Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Diamond Dixie

 Gabriela LeDuc
Bianca LeDuc

By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2015 Rivefront Recording, Nashville, TN – Diamond Dixie (Gabriela LeDuc [vcl], Bianca LeDuc [vcl/banjo], Jeff Dayton [ac gt], Jimmy Matejek [el gt], Gary Morse [steel], Jimmy Carter [bass], Andy Peake [drums], Bruce Hoffman [fiddle], Billy Nobel [keyboards]. Producer: Jeff Dayton)
001 BEHAVE (12 GUAGE)
002 DON’T COME BACK AROUND
003 ALL ABOUT CASH
Tracks above issued on EP Diamond Dixie
2016 Nashville, TN – Diamond Dixie
004 DIAMONDS IN THIS TOWN
005 TAKE TWO
006 LIVE AND LET GO
007 RECKLESS
008 FREE RIDE
Tracks above issued on EP Reckless
2018 Nashville, TN – Diamond Dixie
009 LIMITLESS digital single [rel. Jan. 30,2019]/Growing Wings
2019 Nashville, TN – Diamond Dixie
010 WITHOUT YOUR LOVE digital single [rel. June 11]/Growing Wings
011 HEARTBREAK digital single [rel. Sept. 19]/Growing Wings
012 TAKE A HINT digital single [rel. Sept. 19]/Growing Wings
2019 Nashville, TN – Diamond Dixie
013 YOU AND ME + THE MISTLETOE digital single [rel. Nov. 15]
2020 Nashville, TN – Diamond Dixie
014 THROUGH WITH YOU
015 I THINK IT'S FUNNY
016 SAME STARS
017 LOCK IT UP
018 GIRLS LIKE THAT
019 GROWING WINGS
Tracks above issued on album Growing Wings



ALBUMS
Diamond Dixie ? Growing Wings
: Through With You; I Think It's Funny; Without Your Love; Limitless; Same Stars; Take a Hint; Lock It Up; Heartbreak; Girls Like That; Growing Wings - 15-01-21



EPs
Diamond Dixie no # Diamond Dixie: Behave (12 Guage); Don’t Come Back Around; All About Cash -  30-05-15
Diamond Dixie no # Reckless: Diamonds in This Town; Take Two; Live and Let Go; Reckless; Free Ride – 20-01-17


Moatsville String Ticklers

 By Tony Russell, Thieu Van DeVorst
SESSIONS

22 October 1929 Johnson City, TN – Moatsville String Ticklers (oss. Marshall Summers [gt], Doyle Shaffer or Floyd Frye [gt], Poss. Brooks Ritter [banjo-1 or banjo-mandolin-1] or Zell Frye [tnr banjo-1], poss. Harold Ritter [bass-2], Prob. Cecil Frye [fiddle], Gordon Frye [fiddle],  unidentified vocal quartet-3)
001 W149232-1 THE WEST VIRGINIA HILLS -1,3 Columbia 15491-D /JSP 77171 BCD 16083
002 W149233-2 MOATSVILLE BLUES -2  15491-D/LP 100 CO-CD-3519 JSP 7740 BCD 16083 JSP 77171
003 W149234 LOST WALTZ    unissued
004 W149235 GOODBYE MY LOVER, GOODBYE    unissued
OLD TIMEY LP 100 THE STRING BANDS VOL.1  (1965); COUNTY CD 3519 OLDTIME MUSIC OF WEST VIRGIGIA VOL.2 (1999);  JSP 7740 MOUNTAIN BLUES 1927/1938  (UK, 2005, 4CD); BEAR FAMILY BCD 16083 JOHNSON CITY SESSIONS 1928/1929 (GER, 2013, 4CD); JSP 77171 COUNTRY FIDDLE (UK, 2013, 4CD)


SINGLES
Columbia (19290
15491-D The West Virginia Hills / Moatsville Blues - 29

Frances Darlene

 By Jim Loessberg
SESSIONS

1972 Nashville, TN – Frances Darlene, * with Billy Lee (Producer: Bill Goodson)
001 ST 7524 TWO HEARTS ENTANGLED* Stop ST 1718
002 ST 7525 EVERYDAY  ST 1718
1970s? unknown – Frances Darlene with The Johnny Gimble Band
003 DREAM, DREAM, DREAM Zeon 600Z-1017
004 JUST PASSING THE TIME Zeon 600Z-1017

SINGLES
Stop
ST 1718 Two Hearts Entangled (w. Billy Lee)  / Everyday I Love You More – 72
Zeon
600Z-1017 Dream, Dream, Dream / Just Passing The Time – 7- w. Johnny Gimble Band





Paula Day

 *Raleigh, ND
By Jim Loessberg, Praguefrank, Russell Rosen
SESSIONS

1969? Audio Media, Fargo, ND – Paula Day (Paula Day [vcl], Ron Kerber [gt/bck vcl], Jeff Mooridian [el gt/steel], Rick Murry [bass/bck vcl], Ben Deichert [drums], Byron Quam [piano]. Producer: Jeff Mooridian)
001 GIVE ME A POOR BOY THIS TIME
002 DOUBLE OR NOTHING
003 BY THE RIVER OF THE ROSES
004 BUG ME
005 WHITE LINE FEVER
006 HER MOTHER'S RING
007 WILTED FLOWERS
008 MIDWEST POLKA
009 ICH BIN DEINE ROSE
010 ALLEN POLKA
011 RALEIGH WALTZ
012 PAULA'S SCHOTTISH
013 FINGERTIP WALTZ
014 WITH MY YODEL
Tracks above issued on album The Two Sides Of Paula Day
1970 Nashville, TN – Paula Day (Producer: Roy Huskey, Jr.)
015 SoN 82381 PLEASE FORGIVE ME Jude 386 388
016 ICH LIEBE DICH (I LOVE YOU) Jude 386
017 SoN 83561 SOME OLD TAVERN Jude 387
018 SoN 83562 AT THE DOOR Jude 387
019 SoN 82382 ACTING LIKE THE CLOWN WITH THE WOMAN NEXT DOOR Jude 388
1971 Nashville, TN – Paula Day (Producer: Tommy Hill)
020 ST-7331/SoN 98111 HER MOTHER'S RING  ST 1632
021 ST-7332 unknown title  unissued
022 ST-7333/SoN 98112 SHE'S THE ONE (THERE'S NO OTHER) ST 1632
1971 Nashville, TN – Paula Day (Producer: Tommy Hill)
023 ST 7357/SoN 100742 CHICAGO FREEWAY ST 1649
024 ST 7358/SoN 100741 SUCH IS LIFE ST 1649
1972 Nashville, TN – Paula Day (Producer: H. Knight Jr)
025 UR 056A SOME OLD TAVERN BR 1904
026 UR 056B AT THE DOOR BR 1904






ALBUMS
Paula Day no # The Two Sides Of Paula Day
: Give Me A Poor Boy This Time; Double Or Nothing; By The River Of The Roses; Bug Me; White Line Fever; Her Mother's Ring; Wilted Flowers; Midwest Polka; Ich Bin Deine Rose; Allen Polka; Raleigh Waltz; Paula's Schottish; Fingertip Waltz*; With My Yodel - 70 (also version with *omited issued)

SINGLES

Jude (1970)
386 Please Forgive Me / Ich Liebe Dich (I Love You) - 70
387 Some Old Tavern / At The Door – 70
388 Please Forgive Me / Acting Like The Clown With The Woman Next Door - 70
Stop (1971)
ST 1632 Her Mother's Ring / She's The One (There's No Other) - 71
ST 1649 Chicago Freeway / Such Is Life – 71
Boss (1972)
BR 1904 Some Old Tavern / At The Door – 72
 


W.B. Chenoweth

by Tony Russell, Thieu Van DeVorst 

SESSIONS

 ca. 18 October 1924 Dallas, TX – Chenoweth‘s Cornfield Symphony Orchestra (W.B. Chenoweth [fiddle], poss. Bill Anderson [gt/banjo/fiddle], poss. D.F. Hyle [banjo])
001 8757-A THE LAST SHOT GOT HIM  OKeh 40246/ M.T. CASS 103 JSP 77100 JSP 77171
002 8758-A HOT FOOT STEP AND FETCH IT  40246/ M.T. CASS 103 JSP 77100
MUSICAL TRADITIONS M.T. CASS 103 YEARLINGS IN THE CANEBRAKE TEXAS FIDDLE MUSIC 1924/1930 (UK, 1994, CASSETTE); JSP 77100 MOUNTAIN FROLIC RARE OLD TIMEY (UK, 2007, 4CD); JSP 77171 COUNTRY FIDDLE (UK, 2013, 4CD)
ca. 19 October 1925 Dallas, TX – Ed Hayes with Chenoweth‘s Cornfield Symphony Orchestra (Ed Hayes [vcl], W.B. Chenoweth [fiddle], poss. Bill Anderson [gt/banjo/fiddle], poss. D.F. Hyle [banjo])
003 9369  unknown title  unissued
004 9370-A THE BIG WHITE ROOSTER AND THE LITTLE BROWN HEN  45025
ca. 20 October 1925 Dallas, TX - Chenoweth‘s Cornfield Symphony Orchestra (W.B. Chenoweth [fiddle], poss. Bill Anderson [gt/banjo/fiddle], poss. D.F. Hyle [banjo])
005 9379  unknown title  unissued
006 9380-A ARKANSAS WAMPUS CAT  45025/ M.T. CASS 103
Ca February 1926 Chicago, IL – The Texas Fiddlin Wampus Cat and His Kittens (W.B. Chenoweth [vcl-2/fiddle-1], poss. Bill Anderson [gt/banjo], poss. D.F. Hyle [banjo])
007 2438-1 FROLIC OF THE WAMPUS CAT -1 Paramount 33172
008 2439-1 YOU’LL FIND YOUR MOTHER THERE  -2 Paramount 33172
5 December 1927 Consolidated Talking Machine Company, 225 West Washington St., Chicago, IL  - Texas Fiddlin‘ Wampus Cat
009 W82006  unknown title   unissued
010 W82007  unknown title    untraced
011 W82008  TEXAS POSSUM TROT  unissued
012 W82009  COTTON PATCH SERENDACE  unissued


SINGLES
OKeh (1925) Chenoweth‘s Cornfield Symphony Orchestra
40276 The Last Shot Got Him / Hot Foot Step And Fetch It  - 25
45025 The Big White Rooster And The Little Brown Hen (w. Ed Hayes)  / Arkansas Wampus Cat
Paramount (1926) The Texas Fiddlin Wampus Cat and His Kittens
33172 Frolic Of The Wampus Cat / You’ll Find Your Mother There - 26