Rod Erickson

 *30-09-1938 Beaverlodge, Northern Alberta, CAN, +14-04-2015
2nd version
by Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
ca November 1971 unknown - Rod Erickson
001 71L-2928 SHE TAUGHT ME TO YODEL MGM  K 14342X GNP 811/GNPS 2105 
002 71L-2929 GRANDPA TELL A STORY K 14132X/ GNPS 2105  
Late 1973 Damon Sound Studio, Edmonton, Alberta, CAN - Rod Erickson 
003 SRC 1343A YODEL YOUR TROUBLES AWAY Sparky 1367/GNPS 2105 
004 SRC 1343B YODEL SWEET MOLLY Sparky 1367/GNPS 2105
1975 Damon Sound Studio, Edmonton, Alberta, CAN  - Rod Erickson (Producer: Gary McDonall)
005 N 4248 CATTLE CALL  GNP 498 DDM 102/GNPS 2105 
006 N 4249 ROCKS IN MY SHOE GNP 498/GNPS 2105
007 BIG BAD TOM (BIG BAD JOHN)  DDM 102/ GNPS 2105 
1976 Damon Sound Studio, Edmonton, Alberta, CAN  - Rod Erickson (Rod Erickson [vcl], Maurice Marshall [gt], Gary Koliger [gt/steel], Jerry Rauw [bass], Stu Mitchell [drums], Nancy Nash [harmonica/bck vcl] + strings + Jan Baker, Jim Olson, Mary Olson [bck vcl].  Producer: Gary McDonall)
008 WIMOWEH (LION SLEEPS TONIGHT) GNPS 2105 
009 LONELY GIRL GNPS 2105
010 YODELERS LAMENT GNPS 2105 
011 N 4389 CANNONBALL YODEL  GNP 811/GNPS 2105 
012 DDM 109 GOING HOME DDM 104/GNPS 2105
Ca 1999 and sooner Damon Sound Studio, Edmonton, Alberta, CAN  - Rod Erickson (Producer: Gary McDonall)
013 BLUEBIRD YODEL DSCD 1008   
014 SKINNY AND SCRAWNY DSCD 1008   
015 WE COULD WRITE A COUNTRY SONG DSCD 1008   
016 RAISED THAT WAY DSCD 1008  
017 BLUE OF THE NIGHT DSCD 1008    
018 WHEN FALL COMES TO ALBERTA DSCD 1008 
019 MOCKING BIRD HILL DSCD 1008  
020 MY ROSES DSCD 1008    
021 CHIME BELLS DSCD 1008   
022 BOOBEARS LULLABY DSCD 1008  
023 NOBODY'S DARLIN' BUT MINE DSCD 1008  
024 THE GOOD LORD'S TUGGIN' ON MY LEAD ROPE DSCD 1008  
025 MAKING BELIEVE DSCD 1008   
026 BLUE CANADIAN ROCKIES DSCD 1008 
027 SHE THINKS SHE'S FOOLING ME DSCD 1008
2000  Damon Sound Studio, Edmonton, Alberta, CAN  - Rod Erickson (Producer: Gary McDonall)
028 LORD AND I
029 GOING HOME
030 PLACE WHERE I WORSHIP
031 I BELIEVE IN THE GOOD OLD BIBLE
032 EDDIE'S SONG
033 UNTIL THEN
034 HAPPY JOE
035 I'M LONGING FOR JESUS TO COME BACK
036 THANK YOU LORD
037 PRECIOUS MEMORIES
038 RAISED THAT WAY
039 TELL IT AGAIN
040 BALLAD OF THE COUNTRY PREACHER
041 THE GREAT JUDGEMENT MORNING
042 THE GOOD LORD'S TUGGIN' ON MY LEAD ROPE
043 BORN AGAIN
044 WHERE THE ROSES NEVER FADE
045 LOVE OF GOD
046 DO LORD
047 THE BEST PART OF LIVING 
Tracks above issued on album The Lord and I



ALBUMS
GNP Crescendo GNPS-2105 She Taught Me To Yodel:  Cattle Call; Yodel Your Troubles Away; Wimoweh (Lion Sleeps Tonight); Cannonball Yodel; Lonely Girl; She Taught Me To Yodel; Going Home; Big Bad Tom; Yodelers Lament; Rocks In My Shoe; Yodel Sweet Molly; Grandpa Tell A Story – 76 (reissued in 1999 as Then on Soundtrek DSC 1003-2[mc]/DSCD 1007)

Soundtrek [CAN] DSC-1003-1[mc]/DSCD 1008[cd] Now: Bluebird Yodel;  Skinny And Scrawny;  We Could Write A Country Song;  Raised That Way; Blue Of The Night;   When Fall Comes To Alberta; Mocking Bird Hill; My Roses;   Chime Bells;  Boobears Lullaby; Nobody's Darlin' But Mine; The Good Lord's Tuggin' On My Lead Rope; Making Believe;  Blue Canadian Rockies; She Thinks She's Fooling Me - 99 
Rod Erickson [CAN] no # The Lord And I: Lord and I; Going Home; Place Where I Worship; I Believe in the Good Old Bible; Eddie's Song; Until Then; Happy Joe; I'm Longing for Jesus to Come Back; Thank You Lord; Precious Memories; Raised That Way; Tell It Again; Ballad of the Country Preacher; The Great Judgement Morning; The Good Lord's Tuggin' On My Lead Rope; Born Again; Where the Roses Never Fade; Love of God; Do Lord; The Best Part of Living – 00



SINGLES
MGM [CAN] (1971)
K 14342X She Taught Me How To Yodel / Grandpa Tell A Story – 71 (US issue on MGM K 14342, also on Sparky SRC 1343)
Sparky
S 1367 Yodel Your Troubles Away / Yodel Sweet Molly – 01-74 (REV. Recorld World Jan. 26)
GNP Crescendo (1975)
GNP 498 Rocks In My Shoe / Cattle Call – 07-75
GNP 811 She Taught Me How To Yodel / Cannonball Yodel – 76
Boot /Damon [CAN]
DDM 102 Cattle Call / Big bad Tom (Big Bad John) - 75
DDM 104 Going Home / Cannonball Yodel - 76

Carolina Chocalate Drops

 by Praguefrank
SESSIONS  
29 December 2005 Chapel Hill. NC – Carolina Chocalate Drops (Don Flemons [vcl/gt/banjo/ jug/ harmonica/snare], Rhianon Giddens [vcl/bamjo / fiddle], Justin Robinson [vcl/fiddle])
001 OLD CAT DIED MMCD 76
26-31 December 2005 The Rubber Room Studio, Chapel Hill, NC – Carolina Chocolate Drops (Don Flemons [vcl/gt/banjo/ jug/ harmonica/snare], Rhianon Giddens [vcl/bamjo / fiddle], Justin Robinson [vcl/fiddle])
002 ANOTHER MAN DONE GONE MMCD-102  
003 BLACK EYE BLUES MMCD-102 
004 RICKETT'S HORNPIPE MMCD-102  
005 BANJO DREAMS / JALIDONG MMCD-102  
11-12 April 2006 Chapel Hill, TN – Carolina Chocalate Drops (Don Flemons [vcl/gt/banjo/ jug/ harmonica/snare], Rhianon Giddens [vcl/bamjo / fiddle], Justin Robinson [vcl/fiddle])
006 STARRY CROWN MMCD-76
007 DONA GOT A RAMBLIN' MIND MMCD-76
008 RICKETT'S HORNPIPE MMCD-76 
009 OL' CORN LIKKER MMCD-76 
010 LITTLE MARGARET MMCD-76 
011 DIXIE MMCD-76 
012 BLACK ANNIE MMCD-76 
013 TOM DULA MMCD-76 
014 GEORGIE BUCK MMCD-76 
015 BLACK-EYED DAISY MMCD-76 
016 SHORT LIFE OF TROUBLE MMCD-76 
017 SALLY ANN MMCD-76 
018 SOURWOOD MOUNTAIN MMCD-76 
Ca 2006 unknown – Carolina Chocolate Dtops
019 EARL KING MMCD-102  
020 GAMBIA MMCD-102   
27 December 2006 [live-The Bucksjump Festival] B.B.'s Blues Bar,  St. Louis, MO – Carolina Chocolate Drops
02001 DON'T GET TROUBLE IN YOUR MIND  MMCD-102  
02002 SHORT LIFE OF TROUBLE MMCD-102  
02003 PO' LAZARUS MMCD-102 
2007 [soundtrack The Great Debaters] unknown – Carolina Chocolate Drops, with Alvin Hart [-1]
021 I‘VE GOT BLOOD WITH MY EYES FOR YOU
022 BUSY BOOTIN‘ -1
023 CITY OF REFUGE -1
024 NOBODY’S FAULT BUT MINE -1
18-19 June 2007 The Buffalo Bear Studio, Rougemont, NC – Carolina Chocolate Drops
025 WAYWARD GAL MMCD-102  
026 GEORGIE BUCK MMCD-102   Genuine Negro Jig [2026]
027 JACK O'DIAMONDS MMCD-102  Genuine Negro Jig [2026]
028 CORNBREAD AND BUTTER BEANS MMCD-102  
029 BYE-BYE POLICEMAN MMCD-102 
030 REAL OLD MOUNTAIN DEW MMCD-102  
031 SITTIN' ON TOP OF THE WORLD MMCD-102  
25 April 2008 [live-Merlefest] Wilkesboro, NC – Carolina Chocolate Drops and Joe Thompson (Joe Thompson [vcl/fiddle],  Dom Flemons [vcl/gt/jug],  Bob Carlin [banjo] /  Rhiannon Giddens [vcl/banjo/fiddle/ kazoo],  Justin Robinson [fiddle],  (4)
Kazoo, Fiddle, Vocals – Rhiannon Giddens
Washboard, Bones, Percussion [Gourd, Brushes], Tambourine, Vocals – Sule Greg Wilson [vcl/washboard/ bone/ percussion/ tambourine])
03101 MEMPHIS SHAKEDOWN MMCD-101 
03102 CORN BREAD AND BUTTER BEANS MMCD-101 
03103 DONA GOT A RAMBLIN' MIND MMCD-101
03104 JOHN HENRY MMCD-101
03105 OLD JOE CLARK MMCD-101 
03106 GEORGIA BUCK MMCD-101 
03107 I SHALL NOT BE MOVED MMCD-101
03108 OLD CORN LIQUOR MMCD-101 
03109 GOIN' DOWN THE ROAD FEELING BAD MMCD-101
9-16 January 2009 The Garfield House, South Pasadena, CA – Carolina Chocolate Drops (Justin Robinson, Rhiannon Giddons, Dom Flemons. Producer: Joe Henry)
032 PEACE BEHIND THE BRIDGE 516995-2 
033 TROUBLE IN YOUR MIND 516995-2 
034 YOUR BABY AIN'T SWEET LIKE MINE 516995-2
035 HIT 'EM UP STYLE 516995-2 
036 CORNBREAD AND BUTTERBEANS 516995-2 
037 SNOWDEN'S JIG (GENUINE NEGRO JIG) 516995-2 
038 WHY DON'T YOU DO RIGHT? 516995-2 
039 CINDY GAL 516995-2
040 KISSIN' AND CUSSIN'  516995-2 
041 SANDY BOYS 516995-2
042 REYNADINE 516995-2
043 TRAMPLED ROSE 516995-2
044 MEMPHIS SHAKEDOWN Genuine Negro Jig digital
045 CITY OF REFUGE Genuine Negro Jig digital
2010 John Wilson’s SPOT Recording Studio, Winston-Salem, NC   – Carolina Chocolate Drops and Luminiscent Orchestrii
046 SHORT DRESS GAL 526130-1  
047 ESCOUTAS (DIGA DIGA DIGA) 526130-1  
2010 Studio 808A, Brooklyn, New York City – Carolina Chocolate Drops and Luminiscent Orchestrii
048 HIT 'EM UP STYLE 526130-1 
049 KNOCKIN' 526130-1  
19 May 2011 Daytrotter Studio, Rock Island, IL - Carolina Chocolate Drops
050 PO‚ BLACK SHEEP
051 SKILLET GOOD AND GREASY
052 JULIANNE JOHNSON/ARKANSAS TRAVELER
053 SOURWOOD MOUNTAIN
054 WHY DON'T YOU DO RIGHT? 
March, June, July 2011 Buddy Miller's Home, Nashville, TN - Carolina Chocolate Drops (Hubby Jenkins [vcl/gt/ banjo/ mandolin/bones], Dom Flemons [vcl/banjo/ snare drum/ bass drum/ bones/  jug/ quills],  Rhiannon Giddens [vcl/banjo/ fiddle],  Adam Matta [vcl/tamboruine/ beatbox], Leyla McCalla [vcl.cello])
055 RIRO'S HOUSE 529809-2
056 KERR'S NEGRO JIG 529809-2 
057 RUBY, ARE YOU MAD AT YOUR MAN? 529809-2 
058 BOODLE-DE-BUM-BUM 529809-2 
059 COUNTRY GIRL 529809-2 
060 RUN MOUNTAIN 529809-2
061 LEAVING EDEN 529809-2 
062 READ ' EM JOHN 529809-2
063 MAHALLA 529809-2 
064 WEST END BLUES 529809-2
065 PO' BLACK SHEEP 529809-2 
066 I TRULY UNDERSTAND THAT YOU LOVE ANOTHER MAN 529809-2 
067 NO MAN'S MAMA 529809-2 
068 BRIGGS' CORN SHUCKING JIG / CAMPTOWN HORNPIPE 529809-2
069 PRETTY BIRD 529809-2  
2012 unknown – Carolina Chocolate Drops
070 YOU BE LLLIN‘ 7-530721
2010s? unknown – Carolina Chocolate Drops
071 AVALON 
072 WILL ADAMS BREAKDOWN 
073 BRING IT HOME
074 HERE RATTLER 
075 LITTLE RABBIT 
Tracks above issued on album Genuine Negro Jig 15th Anniversary



ALBUMS
Music Maker Relief Foundation MMCD 76 Dona Got A Ramblin' Mind: Starry Crown; Dona Got A Ramblin' Mind; Rickett's Hornpipe; Ol' Corn Likker; Little Margaret; Dixie; Black Annie; Tom Dula; Georgie Buck; Old Cat Died; Black-Eyed Daisy; Short Life Of Trouble; Sally Ann; Sourwood Mountain – 12-09-06
Dixiefrog [FRA] DFGCD 8640/Music Maker [FRA] MMCD102 Heritage: Another Man Done Gone; Wayward Gal; Don't Get Trouble In Your Mind ; Black Eye Blues; Georgie Buck; Earl King; Jack O'Diamonds; Short Life Of Trouble; Po' Lazarus; Rickett's Hornpipe; Cornbread And Butter Beans; Bye-Bye Policeman; Real Old Mountain Dew; Sittin' On Top Of The World; Banjo Dreams / Jalidong; Gambia – ca 12-07
Music Maker MMCD 101 Carolina Chocolate Drops and Joe Thompson: Memphis Shakedown; Corn Bread and Butter Beans; Dona Got A Ramblin' Mind; John Henry; Old Joe Clark; Georgia Buck; I Shall Not Be Moved; Old Corn Liquor; Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad – 26-05-09
Nonesuch 516995-1/516995-2 Genuine Negro Jig: Peace Behind The Bridge; Trouble In Your Mind; Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine; Hit 'Em Up Style; Cornbread And Butterbeans; Snowden's Jig (Genuine Negro Jig); Why Don't You Do Right?; Cindy Gal;- Kissin' And Cussin' ; Sandy Boys; Reynadine; Trampled Rose – 16-02-10 (digital version includes bonus tracks: Memphis Shakedown; City of Refuge)
Nonesuch  529809-2 Leaving Eden: Riro's House; Kerr's Negro Jig; Ruby, Are You Mad At Your Man?; Boodle-De-Bum-Bum; Country Girl; Run Mountain; Leaving Eden; Read ' Em John; Mahalla; West End Blues; Po' Black Sheep;; I Truly Understand That You Love Another Man; No Man's Mama; Briggs' Corn Shucking Jig / Camptown Hornpipe; Pretty Bird) – 28-02-12
Nonesuch ? Genuine Negro Jig (15th Anniversary Edition): Peace Behind the Bridge;  Trouble in Your Mind; Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine; Hit 'Em up Style; Cornbread and Butterbeans; Snowden's Jig (Genuine Negro Jig); Why Don't You Do Right?; Cindy Gal;  Kissin' and Cussin';  Sandy Boys; Reynadine;  Trampled Rose;  Avalon;  Georgie Buck; City of Refuge (2025 Remaster);  Will Adams Breakdown; Jack O’ Diamonds;  Bring It Home;  Here Rattler;  Little Rabbit; Memphis Shakedown (2025 Mix) – 23-01-26

EPs
Nonesuch 526130-1 Carolina Chocolate Drops And The Luminescent Orchestrii:
Short Dress Gal; Escoutas (Diga Diga Diga); Hit 'Em Up Style; Knockin' – 25-01-11
Daytrotter no # Daytrotter Session:  Welcome To Daytrotter; Po‚ Black Sheep; Skillet Good And Greasy; Julianne Johnson/Arkansas Traveler; Sourwood Mountain; Why Don't You Do Right? – 05-11

SINGLES
Nonesuch
530721-7 [Run-DMC:] You Be Lllin‘ / [Carolina Chocolate Drops:] You Be Lllin‘ – 21-04-12

Gordie West

 *Alberta, CAN
by Praguefrank
SESSIONS  
1979 Mid Wales Sound Studios, Welshpool, UK – Gordie West (Gordine West [vcl/ac gt], Billy Bennett [ac gt], Stewart Barnes [ac/ld gt], Slim Pickins [dobro/steel], Gary Thistlewaite [steel/bass], Steve Hughes [bass], Alan Holmes/ Les Perry [drums], Mai Jones, Beryl Watkins [hmny vcl]. Producer: Gordon Davies)  
001 ALBERTA BOUND WRS 138  
002 STRAWBERRY ROAN WRS 138  
003 SWEET MUSIC MAN WRS 138
004 BLUE CANADIAN ROCKIES WRS 138  
005 CANADIAN PACIFIC WRS 138
006 THAT'S MY PA WRS 138  
007 ALBERTA SKYLINE WRS 138  
008 A LOSER MAKING GOOD WRS 138  
009 BOOTS AND SADDLE WRS 138  
010 ALBERTA YODEL WRS 138  
011 SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES WRS 138  
012 ROSE OF SAN ANTONE WRS 138  
1980 Mid Wales Sound Studios, Welshpool, UK – Gordie West (Gordine West [vcl/ac gt], Stewart Barnes [ac/ld gt], Slim Pickins [steel], Gary Thistlewaite [bass gt],  Alan Holmes [drums], Mai Jones, Beryl Watkins [hmny vcl]. Producer: Gordon Davies)
013 PRETTY COUNTRY WOMAN WRS 152
014 I WANTA KNOW WRS 152
015 SLEEPIN WITH THE ONE YOU LOVE WRS 152
016 RED BANDANA WRS 152
017 MY ELUSIVE DREAMS WRS 152
018 DREAM ME HOME WRS 152
019 CRAZY ARMS WRS 152
020 WHEN I DREAM WRS 152
021 SHE CAN PUT HER SHOES WRS 152
022 I FORGOT TO REMEMBER TO FORGET WRS 152
023 SHE BELIEVES IN ME WRS 152
024 ANGELEAN WRS 152
1982 unknown, UK – Gordie West (Producer: Nigel Pegrum)
025 MY CALGARY HOME REPL 001    
026 REMEMBER THE RODEO REPL 001
027 SINGING FEVER REPL 001
028 CALGARY SNOW REPL 001
029 RODEO EAST REPL 001
030 GHOST RIDERS REPL 001
031 BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN REPL 001
032 COWBOY BLUES REPL 001
033 ALL SHE LEFT ME REPL 001
034 CALGARY ROUNDUP REPL 001  
1980s unknown, UK – Gordie West
Unknown tracks for two unknown albums
1986 [live] Prague, CS – Gordie West
05301 CRAZY 1113 4428
05302 THANK GOD I’MA A COUNTRY BOY 1113 4428
SUPRAPHON 1113 4428 INTERCOUNTRY 86 (CS, 1987)


ALBUMS  
Westwood [UK] WRS 138 Alberta Bound: Alberta Bound; Strawberry Roan; Sweet Music Man; Blue Canadian Rockies; Canadian Pacific; That's My Pa; Alberta Skyline; A Loser Making Good; Boots And Saddle; Alberta Yodel; Springtime In The Rockies; Rose Of San Antone – 79
Westwood [UK] WRS 152 Love And Dreams: Angelean; Pretty Country Woman; I Wanta Know; Sleepin With The One You Love; Red Bandana; My Elusive Dreams; Dream Me Home; Crazy Arms; When I Dream; She Can Put Her Shoes; I Forgot To Remember To Forget; She Believes In Me - 80
Replay [UK] REPL 001 My Calgary Home: My Calgary Home; Remember The Rodeo; Singing Fever; Calgary Snow; Rodeo East; Ghost Riders; Back In The Saddle Again; Cowboy Blues; All She Left Me; Calgary Roundup - 82
+ Two more unknown UK albums

Six Market Blvd.

 by Praguefrank
SESSIONS  
2009 Hometown Hero Studios, Stephenville (?), TX – 6 Market Blvd (Producer: Mike Stanley and 6 Market Blvd)
001 TO MARY ANN
002 PICTURE OF YOU
003 COLD DECEIT
004 SUNDAY SONG
005 BARELY GETTING BY
Tracks above issued on EP
2010 Fort Worth Sound,  Ft Worth, TX – Six Market Blvd (Clayton Landua  [vcl/rh gt],
Josh Serrato  [gt/piano/ organ/ hmny vcl], Ben Hussey [banjo/ bass/ hmny vcl], Dallas Neal [drums/percussion] + Scott Neal [ld/rh gt])
006 A FEELIN
007 MAN ALIVE
008 SILENCE IN ME
009 HIGH IN HEAVEN
010 TERRIBLE LIES
011 READY TO THROW
012 MISERY IN ME
013 THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES
014 STICK TO WHAT'S IN STORE
015 ROLL LOCOMOTIVE
016 ROSES
017 STUCK IN THE PEN
018 WINTERTIME
Tracks above issued on album Running On Seven
2012 unknown, TX – Six Market Blvd.
019 SAY IT
020 WHITE GOOSE
021 GETTING OLDER
022 STAND
023 MAILBOX
024 GETTING OUT ALIVE
025 MEDINA
026 14 MILES FROM HOME
027 THE PAINTER
028 IN THE NAME OF US
029 SANTA FE TRAIN
030 STILL-WATER PILLOWCASE
031 HEY MR. INDIAN MAN
032 SAY IT (RIVER BOTTOM VERSION)
Tracks above issued on album Shake It Down

ALBUMS
Vision Ent. No # Running on Seven:  A Feelin;  Man Alive; Silence in Me;  High in Heaven;  Terrible Lies;  Ready to Throw;  Misery in Me;  That's the Way Love Goes;  Stick to What's in Store;  Roll Locomotive;  Roses;  Stuck in the Pen;  Wintertime – 06-07-10
Vision Ent. No # Shake It Down:  Say It;  White Goose;  Getting Older; Stand;  Mailbox; Getting Out Alive;  Medina;  14 Miles From Home;  The Painter;  In the Name of Us;  Santa Fe Train;  Still-Water Pillowcase;  Hey Mr. Indian Man;  Say It (River Bottom Version) – 20-11-12


EPs
Six Market Blvd. No # EP: To Mary Ann; Picture Of You; Cold Deceit; Sunday Song; Barely Getting By – ca 05-09