*24-07-1950 Portsmouth, OH, +25-06-2017
2nd version
By Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS also member of Lonesome Ramblers (Larry Sparks)
1979 Jewel Recording Company, 1594 Kinney Ave., Cincinnati,
OH – Dave Evans and River Bend (Dave Evans [vcl/gt/banjo], Mike Hamilton
[vcl/gt], Art Wydner [vcl/bass gt], Danny Cade [fiddle/harmonica])
001 CARRY ME BACK TO BLUEGRASS Vetco LP-3033 3033-3003
REB-CD-7519
002 SHORT LIFE OF TROUBLE 
Vetco LP-3033 3033-3003 REB-CD-7519
003 THIS TRAIN CARRIED MY GIRL FROM TENNESSEE Vetco LP-3033
3033-3003 REB-CD-7519
004 CALL ME ON HOME, TOO 
Vetco LP-3033 3033-3003 REB-CD-7519
005 SUN'S GONNA SHINE IN MY BACK DOOR SOMEDAY Vetco
LP-3033   3033-3003 REB-CD-7519
006 BARBARA ALLEN Vetco LP-3033  3033-3003 
REB-CD-7519                          
007 HIGHWAY 52  Vetco
LP-3033  3033-3003 REB-CD-7519                          
008 99 YEARS IS ALMOST FOR LIFE  Vetco LP-3033 3033-3003 REB-CD-7519
009 DARK AS A NIGHT, BLUE AS THE DAY  Vetco LP-3033 
3033-3003   REB-CD-7519
010 WHEN THE SNOW FALLS ON MY FOGGY MOUNTAIN HOME  Vetco LP-3033 3033-3003 REB-CD-7519
011 PICTURE FROM LIFE'S OTHER SIDE Vetco LP-3033 3033-3003
REB-CD-7519
1980 Jewel Recording Company, 1594 Kinney Ave., Cincinnati,
OH – Dave Evans (Dave Evans [vcl/gt/banjo], Buddy Griffin
[vcl/gt/banjo/bass/fiddle], Jim Rigsby [vcl], Josh Graves [dobro])
012 POOR REBEL SOLDIERS 
Vetco LP-3036  3033-3003
013 THERE AIN’T NOBODY GONNA MISS ME WHEN I’M GONE  LP-3036 3033-3003
014 IS IT TOO LATE 
NOW Vetco LP-3036  3033-3003                 
015 SOLDIER'S RETURN 
Vetco LP-3036 3033-3003 
REB-CD-7519
016 YOU CALL ME LONG GONE 
Vetco LP-3036 3033-3003           
017 SWEETER THAN THE FLOWERS 
Vetco LP-3036  3033-3003 REB-CD-7519           
018 WHITE HOUSE BLUES 
Vetco LP-3036  3033-3003   REB-CD-7519             
019 LEGEND OF THE JOHNSON BOYS  Vetco LP-3036 3033-3003  REB-CD-7519
020 LITTLE JOE  Vetco
LP-3036  3033-3003                     
1980 Jewel Recording Company, 1594 Kinney Ave., Cincinnati,
OH – Dave Evans (Dave Evans [vcl/gt/banjo], + Tommy Cordell, Art Wydner, Jim
Rigsby, Josh Graves)
021 WHISKEY LP-3036 3033-3003
 1980 Jewel Recording Company, 1594 Kinney Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Josh Graves, Dave Evans and Buddy Griffin  (Dave Evans [banjo], Josh Graves [steel], Buddy Griffin [fiddle/bass], + David Pinson [gt], Danny Cade [fiddle]. Producer: Lou Ukerlsen)
022 JENNIFER'S
WALTZ Vetco LP-3037   
023 CARTER'S
BLUES Vetco LP-3037   
024 SALTY
DOG BLUES Vetco LP-3037   
025 BIRMINGHAM
JAIL Vetco LP-3037   
026 FIREBALL
MAIL Vetco LP-3037   
027 GREAT
SPECKLED BIRD Vetco LP-3037  
028 NASHVILLE
SKYLINE Vetco LP-3037   
029 JOHN
HENRY Vetco LP-3037   
030 FIREBALL
Vetco LP-3037   
031 COLUMBUS
STOCKADE BLUES Vetco LP-3037
1981 unknown
– Dave Evans and River Bend
032 YOU
WON'T BE SATISFIED THAT WAY    Rebel
REB-1602 REB-CD-1119
033 SHE
THINKS I STILL CARE    Rebel REB-1602 
034 PASTURES
OF PLENTY    Rebel REB-1602 REB-CD-1119
035 YOU'LL
NEVER WALK THE STREETS OF GOLD    Rebel
REB-1602 REB-CD-1119 
036 SOMEBODY
LOVES YOU DARLING    Rebel REB-1602 
037 ONLY
ONE WAS TRUE    Rebel REB-1602
REB-CD-1119
038 BE
PROUD OF THE GRAY IN YOUR HAIR    Rebel
REB-1602  REB-CD-1119
039 SHENANDOAH
WALTZ    Rebel REB-1602 REB-CD-1119
040 ONE
LOAF OF BREAD    Rebel REB-1602
REB-CD-1119
041 ROAD
TO COLUMBUS    Rebel REB-1602 
042 DRUNKARD'S
DREAM    Rebel REB-1602 REB-CD-1119
043 GOIN'
'ROUND THIS WORLD    Rebel REB-1602 
ca early 1982
Riverside Studios, Ashland, KY– Dave Evans and River Bend (Dave Evans [ld
vcl/banjo],   Landon Messer/Jim Mc Cown  [vcl/gt],  Lundy Fields [tnr vcl/mandolin], Willard
Reynolds [mandolin], Duke Hall [dobro],  Mike
Smith [bass], Tommy Cordell [tnr vcl/fiddle])
044 NO
HIDING PLACE DOWN HERE   Rebel
REB-1608        
045 TAKE
ME HOME SAVIOUR   Rebel REB-1608             
046 SOMEBODY
TOUCHED ME   Rebel REB-1608              
047 LONELY
TOMBS   Rebel REB-1608                     
048 JUST A
CLOSER WALK WITH THEE   Rebel
REB-1608     
049 WORKING
ON A BUILDING   Rebel REB-1608            
050 VIION
OF MOTHER   Rebel REB-1608                  
051 GOD
SAVED ME   Rebel REB-1608                     
052 A FEW MORE SEASONS   Rebel REB-1608                 
053 JESUS
NEVER FALLS   Rebel REB-1608                
054 GIVE ME
MY FLOWERS   Rebel REB-1608               
055 GET IN
LINE BROTHER   Rebel REB-1608              
ca. fall
1982 Riverside Sound Studio, Ashland, KY – Dave Evans and River Bend (Dave
Evans [vcl/banjo], Derek Sparkman [vcl/gt], Landon Messer [vcl/gt/bass], Lester
Williams/Willard Reynolds [mandolin],  Jim
Risgby/ Mike Smith [bass], Tommy Cordell [fiddle])
056 POOR
RAMBLER   Rebel REB-1616 REB-CD-1119                    
057 PLAY
ME A SONG LITTLE BLIND BOY   Rebel
REB-1616  REB-CD-1119
058 I ONLY
EXIST   Rebel REB-1616                     
059 TRAVELING
DOWN THIS LONESOME ROAD Rebel REB-1616                                                       
060 I
NEVER WILL MARRY   Rebel REB-1616               
061 HENRY
LEE   Rebel REB-1616                        
062 LATE
LAST NIGHT   Rebel REB-1616                  
063 JUST
TO HEAR HER SWEET VOICE   Rebel
REB-1616  REB-CD-1119 
064 BALLAD
OF PRETTY BOY FLOYD   Rebel REB-1616       
065 I'M
ONLY HUMAN   Rebel REB-1616                   
066 RAW
HIDE   Rebel REB-1616                         
067 MY
WANDERING BOY   Rebel REB-1616                 
November/December
1983 Riverside Sound Studio, Ashland, KY – Dave Evans and River Bend (Dave
Evans [vcl/banjo],  Derek Sparkman
[vcl/gt], Lester Williams [mandolin], Mike Gerry [vcl/bass],  Jon Gilk [fiddle])
068 TRAGIC
ROMANCE   Rebel REB-1630                   
069 DOWN
IN THE WILLOW GARDEN   Rebel
REB-1630        
070 SOMEONE
TOOK MY PLACE WITH YOU   Rebel
REB-1630   
071 WHEEL
HOSS   Rebel REB-1630                       
072 MY
BLUEGRASS MEMORIES   Rebel REB-1630            
073 WHEN
THE SNOW FALLS ON MY FOGGY MOUNTAIN DEW   
Rebel REB-1630  REB-CD-1119
074 I'LL
BE ON THAT GOOD ROAD SOMEDAY  Rebel
REB-1630  REB-CD-1119
075 IF I
EVER GET BACK TO OLD KENTUCKY      Rebel
REB-1630 REB-CD-1119 
076 SWEET
THING   Rebel REB-1630                      
077 SIX
FEET UNDER THE GROUND   Rebel
REB-1630   REB-CD-1119
078 BUMMIN'
AN OLD FREIGHT TRAIN   Rebel
REB-1630     
079 ROCK
BOTTOM   Rebel REB-1630                      
1984 Riverside Studios, Ashland, KY – Dave Evans and Emma Smith (Emma Smith
[vcl/gt], Dave Evans [hmny vcl/banjo], Johnny brown [ld gt], Andy McCowan
[bass], Art Stamper [fiddle])
080 DON'T LET ME CROSS OVER 
Rutabaga RR-3001          
081 NINE POUND HAMMER 
Rutabaga RR-3001                
082 NEW FISH TO FRY 
Rutabaga RR-3001                  
083 BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN HOME 
Rutabaga RR-3001         
084 NASHVILLE BLUES 
Rutabaga RR-3001                  
085 NIGHT LIFE 
Rutabaga RR-3001                      
086 NO DOUBT ABOUT IT 
Rutabaga RR-3001                
087 DARK AS A DUNGEON 
Rutabaga RR-3001                
088 IF I SHOULD WANDER BACK 
Rutabaga RR-3001          
089 BETTER TIMES ARE COMING 
Rutabaga RR-3001          
1985 Chandler
Audio, Ashland, KY – Dave Evans and River Bend (Dave Evans [vcl/banjo/ld gt],  Johnny Brown [bari vcl/ld gt/rh gt], Wendy
Miller [tnr vcl/mandolin], Gene Hurd [bass],  Jon Gilk [fiddle])
090 ANOTHER
NIGHT   Rebel REB-1639 REB-CD-1119                   
091 I'LL
JUST PRETEND   Rebel REB-1639                
092 SECOND
HANDED FLOWERS   Rebel REB-1639            
093 LAST
PUBLIC HANGING IN WEST VIRGINIA     Rebel
REB-1639   REB-CD-1757  
094 SALT
CREEK   Rebel REB-1639                       
095 ROVIN'
GAMBLER   Rebel REB-1639                   
096 WILD
BILL JONES   Rebel REB-1639  REB-CD-1119                
097 MEET
ME BY THE MOONLIGHT   Rebel REB-1639         
098 I JUST
GOT WISE   Rebel REB-1639                  
099 HOME
SWEET HOME   Rebel REB-1639                  
100 WHY
DON'T YOU TELL ME SO   Rebel
REB-1639         
101 FATHER'S
TABLE GRACE   Rebel REB-1639             
1997 Songbird Studio, Ashland, KY – Dave Evans (Dave Evans
[vcl/gt], Gerald Evans Jr. [vcl/mandolin/fiddle], Tracy Evans [gt], Matt Mauch [dobro],
Clancy Fields [bass])                                       
101 IT AIN'T HALF AS BAD AS IT SEEMS  Neon 0197
102 EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT  Neon 0197    
103 HEY MAMA, JUST LOOK AT ME NOW  Neon 0197    
104 BUFFALO CHIPS 
Neon 0197                    
105 NEXT SUNDAY, DARLING, IS MY BIRTHDAY Neon 0197                                 
106 HERE'S MUD IN YOUR EYE 
Neon 0197           
107 WEST VIRGINIA 
Neon 0197                    
108 MY HOME'S ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS  Neon 0197                          
109 I STILL MISS SOMEONE 
Neon 0197             
110 DOGGIN' THE BLUES 
Neon 0197                
111 THE OLD CROSSROADS 
Neon 0197               
1998 poss. Ashland, KY – Dave Evans and River Bend (Dave
Evans [vcl/gt/banjo], Ray Craft [vcl/gt], Randy Thomas [vcl/mandolin], Gerald
Evans Jr. [vcl/fiddle], Clancy Fields [bass])
112 PUT MY LITTLE SHOES AWAY 
Neon NR-0998         
113 HIGH WATERS-BAD BLOOD 
Neon NR-0998            
114 LOVE WILL MAKE IT LAST 
Neon NR-0998           
115 DRINK UP AND GO HOME 
Neon NR-0998             
116 Y'ALL COME  Neon
NR-0998                       
117 ROUNDER AT TWENTY-ONE 
Neon NR-0998            
118 FAIR RIVER SIDE 
Neon NR-0998                  
119 COLD DARK CELL 
Neon NR-0998                   
120 DEAR OLD DIXIE 
Neon NR-0998                   
121 PURE GALLIO WINE 
Neon NR-0998                 
122 STONE
COAL WEST VIRGINIA  Neon NR-0998         
123 HUMBLE CARPENTER FROM GALILEE  Neon NR-0998    
1999 River
Track Studio, Louisa, KY– Dave Evans and River Bend (Dave Evans [vcl/gt/banjo],
Randy Thomas [gt/mandolin], Don Rigsby [mandolin/mandola/fiddle/percussion
sticks/bck vcl], Mark Poe [bass], Greg Moore [fiddle], Clancy Fields [bck vcl])
124 BAD MOON SHINING Rebel REB-CD-1757
125 MY HOME SWEET HOME AND MY TENNESSEE Rebel REB-CD-1757
125 MY HOME SWEET HOME AND MY TENNESSEE Rebel REB-CD-1757
126 ALL
THE GOOD TIMES HAVE PASSED AND GONE   
Rebel REB-CD-1757                          
127 C.O.
COME AND GET ME Rebel
REB-CD-1757
128 DON'T GO OUT TONIGHT DARLING Rebel REB-CD-1757
128 DON'T GO OUT TONIGHT DARLING Rebel REB-CD-1757
129 SATISFIED
MIND   Rebel REB-CD-1757                   
130 IT'S RAINING HERE THIS MORNING Rebel REB-CD-1757
131 HELLO STRANGER Rebel REB-CD-1757
131 HELLO STRANGER Rebel REB-CD-1757
132 IT'S
ALL UP TO YOU   Rebel REB-CD-1757               
133 I
CRIED AGAIN   Rebel REB-CD-1757                    
134 SOMEBODY'S
HERE FOR ME   Rebel REB-CD-1757           
2001 River Track Studio, Louisa, KY – Dave Evans (Dave Evans [vcl/gt/ banjo], Don Rigsby [gt], Randy Kohrs [dobro], Mike Bub []. Producer: Don Rigsby)
135 HANG OUT A LIGHT FOR ME Rebel REB-CD-1777 
136 WHO REALLY CARES Rebel REB-CD-1777  
137 THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE Rebel REB-CD-1777 
138 THE LINE IN BETWEEN Rebel REB-CD-1777  
139 WAIT A LITTLE LONGER, PLEASE JESUS Rebel REB-CD-1777 
140 HEAVEN Rebel REB-CD-1777  
141 GIVE MOTHER MY CROWN Rebel REB-CD-1777 
142 HE'S EVERYTHING TO ME  Rebel REB-CD-1777
143 THE DARKEST HOUR IS JUST BEFORE DAWN Rebel REB-CD-1777 
144 MANSIONS FOR ME Rebel REB-CD-1777 
145 TAKE ME IN A LIFEBOAT Rebel REB-CD-1777  
146 HOUSE OF GOLD Rebel REB-CD-1777  
ca. 2006 Tom T. and Dixie Hall's Studio, Fox Hollow, Franklin, TN – Dave Evans (Dave Evans [vcl/gt], Bo
Isaac [vcl], Mike Garris [vcl], Merl Johnson [gt],  Randy Thomas [mandolin], Bobby Hicks [fiddle])
147 OUR
LAST GOODBYE  Rebel REB-CD-1812
148 PRETTY
GREEN HILLS Rebel REB-CD-1812
149 LITTLE
WILLIE Rebel REB-CD-1812
150 SHOULD
I GO, SHOULD I STAY Rebel REB-CD-1812
151 DOWN
AND OUT AGAIN Rebel REB-CD-1812
152 SEA OF
REGRET Rebel REB-CD-1812
153 SOLDIER'S
JOY Rebel REB-CD-1812
154 EAST
VIRGINIA BLUES Rebel REB-CD-1812
155 THE
YEAR THAT CLAYTON DELANEY DIED Rebel REB-CD-1812
156 (I
HEARD THAT) LONESOME WHISTLE Rebel REB-CD-1812
157 HEAD
OVER HEELS Rebel REB-CD-1812
158 CORA
IS GONE Rebel REB-CD-1812
ALBUMS
Vetco LP-3033 Dave Evans and The River Bend: Carry Me Back
To The Bluegrass; Short Life Of Trouble; This Train Carried My Girl From
Tennessee;  Call Me On Home; Sun's Gonna
Shine; Barbara Allen; Highway 52; 99 Years Is Almost For Life; Dark As A Night;
When The Snow Falls On My Foggy Mountain Home; Picture From Life's Other Side –
ca 01-80  (reissued on Crosscut CR-1027)
Vetco LP-3036 Call Me Long Gone:  Poor Rebel Soldier; There Ain't Nobody
Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone; Whiskey;  Is It Too Late Now; Soldiers
Return;  You Call Me Long Gone;  Sweeter Than The Flowers;  Whitehouse
Blues; Legend Of The Johnson Boys; Little Joe – 07-80  (reissued on Crosscut CR-1030)    
Vetco
LP-3037  Playing It Simple:  Jennifer's Waltz;  Carter's Blues;  Salty Dog Blues;  Birmingham Jail;  Fireball Mail;  Great Speckled Bird; Nashville Skyline;  John Henry; 
Fireball;  Columbus Stockade Blues
- 80  w. Dave Evans and Buddy Griffin  (reissued on Crosscut CR-1031)
Rebel REB-1602 Goin' Round The World: You Won't Be Satisfied
That Way; She Thinks I Still Care; Pastures Of Plenty; You'll Never Walk The
Streets Of Gold; Somebody Loves You Darling; Only One Was True; Be Proud Of The
Gray In Your Hair; Shenandoah Waltz; One Loaf Of Bread; Road To Columbus;
Drunkard's Dream; Goin' 'Round This World – 10-07-81 
Rebel REB-1608
 A Few More Seasons: No Hiding Place Down Here; Take Me
Home Saviour; Somebody Touched Me; Lonely Tombs; Just A Closer Walk With Thee;
Working On A Building; Vision Of Mother; God Saved Me; Few More Seasons; Jesus
Never Falls; Give Me My Flowers; Get In Line Brother – 15-05-82                                                 
Rebel REB-1616 Poor Rambler:  Poor Rambler;  Play Me A Song Little Blind Boy; I Only Exist;
Traveling Down This Lonesome Road; I Never Will Marry; Henry Lee;  Late Last Night; Just To Hear Her Sweet Voice;
Ballad Of Pretty Boy Floyd; I'm Only Human; 
Raw Hide; My Wandering Boy – 25-08-83                                                   
Rebel REB-1630 Bluegrass Memories: Tragic Romance; Down In
The Willow Garden; Someone Took My Place With You; Wheel Hoss; My Bluegrass
Memories; When The Snow Falls On My Foggy Mountain Dew; I'll Be On That Good
Road Someday; If I Ever Get Back To Old Kentucky; Sweet Thing;  Six Feet Under The Ground;  Bummin' An Old Freight Train; Rock Bottom -
84   
Rutabaga RR-3001 Don't Let Me Cross Over:  Don't Let Me Cross Over; Nine Pound Hammer ;
New Fish To Fry; Blue Ridge Mountain Home; Nashville Blues; Night Life; No
Doubt About It; Dark As A Dungeon; If I Should Wander Back;  Better Times Are Coming - 84  w. Emma Smith  
Rebel REB-1639 Close To Home: Another Night; I'll Just
Pretend; Second Handed Flowers; Last Public Hanging In West Virginia; Salt
Creek; Rovin' Gambler; Wild Bill Jones; Meet Me By The Moonlight; I Just Got
Wise; Home Sweet Home; Why Don't You Tell Me So; Father's Table Grace - 85   
Vetco 3033-3003 Vetco Sessions: 99 Years; Barbara Allen;
Call Me On Home; Carry Me Back To The Bluegrass; Dark As The Night; From Life's
Other Side; Highway 52; Is It Too Late Now; Legend Of The Johnson Boys; Little
Joe; Poor Rebel Soldier; Short Life Of Trouble; Soldier's Return; Sun's Gonna
Shine; Sweeter Than The Flowers; There Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I'm
Gone; This Train Carried My Girl From Tennessee; When The Snow Falls On My
Foggy Mountain Home; Whiskey; Whitehouse Blues; You Call Me Long Gone - 93
Rebel REB-CD-1119 Classic Bluegrass: Be Proud Of The Gray In
Your Hair; You Won't Be Satisfied That Way; One Loaf Of Breed; If I Ever Get
Back To Old Kentucky; Wild Bill Jones; Pastures Of Plenty; Another Night; Just
To Hear Her Sweet Voice; Play Me A Song Little Blind Boy; You'll Never Walk The
Streets Of Gold;  Only One Was True; When
The Snow Falls On My Foggy Mountain Dew; Six Feet Under The Ground; Drunkard's
Dream; Poor Rambler;  Shenandoah Waltz;
I'll Be On That Good Road Someday – 01-11-93 (sampler) 
Neon NRO 197 Just Look At Me Now:  It Ain't Half As Bad As It Seems; Everything's
Gonna Be Alright; Hey Mama, Just Look At Me Now; Buffalo Chips; Next Sunday,
Darling, Is My Birthday; Here's Mud In Your Eye; West Virginia; My Home's
Across The Blue Ridge Mountains; I Still Miss Someone; Doggin' The Blues; The
Old Crossroads - 97  (reissued on Rebel
REB-CD-1782 in
2003)
Neon NRO 998 High Waters:  Put My Little Shoes Away; High Waters-Bad
Blood; Love Will Make It Last; Drink Up And Go Home; Y'all Come; Rounder At
Twenty-One; Fair River Side; Cold Dark Cell; Dear Old Dixie; Pure Gallio Wine;
Stone Coal West Virginia; Humble Carpenter From Galilee - 98   (reissued on Rebel REB-CD-1787 in 2003)                                
Rebel REB-CD-1757 Bad Moon Shining:  Bad Moon
Shining; My Home Sweet Home And My Tennessee; All The Good Times Have
Passed And Gone; C.O. Come And Get Me; Don't Go Out Tonight
Darling; Last Public Hanging In West Virginia; Satisfied Mind; It's
Raining Here This Morning; Hello Stranger;  It's All Up To You; I
Cried Again;  Somebody's Here For Me - 21-03-00          
Rebel REB-CD-1777 Hang Out A Light For Me: Hang Out A Light
For Me; Who Really Cares;  The Man In The
Middle; The Line In Between;  Wait A Little Longer, Please Jesus; Heaven;
 Give Mother My Crown; He's Everything To Me; The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn; Mansions For Me; Take
Me In A Lifeboat;  House Of Gold – 08-01-02
Rebel REB-CD-1812 Pretty Green Hills:  Our Last Goodbye; Pretty Green Hills; Little
Willie; Should I Go, Should I Stay; Down And Out Again; Sea Of Regret;
Soldier's Joy; East Virginia Blues; The Year That Clayton Delaney Died;  (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle; Head Over
Heels; Cora Is Gone – 27-06-06                                                  
Rebel REB-CD-7519 The Best Of Vetco Years: Highway 52;  99 Years Is Almost For Life;  Legend Of
The Johnson Boys; The Train That Carried My Girl From Town; Soldier's
Return; Barbara Allen‘;  When The Snow Falls On My Foggy Mountain
Home; White House Blues; Short Life Of Trouble;  Carry Me Back To The
Bluegrass;  Sweeter Than The Flowers; Call Me On Home, Too; Dark As
The Night, Blue As The Day;  From Life's Other Side;  Sun's Gonna
Shine In My Back Door Someday – 06-05-08 (sampler)
