Fiddlin' Arthur Smith

Arthur Smith, *10-04-1898 Bold Springs, TN, +28-02-1971

2nd version

by Tony Russell, Michel Ruppli, Praguefrank, Wolf- Ruediger Sommer, Henk Scholts
SESSIONS
22 January 1935 New Orleans, LA – Arthur Smith Trio (Arthur Smith [fiddle], Alton Delmore [gt], Rabon Delmore [gt])
001 BS-87676-1 LOST TRAIN BLUES –instr.- B-5858/LP-546
002 BS-87677-1 FIDDLERS DREAM –instr.-B-5843/LP-547
003 BS-87678-1 SPRING STREET WALTZ –instr.- B-5858
004 BS-87679-1 SMITH'S WALTZ –instr.- B-5896
005 BS-87680-1 BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM  –instr.-B-5896/LP-547
006 BS-87681-1 MOCKING BIRD –instr.- B-5843
007 BS-87682-1 DOING THE GOOFUS –instr.- B-5928 Montgomery Ward M-4906
008 BS-87683-1 RED APPLE RAG B-5928 Montgomery Ward M-4906/LP-547 CO-CD-3526
17 February 1936 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC – Arthur Smith Trio (Arthur Smith [vcl-1/fiddle], Alton Delmore [vcl-2/gt], Rabon Delmore [vcl-3/gt])

009 BS-99187-1 CHEATHAM COUNTY BREAKDOWN –instr.-  B-6369/LP-546
010 BS-99188-1 DIXON COUNTY BLUES –instr.- B-6369/ CO-CD-3526
011 BS-99189-1 THERE'S MORE PRETTY GIRLS THAN ONE -1-2-3 B-6322 Montgomery Ward M-4822/LP-547
012 BS-99190-1 SUGAR TREE STOMP –instr.- B-6927/LP-547
013 BS-99191-1 CHITLIN' COOKIN' TIME IN CHEATHAM COUNTY -1 B-6322 Montgomery Ward M-4822/LP-547
014 BS-99192-1 FIDDLER'S BLUES –instr.- B-6442/LP-546 CO-CD-3526
015 BS-99203-1 LITTLE DARLING, THEY'VE TAKEN YOU AWAY -1 B-6514 Montgomery Ward M-4859/ CO-CD-3526
016 BS-99204-1 BONAPARTE'S RETREAT –instr.- B-6387/LP-546 CO-CD-3526
017 BS-99205-1 TAKE ME BACK TO TENNESSEE -1-2-3 B-6514 Montgomery Ward M-4859/LP-546 CO-CD-3526
17 February 1937 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC - Arthur Smith Trio (Arthur Smith [vcl-1/fiddle], Alton Delmore [vcl-2/gt], Rabon Delmore [vcl-3/gt])

018 BS-07095-1 STRAW BREAKDOWN –instr.- B-6844/LP-546 CO-CD-3526
019 BS-07096-1 CHEATHAM COUNTY BREAKDOWN NO.2 –instr.- B-7351/ CO-CD-3526
020 BS-07097-1 LITTLE DARLING -1-2-3 B-6994 Montgomery Ward M-7157
021 BS-07098-1 THE GIRL I LOVE DON'T PAY ME NO MIND -1-2-3 B-6913 Montgomery Ward M-7156/LP-547
022 BS-07099-1 THERE'S MORE PRETTY GIRL THAN ONE – PART 2 -1-2-3 B-6869 Montgomery Ward M-7155
023 BS-07118-1 DICKSON COUNTY BLUES NO.2 –instr.- B-7351/LP-546 CO-CD-3526
024 BS-07119-1 IT'S HARD TO PLEASE YOR MISTRESS -1-2-3  B-6994 Montgomery Ward M-7157
025 BS-07120-1 LOVE LETTERS -1 B-6913 Montgomery Ward M-7155
026 BS-07121-1 SINGING THE HOUSE OF DAVID BLUES -1 B-6927 Montgomery Ward M-7156/LP-547
027 BS-07122-1 WALKING IN MY SLEEP -1-2-3 B-7043
028 BS-07123-1 NEVER ALONE -1-2-3 B-6869
029 BS-07124-1 PIG AT HOME IN A PEN -1 B-7043/LP-547
030 BS-07125-1 FLORIDA BLUES –instr.- B-6844/LP-546
031 BS-07126-1 SMITH‘S BREAKDOWN –instr.- B-7511
3 August 1937 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC – Arthur Smith Trio (Arthur Smith [vcl-1/fiddle/banjo-5], Alton Delmore [vcl-2/gt], Rabon Delmore [vcl-3/gt], ? [yodel-4])

032 BS-011898-1 BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES -1-2-3 B-7221 Montgomery Ward M-7343
033 BS-011899-1 BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES -1-2-3 B-7203 Montgomery Ward M-7343
034 BS-011900-1 BEAUTIFUL MABEL CLARE -1-2-3 B-7203 Montgomery Ward M-7344
035 BS-011901-1 NELLIE'S BLUE EYES -1-2-3 B-7325 Montgomery Ward M-7344
036 BS-011902-1 LONESOME FOR YOU -1-2-3 B-7146 Montgomery Ward M-7345
037 BS-011903-1 SWEET HEAVEN -1-2-3 B-7146 Montgomery Ward M-7345
038 BS-011904-1 ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS -1-2-3 B-7221 Montgomery Ward M-7346
039 BS-011905-1 LONESOME RAMBLER BLUES -1-4 Montgomery Ward M-7346
040 BS-011906-1 INDIAN CREEK –instr.- B-7511 Montgomery Ward M-7602/ CO-CD-3526
041 BS-011907-1 FREIGHT TRAIN MOAN –instr.- B-8158 Montgomery Ward M-7602/LP-547
042 BS-011908-1 GOIN‘ DOWN TOWN –instr.- B-8101 Montgomery Ward M-7603/LP-546 CO-CD-3526
043 BS-011909-1 I‘M BOUND TO RIDE  -5 –instr.-  Montgomery Ward M-7325/LP-546 CO-CD-3526
26 January 1938 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC – Arthur Smith Trio (Arthur Smith [vcl-1/fiddle], Alton Delmore [vcl-2/gt], Rabon Delmore [vcl-3/gt])

044 BS-018745-1 THE ANSWER TO MORE PRETTY GIRLS THAN ONE -1-2-3 B-7437 Montgomery Ward M-7476
045 BS-018746-1 HENPECKED HUSBAND BLUES -1-2-3 B-7498 Montgomery Ward M-7476
046 BS-018747-1 I STOOD ON THE BRIDGE AT MIDNIGHT -1 B-7437 Montgomery Ward M-7477
047 BS-018748-1 MORE LIKE HIS DAD EVERY DAY -1 B-7498 Montgomery Ward M-7477
048 BS-018749-1 LOST LOVE -1-2-3 B-7651 Montgomery Ward M-7478
049 BS-018750-1 A LONESOME DAY TODAY -1 B-7547 Montgomery Ward M-7479/LP-546
050 BS-018751-1 HER LITTLE BROWN HAND -1 B-7547 Montgomery Ward M-7478
051 BS-018752-1 ADIEU FALSE HEART -1 B-7651 Montgomery Ward M-7479/LP-546 CO-CD-3526
052 BS-018753-1 THE PARIS WALTZ –instr.- B-8158 Montgomery Ward M-7603/ CO-CD-3526
27 September 1938 Andrew Jackson Hotel, Rock Hill, SC - Arthur Smith and His Dixie Liners (Arhur Smith [vcl/fiddle], Billy Byrd [gt], Virgil Atkins [banjo-2], Joe Forrester [bass], Howdy Forrester [fiddle-1], band [vcl-3])
053 BS-027749-1 I’VE HAD A BIG TIME TODAY -3 B-7982 Montgomery Ward M-7685/LP-546 CO-CD-3526
054 BS-027750-1 THE FARMER’S DAUGHTER  B-7893 Montgomery Ward M-7685
055 BS-027751-1 GYPSY’S WARNING B-7893 Montgomery Ward M-7686/ CO-CD-3526
056 BS-027752-1 WHY SHOULD I WONDER B-7943 Montgomery Ward M-7687
057 BS-027753-1 IN THE PINES -1 B-7943 Montgomery Ward M-7686/LP-547 CO-CD-3526
058 BS-027754-1 WHEN THE ROSES GROW AROUND THE CABIN DOOR -3 B-8009 Montgomery Ward M-7687
059 BS-027755-1 I’M LONESOME I GUESS B-8009 Montgomery Ward M-7688
060 BS-027756-1 HESITATING BLUES B-8101 Montgomery Ward M-7688/ CO-CD-3526
061 BS-027757-1 GIRL OF MY DREAMS -1 Montgomery Ward M-7689
062 BS-027758-1 GIVE ME THAT OLD TIME MUSIC -2-3  B-7982 Montgomery Ward M-7689
7 October 1940 Rooms 104, 106, Kimball House, 30 South Pryor St., Atlanta, GA – Arthur Smith and His Dixie Liners (Arhur Smith [vcl-1/fiddle], Clyde Moody [gt], Bill Westbrook [bass], Tommy Magness [fiddle-2])
063 BS-054526-1 KANSAS CITY STOMP [K.C. STOMP] –instr.-  -2 B-8588 Montgomery Ward M-8890/LP-546 CO-CD-3526
064 BS-054527-1 SMITH’S RAG –instr.- B-8662 Montgomery Ward M-8891/LP-547 CO-CD-3526
065 BS-054528-1 IT’S A WEARY WORLD -1 B-8588 Montgomery Ward M-8890 CO-CD-3526
066 BS-054529-1 THE CRAZY BLUES -1 B-8662 Montgomery Ward M-8891
067 BS-054530-1 THAT’S THE LOVE I HAVE FOR YOU -1 B-8688 Montgomery Ward M-8892
068 BS-054531-1 I WISH I’D NEVER LEARNED TO LOVE YOU -1  B-8783 Montgomery Ward M-8893
069 BS-054532-1 PEACOCK RAG –instr.- B-8688 Montgomery Ward M-8892/LP-547 CO-CD-3526
070 BS-054533-1 BILL CHEATHAM –instr.- B-8783 Montgomery Ward M-8893
1946 Hollywood, CA – Arthur Smith and His Dixie Liners
071 BW-496 unknown title

072 BW-497 I’VE TRIED TO FORGET ABOUT YOU Black and White 10016

073 BW-498 unknown title

074 BW-499 I'M ALWAYS BLUE FOR YOU Black and White 10012
075 BW-500-1  I'LL FORGET IF YOU'LL FORGET Black and White 10010
076 BW-501 ONE BROKEN HEART Black and White 10016

077 BW-502 SUMMER'S ALMOST GONE Black and White 10012
078 BW-503 FOLLOW THROUGH Black and White 10010
10 October 1947 [no.716]  poss. Dallas, TX –  Original Arthur Smith and His Dixie-Liners
079 2309 SWEET THING Capitol 40086
080 2310 YODELING WALTZ 40086
081 2311 CRAZY BLUES 40069
082 2312 ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL 40069
31 December 1947 [no.939] Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood 38, CA – Original Arthur Smith and His Dixie Liners
083 3125 BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES F1426
084 3126 TRAIN WHISTLE BLUES F1426

November 1957 Kirk McGhee Home, Nashville, TN - Fiddlin¢ Arthur Smith with Sam McGhee, Kirk McGhee (Sam McGee [vcl-1/gt], Kirk McGee [vcl-2/banjo/fiddle-5], Fiddlin‘ Arthur Smith [vcl-3/fiddle-3/banjo-4]. Producer: Mike Seeger)

085 CUMBERLAND GAP -3  Folkways FA-2379

000 ROLL ON BUDDY -1-2  Folkways FA-2379

000 NEEDLECASE  -1 Folkways FA-2379

000 BUCK DANCER'S CHOICE -1  Folkways FA-2379

000 SALLY LONG  -1 Folkways FA-2379

000 ROCK HOUSE JOE -2  Folkways FA-2379

086 POLLY ANN -3  Folkways FA-2379

087 HELL AMONG THE YEARLINGS -3  Folkways FA-2379

088 KIRBY JAIL -3  Folkways FA-2379

000 COMING FROM THE BALL -1-2 Folkways FA-2379

089 DUSTY MILLER  -3 Folkways FA-2379

090 SIXTEEN ON SUNDAY -3  Folkways FA-2379

000 SNOWDROP  -2 Folkways FA-2379

000 RAILROAD BLUES -1  Folkways FA-2379

091 HOUSE OF DAVID BLUES -3  Folkways FA-2379

092 GREEN VALLEY WALTZ  -3 Folkways FA-2379

000 GUITAR WALTZ -1 Folkways FA-2379

000 KNOXVILLE BLUES -1  Folkways FA-2379

000 JIM SAPP RAG -1 Folkways FA-2379

000 WHOOP 'EM UP CINDY -1-2 Folkways FA-2379

093 HOLLOW POPLAR -3  Folkways FA-2379

094 BILE 'EM CABBAGE DOWN -3  Folkways FA-2379

095 SINGLE-FOOTING HORSE -3 Folkways FTS-31007

096 WIDOW HALEY  -3 Folkways FTS-31007

000 CHARMING BILL -2  Folkways FTS-31007

000 MILK COW BLUES -1-2 Folkways FTS-31007

000 MEMPHIS BLUES –instr.- -1-2   Folkways FTS-31007

000 BOOGIE  -instr.- 1-2 Folkways FTS-31007

000 AMOS JOHNSON RAG –instr.- -1  Folkways FTS-31007

097 REDWING –instr.- 1-2-3  Folkways FTS-31007

000 UNDER THE DOUBLE EAGLE  -instr.- 1-2 Folkways FTS-31007

000 DON'T LET YOUR DEAL GO DOWN -instr.- 1-2  Folkways FTS-31007

098 EVENING SHADE  -instr,- -3 Folkways FTS-31007

099 PIG AT HOME IN THE PEN -3   Folkways FTS-31007

100 PEACOCK RAG –instr,- -3  Folkways FTS-31007

000 MILK 'EM IN THE EVENING BLUES -1-2  Folkways FTS-31007

000 LATE LAST NIGHT –instr.- -1-2  Folkways FTS-31007

000 KEEP A LIGHT IN YOUR WINDOW TONIGHT -1-2  Folkways FTS-31007

101 UNCLE BUDDY -4  Folkways FTS-31007

102 LAFAYETTE -4-5  Folkways FTS-31007

000 DRUMMER BOY –instr.-  -1 Folkways FTS-31007

000 EASY RIDER –instr.- 1 Folkways FTS-31007

000 CHINESE BREAKDOWN –instr,-  -1-2 Folkways FTS-31007

103 DANCE ALL NIGHT WITH A BOTTLE IN YOUR HAND -3 Folkways FTS-31007

104 WHISTLING RUFUS -3 Folkways FTS-31007

105 SALLY JOHNSON  -3 Folkways FTS-31007

106 I'VE HAD A BIG TIME TONIGHT  -3  Folkways FTS-31007

ca. August or September 1962 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Fiddlin‘ Arthur Smith and The Dixieliners (Arthur Smith [fiddle], Earnest Smith [gt])

107 ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL Starday SLP-202
108 PARIS WALTZ SLP-202
109 DIXIELINER'S RAMBLE SLP-202
110 NORTH CAROLINA BREAKDOWN SLP-202
111 CUMBERLAND WALTZ SLP-202
112 DICKSON COUNTY BLUES SLP-202
113 K.C. STOMP SLP-202
114 LOUISE SLP-202
115 INDIAN CREEK SLP-202
116 DARLING HONEY SLP-202
117 WHISTLER'S FEVER SLP-202
118 MAPLE LEAF WALTZ SLP-202
119 TULSA HOP SLP-202
120 CHEATHAM COUNTY HOEDOWN SLP-202

ALBUMS
Starday SLP-202 Reare Old Time Fiddle Tunes: Orange Blossom Special; Paris Waltz; Dixieliner's Ramble; North Carolina Breakdown; Cumberland Waltz; Dickson County Blues; K.C. Stomp; Louise; Indian Creek; Darling Honey; Whistler's Fever; Maple Leaf Waltz; Tulsa Hop; Cheatham County Hoedown - 11-62 (reissued on Pine Mountain PMR 202)
Folkways FA-2379 Old Timers Of The Grand Ole Opry: Cumberland Gap; Roll On Buddy; Needlecase; Buck Dancer's Choice; Sally Long; Rock House Joe; Polly Ann; Hell Among The Yearlings; Kirby Jail; Coming From The Ball; Dusty Miller; Sixteen On Sunday; Snowdrop; Railroad Blues; House Of David Blues; Green Valley Waltz; Guitar Waltz; Knoxville Blues; Jim Sapp Rag; Whoop 'Em Up Cindy; Hollow Poplar; Bile 'Em Cabbage Down - 64
Folkways FTS-31007 Milk 'Em In The Evening Blues: Single-Footing Horse; Widow Haley; Charming Bill; Milk Cow Blues; Memphis Blues; Boogie; Amos Johnson Rag; Redwing; Under The Double Eagle; Don't Let Your Deal Go Down; Evening Shade; Pig At Home In The Pen; Peacock Rag; Milk 'Em In The Evening Blues; Late Last Night; Keep A Light In Your Window Tonight; Uncle Buddy; Lafayette; Drummer Boy; Easy Rider; Chinese Breakdown; Dance All Night With A Bottle In Your Hand; Whistling Rufus; Sally Johnson; I've Had A Big Time Tonight - 68
County CO-CD-3526 Fiddlin' Arthur Smith And His Dixieliners: Straw Breakdown; Fiddler's Blues;I've Had a Big Time Today; Going to Town; Peacock Rag; Weary Weary World; Indian Creek; Dickson County Blues No. 2; I'm Bound to Ride; K.C. Stomp; Gypsy's Warning; Bonaparte's Retreat; Take Me Back to Tennessee; Paris Waltz; In the Pines; Dickson County Blues; Little Darling; Red Apple Rag; Adieu False Heart; Cheatham County Breakdown; Hesitating Blues; Smith's Rag – 14-05-02

SINGLES

Bluebird (1935-40)

B-5843 Mocking Bird / Fiddlers' Dream - 03-35
B-5858 Spring Street Waltz / Lost Train Blues - 03-35
B-5896 Blackberry Blossom / Smith's Waltz - 04-35
B-5928 Red Apple Rag / Doin' The Goofus - 05-35
B-2434 As: El Sinsonte / As: Manzana Roja - As By Arturo Muniz
B-6322 There's More Pretty Girls Than One / Chitlin' Cookin' Time In Cheatham County - 04-36
B-6369 Dixon County Blues / Cheatham County Breakdown - 05-36
B-6387 Bonaparte's Retreat As By Smoky Mt. Fiddler Trio / Dixie Ramblers II: A Beautiful Lady In Blues - As By Smoky Mt. Fiddler Trio
B-6442 Dixie Ramblers II: Blue Waltz / Fiddler's Blues - 07-36
B-6514 Little Darling They Have Taken You From Me / Take Me Back To Tennessee - 09-36
B-6844 Florida Blues / Straw Breakdown - 03-37
B-6869 Never Alone / There's More Pretty Girl Than One - Part 2 - 03-37
B-6913 The Girl I Love Don't Pay Me No Mind / Love Letters - 04-37
B-6927 Sugar Tree Stomp / Singing Those House Of David Blues - 04-37
B-6994 It's Hard To Please Your Mind / Little Darling - 04-37
B-7043 Pig At Home In The Pen / Walking In My Sleep - 07-37
B-7146 Sweet Heaven / Lonesome For You - 09-37
B-7203 Beautiful Memories / Beautiful Mabel Clare - 10-37
B-7221 Beautiful Brown Eyes / Across The Blue Ridge Mountains - 11-37
B-7325 I'm Bound To Ride / Nellie's Blue Eyes - 01-38
B-7351 Cheatham County Breakdown No 2 / Dixon County Blues No 2 - 01-38
B-7437 The Answer To More Pretty Girls Than One / Stood On The Bridge At Midnight - 03-38
B-7498 More Like His Dad Every Day / Henpecked Husband Blues - 04-38
B-7511 Indian Creek / Smith's Breakdown - 04-38
B-7547 Her Little Brown Hand / A Lonesome Day Today - 05-38
B-7651 Adieu False Heart / Lost Love - 07-38
B-7893 Gypsy's Warning / The Farmer's Daughter - 11-38
B-7943 Why Should I Wonder / In The Pines - 12-38
B-7982 Give Me Old-Time Music / I've Had A Big Time Today - 01-39
B-8009 When The Roses Grow Around The Cabin Door / I'm Lonesome I Guess - 02-39
B-8101 Goin' To Town / Hesitating Blues - 04-39
B-8158 The Paris Waltz / Freight Train Moan - 05-39
B-8588 It's A Weary World / K.C. Stomp - 12-40
B-8662 Smith's Rag / The Crazy Blues - 03-41
B-8688 That's The Love I Have For You / Peacock Rag - 04-41
B-8783 I Wish I'd Never Learned To Love You / Bill Cheatham - 08-41
Montgomery Ward
M-4822 There's More Pretty Girls Than One / Chitlin' Cookin' Time In Cheatham County
M-4859 Little Darling They Have Taken You From Me /
M-4906 Doin' The Goofus / Red Apple Rag
M-7155 There's More Pretty Girl Than One - Part 2 / Love Letters – 37 As By Delmore Brothers
M-7156 The Girl I Love Don't Pay Me No Mind / Singing Those House Of David Blues – 37 As By Delmore Brothers
M-7157 Kilby Jail (Little Darling) / It's Hard To Please Your Mind – 37 As By Delmore Brothers
M-7343 Beautiful Brown Eyes / Beautiful Memories - 37
M-7344 Beautiful Mabel Clare / Nellie's Blue Eyes - 37
M-7345 Lonesome For You / Sweet Heaven - 37
M-7346 Across The Blue Ridge Mountains / Lonesome Ramblers Blues - 37
M-7476 The Answer To More Pretty Girls Than One / Henpecked Husband Blues - 38
M-7477 Stood On The Bridge At Midnight / More Like His Dad Every Day – 38 As
By Delmore Brothers
M-7478 Lost Love / A Lonesome Day Today – 38 As By Delmore Brothers
M-7479 Her Little Brown Hand / Adieu False Heart – 38 As By Delmore Brothers
M-7602 Indian Creek / Freight Train Moan - 38
M-7603 Goin' To Town / The Paris Waltz - 38
M-7685 I've Had A Big Time Today / The Farmer's Daughter - 39
M-7686 Gypsy's Warning / In The Pines - 39
M-7687 Why Should I Wonder / When The Roses Grow Around The Cabin Door - 39
M-7688 I'm Lonesome I Guess / Hesitating Blues - 39
M-7689 Girl Of My Dreams / Give Me Old-Time Music -  39
M-8890 K.C. Stomp / It's A Weary World
M-8891 Smith's Rag / The Crazy Blues
M-8892 That's The Love I Have For You / Peacock Rag
M-8893 I Wish I'd Never Learned To Love You / Bill Cheatham
Regal Zonophone [AUS]
G22500 Smith's Waltz / Blackberry Blossom
G22597 Spring Street Waltz / Ray Brothers: Home Town Waltz
G23719 Why Should I Wonder / Tom Dickey Show Boys: It Makes No Difference Now
Twin
FT8245 Little Darling They Have Taken You From Me / Bill Boyd: When The Sun
Sets On My Swiss Chalet
Victor
27495 Chitlin' Cookin' Time In Cheatham County / Dixon Brothers: Intoxicated Rat - 06-41

Black and White (1946)
10010 I'll Forget If You'll Forget / Follow Through - 46
10012 Summer's Almost Gone / I'm Always Blue For You – 01-47

10016 One Broken Heart / I’ve Tried To forget I Love You – 02-47 (rev. Feb. 8)
Capitol (1947)
40068 Orange Blossom Special / Crazy Blues - 01-48
40086 Sweet Thing / Yodeling Waltz - 02-48
F1426 Beautiful Brown Eyes / Train Whistle Blues - 10-51

Bruce Robison

Bruce Ben Robison, *11-06-1966 Bandera, TX

2nd version

By Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst, Lennart Gustavsson
SESSIONS
Winter 1994 Cedar Creek Recording, 5012 Brighton Road, Austin, TX – Bruce Robison (Bruce Robison [vcl], Rich Brotherton [vcl/a gt/el gt], Kelly Willis [vcl], John Inman [el gt], Casper Rawls [el gt], Lloyd Maines [dobro], Gene Elders [fiddle], Floyd Domino [piano]. Producer: Rudolph P. Schmidt)
001 TAKE IT ALL OUT ON YOU  Vireo VRCD-1105 

002 TORN AND TANGLED  Vireo VRCD-1105

003 HOUSE OF MAN  Vireo VRCD-1105

004 ANGRY ALL THE TIME  Vireo VRCD-1105

005 NOT FORGOTTEN YOU  Vireo VRCD-1105

006 TRAVELLIN' SOLDIER  Vireo VRCD-1105

007 IT'S GONNA BE EASY  Vireo VRCD-1105

008 RED LETTER PAY  Vireo VRCD-1105

009 LONELY TOO  Vireo VRCD-1105

010 MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN  Vireo VRCD-1105  
1995 Arlyn Studios, Austin, TX – Bruce Robison (Bruce Robison [vcl/el gt], Chris Cage [el gt], Marty Muse [steel], Dave Heath [bass], Mike Broussard [drums], Erik Hokkanen [fiddle], Ponty Bone [accordion], Charlie Robison, Kelly Willis [hmny vcl]. Producer: Bob Patterson, Mike Stewart)
010a POOR MAN’S SON CD 1039
WATERMELON CD-1039 AUSTIN COUNTRY NIGHTS (1995)
1996 The Hit Shack, 1621 Lamar Blvd., Austin, TX – Bruce Robison (Bruce Robison [vcl/ac gt], Kelly Willis [vcl-1/hmny vcl], Rich Brotherson [ac gt/el gt/ mandolin/synthesizer/hmny vcl],Martin Muse [dobro/steel], Lloyd Maines [steel-2],  John Ludwick [bass/hmny vcl],  Chris Searles [drums-3], Mark Patterson [drums-4], Chris Searles [percussion], Gene Elders [fiddle], Floyd Domino [piano], Charlie Robison [hmny vcl-5], Robyn Robison [hmny vcl-6]. Produer: Lloyd Maines) [overdub sessions at Studio B, Nashville, TN]

011 SEE YOU AROUND -4 Boar’s Nest no #  Lucky Dog EK 69134

012 WRAPPED -3 Boar’s Nest no #  Lucky Dog EK 69134

013 END LIKE THAT -3 Boar’s Nest no # Lucky Dog EK 69134

014 WHEN I LOVED YOU  -1-4 Boar’s Nest no #  Lucky Dog EK 69134

015 MY BROTHER AND ME -2 -3 -5 Boar’s Nest no # Lucky Dog EK 69134

016 LONELY FOR YOU -4 Boar’s Nest no # 

017 12 BAR BLUES -4 Boar’s Nest no # Lucky Dog EK 69134

018 SHE DON'T CARE -1 -3 Boar’s Nest no #

019 GO TO YOUR HEART -2 -3 Boar’s Nest no # Lucky Dog EK 69134

020 I DREAM TOO -2-4 Boar’s Nest no # Lucky Dog EK 69134

021 DON'T YOU EVER CALL MY NAME -6 Boar’s Nest no #  Lucky Dog EK 69134

1997 The Hit Shack, 1621 Lamar Blvd., Austin, TX – Bruce Robison (Bruce Robison [vcl], Charlie Robison [duet vcl-1], Bruce Robison [vcl/ac gt], Rich Brotherton [ac/el gt/mandolin/synthesizer/bck vcl], Pat Buchanan [ac/el gt], Martin Muse [steel/dobro], Lloyd Maines [steel], John Ludwick [bass/bck vcl], Brad Fordham [bass], Young Chris Searles [drums/percussion], Mark Patterson/Chad Cromwell [drums],Gene Elders/Amy Tiven [fiddle], Chip Dolan [accordion/piano], Floyd Domino [piano], Robyn Robinson, Charlie Robison, Kelly Willis [bck vcl]. Producer: Lloyd Maines, Blake Chancey)
022 RAYNE LOUISIANA -1 Lucky Dog EK-69134
023 ANGRY ALL THE TIME Lucky Dog EK-69134
024 DESPERATELY Lucky Dog EK-69134
1999 Hamstein Studios, Austin, TX/Boar's Nest Studios, Austin, TX/ Cedar Creek Recording, 5012 Brighton Road, Austin, TX/Beechwood Studios, Nashville, TN – Bruce Robison (Bruce Robison [vcl/ac/el gt], David Grissom [ac/el gt], Dan Dugmore [lap steel /pedal steel/dobro], Amy Farris [violin/bck vcl], Mickey Raphael [harmonica], Mike Lawler [keyboards], Kelly Willis [bck vcl]. Producer: Bruce Robison)
025 DRIVIN' ALL NIGHT LONG Lucky Dog EK-69173
026 JUST MARRIED Lucky Dog EK-69173
027 RED LETTER DAY Lucky Dog EK-69173
028 TRAVELIN' SOLDIER Lucky Dog EK-69173
029 THE GOOD LIFE Lucky Dog EK-69173
030 TROUBLE Lucky Dog EK-69173
031 ANYMORE GOOD LOVIN' Lucky Dog EK-69173
032 WHAT DID YOU THINK Lucky Dog EK-69173
033 EMOTIONALLY GONE Lucky Dog EK-69173
034 LONG WAY HOME FROM ANYWHERE Lucky Dog EK-69173
4 December 1999 [live] Gruene Hall, New Braunfels, TX - Charlie Robison, Jack Ingram, Bruce Robison (Charlie Robison, Jack Ingram, Bruce Robison [vcl/ac gt] + Kelly Willis [vcl-1], Mike McAdam [el gt], Kevin Carroll [el gt], Jens Pickernell [el gt], Robert Snell [steel], Scott Esbeck [bass/bck vcl], Brad Fordham/John Ludwick [bass], Mark Patterson/Pete Coatney/Lisa Pankratz [drums], Eamon McLoughlin [fiddle], Chip Dolan [accordion/keyboards])
03401 THE GOOD LIFE Lucky Dog CK-63790
03402 RAYNE LOUISIANA Lucky Dog CK-63790
03403 ANGRY ALL THE TIME -1 Lucky Dog CK-63790
03404 RED LETTER DAY Lucky Dog CK-63790
03405 MY HOMETOWN Lucky Dog CK-63790
03406 SUNSET BOULEVARD Lucky Dog CK-63790
03407 LOVING COUNTY Lucky Dog CK-63790
03408 BARLIGHT Lucky Dog 34-79542/CK-63790
03409 MUSTANG BURN Lucky Dog CK-63790
03410 WORK THIS OUT Lucky Dog CK-63790
03411 TRAVIS COUNTY Lucky Dog CK-63790
03412 BARBIE DOLL Lucky Dog CK-63790
2001 Cowboy Arms Hotel And Recording Spa, Nashville, TN/The Hit Shack, Austin, TX – Bruce Robison (Bruce Robison [vcl], Kelly Willis [vcl/bck vcl], Dan Dugmore [ac/el gt/dobro/banjo/mandolin], Kenny Malone [drums/percussion], Mickey Raphael [harmonica], Pete Wasner [piano/el piano]. Producer: Bruce Robison)
035 CAN'T GET THERE FROM HERE Boar’s Nest 25
036 BED OF ASHES Boar’s Nest 25
037 BLAME IT ON ME Boar’s Nest 25
038 DEVIL MAY CARE Boar’s Nest 25
039 VALENTINE Boar’s Nest 25
040 FRIENDLESS MARRIAGE Boar’s Nest 25
041 WHAT WOULD WILLIE DO Boar’s Nest 25
042 FIRST THING ABOUT MARY Boar’s Nest 25
043 SIXTEEN Boar’s Nest 25
044 ANYONE BUT ME Boar’s Nest 25
045 TONIGHT Boar’s Nest 25

2002 [sessions for Dressed in Black: A Tribute to Johnny Cash] Big Ears, Nashville, TN – Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis (Bruce Robison [vcl/ac gt], Kelly Willis [vcl], Chuck Mead [ac gt], Dave Roe [bass], Shaw Wilson [drums]. Producer: Dave Roe, Chuck Mead)
046 PACK UP YOUR SORROW Dualtone 01127-2

2003 The Hit Shack, 1621 Lamar Blvd.,  Austin TX - Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison (Kelly Willis [vcl], Bruce Robison [vcl], James Loessberg [steel], John Ludwick [bass/fiddle], Rafael Gayol [drums], Eamon Mcloughin [fiddle-1], Floyd Domino [piano], Chip Dolan [Hammond organ-1], Larry Williams [sax-1], Amy Noelle Farris [hmny vcl-1])
047 SANTA BABY -1 Boar’s Nest 33 Rycodisc RCD-10882
048 BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE Boar’s Nest 33 Rycodisc RCD-10882
049 CHRISTMAS WALTZ Boar’s Nest 33 Rycodisc RCD-10882
050 PLEASE DADDY, DON'T GET DRUNK Boar’s Nest 33 Rycodisc RCD-10882
2003 Boar's Nest, Austin TX - Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison (Kelly Willis [vcl], Bruce Robison [vcl], Slim Richey [gt], Bobby Natanson [drums], Francie White [bass/fiddle])
051 WINTER'S TALE Boar’s Nest 33 Rycodisc RCD-10882
052 BLUE CHRISTMAS Boar’s Nest 33 Rycodisc RCD-10882
2003 Misty Hill Audio, Austin, TX - Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison (Kelly Willis [vcl], Bruce Robison [vcl], Michelle Schuman [piano], Strings Tosca String Quartet : Leigh Mahony / Tracy Seeger / Ames Asbell / Sara Nelson. Strings Arranged By Eric Hokkanen)
053 IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER Boar’s Nest 33 Rycodisc RCD-10882
2003 Austin, TX - Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison
054 SHUT IN AT CHRISTMAS Boar’s Nest 33 Rycodisc RCD-10882
055 SANTA LOOKED A LOT LIKE DADDY Boar’s Nest 33 Rycodisc RCD-10882
056 HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS Boar’s Nest 33 Rycodisc RCD-10882
057 61 OKLAHOMA CHRISTMAS Boar’s Nest 33 Rycodisc RCD-10882

16 August 2004 [live-Tribute To Billy Joe Shaver]  The Paramount Theatre, Austin, TX – Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis)
05701 RIDE ME DOWN EASY  Compadre 926312
2005 [sessions for Texas Fed, Texas Bred: Redefining Country Music, Vol. 1]  unknown – Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis

058 PACK UP YOUR SORROW Dualtone 01206-2

2005 Masterlink Studio, Nashville, TN/ Premium Recording Service, Austin, TX – Bruce Robison (Bruce Robison [vcl], Kevin McKinny [vcl], Dave Roe [vcl], Kevin McKinn [ac gt], Andrew Nafziger, [el gt], Randy Scruggs [ac gt/banjo], David Grissom [el gt], Keith Gattis [ac gt/el gt/banjo], Warren Hood [mandolin/fiddle], Al Perkins/Marty Muse [steel], James Desautels George Reiff [bass gt], Jamie Oldecker/ George Rains [drums], Conrad Choucroun [percussion], Kevin Smith/Spencer Campbell [violin], Brian Sandifer [cello], Jason Roberts [fiddle], Ames Asbell [viola], Tracy Seeger, Leigh Mahoney [strings], Jeff Roach, Chip Dolan, Floyd Domino, Kevin Szymanski [keyboards])
059 EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE Sustain SUS-001-013-2
060 VIRGINIA Sustain SUS-001-013-2
061 TENNESSEE JED Sustain SUS-001-013-2
062 MORE AND MORE Sustain SUS-001-013-2
063 DAYS GO BY Sustain SUS-001-013-2
064 ALL OVER BUT THE CRYIN' Sustain SUS-001-013-2
065 DON'T CALL IT LOVE Sustain SUS-001-013-2
066 YOU REALLY LET YOURSELF GO Sustain SUS-001-013-2
067 I NEVER FLY Sustain SUS-001-013-2
068 KITCHEN BLUES Sustain SUS-001-013-2
069 BANDERA WALTZ Sustain SUS-001-013-2

2006 [sessions for Why the Hell Not...: The Songs of Kinky Friedman] unknown – Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis

070 LADY YESTERDAY Sustain SUS-001-105-2

2006 [sessions for Pilgrim: A Celebration Of Kris Kristofferson] unknown - Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison
071 HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT American Roots Publishing Inc.1203893
January-February 2007 Premium Recording Service, 5114 Caswell Ave., Austin, TX – Bruce Robison (Bruce Robison [vcl], Kelly Willis, Kevin McKinney [vcl], Eleanor Whitmore [vcl/mandolin/fiddle], Andrew Nafziger [gt], Kim Deschamps [steel/dobro/banjo], George Reiff [bass gt]. Eddie Cantu [drums], Eddie Gantu [drums], Pat Manske [percussion], Melissa Becker [viola], Warren Hood [violin], Brian Standefer [cello], Sweeny Tidball [keyboards])
072 IT CAME FROM SAN ANTONIO Premium Latin Music 1873
073 WHEN IT RAINS Premium Latin Music 1873
074 LEFELINE Premium Latin Music 1873
075 MY BABY NOW Premium Latin Music 1873
076 ANYWHERE BUT HERE Premium Latin Music 1873
077 WHAT MAKES YOU SAY Premium Latin Music 1873
078 23A Premium Latin Music 1873
2007 Premium Recording Service, 5114 Caswell Ave., Austin, TX/ The Zone, Dripping Springs, TX – Bruce Robison (Bruce Robison [vcl ], Kevin McKinney [vcl/gt/bass instrument/drums], Eleanor Whitmore [vcl/fiddle], George Reiff [vcl/bass instrument], Judy Arnold, Joy Moore, Dion Arnold, Judy Arnold, Dionte Arnold, Kelly Willis [vcl], Andrew Nafziger [gt/el banjo], Gary Newcomb/Rolf Sieker [banjo], Conrad Choucroun [drums/percussion], Pat Manske [drums], Paul English [snare drum], Mickey Raphael [harmonica], Sweney Tidball/Chip Dolan [keyboards], Lloyd Maines, Marty Muse [unknown instrument])
079 THE HAMMER Premium Latin 003
080 ONLY Premium Latin 003
081 BAD GIRL BLUES Premium Latin 003
082 CALIFORNIA 85 Premium Latin 003
083 LAROSSE Premium Latin 003
084 THE NEW ONE Premium Latin 003
085 TWISTIN' Premium Latin 003
086 HANGING ON HOPELESS Premium Latin 003
087 SHE DON'T CARE Premium Latin 003
088 ECHO Premium Latin 003
2008 poss. Premium Recording Service, 5114 Caswell Ave., Austin, TX – Bruce Robison (Bruce Robison [vcl], Kevin McKinney [vcl/gt], Scott Esbeck [vcl/bass instrument], Eleanor Whitmore [vcl/fiddle], Kelly Willis [vcl], Gary Newcomb [steel], Pat Manske/Sweney Tidball [keyboards])
089 TRAVELIN' SOLDIER Premium Latin Music 022
090 DESPERATELY Premium Latin Music 022
091 THE GOOD LIFE Premium Latin Music 022
092 ANGRY ALL THE TIME Premium Latin Music 022
093 MY BROTHER AND ME Premium Latin Music 022
094 WRAPPED Premium Latin Music 022
095 POOR MAN'S SON Premium Latin Music 022
096 NOT FORGOTTEN YOU Premium Latin Music 022
097 RED LETTER DAY Premium Latin Music 022
098 RAYNE, LOUISIANA Premium Latin Music 022

2010 poss. Premium Recording Service, 5114 Caswell Ave., Austin, TX – Bruce Robison (Bruce Robison [vcl],  Miles Zuniga [gt-3] Brian Beken [gt/mandolin/fiddle], Will Dupuy [bass],  Joey Shuffield [drums/percussion], Sweney Tidball [piano/organ], Red Young [organ-2]. Kelly Willis [hmny vcl]. Bruce Hughes [vcl/bass-1].  Producer: Bruce Robison)

099 HEARTACHE TO HOUSTON -1-2-3 Premium no #

100 THE NEW ME   Premium no #

101 MY OH MY (FOR AMY) Premium no #

102 MOMENTS AND MEMORIES Premium no #          

103 SO HARD Premium no #

104 LIFELINE -1 Premium no #

105 RITA BALLEW             Premium no #

106 SUPERMAN Premium no #

107 THAT WAS A HEARTACHE Premium no # 

108 DREAMIN‘ -1-2-3 Premium no #

Tracks above issue don album You And Me

2012 unknown – Kelly Wills and Bruce Robison (Kelly Willis [vcl], Bruce Robison [vcl/ac gt], Pete Finney [steel/banjo], Al Perkins [steel], Lex Price [bass], Fred Eltingham/Chris Scruggs [drums], Mickey Grimm [percussion], Eamon Mclaughin [fiddle/mandolin/cello], Fats Kaplan [fiddle/accordion], Brad Jones [piano/ keyboards/ loop. Bass/a c gt] Dave Jaques [tuba/bass])

109 CHEATER'S GAME Premium no #

110 BORDER RADIO Premium no #

111 WE'RE ALL THE WAY Premium no #

112 LONG WAY HOME Premium no #

113 9,999,999 TEARS Premium no #

114 LEAVIN' Premium no #

115 BUT I DO Premium no #

116 NO KINDA DANCER Premium no #

117 LIFELINE Premium no #

118 ORDINARY FOOL Premium no #

119 BORN TO ROLL Premium no #

120 WATERFALL Premium no #

121 DREAMIN'  Premium no #

Tracks above issue don album Cheater's Game
2014 unknown - Kelly Wills and Bruce Robison (Producer: Brad Jones)

122 DEPARTING LOUISIANA

123 MOTOR CITY MAN

124 CAROUSEL

125 LONELY FOR YOU

126 A HANGIN ON

127 SHAKE YOURSELF LOOSE

128 HARPER VALLEY PTA

129 ANYWHERE BUT HERE

130 I'LL GO TO MY GRAVE LOVING YOU

131 THIS WILL BE OUR YEAR

Tracks above issued on album Our Years
2015 unknown – Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis

132 STORMS NEVER LAST

2016 Lockhart, TX -  Bruce Robison And The Back Porch Band, *w. Jack Ingram
133 ROCK AND ROLL HONKY TONK RAMBLIN’ MAN

134 LONG TIME COMIN’

135 PAID MY DUES*

136 LAKE OF FIRE

137 SQUEEZEBOX

138 THE YEARS

139 LONG SHORE

140 SWEET DREAMS

141 STILL DOIN’ TIME (IN A HONKY TONK PRISON)

Tracks above issued on album Bruce Robison And The Back Porch Band

2018 unknown, TX – Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis

142 IF I HAD A ROSE

143 ASTRODOME

144 NOBODY'S PERFECT

145 ONE DIME AT A TIME

146 BEAUTIFUL LIE

147 CAN'T TELL NOBODY NOTHIN'

148 COMING DOWN

149 LOST MY BEST

150 BRAND NEW ME

151 HEARTACHE TO HOUSTON

Tracks above issued on album Beautiful Lie

2020 unknown – Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis
152 TENNESSEE BLUES digital single [rel. Aug. 27]
2023 unknown – Bruce Robison
153 EXACTLY LIKE YOU
154 NEVER SAY NEVER
155 DOWN ON THE E
156 LIVIN’ IN THE WOODS IN A TREE
157 CUP O’ TEA
158 DARLENE
159 IT ALL DEPENDS
Tracks above issued on EP In The Woods


       

 

 

 



ALBUMS
Vireo VRCD 1105 Bruce Robison: Take It All Out On You;  Torn And Tangled; House Of Man; Angry All The Time; Not Forgotten You; Travellin' Soldier; It's Gonna Be Easy; Red Letter Pay; Lonely Too; Match Made In Heaven – 95

Boar’s Nest no # (UPC 63410600023) Wrapped: See You Around;  Wrapped; End Like That; When I Loved You;  My Brother And Me; Lonely For You;  12 Bar Blues; She Don't Care;  Go To Your Heart; I Dream Too;  Don't You Ever Call My Name - 97
Lucky Dog EK69134 Wrapped: Rayne, Louisiana (with Charlie Robison); Wrapped; Angry All the Time; When I Loved You (with Kelly Willis); My Brother and Me; Desperately; 12 Bar Blues; Go to Your Heart; I Dream Too; End Like That; Don't You Ever Call My Name; See You Around – 19-05-98
Lucky Dog EK-69173 Long Way Home From Anywhere: Drivin' All Night Long; Just Married; Red Letter Day; Travelin' Soldier; The Good Life; Trouble; Anymore Good Lovin'; What Did You Think; Emotionally Gone; Long Way Home From Anywhere - 13-07-99
Lucky Dog CK-63790 Unleashed Live: The Good Life; Rayne, Louisiana; Angry All The Time; Red Letter Day; My Hometown; Sunset Boulevard; Loving Country; Barlight; Mustang Burn; Work This Out; Travis Country; Barbie Doll – 26-00-90 Charlie Robison, Jack Ingram, Bruce Robison
Boar's Nest EBN 25 Country Sunshine: Can't Get There from Here; Bed of Ashes; Blame It on Me; Devil May Care; Valentine; Friendless Marriage; What Would Willie Do; The First Thing About Mary; Sixteen; Anyone But Me; Tonight – 18-09-01 (also issued on Holland as Continental Sound City CSCCD 1026 in 2002)
Boar’s Nest EBN 33 Happy Holidays: Santa Baby; Winter's Tale; In the Bleak Midwinter; Baby, It's Cold Outside; Christmas Waltz; Please Daddy, Don't Get Drunk; Blue Christmas; Shut In At Christmas; Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy; Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas; Oklahoma Christmas - 03 w. Kelly Willis (reissued in 2006 on Rycodisc RCD 10882)
Sustain SUS-001-013-2 Eleven Stories: Every Once in a While; Virginia; Tennessee Jed; More and More; Days Go By; All Over But the Cryin'; Don't Call It Love; You Really Let Yourself Go; I Never Fly; Kitchen Blues; Bandera Waltz – 04-04-06
Premium Latin Music 1873 It Came From San Antonio: It Came from San Antonio; When It Rains; Lefeline; My Baby Now; Anywhere But Here; What Makes You Say; 23A – 15-05-07
Premium Latin Music 003 The New World: The Hammer; Only; Bad Girl Blues; California 85; Larosse; The New One; Twistin'; Hanging on Hopeless; She Don't Care; Echo – 08
Premium Latin Music 022 His Greatest: Travelin' Soldier; Desperately; The Good Life; Angry All the Time; My Brother and Me; Wrapped; Poor Man's Son; Not Forgotten You; Red Letter Day; Rayne, Louisiana – 20-01-09

Premium Latin Music no # You And Me: Heartache To Houston; The New Me;  My Oh My (For Amy); Moments And Memories; So Hard; Lifeline; Rita Ballew; Superman; That Was A Heartache; Dreamin‘ - 10

Premium Latin Music no # (UPC 794504790832) Cheater’s Game: Cheater's Game; Border Radio; We're All The Way; Long Way Home; 9,999,999 Tears; Leavin'; But I Do; No Kinda Dancer; Lifeline; Ordinary Fool; Born to Roll; Waterfall; Dreamin' – 12-02-13 w. Kelly Willis (also as vinyl+CD with two tracks omited on vinyl)
Premium Latin Music no # Our Years: Departing Louisiana; Motor City Man; Carousel; Lonely For You; A Hanging On; Shake Yourself Loose; Harper Valley P.T.A.; Anywhere But Here; I'll Go To My Grave Loving You; This Will Be Our Years - 27-05-14 - with Kelly Willis

Motel Time Music ? Bruce Robison and The Back Porch Band:  Rock and Roll Honky Tonk Ramblin’ Man;  Long Time Comin’;  Paid My Dues (feat. Jack Ingram);  Lake of Fire;  Squeezebox;  The Years;  Long Shore;  Sweet Dreams;  Still Doin’ Time (In A Honky Tonk Prison) – 28-04-17

Motel Time  Music ? Beautiful Lie: If I Had a Rose; Astrodome; Nobody's Perfect; One Dime at a Time; Beautiful Lie; Can't Tell Nobody Nothin'; Coming Down; Lost My Best; Brand New Me; Heartache to Houston – 21-06-19 w. Kelly Willis

                       

  EPs
The Next Waltz ? In The Woods: Exactly Like You; Never Say Never; Down on the E; Livin’ in the Woods in a Tree; Cup O’ tea; Darlene; It All Depends – 09-02-24

 

 

Frank Necessary

Frank Marion Necessary, *20-12-1935 Bonnie’s Camp, KY, +15-12-1911

2nd version

By Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti, Dick Grant
SESSIONS

1969 unknown – Frank Necessary and Stone Mountain Boys (poss.: Frank Necessary [vcl/banjo], Larry Fowler [vcl/gt], Buck McCumbers [vcl/mandolin/fiddle/harmonica/gt], Troy Baily [bass])
001 TRAGEDY Cabut CA 2020
002 DEEP DARK MINE Cabut CA 2020
ca 1969 poss. Wheeling, WV – Frank Necessary and Stone Mountain Boys (Frank Necessary [vcl/banjo], Larry Fowler [vcl/gt], Buck McCumbers [vcl/mandolin/fiddle/harmonica/gt], Troy Baily [bass])
003 LONESOME FEELING Cabut 1006
004 COO KOO Cabut 1006
005 NO MORE TOMORROWS Cabut 1006
006 I WISH YOU KNEW Cabut 1006
007 MAKING PLANS Cabut 1006
008 NECESSARY'S THEME Cabut 1006
009 GIVE MOTHER MY CROWN Cabut 1006
010 ROCKY TOP Cabut 1006
011 BRINGING MARY HOME Cabut 1006
012 BUCK'S WEIRDO Cabut 1006
013 SLEW FOOT Cabut 1006
014 TIMBER TRAIL Cabut 1006
015 I'M USING MY BIBLE FOR A ROAD MAP Cabut 1006
1972 Old Homestead Studio, Brighton, MI - Frank Necessary and Stone Mountain Boys ( Frank Necessary [vcl/banjo],  Don Highman [vcl/gt],  Bill Highman [vcl/mandolin], Les Feiber [vcl/el bass])

016 BANJO SHUFFLE Old Homestead OHS-90010
017 CIMARRON Old Homestead OHS-90010
018 COOL WATER Old Homestead OHS-90010
019 FAIR AND TENDER LADIES Old Homestead OHS-90010
020 I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY Old Homestead OHS-90010
021 JOHN HENRY Old Homestead OHS-90010
022 LIMEHOUSE BLUES Old Homestead OHS-90010
023 LONG GONE Old Homestead OHS-90010
024 MANSION WAITING FOR ME Old Homestead OHS-90010
025 SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD Old Homestead OHS-90010
026 TAKE THIS HAMMER Old Homestead OHS-90010
027 TOMAHAWK Old Homestead OHS-90010
028 UNCLE PEN Old Homestead OHS-90010
029 WERE YOU THERE Old Homestead OHS-90010
1970 Dayton, OH - Frank Necessary and Stone Mountain Boys
030 STONEY MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWN Jalyn 350
031 CAN LOVE CONQUER ME Jalyn 350
8 May 1970 Dayton, OH - Frank Necessary and Stone Mountain Boys
032 26227 LONG BLACK VEIL Jalyn 352/JLP-161
033 26228 BLUE TRAIN Jalyn 352/JLP-161
ca 1971 Dayton, OH - Frank Necessary and Stone Mountain Boys
034 10817A HIGHWAY OF LOVE Jalyn 359/JLP-161
035 10817B JUST A MEMORY Jalyn 359/JLP-161
1972 unknown - Paul Keller, Frank Necessary and Stone Mountain Boys
036 MAC'S JACK Kippo 112
037 LONESOME FOR YOU Kippo 112
1974 Old Homestead Studio, Brighton, MI – Stone Mountain Boys with Frank Necessary
038 TIMBER TRAIL OHS-90032
039 MY BEST TO YOU OHS-90032
040 JESSE JAMES OHS-90032
041 BLUE SHADOWS ON THE TRAIL OHS-90032
042 TUMBLING TUMBLEWEEDS OHS-90032
043 WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS OHS-90032
044 GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY OHS-90032
045 WHEN IT'S NIGHTIME IN NEVADA OHS-90032
046 RED RIVER RAMBLE OHS-90032
047 LONG BLACK VEIL OHS-90032
048 PHILADELPHIA LAWYER OHS-90032
049 WHERE THE SOUL NEVER DIES OHS-90032
ca. 1975 Paragon Sound Studio, Silver Spring, MD - Al Jones, Frank Necessary and Spruce Mountain Boys (Frank Necessary [vcl/banjo], Al Jones [vcl/gt], Buddy Davis [vcl/mandolin], James Thomas [bass], Billy Baker [fiddle])
050 YOU'RE NOT EASY TO FORGET Rounder 0050
051 CRYING MY HEART OUT OVER YOU Rounder 0050
052 I'D RATHER BE ALONE Rounder 0050
053 LOST TO A STRANGER Rounder 0050
054 HOW THE STORY HAD TO END Rounder 0050
055 SKIP HOP AND WOBBLE Rounder 0050
056 BLUE EYED DARLING Rounder 0050
057 COME BACK TO ME IN MY DREAMS Rounder 0050
058 LET THOSE BROWN EYES SMILE AT ME Rounder 0050
059 HEY HEY HEY Rounder 0050
060 NO ONE BUT YOU Rounder 0050
061 LONG GONE Rounder 0050
062 LETTERS HAVE NO ARMS Rounder 0050
063 GOING HOME Rounder 0050
1979 Old Homestead Studio, Brighton, MI – Buzz Busby – Al Jones – Frank Necessary (Buzz Busby [ld vcl-4/baritone vcl-1/mandolin-1], Frank Necessary [ld vcl-6/tnr vcl-3/banjo], Al Jones [ld vcl-2/tnr vcl-5/gt])
064 WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HEARTACHES -1-2-3 Old Homestead OHS-90145
065 DON’T COME RUNNING BACK TO ME -1-3-4 Old Homestead OHS-90145
066 MARCHING THROUGH DIXIE –instr.- Old Homestead OHS-90145
067 STONE WALL -1-2-3 Old Homestead OHS-90145
068 QUINCY’S SPECIAL –instr.- Old Homestead OHS-90145
069 STONY MOUNTAIN, WEST VIRGINIA -1-5-6 Old Homestead OHS-90145
070 SILVER DEW ON THE BLUEGRASS -3-6 Old Homestead OHS-90145
071 SOUTH TO OLD MEXICO  -1-5-6Old Homestead OHS-90145
072 NOBODY’S DARLING BUT MINE -1-5-6 Old Homestead OHS-90145
073 IT’S A LONG LONG WAY -4-5 Old Homestead OHS-90145
074 BANJO RIFF –instr.-  Old Homestead OHS-90145
075 LONG BLACK LIMOUSINE -1-4-5 Old Homestead OHS-90145
076 SHE’S JUST A CUTE THING -1-2-3 Old Homestead OHS-90145
077 PLANT SOME FLOWERS BY MY GRAVESIDE – 1-2-3 Old Homestead OHS-90145
ca 1980 poss. Dayton, OH – Frank Necessary and Wheeling Grass
078 SWEETHEARTS IN HEAVEN Jalyn JLP-161
079 LITTLE MAGGIE Jalyn JLP-161
080 I STILL MISS SOMEONE Jalyn JLP-161
081 CALHOUN COUNTY Jalyn JLP-161
082 BLUE RIDGE CABIN HOME Jalyn JLP-161
083 JOHN HARDY Jalyn JLP-161
084 MIDNIGHT TRAIN Jalyn JLP-161
085 I KNOW YOU'RE MARRIED Jalyn JLP-161
Tracks above may have been recorded in early 1970s
7 December 1984 Webco Recording Studio, 8705 Deanna Drive, Gaithersburg, MD - Al Jones, Frank Necessary and Spruce Mountain Boys (Frank Necessary [vcl/banjo], Al Jones [vcl/gt], Buzz Busby [mandolin], Karen Spence [vcl/bass], Bill Sage [bass])

086 MY FRIEND DON RENO Webco WLPS-0113
087 STEPPIN' OUT ON YOU Webco WLPS-0113
088 TEAR DROPS MIXED WITH RAIN Webco WLPS-0113
089 OUT IN THE COUNTRY Webco WLPS-0113
090 YELLOW STONE GAP KENTUCKY Webco WLPS-0113
091 FORGOTTEN HOW TO PRAY Webco WLPS-0113
092 CROSSING THE SUMMIT Webco WLPS-0113
093 DREAMIN' AND GRIEVIN' Webco WLPS-0113
094 YOU DON'T LOVE ME ANYMORE Webco WLPS-0113
095 SHUFFLE OF MY FEET Webco WLPS-0113
096 REACHING FOR THE SUN Webco WLPS-0113
097 GIVE MOTHER MY CROWN Webco WLPS-0113
2003 unknown – Frank Necessary and Al Jones

098 CRIPPLE CREEK

099 I AM THINKING TONIGHT OF MY BLUE EYES

100 I'M ON MY WAY BACK TO THE OLD HOME

101 COREY IS GONE

102 BIG COUNTRY

103 LITTLE MAGGIE

104 BLUE AND LONESOME

105 MARY ANN

106 HEY, HEY, HEY

107 LOST TO A STRANGER

108 WILL YOU BE LOVIN' ANOTHER MAN

109 JUST A MEMORY

110 FOGGIE MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWN

111 WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN

tracks above issued on album Bluegrass Favorites

 

ALBUMS
Cabut LP 1006 No More Tomorrows: Lonesome Feeling; Coo Koo; No More Tomorrows; I Wish You Knew; Making Plans; Necessary's Theme; Give Mother My Crown; Rocky Top; Bringing Mary Home; Buck's Weirdo; Slew Foot; Timber Trail; I'm Using My Bible For A Road Map - 70
Old Homestead OHS-90010 Cimarron: Cimarron; Long Gone; Banjo Shuffle; Fair & Tender Ladies; Take This Hammer; Limehouse Blues; Mansion Waiting For Me; Cool Water; Sitting On Top Of The World; Tomahawk; John Henry; Uncle Pen; I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry; Were You There - 72
Old Homestead OHS-90032 Songs Of The Pioneers: Timber Trail; My Best To You; Jesse James; Blue Shadows On The Trail; Tumbling Tumbleweeds; What A Friend We Have In Jesus; Ghost Riders In The Sky; When It's Nightime In Nevada; Red River Ramble; Long Black Veil; Philadelphia Lawyer; Where The Soul Never Dies - 75
Rounder 0050 Al Jones and Frank Necessary and The Spruce Mountain Boys: You're Not Easy To Forget; Crying My Heart Out Over You; I'd Rather Be Alone; Lost To A Stranger; How The Story Had To End; Skip Hop And Wobble; Blue Eyed Darling; Come Back To Me In My Dreams; Let Those Brown Eyes Smile At Me; Hey Hey Hey; No One But You; Long Gone; Letters Have No Arms; Going Home - 76
Jalyn JLP-161 Frank Necessary and The Wheeling Grass: Sweethearts In Heaven; Long, Black Veil; Little Maggie; Blue Train; I Still Miss Someone; Calhoun County; Highway Of Love; Just A Memory; Blue Ridge Cabin Home; John Hardy; Midnight Train; I Know You're Married - 80
Old Homestead OHS-90145 Frank Necessary and Al Jones: What Do You Know About Heartaches; Don’t Come Running Back To Me; Marching Through Dixie; Stone Wall; Quincy’s Special; Stony Mountain, West Virginia;Silver Dew On The Bluegrass; South To Old Mexico; Nobody’s Darling But Mine; It’s A Long Long Way; Banjo Riff; Long Black Limousine; She’s Just A Cute Thing; Plant Some Flowers By My Graveside - 81
Webco WLPS-0113 Traditional Bluegrass At Its Best: My Friend Don Reno; Steppin' Out On You; Tear Drops Mixed With Rain; Out In The Country; Yellow Stone Gap Kentucky; Forgotten How To Pray; Crossing The Summit; Dreamin' And Grievin' ; You Don't Love Me Anymore; Shuffle Of My Feet; Reaching For The Sun; Give Mother My Crown – 85

Frank Necessary ? Bluegras Favorites: Cripple Creek; I Am Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes; I'm On My Way Back To The Old Home; Corey Is Gone; Big Country; Little Maggie; Blue And Lonesome; Mary Ann; Hey, Hey, Hey; Lost To A Stranger; Will You Be Lovin' Another Man; Just A Memory; Foggie Mountain Breakdown; Will The Circle Be Unbroken – 03 w. Al Jones

SINGLES
Cabut (1969)
CA 2020 Tragedy / Deep Dark Mine - 69
Jalyn (1972)
45-350 Stone Mountain Breakdown / Can Love Conquer Me - 70
45-352 Long Black Veil / Blue Train - 70
45-359 Highway Of Love / Just A Memory - 71
Kippo (1972)
112 Mac's Jack / Lonesome For You - 72