Friday, December 18, 2020

Leon Hobson

 2nd version
By Praguefrank, Dick Grant
SESSIONS

1961 Demorest, GA – Leon Hobson
001 321-45-HH-61A MY MISFORTUNE Country Gems 45-555
002 321-45-HH-61B THE RING SHE STOLE  45-555
ca. August 1961 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN - Leon Hobson, *with Sonny Gordon and The N.C. Ramblers (Producer: Tommy Hill)
003 4999  MY FRIEND TOOK MY LOVE AGAIN Starday NV-5024
004 5000  BALL AND CHAIN BLUES NV-5024/PST 719 SLP 312 BBS 1029
BUCKINGHAM P-ST-719/PALACE M/S-719/Palace P-ST-719 MODERN COUNTRY AND WESTERN SOUNDS (1963); STARDAY SLP-312 DOIN’ MY TIME (1965);  BUCKBOARD BBS-1029 THE BEGINNING OF THE END (1976)
ca. February 1962 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN - Leon Hobson (Producer: Tommy Hill)
005 5295  HEAVEN SENT ME SOMEONE TO LOVE NV-5091
006 5296  LOVE IS LIKE A RIVER NV-5091
007 5297  THREE LITTLE ROSES NV-5050
008 5298  I CAN’T FORGET LOVING YOU NV-5050
1966 poss. Nashville, TN – Leon Hobson (Produer: Country Jim Howell)
009 TK4M-8373 IF YOU COULD ONLY KNOW ME AS I AM  Trend 1023
010 TK4M-8374 I'M GONNA FORGET YOU PUT ME DOWN Trend 1023
1967 Nashville, TN – Leon Hobson (Producer: Troy L. Martin)
011 SoN-48271 SHE THINKS I’M GONNA JUMP  Silver Star 1022
012 SoN-48272 CIGARETTES AND HEARTACHES  1022
1973 unknown – Leon Hobson (Producer: Avery Lester)
013 G-100-1 BIG WHEELS G-100
014 G-100-2 MY ANGEL IS YOU G-100

SINGLES
Country Gems (1961)
45-555 My Misfortune / The Ring She Stole - 61
Nashville (1961-62)
NV 5024  My Friend Took My Love Again / Ball And Chain Blues – 09-61 (rev. Oct. 10, 1961)
NV 5050 Three Little Roses / I Can’t Forget Loving You – 04-62 (Apr.21, 1962
NV 5091 Heaven Sent Me Someone To Love / Love Is Like A River – 11-62 (Dec. 8, 1962)
Trend (1966)
1023 If You Could Only Know Me As I Am / I'm Gonna Forget You Put Me Down – 66
Silver Star (1967)
1022 She Thinks I'm Gonna Jump / Cigarettes and Heartaches – 67
Golden Gate (1973)
G-100 Big Wheels / My Angel Is You – 05-09-73




Little Country Giants

 Russell Cook
Cameron Federal

By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2004 unknown, GA – Little Country Giants
001 GONE FOR AWHILE
002 I REMEMBER
003 LAST LONELY GOODBYE
004 SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF
005 COME GO WITH ME
006 RIGHT OR WRONG
007 GOING HOME
008 BIG FREIGHTLINER
009 DON'T TRADE YOUR LONLINESS
010 MORE THAN EVERYTHING
011 HOLD ON TO ME
012 BREAKING HEARTS AND LIVING FREE
013 WILLIE DEAR
Tracks above issued on album Breaking Hearts and Living Free
2005 unknown, GA – Little Country Giants
014 DIRT
015 GAL IS GONE
016 BABY YOU'RE MINE
017 DARLIN ALSO RAN
018 CATCH A SHINING STAR
019 MEMORIES ARE BETTER
020 MISS MOLLY
021 LOUISIANA MOON
022 MELTED WITH THE SNOW
023 ANOTHER FOOL
024 HEARTACHE JIM
025 JUST FOR THIS SONGS TIME
026 CHANGES
027 I'M ON FIRE
Tracks above issued on album Just For This Songs Time
2006 unknown, GA – Little Country Giants
028 YELLOW MOON
029 CARS, TRUCKS, AND MOTORBIKES
030 SO HARD
031 FEILDS ARE BURNING
032 TELEGRAM
033 STRAIGHT BLADE
034 CAN'T STAND THE HEARTACHE
035 FIND ME IN HEAVEN
036 WON'T BE MISSING YOU
037 MY ONLY FRIEND
038 GENUINE DIXIE MAN
039 JODY GRINDER
040 ONE THING IS CLEAR
041 GONE AWAY
Tracks above issued on album Sings Pretty For The Good People
2009 unknown, GA – Little Country Giants
042 TROUBLE'S HARD TO FIND
043 BED OF YOU
044 FLY
045 WEARY WORN WANDERERS
046 I THINK OF YOU
047 TIME
048 YOUR ANNIE IS GONE
049 JESUS WAS A CARPENTER
050 PEARL OF YOUR PAIN
051 FISTS OF FOAM AND FURY
052 LATER ON
053 MAMMA PLEASE
054 POWER AND THE GLORY
055 ALBANY
Tracks above issued on album Fists of Foam and Furry
2012 unknown, GA – Little Country Giants (Russell Cook [vcl/ac gt], Cameron Federal  [bass], Rob Robinson [percussion], Rurik Nunan [fiddle])
056 60 GRIT AND KEROSENE
057 HOWLING COLD WIND
058  I’M IN LOVE WITH YOU (ALWAYS HAVE BEEN)
059 HELLO STRANGER
060 ALL ALONE TONIGHT
061 BE MY LOVE
062 BOY FROM BIRMINGHAM
063  SATISFIED
064 I DON’T THINK
Tracks above issued on album 60 Grit  
2015 unknown, GA – Little Country Giants (Producer: Dax Rosetti)
065 PARTY 'TIL YOU FALL
066 CHART TO MY HEART
067 DEAD RECKONING
068 ALRIGHT TO BE WRONG
069 MORNING TIME
070 WHISKEY
071 I CAN'T BREATHE
072 SLOWLY FADED OUT
073 MELODY INTO THE GROUND
074 SPARK IN THE DARK
075 I WILL ALWAYS BE AROUND
076 JUST A LITTLE BIT
077 MEAN GIRLS
Tracks above issued on album Dead Reckoning


ALBUMS
Little Country Giants ? Breaking Hearts and Living Free:
Gone For Awhile; I Remember; Last Lonely Goodbye; Something To Be Proud Of; Come Go With Me; Right Or Wrong; Going Home; Big Freightliner; Don't Trade Your Lonliness; More Than Everything; Hold On To Me; Breaking Hearts and Living Free; Willie Dear – 30-03-05
Little Country Giants ? Just for This Songs Time: Dirt; Gal Is Gone; Baby You're Mine; Darlin Also Ran; Catch a Shining Star; Memories Are Better; Miss Molly; Louisiana Moon;
Melted with the Snow; Another Fool; Heartache Jim; Just for This Songs Time; Changes; I'm on Fire - 18-11-05
Little Country Giants ? Sing Pretty For the People: Yellow Moon; Cars, Trucks, and Motorbikes; So Hard; Feilds Are Burning; Telegram; Straight Blade; Can't Stand the Heartache; Find Me in Heaven; Won't Be Missing You; My Only Friend; Genuine Dixie Man; Jody Grinder; One Thing Is Clear; Gone Away – 15-09-06
Little Country Giants ? Fists of Foam and Fury: Trouble's Hard to Find; Bed of You; Fly; Weary Worn Wanderers; I Think of You; Time; Your Annie Is Gone; Jesus Was a Carpenter; Pearl of Your Pain; Fists of Foam and Fury; Later On; Mamma Please; Power and the Glory; Albany – 01-07-09
Little Country Giants ? 60 Grit: 60 Grit and Kerosene; Howling Cold Wind;  I’m in Love With You (Always Have Been);  Hello Stranger;  All Alone Tonight; Be My Love;  Boy From Birmingham;  Satisfied;  I Don’t Think – 09-09-12
Little Country Giants ? Dead Reckoning: Party 'Til You Fall; Chart to My Heart; Dead Reckoning; Alright to Be Wrong; Morning Time; Whiskey; I Can't Breathe; Slowly Faded Out; Melody Into the Ground; Spark in the Dark; I Will Always Be Around; Just a Little Bit; Mean Girls - 24-02-16



Clay Bailey

 By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2007 poss. Bristol, TN – Clay Bailey (Clay Bailey [vcl], Daniel Boney [all instruments/hmny vcl]. Producer: Bandy Brownlee)
001 A BRIGHTER DAY
002 IF I COULD
003 WHEN I WAS JUST ME
004 SOMETIMES
005 I LOVE ONLY YOU
006 VIETNAM VETERAN
007 SQUIRREL MEAT
008 SUNSHINE IN THE RAIN
009 ALL I REALLY WANT
010 BACK IN 1953
011 IT LIFTS MY SPIRIT HIGH
012 NOBODY LIKE THE ONE I LOVE
Tracks above issued on album Southern Sometimes
2008 poss. Bristol, TN – Clay Bailey
013 I'M STILL LOVIN' YOU
014 JONATHAN WHITE
015 MY LOVE FOR YOU
016 JUST WHAT IT IS YOU SEE IN ME
017 I SHOULD BE DOIN' A LOT OF THINGS
018 LOVE WILL NEVER DIE
019 MISSING YOU
020 THE SUN IS SHINING TODAY
021 DON'T STEP ON ANOTHER MAN'S DREAM
022 AIN'T GOT NO MONEY
023 LOVE IS LIKE A MOUNTAIN
024 NEXT TO ME
025 SINCE 1963
026 MY EYES BELONG TO YOU
Tracks above issued on album Next To Me
2012 poss. Bristol, TN – Clay Bailey
027 EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT
028 I AIN'T GONNA WORRY
029 SHADY VALLEY
030 WHEN MY HEART SKIPPED A BEAT
031 SO GLAD TO BE YOUR MAN
032 SOMETHING' 'BOUT THE MOUNTAINS
033 JUST THINKING OF YOU
034 MOST OF ALL I LOVE TO BE WITH YOU
035 HE MADE YOU DARLIN' FOR ME
036 WHEN THE FLAG COMES DOWN
037 THE FLOWERS
038 FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART
Tracks above issued on album Just Thinking Of You




ALBUMS
Songs For Sometimes ? Southern Sometimes:
A Brighter Day; If I Could; When I Was Just Me; Sometimes; I Love Only You; Vietnam Veteran; Squirrel Meat; Sunshine In The Rain; All I Really Want; Back In 1953; It Lifts My Spirit High; Nobody Like The One I Love – 03-08-07
Songs For Sometimes ? Next To Me: I'm Still Lovin' You; Jonathan White; My Love For You; Just What It Is You See In Me; I Should Be Doin' A Lot Of Things; Love Will Never Die; Missing You; The Sun Is Shining Today; Don't Step On Another Man's Dream; Ain't Got No Money; Love Is Like A Mountain; Next To Me; Since 1963; My Eyes Belong To You – 12-08-08
Songs For Sometimes ? Just Thinking of You: Everything's Gonna Be Alright; I Ain't Gonna Worry; Shady Valley; When My Heart Skipped a Beat; So Glad to Be Your Man; Something' 'bout the Mountains; Just Thinking of You; Most of All I Love to Be With You; He Made You Darlin' for Me; When the Flag Comes Down; The Flowers; From the Bottom of My Heart - 24-11-12