Tuesday, October 6, 2020

J.H. Howell


By Tony Russell, Thieu Van DeVorst
SESSIONS
20 February 1937 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC –  J. H. Howell, * and His Union County Band (Julius H.Howell [vcl/gt], Bootsie* [vcl/banjo])
001 BS-07208-1 THE BOOK OF LIFE*  unissued
002 BS-07209-1 COME ALONG LITTLE CHILDREN * unissued
003 BS-07210-1 HOWELL‘S RAILROAD Bluebird B-7162  / JSP 77131
004 BS-07211-1 LOST JOHN  B-7162/ JSP 77131
JSP 77131 CLASSIC FIELD RECORDINGS 1936/1940 (UK, 2010, 4CD)
29 January 1938 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC    
J. H. Howell‘s Carolina Hillbillies (Julius H.Howell [vcl], “Cebe“, “Bill“ [vcl duet])
005 BS-018826-1 MY SWEETHEART HAS GONE AND LEFT ME B-7509 M-7757/ JSP 77131
006 BS-018827-1 LONESOME LIFE OF WORRY B-8236/ JSP 77131
007 BS-018828-1 BURNING OF CLEVELAND SCHOOL  B-7509/TSO 1875 JSP 77131
008 BS-018829-1 FARTHER ALONG  M 7757
J. H. Howell‘s Carolina Hillbillies (“Boots“ and J.H. Howell (vcl duet)
009 BS-018830-1 GIRL THAT WORRIES MY MIND  B-8219 M-7758/BACM CD D 270 JSP 77131
J. H. Howell‘s Carolina Hillbillies “Boots“ (vcl/banjo], ? [gt])
010 BS-018831-1 MOLLIE MARRIED A TRAVELIN‘ MAN  B-8219 M-7758/BACM CD D 270 JSP 77131
J.H.Howell’s Carolina Hillbillies
011 BS-018832-1 ROCK CITY BLUES  B-8236/ JSP 77131
012 BS-018833-1 CHARLOTTE RAG  destroyed
TOMPKINS SQUARE TSO 1875 PEOPLE TAKE YOUR WARNING (2007, 3CD); BACM CD D 270 BLUEBIRD LABEL VOL.1 (UK, 2009)

SINGLES
Bluebird (1937-38)
B-7162 Howell‘s Railroad / Lost John – 37
B-7509 My Sweetheart Has Gone And Left Me  / Burning of Cleveland School – 38
B-8219 Mollie Married A Travelin‘ Man / Girl That Worries My Mind - 38  
B-8236 Lonesome Life Of Worry  / Rock City Blues - 38
Montgomery Ward
M 7757 My Sweetheart Has Gone And Left Me  / Farther Along
M 7758 Girl That Worries My Mind  / Mollie Married A Travelin‘ Man

Walter Couch (+ Wilks Ramblers)


SESSIONS
17 February 1937 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC -  Walter Couch and Wilks Ramblers  (Walter Couch [fiddle], Kelly Couch [gt], Bonson Couch [banjo], ? [vcl-1])
001 BS-07112-1 FOURTEEN DAYS IN GEORGIA  Bluebird B-7252 Montgomery Ward MW-7136/Vetco 2106 JSP 77131
002 BS-07113-1 LONESOME TRAIL -1  B-7095 MW7135  Twin FT 8474
003 BS-07114-1 WANT MY BLACK BABY BACK -1 B-7095 MW7135/JSP 77131
004 BS-07115-1  CHESAPEAKE BOY B-7252 MW7136/JSP 77100 JSP 77131
VETCO 2106 WONDERFUL WORLD OF OLDTIME FIDDLERS VOL.2  (1971); JSP 77100 MOUNTAINFROLIC RARE OLD TIMEY (UK, 2007, 4CD); JSP 77131 CLASSIC FIELD RECORDINGS 1936/1940 (UK, 2010, 4CD)


SINGLES
Bluebird
B-7095 Lonesome Trail / Want My Baby Back – 37 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M 7135 as by Mainer’s Mountaineers)
B-7252 Fourteen Days In Georgia / Chesapeake Boy – 37 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M 7136 as by Mainer’s Mountaineers)
Twin
FT 8474 Lonesome Trail / [Shep Fields]  

Troy Stone


*San Marcos, TX
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS
2010 Digimax Studio, Mineral Wells, TX – Troy Stone
001 YOU STILL TURN MY HEAD
002 TILL THE WIND STARTED BLOWING
002a TILL THE WIND STARTED BLOWING [no eefects]
003 LIVE MINE FOR ME
Tracks above issued on EP You Still Turn My head
2018  unknown, TX - Troy Stone and The Spent Shells
004 INDIAN PAINTBRUSHES
005 CLOSING IN
006 FEEL ALIVE
007 EAGELFORD SHALE NIGHTS
008 HEAVY YOUR HANDS
009 OATMEAL
010 GET ME THROUGH
011 MORE OF THE SAME
012 SINNERS WORK
013 AIN’T GOING HOME
014 ONE FOOT
015 BURGUNDY RED
016 THESE DAYS
017 HAYS COUNTY HILTON
Tracks above issued on album Near and Far
2020 unknown, TX – Troy Stone
018 OLD GLORY
019 UNBROKEN BY THE FALL
020 GO IT ALONE
021 HELPS ME BELIEVE
022 WITH A MICKEY MOUSE FISHING POLE
023 GONNA SHOW YOU LITTLE LADY (HOW TO ROCK AND ROLL)
024 MY SONGS
025 MAYBE I DON'T LOVE YOU (LIKE YOU THINK I DO)
026 EVERY TIME I CRY
027 OH LORD
028 BAPTISM
029 IT WON'T BE LONG
030 LIFE IS GOOD
031 DYNO-BUTTERFLY LOVE
032 IF I ONLY KNEW
Tracks above issued on album Unbroken by the Fall



ALBUMS
1836 Music Group ? Near and Far: Indian Paintbrushes; Closing In; Feel Alive; Eagelford Shale Nights; Heavy Your Hands; Oatmeal; Get Me Through; More Of The Same; Sinners Work; Ain’t Going Home; One Foot; Burgundy Red; These Days; Hays County Hilton – 28-06-19
Troy Stone ? Unbroken By The Fall: Old Glory;  Unbroken by the Fall;  Go It Alone;  Helps Me Believe;  With a Mickey Mouse Fishing Pole;  Gonna Show You Little Lady (How to Rock and Roll);  My Songs;  Maybe I Don't Love You (Like You Think I Do);  Every Time I Cry;  Oh Lord;  Baptism;  It Won't Be Long; Life Is Good;  Dyno-Butterfly Love;  If I Only Knew – 27-09-20

EPs
Troy Stone no # (UPC884501350617)  You Still Turn My Head: You Still Turn My Head; Till The Wind Started Blowing; Live Mine For Me; Till The Wind Started Blowing no effects – 06-07-10