Saturday, April 30, 2016

Gene Parsons



*09-04-1944 Los Angeles, CA
4th version
By Praguefrank, Vaclav Zpatecka, Michal Gololobov
SESSIONS also member of Nashville West, Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers
ca April 1967 Gary S. Paxton Studio, Bakersfield, CA – Gib Guilbeau and Gene Parsons as Cajun Gib and Pete (Gib Guilbeau [vcl/rh gt/fiddle], Gene Parsons [drums/harmonica], Vern Gosdin [rh gt], Rex Gosdin [rh gt], James Burton [gt], Clarence White [ld gt/dobro], Carl Waldow [steel], Jerry Scheff [bass]) 
001 LOUISIANA RAIN Bakersfield Int. 1001/Alshire S 5121 Big Beat CDWIKD 219
002 SWEET SUZANNAH  Bakersfield Int. 1001/Alshire S 5121 Big Beat CDWIKD 219
003 MILES AND CITIES Big Beat CDWIKD 219
004 TWO PEOPLE Alshire SF 303  Big Beat CDWIKD 219
005 MR. SOMEBODY Big Beat CDWIKD 219
006 SWEET ROSIE 1007 /Alshire S 5121  SF 303 Big Beat CDWIKD 219
April/May 1967 Gary S. Paxton Studio, Bakersfield, CA – Gib Guilbeau and Gene Parsons as Cajun Gib and Pete (Gib Guilbeau [vcl/rh gt/fiddle], Gene Parsons [drums/harmonica], Clarence White [ld gt/dobro],  Vern Gosdin [rh gt], Rex Gosdin [eh gt], Carl Waldow [steel], Jerry Scheff [bass]. Producer: Gary S. Paxton)
007 C'EST LE VIEV (HAPPY CAJUN MAN)  Alshire S 5121  Big Beat CDWIKD 219
008 SWEET SUGAR BLUES  Alshire S 5121 Big Beat CDWIKD 219
009 WALK WITH SAM  Alshire S 5121  Big Beat CDWIKD 219
010 LOUISIANA COTTONFIELDS  Alshire S 5121  Big Beat CDWIKD 219
011 I GET A HURT ON INSIDE  Alshire S 5121  Big Beat CDWIKD 219
012 MULTIPLE HEARTACHES  Alshire S 5121 Big Beat CDWIKD 219
013 YOUNG COUNTRY GIRL  Alshire S 5121  Big Beat CDWIKD 219
Summer or Fall 1967 Gary S. Paxton Studio, Bakersfield, CA – Gib Guilbeau and Gene Parsons as Cajun Gib and Pete (Gib Guilbeau [vcl/rh gt/fiddle], Gene Parsons [drums/harmonica], Clarence White [ld gt/dobro], poss. Lenny Leblanc [steel], Wayne Moore  [bass/gt], Gary S.Paxton [keyboards], poss. Kenny Johnson [piano]) 
014 YOUR GENTLE WAYS OF LOVING ME  1007/Big Beat CDWIKD 219
015 WORKING ON A TUGBOAT Big Beat CDWIKD 219
016 INTO THE DARKNESS Big Beat CDWIKD 219
017 DESPERATION’S BACK AGAIN Big Beat CDWIKD 219
Mid/late 1967 [demo session] Gib and Gene's Auto Repair, Q Street, Palmdale, CA - Gib Guilbeau and Gene Parsons 
01701 WOMAN’S DISGRACE Big Beat CDWIKD 219
01702 THERE’S STILL A LITTLE SOMETHING IN YOUR MIND  Brian 1979 Big Beat CDWIKD 219
01703 NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO Brian 1979
01704 CHIN UP LOVE 
01705 YOU TELL IT TO THE KIDS 
01706 SATAN SET ME FREE 
01707 SWING OF THINGS 
01708 # 1 CAJUN SONG (TITLE UNKNOWN) 
01709 # 2 CAJUN SONG (TITLE UNKNOWN)
late 1968 [demo session] Hollywood, CA – Gib Guilbeau and Gene Parsons Gene Parsons [vcl/gt/banjo/bass], Clarence White [gt], Andy Nemark [drums], Gib Guilbeau/ Vassar Clements [fiddle], Bill Payne [synthesizer],  Ralp Stanley [tnr vcl])
01710 LOUISIANA WOMAN Big Beat CDWIKD 219
1973 Warner Brothers Studios, North Hollywood, CA – Gene Parsons (Gene Parsons, Gib Guilbeau, Clarence White, Roger Bush, Nick DeCaro, Andy Newmark, Ralph Stanley, Vassar Clements, Red Callender, Bill Payne)
018 MONUMENT WB BS 3687 Sierra SCXD 6007 CR5JAMBX55
019 LONG WAY BACK WB BS 3687 Sierra SCXD 6007 CR5JAMBX55
020 DO NOT DISTURB WB BS 3687 Sierra SCXD 6007 CR5JAMBX55
021 WILLIN' WB BS 3687 Sierra SCXD 6007 CR5JAMBX55
022 ON THE SPOT WB BS 3687 Sierra SCXD 6007 CR5JAMBX55
023 TAKE A CITY BRIDE WB BS 3687 Sierra SCXD 6007 CR5JAMBX55
024 SONIC BUMMER WB BS 3687 Sierra SCXD 6007 CR5JAMBX55
025 I MUST BE A TREE WB BS 3687 Sierra SCXD 6007 CR5JAMBX55
026 DRUNKARD'S DREAM WB BS 3687 Sierra SCXD 6007 CR5JAMBX55
027 BANJO DOG WB BS 3687 Sierra SCXD 6007 CR5JAMBX55
028 BACK AGAIN WB BS 3687 Sierra SCXD 6007 CR5JAMBX55
1979 Music Grinder Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA – Gene Parsons (Gene Parsons [vcl/gt/ steel/banjo/ harmonica/ bass/ drums], Herb Pedersen [vcl], Albert Lee [el gt],  Greg Harris [gt/ mandolin], Bob Warford [gt], Joey Larson [gt], Pierre Bensusan [mandolin], Roger Bush [bass], Luiz Cabaza [piano/ organ/ Clavinet/ synthesizer]
029 MY KINGDOM FOR A CAR  Sierra SRS 8703 CR5JAMBX55 
030 MELODIES FROM A BIRD IN FLYGHT (FOR CLARENCE)  Sierra SRS 8703 CR5JAMBX55
031 MAMA PAPA  Sierra SRS 8703  CR5JAMBX55
032 WON'T LAST LONG  Sierra SRS 8703 CR5JAMBX55
033 WAY OUT THERE  Sierra SRS 8703 CR5JAMBX55
034 HOT BURRITO #1  Sierra SRS 8703 CR5JAMBX55
035 NO FIRE HERE TONIGHT  Sierra SRS 8703 CR5JAMBX55
036 PASTIME  Sierra SRS 8703 CR5JAMBX55
037 LITTLE JEWELS (FOR LILYBET)  Sierra SRS 8703 CR5JAMBX55 
038 WHY YOU BEEN GONE SO LONG  Sierra SRS 8703  CR5JAMBX55
1981-1983 [live] Caspar Inn, Mendocino County, CA/ the Oasis in Elk, Mendocino County, CA/ the Boonville Fairgrounds, Mendocino County, CA -Gene Parsons Band
03801 CALIFORNIA BLUES CR5JAMBX55
03802 WON'T LAST LONG CR5JAMBX55
03803 MERCURY BLUES CR5JAMBX55
03804 HICKORY WIND CR5JAMBX55
03805 BUCKAROO CR5JAMBX55
03806 NASHVILLE WEST, CITY BRIDE CR5JAMBX55
03807 HOW CAN A POOR MAN STAND SUCH TIMES AND LIVE CR5JAMBX55
03808 SHE CAUGHT THE KATY CR5JAMBX55
03809 WHY YOU BEEN GONE SO LONG (ROCK’N’ROLL STYLE) CR5JAMBX55
03810 BANJO DOG CR5JAMBX55
03811 DIGGI LIGGI LI CR5JAMBX55
03812 NUCLEAR DAYZ CR5JAMBX55
03813 YOU DON'T MISS YOUR WATER CR5JAMBX55
03814 IN MY HOUR OF DARKNESS CR5JAMBX55
03815 THERE MUST BE SOMEONE CR5JAMBX55
03816 WHY YOU BEEN GONE SO LONG 2 (BLUEGRASS STYLE) CR5JAMBX55
Tracks above issued on album Recorded Live in 1981 – 83
1980s unknown – Gene Parsons Band
038a LILY'S HOT BREAD
038b WIND AND RAIN
038c REAL LIFE PROBLEMS
038d SWING DOWN CHARIOT 
Tracks above issued on album Recorded Live in 1981 (studio bonus tracks)
1980s [live] unknown – Gene Parsons Band
03817 REAL LIFE PROBLEMS CR5JAMBX55 
03818 SWING DOWN CHARIOT CR5JAMBX55 
03819 ROLLIN' IN MY SWEET BABY'S ARMS CR5JAMBX55 
03820 HAVE YOU SEEN MY BABY CR5JAMBX55 
03821 WILLIN' CR5JAMBX55 
03822 OUR FADED LOVE CR5JAMBX55
03823 BABY WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO CR5JAMBX55 
03824 IN MY HOUR OF DARKNESS CR5JAMBX55 
03825 MANY RIVERS TO CROSS CR5JAMBX55
Ca 1986 [demo sessions] unknown – Gene Parsons 
03826 YOU DON'T MISS YOUR WATER CR5JAMBX55 
03827 SWING DOWN CR5JAMBX55 
03828 WIND AND RAIN CR5JAMBX55 
03829 CALIFORNIA BLUES CR5JAMBX55 
03830 LILY'S HOT BREAD CR5JAMBX55 
03831 DARK MOON CR5JAMBX55 
03832 TURQUOISE CR5JAMBX55 
03833 WILLIN'  CR5JAMBX55 
1987 unknown – Parsons Green (Gene Parsons: [vcl/gt/ bass/ drums/steel/ banjo/ harmonica], 
Meridian Green [vcl/gt], Peter Oliva [bass], Richie Rosenbaum [drums])
P01 DON'T MISS YOUR WATER  Sierra SE 4223  
P02 BIRDS OF A FEATHER  Sierra SE 4223  
P03 LOOKIN' FOR TROUBLE  Sierra SE 4223  
P04 CALIFORNIA BLUES  Sierra SE 4223  
P05 LILY'S HOTBREAD  Sierra SE 4223  
P06 NO, YOU'RE NOT BROKEN  Sierra SE 4223  
P07 SWING LOW  Sierra SE 4223  
P08 SPOON RIVER  Sierra SE 4223  
P09 WIND AND RAIN  Sierra SE 4223  
P10 CATCH THE WIND  Sierra SE 4223  
P11 THE QUIET JOYS OF BROTHERHOOD  Sierra SE 4223    -
1990s [live] unknown – Gene Parsons
03801 SWING DOWN  Stringbender 002  CR5JAMBX55
03802 SWEET SUSANNAH  Stringbender 002  CR5JAMBX55
03803 RHUMBA MAN  Stringbender 002 CR5JAMBX55 
03804 GUNGA DIN  Stringbender 002  CR5JAMBX55
03805 ABILENE  Stringbender 002  CR5JAMBX55
03806 BUGLER  Stringbender 002  CR5JAMBX55
03807 DO NOT DISTURB  Stringbender 002  CR5JAMBX55
03808 DARK MOON  Stringbender 002  CR5JAMBX55
03809 WILLIN'  Stringbender 002  CR5JAMBX55
03810 TAKE A CITY BRIDE  Stringbender 002  CR5JAMBX55
03811 SWEET DESERT CHILDHOOD  Stringbender 002  CR5JAMBX55
03812 STUDEBAKER STORY  Stringbender 002  CR5JAMBX55
03813 BANJO DOG  Stringbender 002  CR5JAMBX55
03814 WAY OUT THERE  Stringbender 002  CR5JAMBX55
03815 I MUST BE A TREE  Stringbender 002  CR5JAMBX55
03816 OLD BLUE  Stringbender 002 CR5JAMBX55
03817 YOU AIN'T GOING NOWHERE  Stringbender 002 CR5JAMBX55
1998 unknown – Haywire (Gene Parsons [gr/ banjo/ harmonica], Will Siegel [dobro], Joe Craven [mandolin/ fiddle], Bill Douglass [bass])
H01 O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL –instr.- NatureQuest 60112 
H02 ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH  –instr.- NatureQuest 60112 
H03 JOY TO THE WORLD  –instr.- NatureQuest 60112  
H04 GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN  –instr.- NatureQuest 60112 
H05 JINGLE BELLS  –instr.- NatureQuest 60112  
H06 O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM  –instr.- NatureQuest 60112  
H07 WE THREE KINGS OF ORIENT ARE  –instr.- NatureQuest 60112 
H08 I'LL FLY AWAY  –instr.- NatureQuest 60112  
H09 HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING  –instr.- NatureQuest 60112 
H10  DECK THE HALLS  –instr.- NatureQuest 60112  
H11 AWAY IN A MANGER   –instr.- NatureQuest 60112  
H12 FIRST NOEL  –instr.- NatureQuest 60112  
H13 O CHRISTMAS TREE  –instr.- NatureQuest 60112  
H14 SILENT NIGHT HOLY NIGHT  –instr.- NatureQuest 60112 
H15 BLUEGRASS CHRISTMAS MEDLEY  –instr.- NatureQuest 60112    
14-15 October 1999 [live] William’s Place, Caspar, CA – Gene Parsons and Meridian Green (Gene Parsons [vcl/gt/ banjo], Meridian Green [vcl/gt])
03818 COAST HOTEL  Stringbender 003 
03819 SIN CITY  Stringbender 003 
03820 JUST AWAY  Stringbender 003 
03821 CALIFORNIA BLUES  Stringbender 003 
03822 COWBOY GIRL  Stringbender 003 
03823 CHIEF SEATTLE  Stringbender 003 
03824 SWEET DESERT CHILDHOOD  Stringbender 003 
03825 BANJO DOG  Stringbender 003 
03826 DRUNKARD'S DREAM  Stringbender 003 
03827 LOOKIN' FOR TROUBLE  Stringbender 003 
03828 LIFE CARRIES ON  Stringbender 003 
03829 GET UP BLUES  Stringbender 003  
July 2001 Temple Studios, Albion, CA – Julian Dawson and Gene Parsons
039 FREEDOM OF THE HIGHWAY Fledg’ling FLED 3032 
040 THE WALL THAT SURROUNDS YOU Fledg’ling FLED 3032 
041 SHADOW ON THE MOON Fledg’ling FLED 3032 
042 DON'T JUST DO SOMETHING (SIT THERE SON) Fledg’ling FLED 3032 
043 HILLBILLIES ON PILLS Fledg’ling FLED 3032 
044 TO HOLD YOU AGAIN Fledg’ling FLED 3032 
045 IT'S NOT REALLY RAINING Fledg’ling FLED 3032 
046 BANJO SONG Fledg’ling FLED 3032 
047 LOSER'S BLUES Fledg’ling FLED 3032 
048 BABY PLEASE Fledg’ling FLED 3032
049 A.M.N.W.A.W.S.M. Fledg’ling FLED 3032 
050 HARP TO HEART Fledg’ling FLED 3032 
051 LET ME DOWN SLOW Fledg’ling FLED 3032 
052 BLUE FINGERS Fledg’ling FLED 3032 
053 WHAT KIND OF CHANGE Fledg’ling FLED 3032 
2002 Laughing Coyote Studio, Redwood Valley, CA - Gene Parsons, Joe Craven and Bill Douglass (Gene Parsons [gt/banjo/harmonica], Will Siegal [dobro], Bill Douglass [bass], Joe Craven [fiddle/mandolin])
054 FIRST NOEL Stringbender SBR 103   
055 HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING Stringbender SBR 103  
056 I'LL FLY AWAY Stringbender SBR 103  
057 O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL Stringbender SBR 103 
058 GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN Stringbender SBR 103  
059 ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH Stringbender SBR 103  
060 JOY TO THE WORLD Stringbender SBR 103 
061 WE THREE KINGS OF ORIENT ARE Stringbender SBR 103   
062 JINGLE BELLS Stringbender SBR 103   
063 O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM Stringbender SBR 103   
064 DECK THE HALLS Stringbender SBR 103   
065 AWAY IN A MANGER Stringbender SBR 103  
066 O TANNENBAUM Stringbender SBR 103  
067 SILENT NIGHT Stringbender SBR 103  
068 DE BASS BE DE BOTTOM Stringbender SBR 103   
069 I'LL FLY AWAY Stringbender SBR 103 




ALBUMS
Alshire S 5121 Cajun Country: Louisiana Rain; Sweet Susana; C'est Le Viev (Happy Cajun Man); Sweet Rosie; Sweet Sugar Blues; Walk With Sam; Louisiana Cottonfields; I Get A Hurt On Inside; Multiple Heartaches; Young Country Girl –  70 (reissued on Big Beat CDWIKD 219 Louisiana Rain in 2002 with bonus tracks)
Warner Brothers BS 2687  Kindling: Monument; Long Way Back; Do Not Disturb; Willin'; On The Spot; Take A City Bride; Sonic Bummer; I Must Be A Tree; Drunkard's Dream; Banjo Dog; Back Again – 73 (also as part of Sierra SXCD-6007 The Kindling Collection (1994) containing also tracks by Byrds and Flying Burrito Brothers)
Afrts RL-13-4 Fancy Dancer/Kindling: [side A: Courtland Pickett – Fancy Dancer: Make It good And Make It last; You Don’t Grow Old; It’s All Over Now; You’re Not There; The Homecoming; Softly saying; [side B: Gene Parsons – Kindling:]  Kindling: On The Spot; I Must Be A Tree; Long Way Back; Do Not Disturb; Back Again; Monument; Willin‘- 73 (radio promo version; MX: P-14717/2)
Sierra/Briar SRS-8703  Melodies: My Kingdom For A Car; Melodies From A Bird In Flyght (For Clarence); Mama Papa; Won't Last Long; Way Out There; Hot Burrito #1; No Fire Here Tonight; Pastime; Little Jewels (For Lilybet); Why You Been Gone So Long – 79
Sierra SE 4223 Birds Of A Feather: Don't Miss Your Water; Birds of a Feather; Lookin' for Trouble; California Blues; Lily's Hotbread; No, You're Not Broken; Swing Low; Spoon River; Wind and Rain; Catch the Wind; The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood  - 88 Parsons Green - w. Meridian Green
NatureQuest 60112 Bluegrass Christmas: O Come All Ye Faithful;  Angels We Have Heard On High;  Joy To The World;  God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen;  Jingle Bells;  O Little Town Of Bethlehem;  We Three Kings Of Orient Are;  I'll Fly Away;  Hark! The Herald Angels Sing;  Deck The Halls;  Away In A Manger;  First Noel;  O Christmas Tree;  Silent Night Holy Night;  Bluegrass Christmas Medley – 11-98 Haywire
Stringbender SBR 002 In Concert: I Hope They Let Us In: Swing Down; Sweet Susannah; Rhumba Man; Gunga Din; Abilene; Bugler; Do Not Disturb; Dark Moon; Willin'; Take a City Bride; Sweet Desert Childhood; Studebaker Story; Banjo Dog; Way Out There; I Must Be a Tree; Old Blue; You Ain't Going Nowhere - 01
Stringbender SBR 003 Live From Caspar: Coast Hotel; Sin City; Just Away; California Blues; Cowboy Girl; Chief Seattle; Sweet Desert Childhood; Banjo Dog; Drunkard's Dream; Lookin' for Trouble; Life Carries On; Get Up Blues – 01 w. Meridian Green
Fledg’ling FLED 3032  Hillbilly Zen: Freedom of the Highway; The Wall That Surrounds You; Shadow On the Moon; Don't Just Do Something (Sit There Son); Hillbillies On Pills; To Hold You Again; It's Not Really Raining; Banjo Song; Loser's Blues; Baby Please; A.M.N.W.A.W.S.M.; Harp to Heart; Let Me Down Slow; Blue Fingers; What Kind of Change – 09-07-02 w. Julian Dawson (also on Stringbender 201)
Stringbender SBR 103 Bluegrass Session‘s Greetings:  First Noel;  Hark! The Herald Angels Sing;  I'll Fly Away;  O Come All Ye Faithful; God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen;  Angels We Have Heard On High;  Joy To The World; We Three Kings Of Orient Are;  Jingle Bells;  O Little Tosn Of Bethlehem;  Deck The Halls;  Away In A Manger;  O Tannenbaum;  Silent Night;  De Bass Be De Bottom;  I'll Fly Away – 11-02 w Joe Craven and Bill Douglass
Big Beat [UK] CDWIKD 219 Louisiana Rain: Your Gentle Ways of Loving Me; Louisiana Cottonfields; Workin' on a Tugboat; Into the Darkness of Your Mind; Louisiana Rain; Sweet Sugar Blues; Walk With Sam; Sweet Suzannah; Miles And Cities; Young Country Girl; Multiple Heartaches; Two People; Desperation's Back Again; Happy Cajun Man; Mr. Somebody; Sweet Rosie; I Get a Hurt on Inside; Woman's Disgrace; There's Still a Little Something in Your Mind; Louisiana Woman; Home of the Blues; Lodi; World of Dreams; If It's Me I'm a Fool; On Pins and Needles – 15-11-02 Guilbeau and  Parsons
Gene Parsons Band no # Recorded Live in 1981 – 83: California Blues; Won't Last Long; Mercury Blues; Hickory Wind; Buckaroo; Nashville West, City Bride; How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live; She Caught the Katy; Lily's Hot Bread; Wind and Rain; Why You Been Gone So Long; Banjo Dog; Diggi Liggi Li; Nuclear Dayz; You Don't Miss Your Water; In My Hour of Darkness; There Must Be Someone; Why You Been Gone So Long 2; Real Life Problems; Swing Down Chariot -10-12-21
Grapefruit CR5JAMBX55 The Solo Recordings 1973-1986: Monument; Long Way Back; Do Not Disturb; Willin'; On the Spot; Take a City Bride; Sonic Bummer; I Must Be a Tree; Drunkard's Dream; Banjo Dog; Back Again; My Kingdom for a Car; Melodies from a Bird in Flight (For Clarence); Mama Papa; Won't Last Long; Way Out There; Hot Burrito #1; No Fire Here Tonight; Pastime; Little Jewels (For Lilybet); Why You Been Gone So Long; Swing Down; Sweet Susannah; Rhumba Man; Gunga Din; Abilene; Bugler; Do Not Disturb; Dark Moon; Willin'; Take a City Bride; Sweet Desert Childhood; Studebaker Story; Banjo Dog; Way Out There; I Must Be a Tree; Blue; You Ain't Going Nowhere; California Blues; Won't Last Long; Mercury Blues; Hickory Wind; Buckaroo; Nashville West / City Bride; How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live; She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride; Why You Been Gone So Long (Rock 'N' Roll Style); Banjo Dog; Diggi Liggi LI; Nuclear Dayz; You Don't Miss Your Water; In My Hour of Darkness; There Must Be Someone; Why You Been Gone So Long 2 (Bluegrass Style); Real Life Problems; Swing Down Chariot; Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms; Have You Seen My Baby; Willin'; Our Faded Love; Baby What You Want Me to Do; In My Hour of Darkness; Many Rivers to Cross; You Don't Miss Your Water; Swing Down; Wind and Rain; California Blues; Lily's Hot Bread; Dark Moon; Turquoise; Willin' (Recorded Circa 1986) – 20-02-26 (5 CDs; digital version titled The Solo Recordings 1979-1986 includes 60 tracks)


INSTRUCTIONAL ALBUMS
? Strinbender Instructuonal LP – 70s w. Bob Warford

SINGLES
Bakersfield Int. (1967)
BIP 1001 Louisiana Rain / Sweet Suzannah – 67 Guilbeau and Parsons

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