Saturday, April 16, 2016

George And Earl



George McCormick, *19-06-1933 Defeated Creek,Smith County, TN, +05-02-2018
Earl Aycock, *01-11-1930 Meridian, MS, +18-10-2001

By Richard Weize, Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst

SESSIONS
February 1955 Bradley Studios, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - George And Earl (George McCormick [vcl], Earl Aycock [vcl], Chet Atkins and or Joe Edwards [ld gt], Ray Edenton [rh gt], Bob Moore [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Benny Martin [fiddle], Floyd Cramer [piano]. Producer: Dee Kilkpatrick)
001 YW-7710 (IF YOU) GOT ANYTHING GOOD (YOU BETTER SAVE IT, SAVE IT) 70605x45/BFX-15173 BCD-17121
002 YW-7711 SWEET LITTLE MISS BLUE EYES 70632x45/BFX-15173 BCD-17121
003 YW-7712 GOIN‘ STEADY WITH THE BLUES 70632x45/BFX-15173 BCD-17121
004 YW-7713 CAN I 70605x45/BFX-15173 BCD-17121
September 1955 poss. Bradley Studios, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - George and Earl (George McCormick [vcl], Earl Aycock [vcl], ? [gt], prob. Shot Jackson [steel], ? [bass], Benny Martin [fiddle], Del Wood [piano]. Producer: Dee Kilkpatrick)
005 YW-7753 (ALL YOU’VE GIVEN TO ME IS) HEARTACHES 70683x45/ BCD-17121
006 YW-7754 CRY, BABY, CRY 70773x45/ BCD-17121
007 YW-7755 TAKE A LOOK AT MY BABY 70773x45/ BCD-17121
008 YW-7756-5 DON’T, DON’T, DON’T 70683x45/ BCD-17121 [takes -2-3] BCD-17121February or March 1956 poss. Music City Recordings, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashvile, TN – George and Earl (George McCormick [vcl], Earl Aycock [vcl], Joe Edwards [gt], Ray Edenton [rh gt], Bob Moore [bass], Buddy Harman [drums]. Producer: Dee Kilkpatrick)
009 YW-12686 REMEMBER AND REGRET 70935x45/ BCD-17121
010 YW-12687 ELEVEN ROSES 70935x45/ BCD-17121
011 YW-12688 DONE GONE 70852x45/TH 676 BCD-17121 BCD 16101
012 YW-12689 BETTER STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN 70852x45//TH 676 BCD-17121 BCD 16101
BEAR FAMILY BCD 16101 THAT'LL FLAT GIT IT VOL.11 / ROCKABILLY FROM THE VAULTS OF MERCURY RECORDS (GER, 1998)
 
ALBUMS
Bear Family [GER] BFX-15173 Going Steady With The Blues: Your Hightone Ways; Fifty-Fifty Honky Tonkin'; Hi There Sweet Thing; I'm Just Passing Through; I Guess You Don't Care; Flutter Bug; The Sundown Train; Don't Add An Ex To Your Name; (If You) Got Anything Good (You Better Save It, Save It); Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes; Can I; I Don't Know Noghing About Nothing; Don't Fix Up The Doghouse; I'll Keep Your Name On File; Gold Wedding Band;     Going Steady With The Blues – 85 also contains solo tracks by George McCormick
Bear Family [GER] BCD-17121 Better Stop, Look And Listen - Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight: Fifty-Fifty Honky Tonkin'; I Guess You Don't Care; Hi There, Sweet Thing; Don't Add An Ex To Your Name; The Sundown Train; You're High Tone Ways; I'm Just Passing Through; Flutter Bug; Gold Wedding Band; I Don't Know Nothing About Nothing; Don't Fix Up The Doghouse; I'll Keep Your Name On File; (If You) Got Anthing Good (You Better Save It); Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes; Going Steady With The Blues; Can I; (All You've Given Me Is) Heartaches; Take A Look At My Darlin'; Cry Baby Cry; Don't, Don't, Don't (take 5); Remember And Regret; Eleven Roses (And The Twelfth Is You); Done Gone; Better Stop, Look And Listen; The Blues Moved In This Morning; After All We've Been Through; Doubt; Don't, Don't, Don't (take 2); Don't, Don't, Don't (take 3) – 28-03-11 also George McCormick solo tracks

SINGLES
Mercury (1955-56)
70605-X45 (If You) Got Anything Good (You Better Save It, Save It) / Can I? – 04-55 (rev. Apr. 30)
70632-X45 Goin' Steady With The Blues / Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes – 06-55 (rev. June 4)
70683-X45 (All You've Given Me Is) Heartaches / Don't, Don't, Don't Don't, Don't, Don't / Heartaches - 09-55
70773x45 Cry, Baby, Cry / Take A Look At My Darlin' – 12-55
70852x45 Done Gone / Better Stop, Look And Listen - 04-56 (rev. May 12)
70935x45 Remember And Regret / Eleven Roses – 08-56 (rev. Sept. 1)


George McCormick



George McCormick, *19-06-1933 Defeated Creek,Smith County, TN, +05-02-2018

3rd version
By Michel Ruppli, Richard Weize, Praguefrank , Svein Martin Pedersen, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
first recordings with Big jeff Bess and Radio Playboys as George Mack (Dot 1952)
see also Porter Wagoner, Wagonmasters, George and Earl
22 August 1953 [13:35-16:00] Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN - George McCormick (George McCormick [vcl], Chet Atkins [ld gt], Ray Edenton [rh gt], Jerry Byrd [steel], Lightnin’ Chance [bass], Tommy Jackson [fiddle]. Producer: Fred Rose])
001 53-S-6127/53-XY-416 FIFTY-FIFTY HONKY TONKIN‘ MGM K11598/ BFX 15173 BCD-17121
002 53-S-6128/53-XY-417 I GUESS YOU DON‘T CARE K11656/ BFX 15173 BCD-17121
003 53-S-6129/53-XY-418 HI THERE SWEET THING K11656/ BFX 15173 BCD-17121
004 53-S-6130/53-XY-419 DON‘T ADD AN EX TO YOUR NAME K11598/ BFX 15173 BCD-17121
29 December 1953 [14:30-17:30] Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN - George McCormick (George McCormick [vcl], Chet Atkins [ld gt], Ray Edenton [rh gt], Jerry Byrd [steel], Lightnin’ Chance [bass], Tommy Jackson [fiddle]. Producer: Fred Rose])
005 53-S-6153/53-XY-672 THE SUNDOWN TRAIN K11748/ BFX 15173 BCD-17121
006 53-S-6154/53-XY-673 YOU‘RE HIGHTONE WAYS MGM unissued/BFX 15713 BCD-17121
007 53-S-6178/53-XY-674 I‘M JUST PASSING THROUGH MGM unissued/BFX 15173 BCD-17121 BCD 17652
008 53-S-6179/53-XY-675 FLUTTER BUG K11748/ BFX 15173 BCD-17121
BEAR FAMILY BCD 17652 THAT'LL FLAT GIT IT VOL.40 / ROCKABILLY AND ROCK AND ROLL FROM THE VAULTS OF MGM, CUB AND METRO RECORDS (GER, 2022)
1 July 1954 [13:30-16:30] Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN - George McCormick (George McCormick [vcl], Sam Pruett [ld gt], Don Helms [steel], Cedric Rainwater [bass], Jerry Rivers [fiddle]. Producer: Fred Rose)
009 54-S-280/54-XY-245 GOLD WEDDING BAND K11877/ BFX 15173 BCD-17121
010 54-S-281/54-XY-246 I DON‘T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT NOTHING MGM unissued/BFX 15173 BCD-17121
011 54-S-282/54-XY-247 DON‘T FIX UP THE DOGHOUSE K11877/ BFX 15173 BCD-17121
012 54-S-283/54-XY-248 I‘LL KEEP UP YOUR NAME ON FILE unissued/ BFX 15173 BCD-17121
23 April 1957 [19:00-22:00] Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - George McCormick (George McCormick [vcl], prob. Joe Edwards [gt], ? [gt], ? [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], ? [piano]. Producer: Wesley Rose)
013 57-XY-316/57-S-316-4 THE BLUES MOVED IN THIS MORNING K12504/ BCD-17121 BCD 17652
014 57-XY-317/57-S-317-5 AIN’T GOT NOTHIN BUT THE BLUES unissued
015 57-XY-318/57-S-318-6 AFTER ALL WE'VE BEEN THROUGH K12504/ BCD-17121
016 57-XY-319/57-S-319 DOUBT K12592/ BCD-17121
Richard Weize (BCD-17121) listed January 12 as recording date which is probably uncorrect
1962 poss. Nashville – Gerge McCormick
017 LOVESICK BLUES SF 18000
018 COLD, COLD HEART SF 18000
019 JAMBALAYA (ON THE BAYOU) SF 18000
020 OLD MAN AND THE RIVER SF 18000
021 HONKYTONK LOVE AFFAIR SF 18000
December 1963 RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins St., Nashville, TN – George McCormick
022 PWA4-0585 LOVESICK BLUES Reader’s Digest RD 9M  CSB Silver Spur Sounds
023 PWA4-0586 JAMBALAYA Reader’s Digest RD 9M DDD 0001 FCC
024 PWA4-0587 I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY Reader’s Digest RD 9M DDD 0001 CSB Silver Spur Sounds
025 PWA4-0588 HEY GOOD LOOKIN' Reader’s Digest RD 9M DDD 0001
026 PWA4-0589 LONESOME WHISTLE Reader’s Digest RD 9M
027 PWA4-0590 HALF AS MUCH Reader’s Digest RD 9M
READER’S DIGEST D 00001/DD3 EASY LISTENING COUNTRY FAVORITES (2000, 5CD SET); READER’S DIGEST ? COUNTRY SINGS THE BLUES [CSB  in references] (2007); READER’S DIGEST ? FOLK AD COUNTRY CLASSICS [FCC  in references] (2007); SILVER SPUR SOUNDS ? DON'T TOUCH ME - SAD COUNTRY FAVORITES (2007)
23 July 1965 [live] Ponchatoula, LA – George McCormick
02701 SWA4-2638 WHERE THE OLD RED RIVER FLOWS LSP 3509
02702 SWA4-2643 CAMPTOWN RACES LSP 3509
ca. June 1968 Music City Recorders, 821 19th Ave. South, Nashville, TN  – George McCormick (Producer: Pete Drake)
028 ST-5301 TOO BUSY TO HOE Stop ST-199
029 ST-5302 ROOM OF THE UNKNOWN SHOULDER Stop ST-199
ca. February 1969 Music City Recorders, 821 19th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – George McCormack (Producer: Pete Drake and Tommy Hill)
030 ST-5611 WHAT I’D GIVE TO HEAR A BABY CRY ST-261
031 ST-5612 BIG WIND ST-261
ca. January 1970 Music City Recorders, 821 19th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – George McCormick (Producer: Pete Drake)
032 ST 7049 WALK ON FOOL Stop ST 363
033 ST 7050 IT MIGHT AS WELL BE ME  Stop ST 363


ALBUMS

Somerset P 18000 Country And Western Hits Made Famous By Hank Williams - Ernest Tubb/ Stereo Fidelity SF-18000 Country And Western Hits Made Famous By America's Greatest Singers: (George Mccormick Sings Hit Songs Made Famous By Hank Williams / Rusty Adams Sings Hit Songs Made Famous By Ernest Tubb): (George McCormick:) Lovesick Blues; Cold, Cold Heart; Jambalaya; Old Man And The River; Honkytonk Love Affair / (Rusty Adams:) Walkin' The Floor Over You; Have You Ever Been Lonely; Corina, Corina; Half A Mind; Birmingham Jail – 62 /(UK issue on PYE  Golden Guinea  GGL 0180, Australian on Astor GG/GGS 590)
Reader’s Digest RD-9M-5 Country and Western Music Jamboree: [album 2/side 2:] Songs Of The Immortal Hank Williams: Lovesick Blues; Jambalaya; I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry; Hey Good Lookin';  (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle; Half As Much – 64* (9 LP various artists set; same tracks also on 4 LP set in 1968 - RDA 66-A/RD4-66 Country Music Popular Hits; Reader's Digest RD27-M Folk Festival Of Country, Western And Inspirational Music) *also listed 1963, see recording data
Bear Family [GER] BFX-15173 Goin' Steady With The Blues: Your High Tone Ways; Fifty Fifty Honky Tonkin'; Hi There Sweet Thing; I'm Just Passing Through; I Guess You Don't Care; Flutterbug; Sundown Train; Don't Add An Ex To Your Name; Got Anything; Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes; Can I; I Don't Know Nothing About Nothing; Don't Fix Up The Dog House; I'll Keep Your Name On File; Gold Wedding Band; Goin' Steady With The Blues - 85 George McCormick/George and Earl
Bear Family [GER] BCD-17121 Better Stop, Look And Listen - Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight: Fifty-Fifty Honky Tonkin'; I Guess You Don't Care; Hi There, Sweet Thing; Don't Add An Ex To Your Name; The Sundown Train; You're High Tone Ways; I'm Just Passing Through; Flutter Bug; Gold Wedding Band; I Don't Know Nothing About Nothing; Don't Fix Up The Doghouse; I'll Keep Your Name On File; (If You) Got Anthing Good (You Better Save It); Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes; Going Steady With The Blues; Can I; (All You've Given Me Is) Heartaches; Take A Look At My Darlin'; Cry Baby Cry; Don't, Don't, Don't (take 5); Remember And Regret; Eleven Roses (And The Twelfth Is You); Done Gone; Better Stop, Look And Listen; The Blues Moved In This Morning; After All We've Been Through; Doubt; Don't, Don't, Don't (take 2); Don't, Don't, Don't (take 3) – 28-03-11


SINGLES
MGM (1953-54; 1957)
K 11598 Fifty-Fifty Honky Tonkin' / Don't Add An Ex To Your Name - 10-53 (rev. Oct. 17)
K 11656 I Guess You Don't Care / Hi There Sweet Thing - 12-53
K 11748 Sundown Train / Flutter Bug - 06-54
K 11877 Gold Wedding Band / Don't Fix Up The Dog House - 11-54 (rev. Nov. 27)
K 12504 The Blues Moved In This Morning / After All We've Been Through - 06-57
K 12592 Doubt / I'll Keep Your Name On File - 11-57
Stop (1968-69)
ST-199 The Room Of The Unknown Shoulder / Too Busy To Hoe - 08-68
ST-261 Big Wind / What I'd Give To Hear A Baby Cry – 01-04-69
ST-363 Walk On Fool / It Might As Well Be Me - 02-70

One Ton Pig



2nd version

By Praguefrank

SESSIONS
22 December 2007 [live] The Trap Bar, Grand Targhee Resort, 3300 Ski Hill Rd., Alta, WY – One Ton Pig (Michael Batdorf [vcl/gt], Justin Smith [vcl/gt],  Tim Farris [vcl/mandolin],  Andy Calder [bass], Jason Baggett [drums])
00001 RUNNIN' OUT OF TIME
00002 CRAWLIN' DOWN THE LINE
00003 CARE FOR MY OWN
00004 TETON COUNTY
00005 BAYOU VOODOO
00006 WHEN THE MOUNTAIN CALLS
00007 MAD RABBIT
00008 TRIAL OF MOSES B. REED
00009 LEAVIN' MOTHER'S BONES
00010 HAMILTON ON A BLUEGRASS FLIGHT
00011 AIN'T NOTHIN' LIKE LOOKIN' BACK
00012 SNOWFALL BREAKDOWN
Tracks above issued on album High On The Hog
23 July 2010 [live] The Timberline Bar And Grill, 31 W Center St., Victor, ID – One Ton Pig  (Michael Batdorf [vcl/gt], Justin Smith [vcl/gt],  Tim Farris [vcl/mandolin],  Andy Calder [bass], Jason Baggett [drums])
00013 LOOKING FOR SPRINGS
00014 LET ME RATTLE
00015 TIME ROLLS ON
00016 CRUEL WORDS
00017 BUTTERFLY IN A HURRICANE
00018 COLD WATER BLUES
00019 SONOMA
00020 BY NOW
00021 DRUNK TO THE BONE
00022 MURDER IN THE HOLE
00023 SONG IN THE KITCHEN
00024 LOAD UP AND BE GONE
00025 CHILHOWIE MOUNTAIN BLUES
00026 BURN IT DOWN
Tracks above issued on album Big Norm
2012 unknown - One Ton Pig  (Michael Batdorf [vcl/gt], Justin Smith [vcl/gt],  Tim Farris [vcl/mandolin],  Andy Calder [bass], Jason Baggett [drums] + Ross Martin, Matt Flinner. Producer: Ben Winship)
001 LONG GONE MAN
002 LONESOME VALLEY
003 COFFEE AND YOGA
004 DANCING AT THE RASCAL FAIR
005 RUT RO RAGGY
006 HOW LONG CAN YOU LAST
007 HOW CAN YOU SLEEP THIS WAY
008 HEADED EAST FOR NOW
009 MIDNIGHT PLANE
010 RIVER RUNS DRY
011 HEIST
012 SAID BOB DYLAN
Tracks above issued on album One Ton Pig
2015 Henhouse Studio, Victor, ID – One Ton Pig (Michael Batdorf [vcl/gt], Justin Smith [vcl/gt], Tim Farris [vcl.mandolin], Andy Calder [bass], Jason Baggett [drums], Matt Herron, [fiddle])
013 JUST A WORD
014 TWO TO GET ON STAGE
015 MR. MR.
016 LASTVILLE
017 AIN'T NOTHING LIKE LOOKING BACK
018 HELL TO PAY
019 LITTLE STONE
020 GETTIN' OUT THE GRIS
021 EVERYTHING CAME DOWN
022 WESTERN SIDE
023 SHE'S GOT ME SHAKIN'
Tracks above issued on album Lastville

2018 unknown, WY – One Ton Pig
024 STRAW TO THE PILE
025 DEAD MAN'S BELLS
026 MADE A LITTLE HOME
027 COUNT THE RINGS
028 WET TRAMPOLINE
029 WEARY SON
030 PARADE OF SONG
031 FINAL KISS
032 SWEET CATHY AMES
033 ONE HORSE
034 LET 'EM ALL PLAY THROUGH
035 TRUE BORDER CRIMES
Tracks above issued of album Parade Of Song

 

ALBUMS
One Ton Pig ?  (UPC634479751967) High On The Hog: Runnin' Out of Time; Crawlin' Down the Line; Care For My Own; Teton County; Bayou Voodoo; When the Mountain Calls; Mad Rabbit; Trial of Moses B. Reed; Leavin' Mother's Bones; Hamilton On a Bluegrass Flight;Ain't Nothin' Like Lookin' Back; Snowfall Breakdown – 07-03-08
One Ton Pig ? (UPC884501418294) Big Norm:  Looking For Springs; Let Me Rattle; Time Rolls On;Cruel Words; Butterfly in a Hurricane; Cold Water Blues; Sonoma;By Now; Drunk To the Bone; Murder In the Hole; Song In the Kitchen; Load Up and Be Gone; Chilhowie Mountain Blues; Burn It Down – 02-11-10
Easy Chair Music ? (UPC884501747332) One Ton Pig: Long Gone Man; Lonesome Valley; Coffee and Yoga; Dancing at the Rascal Fair; Rut Ro Raggy; How Long Can You Last; How Can You Sleep This Way; Headed East For Now; Midnight Plane; River Runs Dry; Heist; Said Bob Dylan – 26-06-12
One Ton Pig ? (UPC888295280181) Lastville: Just a Word;Two to Get On Stage; Mr. Mr.;Lastville;Ain't Nothing Like Looking Back; Hell To Pay; Little Stone; Gettin' Out the Gris;Everything Came Down; Western Side; She's Got Me Shakin' – 11-06-15

One Ton Pig ? (UPC888295910156) Parade of Song: Straw to the Pile; Dead Man's Bells; Made a Little Home; Count the Rings; Wet Trampoline; Weary Son; Parade of Song; Final Kiss; Sweet Cathy Ames; One Horse; Let 'em All Play Through; True Border Crimes – 18-06-19