Jim Owen

 *21-04-1941 Robarts, KY, +07-03-2020
3rd version
by Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti, Michal Gololobov, Kent Heineman, Brent Emanuel, Thieu Van De Vorst, Tore Brennodden, Lennart Gustavsson
SESSIONS  also member of Original Drifting Cowboys    
1971 poss. Nashville, TN – Jim Owen
001 GREATEST GRAND OLD OPRY V-1136/Evet LP 3029  
002 TOO LONELY TOO YOUNG Evet LP 3029  
003 SWEET BABY ON MY MIND Evet LP 3029  
004 LONELY LOOKIN' WOMEN Evet LP 3029  
005 WHERE LOVE HAS DIED Evet LP 3029  
006 WHO PUT THE LEAVING IN YOUR EYES Evet LP 3029  
007 GOOD OLE COUNTRY SONG V 1136/Evet LP 3029  
008 DAYS OF YOU AND ME Evet LP 3029  
009 THE DEVIL MADE ME DO THAT Evet LP 3029  
010 KENTUCKY'S MAN OF LOVE Evet LP 3029  BO 204
011 LOVE THE DEVIL OUT OF ME Evet LP 3029  
012 PRETTY PICTURES Evet LP 3029  
1973 unknown – Jim Owen
013 UR 241A THANKS, I NEEDED THAT G 1004
014 UR 241B IF YOU WERE MINE G 1004/BO 204
1973 unknown – Jim Owen
015 ER 00040 ROBERTO'S GONE Ace Of Hearts 0476
016 ER 00061 LOVE SONG  Ace Of Hearts 0476 0482
017 ER 00072 I'VE GOT A WOMAN TO LEAN ON 0482
1970s? unknown – Jim Owen
018 LEGEND IN MY WINE BO 204
019 HONKY TONK FEVER BO 204
020 ALL I EVER WANTED TO DO BO 204
021 DON’T TALK ABOUT LOVE BO 204
1976 Woodland Sound Studio, 1011 Woodland St., Nashville, TN - Jim Owen
022 MOVE IT ON OVER Gold NR 6774
023 LOVESICK BLUES Gold NR 6774  
024 MY BUCKET'S GOT A HOLE IN IT Gold NR 6774  
025 HALF AS MUCH Gold NR 6774
026 HEY GOOD LOOKIN' Gold NR 6774  
027 LONG GONE LONESOME BLUES Gold NR 6774  
028 JAMBALAYA Gold NR 6774   
029 HONKY-TONK BLUES Gold NR 6774   
030 MOANING THE BLUES Gold NR 6774   
031 YOU WIN AGAIN Gold NR 6774
032 WHY DON'T YOU LOVE ME? Gold NR 6774  
033 I CAN'T HELP IT Gold NR 6774
034 COLD COLD HEART Gold NR 6774  
035 I SAW LIGHT Gold NR 6774
036 I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY Gold NR 6774  
037 YOUR CHEATIN' HEART Gold NR 6774

February 1977 Woodland Sound Studio, 1011 Woodland St., Nashville, TN – Jim Owen as “Hank“ And The Original Drifting Cowboys (Lamar Morris, Taz DiGregorio, Charlie Hayward, Don Murray [-1], Fred Edwards [-2])
038 YOUR CHEATIN’ HEART Epic PEG 34852
039 HEY, GOOD LOOKIN’ Epic PEG 34852
040 COLD, COLD HEART Epic PEG 34852
041 LONG HAIRED COUNTRY BOY Epic PEG 34852
042 SING ME A SAD SONG, HANK WILLIAMS -1  Epic PEG 34852
043 TAKE THESE CHAINS FROM MY HEART -2 Epic PEG 34852
044 I SAW THE LIGHT -1 Epic PEG 34852
045 WEDDING BELLS -1 Epic PEG 34852
046 CORN CRIB -1 Epic PEG 34852
047 SETTIN’ THE WOODS ON FIRE -2 Epic PEG 34852
048 MY HEART WOULD KNOW-2 Epic PEG 34852
049 RAG MOP -2 Epic 8-50543/PEG 34852
050 MOVE IT ON OVER -2 Epic PEG 34852
051 WHY SHOULD WE TRY ANYMORE? -2 Epic PEG 34852
052 BLACK MOUNTAIN RAG -1  Epic PEG 34852
053 LOVESICK BLUES -1 Epic 8-50498/PEG 34852
054 MUD HUT -2 Epic 8-50543/PEG 34852
055 LONG GONE LONESOME BLUES -1 Epic PEG 34852
056 JAMBALAYA (ON THE BAYOU) -1 Epic PEG 34852
057 A GIFT IN THE NAME OF LOVE-1  Epic 8-50498/PEG 34852
Fall 1980 Singleton Sound Studio, 3106 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN – Jim Owen
058 7-1853 PLEASE, DON'T GO HOME Sun 1157
059 7-1854 10TH ANNIVERSARY PRESENTS Sun 1157
060 7-1855 HONKY TONK HEART 1163
061 7-1856 SERENA 1163
ca early 1981 Singleton Sound Studio, 3106 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN – Jim Owen (Producer: Billy Self)
062 7-1881 DRAGGIN' THESE CHAINS  1171
063  7-1885 AIN'T NO COWBOY BLUES 1174/SUN 149
ca 1981 [One MA Show soundtrack]  unknown - Jim Owen
06301 MOVE IT ON OVER SUN 146
06302 MY BUCKET'S GOT A HOLE IN IT SUN 146
06303 HALF AS MUCH  SUN 146
06304 HEY GOOD LOOKIN' SUN 146
06305 LONG GONE LONESOME BLUES  SUN 146
06306 YOU WIN AGAIN  SUN 146
06307 I CAN'T HELP IT SUN 146
06308 I SAW LIGHT  SUN 146
ca October1981 Singleton Sound Studio, 3106 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN – Jim Owen (Producer: Billy Self)
064 7-1954 HELL, YES, I CHEATED 1171
065 7-1956 BOGALUSA 1179
1982 Singleton Sound Studio, 3106 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN – Jim Owen
066 7-1972 COAL MINER'S BLUES 1174/SUN 149
more tracks from SUN 149
btw 1979-1982 Singleton Sound Studio, 3106 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN – Jim Ellis and Jim Owen
077 JAMBALAYA (ON THE BAYOU) CD1315001
078 TAKE THESE CHAINS FROM MY HEART CD1315001
079 YOUR CHEATIN' HEART CD1315001
080 COLD COLD HEART CD1315001
081 HALF AS MUCH CD1315001
082 I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY  CD1315001
083 LOVESICK BLUES CD1315001  CD1315001
GRACELAND RANDERS  CD1315001 ORION - FROM THE SUN VAULTS (VOL. 1} (EU)
1982 unknown – Jim Owen (Producer: Michael States)
084 RR 42264A ALASKA Den Ali 3001
085 RR 42264B MY HEART BEATS FOR YOU  Den Ali 3001
1984 unknown – Jim Owen (Producer: Jim Owen)
086 JAC-84-109A HE’LL WALTZ ACROSS TEXAS NO MORE Jeco 84-109
087 JAC-84-109B IF I’M GONNA GO, I’LL GO OUT SWINGIN’ Jeco 84-109
Jim Owen recorded after 1984, see albums list
Fragments:
2001 Crystal Studio, Branson, MO – Jim Owen (Jim Owen [vcl], Mike McAdoo [gt], Buck Trent [banjo], Whit Privette [bass], Ernie Reed [fiddle], Tony Carson/ Tommy Rials [keyboards/strings], Kethy Sharpe, Susan Wills [bck vcl]. Producer: Jim Owen)
CLOSER WALK WITH THEE
DADDY SANG BASS
MANSION OVER THE HILLTOP
THIS OLE HOUSE
A SATISFIED MIND
PRECIOUS MEMORIES
IN THE GARDEN
I PRAYED AND PRAYED
PEACE IN THE VALLEY
MCMULLIN CHAPEL CHURCH
Tracks above issued on album It’s Gospel Truth
2001 Grooves Studio, Versailles, KY – Jim Owen (musicans see above)
AMAZING GRACE It’s Gospel Truth


ALBUMS
Evet LP 3029 My Songs - My Way: Greatest Grand Old Opry; Too Lonely Too Young; Sweet Baby On My Mind; Lonely Lookin' Women; Where Love Has Died; Who Put The Leaving In Your Eyes; Good Ole Country Songs; Days Of You And Me; The Devil Made Me Do That; Kentucky's Man Of Love; Love The Devil Out Of Me; Pretty Pictures – 71 (MX: PRP 32421/32422)
Gold NR-6774 [0102] Jim Owen As "Hank":   Move It On Over; Lovesick Blues; My Bucket's Got A Hole In It;  Half As Much;  Hey Good Lookin'; Long Gone Lonesome Blues;  Jambalaya;  Honky-Tonk Blues;  Moaning The Blues;  You Win Again;  Why Don't You Love Me?; I Can't Help It; Cold Cold Heart; I Saw Light;  I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry; Your Cheatin' Heart – 76
Epic PEG 34852 A Song For Us All: A Salute To Hank Williams: Narrative Introduction By Ron Huntsman; Your Cheatin’ Heart; Hey, Good Lookin’; Cold, Cold Heart; Long Haired Country Boy; Sing Me A Sad Song, Hank Williams; Take These Chains From My Heart; I Saw The Light; Wedding Bells; Corn Crib; Settin’ The Woods On Fire; My Heart Would Know; Rag Mop; Move It On Over; Why Should We Try Anymore?; Black Mountain Rag; Lovesick Blues; Mud Hut; Long Gone Lonesome Blues; Jambalaya (On The Bayou); A Gift In The Name Of Love – 11-77 (Double)
Sun SUN 146 "Hank" - Original Soundtrack Recording Volume 1:  Hey Good Lookin'; I Can't Help It; Half As Much; You Win Again; Move It On Over; Long Gone Lonesome Blues; My Bucket's Got A Hole In It; I Saw The Light – 15-12-81
Sun SUN-149 Coal Miner’s Blues:  (tracks unknown) – 82 (probably unissued)
Jim Owen BO-585 Jim Owen Sings He Stopped Loving Her Today And Other Favorites: He Stopped Loving Her Today;  She Called Me Baby; Welcome To My World;  I'm Movin On; Legend In My Time;  Six Days On The Road; Silver Wings;  Engine, Engine #9; Hello Walls;  Born To Lose;  Waltz Across Texas; Blue Eyes Cryin In The Rain – 96  
Jim Owen ? Six Guns and Trail Songs: Back In The Saddle Again;  Tumbling Tumbleweeds; Ghost Riders In The Sky;  Cross The Brazos At Waco;  Don't Fence Me In; Pistolero;  Billy The Kid;  Big Iron; Cool Water;  Saddle Tramp; Vera Cruz;  Running Gun - 01
Jim Owen no # It’s The Gospel Truth:  Closer Walk With Thee;  Daddy Sang Bass;  Mansion Over The Hilltop; This Ole House;  A Satisfied Mind;  Precious Memories; Amazing Grace; In The Garden; I Prayed And Prayed; Peace In The Valley; McMullin Chapel Church – 01
Jim Owen BO 596 Talk To The Children: Love Sick Blues; I Saw The Light; Move It On Over; Jambalaya; Waltz Across Texas No More; Juarez Blues; I Know What It Means To Be Lonesome; I Know You’re Married; I’m Afraid Of Sleeping Alone; All I Can Handle At Home; I Just Had To hear Your Voice; Talk To The Children – 01
Jim Owen BO 615 Hank Williams You Wrote My Life / Jim Owen As Hank From The Movie "The Man And His Music":  Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life;  Your Cheatin' Heart; I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry; Crazy Heart; Take These Chains From My Heart; They'll Never Take Her Love From Me; Lovesick Blues; No Teardrops Tonight; You Win Again; What's The Use In Just Me Trying; I Can't help It (If i'm Still In Love With You); Someday You'll Call My Name – 01
Jim Owen BO 710 Jim Owen Sings With Friends and Heroes: One More Drink (Mel Tillis and Jim Owen); Abilene (George Hamilton IV and Jim Owen);  Snake Song (Jim Owen);  Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man (Barbara Fairchild and Jim Owen);  Six White Horses (Tommy Cash and Jim Owen);  Morning (Terri Gibbs and Jim Owen);  Country Singers (Jim Owen);  Teddy Bear Song (Barbara Fairchild and Jim Owen); Act Naturally (Johnny Russell and Jim Owen);  We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds (Mary Lou Turner and Jim Owen); Six Guns and Trail Songs (Jim Owen); Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream (George Hamilton IV, Barbara Fairchild, Kris, and Jim Owen);  Sixteen Tons (Jim Owen);  Pistolero (Jim Owen);  Swinging Doors (Jim Owen);  Chasing Rainbows (Mel Tillis and Jim Owen);  Crazy (Jim Owen);  Hank, George, Lefty, and Me (Jim Owen);  Southern Lovin' (Ferlin Husky and Jim Owen);  Through My Eyes (Jim Owen);  Papa Garr's (Johnny Russell and Jim Owen);  Silver Moon Over Hawaii (George Hamilton IV and Jim Owen);  Wings Of A Dove (Ferlin Husky and Jim Owen) – 03

Unknown album
Jim Owen BO 204

NONMUSICAL ALBUMS
Star Stories SS 01 Hank Williams – The Man, The Legend  - 15-12-77



SINGLES
Starlight (1971?)
V 1136 Greatest Grand Ole Opry / Good Old Country Song – 71?
Gold (1973)
G 1004 Thanks, I Needed That / If You Were Mine – 73
Ace Of Hearts  (1973-74)            
0476 Roberto's Gone / Love Song - 11-73
0482 I've Got A Woman To Lean On / Love Song -  03-74
Epic  (1978)               
8-50498 Lovesick Blues / A Gift In Name Of Love - 01-78
8-50543 Rag Mop / Mud Hut - 04-78
Sun   (1980-82)              
SUN 1157 10th Anniversary Presents / Please, Don't Go - 10-80
SUN 1163 Serena / Honky Tonk Heart – ca. 04-81
SUN 1171 Hell, Yes, I Cheated / Draggin' These Chains – ca. 12-81
SUN 1174 Coal Miner's Blues / Ain't No Cowboy Blues – ca. 06-82
SUN 1179 Bogalusa / Bogalusa  - ca. 12-82 (promo)
Den Ali  (1982)              
JOM 3001 Alaska / My Heart Beats For You – 82
Jeco (1984)
jrc-84-109 A Tribute To Ernest Tubb By Jim Owen:  He’ll Waltz Across Texas No More / If I’m Gonna Go, I’lol Go Out And Swingin‘  - 84

VHS
Jim Owen T-60 An Evening With Hank williams, Sr./ Starring Jim Owen as Hank: Move It All All Over; Lovesick Blues; My Bucket Got A Hole In It; Half As Much; Hey Good Looking; Why Don’t You Love Me; Jambalaya; Honky Tonk Blues; You Win Again; Moaning The Blues; Long Gone Lonesome Blues; I Can’t Help It; Cold Cold Heart; I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry; Your Cheatin’ Heart; I Saw The Light - ? (recorded 1976 for TV movie)