Charles Swint, *1938 Augusta, GA, +2011
by Praguefrank
SESSIONS
1976 Ripcord Recording Studio, Vancouver, WA – Buddy Swint (+ Don Floyd [bass], Mike French [drums], and Steve Junion [piano] + more unknown musicians. Producer” Harry Axson, Buddy Swint)
001 SECRET LOVE 45-118/RSLP 1017
002 I'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS RSLP 1017
003 BILLY BALEW RSLP 1017
004 LAURIE ANN RSLP 1017
005 MY WOMAN, MY WOMAN, MY WIFE RSLP 1017
006 IN THE ARMS OF LOVE 45-118/RSLP 1017
007 A FEW SHORT HOURS RSLP 1017
008 UNCHAINED MELODY RSLP 1017
009 MOUNTAIN OF LOVE RSLP 1017
010 YOU'RE UNFAITHFULLY MINE RSLP 1017
ALBUMS
Ripcord SLP 1017 [on label: RSLP 1017] My Secret Love: Secret Love; I've Got A Lot Of Things; Billy Balew; Laurie Ann; My Woman, My Woman, My Wife; In The Arms Of Love; A Few Short Hours; Unchained Melody; Mountain Of Love; You're Unfaithfully Mine – 76
SINGLES
Ripcord
45-118 Secret Love / In The Arms Of Love - 76
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Buddy Swint
Ashtray Hearts
by Praguefrank
SESSIONS
2001 unknown, MN – The Ashtray Hearts
001 COUNTRY BAR ELECT 001
002 NEW YORK ELECT 001
2002 unknown, MN – The Ashtray Hearts
003 STILL SHAKING ELECT 002
004 NECESSARY PLANES ELECT 002
FREE ELECTION ELECT 002 APARTMENT MUSIC (2002)
2002 unknown, MN – The Ashtray Hearts
005 AMUSEMENT PARK ELECT 003
006 DISASTER ELECT 003
007 THE ONE YOU'RE CLOSEST TO ELECT 003
008 STILL SHAKING ELECT 003
009 QUEEN SOUTH ELECT 003
010 ANYONE'S GUESS ELECT 003
011 BRYN MAWR ELECT 003
012 TRESTLE ELECT 003
013 COUNTRY BAR ELECT 003
014 SPAIN ELECT 003
015 SOUTHERN WEDDING ELECT 003
016 WATCHING ME TRY ELECT 003
2005 Sacred Heart Studios, 201 W 4th St., Duluth, MN - The Ashtray Hearts
017 RULES ELECT 004
018 ON THE WIRES ELECT 004
019 EXITS ELECT 004
020 ENGLISH ELECT 004
021 PERFECT HALVES ELECT 004
022 NEW YORK ELECT 004
023 LONG ENOUGH ELECT 004
024 VALENTINE ELECT 004
025 WHERE YOU SLEEP ELECT 004
026 FLOWERS ELECT 004
Early 2012 Terrarium Recording Studio, 607 Central Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN – The Ashtray Hearts (Dan Richnond [ld vcl/ac gt], Steve Yernberg [vcl/el gt], Ryan Scheife [bass], John Jerry [drums], Aaron Schmidt [trumpet]. Producer: Rob Oesterlin, The Ashtray Hearts)
027 BOOKS ELECT 005
028 LET IT END ELECT 005
029 THE STRANGEST LIGHT ELECT 005
030 NAMES ELECT 005
031 DYING LIGHT ELECT 005
032 THIS AGAIN ELECT 005
033 SISTER ELECT 005
034 HOLLOW HEART ELECT 005
035 BROTHER ELECT 005
036 LAST REQUEST ELECT 005
037 EMBERS ELECT 005
038 WHITE CHURCH HILL ELECT 005
2022 [demo session] unknown, MN (Steve Yernberg [vcl/ac gt], Dan Richmond [ld vcl/eh gt])
03801 WAYS TO DIE digital single [rel. June 22, 2022]
Summer 2022 Terrarium Recording Studio, 607 Central Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN – The Ashtray Hearts- The Ashtray Hearts (Producer: Steve Yernberg, Jason Orris, The Ashtray Hearts)
039 ROOMS ELECT 006
040 GOLD CENTURY ELECT 006
041 WALKING BACK ELECT 006
042 READING ALOUD ELECT 006
043 TAKE WHAT'S ALLOWED ELECT 006
044 WAYS TO DIE ELECT 006
045 PORCHLIGHT ELECT 006
046 MY SAD HEART ELECT 006
047 LISTENING BELL ELECT 006
048 PROVISIONS ELECT 006
049 EASY TO FIND ELECT 006
050 CAREFUL ELECT 006
ALBUMS
X-Country Distribution/Free Election ELECT 003 Old Numbers: Amusement Park; Disaster; The One You're Closest To; Still Shaking; Queen South; Anyone's Guess; Bryn Mawr; Trestle; Country Bar; Spain; Southern Wedding; Watching Me Try – 15-05-02
Free Election ELECT 004 Perfect Halves: Rules; On the Wires; Exits; English; Perfect Halves; New York; Long Enough; Valentine; Where You Sleep; Flowers – 02-08-05
Free Election ELECT 005 The Strangest Light: Books; Let It End; The Strangest Light; Names; Dying Light; This Again; Sister; Hollow Heart; Brother; Last Request; Embers; White Church Hill – 22-01-13
Free Election ELECT 006 Gold Century: Rooms; Gold Century; Walking Back; Reading Aloud; Take What's Allowed; Ways to Die; Porchlight; My Sad Heart; Listening Bell; Provisions; Easy to Find; Careful – 27-10-23
SINGLES
Free Election
ELECT 001 Country Bar / New York - 01
Andrew Hibbard
Robert Paul Simpson Andrew Hibbard, *1995 Hamilton, OH
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS
2012 Moonlight Studios, Farfield, OH – Andrew Hibbard
001 SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK BLUES
002 MISSING YOU
003 NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR BLUES
004 WALKIN' DOWN THE LINE
005 RAMBLIN' ROUND
006 YOU'RE RIGHT FROM YOUR SIDE AND I'M RIGHT FROM MINE
007 RAMBLIN' BILLY DAVIS
008 MEMORIES I'VE GOTTA PUT BEHIND
009 AS I LONG FOR THE ONE I ADORE
010 NOT MEANT FOR YOU
011 I GOT TROUBLES
012 HUMORESQUE;
013 TENNESSEE RAG
Tracks above issued on album Foot In The Door
2015 unknown, OH – Andrew Hibbard
014 WALKIN' THE LINE
015 DON'T TELL ME
016 GO ALL NIGHT
017 IT'S ALL OVER NOW
018 IT'S GONE
019 MURDER ME (INTERMISSION #14)
020 DELI SPECIAL
021 FAR FROM HOME
022 TENNESSEE SUGAR
023 RAMBLIN' GAMBLIN' SALLY
024 PICTURE IN A FRAME
025 MISSING YOU
Tracks above issued on album Under The Knife
2019 Howler Hills Farm, Middleton, OH – Andrew Hibbard
026 CHANGES SBR2-041
027 HOMEWRECKER SBR2-041
028 SWEET SONG SBR2-041
029 CANDYLAND SBR2-041
030 I'M COMING OVER SBR2-041
031 TALKIN' FOOLIN' AROUND BLUES SBR2-041
032 WE ONCE DID BELIEVE SBR2-041
033 ALL ALONE SBR2-041
034 I WANNA GO BACK HOME SBR2-041
035 RUNNING FROM THE ENEMY SBR2-041
2022 unknown – Andrew Hibbard
036 SANTA’S COMING digital single [rel. Nov. 3]
2022 unknown - My Brother's Keeper, Andrew Hibbard, Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley
037 SANTA CLAUS IS BACK IN TOWN digital single [ rel. Nov. 11]
2024 unknown – Andrew Hibbard
038 BAREFOOTIN'
039 HEART OF STONE
040 IT'LL BE ME
041 OLD NEWS
042 WHY YOUR LOVE TAKES SO LONG
043 THEN YOU CAME ALONG
044 JEN
045 THE LIGHTS ARE ON
046 MEN IN STRIPES
047 DON'T TAKE IT AWAY
048 CRYSTAL EYES
049 COUNTING THE PETALS ON A ROSE
050 EVERYTHING IS STILL THE SAME TO ME
051 THE ALAMO
Tracks above issued on album The Alamo
ALBUMS
Andrew Hibbard ? Foot in the Door: Subterranean Homesick Blues; Missing You; Next Door Neighbor Blues; Walkin' Down the Line; Ramblin' Round; You're Right From Your Side and I'm Right From Mine; Ramblin' Billy Davis; Memories I've Gotta Put Behind; As I Long For the One I Adore; Not Meant for You; I Got Troubles; Humoresque; Tennessee Rag – 12
Andrew Hibbard ? Under the Knife: Walkin' The Line; Don't Tell Me; Go All Night; It's All Over Now; It's Gone; Murder Me (Intermission #14); Deli Special; Far From Home; Tennessee Sugar; Ramblin' Gamblin' Sally; Picture In A Frame; Missing You (Alternate Take) - 15
Sofaburn SBR2-041 Andrew Hibbard: Changes; Homewrecker; Sweet Song; Candyland; I'm coming Over; Talkin' Foolin' Around Blues; We Once Did Believe; All Alone; I Wanna Go Back Home; Running from the Enemy - 08-05-20
Hibbard Records ? The Alamo: Barefootin'; Heart Of Stone; It'll Be Me; Old News; Why Your Love Takes So Long; Then You Came Along; Jen; The Lights Are On; Men In Stripes; Don't Take It Away; Crystal Eyes; Counting The Petals On A Rose; Everything Is Still The Same To Me; The Alamo – 06-06-25
Cleveland Crochet / Vorris Leblanc / Jay Stutes
Cleveland Crochet, *30-01-1919 Hathaway, LA, + 28-11-2011CLEVELAND CROCHET Jan 30, Vorris “Shorty” Leblanc, *04-12-1922 Lake Arthur, Vermilion Parish, LA, +25-05-1965
-Jesse Lloyd “Jay” Stutes, Sr., *07-09-1933 Morse, Acadia Parish, LA, +19-05-2000 *30-01-1919 Hathaway, LA
3rd version
by Nico Feurbach (BCD 17598), Alan Young, Rene Pavlik, Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
1954 Goldband Recording Studio, 313 Church St., Lake Charles, LA – Cleveland Crochet (Cleveland Crochet [fiddle], Charlie Babineaux [gt], Edison Lopez Jones [steel], John Crochet [drums], Leroy Broussard [vcl/accordion]. Producer: Eddie Shuler)
001 DEEDLE-E-DEEDLE-D-DA (KEEP KNOCKIN') Folk-Star GF-1191/BCD 17598
002 BIG BOY WALTZ Folk-Star GF-1191/BCD 17598
1957 Goldband Recording Studio, 313 Church St., Lake Charles, LA – Cleveland Crochet and Hillbilly Ramblers (Cleveland Crochet [fiddle], Charlie Babineaux [gt], S.J. Barrios [rh gt], Jesse Lloyd Stutes [vcl/steel], Clifton Joseph Newman [drums], Vorris LeBlanc [vcl/accordion]. Producer: Eddie Shuler)
003 R1344-1 SHA MEON WALTZ Lyric 1001 Khoury’s 702 Swallow 10216/BCD 17598
004 R1344-2 MIDNIGHT BLUES(BLUES DE MINUIT) Lyric 1001 Khoury’s 702 Swallow 10216/BCD 17598
October 1960 Goldband Recording Studio, 313 Church Street, Lake Charles, LA – Cleveland Crochet and Hillbilly Ramblers (Cleveland Crochet [fiddle], Charlie Babineaux [gt], S.J. Barrios [rh gt], Jesse Lloyd Stutes [vcl/steel], Bradley Stutes [bass], Cliftom Joseph Newman [drums], Vorris LeBlanc [accordion]. Producer: Eddie Shuler)
005 S-1055 SUGAR BEE Goldband G-1106/GRLP 7742 GRLP-7749 GRLP-7763 7749-2 BCD 17598 [alt. edit:] BCD 17598
006 S-1056 DRUNKARD'S DREAM Goldband G-1106/ GRLP-7749 7749-2 BCD 17598
1961 Goldband Recording Studio, 313 Church Street, Lake Charles, LA – Cleveland Crochet (Cleveland Crochet [fiddle], Charlie Babineaux [gt], S.J. Barrios [rh gt], Jesse Lloyd Stutes [vcl-2/steel], Cliftom Joseph Newman [drums], Vorris LeBlanc [vcl-1/accordion]. Producer: Eddie Shuler)
007 G-1114-1 SWEET THING -2 G-1114/ GRLP-7749 7749-2 BCD 17598
008 G-1114-2 HOUND DOG BABY -1 G-1114/ GRLP-7749 7749-2 BCD 17598
009 G-1120-1 COME BACK, LITTLE GIRL -2 G-1120/BCD 17598
010 MIDNIGHT BLUES (LONG LONG NOTE ON MY DOOR) -2 GRLP-7749 BCD 17598
011 G-1120-1 TELEPHONE PORT ARTHUR -2 G-1120/ GRLP-7749 7749-2 BCD 17598
1961 Goldband Recording Studio, 313 Church Street, Lake Charles, LA – Vorris (Shorty) Leblanc and All The Sugar Bee’s [1]/Vorris (Shorty) Leblanc and His Accordion Band [2] (Cleveland Crochet [fiddle], Charlie Babineaux [gt], S.J. Barrios [rh gt], Jesse Lloyd Stutes [vcl-2/steel], Bradley Stutes [bass], Cliftom Joseph Newman [drums], Vorris LeBlanc [vcl-1/accordion]. Producer: Eddie Shuler)
012 KAW-LIGA [1] -2 1128/GRLP 7742 GRLP 7749 BCD 17598 [alt.] CDCHD 1415 BCD 17598
013 LA VALSE DE SOLDAT (SOLDIER’S WALTZ) [1] -1 GRLP 7742/BCD 17598
014 BOSS CAJUN (MAYOU DE CAJUN) [2] GRLP 7742 BCD 17598
015 LA VALSE DE CHAGRIN (SORROW WALTZ) [2] -2 GRLP 7742 GRLP 7749 BCD 17598
GOLDBAND DRLP 7742 SHORTY LE BLANC – THE GREAT SHORTY LE BLANC (1979)
1961 or 1962 Goldband Recording Studio, 313 Church Street, Lake Charles, LA – Jay Stutes and All The Sugar Bees [1]/ All The Sugar Bee’s featuring Doris Mott (Cleveland Crochet [fiddle], Charlie Babineaux [gt], S.J. Barrios [rh gt], Jesse Lloyd Stutes [vcl-1/steel], Clifton Joseph Newman [drums], Doris Matte [vcl-2/accordion], Vorris LeBlanc [accordion]. Producer: Eddie Shuler)
016 COMING HOME -1 G-1134/BCD 17598
017 NOT MY FAULT -2 G-1134/BCD 17598
1961 or 1962 Goldband Recording Studio, 313 Church Street, Lake Charles, LA – Cleveland Crochet / Vorris (Shorty) Leblanc and All The Sugar Bee’s [1] (Cleveland Crochet [fiddle], Charlie Babineaux [gt], S.J. Barrios [rh gt], Jesse Lloyd Stutes [vcl/steel], Clifton Joseph Newman [drums], Vorris LeBlanc [accordion]. Producer: Eddie Shuler)
018 WALTZ OF A BROKEN HEART G-1156/ GRLP-7749 7749-2 BCD 17598
019 WEDDING DAY (DEMAIN MOI JE VA M’MARIER) GRLP-7749 7749-2 BCD 17598
020 PLAYMATES Charly LP GCL 124 BCD 17598
021 LA BRANCHE DE MURIEE (WALTZ OF THE MULBERRY LIMB) GRLP-7749 BCD 17598
022 MARIEZ-VOUS DONC JAMAIS Charly LP GCL 124 BCD 17598
ACE/GOLDBAND GCL 124 CAJUN ROCK AND ROLL (EU, 1989)
1962 Goldband Recording Studio, 313 Church Street, Lake Charles, LA – Cleveland Crochet ?Vorris (Shorty) Leblanc and All The Sugar Bee’s [1] (Cleveland Crochet [fiddle], Ivy Vanicor [vcl-2], Charlie Babineaux [gt], S.J. Barrios [rh gt], Jesse Lloyd Stutes [vcl-1/steel], Clifton Joseph Newman [drums], Vorris LeBlanc [accordion]. Producer: Eddie Shuler)
023 SO 1812 MY LITTLE CABBAGE 1147/GRLP 7742 GRLP-7763 BCD 17598
024 SO 1813 FORGOT I WAS MARRIED -1 1147/GRLP 7742 BCD 17598
025 SO 2239 GOOD MORNING BLUES [1] -1 G-1156/ GRLP-7749 GRLP-7763 7749-2 [alt.:] YEP 2498 BCD 17598
026 TIME AND TIME AGAIN -2 GRLP 7742 7749-2 BCD 17598
027 THREE YEAR WALTZ -2 GRLP 7742 BCD 17598
028 RAMBLER’S LONELY DREAM -2 GRLP 7742 BCD 17598
029 TEARS OF SORROW -1 GRLP 7742 BCD 17598
1963 Swallow Recording Studio, Ville Platte, LA – Cleveland Crochet (Cleveland Crochet [fiddle], Charlie Babineaux [gt], Jesse Lloyd Stutes [steel], Robert Thibodeaux [drums], Geno Thibodeaux [accordion])
030 S 6414 LISTEN TO MY HEART Swallow 10163/BCD 17598
031 S 6415 COUNTRY WOMEN 10163/ Swallow LP-6007 BCD 17598
1965-early 1970s unknown - Cleveland Crochet
032 '73 SPECIAL Swallow 10135.
033 DANS LES MISERE 10135.
034 1344-2 BLUES DE MINUIT 10216.
035 'CHERE MEON 10216
1971 Velvet Ear Productions, Jennings, LA – Jay Stutes and Sweet Licks [1]/ Sweet Licks [2]
036 SH 962 HEY, BOSS MAN 102 JEMF LP 110 BCD 17598
037 SH 963 SWEET LICKS 102/ BCD 17598
1970s [overdub session] Goldband Recording Studio, 313 Church Street, Lake Charles, LA – Jay Stutes and The Swamp Pickers (1960/1961 musicians + Danny James [fuzz gt], ? [bass])
038 S 6456 SUGAR BEE 1106 /BCD 17598
039 S 6457 COME BACK LITTLE GIRL 1106/BCD 17598
ALBUMS
Goldband GBLP-7742 The Great Shorty LeBlanc: Sugar Bee; Drunkard’s Dream; My Little Cabbage; Time and Time Again; Three Year Waltz; Rambler’s Lonely Dream; Forgot I Was Married; La Valse de Chagrin (GR-1139 version); Boss Cajun; Tears of Sorrow; Kaw Liga; Soldier’s Waltz- ca 67
Goldband GRLP-7749 Cleveland Crochet And All The Sugar Bee's: Sugar Bee; Drunkards Dream; La Valse De Chagrin; Midnight Blues; Telephone Port Arthur; Good Morning Blues; Wedding Day; Hound Dog Baby; Waltz Of A Broken Heart; Sweet Thing; La Branche De Muriee – 68
Goldband 7749-2 Cleveland Crochet And All The Sugar Bee's: Sugar Bee; Drunkards Dream; La Valse De Chagrin; Long Long Note On My Door; Long Telephone Port Arthur; Good Morning Blues; Wedding Day; Hound Dog Baby; Waltz Of A Broken Heart; Sweet Thing; The Waltz Of The Mulberry Limb; Time And Time Again – 94
Bear Family [GER] BCD-17598 Hillbilly Ramblers And The Sugar Bees: Deedle-E-Deedle-D-Da (Keep Knockin'); Big Boy Waltz; Sha Meon Waltz (Chere Meon); Midnight Blues (Blues de Minuit); Sugar Bee; Sugar Bee (Alt. Edit / Early Fade-Out); Drunkard's Dream; Sweet Thing; Hound Dog Baby; Come Back Home Little Girl (Midnight Blues); Midnight Blues (Long Long Note on My Door) (Alt.); Telephone Port Arthur; Kaw-Liga; Kaw-Liga (Alt. Take); La Valse de Soldat (Soldier's Waltz); Boss Cajun (Mayou de Cajun); La Valse de Chagrin; Coming Home; Not My Fault; Waltz of a Broken Heart; Good Morning Blues; Good Morning Blues (Alt. Edit); Wedding Day (Demain Moi Je Va M'marier); Playmates; La Branche de Mon Murier (Waltz of the Mulberry Limb); Mariez-Vous Donc Jamais; Forgot I Was Married; My Little Cabbage; Time and Time Again; Three Year Waltz; Rambler's Lonely Dream; Tears of Sorrow; Listen to My Heart; Country Women; Sugar Bee; Come Back Home Little Girl; Hey! Boss Man; Sweet Lick – 21 (double)
ANTHOLOGIES (artist credit in brackets):
Goldband GRLP-7738 American French Music From the Bayous of Louisiana: La Valse De Chagrin (Crochet)
Goldband GRLP-7754 Swampland Boogie from the Bayous of Louyisiana Vol 1: Sugar Bee (Stutes)
Goldband GRLP-7759 Cajun Gold Volume 1: Drunkard’s Dream (Crochet); Forgot I Was Married (LeBlanc)
Goldband GRLP-7763 Swampland Jewels: My Little Cabbage (LeBlanc); Good Morning Blues (Crochet); Boss Cajun (LeBlanc); Sugar Bee (Crochet; Crochet and Stutes on CD issue)); Kaw-Liga (Boogie) (Stutes)
Goldband GRLP-7776 Cajun Gold Volume 3: Drunkard’s Dream (Crochet and Sugar Bees); Time and Time Again (LeBlanc and Sugar Bees); My Little Cabbage (LeBlanc)
JEMF (John Edwards Memorial Foundation) 110, Work’s Many Voices: Hey Boss Man (Stutes)
Swallow LP-6007 Cajun Rendezvous: Country Women (Crochet and The Sugarbees)
Swallow LP-6053 Cajun Treat: Sugar Bee (Crochet)
Swallow LP-6067 The Best of Two Cajun Greats (Sidney Brown and Shorty LeBlanc): LeBlanc tracks – Sugar Bee; Drunkard’s Dream; La Valse De Chagrin; Three Year Waltz;, Rambler’s Lonely Dream; Forgot I Was Married; Soldier’s Waltz - 87
SINGLES
Folk-Star (1954)
GF-1191 Deedle-E-Deedle-D-Da (Keep Knockin') / Big Boy Waltz - 54
Khoury’s (1957)
KH 702 Sha Meon Waltz / Midnight Blues – 57 (reissued on Lyric 1001 in 1962. Swallow 10216)
Goldband
G-1106 Sugar Bee / Drunkard's Dream – 11-60
G-1114 Hound Dog Baby / Sweet Thing – 03-61
G-1120 Come Back, Little Girl / Telephone Port Arthur – 62
G-1128 Kaw-Liga / La Valse De Soldat (Soldier’s Waltz) - 62
G-1134 Coming Home / Not My Fault – Ca 63 Shorty Leblanc and All The Sugar Bee‘s
G-1139 Boss Cajun (Mayou De Cajun) / La Valse De Chagrin (Sorrow Waltz) – 63 Shorty Leblanc and His Accordion Band
G-1147 My Little Cabbage / Forgot I Was Married – 64?
G-1156 Good Morning Blues / Waltz Of A Broken Heart – 65 Vorris (Shorty) Leblanc and All The Sugar Bee’s
G-1106 Sugar Bee / Drunkard's Dream – 8- (overdubbed G-1106)
Swallow
45-10135 '73 Special / Dans Les Misere – ca 65
45-10163 Listen To My Heart / Country Woman - 66
45-10216 Chere Meon / Blues De Minuit – 72 (reissue of KH 702)
Kajun King
102 Hey, Boss Man / Sweet Licks – 71 Jay Stutes (A)/ Sweet Licks (B)