Merle Croney Family

 by Praguefrank
SESSIONS
1975 Sound Factory, Oklahoma City, OK – The Merle Croney Family (Merle Croney [vcl/gt/ banjo/ dobro/ fiddle/ mandolin], Karen Croney [vcl/gt],  Danny Croney [gt], Mark Croney [mandolin], Frank Croney [bass])
001 LITTLE DARLING PAL OF MINE SF 1772   
002 WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN SF 1772   
003 TRUCK DRIVING MAN SF 1772   
004 ROCKY TOP SF 1772   
005 SHADY GROVE SF 1772   
006 ORANGE BLOSSOM SF 1772   
007 I SAW THE LIGHT SF 1772   
008 DIM LIGHTS AND THICK SMOKE SF 1772   
009 ASHES OF LOVE SF 1772   
010 OUT BEHIND THE BARN SF 1772  
011 CARROLL COUNTY BLUES SF 1772   
012 FATHER'S TABLE GRACE SF 1772  
1978 unknown, OK – The Merle Croney Family
013 TENNESSEE Merle Croney Fanily 001  
014 I DON'T BELIEVE YOU'VE MET MY BABY Merle Croney Fanily 001
015 KNOXVILLE GIRL Merle Croney Fanily 001
016 OUT BEHIND THE BARN Merle Croney Fanily 001  
017 MULE SKINNER BLUES Merle Croney Fanily 001
018 ARE YOU MISSING ME Merle Croney Fanily 001
019 FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWN Merle Croney Fanily 001  
020 ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL Merle Croney Fanily 001  
021 RUBBER DOLLIE Merle Croney Fanily 001  
022 PIKE COUNTY BREAKDOWN Merle Croney Fanily 001  
023 LONESOME ROAD BLUES Merle Croney Fanily 001  
024 DUELING BANJO Merle Croney Fanily 001  

ALBUMS
Sounds Factory SF 1772 Sings And Plays Old Time Mountain Music:  Little Darling Pal Of Mine;  Will The Circle Be Unbroken;  Truck Driving Man;  Rocky Top;  Shady Grove;  Orange Blossom;  I Saw The Light;  Dim Lights and Thick Smoke;  Ashes Of Love;  Out Behind The Barn;  Carroll County Blues;  Father's Table Grace – 75
The Merle Croney Family 001 The Merle Croney Family:  Tennessee;  I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby; Knoxville Girl;  Out Behind The Barn;  Mule Skinner Blues; Are You Missing Me; Foggy Mountain Breakdown;  Orange Blossom Special;  Rubber Dollie;  Pike County Breakdown;  Lonesome Road Blues;  Dueling Banjo - 78 (MX: 81169-A/B)

Dead Bronco

 by Praguefrank
SESSIONS see also Matt Horan
2012 unknown, ESP – Dead Bronco
001 DRINKING SONG
002 SHE IS GOT THE BLACK SHEEP BLUES
003 LONESOME BED TIME BLUES
004 NO LIVING
005 TAKE ME HOME
006 FALSE HEARTED LOVE'S BLUES
007 DEAD BRONCO
008 IN HELL
009  HARD LIQUOR GOES DOWN QUICKER
010 I DON'T CARE ABOUT DRINKING ALONE
Tracks above issued on album In Hell
2014 unknown, ESP – Dead Bronco
011 LIBERATION OF A MARRIED MAN
012  THE BALLAD OF TOMMY BOY
013 STUPID MAN
014 HIGHWAY BLUES
015 FREIGHT TRAIN
016 BIG CITY MAMA
017 SICK
018 DRIVIN' NAILS IN MY COFFIN
019 PENITENT MAN
020 OUT OF THIS TOWN
021 DRINK TO REGRET
022 OLD COLD MOUNTAIN
Tracks above issued on album Penitent Man
2015 unknown, ESP – Dead Bronco
023 LOVESICK BLUES
024  MOANIN' THE BLUES
025 FREIGHT TRAIN BLUES
026 HONKY TONK BLUES
027  I CAN'T HELP IT (IF I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU)
Tracks above issued on EP Moanin’ The Blues
2015 Sweet Saul Music, ?, ESP - Dead Bronco
028 MAKE MY EYES BLEED
029 DRINKING ALONE
030 FLORIDA GROWN
031 MY TRUE LOVE
032 BEDRIDDEN AND HELLBOUND
033 KEG STAND
034 THY MOTHER'S WAYS
035  DEVIL WOMAN
036 MUDD THE DEMON
037 STOP KILLING ALL MY FRIENDS
038 MAMA TRIED
039 RAMBLING ON MY MIND
Tracks above issued on album Bedridden and Hellbound
2017  Drive Division Studios, Santander, ESP  - Dead Bronco (Matt Horan [vcl/gt],
Adan Gomez [mandolin/gt],  Joel Bruña [banjo], Adrian Kenny [bass], Guille Peña [drums]).
Producer: Alex Pis)
040 DEATH OF AN APPALACHIAN
041 SCUMBAG
042 DEVIL'S ROAD
043 I HATE YOU
044 MISS CARRIAGE
045 DRIVEN BY FRUSTRATION
046 FLOATING DOWN RIVER
047 LIFE OF LEECH
048 LORD CALL ME HOME
049 STUCK IN THE MUD
050 NO NAME
051 FUNERAL INHIBITED –
Tracks above issued on album Driven By Frustration
2019 Drive Division Studios, Santander, ESP  - Dead Bronco  (Produced: Alex Pis)
052 THE CHURCH OF THE ENDLESS ROAD
053 STOP WATCHING ME
054 BEEN SAVED
055 MAKE ME SICK
056 DO US PART
057 WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN
058  MUTINOUS SKIN
059 THAT DEVIL
060 SUICIDE IS ALL I THINK OF
062 THE ANNUNCIATION
063 PRAYERS
Tracks above issued on album The Annunciation
2020 Drive Division Studios, Santander, ESP  - Dead Bronco  (Produced: Alex Pis)
064 THE SHEPHERD digital single [rel. Apr. 16]
2024 unknown – Dead Bronco
065 THE DAY I LEFT DIXIE digital single [rel. Aug. 2]



ALBUMS
Dead Bronco [ESP] no # In Hell:  Drinking Song;  She Is Got the Black Sheep Blues;  Lonesome Bed Time Blues;  No Living;  Take Me Home;  False Hearted Love's Blues;  Dead Bronco;  In Hell;  Hard Liquor Goes Down Quicker;  I Don't Care About Drinking Alone – 12-10-12
Dead Bronco [ESP]  D.L. BI-1454-2014 Penitent Man:  Liberation of a Married Man;  The Ballad of Tommy Boy; Stupid Man;  Highway Blues;  Freight Train;  Big City Mama;  Sick;  Drivin' Nails in My Coffin;  Penitent Man;  Out of This Town;  Drink to Regret;  Old Cold Mountain – 24-10-14
Dead Bronco [ESP] no # Bedridden and Hellbound:  Make My Eyes Bleed; Drinking Alone; Florida Grown;  My True Love;  Bedridden and Hellbound;  Keg Stand;  Thy Mother's Ways;  Devil Woman;  Mudd the Demon; Stop Killing All My Friends; . Mama Tried;  Rambling on My Mind – 05-02-16
DB Inc [ESP] no # Driven by Frustration:  Death of an Appalachian;  Scumbag;  Devil's Road;  I Hate You;  Miss Carriage; Driven by Frustration;  Floating Down River; Life of Leech; Lord Call Me Home; Stuck in the Mud;  No Name; Funeral Inhibited – 16-02-18
Roots Union [ESP] no # The Annunciation: The Church of the Endless Road;  Stop Watching Me;  Been Saved;  Make Me Sick; Do Us Part;  What Have You Been;  Mutinous Skin; That Devil;  Suicide Is All I Think Of;  The Annunciation; . Prayers – 10-05-19

EPs
Dead Bronco [ESP] no # Moanin' the Blues: Hank Williams Tribute:  Lovesick Blues;  Moanin' the Blues;  Freight Train Blues;  Honky Tonk Blues;  I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You) – 12-10-15

Ginny Kennedy / V.G. Kennedy

 by Praguefrank
SESSIONS
Mid 1970 Nashville, TN – Ginny Kennedy
001 B-101A MISS IRENE B-101
002 B-101B DON'T DIG UP THE DEAD B-101
1970 or 1971 Nashville, TN – Ginny Kennedy
003 B-103A ANOTHER NIGHT OF LONELY B-103
004 B-103B A WOMAN ALONE B-103
1972 Nashville, TN – Ginny Kennedy
005 PE 503A  HOW I'D LIKE TO LIVE THOSE DAYS AGAIN PE 503
006 PE 503B THE WOMAN HE SLIPS OUT TO SEE PE 503
1972 Nashville, TN – Ginny Kennedy
007 NR 2717 THE SECRET THAT YOU KEEP B-568
008 NR 2717 YESTERDAY'S LOVE B-568
1977 Nashville, TN – V.G. Kennedy (Producer: Don Vinson)
009 NR-8768-1 MAMA SAID B-687
010 NR-8768-2 TEARDROPS STAIN B-687
1979 Nashville, TN – V.G. Kennedy (Producer: Don Vinson)
011 NR 10420-1 LITTLE BY LITTLE B-698
012 NR 10420-2 BACK HOME IN KENTUCKY B 698




SINGLES
Beaverbrook (1970-79)
B-101 Miss Irene / Don't Dig Up The Dead – 07-70
B-103 Another Night of Lonely / A Woman Alone – 71?
Peach PE 503  How I'd Like To Live Those Days Again / The Woman He Slips Out To See – 08-72
B-568 The Secret That You Keep / Yesterday's Love - 72
B-687 Mama Said /  Teardrops Stain – 77 V. G. Kennedy
B-698 Little By Little / Back Home In Kentucky – 79 V. G. Kennedy

Evangelist Betty Skates

 *26-12-1942 Springfield, OH, + 14-06-2023
by Praguefrank
SESSIONS
Fragments only
1980 unknown, OH – Betty and Mary (Evangelist Bettu Skates [vcl/rh gt], Mary Braun [vcl], Ray Cummins [ld gt], Chuck Rich [steel/dobro], Betty Malone [bass],  Anthony Taylor [drums/tambourine], Paul Patterson [fiddle/banjo], Charles Novell [piano])
THAT SAME SPIRIT
THE DARKEST HOUR
THE CRYSTAL FOUNTAIN
HE'LL BE THERE
BE STILL AND KNO/W
WHY DID MY DADDY LEAVE
GOD DELIVERS AGAIN
HALLELUJAH SQUARE
GREAT SPECKLED BIRD
JESUS OF NAZARETH
YOU NEVER MENTIONED HIM TO ME
THE RAPTURE IS NEAR
Tracks above issued on album The Same Spirit

ALBUMS incomplete
Gospel Recording Service 70219 What Heaven Means To Me: What Heaven Means To Me; Something Better Than Gold; We Have A Friend Up In Heaven; In The Shelter Of His Arms;     I'm Ready To Go; Great Reunion In Heaven; I Will Hide Youu In The Shadow Of My Wings; He Will Calm The Troubled Waters; Almost Holm; When I Prayed Last Night; A Homecoming Day; Ashamed To Own The Blessed Saviour – 02-67
Victory no # Evangelist Betty Skates: One More Valley; Angel Of Death; I Wouldn't Take Nothing For My Journey Now; The Third Man; Where The Soul Never Dies; Down From His Glory;     That Same Road; Until You've Known; Long Ago; Across The Bridge; He Touched Me; Getting Ready To Leave This World; Be True My Child – 69 (MX:24159/60)
Evangelistic 473N9 There Will Be A Bright Tomorrow: There Will Be A Bright Tomorrow; I Don't Regret A Mile; We Have A Friend Up In Heaven; The Lord Is The Light Of My Salvation; Don't Overlook Salvation; My Personal Testimony; There's Something About That Name; Wading 'Thru Deep Waters; The King And The Beggar; I'm In A New World; Give Mother My Crown; I'm Not Home Yet; Release Me From Sin (To Sin No More) – 74 6th album
BettySkates 5101N11 Touring That City: Touring That City; When I Got Saved; Over The Next Hill; There's A Better Day A Coming; Lord Keep Me Faithful; Road Of No Return; What Will My Answer Be; What Heaven Means To Me; Come Walk With Me; Muddy Sea Of Sin; Take Up Thy Cross; Almost Home  - 75
Betty Skates ? Tears Will Never Stain The Streets Of That City: Tears Will Never Stain The Streets Of That City;  Sweetest Words He Ever Said Were I Forgive You;  One Day At A Time;  I Claim Jesus First Of All ;  I'm Ready To Go;  Death;   He Pilots My Ship;  Something I Can Feel;  City On The Hill;  I'm So Glad He Found Me; Beyond The Sunset;   He'll Help You Make It -76? With Mary Myers
Betty Skates 005056 That Same Spirit: That Same Spirit; The Darkest Hour; The Crystal Fountain; He'll Be There; Be Still And Know; Why Did My Daddy Leave; God Delivers Again; Hallelujah Square; Great Speckled Bird; Jesus Of Nazareth; You Never Mentioned Him To Me; The Rapture Is Near - 80 Betty and Mary
Unknown release year (prob. 1970s-early 1980s)
Gospel Recording Service no # I’m Willing Lord: I’m Willing Lord; Shine Around Me Lord; Precious Mother; The River of Jordan; Why Did My Daddy Leave; I See Jrsus Coming In Glory; The Lord Is The Light of My Salvation; Pity The Man; Walking My Lord Up Calvary’s Hill; When I Prayed Through; Too Much To Gain To Lose; It’s Me Again Lord – 7- with Mary Braun (recorded at Gosel Recording Studio, Waynesville, OH)
Betty Sykes ? Let Me Walk With You Jesus:  Let Me Walk With You Jesus;   We Have To Make It;  Third Man;   Be True My Child;   In The Refuge Of My God;  I'll Not Be A Stranger;   Keys In My Hand;  No One To Welcome Me Home;  That Same Road;  My Burdens I'll Lay Down; Million Years In Glory;  He Will Lift Your Heavy Burden – 7-?
Patriot ? I’m Not Home Yet: I'm Not Home Yet ; If That Isn't Love;  Guilty Of Love;  Come Holy Spirit;  He'll Never Fail;  Wadin' Through Deep Water;  I'm Ready To Go;  I'm Free;  When God Seems So Near;  Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw – 7-? With Mary Braun
Midwest Gospel Recording Studio no #  I'm Going To Go Higher: I’m Going To Go Higher; What Heaven Means To Me; Traveling Home; Plenty Of Time; Don't Ask Why; Ne More Valley; We Shall Sleep; Standing Room Only; He'll Do It Again; My Dad – 7-? with Mary Braun
Midwest Gospel Recording Studio no #  It Took Calvary: It Took Calvary; There’s No Road That Lead Back to Yesterday; Tis a Beautiful Land; Walk In Faith; A New Name; I Don’t Regret a Mile; That Great Marriage Feast; It’s Just Like My Lord; Something Better Than Gold; Three Rusty Nails – 7- w. Mary Braun (recorded at Midwet Gospel Recording Studio, Waynesville, OH)