNIN‘ TRAIN
073 DARLIN‘ CLEMENTINE
Tracks above issued on album The Way West
2000s?  poss. Ambassador Records, 185 Oshawa Blvd. South, Oshawa, ON, CAN – Peter Solmes
074 HERE'S TO THE LADIES
075 LOVELY LADY
076 MILK WITH COOKIES
077 SOCCER MOM BOOGIE
078 FANTASY WALTZ
079 SHANNONVILLE ROAD
080 DREAM WORLD
081 I KNOW THAT IT'S OVER
082 EVERYBODY SAYS IT'S LOVE
083 SHADOW DANCING
084 PIRATE AND THE LADY
085 A HOUSE WITHOUT YOU
Tracks above issued on album Here’s To The Ladies
2000s?  poss. Ambassador Records, 185 Oshawa Blvd. South, Oshawa, ON, CAN – Peter Solmes
086 GOING BACK TO BERMUDA
087 FROGS AND CRICKETS
088 BERMUDA’S TRIANGLE OF LOVE
089 AT THE SWIZZLE INN
090 OCEAN WINDS
091 SUNSET AT CASTLE POINT
092 ROAD MOSQUITO
093 HURRICANE’S PASSING
094 LONGTAIL SHORE
095 A SAILOR’S BERMUDA LAMENT
096 FREE WITH THE WHALES
097 FAREWELL TO BERMUDA –
Tracks above issued on album Going Back To Bermuda
2000s?  poss. Ambassador Records, 185 Oshawa Blvd. South, Oshawa, ON, CAN – Peter Solme (Peter Solmes [vcl/gt/ bass], Doug Deveaux [gt], Joe Howe [gt], Bill Lintner [gt], Tom Mark [dobro], Al Brisco/ Paul Evans [steel], June Eikhard [fiddle], Anita Perras, Frank Woodcock, Kimberly Paulse [bck vcl])
098 COUNTRY GOSPEL TRAIN
099 UNCLOUDED DAY
100 CHURCH IN THE VALLEY
101 GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN
102 ON A CALVARY HILL
103 WAYFARING STRANGER
104 PROMISED LAND
105 THE PATH OF THE LORD
106 WEATHER THE STORM
107 THE LORD’S PRAYER - THE BENEDICTION
Tracks above issued on album Country Gospel Train
2008  poss. Ambassador Records, 185 Oshawa Blvd. South, Oshawa, ON, CAN – Peter Solmes (Peter Solmes [vcl/gt/ bass], Doug Deveaux [gt], Paul Evans [steel],  Randy Morrison [fiddle], Frank Woodcock [bck vcl])
108 THE BALLAD OF SARAH ANNE
109 WALKIN' DOWN A COUNTRY ROAD
110  MY SWEET SIMCOE GIRL
111 THE MAN AND THE TRACTOR
112 BUSH PILOT
113 HERE'S TO CHEF ADAMS
114 THE BELLE AND THE BOY
115 THE REBELLION
116 COTTAGE CLOSING TIME
117 PIRATES OF THE LAKE
118 LAKES AND EVERGREENS
119 BY THE LAKE HONKY TONK BAND
Tracks above issued on album Ontario Tales
2011  poss. Ambassador Records, 185 Oshawa Blvd. South, Oshawa, ON, CAN – Peter Solmes (Peter Solmes [vcl/gt/ keyboards], Tom Mark [gt/slide gt], Clayton Mark [gt/ slide gt], Randy Morrison [mandolin/fiddle], Paul Evans [steel], Frank Woodcock [bck vcl])
120 AFTER SIXTY YEARS
121 AT THE HARVEST BALL
122 DON MESSER TRIBUTE
123 TOMMY AND ME
124 IT’S HOCKEY AND BEER
125 THERE SHE WAITS
126 GASPÉ SUMMER CRUISE
127 WALLY THE WHALE
128 GIRL FROM CHARLOTTETOWN
129 AIN’T THEM WEEKENDS FUN
130 I LOVE COUNTRY LIFE
131 SUMMER IN A LAKESIDE TOWN
132 LONE WOLF RIDER
Tracks above issued on album Canadian Tales
2015  poss. Ambassador Records, 185 Oshawa Blvd. South, Oshawa, ON, CAN – Peter Solme
133 A CANADIAN TRADITION
134 ALONE IN THE WIND
135  BIG IRON WHEELS
136 COFFEE AND PIE
137 DANCE IN THE OLD FASHIONED WAY
138  DANCING THROUGH LIFE WITH YOU
139 GHOST OF A CHANCE
140 HURRICANE SURVIVOR
141 PUT ANOTHER QUARTER IN THE JUKEBOX
142 OLD TIMER'S WALTZ
143 SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD
144 TOO COLD FOR TEARS
145 TWILIGHT AND REALITY
Tracks above issued on album Thoughts On Line




ALBUMS
Ambassador [CAN] ARC 96150 A Canadian Heart: Midnight Run; Ain't Them Weekends Fun; Canadian Tradition; A House, But Without You; Queen Of Country Music; I Love Country Life; Tommy And Me; Trans Canada Highway; Sailor And The Girl; Rollin' Into Edmonton; Out On Presqu'Île Bay; Heal Thyself, O Canada; The Lord's Prayer; Unclouded Day - 96
Ambassador [CAN] ? The Many Moods Of  Christmas: (tracks unknown) – 11-99
Ambassador [CAN] ? Home And Away: Lake Ontario Morn; Ben Kerr; Black Donnollys; Sudbury Shuffle; Ridin' On The Northern Line; Newfoundland, It's Just Like Home; Ballad Of St. Anne's Reel; Silent Harbour; Maritime Opus: O're [Sic] The Moor And Heather ; New Rigged Ships ; Farewell To Nova Scotia; Wild Rockies Willy; In The Okanagan; Coyote Crying; Free With The Whales; Goin' To The Fiddlefest; Could I Walk You Home; Lone Train Calling - 00
Ambassador [CAN] ? Stories Of Presqu'ile: Stories Of Presqu'ile; Out On Presqu'ile Bay; Lake Ontario Morn; The Presqu'ile Pavilion; Ben Kerr (The Rum Runner); Birds; The Bay Of Quinte Waltz; Wave Summer Bye, Bye; Applefest Hoedown; The Speedy; Applefest In Brighton; Going To Presqu'ile – 01
Ambassador [CAN] ? The Way West / A Classic Country View: Bus Wheels Keep Rollin‘; Steel Man; Where The Bow River Flows; Lately; Dreamin‘ Of You; Jenny; Whight Might Have Been; Selkirk Girl; The Train Doesn’s Stop Here Anymore; Cantina El Grande; The Ghost Danced; Mornin‘ Train; Darlin‘ Clementine – 03
Ambassador [CAN] ? Here's To The Ladies: Here's To The Ladies;  Lovely Lady;  Milk With Cookies;  Soccer Mom Boogie;  Fantasy Waltz;  Shannonville Road;  Dream World; I Know That It's Over; Everybody Says It's Love;  Shadow Dancing;  Pirate And The Lady;  A House Without You – 0-
Ambassador [CAN] ? Going Back To Bermuda: Going Back to Bermuda; Frogs and Crickets; Bermuda’s Triangle of Love; At The Swizzle Inn; Ocean Winds; Sunset at Castle Point; Road Mosquito; Hurricane’s Passing; Longtail Shore;  A Sailor’s Bermuda Lament;  Free With The Whales;  Farewell To Bermuda – 0-?
Ambassador [CAN] ? Country Gospel Train: : Country Gospel Train;  Unclouded Day;  Church In The Valley;  Go Tell It On The Mountain; On A Calvary Hill;  Wayfaring Stranger ; Promised Land; The Path Of The Lord; Weather The Storm; The Lord’s Prayer - The Benediction - ?
Ambassador [CAN] ? Ontario Tales: The Ballad of Sarah Anne;  Walkin' Down A Country Road;  My Sweet Simcoe Girl;  The Man and The Tractor;  Bush Pilot;  Here's To Chef Adams;  The Belle and The Boy;  The Rebellion;  Cottage Closing Time;  Pirates Of The Lake; Lakes and Evergreens;  By The Lake Honky Tonk Band - 08
Ambasaador [CAN] ? Canadian Tales: After Sixty Years; At The Harvest Ball;  Don Messer Tribute; Tommy and Me;  It’s Hockey and Beer;  There She Waits;  Gaspé Summer Cruise; Wally The Whale;  Girl From Charlottetown; Ain’t Them Weekends Fun; i Love Country Life;  Summer In A Lakeside Town;  Lone Wolf Rider – 04-12-11
Ambassador [CAN] ? Thoughts On Life: A Canadian Tradition;  Alone In The Wind;  Big Iron Wheels;  Coffee And Pie;  Dance In The Old Fashioned Way;  Dancing Through Life With You;  Ghost Of A Chance;  Hurricane Survivor;  Put Another Quarter In The Jukebox; Old Timer's Waltz;  Somewhere Down The Road;  Too Cold For Tears;  Twilight And Reality - 15

SINGLES
Search For A Star [CAN]
SSR 002 House Without You / She's The Queen Of...– 84 Peter Paul Solmes
Bel Air [CAN]
BA 225 Longboat Key / House Without You – 85

Avery Gabbard (and The Cumberland Mountain Boys)

 *29-12-1936 Jackson County, KY, +27-07-2022
by Praguefrank, Milos Holecek
SESSIONS also member of Kentucky Gentlemen
1971 unknown – Avery Gabbard and The Cumberland Mountain Boys
001 ARP 1775 IT'S TOO LATE Breeze 551
002 ARP 1776 HIGH COST OF LIVING Breeze 551
1972 unknown – Avery Gabbard and The Cumberland Mountain Boys (Avery Gabbard [vcl/rh gt], Luther McFarland [tnr vcl/banjo], John Hamilton [baritone vcl/el bass],
Lee Roy Holliday [fiddle])
003 STRICTLY BLUEGRASS LP 256   
004 HOMESTEAD ON THE FARM LP 256   
005 BANKS OF THE OHIO LP 256   
006 BLUE BIRD  LP 256   
007 HILLS OF OLD VIRGINIA LP 256   
008 TAKE ME IN YOUR LIFE BOAT  
009 BLACK MOUNTAIN RAG LP 256   
010 SOMEDAY WE'LL MEET AGAIN SWEETHEART LP 256   
011 LONG BLACK VEIL LP 256  
012 NINE POUND HAMMER LP 256  
013 CABIN HOME ON THE HILL LP 256
014 WHEN THE ANGELS CARRY ME HOME  LP 256  


ALBUMS
Breeze LP 256 Strictly Bluegrass:  Strictly Bluegrass;  Homestead On The Farm;  Banks Of The Ohio;  Blue Bird ;  Hills Of Old Virginia;  Take Me In Your Life Boat  Black Mountain Rag;  Someday We'll Meet Again Sweetheart;  Long Black Veil; Nine Pound Hammer; Cabin Home On The Hill; When The Angels Carry Me Home – 72

SINGLES
Breeze
551 It's Too Late / High Cost Of Living – 71

Strumbellas

 by Praguefrank
SESSIONS
2009 Toronto, ON, CAN – The Strumbellas
001 INDIANA
002 UNDERNEATH A MOUNTAIN
003 I AIN'T TRYIN' TO DIE (IT'S JUST MY STYLE)
004 CARRY MY BODY
005 THE RACER – 10
Tracks above issued on EP The Strumbellas
2011 Woodshed, Toronto, ON, CAN – The Strumbellas (Producer: Cone McCaslin)
006 THE SHERIFF STRUMCD 1201   
007 LAKES STRUMCD 1201   
008 THE BIRD THAT FOLLOWS ME STRUMCD 1201   
009 RHINESTONE STRUMCD 1201  
010 I JUST HAD A BABY STRUMCD 1201   
011 LEFT FOR DEAD STRUMCD 1201   
012 WINDSURFERS STRUMCD 1201   
013 SAILOR'S BLUES STRUMCD 1201   
014 PISTOL STRUMCD 1201   
015 UNDERNEATH A MOUNTAIN (3:30) STRUMCD 1201   
016 DIANE STRUMCD 1201   
017 CARRY MY BODY STRUMCD 1201
2013 Bear Creek Studio and Music Production, Inc., 6313 Maltby Rd, Woodinville, WA – The Strumbellas (Simon Ward [vcl/ac gt], Jon Hombrey [el gt/mandolin], James Oliver [banjo/ ukulele/ piano vcl], Darryl James [bass], Jeremy Drury [drums/ percussion],
Isabel Ritchie [violin/ viola/vcl], David Ritter [piano/ organ/ percussion/vcl])
018 SAILING SIX 080  
019 DID I DIE? SIX 080  
020 IN THIS LIFE SIX 080
021 HOME SWEET HOME SIX 080  
022 RUN SIX 080
023 END OF AN ERA SIX 080  
024 THE LONG ROAD SIX 080
025 RIDE ON SIX 080  
026 THE FIRE SIX 080
2015 Lincol County Social Club, 37 Mowat Ave, Toronto, ON, CAN – The Strumbellas (Simon Ward [vcl/gt], Jon Hembrey [vcl/gt],  John Dinsmore [slide gt],  Darryl James [vcl/bass], Jeremy Drury [vcl/ drums/percussion],  Isabel Ritchie [vcl/violin/ viola], Anissa Hart [cello], Dave Ritter [vcl/keyboards/ percussion], Jason Sniderman [piano],  Richard Underhill [sax], William Sperandei [trumpet], Krystle Blue [vcl]. Producer: Dave Schiffman)
027 SPIRITS SIX 097
028 SHOVELS AND DIRT SIX 097
029 WE DON'T KNOW SIX 097  
030 WARS SIX 097  
031 DOG SIX 097
032 THE HIRED BAND SIX 097  
033 YOUNG AND WILD SIX 097
034 THE NIGHT WILL SAVE US SIX 097
035 I STILL MAKE HER CRY SIX 097  
036 DAVID SIX 097  
037 WILD SUN SIX 097
2018 unknown – The Strumbellas
038 SALVATION EMC-CD-28220   
039 I’LL WAIT EMC-CD-28220  
040 ONE HAND UP EMC-CD-28220
041 RUNNING SCARED (DESERT SONG) EMC-CD-28220   
042 WE ALL NEED SOMEONE EMC-CD-28220   
043 WE WERE YOUNG EMC-CD-28220   
044 THE PARTY EMC-CD-28220   
045 HIGH EMC-CD-28220   
046 ALL MY LIFE EMC-CD-28220
2023 unknown – The Strumbellas (Jimmy Chauveau [ld vcl], Jon Hembrey [el gt/bck vcl],  Darryl James [bass gt/bck vcl],  Julian Dorio [drums], Jeremy Drury [drums/bck vcl], Isabel Ritchie [violin/bck vcl],  David Ritter [piano/bck vcl]. Producer: Ben H. Allen, David Schiffman,  Keith Varon,  Stevie Aiello, The Strumbellas)
047 HOLD ME UAMRV 0001   
048 HOLSTER UAMRV 0001   
049 STEAL MY SOUL UAMRV 0001   
050 RUNNING OUT OF TIME UAMRV 0001   
051 LET DOWN UAMRV 0001   
052 THE HURT UAMRV 0001   
053 ECHOES UAMRV 0001   
054 MY HOME IS YOU UAMRV 0001   
055 HURRICANE UAMRV 0001   
056 GREAT UNKNOWN UAMRV 0001   
057 FLORENCE UAMRV 0001   
058 WRECKAGE UAMRV 0001


ALBUMS
Fontana [CAN] STRUMCD 1201 My Father and the Hunter: The Sheriff;  Lakes;  The Bird That Follows Me;  Rhinestone;  I Just Had a Baby;  Left for Dead;  Windsurfers;  Sailor's Blues;  Pistol;  Underneath a Mountain;  Diane;  Carry My Body – 21-02-12
Six Shooter [CAN] SIX 080 We Still Move on Dance Floors:  Sailing;  Did I Die?;  In This Life;  Home Sweet Home;  Run;  End of an Era;  The Long Road;  Ride On;  The Fire – 22-10-13 (US issue on Glassnote GLS 0218-02)
Six Shooter/Underneath A Mountain [CAN] SIX 097 Hope:  Spirits;  Shovels and Dirt;  We Don't Know;  Wars;  Dog;  The Hired Band;  Young and Wild;  The Night Will Save Us; I Still Make Her Cry;  David;  Wild Sun – 22-04-16
eOne/Underneath A Mountain [CAN] EMC-LP-28220/EM-CD-28220 Rattlesnake: Salvation;  I’ll Wait;  One Hand Up;  Running Scared (Desert Song);  We All Need Someone;  We Were Young;  The Party;  High;  All My Life – 29-03-19
Underneath A Mountain [CAN] UAMRV 0001 Part Time Believer:  Hold Me;  Holster;  Steal My Soul;  Running Out of Time;  Let Down;  The Hurt;  Echoes;  My Home Is You;  Hurricane;  Great Unknown;  Florence;  Wreckage – 09-02-24

EPs
The Strumbellas [CAN] no # The Strumbellas – EP:  Indiana;  Underneath a Mountain; I Ain't Tryin' to Die (It's Just My Style);  Carry My Body;  The Racer – 03-10
Underneath A Mountain [CAN] ? Holster:  Holster;  Running Out of Time;  Hold Me;  My Home Is You – 12-01-24 (all tracks from UAMRV 0001)