By Praguefrank
SESSIONS
1980s unknown, PA – Dick and Esther Miller with The Sound Of Grass (+ Denny Eichelberger, Shawnee Eischelberger + The Sound of Grass: Jerry Valentine, Jr. Garland, Williard Hill)
001 HOUSE OF GOLD
002 WHERE THE ROSES NEVER FADE
003 JESUS SAVIOR, PILOT ME
004 ARE YOU WASHED IN THE BLOOD (INSTRUMENTAL)
005 THE HALLELUJAH SIDE
006 WAITING THE CALL
007 WILL THERE BE ANY STARS
008 IT'S ME
009 THE FAMILY THAT PRAYS
010 MOTHERS NOT DEAD, SHE'S ONLY SLEEPING
011 COME MORNING
012 DRIFTING TO FAR FROM THE SHORE
013 GOSPEL TRAIN (INSTRUMENTAL)
014 RIVER OF JORDON
015 THE FAMILY REUNION
016 THE EASTERN GATE
017 TROUBLED WATERS OF YOUR SOUL
Tracks above issued on album House of Gold
May 1987 Aden S. Mayer’s Studio, McConnelsburg, PA - Dick and Esther Miller with Visions of Grass (+ Shawnee Eichelberger [gt], Denny Eichelberger [banjo], Warren Reeder [dobro])
018 DON'T LOSE YOUR VISION OF JESUS
019 STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
020 MY LOVED ONES ARE WAITING FOR ME
021 OVER IN THE GLORYLAND
022 HE WILL SET YOUR FIELDS ON FIRE (INSTRUMENTAL)
023 GIVE ME MY FLOWERS
024 THE GREAT SPECKLED BIRD
025 BLESSED JESUS SHOULD I FALL
026 MANSIONS IN THE SKY
027 MOTHERS FOOTSTEPS GUIDE ME ON
028 THE PALE HORSE
029 LORD BUILD ME A CABIN
030 SEND THE LIGHT (INSTRUMENTAL)
031 THE WORLD IS NOT MY HOME
032 LITTLE ELLIS
033 TAKE UP THY CROSS
Tracks above issued on album Don’t Lose Your Vision of Jesus
ALBUMS
Dick and Esther Miller no # House Of Gold: House Of Gold; Where The Roses Never Fade; Jesus Savior, Pilot Me; Are You Washed In The Blood (Instrumental); The Hallelujah Side; Waiting The Call; Will There Be Any Stars; It's Me; The Family That Prays; Mothers Not Dead, She's Only Sleeping; Come Morning; Drifting To Far From The Shore; Gospel Train (Instrumental); River Of Jordon; The Family Reunion; The Eastern Gate; Troubled Waters Of Your Soul – 8- with The Sound of Grass
Dick And Esther Miller no # Don't Lose Your Vision Of Jesus: Don't Lose Your Vision Of Jesus; Stairway To Heaven; My Loved Ones Are Waiting For Me; Over In The Gloryland; He Will Set Your Fields On Fire (Instrumental); Give Me My Flowers; The Great Speckled Bird; Blessed Jesus Should I Fall; Mansions In The Sky; Mothers Footsteps Guide Me On; The Pale Horse; Lord Build Me A Cabin; Send The Light (Instrumental); The World Is Not My Home; Little Ellis; Take Up Thy Cross – 87 w. Visions Of Grass
Monday, October 13, 2025
Dick Miller and Esther Miller
Sunday, September 18, 2022
Dick Miller
Richard W. Miller, *24-07-1929 California, +2008
4th version
by Xavier Maire, Mario Manciotti, Roger Miller, Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
1955 unknown – Dick Miller with The Sundown Troubadour (Dick Miller [vcl] + unknown ld gt, steel, bass, fiddle)
001 SR 558 DOOR STEP OF LOVE Stanchel 3029/ HBR # 026
002 SR 559 YOU CALLED COLLECT Stanchel 3029
ca late 1955 poss. Pasadena, CA - Dick Miller and the Southern Ramblers
003 NEW TENNESSEE BABY [NEW TENNESSEE MEMORIES*?] M+M 3031-45/HBR #026*
004 HUMPTY DUMPTY LOVE [HUMPTY DUMPTY HEART*?] 3031-45/HBR #026*
1956 poss. Pasadena, CA - Dick Miller and the Southern Ramblers, * and Sonny Bingo
005 A CHURCH, A COURTROOM, THEN GOODBYE M+M 3034-45/HBR # 26
006 HAVEN'T I SEEN YOU SOMEWHERE BEFORE M+M 3034-45/HBR # 26 JASMCD 3595/3596
JASMINE JASMCD 3595/3596 HILLBILLY BOP VOL.4 1956/1957 (UK, 2010, double)
1958 poss. San Gabriel, CA - Dick Miller with his band (Dick Miller [vcl] + unknown ld gt, steel, bass, fiddle [-1], drums)
007 NOW I'M GONE Aggie A-1002/HBR # 026 JASMCD 3610/3611 WLP 2808
008 I'LL TAKE YOUR LOVE -1 A-1002/ HBR # 026 JASMCD 3610/3611
COLLECTOR WLP 2808 BOPPIN' HILLBILLY VOL.8 (NED, 1989); JASMINE JASMCD 3610/3611 HILLBILLY BOP VOL.2 1958/1959 (UK, 2012, double)
1959 Los Angeles, CA - Dick Miller (Dick Miller [vcl] + unknown gt, steel [-1], bass, drums. piano)
009 WISHFUL THINKING Sundown 45-121
010 HEADIN' DOWN THE ROAD OF LOVE AGAIN -1 121
1959 [live] unknown – Dick Miller
01001 HEARTACHES BY THE NUMBER
ca 1960 Los Angeles, CA – Dick Miller (Dick Miller [vcl/gt], poss. Ralph Mooney [steel] + unknown gt, bass, drums, piano)
011 YW-20167 MAKE ROOM FOR THE BLUES Toppa 1016 Mercury 71658
012 YW-20168 MY TEARS WILL SEAL IT CLOSED Toppa 1016 Mercury 71658
1960 Los Angeles, CA – Dick Miller (Dick Miller [vcl/gt], poss. Ralph Mooney [steel] + unknown el bass, drums. piano [-1], Jonie Mosby [bck vcl-1])
013 WORLD'S CHAMPION FOOL -1 Toppa 1048
014 BACK INTO YOUR PAST 1048
1960 poss. San Gabriel, CA - Dick Miller
015 NEW TENNESSEE BABY Aggie A-1007
016 COLD HEARTED STRANGER (IN MY HOME) A-1007
1960 poss. San Gabriel, CA - Dick Miller
017 A1008A LAST CHRISTMAS Aggie A-1008
018 A1008B MAYBE THIS CHRISTMAS Aggie A-1008
ca 1960 [prob. KXLA radio show-Hometown Jamboree] Harmony Park Ballroom, Anaheim, CA – Dick Miller [-1], Lucille Starr & Bob Regan [-2], Tex Holland [-3], Bobby Charles [-4], Roy Counts [-5], Gene McGowan [-6], Foreman Slim [-7],
01801 SWEETHEARTS OR STRANGERS -1 Hometown LP-800 HBR # 026
01800 COLD, COLD HEART -2 Hometown LP-800 HBR # 026
01800 T FOR TEXAS -3 Hometown LP-800 HBR # 026
01802 YOUR CHEATIN‘ HEART -1 Hometown LP-800 HBR # 026
01800 I DON’T HURT ANYMORE -2 Hometown LP-800 HBR # 026
01803 WALKIN‘ THE FLOOR -1 Hometown LP-800 HBR # 026 JASMCD 3595/3596
01800 WAITIN‘ FOR A TRAIN – 3 Hometown LP-800 HBR # 026
01804 WORRIED MIND -1 Hometown LP-800 HBR # 026
01800 YOUNG LOVE -4 Hometown LP-800 HBR # 026
01800 I’M TIRED -5 Hometown LP-800 HBR # 026
01800 KNEE DEEP IN THE BLUES -6 Hometown LP-800 HBR # 026
01800 THERE YOU GO -7 Hometown LP-800 HBR # 026
01800 SINGIN‘ THE BLUES -4 Hometown LP-800 HBR # 026
01800 AM I LOSING YOU -6 Hometown LP-800 HBR # 026
01800 I’VE GOT A NEW HEARTACHES -5 Hometown LP-800 HBR # 026
01800 TRAIN OF LOVE -7 Hometown LP-800 HBR # 026
1964 unknown – Dick Miller
019 VALLEY OF DREAMS Wilbanks WB-1000-X
020 WRONG SIDE OF LOVE Wilbanks WB-1000-X
021 THEY'VE POISONED YOUR MIND 1002
022 TEACH ME HOW TO LIE 1002
1965 unknown, WI – Dick Miller and The Rhythmasters
023 A TEAR A HEARBREAK AN OLD LOVE Pageant 717
024 SK4M-6219 CIGARETTES AND COFFEE BLUES Pageant 717
ALBUMS
Hometown LP-800 unknown title: Sweethearts Or Strangers -1;Cold, Cold Heart -2; T For Texas -3; Your Cheatin‘ Heart -1; I Don’t Hurt Anymore -2; Walkin‘ The Floor -1; Waitin‘ For A Train – 3; Worried Mind -1; Young Love -4; I’m Tired -5; Knee Deep In The Blues -6; There You Go -7; Singin‘ The Blues -4; Am I Losing You -6; I’ve Got A New Heartaches -5 Dick Miller [-1], Lucille Starr & Bob Regan [-2], Tex Holland [-3], Bobby Charles [-4], Roy Counts [-5], Gene McGowan [-6], Foreman Slim [-7],
Hillbilly Researcher [UK] HBR # 026 Hometown Jamboree: Now I’m Gone; Cold, Cold Heart (Lucille and Bob Regan); I’m Tired (Roy Counts); Doorstep Of love; T For Texas (Tex Holland); Knee Deep In the Blues (Gene McGowan]); New Tennessee Memories; I’ve Got A New Heartache (Roy Counts); He Showed Me The Way (Don McFarland, Aggie 1005); Worried Mind; Train Of Love (Foreman Slim); Let Me Practice With You (Jack Tucker, Bel-Aire 22); Sweethearts Or Strangers; Darling I Could Never Live Without You (Roy Counts, Bel-Aire 23); Mistreated Blues (Lucky Lee, M & M 3033); I’ll Take Your Love; I Don’t Hurt Anymore (Lucille & Bob Regan); Haven’t I See You Somewhere; Am I Losing You (Gene McGowan); I Ain’t Got No Blues (Roy Counts); Walkin’ The Floor; I’m Gonna Talk To My Lord (Joe Sterling, Aggie 1006); Surrounded By Sorrow (Jack Tucker, Bel-Aire 22); Humpty Dumpty Heart; Young Love (Bobby Charles); There You Go (Foreman Slim); Your Cheatin Heart; Waitin’ For A Train (Tex Holland); A Church, A Courtroom, Then Goodbye; Singin’ The Blues (Bobby Charles) – 00
SINGLES
Stanchel (1959)
3029 Door Step Of Love / You Called Collect - 55
M + M (1955)
3031-45 New Tennessee Baby / Humpty Dumpty Love – 01-56 (rev. Jan. 21) 3031-45-B
3034-45 A Church, A Courtroom, Then Goodbye / Haven't I Seen You Somewhere Before (w. Sonny Bingo) – 56
Aggie (1958-1960)
A-1002 Now I'm Gone / I'll Take Your Love - 06-58 (rev. July 4)
A-1007 New Tennessee Baby / Cold Hearted Stranger (In My Home) - 05-60 (rev. May 16)
A-1008 Last Christmas / Maybe This Christmas – 11-60
Sundown (1959 or 1960)
45-121 Wishful Thinking / Headin' Down The Road Of Love Again –05-59
Toppa (1960- 61)
45-1016 Make Room For The Blues / My Tears Will Seal It Closed – 06-60 (rev. June 13; reissued on Mercury 71658 in July 1960)
45-1048 World's Champion Fool / Back Into Your Past – 10-61 (rev. Oct. 23)
Wilbanks (1964)
WB-1000-X Valley Of Dreams / Wrong Side Of Love – 64
1002 They've Poisoned Your Mind / Teach Me How To Lie - 64
Pageant (1965)
717 A Tear A Hearbreak An Old Love / Cigarettes And Coffee Blues - 65 w. The Rhythmasters