Saturday, May 18, 2013

Miranda Sykes



By Praguefrank

SESSIONS also member of Dhow of Hands
There is not enough info for creating sessionography

ALBUMS

Irregular [UK] IRR 043 21st Century Blues: Voir Un Ami Pleurer; I Am The Wind; Texas Prison Songs; A Rainy Afternoon In The Star; The Petals Of The Rose; Summerhouse Hill; Sweetheart; Dear Andy; I Apologise; The Passers-By; Everybody Wants To Break Your Heart; The Coastroad; At The Siege Of Madrid; 21st Century Blues;Father Christmas Down Hounslow High St – 01 w. Robb Johnson and Saskia Tomkins
Irregular [UK] IRR 052 Don’t Look Down: Come Live with Me; Evening; The Wild Goose Man; This Rhythm Is Mine; Barbara; Little Sparrow; Out of Season; House of the Setting Sun; Lincolnshire Song; Ten Thousand Miles; Time of Inconvenience  08-03-04
Irregular [UK] IRR 058 Miranda Sykes Band: Deep in Love; Trade, The; Only One Way; Come Live with Me; Mysterious Day; By the Time It Gets Dark; Barbara; Killing Time; Ten Thousand Miles; Reply, The; Bliss; Time of Inconvenience – 27-06-05
Hands On Music [UK] HMCD 24 Bliss: Bliss; Shape of My Heart; Be with Me; Stonewashed Jeans; I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free; Icicles; Scars; When You Think It's All Over It's Just Begun; Happy Girl; Don't Be a Stranger – 29-05-06
Hands On Music [UK] HMCD 32 Covers 2: You Stay Here; Youngstown; Dakota; Boys Of Summer; The Devil's Right Hand; Tunnel Of Love; Secret World; 2-4-6-8 Motorway; King Of El Paso; Cocaine Blues; First And Last; No Woman No Cry; Aig 2 - 10 w. Show of Hands
Hands On Music [UK] HMCD 35 Miranda Sykes and Rex Preston: Old Man Time; Only One Way; Love Is Not a Flower; So Are You to Me; Between Sheets; Sweet Pea / Mean to Me; A Kiss in the Morning Early; Trouble; I Tell Myself; Rain; 4AM; One Good Year - 12-11
Hands On Music [UK] HMCD 37 Sing A Full Song: Me And My sister The Moon; Do Not Surrender;  Little Bird; How Soon How Long; Red Prairie Dawn; Lady Isabel and The Elf Knight;  All This Time;Turn To Me; Windowbox; Slowing Down; Mysterious Day; Sing A Full Song - 09-04-13 w. Rex Preston
Hands On Music [UK] HMCD 40 The Watchmaker's Wife: The Watchmaker's Wife; S.A.D; Rosie; Good Natured Man; Swedish; Bonnie Light Horseman; Going to the West; Leaving Song; Waste of the Moon; (Insert Name)'s Waltz; Exile's Return  - 19-02-16 W. Rex Preston
Hands On Music [UK] HMCD 44 Borrowed Places: Isabella Gunn; The Lincolnshire Song; The Lily and The Rose; The Big Wheel; The Brooch - Seven Years; Swords and Ploughshares; Panchpuran; Forgotten Harvest; Ready For The Storm; How Can I Get There; Sea Glass – 01-05-17
Miranda Sykes [UK] no # Behind The Wall: Lincolnshire Changes; My Heart's Where My Home Used To Be; Time Of Inconvenience; Double Or Quits; Sweet Peace; Fishing; Running Out Of Road; Are We Human?; I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free; Behind The Wall; Better Things – 01-11-18
Miranda Sykes [UK] no # The Farmhouse Sessions: Old Man Time; The Blue Cockade;
The Big Wheel; Lincolnshire Changes; Windowbox; I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free; The Lily and The Rose; Me and My Sister The Moon; Are We Human?; The Bonny Light Horseman; Don't Be A Stranger; Sea Glass – 01-09-20

EPs
Miranda Sykes [UK] no # Sweet Pea: Trouble; Sweet Pea/Mean To Me; Rain; So Are You To Me – 01-03-10
 
 

Friday, May 17, 2013

Linda Plowman (Fikes)



*1957
2nd version

by Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli
SESSIONS

1969 unknown, TX – Linda Plowman (Producer: Mike Robinson)
001 GRAND OLE OPRY QUEEN Domino S-103
002 LH 6831 WITH PEN IN HAND Domino S-103
1971 poss. Dallas, TX – Linda Plowman (Producer: Don Schafer)
003 J 1448 I’M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY Ambertone 103 Janus 146
004 J 1449 I WOULD Ambertone 103 Janus 146
1971 poss. Nashville, TN – Linda Plowman
005 CLINGING TO A SAVING HAND Janus 165
006 YOU’VE STILL GOT A PLACE IN MY HEART Janus 165
4 August 1972 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Linda Plowman
007 NCO 114451 GONNA FIND ME A BLUEBIRD Columbia 4-45689
008 NCO 114452 HALF A DOZEN TRICYCLE MOTORS 4-45817
009 NCO 114453 IF YOU STEP OVER THE LINE Columbia 4-45689
9 February 1973 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Linda Plowman
010 NCO 114953 YOU'RE THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME 4-45905
011 NCO 114954 MY DADDY PLAYS THE GUITAR (IN THE FOLSOM PRISON BAND) 4-45817
012 NCO 114955 NOBODY BUT YOU 4-45905
ca. April 1977 poss. Gusto Recording Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Linda Plowman (Producer: Snuffy Miller)
013 SD-S-7301 RIGHT BACK LOVING YOU AGAIN SD 163
014 I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY SD 171
015 LINCOLN AUDREY SD 171
016 IS THERE ANY WAY YOU'LL STAY FOREVER SD-163
1978 poss. Gusto Recording Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Linda Plowman (Producer: Snuffy Miller)
017 IT DON'T FIT ANYMORE GT4-9003
018 RIGHT BACK LOVING YOU AGAIN GT4-9003
2005 Nashville, TN – Linda Plowman Fikes (Linda Plowman Fikes [vcl], Hoot Hester [gt/mandolin/fiddle], Russ Hicks [steel/dobro], Charlie McCoy [bass/ harmonica], Gene Chrisman [drums],  Hargus "Pig" Robbins [piano]. Producer: Russ Hicks)
019 COULD YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE
020 STRENGTHEN THE BREEZE
021 MOMMY, DO YOU THINK (BRANDON'S SONG)
022 ANGEL ON MY SHOULDER
023 TAKE MY TEARS (IN MEMORY OF BARBARA)
024 CALLING ME, CALLING YOU
025 ANSWERED PRAYERS
026 I CHOOSE TO TRUST YOU
027 CLINGING TO A SAVING HAND
028 JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE
029 FAMILY BIBLE
030 JESUS LOVES ME
Tracks above issued on album Could You Make A Difference

ALBUMS

No label no # Could You Make A Difference: Could You Make A Difference; Strengthen the Breeze; Mommy, Do You Think (Brandon's song); Angel On My Shoulder; Take My Tears (In memory of Barbara); Calling Me, Calling You; Answered Prayers; I Choose to Trust you; Clinging To A Saving Hand; Just a Closer Walk With Thee; Family Bible; Jesus Loves Me  - 05Linda Plowman Fikes


SINGLES
Domino (1969)
S-103 Grand Ole Opry Queen / With Pen In Hand - 69
Ambertone (1971)
AT-45-103 I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry / I Would - 71 (reissued on Janus 146)
Janus (1971)
165 Clinging To A Saving Hand / You’ve Still Got A Place In My Heart – 71
Columbia (1972-73)
4-45689 Gonna Find Me A Bluebird / If You Step Over The Line - 09-72
4-45817 Half A Dozen Tricycle Motors / My Daddy Plays The Guitar (In The Folsom Prison Band) – 03-73
4-45905 You're The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me / Nobody But You – 07-73
Gusto (1977-78)
SD-163 Right Back Loving You Again / Is There Any Way You'll Stay Forever – ca 08-77
SD-171 I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry / Lincoln Audrey – ca 12-77
GT4-9003 It Don't Fit Anymore / Right Back Loving You Again – 78

Madonna Welte



*Canton, IL
By Praguefrank

SESSIONS
1973 Nashville, TN – Madonna Welte
001 SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN DETROIT AND CINCINNATTI  Safari S-1011/SR-MW 1001
002 YOU TOOK THE LOVE OUT OF LOVIN’  Safari S-1011/SR-MW 1001
003 LOVIN’  YOU IS ALL I’LL EVER NEED  Safari S-1019/SR-MW 1001
004 PLEASE MR. D.J. (PLAY ME A MEMORY)  Safari S-1019/SR-MW 1001
1974-1976 Nashville, TN – Madonna Welte
005 WALKING AFTER MIDNIGHT  Safari SR-MW 1001
006 LET’S FALL IN LOVE ALL OVER AGAIN  Safari SR-MW 1001
007 EVERYBODY’S COWBOY COUNTRY SINGER  Safari SR-MW 1001
008 LET ME GO, TURN ME LOOSE, SET ME FREE  Safari SR-MW 1001  - 76
1976 Nashville, TN – Madonna Welte
009 JUST LIKE YOUR MOMMY, YOU CRY EASY  Safari 1075/SR-MW 1001
010 HAVE I GOT A NIGHT FOR YOU  Safari SR-MW 1001


ALBUMS

Safari SR-MW-1001 Country Life: Somewhere In Between Detroit and Cincinnatti; Walking After Midnight; Please Mr. D.J. (Play Me A Memory); Lovin’  You Is All I’ll Ever Need; Just Like Your Mommy, You Cry Easy; Have I Got A Night For You; Let’s Fall In Love All Over Again; Everybody’s Cowboy Country Singer; You Took The Love Out Of Lovin’; Let Me Go, Turn Me Loose, Set Me Free – 76

SINGLES
Safari (1973-76) incomplete
S-1011 Somewhere In Between Detroit And Cincinnatti /  You Took The Love Out Of Lovin' – 73
S-1019 Please Mr. D.J. (Play Me A Memory) / Lovin’  You Is All I’ll Ever Need – 73
S-1075 I Have Got A Night For You / Just Like Your Mommy, You Cry Easy - 76

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Aaron Lines



Anthony Aaron Lines, *17-11-1977 Fort McMurray, Alberta, CAN
By Praguefrank

SESSIONS
2001 poss. The Warehouse, Vancouver, BC, CAN – Aaron Lines
001 LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING RCA 67057-2 
002 CLOSE RCA 67057-2 
003 LIVING OUT LOUD RCA 67057-2 
004 A KISS IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORD
005 OLD DAYS NEW RCA 67057-2 
006 WHAT BEAUTIFUL IS
007 LOST
008 I CAN READ YOUR HEART
009 THIS AIN'T LIVIN‘  
Tracks above issued on album Love Changes Everything
2002 Cartee Day, Nashville, TN/  Emerald Sound Studio, Nashville, TN/ The Record Room, Nashville, TN – Aaron Lines (Aaron Lines [vcl], Chris Farren [grt/bck vcl], Bobby Terry [ac gt/ programming], Jeff King [el gt/ bouzouki], Tom Bukovac [el gt], Dan Dugmore [pedal steel], Mike Brignardello, Michael Rhodes [bass], Shannon Forrest [drums/ programming], Eric Darken [percussion],  Nashville String Machine [strings], Chris Farren [piano/ Hammond B-3 organ/ keyboards], Tony Harrell [Hammond B-3 organ], Chris McDonald, George Tidwell [horns], Joel Feeney, Kim Fleming, Shawn Allan Klaiber, Wendy Moten, Jason Sellers [bck vcl])
010 I WILL BE THERE RCA 67057-2
011 TURN IT UP (I LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT) RCA 67057-2 
012 I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOUR LOVE RCA 67057-2 
013 YOU CAN'T HIDE BEAUTIFUL RCA 67057-2 
014 KNOCK ON WOOD RCA 67057-2 
015 SHE CALLED ME KANSAS RCA 67057-2 
016 YOU GET THE PICTURE RCA 67057-2  
2005 unknown – Aaron Line (Producer: Troy Verges)
017 WAITIN' ON THE WONDERFUL  BNA  66999-2
018 IT TAKES A MAN  BNA  66999-2
019 THE AMERICAN WAY  BNA  66999-2
020 TWENTY YEARS LATE  BNA  66999-2
021 LIGHTS OF MY HOMETOWN  BNA  66999-2
022 LOVERS ON THE RUN  BNA  66999-2
023 SEEING THINGS  BNA  66999-2
024 I WANNA BE THAT MAN  BNA  66999-2
025 GOOD LIAR  BNA  66999-2
026 DANCE TO THE RADIO  BNA  66999-2
027 IF I COULD DO IT AGAIN  BNA  66999-2  
2007 unknown, CAN – Aaron Lines
028 CHEAPER TO KEEP HER  Outside The Lines 30 
029 MOMENTS THAT MATTER  Outside The Lines 30 
030 SOMEBODY'S SON  Outside The Lines 30
031 LET'S GET DRUNK AND FIGHT  Outside The Lines 30 
032 WHEN WE MAKE LOVE  Outside The Lines 30 
033 IT BROKE OFF  Outside The Lines 30 
034 EVERYDAY HEROES  Outside The Lines 30 
035 JUST DRUNK ENOUGH  Outside The Lines 30 
036 SOMETIMES IT'S SUMMERTIME  Outside The Lines 30 
037 NOTHING LIKE YOU  Outside The Lines 30
2009 unknown, CAN – Aaron Lines
038 THE TROUBLE WITH CALIFORNIA  On Ramp R2009005
039 SAND  On Ramp R2009005
040 I HAVEN'T EVEN HEARD YOU CRY  On Ramp R2009005
041 YOU'D STILL LOVE ME  On Ramp R2009005
042 SUNDAY AFTERNOON  On Ramp R2009005
043 THESE ARE THOSE DAYS  On Ramp R2009005
044 I LOVE NEW YORK  On Ramp R2009005
045 UNLOVING YOU  On Ramp R2009005
046 MAKING LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON  On Ramp R2009005
047 EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LIFE (THE BLACKHORSE SONG)  On Ramp R2009005  



ALBUMS

Combustion Music [CAN] ?  Love Changes Everything: Love Changes Everything;  Close;  Living Out Loud; A Kiss Is Worth A Thousand Word; Old Days New;  What Beautiful Is;  Lost; I Can Read Your Heart; This Ain't Livin - 01
RCA 07863-67057-2 Living Out Loud: Love Changes Everything;  I Will Be There;  Close;  Living Out Loud;  Turn It Up (I Like the Sound of That);  I Can't Live Without Your Love;  You Can't Hide Beautiful;  Knock on Wood;  Old Days New;  She Called Me Kansas;  You Get the Picture – 07-01-03
BNA 82876-66999-2 Waitin‘ On The Wonderful: Waitin' On The Wonderful; It Takes A Man; The American Way; Twenty Years Late; Lights Of My Hometown; Lovers On The Run; Seeing Things; I Wanna Be That Man; Good Liar; Dance To The Radio; If I Could Do It Again - 06-09-05
Outside The Lines [CAN] 30 Moments That Matter: Cheaper to Keep Her;  Moments That Matter;  Somebody's Son; Let's Get Drunk and Fight;  When We Make Love;  It Broke Off;  Everyday Heroes;  Just Drunk Enough;  Sometimes It's Summertime;  Nothing Like You - 12-06-07
On Ramp [CAN] R2009005 Sunday Afternoon: The Trouble With California; Sand; I Haven't Even Heard You Cry; You'd Still Love Me; Sunday Afternoon; These Are Those Days; I Love New York; Unloving You; Making Love In The Afternoon; Everything I Know About Life (The Blackhorse Song) - 16-03-10

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Jimmie Williams 2


*07-03-1930 Hamilton, OH
2nd version

By Michel Ruppli, Thieu Van De Vorst, Praguefrank
SESSIONS

1954 poss. E. T. Herzog Recording Studio, 811 Race St., Cincinnati, OH - Jimmie Williams
001 45-1-54 HEY, HEY LITTLE DREAMBOAT Acorn 154/254
002 45-2-54 MY SISTERS ARE CRYING (AND I'M CRYING TOO)  Acorn 154/254
14 January 1955 E. T. Herzog Recording Studio, 811 Race St., Cincinnati, OH - Jimmie Williams
003 55-S-238/55-XY-166 I WOULDN’T HURT YOU FOR THE WORLD MGM K12074
004 55-S-239/55-XY-167 DON’T COME KNOCKING AT MY DOOR K12074
005 55-S-240/55-XY-168 THESE BLUES ARE ALL OVER YOU  K11938
006 55-S-241/55-XY-169 NO ONE KNOWS  K11938
2 October 1955 RCA Victor Studio, Methodist Television, Radio and Film Commission, 1525 McGavock St., Nashville, TN - Jimmie Williams
007 55-S-708/55-XY-603 WHERE WILL I SHELTER MY SHEEP?  K12262
008 55-S-709/55-XY-604 ALPHA AND OMEGA  K12262
009 55-S-710/55-XY-605 MY SUSPICIOUS MIND  K12150
010 55-S-711/55-XY-606 GO AHEAD AND MAKE ME CRY  K12150
12 September 1956 unknown- Jimmie Williams
011 56-S-661/56-XY-445 WE‘RE DRIFTING FARTHER APART  K12362/ BACM CD D 413
012 56-S-662/56-XY-446 WITHOUT ME  K12465/ BACM CD D 413
013 56-S-663/56-XY-447 THROWING MY LIFE AWAY K12362
014 56-S-664/56-XY-448 PADDLE YOUR OWN CANOE  K12465/ BACM CD D 413
27 April 1957 Cincinnati, OH - Jimmie Williams
015 57-XY-354/57-S-354 AGAIN  K12498/BACM CD D 413
016 57-XY-355/57-S-355 IF YOU‘RE LOOKIN‘ FOR LOVE  K12596
017 57-XY-356/57-S-356 DO YOU KNOW  K12596
018 57-XY-357/57-S-357 YOU CAN‘T MAKE ME CRY  K12498/ BACM CD D 413
Jimmie Williams recorded after 1957, some info in singles list

ALBUMS

BACM [UK] CD D 414 Paddle Your Own Canoe: I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive; Kaw-Liga; Again; You Can’t Make Me Cry; Paddle Your Own Canoe; Without Me; We’re Drifting Farther Apart; Yopur Cheating heart; Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes; Let Me Know; Eddy’s Song; Lonely Tombs; Precious Memories; I Can’t Stop Loving You; Making Believe; Satisfied Mind; The Window Up Above; Crazy Arms; No tears In heaven; The Old Rugged Cross; More Pretty Girls Than One; Barbara Allen; You Win Again; I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry; Mansion On The Hill; John Henry; Amazing Grace; Where Could I Go But To The Lord - 13

SINGLES
Acorn (1954)
145/254 Hey, Hey Little Dreamboat / My Sisters Are Crying (And I'm Crying Too) - 54
MGM (1955-57)                
K 11938 These Blues Are All Over You / No One Knows - 03-55
K 12074 Don't Come Knocking At My Door / I Wouldn't Hurt You For The World - 09-55
K 12150 My Suspicious Mind / Go Ahead And Make Me Cry - 12-55
K 12262 Alpha And Omega / Where Will I Shelter My Sheep? - 05-56
K 12362 Throwing My Life Away / We're Drifting Further Apart - 10-56
K 12465 Without Me / Paddle Your Own Canoe - 03-57
K 12498 You Can't Make Me Cry / Again - 06-57
K 12596 Do You Know / If You're Lookin' For Love - 01-58
Top Tunes (1950s?)
302 Goin‘ Steady; I’ll Never Get Out Od This World Alive / Kaw-Liga; Your Cheatin‘ Heart
303 Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes; Let Me Know / Eddy’s Song; Kaw-Liga
Jimmie Williams Sings (1962)
10 Cold Cold Heart; Jambalaya; Your Cheating Heart / You Win Again; I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry; Mansion On The Hill - 62    [MX 7483/4]
11 I Can’t Stop Loving You;  Singin The Blues; Making Believe / Satisfied Mind; The Window Up Above; Crazy Arms - 62  [MX 7485/6]
12 No Tears In Heaven; Precious Memories; I Saw The Light / Someone To Care; Just A Closer Walk With Thee; Jesus Remembered Me - 62 [MX 7487/88]
13 House Od Gold; The Old Rgged Cross; Peace In The Valley / Dust On The Bible; Life's Railway To Heaven; Great Speckled Bird - 62  [MX 7489/90]
14 Lonely Tombs; Amazing Grace; Hold To God's Unchanging Hand / Softly And Tenderly; Where Could I Go But To The Lord; Have Thine Own Way Lord? - 62     [MX 8659/60]
15 If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again; Take My Hand Precious Lord; When The Saints Go Marching In / Keep On The Sunny Side Of Life; Molly Darling; Steel Guitar Rag - 62
16 Down The Road; More Pretty Girls Than One; Barbara Allen / John Henry; Four Walls; Foggy River - 62  [MX 8663/4]

Rome Johnson



*30-01-1916 Winchester, KY, +08-01-1993
By Michel Ruppli, Thieu Van De Vorst, Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti, Henk Scholts

SESSIONS
7 July 1947 [14:00-17:30] E. T. Herzog Recording Studio, 811 Race St., Cincinnati, OH - Rome Johnson and His Saddle Pals (Rome Johnson [vcl/rh gt], Bob Mitchell [ld gt], Leonard Sosby [bass], Ray Sosby [fiddle], Mike Wilson [accordion], Bill Thall [clarinet])
001 47-S-6000-3 SOMEDAY YOU‘LL THANK ME MGM 10068/ Cattle LP 88 BACM CD D 413
002 47-S-6001-2  THE WALTZ OF THE WIND 10068/ Cattle LP 88 BACM CD D 413
003 47-S-6002-2  TWO WRONGS DON’T MAKE A RIGHT   unissued
004 47-S-6003-1  FADED LOVE AND WINTER ROSES  10314/ BACM CD D 413
16 September 1947 WOR Radio Station Studio, New York City - Rome Johnson and His Saddle Pals  (Rome Johnson [vcl/rh gt], Bob Mitchell [ld gt], Leonard Sosby [bass], Ray Sosby [fiddle], Mike Wilson [accordion], Bill Thall [clarinet])
005 47-S-6012  MY DREAM BOAT IS DRIFTING  10235/ BACM CD D 413
006 47-S-6013  I DIDN’T HAVE THE HEART unissued
007 47-S-6014  IT‘S FUNNY NOW (BUT IT WASN’T FUNNY THEN)  10181/ Cattle LP 88 BACM CD D 413
008 47-S-6015  WHAT A DIFFERENCE (JUST A TEAR CAN MAKE)  10314/ BACM CD D 413
25 November 1947 E. T. Herzog Recording Studio, 811 Race St., Cincinnati, OH – Rome Johnson and His Saddle Pals (Rome Johnson [vcl/rh gt], Bob Mitchell [ld gt], Leonard Sosby [bass], Ray Sosby [fiddle], Mike Wilson [accordion], Bill Thall [clarinet])
009 47-S-6035  NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW  10181/ Cattle LP 88 BACM CD D 413
010 47-S-6036  FOREVER AND A DAY  10810/ Cattle LP 88 BACM CD D 413
011 47-S-6037  DOWN IN THE NECK OF THE WOODS  10385/Cattle LP 88 BACM CD D 413
012 47-S-6038  THERE‘S NO ROOM IN MY HEART FOR THE BLUES  10235/ BACM CD D 413
25 November 1947 E. T. Herzog Recording Studio, 811 Race St., Cincinnati, OH – Rome Johnson and His Saddle Pals (Rome Johnson [vcl/rh gt], Bob Mitchell [ld gt], Leonard Sosby [bass], Ray Sosby [fiddle], Mike Wilson [accordion], Bill Thall [clarinet])
013 47-S-6039  FARTHER AND FARTHER APART  11480
014 47-S-6040  IF I DIDN­‘T LOVE YOU  10810/ Cattle LP 88 BACM CD D 413
015 47-S-6041  INDIANA WALTZ  10130/ Cattle LP 88 BACM CD D 413
016 47-S-6042  I GUESS I‘VE BEEN ASLEEP (FOR ALL THESE YEARS) 10130/ Cattle LP 88 BACM CD D 413
12 January 1949 [14:00-17:30] E. T. Herzog Recording Studio, 811 Race St., Cincinnati, OH - Rome Johnson and His Saddle Pals (Rome Johnson [vcl/rh gt], Zeke Turner [ld gt], Jerry Byrd [steel], Leonard Sosby [bass], Ray Sosby [fiddle], Tommy Jackson [fiddle])
017 49-S-6005  MIDNIGHT WALTZ  K11480
018 49-S-6006  YOU HAVE CHANGED  10482/ Cattle LP 88 BACM CD D 413
019 49-S-6007  THE WILLOW AND ME  10482/ Cattle LP 88 BACM CD D 413
020 49-S-6008  RIO GRANDE VALLEY  10385/ Cattle LP 88 BACM CD D 413
1951 unknown – Rome Johnson
021 G-925 LOVE FLEW OUT OF THE WINDOW Abbey 15041/ BACM CD D 413
022 G-926 A STAIN UPON MY HEART Abbey 15041 / BACM CD D 413
4 May 1952 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH - Rome Johnson (Rome Johnson [vcl/rh gt],+ Pee Wee King’s Golden West Cowboys)
023 K3375  MY HEART IS AN OPEN BOOK King 45-1098/ Cattle LP 88   BACM CD D 413
024 K3376  LOOK AT THE SEA 45-1077 /LP 871 Cattle LP 88 BACM CD D 413
025 K3377  I WAS A FOOL TO LOVE YOU  45-1077 
026 K3378  FOOLISH ME FOR LOVIN‘ YOU  45-1098/ Cattle LP 88 BACM CD D 413
KING 871 SONGS OF RIVERS, OCEANS AND SEAS (1963)
1957 Sage and Sand Recording Studio, 1534 No. Wilcox Ave, Hollywood, CA - Rome Johnson and Roy Lanham Band (Rome Johnson [vcl/gt], Roy Lanham [gt] + unknown musicians)
027 TRUCK DRIVER’S BLUES Sage 45-250 Sims 110
028 WILD DESIRE Sage 45-250 Sims 110
Ca 1958 unknown – Rome Johnson
029 100 GEORGIA BLUES  Now 45-100/101/ BACM CD D 413
030 101 WOMEN AND WINE 45-100/101/ BACM CD D 413




ALBUMS

Cattle [GER] LP-88 Down In My Neck Of The Woods: Down In My Neck Of The Woods;    Rio Grande Valley;  The Waltz Of The Wind;  Someday You'll Thank Me;  Look At The Sea;  It's Funny Now (But It Wasn't Funny Then);  No One Will Ever Know; You Have Changed;  Foolish Me For Loving You; My Heart Is An Open Book; Forever And A Day; If I Didn't Love You; The Willow And Me; I Guess I've Been Asleep (For All Those Years);  Indiana Waltz – 86
BACM [UK] CD D 413 My Dream Boat Is Drifting: Foolish me For Loving You; Faded Love And Winter Roses; My Dream Boat Is Drifting; Georgia Blues; My Heart Is An Open Book; Forever And A Day; If I Didn’t Love You; The Willow And Me; I Guess I’ve Been Asleep (For All These Years); Indiana Waltz; No One Will Ever Know; There’s No Room In My heart For The Blues; Down In My Neck of The Woods; Women And Wine; Rio Grande Valley; A Stain Upon My Heart; What A Difference (Just A Year Can Make); Waltz Of the Wind; Love Flew Out Of The Window; Someday You’ll Thank Me; Look To The Sea; It’s Funny Now (But It Wasn’t Funny Then); You Have Changed - 13


SINGLES
MGM (1947-1949)
10068  Waltz Of The Winds / Someday You'll Thank Me – 08-47
10130  Indiana Waltz / I Guess I've Been Asleep (For All These Years) – 02-48
10181  It's Funny Now / No One Will Ever Know – 04-48
10235  My Dream Boat Is Drifting / There's No Room In My Heart For The Blues – 08-48
10385  Down In The Neck Of The Woods / Rio Grande Valley – 04-49
10482  The Willow And Me / You Have Changed – 08-49
K 10810  If I Didn’t Love You / Forever And A Day – 10-50
K 11480  Farther And Farther Apart/Midnight Waltz – 04-53
Abbey (1951)
15041x45 A Stain Upon My Heart /  Love Flew Out Of The Window - 51
King (1952)
45-1077 Look To The Sea / I Was A Fool To love You  - 08-52
45-1098 Foolish Me For Loving You / My Heart is An Open Book – 10-52
Sage (1957)
45-250 Truck Driver’s Blues / Wild Desire – 11-57 (rev. Nov. 11, reissued on Sims 110 in 1960)
Now (ca 1958)
45-100/101 Georgia Blues / Women And Wine – 58?

Whitey McPherson



Edmond Whitey McPherson, *1923, +16-12-1989
By Kevin Coffey, Thieu Van DeVorst, Tony Russell, Mario Manciotti

SESSIONS
27 March 1937 Los Angeles, CA – The Rhythm Wreckers (Whitey McPherson [vcl-1/gt], Danny Stewart [steel], Francis Palmer [bass], Ben Pollack [drums], ? [piano], Muggsy Spaniere [cornet], Ben Kanter [clarinet])
001 LA 1290-A NEVER NO MO‘BLUES Vocalion 03523 Columbia-Lucky 60521/BACM CD D 412
002 LA 1291-A ST. LOUIS BLUES -1  Vocalion 03566 Columbia-Lucky 60309/ BACM CD D 412
003 LA 1292-A BLUE YODEL NO. 2 (MY LOVIN‘ GAL LUCILLE) -1 Vocalion 03566 Columbia-Lucky 60433
000 LA-1293-A 12TH STREET RAG  Vocalion 3523/ BACM CD D 412
9 June 1937 Los Angeles, CA – The Rhythm Wreckers (Whitey McPherson [vcl-1/gt], Danny Stewart [steel], Francis Palmer [bass], Ben Pollack [drums], ? [piano], Muggsy Spaniere [cornet], Ben Kanter [clarinet])
004 LA 1346-A RED-HEADED MUSIC MAKER -1  Vocalion 03670 Columbia-Lucky 60334/ BACM CD D 412
005 LA 1347-B BLUE YODEL NO. 1 -1  Vocalion 03642 Columbia-Lucky 60334/ BACM CD D 412
000 LA 1348-A MARIE Vocalion 3608/ BACM CD D 412
17 June 1937 Los Angeles, CA – The Rhythm Wreckers (Whitey McPherson [vcl/gt], Danny Stewart [steel], Ben Pollack [drums] + unknown musicians, ? [piano], Muggsy Spaniere [cornet], Ben Kanter [clarinet])
006 LA 1349-A BLUE YODEL NO. 3 Vocalion 03670 Columbia-Lucky 60521/BACM CD D 412
007 LA 1350-A DESERT BLUES  Vocalion 03642 Columbia-Lucky 60433/ BACM CD D 412
9 November 1937 Los Angeles, CA – Whitey McPherson (Whitey McPherson [vcl/gt], Danny Stewart [steel], Francis Palmer [bass], Ben Pollack [drums], ? [piano], Muggsy Spaniere [cornet], Ben Kanter [clarinet])
008 LA 1518-A BRAKEMAN BLUES  03937/ BACM CD D 412
009 LA 1519-A OLD FASHIONED LOVE  03937/ BACM CD D 412
010 LA 1520-A MEANEST THING BLUES  ARC 801645 03883/ BACM CD D 412
011 LA 1521-A LITTLE LADY   ARC 801645 03883/ BACM CD D 412
2 April 1938 Los Angeles, CA – Whitey McPherson (+ Rhythm Wreckers)
012 LA 1620-B AM I BLUE?  04339/ BACM CD D 412


013 LA 1621-B BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN BLUES  04245/Rare-Arts WLP 1002*  BACM CD D 412
014 LA 1623-B TROUBLE IN MIND  04245/ BACM CD D 412
015 LA 1624-A BLUE YODEL NO. 5  04339/ BACM CD D 412
*titled MY BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN BLUES with wrong recording date 1931
RARE-ARTS WLP 1002 THOSE AUTHENTIC BEVERLY HILL BILLIES
Late 1980’s [live] Bristol Farms, Palos Verdes, CA – Whitey McPherson
CAB DRIVER  BACM CD D 412  
GEORGIA ON MY MIND  BACM CD D 412  
GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY  BACM CD D 412  
Late 1980’s [live] home recordings – Whitey McPherson
MISTY  BACM CD D 412  
MONA LISA  BACM CD D 412  
COOL MY LOVE 
BACM CD D 412  
MACK THE KNIFE  BACM CD D 412  
EVELYN  BACM CD D 412  
UP A LAZY RIVER  BACM CD D 412


ALBUMS

BACM [UK] CD D 412 Whitey McPherson and The Rhythm Wreckers: [ARC:] Never No Mo‘ Blues; St. Louis Blues; Blue Yodel No. 2; 12th Street Rag; Red-Headed Music Maker; Blue Yodel No.l; Marie; Blue Yodel No.3; Desert Blues;  Brakeman Blues; Old Fashioned Love; Meanest Thing Blues; Little Lady; Am I Blue; Blue Ridge Mountain Blues; Trouble In Mind; Blue Yodel No.5; [1980’s:] Cab Driver; Georgia On My mind; Ghost Riders In The Sky; Misty; Mona Lisa; Cool My Love; Mack The Knife; Evelyn; Up A Lazy River - 13

SINGLES
ARC (1937)
Vocalion
3523 Never No Mo‘Blues / [Rhythm Wreckers without W.M.] - 37
3566 St. Louis Blues / Blue Yodel No. 2 (My Lovin‘ Gal Lucille) - 37
03642 Blue Yodel No. 1 / Desert Blues - 37
03670 Red-Headed Music Maker /  Blue Yodel No. 3 - 37
03883 Meanest Thing Blues /  Little Lady – 01-38 (also on ARC 8-01-64)
03937 Brakeman Blues / Old Fashioned Love - 38
04245 Blue Ridge Mountain Blues / Trouble In Mind 
04339 Am I Blue? / Blue Yodel No. 5 
Columbia-Lucky
60309 St. Louis Blues /  [not W.M] – 38?
60334  Red-Headed Music Maker  / Blue Yodel No. 1 – 38?
60433  Blue Yodel No. 2 (My Lovin‘ Gal Lucille) /  Desert Blues   – 38?
60521 Never No Mo‘Blues / Blue Yodel No. 3 – 38?