Friday, January 12, 2024

Hall Sisters (NC)

 Jessica, Lydia, Natalie, and Valerie Hall, *Garner, NC
by Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2014 unknown – The Hall Sisters
001 BLUEBONNET WEDDING (TRUE BLUE LOVE)
002 SISTER, SISTER
003 BUTTERFLIES
004 NEW WAY BACK
005 LOLLIPOP
Tracks above issued on EP True Blue Love
2014 unknown – The Hall Sisters
006 SNOW
007 SLEIGH RIDE / JINGLE BELLS
008 WHITE CHRISTMAS
009 I DREAMED OF CHRISTMAS
010 SOME CHILDREN SEE HIM  
Tracks above issued on EP Snow
2015 unknown – The Hall Sisters
011 LET IT SNOW
012 IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER
013 WINTER WONDERLAND
014  MARY HAD A BABY
015 HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS
Tracks above issued on EP Simply Christmas
2016 unknown – The Hall Sisters
016 ZIP-A-DEE-DOO-DAH
017 I’M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT
018 SMILE
019 SINCERELY
020 DON’T SIT UNDER THE APPLE TREE
021 (THERE’LL BE BLUEBIRDS OVER) THE WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER
022  SOMETHING STUPID
023 SH-BOOM
024 THE TWELFTH OF NEVER
025 BOOGIE WOOGIE BUGLE BOY
026 MAY YOU ALWAYS
027 SWINGING ON A STAR
Tracks above issued on album Smile
2019 Nashville, TN – The Hall Sisters
028 THE FIRST NOEL digital single [rel. Nov. 26]
029 WHAT CHILD IS THIS / CAROL OF THE BELLS digital single [rel. Nov. 26]
2020 Nashville, TN – The Hall Sisters
030 HOW LONG
031 NO ONE KNOWS MY HEART
032 MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION
033 FROM NOW ON WITH CARRY ON
034 AFTER ALL
035 WHAT SHAME SAYS
036 ORIGINAL
037 YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME
038 UP
039 HEY BROTHER WITH FIDDLER'S DESPAIR
040 HOME
041 SCARBOROUGH FAIR
Tracks above issued on album Here and Other Side
2021 Nashville, TN – The Hall Sisters
042 I CANNOT TELL WHY HE
043 O THE DEEP DEEP LOVE OF JESUS
044 MANSION BUILDER
045 I HEARD THE VOICE OF JESUS SAY
046 OF THE FATHER'S LOVE BEGOTTEN
047 IMMORTAL INVISIBLE
048 THE COLORING SONG
049 TURN YOUR EYES UPON JESUS
050 NEARER MY GOD TO THEE
051 DEPTH OF MERCY
Tracks above issued on album Depth of Mercy
2023 Nashville, TN – The Hall Sisters
052 FIGHT FOR THE CHILDREN digital single [rel. Oct. 18]
2023 unknown – Bowman with The Hall Sisters
053 ALEXANDER digital single [rel. Dec. 15]


ALBUMS
Hall Sisters ? Smile:  Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah;  I’m Beginning to See the Light;  Smile;   Sincerely;  Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree;  (There’ll be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover;  Something Stupid;  Sh-Boom;  The Twelfth of Never;  Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy;   May You Always;  Swinging on a Star – 21-10-16
Skinny Chicken ? Here and Other Side: How Long; No One Knows My Heart; Magnificent Obsession; From Now on with Carry On; After All; What Shame Says; Original; You've Got a Friend in Me; Up; Hey Brother with Fiddler's Despair; Home; Scarborough Fair – 16-04-21
Skinny Chicken ? Depth of Mercy: I Cannot Tell Why He; O the Deep Deep Love of Jesus; Mansion Builder; I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say; Of the Father's Love Begotten; Immortal Invisible; The Coloring Song; Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus; Nearer My God to Thee; Depth of Mercy – 22-10-21

EPs
Hall Sisters ? True Blue Love: Bluebonnet Wedding (True Blue Love); Sister, Sister; Butterflies; New Way Back; Lollipop - 23-08-14
Hall Sisters ? Snow: Snow; Sleigh Ride / Jingle Bells; White Christmas; I Dreamed of Christmas; Some Children See Him  – 11-14
Hall Sisters ? Simply Christmas: Let it Snow; In the Bleak Midwinter; Winter Wonderland;  Mary Had a Baby; Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – 23-11-15

Katie Sontag

 by Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2018  poss. Eugene, OR – Katie Sontag (Katie Sontag [vcl/gt/ banjo], C. Todd Robbins  [mandolin/gt], Damion Brook Kintz [violin], Karly Loveling [hmny vcl])
001 YOU ARE LOVED
002 GO DEEP
003 GRATITUDE
004 BANJO SONG
005 THE RIVER
006 TEACH ME
007 BROKEN BUT BEATING
008 PURPOSE AND MEANING
009 MAY OUR LOVE GROW
010 TIME
Tracks above issued on album Temple Under The Stars
2019 poss. Eugene, OR – Katie Sontag
011 BOND OF TRUST
012 WE ARE ALIVE
013 INSPIRE ME
014 GOOD THINGS
015 HOLD ME
016 KEEP GIVING THEM
017 HEAL MY BODY
018 BE KIND
019 MAY OUR LOVE GROW
020 SAME SOURCE
021 WALK EACH OTHER HOME LED BY KARLY LOVELING
Tracks above issued on album Songs to Sing Together
2019 poss. Eugene, OR – Katie Sontag (Katie Sontag [vcl/gt], Timothy Michael Shaw [gt/ piano], C Todd Robbins [mandolin/gt], Jon Brex [bass], Beau Eastlund [drums], Sam Sharp: [violin]. Producer: Katie Sontag, Timothy Michael Shaw)
022 HAVE FAITH
023 MY TRUTH
024 YOU LOST ME
025 DON'T FORGET
026 STILL BREATHING
027 FIXATED
028 UNTANGLE ME
029 SOMEDAY
030 A BLANKET AND A MEAL
031 HOLD ME
032 THEY SAID
033 BEAUTIFUL
034 NEW BRAIN
035 WALLS FALL DOWN
036 SAME SOURCE
Tracks above issued on album Still Breathing
2022 poss. Eugene, OR – Katie Sontag (Katie Sontag [vcl/gt])
037 SHARE THE JOURNEY (FROM CALLIOPE) digital single [rel. March 2]


ALBUMS
Katie Sontag ? Temple Under the Stars:
You Are Loved;  Go Deep;  Gratitude;  Banjo Song; The River;  Teach Me;  Broken but Beating;  Purpose and Meaning; May Our Love Grow;  Time – 27-06-18
Katie Sontag ? Songs to Sing Together: Bond of Trust; We Are Alive; Inspire Me; Good Things; Hold Me; Keep Giving Them; Heal My Body; Be Kind; May Our Love Grow; Same Source; Walk Each Other Home led by Karly Loveling - 24-08-19
Katie Sontag ? Still Breathing:  Have Faith;  My Truth;  You Lost Me;  Don't Forget;  Still Breathing;  Fixated;  Untangle Me;  Someday;  A Blanket and a Meal;  Hold Me;  They Said;  Beautiful;  New Brain;  Walls Fall Down;  Same Source – 08-02-20



Erick Willis

 *Henrietta, TX
by Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2012 unknown, TX – Erick Willis, *with Tori Vasquez
001 ON MY MIND
002 MY GIRL
003 NEW SHOES
004 THAT MAKES TWO OF US*
005 TO FEEL THE WAY I DO
Tracks above issued on EP Erick Willis EP Summer 2012
2013 unknown, TX – Erick Willis
006 SHE ALREADY KNOWS
007 RAISED ON RED DIRT
008 TWENTY-ONE
Tracks above issued on EP Spring 13
2014 Austin, TX – Erick Willis
009 THEY SAY
010 PLEASE
011 TIGHTEN YOUR NOOSE
012 WHAT DID YOU EXPECT
013 RAISED ON RED DIRT
014 SHE ALREADY KNOWS
015 BROKE DOWN DREAMS
016 ORDINARY DAY
017 FAR AWAY
018 DIRTY WATER
Tracks above issued on album Please
2015 unknown, TX – Erick Willis, *with Haley Cole
019 FLOOD GATE
020 I CAN'T STOP
021 TENSAW
022 KEEP YOU FOREVER
023 JULIANNE
024 LIGHTS GO OUT
025 'TIL THE END
026 BEFORE TOO LONG*
Tracks above issued on album Flood Gate
2016 unknown, TX – Erick Willis, *with Ben Atkins
027  CLAY COUNTY CHRISTMAS*
028 MARY DID YOU KNOW
029 OH HOLY NIGHT
030 AMAZING GRACE
Tracks above issued in 2023 on EP Clay County Christmas
13 May 2017 [live] Lubbock, TX
03001 DIRTY WATER
2018 unknown, TX – Erick Willis, *with Courtney Patton
031 HAVE IT ALL
032 TRUE COLORS
033 BROKEN MAN
034 NOT EVERYTHING'S A SONG
035 BREAK ON THROUGH*
Tracks above issued on EP True Colors
2018 [live] unknown, TX – Erick Willis
03501 RIGHT PLACE
03502 I CAN'T STOP
03503 NEVER THOUGHT TWICE
03504 TENSAW
Tracks above issued on EP Tapes from The Road vol 1
2020 unknown, TX – Erick Willis
036 GIVE US YOUR MONEY
037 NEVER THOUGHT TWICE
038 WAITING
039 I CAN'T STOP
040 ALL THE WAY THROUGH
041 YOU REALLY HATE ME
042 DICKENS COUNTY JAIL
Tracks above issued on EP Day

ALBUMS
Erick Willis no # Please: 
They Say;  Please;  Tighten Your Noose;  What Did You Expect; Raised on Red Dirt;  She Already Knows;  Broke Down Dreams;  Ordinary Day;  Far Away;  Dirty Water – 14-10-14
Grizzly Green no # Flood Gate:  Flood Gate;  I Can't Stop;  Tensaw;  Keep You Forever;  Julianne; Lights Go Out; 'Til the End; Before Too Long (feat. Haley Cole) – 22-01-16


EPs
Erick Willis ? Erick Willis EP Summer ’12 : On My Mind; My Girl; New Shoes; That Makes Two of Us (feat. Tori Vasquez); To Feel the Way I Do – 26-07-12
Erick Willis no # Spring '13/Acoustic : She Already Knows; Raised On Red Dirt; Twenty-One – 24-05-13
Erick Willis ? True Colors:  Have It All;  True Colors; Broken Man;  Not Everything's a Song; Break on Through (w. Courtney Patton) – 25-05-18
Erick Willis ? Tapes from the Road, Vol. 1:  Right Place;  I Can't Stop;  Never Thought Twice;  Tensaw – 01-02-19
Erick Willis ? Day:  Give Us Your Money;  Never Thought Twice;  Waiting;  I Can't Stop; All the Way Through;  You Really Hate Me;  Dickens County Jail – 29-01-21
Erick Willis ? Clay County Christmas:  Clay County Christmas (w. Ben Atkins);  Mary Did You Know;  Oh Holy Night;  Amazing Grace – 24-11-23

Buzz Martin

 Lloyd Earl Martin,  *15-09-1928 Coon Holler, OR, +1983
3rd version
by Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti
SESSIONS

1966 unknown – Buzz Martin (Producer: Bobby Gibson)
001 SoN 33661 LITTLE OLE MODEL A  Vanco 1001/Ripcord SLP 001
002 SoN 33662 SEVEN BEERS WITH THE WRONG WOMAN Vanco 1001
1967 Vancouver, WA – Buzz Martin with The Drifters
003 LR-2004-1 WHISTLE PUNK PETE  Lavender 2004 Ripcord 45-013/SLP 001  
004 LR-2004-1 SICK OF SETTIN' CHOKERS  Lavender 2004/Ripcord SLP 001  
1967 Gibson Recording Studio, Vancouver, WA – Buzz Martin (Producer: Bob Gibson
005 △67027 FIRE DANGER  Ripcord 45-0002/ SLP 001  
006 △67027-X LOGGERS HOME BREW  Ripcord 45-0002/SLP 001  
ca early 1968 Gibson Recording Studio, Vancouver, WA – Buzz Martin (Producer: Bob Gibson and Rick Keefer)
007 △70265 USED LOG TRUCK  Ripcord 45-005/SLP 001  
008 THERE WALKS A MAN  Ripcord SLP 001  
009 △70265X UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION  Ripcord 45-005 45-032A/SLP 001  
010 HOOT OWLIN' AGAIN  Ripcord SLP 001  
011 LOGGERS ANNUAL PARTY  Ripcord SLP 001  
ca early 1969 Gibson Recording Studio, Vancouver, WA – Buzz Martin, * and Lorraine Walden (Producer: Bob Gibson and Rick Keefer)
012 A LOGGER‘S REWARD  Ripcord SLP 002  
013 THE ROAD INSPECTOR  Ripcord SLP 002  
014 CAT SKINNIN' GYPO LOGGER  Ripcord SLP 002  
015 GOIN' HOME  Ripcord SLP 002  
016 △72114-X DIFFERENT KIND OF BREED OF TRUCK DRIVING MAN  Ripcord 45-008/SLP 002  
017 SINCE THEY REPOSSESSED MY USED LOG TRUCK  Ripcord SLP 002  
018 A LANGUAGE I DON'T UNDERSTAND  Ripcord SLP 002  
019 MESSAGE FROM HOME*  Ripcord 45-013/SLP 002  
020 △72114 TOO HIGH ON THE STUMP  Ripcord 45-008/SLP 002  
021 STRONG WINDS AND WIDOW MAKERS  Ripcord SLP 002  
1970 Ripcord Recording Studio, Vancouver, WA – Buzz Martin
022 A LOGGER FINDS AN OPENING  Ripcord SLP 003
023 AUTOMATED LOVE  Ripcord SLP 003
024 I JUST HAPPENED TO BE IN THE WAY  Ripcord SLP 003
025 △78353 BUTTERIN' UP BISCUIT  Ripcord 45-016/SLP 003
026 VACATION IN HEAVEN  Ripcord SLP 003
027 △79627-x CUMMINS PRISON  Ripcord 45-018/SLP 003
028 △78353-X TWO TIMES A DAY  Ripcord 45-016/SLP 003
029 SETTIN' CHOKERS IN THE SNOW  Ripcord SLP 003
030 BACHELOR DAYS  Ripcord SLP 003
031 BEHIND THE WHEEL  Ripcord SLP 003  
1970 Ripcord Recording Studio, Vancouver, WA – Buzz Martin (Producer: Bob Blum)
032 △79627 ABOUT THAT WELFARE CADILLAC Ripcord 45-018
1971 Ripcord Recording Studio, Vancouver, WA – Buzz Martin (Producer: Gene Breeden)
033 A VANISHING BREED OF A MAN  Ripcord SLP 004
034 A LOGGER'S WIFE  Ripcord SLP 004
035 MOCKINGBIRD SONG  Ripcord SLP 004
036 SITTIN' AND DREAMIN'  Ripcord SLP 004
037 CREDIT CARD SONG  Ripcord SLP 004
038 MY OLD MCCULLOCH  Ripcord SLP 004
039 LOGGIN' IN THE BARS  Ripcord SLP 004
040 THAT'S WHEN SOMETHING BREAKS DOWN  Ripcord SLP 004
041 MONDAY MORNING AGAIN  Ripcord SLP 004
042 TIMBER UP IN HEAVEN  Ripcord SLP 004
1972 or sooner unknown - Buzz Martin
043 A THE MAN AT THE TOP Ripcord 45-032
1972 unknown – Buzz Martin, “The Singing Logger“ (Producer: Sammy Taylor)
044 △90266 CUSTOM MADE WOMAN Logger LR-1
045 △90266X I MADE A BOO BOO Logger LR-1
1973 unknown – Buzz Martin and (Producer: Ray Lawrence)
046 S-1363 BUTTERIN' UP BISCUIT Ranwood 955/R-8117  
047 S-1364 ALWAYS PLENTY OF WATER Ranwood 955/R-8117  
Ca March 1973 Annex Studios, 1032 North Sycamore St., Hollywood, CA – Buzz Martin and The Larry Booth Band (Buzz Martin [vcl], Larry Booth [arr/cond], Norm Kastner [ld/rh gt], J. D. Maness [steel], Archie Francis [drums]. Producer: Bob Blum and Rick Keefer)
048 RETIRED SONG Ranwood 966/R-8117  
049 BIGFOOT Ranwood R-8117  
050 CALAMITY TRAIN Ranwood R-8117  
051 I SEE MEN AS TREES WALKING Ranwood R-8117  
052 HILLBILLY HEART Ranwood R-8117  
053 DUMP TRUCK DRIVERS Ranwood 966/R-8117  
054 MY GROWING UP YEARS Ranwood R-8117  
055 TO MANY TAVERNS Ranwood R-8117  
056 SNOOSE SONG Ranwood R-8117
1975 [live] unknown – Buzz Martin, Judith Ann Martin [1], Todd Martin [2] (Producer: Gene Breedn)
05601 FIRE DANGER Ripcord SLP 1025  
05602 MONDAY MORNIN' AGAIN Ripcord SLP 1025  
05603 I MADE A BOO BOO Ripcord SLP 1025
05604 STRONG WINDS AND WIDOW MAKERS Ripcord SLP 1025
05605 ECHO CHAIN SAW SEGMENT Ripcord SLP 1025
05606 HOW CAN I TELL HIM ABOUT YOU -1 Ripcord SLP 1025  
05607 RHINESTONE COWBOY -2  Ripcord SLP 1025  
05608 GREEN CHAIN Ripcord SLP 1025
05609 LOGGER'S ANNUAL PARTY Ripcord SLP 1025
05610 UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION Ripcord SLP 1025
05611 EARTHQUAKE MIGOON Ripcord SLP 1025  
05612 THE RAGGED OLD FLAG Ripcord SLP 1025
1976 unknown - Buzz Martin And The Chips Off The Old Block
Unknown tracks for album  Buzz Martin And The Chips Off The Old Block

ALBUMS
Ripcord SLP-001 Where There Walks a Logger There Walks A Man
: Used Log Truck; Whistle Punk Pete; There Walks A Man; Sick Of Settin' Chokers; Fire Danger; Unemployment Compensation; Hoot Owlin' Again; Loggers Home Brew; Loggers Annual Party; Little Ole Model A – 05-68
Ripcord SLP-002 A Logger‘s Reward: A Loggers Reward; The Road Inspector; Cat Skinnin' Gypo Logger; Goin' Home; Different Kind of Breed of Truck Driving Man; Since They Repossessed My Used Log Truck; A Language I Don't Understand; Message from Home; Too High on the Stump; Strong Winds and Widow Makers – 04-69
Ripcord SLP-003 A Logger Finds An Opening: A Logger Finds An Opening; Automated Love; I Just Happened To Be In The Way; Butterin' Up Biscuit; Vacation In Heaven; Cummins Prison; Two Days A Day; Settin' Chokers In The Snow; Bachelor Days; Behind The Wheel – 70
Ripcord SLP-004 The Old Time Logger, A Vanishing Breed Of Man: A Vanishing Breed Of A Man; A Logger's Wife; Mockingbird Song; Sittin' And Dreamin'; Credit Card Song; My Old Mcculloch; Loggin' In The Bars; That's When Something Breaks Down; Monday Morning Again; Timber Up In Heaven – 71
Ranwood R-8117 Buzz Martin, The Singing Logger: Butterin' Up Biscuit; Retired Song; Bigfoot; Always Plenty of Water; Calamity Train; I See Men as Trees Walking; Hillbilly Heart; Dump Truck Drivers; My Growing Up Years; To Many Taverns; Snoose Song – 18-10-73
Ripcord SLP-1025 Solid Gold: Fire Danger; Monday Mornin' Again; I Made A Boo Boo; Strong Winds And Widow Makers; Echo Chain Saw Segment; How Can I Tell Him About You (Judith Ann Martin); Rhinestone Cowboy (Todd Martin); Green Chain; Logger's Annual Party; Unemployment Compensation; Earthquake Migoon; The Ragged Old Flag – 76 (MX: U 5006/7)
Ripcord ? Buzz Martin… And The Chips Off The Old Block: (tracks unknown) - 76
Ranwood ? (UPC634479609770) Where There Walks a Logger There Walks a Man/A Logger‘s Reward: Used Log Truck; Whistle Punk Pete; Where There Walks a Logger There Walks a Man; Sick of Setting Chokers; Fire Danger; Unenployment Compensation; Hoot Owling Again; Loggers Home Brew; Loggers Anual Party; Little Ole Model A; A Loggers Reward; The Road Inspecter; Cat Skinning Gypo Logger; Goin Home; Different Kind of Breed of aTruck Driving Man; Since They Repossessed My Used Log Truck; A Language I Don't Understand; Message from Home;Too High on the Stump; Strong Winds and Widow Makers – 05 (reissue of SLP 001, SLP 002)

SINGLES
Vanco (1966)
1001 Little Ole Model A" / "Seven Beers With The Wrong Woman - 66
Lavender (1967)
2004 Whistle Punk Pete / Sick of Settin' Chokers – 67
Ripcord
45-0002 Fire Dagger / Loggers Home Brew – ca 07-67
45-005 Used Log Track / Unemployment Compensation – 03-68
45-008 Too High On The Stump / Different Kind Of A Brred Of A Truck Driving Man – ca 07-68
45-013 Whistle Punk Pete / Message From Home (w. Lorraine Walden) – ca 07-69
45-016 Butterin' Up Biscuit /  Two Times A Day – ca 11-69
45-018 About That Welfare Cadillac / Cummins Prison – ca 01-70
45-032A The Man At The Top / Unemployment Compensation – 17-04-73
Ranwood
R-955 Butterin' Up Biscuit / Always Plenty Of Water – 10-73 (rev. Oct. 20)
R-966 Dump Truck Drivers / Retired Song – 73 (76?)
Logger (1972)
LR-1 Custom Made Woman / I Made A Boo Boo – 72