Ken Clark

William Kenneth Clark, *05-01-1932 Moultrie, GA, + 09-06-2015

4th version

by Dick Grant, Todd Gracyk, Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS

Spring 1957 Ken Clark Studio, Jacksonville, FL – Ken Clark and His Merry Mountain Boys (Ken Clark [vcl/rh gt], poss. Harry Bowen [ld gt], John Handcock [banjo], Edgar Robertson [dobro], Ernie Dukes [bass], Cliff Milton [fiddle], Russell Bowen [fiddle])

001 45-631-A HO! HO! LOVE ’EM JOE Starday 45-631/S-D- LP 860 Texas Gold TG 933 Dixie CD-5555 BACM CD D 390

002 45-631-B QUIT FOOL (MAMA’S LOOKIN‘) Starday 45-631/Dixie CD-5555 BACM CD D 390

S-D LP-860 TEENAGE CUTIE (GER, 1991), TEXAS GOLD TG-933 THE STARDAY STORY, VOL. 3 (NED, 1993); DIXIE CD-5555 DIXIE BOPPIN‘  HILLBILLIES (NED, 1995); BACM CD D 390 CUSTOM MADE HILLBILLY VOL. 2 (UK. 2012)

ca. April 1959 unknown - Ken Clark and His Merry Mountain Boys
003 2941 SASHIMO unissued
004 2942 PRETTY LOVE Starday 45-442 / BACM CD D 523
005 2943 COUNTRY JUMPIN’ unissued/ BACM CD D 523
006 2944 MY HEART MUST HAVE SEEN unissued
007 2945 GONNA PUT MY HEART unissued
008 2946 BUCKSKIN COAT 45-442/BACM CD D 523
1959 unknown- Ken Clark (Ken Clark [vcl/rh gt], poss. Harry Bowen [ld gt], John Handcock [banjo], Edgar Robertson [dobro], Ernie Dukes [bass], Cliff Milton [fiddle], Russell Bowen [fiddle])
009 3066 SOUTH PACIFIC SHORE [SOUTHERN PACIFIC SHORE*] 45-468 /BACM CD D 523*
010 3067 JUMPIN’ JOHN unissued
011 3068 I COULDN’T STAND TO GIVE YOU UP AGAIN unissued/ BACM CD D 523
012 3069 CANDY MAN 45-468/BACM CD D 523
013 3070 LOST FROM THE LORD unissued
014 3071 MY WORLD IS A HEAVEN unissued
1959 unknown - Ken Clark and Don Anthony (Ken Clark [vcl/rh gt], John Handcock [banjo], Chuck O‘ Neal [bass], Don (Chubby) Anthony [fiddle])
015 BLUEGRASS SWING [LEE HIGHWAY RAMBLE*; LEE HIGHWAY SWING**] SEP 130*/ SLP-114 SLP 115* NLP 2001* NLP 2015 GT 104* BACM CD D 523**
016 CHUBBY'S RUN SLP-114  NLP 2015 BACM CD D 523
017 MERRY MOUNTAIN HOEDOWN EP-477/SLP-109 NLP 2006 GT 104 BACM CD D 523

STARDAY SLP 109 COUNTRY EXPRESS (1959); STARDAY SLP 114 ROSIN ON THE BOW AND HERE WE GO!: FIDDLIN' COUNTRY STYLE (1960); STARDAY SLP 115 THE BLUEGRASS SPECIAL (1960)

Notes: 015 on SLP 115 as Ken Clark, 017 on SLP 109 SEP-45-477 as Ken Clark

ca. February 1960 Starday Sound studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN - Ken Clark  (Ken Clark [vcl/rh gt], John Handcock [banjo], Chuck O‘ Neal [bass], Don (Chubby) Anthony [fiddle])
018 3177 BIG BEN unissued
019 3178 RAMBLERS RIDE [RAMBLER’S RIDE*] SLP-114 NLP 2015 BACM CD D 523*
020 3179 BIG MAN 45-495/SLP-136 Country Stars CTS 55424 BACM CD D 523
021 3180 LET’S PRETEND unissued
022 3181 DAYS THAT ONCE HAVE BEEN 45-495

STARDAY SLP 136 BANJO JAMBOREE SPECTACULAR (1961)

Notes: 019 on SLP 114 as Ken Clark with Don Anthony
ca. May 1961 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN– Ken Clark and His Merry Mountaineers  (Ken Clark [vcl/rh gt], John Handcock [banjo], Edgar Robertson [dobro], Chuck O‘ Neal [bass], Don (Chubby) Anthony [fiddle])
023 4836 OLD TIMER unissued
024 4837 EDGAR’S DOBRO unissued
025 4838 SUNSHINE SHUFFLE SEP-181
026 4839 RUBBER DOLL SPECIAL [RUBBER DOLL RAG*; DOBRO DOLLY**] SEP-181/SLP 221* Diplomat DS 26000 Wyncote W 9077** BACM CD D523**

027 4840 A THOUSAND MILES AGO [A THOUSAND MILES OF OCEAN*]  Nashville NV-5009/SLP 169* Palace 720 Cont. Maple Leaf CMS 1010 BACM CD D 523
028 4841 OLD JOSEPH BROWN unissued
029 4842 THIS MAPLE TREE unissued/BACM CD D 523
030 4843 LEAVE HER WITH JOE unissued
031 4844 TRUCK DRIVING JOE [TRUCK DRIVIN‘ JOE*]  Nashville NV-5009/SLP 250 BACM CD D 523*
032 4845 DEAR MR. K unissued
033 4846 YOU’RE NOBODY UNTIL SOMEBODY CARES unissued/ BACM CD D 523

Possibly from session above:

034 SOUTHERN SHORES  [SOUTHERN MOON*] SEP-181/BACM CD D 523*
STARDAY SLP 169 MORE BANJO ON THE HILLS (1962)[ STARDAY SLP 221 FIRE ON THE STRINGS (1963); STARDAY SLP 250 DIESEL SMOKE, DANGEROUS CURVES, AND OTHER TRUCK DRIVER FAVORITES (1963); PALACE M/S 720 MOUNTAIN FOLK SONG BLUEGRASS STYLE (1963);  WYNCOTTE SW 9077 FIDDLIN‘ COUNTRY STYLE (1965)

Notes: 026 on  SLP 221,W 9077 as Ken Clark, 027 on SLP 169, M 720 as Ken Clark, 031 on SLP 250 as Ken Clark

ca. April 1963 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN - Ken Clark
035 6257 TOO MUCH LIKE AN ANGEL unissued
036 6258 TALK ABOUT LOVE Nashville NV-5134
037 6259 WE’RE TOO FAR APART 720/ BACM CD D 523
038 6260 EASE MY MIND Nashville NV-5134
ca. October 1964 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Ken Clark
039 7458 STANDING ON THE OUTSIDE 720/ BACM CD D 523

Unknown info  – Ken Clark [from Jerry Steinberg Collection]

040 TILL SUMMER COMES AGAIN BACM CD D 523

041 OPEN THE DOOR AND COME ON IN BACM CD D 523

042 STACKING UP THOSE MEMORIES BACM CD D 523

043 TINY DOLL BACM CD D 523

044 THREE SILVER DOLLARS BACM CD D 523

1973 [live] Country Music Park, Lawtey, FL – Ken Clark and His Merry Mountain Boys

04401 TURN BACK THE WORLD BACM CD D 523 NR 3007

04402 I LOVE NELLIE BROWN NR 3007 BACM CD D 523

04403 SIMPLE THINGS IN LIFE NR 3007 BACM CD D 523

04404 GOLD WATCH CHAIN NR 3007 BACM CD D 523

04405 CROSS OVER THE MOUNTAIN NR 3007 BACM CD D 523

04406 NOBODY UNLESS SOMEBODY CARES NR 3007 BACM CD D 523

ALBUMS

No label NR 3007 Bluegrass Grows In Florida: Gene Austin: Lawtey;  Ken Clark:Turn Back The World; Ken Clark: I Love Nellie Brown; Ken Clark: Simple Things In Life; Teddy Billeaudeaux: Odds And Ends; Ken Clark: Gold Watch And Chain; Various: Turn Left At Charlotte; Ken Clark: Cross Over The Mountain; Ken Clark: Nobody Unless Somebody Cares;Various: Friends,Of Bluegrass - 73

BACM [UK] CD D 523 Ken Clark And His Merry Mountain Boys: A Thousand Miles Of Ocean; Big Man; Lee Highway Swing; Buckskin Coat; Candy Man; Chubby's Run; Dobro Dolly; Rambler's Ride; Pretty Love; Southern Pacific Shore; Southern Moon; Truck Drivin' Joe; We're Too Far Apart; Standing On The Outside; Till Summer Comes Again; I Couldn't Stand To Give You Up Again; Country Jumpin'; Open The Door And Come On In; Stacking Up Those Memories; This Maple Tree; Tiny Doll; Three Silver Dollars; You're Nobody Unless Somebody Cares; Turn Back The World; I Love Nellie Brown; Simple Things In Life; Gold Watch Chain; Cross Over The Mountain; Merry Mountain Hoedown – 05-16

EPs

Starday SEP-45-477 Country Instrumentals: Dixie Mountain Express (Bill Clifton); Travelin’ Dobro Blues (Country Gentlemen); Merry Mountain Hoedown (Ken Clark) / Snowflake Breakdown (Earl Mitton); Dixie Hoedown (Jim and Jesse); Lazy (Cal and Ivan) – 59

Starday SEP 130 Country Fiddle Instrumentals: Fiddler’s Love (Tommy Hill’s String Band); Fiddler’s Prayer (Tommy Hill’s String Band); Sparta Waltz (Big Tige And His 8 String Fiddle) / Round Town Gals (Jim Eanes With Allen Shelton And Roy Russell); Dine-E-O (Jim Eanes With Allen Shelton And Roy Russell); Lee Highway Ramble (Ken Clark With Don Anthony) (reissue of Bluegrass Swing) - 60

Starday SEP 181 Dobro Instrumentals: Sunshine Shuffle (Ken Clark and His Merry Mountaineers); Houndog Ramble (Uncle Josh and Dobro) / Rubber Doll Special (Ken Clark and His Merry Mountaineers); Southern Shores (Ken Clark and His Merry Mountaineers) - 61

SINGLES
Starday (1959-65)
45-631 Ho! Ho! Love’em Joe / Quit Fool (Mama’s Lookin‘) – 05-57 (Starday custom)

45-442 Buckskin Coat / Pretty Love – 07-07-59 (ad. June 15)
45-468 South Pacific Shore / Candy Man – 10-11-59
45-495 Big Man / Days That Once Have Been – 22-03-60 (rev. May 23)
Nashville NV-5009 Trucky Driving Joe / A Thousand Miles Ago – 07-61
Nashville NV-5134 Talk About Love / Ease My Mind - 63
720 We're Too Far Apart / Standing On The Outside – 25-05-65 (rev. June 12)

 


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Ben Krahne

By Praguefrank

SESSIONS

1999 unknown – Ben Krahne

001 BACK TO THE COUNTRY

002 HONKY TONK DREAM

003 WON'T BREAK IT AGAIN

004 CHASIN' THE TIGER

005 FREIGHT TRAIN

006 PEACEFUL WATERS

007 BACKWOODS 70'S FOOL

008 AGAIN WITH GOODBYE

009 GYPSY WIND

010 HOLD ON

011 WORKIN' MACHINE

012 KEEPER OF TIME

Tracks above issued on album Back To The Country

2002 unknown – Ben Krahne

013 SWEET NAOMI

014 LUCKIER YOU GET

015 INDESCRIABLE UNDEFINEABLE LOVE

016 DARE TO BELIEVE

017 SUGAR BEE AND ME

018 HOME SWEET YOU AND ME

019 THERE'S THE DOOR

020 GIRL IN THE BRIGHT RED CAD

021 21ST CENTURY

022 LOVES HIGHER GROUND

023 HOLDIN TOGETHER GIRL

Tracks above issued on album Dare To Believe

2010 unknown – Ben Krahne, with Kalii Palmer [-1], Ronnie Kimball [-2]

024 POINT OF NO RETURN -1

025 ZERO TO A HERO

026 BE THE ONE -1

027 DON'T COUNT SLEEP

028 SLIPPING AWAY FROM HIM -2

029 LIKE A HURRICANE

030 IF YOU TRULY BELIEVE

031 SEVEN POUND BABY GIRL

032 WHEN A HEART NEEDS LOVE -2

033 GOODBYE CHICAGO

034 JUST AROUND THE BEND - 1

035 CHURCH FOR SALE

036 ALCATRAZ -2

037 ME

038 I KEEP HANGING ON -2

039 SLOW DOWN GIRL -1

040 UNDEFINEABLE LOVE

Tracks above issued on album Nashville California

2010 unknown – Ben Krahne

041 THAILAND ANGEL digital single [rel. Dec. 26]  [alt. w. Ronnie KIMBALL] digital single [rel. Dec. 18, 2011]

2011 unknown – Ben Krahne

042 LITTLE BIRD digital single. [rel. Dec. 18]

2011 unknown – Ben Krahne with Ronnie Kimball

043 NASCAR COWBOY digital single. [rel. Dec. 18]

044 ISLAND OF ANGELS digital single. [rel. Dec. 18]

045 RIDING LOVE’S TIGER digital single. [rel. Dec. 18]

2011 unknown – Ben Krahne  With Kalii Palmer

046 MY HEART BEATS AGAIN digital single. [rel. Dec. 18]

047 OTHER SIDE OF MY HEART digital single. [rel. Dec. 18]

2011 unknown – Ben Krahne with Cary Stone

048 GIRL ON THE FAT BOB HARLEY digital single. [rel. Dec. 18]

049 GIVE ME WHISKEY  digital single. [rel. Dec. 18]

2011 unknown – AJ with Ben Krahne

050 SHEET FOR THE SUN digital single. [rel. Dec. 18]

2012 unknown – Ben Krahne with Ronnie Kimball

051 HIT LIKE A GIRL digital single. [rel. Sept. 14]

2012 unknown – Mike Lusk feat. Ben Krahne

052 SHELTER OF MY HEART digital single [rel. Aug. 18]

2012 unknown – Cary Stone feat. Ben Krahne

053 BRINGS A HEARTACHE [digital single, rel. March 9, 2013]

2018 unknown – Ben Krahne, feat. Jon Scott

054 BABY PUT YOUR BOOTS ON digital single [rel.  Aug. 28]

2018 unknown – Ben Krahne, feat. Justin Morgan

055 THE SPIRAL digital single [rel.  Aug. 28]

2018 unknown – Ben Krahne, feat. Adam Fears

056 FAMILY GOES ROUND digital single [rel.  Aug. 28]

2018 unknown – Ben Krahne, feat. Peter Salis

057 HEARTS WIDE OPEN digital single [rel.  Aug. 28]

058 HEARTS MEND digital single [rel.  Aug. 28]

059 MODERN DAY TRAIN ROBBER digital single [rel.  Aug. 28]

060 ON A ROLL digital single [rel.  Aug. 28]

061 WE’RE MADE OF 100 % BEER digital single [rel.  Aug. 28]

2018 unknown – Ben Krahne, feat. Sandy Ramos

062 HIGH SCHOOL CRUSH RUSH digital single [rel.  Aug. 28]

2018 unknown – Ben Krahne, feat. John Scott

063 MEXICO CALIFORNIA digital single [rel.  Aug. 28]

2018 unknown – Ben Krahne, feat. Chick Jones

064 SAY HELLO TO TROUBLE digital single [rel.  Aug. 28]

2018 unknown – Ben Krahne

065 CHASIN’ TRAINS IN THE RAIN digital single [rel.  Aug. 28]

066 COWBOYS OF LIGHT digital single [rel.  Aug. 28]

067 LET’S CRASH THIS CHURCH digital single [rel.  Aug. 28]

ALBUMS

Ben Krahne ? Back to the Country: Back to the Country; Honky Tonk Dream; Won't Break It Again; Chasin' the Tiger; Freight Train; Peaceful Waters; Backwoods 70's Fool; Again With Goodbye; Gypsy Wind; Hold On; Workin' Machine; Keeper of Time - 29-06-99

Diamond Moon Music BMI ?  (UPC659057579023) Dare To Believe: Sweet Naomi; Luckier You Get; Indescriable Undefineable Love; Dare to Believe; Sugar Bee and Me; Home Sweet You and Me; There's the Door; Girl in the Bright Red Cad; 21st Century; Loves Higher Ground; Holdin Together Girl – 16-01-03

Diamond Moon music BMI ? (UPC609728400323) Nashville California: Point of No Return; Zero to a Hero; Be the One; Don't Count Sleep; Slipping Away From Him;  Like a Hurricane; If You Truly Believe; Seven Pound Baby Girl; When a Heart Needs Love; Goodbye Chicago; Just Around the Bend; Church For Sale; Alcatraz; Me; I Keep Hanging On; Slow Down Girl; Undefineable Love – 20-11-10

           

           

Citigrass

By Praguefrank

SESSIONS

2000 poss. New York City – Citigrass ( + Jordan Shapiro [vcl/gt], Noah Chase vcl/mandolin],

Benjamin Bernstein [bass], Mark Ambrosino [vcl/drums])

001 NEW RIVER TRAIN

002 NOAH'S IRISH DELIGHT

003 WOULDN'T LOOK BACK

004 LIVE TO TELL

005 ROLLERBLADE GIRL

006 CEDAR GROVE

007 ASTROGRASS

008 ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL

009 FALL AS YOU STAND

010 NW TERRITORY

011 JOHN HARDY

012 RIVER IN THE VALLEY

Tracks above issued on album Citigrass

2004 poss. New York City  ‎– Citigrass Citigrass (James Kerr [vcl/ gt/ dobro], Sandy Israel [vcl/banjo], Noah Chase [vcl/mandolin],  Tim Kiah [vcl/bass], Kenji Bunch [vcl/fiddle/ viola] +  Jordan Shapiro [vcl/rh gt], Mark Ambrosino [percussison/ vibraslap])

013 STARING AT THE MOON

014 HARDER FASTER

015 BROOKLYN BOUND

016 GREY FOX

017 AIN'T GONNA CHANGE

018 AIN'T GOING TO CHANGE

019 WALKABOUT

020 HIGH ON A MOUNTAIN

021 BALLAD OF JEFF VAN GUNDY

022 VIVA LAS VEGAS

023 NOAH'S IRISH II

024 CROOKED BEAKED BIRD

025 ROSE OF TIME

Tracks above issued on album Serpent In The Grass

2011 poss. New York City  ‎– Citigrass Citigrass

026 WAGON WHEEL

027 TAKE ON ME

028 HOW MOUNTAIN GIRLS CAN LOVE

029 ANGELINE THE BAKER

030 I KNOW YOU RIDER

031 TABLE MOUNTAIN ROAD

032 MIDNIGHT RIDER

033 I'M SO EXCITED

034 LITTLE MAGGIE

035 THONG SONG

Tracks above issued on album One Hit Wonder

ALBUMS

Borderline Music no # Citigrass: New River Train; Noah's Irish Delight; Wouldn't Look Back; Live To Tell; Rollerblade Girl; Cedar Grove; Astrograss; Orange Blossom Special; Fall As You Stand; NW Territory; John Hardy; River In The Valley – 00

Borderline Music no # Serpent In The Grass: Staring At The Moon; Harder Faster; Brooklyn Bound; Grey Fox; Ain't Gonna Change; Ain't Going To Change; Walkabout; High On A Mountain; Ballad Of Jeff Van Gundy; Viva Las Vegas; Noah's Irish II; Crooked Beaked Bird; Rose Of Time – 04

Borderline Music no # One Hit Wonderin’: Wagon Wheel; Take On Me; How Mountain Girls Can Love; Angeline the Baker; I Know You Rider; Table Mountain Road; Midnight Rider; I'm So Excited; Little Maggie; Thong Song – 04-12-11