Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Teays Valley Boys

 by Praguefrank
SESSIONS

1970 poss. Midway Recording Studio, Hurricane, WV  - Okey Summers with The Teays Valley Boys
001 ARP 1235 TURN BACK THE PAGES OF TIME 45-4698
002 ARP 1236  ONE WAY TICKET TO HEAVEN 45-4698
1970 poss. Midway Recording Studio, Hurricane, WV -  Alvin Young with The Teays Valley Boys
003 ARP 1253 THE DAY THE SILVER BRIDGE FELL 45-4699
004 ARP 1254 DO YOU CARE ENOUGH 45-4699
Ca 1971 Midway Recording Studio, Hurricane, WV – The Teays Valley Boys
005 NO MORE ONE MORE TIME MS-4724  
006 TEAYS VALLEY BREAKDOWN MS-4724  
007 ARE YOU MISSING ME MS-4724  
008 COLL CREEK MS-4724
009 ROLL, TRUCK ROLL MS-4724  
010 BILL IN THE LOW GROUND MS-4724  
011 WEST VIRGINIA WALTZ MS-4724  
012 MURDER OF LOVE MS-4724  
013 WHEN I STOP DREAMING MS-4724  
014 YOU'RE STILL GONE MS-4724  
015 FADED LOVE MS-4724
016 JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH ME MS-4724  
1973 Midway Recording Studio, Hurricane, WV – The Teays Valley Boys  (C.E. Lewis [ld/baritone vcl/gt], Tom Davis [gt],  Kevin Coll [ld/bass vcl/banjo], Jim Crace [ld/tner vcl/mandolin], Bill Davis [baritone/tnr vcl/ bass],  Don Rowsey [fiddle] + Pop Davis [steel].    Producer: The Teays Valley Boys)
017 COLUMBUS STOCKAGE BLUES MS-4763
018 SIMPRE MS-4763
019 I'LL BREAK OUT TONIGHT MS-4763
020 BORN TO BE WITH YOU MS-4763     
021 FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWN MS-4763
022 WHERE THE SOUL OF MAN NEVER DIES MS-4763
023 UP THIS HILL AND DOWN MS-4763     
024 BILL CHEATUM MS-4763
025 EAST VIRGINIA BLUES MS-4763
026 MILWAUKEE MS-4763
027 FLOP EARED MULE MS-4763
028 HOW GREAT THOU ART MS-4763
1978 Riverside Recording Studio, Crum, WV – The Teays Valley Boys (Jim Crace [tnr vcl], Rex Thornton [ld vcl/gt],  Kevin Coll [ld/bass vcl/banjo], Jesse McKinzie [mandolinDon Brown [baritone/tnr vcl/ bass],  Don Jones [ld vcl/fiddle]. Producer: The Teays Valley Boys)
029 SOON THE SNOWFLAKES WILL BE FALLING Riverside 1008
030 HARMONS BRANCH Riverside 1008
031 BLUEBIRDS SINGING Riverside 1008
032 HOT CORN COLD CORN Riverside 1008
033 FOX FIRE Riverside 1008
034 GET IN LINE BROTHER Riverside 1008
035 BUGLE CALL RAG Riverside 1008
036 I WISH YOU KNEW Riverside 1008
037 TWO DOLLAR BILL Riverside 1008
038 PUTNAM COUNTY BREAKDOWN Riverside 1008
039 WILL YOU MISS ME Riverside 1008
040 IT'S ME AGAIN LORD Riverside 1008  


ALBUMS
Marbone MS-4724 Pickin' and Singin' Country And Bluegrass
: No More One More Time; Teays Valley Breakdown; Are You Missing Me; Coll Creek; Roll, Truck Roll; Bill In The Low Ground; West Virginia Waltz; Murder Of Love; When I Stop Dreaming; You're Still Gone; Faded Love; Just A Closer Walk With Me – 71?
Marbone MS-4763 Breaking Out With Bluegrass: Columbus Stockage Blues; Simpre; I'll Break Out Tonight; Born To Be With You;     Foggy Mountain Breakdown; Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies; Up This Hill And Down;     Bill Cheatum; East Virginia Blues; Milwaukee; Flop Eared Mule; How Great Thou Art – 73 (MX: ARP 8875/6)
Riverside 1008 Soon The Snowflakes Will Be Falling: Soon The Snowflakes Will Be Falling; Harmons Branch; Bluebirds Singing; Hot Corn Cold Corn; Fox Fire; Get In Line Brother; Bugle Call Rag; I Wish You Knew; Two Dollar Bill; Putnam County Breakdown; Will You Miss Me; It's Me Again Lord - 78

SINGLES
Marbone
45-4698 Turn Back The Pages Of Time / One Way Ticket To Heaven - 70 w. Okey Sumners
45-4699 The Day The Silver Bridge Fell / Do You Care Enough - 70 w. Alvin Young

Fancy Hagood

  Jake Hagood, *29-03-1991 Bentonville, AR
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2015 unknown –Fancy
001 GOODBYE digital single [rel. Feb. 25]
2015 unknown – Who Is Fancy with Meghan Trainor, Ariana Grande
002 BOYS LIKE YOU digital single [rel. November]
2020 Nashville, TN – Fancy Hagood, *with Audra Mae
003 LOVE AGAIN
004 DON'T BLINK
005 EITHER
006 THE SAME THING
007 MR. ATLANTA
008 FOREST
009 ANOTHER LOVER SAYS*
010 CASANOVA
011 GOOD MAN
012 THE ANSWER
013 SOUTHERN CURIOSITY
Tracks above issued on album Southern Curiosity
2021 with Devon Gilfillian
014 LET ME BE digital single [rel. Dec. 27]
2022 Nashville, TN – Fancy Hagood
015 BORED  digital single [rel. Apr. 1]
2022 Nashville, TN – Fancy Hagood with Abby Anderson
016 WHERE DID ALL THE COWBOYS GO (REIMAGINED) digital single [rel. Apr. 22]
2022 Nashville, TN – Fancy Hagood with Kacey Musgraes
017 BLUE DREAM BABY digital single [rel. June 28]
2023 Nashville, TN – Fancy Hagood, with She Returns from War and Jamie Wyatt [-1], TJ Osborne [-2], The Kentucky Gentlemen [-3], Brooke Eden [-4]
018 SESSIONS:HELL ON HEELS -1
019 FROM THIS MOMENT -2
020 BETTER MAN -3
021 EVEN IF IT BREAKS YOUR HEART -4
Tracks above issued on EP Apple Music Sessions and reissued on EP Smothered, Covered and Fried
2023 Nashville, TN – Fancy Hagood
022 SOUTHERN SOUND digital single [rel. Oct. 4]
2024 Nashville, TN – Fancy Hagood
023 LANDSLIDE Smothered, Covered and Fried
2024 [sessions for album Stampede] unknown - TJ Osborne, Orville Peck, Fancy Hagood, Waylon Payne
024 RHINESTONE COWBOY
2024 Nashville, TN – Fancy Hagood, with Michelle Branch [-1], Watkins Family Hour [-2]
025 EVER REALLY READY
026 ISN’T THAT LIFE -1
027 LOSING GAME
028 SAVIOR SELF
029  GOOD GRIEF
030 THROUGH
031 AMERICAN SPIRIT
032 NAVY BLUE
033 THE CHASE -2
034 SOULMATES
035 FLY AWAY
Tracks above issued on album American Spirit



ALBUMS
Mick Music ? Southern Curiosity:
Love Again; Don't Blink;  Either;  The Same Thing;  Mr. Atlanta;  Forest;  Another Lover Says (w. Audra Mae);  Casanova;  Good Man;  The Answer; Southern Curiosity – 09-04-21
Fancy Hagood Ent ? American Spirit:  Ever Really Ready; Isn’t That Life (w. Michelle Branch);  Losing Game; Savior Self;  Good Grief;  Through;  American Spirit;  Navy Blue; . The Chase (w. Watkins Family Hour);  Soulmates; Fly Away – 25-10-24

EPs
Fancy Hagood Ent. ? Apple Music Sessions:Hell On Heels (w. She Returns From War and Jaimie Wyatt); From This Moment (w. TJ Osborne); Better Man (w. The Kentucky Gentlemen); Even If It Breaks Your Heart (w. Brooe Eden) – 20-06-23
Fancy Hagood Ent ? Smothered, Covered and Fried:  Landslide;  Hell on Heels (w. She Returns From War, Jaime Wyatt);  From This Moment On (w. TJ Osborne); Better Man (w. The Kentucky Gentlemen);  Even if it Breaks Your Heart (w. Brooke Eden) – 05-06-24


Sons of Vanity

 by Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2015 Lydetaten AS, Lindåsvegen 152 B, 5916 Isdalstø, NOR – Sons Of Vanity (musicians see below)
001 GIRL NEXT DOOR digital single [rel. June 30]/SOV 0001
2016 Lydetaten AS, Lindåsvegen 152 B, 5916 Isdalstø, NOR – Sons Of Vanity (musicians see below)
002 ALL IN digital single [rel. July 29]/SOV 0001
2017 Lydetaten AS, Lindåsvegen 152 B, 5916 Isdalstø, NOR – Sons Of Vanity, *with Anne Hvidsten,  (Arild Haugsvær [ld vcl],  Åsmund Kvinge [vcl/gt/ mandolin], Stian Sylta [vcl/ld gt/ banjo], Øystein B Strand [bass], Atle B Andersen [drums/percussion] + Anne Møvik, Tonje Persson [vcl], Geir Veland [slide gt/ steel], Henning Hodne Mjanger [steel/ld gt], Kai Taule [bass], Tim Horsley [druns], Tormod Kleiveland [fiddle], Daniel Hauge [keyboards]. Producer: Daniel Hauge)
003 NEW LOVE SOV 0001   
004 TWISTER SOV 0001   
005 AIR GAME* SOV 0001   
006 BAD REPUTATION SOV 0001   
007 LEFT BEHIND SOV 0001  
008 HEADING HOME SOV 0001  
009 JESSE JAMES SOV 0001   
010 HOLDING MY HEART SOV 0001   
011 HE AIN ́T COMING BACK SOV 0001
012  DON'T DRINK MY BEER SOV 0001   
013 TOO LONG SOV 0001   
2018 unknown, NOR – Sons of Vanity
014 ON THE HORIZON digital single [rel. Dec. 23]/Drifting without Aim
2019 unknown, NOR – Sons of Vanity
015 SOMETIMES LOVE JUST AIN'T ENOUGH digital single [rel. Feb. 14]/Drifting without Aim
2020 unknown, NOR – Sons of Vanity
016 EYE TO EYE digital single [rel. Aug. 7]/Drifting without Aim
2021 unknown, NOR – Sons of Vanity, *wity Aina Wassvik
017 COUNTRY GIRL
018 TEND THE FLAME
019 DEAD TO RIGHTS
020 FIGHT OR FLIGHT *
021 DON'T MAKE 'EM ANYMORE
022 HARDLY MAKE A DIME
023 LET ME REMEMBER HER
Tracks above issued on album Drifting without Aim
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ALBUMS
Sons Of Vanity [NOR] SOV 0001 Twister
:  New Love;  Twister;  All In;  Fair Game (W. Anne Hvidsten);  Bad Reputation;  Left Behind; Heading Home;  Jesse James;  Holding My Heart;  He Ain ́t Coming Back; Don't Drink My Beer;  Girl Next Door;  Too Long – 29-09-17
Sons Of Vanity [NOR] ? Drifting Without Aim:  Country Girl;  Tend The Flame;  Dead To Rights;  Fight Or Flight (W. Aina Wassvik); Eye To Eye;  Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough;  Don't Make 'Em Anymore;  Hardly Make A Dime;  Let Me Remember Her; On The Horizon – 10-06-22

Kossoy Sisters

 Ellen Kossoy, *11-05-1938 New York City
Irene Kossoy, , *11-05-1938 New York City

by Praguefrank
SESSIONS

August 1956 unknown – The Kossoy Sisters (Ellen Kossoy, Irene Kossoy [vcl]  Eric Darling [gt/ banjo])
001 BOWLING GREEN TLP 1015 OL-6173
002 I NEVER WILL MARRY TLP 1015
003 I'LL FLY AWAY TLP 1015 OL-6173
004 THE DARBY RAM TLP 1015 OL-6173
005 IN THE PINES TLP 1015
006 THE BANKS OF THE OHIO TLP 1015 OL-6173
007 THE WAGONER'S LAD TLP 1015 OL-6173
008 POOR ELLEN SMITH TLP 1015 OL-6173
009 SINGLE GIRL TLP 1015
010 WHAT WILL WE DO WITH THE BABY O TLP 1015 OL-6173
011 DOWN IN A WILLOW GARDEN TLP 1015
012 LITTLE BIRDIE TLP 1015
013 WILLIE MOORE TLP 1015
014 ENGINE 143 TLP 1015
OLYMPIC OL-6173 ERIC DARLING (WITH THE KOSSOY SISTERS AND ROBBIN ROBERTS) -  BANJO MUSIC OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS (1965)
1965 or sooner unknown – Eric Darling (+ The Kossoy Sisters, Robin Roberts)
D01 HARD AND IT'S HARD OL-6173
D02 LITTLE BIRDIE OL-6173
2002 unknown – The Kossoy Sisters
015 GYPSY GIRL LFR 101  
016 DRY BONES LFR 101  
017 ACROSS THE BLUE MOUNTAINS LFR 101   
018 BELLE STAR LFR 101   
019 I'D LIKE TO GO HOME LFR 101  
020 WAGONER'S LAND LFR 101  
021 PRETTY POLLY LFR 101  
022 JOHNSON BOYS LFR 101   
023 AN OLD LOVE SONG LFR 101   
024 SUN'S GONNA SHINE LFR 101   
025 LONESOME DOVE LFR 101   
026 RAKE AND RAMBLING BOY LFR 101   
027 UNQUIET GRAVE LFR 101   
028 CHARLES GITEAU LFR 101


ALBUMS
Tradition TLP 1015 Bowling Green And Other Southern Mountain Folksongs
: Bowling Green; I Never Will Marry; I'll Fly Away; The Darby Ram; In The Pines; The Banks Of The Ohio; The Wagoner's Lad; Poor Ellen Smith; Single Girl; What Will We Do With The Baby O; Down In A Willow Garden; Little Birdie; Willie Moore; Engine 143 – 56 (reissued in 1997 on  Tradition TCD 1065 Bowling Green)
Living Folk LFR 101 Hop On Pretty Girls:  Gypsy Girl; Dry Bones;  Across the Blue Mountains;  Belle Star;  I'd Like to Go Home; Wagoner's Land; Pretty Polly; Johnson Boys;  An Old Love Song;  Sun's Gonna Shine;  Lonesome Dove;  Rake and Rambling Boy;  Unquiet Grave;  Charles Giteau – 11-02

EPs
Black Barn ? Little Birdie:  Little Birdie;  I'll Fly Away; The Wagoner's Lad;  What Will We Do With The Baby O;  Willie Moore;  Down In A Willow Garden (W. Erik Darling) – 26-09-23 (sampler)