Bill Napier

*17-12-1935, +03-05-2000

By Michel Ruppli, Praguefrank, Dick Grant, Thieu Van De Vorst, Günter Diebel

SESSIONS

June 1960 Wayne Raney Studio, Oxford, OH - Charlie Moore and Bill Napier (Charlie Moore [vcl/gt], Bill Napier [vcl/gt], Ansel Guthrie [vcl/mandolin], Dan Padgett [banjo],  Lindy “Tennessee Mort” Clear [bass]. Producer: Thomas Wayne Raney)

001 BIG DADDY OF THE BLUES American 101

002 STORY OF LOVE American 101

October 1960 Wayne Raney Studio, Oxford, OH - Charlie Moore and Bill Napier (Charlie Moore [vcl/gt], Bill Napier [vcl/gt], Ansel Guthrie [vcl/mandolin], Dan Padgett [banjo],  Curtis Blackwell [bass]. Producer: Thomas Wayne Raney)

003 TRUCKER DRIVER’S QUEEN American unissued

004 LOVE ME ONE MORE TIME unissued

005 JOHN HARDY BLUES  unissued

006 Unknown title  unissued

28 December 1962 poss. King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Charlie Moore and Bill Napier [leased session]
007 K11391 TRUCK DRIVER‘S QUEEN King 45-5782/LP 828 LP 866 LP 936 LP 1050
008 K11392 GEORGIA BOUND 45-5883/LP 828
009 K11393 COUNTRY TWIST Bethlehem 45-3064/LP 828
010 K11394 IT HURT TO SEE YOU GO LP-828
011 K11395 FLORIDA PICKIN‘ LP-828
012 K11396 (METRACAL – SAME OLD GAL) SING ALONG WITH MITCH 45-3064/LP-828
013 K11397 TWILIGHT SWAMP LP 828 LP 862
014 K11398 IN A WORLD OF BTROKEN HEARTS 45-5782/LP 828
015 K11399 NO LONGER A SWEETHEART OF MINE LP 828
016 K11400 WHEN THE ROSES BLOOM AGAIN LP 828 LP 982
017 K11401 COLUMBUS STOCKADE BLUES LP 828
018 K11402 GATHERING FLOWERS FROM HILLSIDE LP 828
019 K11403 LONESOME WIND BLUES LP 828
020 K11404 MY DEAR ONE 45-5926/LP 828
25 July 1963 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Charlie Moore and Bill Napier
021 K11631 CHAIN GANG 45-5926/LP-880
022 K11632 JOHNNY ON THE SPOT 45-5840/LP-880
023 K11633 WHITROCK LP 880
024 K11634 LOVE ME ONE MORE TIME LP 880
025 K11635 NO ONE AS SWEET AS YOU LP 880
026 K11636 I’M GIVING YOU YOU’RE FREEDOM LP 880
027 K11637 GOODBYE AND SO LONG TO YOU 45-5986 / LP 880
028 K11638 DOWN THE ROAD LP 880
029 K11639 I’VE GOT OVER YOU 45-5840 / LP 880
030 K11640 WAY, WAY DOWN SOUTH 45-5942 / LP 880
031 K11641 I’M JUST YOUR STEPPING STONE 45-5986 / LP 880
032 K11642 BARBARA ELLEN LP 862 LP 880
6/7 April 1964 poss. King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Charlie Moore and Bill Napier
033 K11862 SPRINTIME IN HEAVEN LP 917 LP 965 LP 1023
034 K11863 SOMETHING GOT A HOLD ON ME 45-6073/LP-917 LP-1023
035 K11864 JONAH AND THE WHALE 45-5987/LP 917
036 K11865 PRAISE GOD, I’M READY TO GO LP 917 LP 965 LP 1023
037 K11866 OUR FATHERS HAD RELIGION 45-5988/LP 917
038 K11867 I‘D RATHER BE ON THE INSIDE LOOKING OUT 45-5939/LP-917
039 K11868 MY HOME IN THE SKY 45-5939/LP-917
040 K11869 GOD HAD HIS WAY 45-5987/LP 917
041 K11870 GATHERING IN THE SKY 45-5988/LP-917
042 K11871 HOME IN THE ROCK LP 917
043 K11872 THE ARM OF GOD LP 917
044 K11873 OLD FASHIONED PREACHER LP 917
046 K11874 LONESOME TRUCK DRIVER 45-5883 / LP 922 KS-1423
27/28 July 1964 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Charlie Moore and Bill Napier
046 K11977 BALLAD OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS 45-5940/LP-922
047 K11978 GUITAR PICKIN‘ TRUCK DRIVER 45-5941/LP-922 LP-1050 KS-1423
048 K11979 MOUSY, LUCY AND BUREAU 45-5940/LP-922
049 K11980 ONE BROKEN HOME FOR SALE 45-6014/LP-922
050 K11981 AIN‘T THAT SOME PICKIN¢ 45-5942/LP-922
051 K11982 KENTUCKY SHACK LP 922
052 K11983 SAND MOUNTAIN BLUES LP 922
053 K11984 THERE’S A PLACE CALLED BANJO MOUNTAIN LP 922
054 K11985 SADNESS AND SORROW unissued
055 K11986 TALK OF THE TOWN LP 922
056 K11987 MY SWEET KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN HOME 45-6050/LP 922
057 K11988 GREAT BIG CASEY 45-5941/LP 922
058 K11989 JOHN HENRY 45-6050/LP 1006 KS-1021
18 November 1964 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Charlie Moore and Bill Napier
059 K12006 GRUNDY HOEDOWN 45-5990/LP 1014
060 K12007 PICKIN’ WILLIE LP 1014
061 K12008 STEPPIN’ HIGH LP 1014
062 K12009 BUFFALO PICKIN’ LP 1014
063 K12010 LONESOME GUITAR 45-5990/LP 1014
064 K12011 STUMP HOUSE MOUNTAIN LP 1014
065 K12012 BIG DADDY’S BLUES 45-5989/LP 1014
066 K12013 BILL’S BREAKDOWN LP 1014
067 K12014 BRUSHY CREEK LP 1014
068 K12015 MOVIN’ ALONG LP 1014
069 K12016 CINCINNATI BREAKDOWN 45-5989 / LP 1014
070 K12017 DIXIE BOOGIE LP 1014
26/27 July 1965 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Charlie Moore and Bill Napier
071 K12038 LONG OLD ROAD LP 936
072 K12039 TRUCK DRIVER’S WOMAN LP 936
073 K12040 HOT ROD KIDS AND WOMEN DRIVERS 45-6014/KS-936
074 K12041 LONG WHITE LINE 45-6004/KS-936
075 K12042 BALLAD OF BIG FRED LP 936
076 K12043 COMING HOME TO YOU LP 936
077 K12044 PIN BALL BLUES LP 936
078 K12045 I’M WAITIN’ FOR DAD TO COME HOME LP 936
079 K12046 THIS TRUCK AND ME LP 936
080 K12047 BLUE GRASS TRICK DRIVER LP 936
081 K12048 TRUCK DRIVER¢S ROMANCE 45-6004/KS-936
3 April 1966 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Charlie Moore and Bill Napier
082 K12099 HAVE I COME HOME TO DIE ? KS-982
083 K12100 GOD, PLEASE PROTECT AMERICA KS-982
084 K12101 NEXT SUNDAY, DARLING, IS MY BIRTHDAY KS-982
085 K12102 DOWN WHERE THE RIVERS BENDS KS-982
086 K12103 BANJO BUGLE 45-6075/KS 982
087 K12104 IS THIS A USELESS WAR? 45-6036/KS 982
088 K12105 FILIPINO BABY KS-982
089 K12106 I’LL BE HOME KS-982
090 K12107 A SOLDIER'S PRAYER 45-6036/KS 982
091 K12108 SOLDIER’S JOY unissued
092 K12109 FIVE STRING SPECIAL KS-982
093 K12110 A SOLDIER’S GRAVE KS-982
6/7 September 1966 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Charlie Moore and Bill Napier
094 K12219 THERE AIN’T NOBODY GONNA MISS ME KS-1021
095 K12220 GIRL OF THE NIGHT 45-6075/KS-1021
096 K12221 PRETTY POLLY KS-1021
097 K12222 YOU MAKE A FOOL OF ME KS-1021
098 K12223 SLICK POSSUM KS-1021
099 K12224 SHENANDOAH WALTZ KS-1021
100 K12225 THAT WASN’T IN THE DEAL KS-1021
101 K12226 HOWLIN’ MOON DOG KS-1021
102 K12227 LONELY I WAIT rejected
103 K12228 TRAGIC ROMANCE KS-1021
104 K12229 DARBY’S RAM KS-1021
105 K12230 WALKIN’ ON THE MOUNTAIN KS-1021
4 October 1966 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH - Charlie Moore and Bill Napier
106 K12234? WILL TH CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN KS-1017
107 K12235 SHOUT AND SING KS-1017
108 K12236 HE LEADS ME ON KS-1017
109 K12237 OH LORD I’M GLAD KS-1017
110 K12238 WON’T YOU COME IN KS-1017
111 K12239 THAT BEAUTIFUL HOME KS-1017
5 October 1966 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH - Charlie Moore and Bill Napier
112 K12240 DON’T WAIT TOO LONG KS-1017
113 K12241 THE STRANGER IN THE TAVERN KS-1017
114 K12242 WAYFARING PILGRIM KS-1017
115 K12243 I BELIEVE IN THE OLD TIME WAY 45-6073/KS-1017
116 K12244 TAKE A MESSAGE TO MOTHER 45-6081/KS-1017
117 K12245 SWEETER THAN THE FLOWERS 45-6081/KS-1017
18 March/5 August 1975 unknown - Charlie Moore and Bill Napier and The Dixie Partners (Charlie Moore [vcl/gt], Bill Napier [vcl/gt], Billy Constable [gt], Ron Rigsby/ Al Osteen/ Ben Green [banjo], Al Elliott [mandolin], Garry Cooper/ Henry Dockery [bass], Bill Richmond / Steven Whalen / Terry Baucom / Chubby Anthony / John “Smokey” Dacus [fiddle])

118 IF THAT'S THE WAY YOU FEEL Old Homestead OHCD-121
119 HEAVEN SEEMED SO NEAR Old Homestead OHCD-121
120 HEART'S BOUQUET Old Homestead OHCD-121
121 JUST THE THOUGHT OF LOSING YOU Old Homestead OHCD-121
122 TODAY I'M BROKEN HEARTED Old Homestead OHCD-121
123 OPEN PIT MINE Old Homestead OHCD-121
124 FRIENDS IN BALTIMORE Old Homestead OHCD-121
125 MY CHRISTMAS DREAM Old Homestead OHCD-121
126 KATY HILL Old Homestead OHCD-121
127 HANDSOME MOLLY Old Homestead OHCD-121
128 NASHVILLE SKYLINE RAG Old Homestead OHCD-121
129 OLD CHAIN GANG Old Homestead OHCD-121
1984 unknown – Bill Napier and His Mountan Music Clan (Bill Napier [vcl/mandolin], Steve Carroll [vcl/gt], Audie Blaylock [vcl/gt], Charles Boyd [banjo], Brad Hudson [bass], Jim Bradford [fiddle], Dennis Nelson [harmonica])

130 DON'T PULL THAT STUFF ON ME OHS 80059

131 I LONG TO SEE THE OLD FOLKS OHS 80059  

132 GOING BACK TO OLD KENTUCKY OHS 80059  

133 ALLIGATOR MAN OHS 80059  

134 LONESOME WIND BLUES OHS 80059

135 PRAISE GOD I'M READY TO GO OHS 80059

136 HILLBILLY FEVER OHS 80059

137 THE GREAT DIVIDE OHS 80059

138 SILVER LINED BAR OHS 80059

139 ROARING CREEK OHS 80059  

140 TWILITE SWAMP OHS 80059  

141 SHOUT AND SING OHS 80059

1987 unknown – Bill Napier with Larry Taylor and The Waterloo Bluegrass Boys

142 IT’S NEVER TOO LATE OHS 80075  

143 THERE IS A TRAP OHS 80075

144 I’M LOST I’LL NEVER FIND THE WAY OHS 80075

145 I GOT WISE OHS 80075   

146 HOW MOUNTAIN GIRLS CAN LOVE OHS 80075  

147 DON’T GO OUT TONIGHT OHS 80075  

148 THE ANGELS ARE SINGING OHS 80075

149 DEAR GIRL CAN YOU FORGIVE OHS 80075  

150 LONESOME WITHOUT YOU OHS 80075  

151 RANK STRANGER OHS 80075

152 WHERE WE SHALL NEVER DIE OHS 80075  

153 LET ME LOVE YOU ONE MORE TIME OHS 80075  

154 DAYBREAK IN DIXIE OHS 80075  

155 LONESOME RIVER OHS 80075

Bill Napier recorded one more album with Larrty Taylor in  1987. Details unknown

 

ALBUMS

King 828 Folk 'N' Hill: (Metracal-Same Old Gal) Sing Along With Mitch; Georgia Bound; Lonesome Wind Blues; It Hurts To See You Go; Country Twist; Florida Pickin'; Columbus Stockade Blues; Truck Driver's Queen; In A World Of Broken Hearts; My Dear One; When The Roses Bloom Again; Twilight Swamp; No Longer A Sweetheart Of Mine; Gathering Flowers From The Hillside – 07-63 w. Charlie Moore
King 880 The Best Of Charlie Moore and Bill Napier: Barbara Allen;  I'm Just Your Stepping Stone;  Goodbye And So Long To You; Love Me One More Time;  Chain Gang;  No One As Sweet As You;  Down The Road;  I've Got Over;  Johnny On The Spot;  I'm Giving You Your Freedom;  Whitrock;  Down South – 64 w. Charlie Moore

King 917 Grand Ole Opry Hymnal: Springtime In Heaven; I'd Rather Be On The Inside Looking Out; Something Got Hold Of Me; My Home In The Sky; Old Fashioned Preacher; Jonah And The Whale; Home In The Rock; Our Fathers Had Religion; Praise God, I'm Ready To Go; The Arm Of God; God Had His Way; Gathering In The Sky – 07-64 w. Charlie Moore (retitled to Country Hymnal)
King 922 Twelve Variety Bluegrass Tunes: Guitar Pickin' Truck Driver; There's A Place Called Banjo Mountain; Talk Of The Town; Kentucky Shuck; Ballad Of Christopher Columbus; One Broken Home For Sale; Lonesome Truck Driver; Mousy, Lucy, And Bureau; Ain't That Some Pickin'; Sand Mountain Blues; Great Big Casey; My Sweet Kentucky Mountain Home – 11-64 w. Charlie Moore
King KS-936 Songs By Moore and Napier For All The Lonesome Truck Drivers: Long White Line; Truck Driver's Woman; Hot Rod; Kids And Women Drivers; This Truck And Me; I'm Waiting For Dad To Come Home; Truck Driver's Romance; Truck Driver's Queen; Ballad Of Big Fred; Pinball Blues; Blue Grass Truck Driver; Coming Home To You; Long Old Road – 09-65 w. Charlie Moore
 (reissued in 2006 on King KG-0248-2 Truckin‘ Favorites)
King KS-982 Country Music Goes To Viet Nam: God Please Protect America; Is This A Useless War; Banjo Bugle; A Soldier's Prayer; Next Sunday Darling Is My Birthday; A Soldier's Grave; I'll Be Home; Filipino Baby; Have I Come Home To Die; Five String Special; Down Where The River Bends; When The Roses Bloom Again – 66 w. Charlie Moore
King 1014 Spectacular Pickin', Steppin' And Movin' Instrumentals: Crundy Hoedown; Pickin' Willie; Steppin' High; Buffalo Pickin'; Lonesome Guitar; Stump House Mountain; Big Daddy's Blues; Bill's Breakdown; Brushy Creek; Movin' Along; Cincinnati Breakdown; Dixie Boogie – 67 w. Charlie Moore
King KS-1017 Gospel And Sacred Songs: Don't Wait Too Long; The Stranger In The Tavern; Wayfaring Stranger; I Believe In The Old Time Way; Take A Message To Mother; Will The Circle Be Unbroken; Shout And Sing; He Leads Me On; Oh Lord I'm Glad; Won't You Come In; That Beautiful Home; Sweeter Than The Flowers – 67 w. Charlie Moore (reissued on Gusto GT7-0636-2 in 2008)
King KS-1021 1968 Brand New Vocal Country And Western Songs: There Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me; Girl Of The Night; Pretty Polly; You Make A Fool Of Me; Slick Possum; Shenandoah Waltz; Darby's Ram; That Wasn't In The Deal; John Henry; Tragic Romance; Howlin' Moon Dog; Walking On The Mountain – 68 w. Charlie Moore

King SLP 960 The Best Of Charlie Moore and Bill Napier: I'm Just Your Steppin' Stone; Goodbye And So Long To You; Chain Gang; No One As Sweet As You; Down The Road; I've Got Over You; Johnny On The Spot; I'm Giving You Your Freedom; Whitrock; Down South – 75 w. Charlie Moore (all tracks from King 880)
Old Homestead OHCS-121 Charlie Moore and Bill Napier and The Dixie Partners: If That's The Way You Feel; Heaven Seemed So Near; Heart's Bouquet; Just The Thought Of Losing You; Today I'm Broken Hearted; Open Pit Mine; Friends In Baltimore; My Christmas Dream; Katy Hill; Handsome Molly; Nashville Skyline Rag; Old Chain Gang – 78

Old Homestead OHS 80059 Hillbilly Fever: Don't Pull That Stuff On Me; I Long To See The Old Folks;  Going Back To Old Kentucky;  Alligator Man;  Lonesome Wind Blues;  Praise God I'm Ready To Go;  Hillbilly Fever;  The Great Divide;  Silver Lined Bar;  Roaring Creek;  Twilite Swamp;  Shout And Sing – 84 w. his Mountain Music Clan

Old Homestead OHS 80075 We Salute The Stanley Brothers: It’s Never Too Late; There Is A Trap; I’m Lost I’ll Never Find The Way; I Got Wise;  How Mountain Girls Can Love;  Don’t Go Out Tonight; The Angels Are Singing; Dear Girl Can You Forgive;  Lonesome Without You; Rank Stranger; Where We Shall Never Die; Let Me Love You One More Time; Daybreak In Dixie; Lonesome River - 87 w. Larry Taylor 
Old Homestead OHS 80076 Country Boy’s Life: (tracks unknown)  - 87 w. Larry Taylor

SINGLES

American (1960)

45-101 Big Daddy Of The Blues / Story Of Love – 08-60 (rev. Sept. 5) w. Charlie Moore

King (1963-67) w. Charlie Moore and The Dixie Boys
45-3064 Metracal Same Old Gal And Sing Along With Mitch / Country Twist - 02-63 (released on Bethlehem)
45-5782 Truck Driver's Queen / In A World Of Broken Hearts - 09-63
45-5840 Johnny On The Spot / I've Got Over You – 01-64
45-5883 Georgia Bound / Lonesome Truck Driver - 05-64
45-5926 My Dear One / Chain Gang – 09-64 (rev. Sept. 19)
45-5939 I'd Rather Be On The Inside Looking Out / My Home In The Sky -10-64
45-5940 Ballad Of Christopher Columbus / Mousy, Lucy, And Bureau - 10-64
45-5941 Great Big Casey / Guitar Pickin' Truck Driver - 10-64
45-5942 Way, Way Down South / Ain't That Some Pickin' -10-64
45-5986 Goodbye And So Long To You / I¢m Just Your Stepping Stone - 65
45-5987 Jonah And The Whale / God Has His Way - 65
45-5988 Our Fathers Had Religion / Gathering In The Sky - 65
45-5989 Big Daddy's Blues / Cincinnati Break Down - 65
45-5990 Grundy Hoedown / Lonesome Guitar - 65
45-6004 Long White Line / A Truck Driver's Romance - 09-65
45-6014 One Broken Home For Sale / Hot Rod Kids And Women Drivers -11-65
45-6036 Is This A Useless War? / A Soldier's Prayer - 04-66
45-6050 My Sweet Kentucky Mountain Home / John Henry - 08-66
45-6073 Something Got Hold Of Me / I Believe In The Old Time Way -12-66
45-6075 Banjo Bugle / Girl Of The Night - 01-67
45-6081 Take A Message To Mother / Sweeter Than The Flowers -03-67