Wednesday, August 6, 2025

J.D. Higgins

 *North Carolina
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

1973 Faron Young Recording Studio, 1314 Pine St. Nashville, TN – J. D. Higgins
001 1003A  POOR MAN BLUES Circle 1003 CS-408 / Nashtown 101 Pure Country
002 1003B WHERE HER LOVE USED TO BE Circle 1003 CS-408 Nashrown 101 Pure Country
1976 American Studios, Nashville, TN – J.D. Higgins (+ Leon Rhodes, Joe Edwards, Bill McMath, Rafe VanHoy, Dave Shipley, Billy Grammer, Bobbe Seymour, Hal Rugg, Johnny Gimble, Jerry Kroon, Jim Isbell, D. J. Fontana, Shane Keister, Steve Schaffer, Dennis Wilson, Don Smith, The Lea Jane Singers, Lea Jane Berinati, Sharon Vaughn,  Ginger Holiday. Producer: by Fred Vail and Dave Shipley)
003 ON MY WAY UP Nashtown 101  Pure Country
004 THERE I GO BELIEVING YOU AGAIN Nashtown 101 Pure Country  
005 PLAY HOUSE Nashtown 101  
006 BRING ALL YOUR LOVIN’ HOME TONIGHT Nashtown 101 Pure Country 
007 EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FOOL Nashtown 101  
008 HOW SWEET IT IS Nashtown 101  
009 DADDY’S LEAVING HOME Nashtown 101 Pure Country 
010 I WRITE  THE SONGS Nashtown 101   
1970s or later – Nashville, TN – J.D. Higgins
011 HELLO CAROLINA!
012 CHRISMAS TIME ALONE
013 AS TIME GOES BY
014 RICHEST POOR BOY IN THE WORLD
Tracks above issued on album Mr Country Gold Sings Pure Country

ALBUMS
Nashtown 101 On My Way Up:
On My Way Up; There I Go Believing You Again; Play House; Bring All Your Lovin’ Home Tonight; Poor Man’s Blues; Everybody Plays The Fool; How Sweet It Is; Daddy’s Leaving Home; Where Her Love Used To Be;  I Write  The Songs - 76
J.D. Higgins no # Mr Country Gold Sings Pure Country:  Poor Mans Blues; Bring All Your Loving Home Tonite;  Daddys Leaving Home;  There I Go Believing You Again;  Where Her Love Used to Be;  Hello Carolina!;  Chrismas Time Alone;  On My Way Up;  As Time Goes By;  Richest Poor Boy in the World - 98 (cassette; CD issue in 2008)


SINGLES
Circle (1973)
1003 Poor Man Blues / Where Her Love Used To Be – 05-73 (rev. Casbox June 2; reissued in 1975 on Cherish CS-408)



Cody Mountain Boys

 By Praguefrank, Charley Pennell (ibiblio bluegrass discography site)
SESSIONS

1964 unknown – Vernon Lee Brown and The Cody Mountain Boys
001 FEELING LONESOME OVER YOU ARK 307 
002 LIFE IS BUT AN EMPTY DREAM ARK 307 
003 LONESOME FOR MY DEAR OLD HOME ARK 307 
004 BANJO SWING ARK 307 
1968 London, KY – Ray Hoskins and The Cody Mountain Boys
005 22489 HIGHWAY OF SORROW Laurel Leaf no #
006 22490 FOOT PRINTS IN THE SBNOW no #
1969  London, KY – Ray Hoskins and The Cody Mountain Boys
007 7118 MOUNTAIN LAUREL IN BLOOM no #
008 7119 LONELINESS HAS CAUGHT UP WITH ME no #
009 7210 FEELING LONESOME OVER YOU no #
010 7211 FOGGY MOUNTAIN TOP  no #
Cody Mountain Boys recorded after 1969, incomplete info in albums list



ALBUMS 
? I Hope Thet You Have Learned – details unknown
? Better Times A Comin’ – details unknown
Laurel Leaf LLR-CD-0199 The Old Cross Roads: (Tracks unknown) -  02 (Recorded at Lundy Studios, Barbourville, KY - Dallas Hoskins, guitar, vocals; Ray Hoskins, bass, vocals; Bill Grimes, banjo; Jeff Guernsey, fiddle, manolin)
Laurel Leaf ? Your Old Time Favorites: Take This Hammer; Better Times A Coming; Foggy Mountain Break Down; The First Whipporwill; Sittin' On Top of the World; When the Golden Leaves Begin To Fall; The Cuckoo Bird; Think of What You've Done; Saphronie; Train 45; One Tear; Teardrops In My Eyes; Blueridge Cabin Home; I know You're Married – 04-09-09


EPs
Ark 307 Verner Lee Brown and The Cody Mountain Boys: Feeling Lonesome Over You;  Life Is But An Empty Dream /  Lonesome For My Dear Old Home;  Banjo Swing – 64 (MX: R 11585/6)


SINGLES
Laurel Leaf (1968-70)   Ray Hoskins with The Cody Mountain Boys
No # Highway of Sorrow / Foot Prints In The Sbnow – 68
No # Mountain Laurel In Bloom / Loneliness Has Caught Up With Me – 69
No #  Feeling Lonesome Over You / Foggy Mountain Top - 69


Janice Deardorff

 By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2008 unknown, AZ – Janice Deardorff
001 WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR MY HEART?
002 THE FIRST SONG I SING
003 WHERE CAN I GO?
004 OH MY HEALER
005 WATCH OVER YOUR HEART
006 I WORSHIP YOU WITH MY LIFE
007 THE LOVING EDGE OF YOUR KNIFE
008 THE PEACE OF CHRIST
009 LITTLE BABE
010 FIRST STAR OF THE NIGHT 
Tracks above issued on album Songs of The Heart
2012 unknown, AZ – Janice Deardorff
011 I SING TO RIDE
012 HOOF PRINTS ON MY HEART
013 COME RIDE WITH ME
014 DANCE WITH THE HORSES
015 JUST A HORSE
016 VOICES
017 FROM THE HEART
018 RUNNING THE RACE OF YOUR LIFE
019 THE BALLAD OF WOODROW
020 TATTOOS DON'T LIE
021 I REST BETWEEN YOUR SHOULDERS (DEUT. 33:12)
022 COWBOY BLESSING 
Tracks above issued on album Just A Horse
2015 Jim Brady Recording Studios, Tucson, AZ – Janice Deardorff (Janie Deardorff  [vcl/ac gt], Bill Ganz [ld gt/bass gt/hmny vcl], Tony Redhouse [native American instruments], Alvin Blaine [dobro], Nick Coventry [fiddle], Bill Ronstadt, Sarah Deardorff [hmny vcl]. Producer: Bill Ganz)
023 PART OF THE WEST
024 IF THE FIELDS COULD SPEAK
025 COWGIRL AT HEART
026 DON'T FENCE ME IN
027 DIDN'T KNOW
028 DUSTY VAIL
029 MAN WITH THE BIG HAT
030 UNDER THE RIMROCK
031 GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY
032 THERE'S NO TORTILLAS
033 THAT'S THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT YOU
034 ALL ABOARD 
Tracks above issued on album Part Of The West 
2021 Writer’s Room Recording Studio, Tucson, AZ – Janice Deardorff (Janice Deardorff [vcl/gt], Duncan Stitt [banjo/accordion], Bill Ganz [bass gt],  Nick Coventry [fiddle], Michael G. Ronstadt [cello], Al and Ava [hmny vcl]. Producer: Janice Deardorff,  Duncan Stitt)
035 YOU'RE NOT SO ALONE
036 THAT MAN OF MINE
037 SARAH'S QUILT
038 MORE THAN WHAT'S BETWEEN THE PAGES
039 STREETS OF LAREDO
040 RED RIVER VALLEY  
Tracks above issued on EP Sarah’s Quilt



ALBUMS
Janice Deardorff no # Songs Of The Heart:
What Do You Have For My Heart?; The First Song I Sing; Where Can I Go?; Oh My Healer; Watch Over Your Heart; I Worship You With My Life; The Loving Edge Of Your Knife; The Peace Of Christ; Little Babe; First Star Of The Night – 08
Janice Deardorff no # Just a Horse:  I Sing to Ride;  Hoof Prints On My Heart;  Come Ride With Me;  Dance With the Horses;  Just a Horse;  Voices;  From the Heart;  Running the Race of Your Life;  The Ballad of Woodrow;  Tattoos Don't Lie;  I Rest Between Your Shoulders (Deut. 33:12);  Cowboy Blessing – 25-06-12
Janice Deardorff no # (UPC888295208642) Part Of The West: Part of the West; If the Fields Could Speak; Cowgirl at Heart; Don't Fence Me in; Didn't Know; Dusty Vail; Man with the Big Hat; Under the Rimrock; Ghost Riders in the Sky; There's No Tortillas; That's the Way I Feel About You; All Aboard – 15

EPs

Janice Deardorff no # Sarah’s Quilt: You're Not so Alone; That Man of Mine; Sarah's Quilt; More Than What's Between the Pages; Streets of Laredo; Red River Valley  - 01-08-21




Vanessa Delaine

 By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

1995 Sydney, NSW, AUS – Vanessa Delaine (Vanessa Delaine [vcl],  Glenn Langford [all instruments], Glenn and Wendy Ford [bck vcl])
001 ONE GIRL BAND One Girl Band  One Girl Band 25 Years [remix:] The 1995 Sessions
002 HOW CAN HE LOVE YOU One Girl Band One Girl Band 25 Years 
003 LOVE HAS A MEMORY One Girl Band  One Girl Band 25 Years
004 FOREVER AND A DAY One Girl Band  One Girl Band 25 Years [remix:] The 1995 Sessions
005 WHILE THE MUSIC PLAYS One Girl Band   One Girl Band 25 Years
006 ANAHEIM One Girl Band  One Girl Band 25 Years [remix:] The 1995 Sessions
007 WRITING WAS ON THE WALL One Girl Band 25 Years
008 I ROAM THE STREETS One Girl Band 25 Years
009 ALONE One Girl Band 25 Years
Note: One Girl band was not officially released, distributed only on DAT-cassettes on various events, released on EP in 2014 and remastered an issued in 2020
2013 unknown, AUS – Vanessa Delaine
010 FOR A LITTLE LOVE (3:47) digital single [rel. May 23]/
2015 Albury, NSW, AUS – Vanessa Delaine (Producer: Joel Sulman)
011 I LEFT YOU WITH THE BLUES
012 RUNAWAY
013 MOON BLUES
014 IT'S NOT RIGHT
015 LONG GONE
016 FOR A LITTLE LOVE (4:08)
017 LOVE IS HERE
018 DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL 
Tracks above issueed on EP Runaway
2017 Love Hz Studio, Sydney, NSW, AUS – Vanessa Delaine (+ Michael Barnard [gt/slide gt/ blues harp]. Producer: Michael Carpenter)
019 WILD WIND BLOWS
020 TIME TO LET LOOSE
021 GOOD ADVICE
022 EVERYTHING TO ME
023 FEELS SO GOOD
024 THE STORM
025 RAW
026 RAINY DAY
027 NO TOMORROW
028 WILD CHILD
029 LIVE FOR TODAY
030 NOTHING TO GIVE 
Tracks above issued on album Wild And Free
2020  unknown, AUS – Vanessa Delaine
031 HOW CAN HE LOVE YOU digital single [rel. March 25]
2021  unknown, AUS – Vanessa Delaine
032 LET ME BE THERE digital single [rel. July 9]
December 2019/November 2021 home recordings/ Love Hz Studio, Sydney, NSW, AUS -Vanessa Delaine (Producer: Michael Carpenter)
033 GOOD GIRL
034 DEJAVU
035 THE CHARADE
036 DON'T GIVE ME THE BLUES
037 WRONG
038 HYPNOTISE ME
039 LOVER'S LANE
040 DON'T YOU CRY
041 LIKE WE USED TO DO
042 THOSE MORNING BLUES
043 STANDING IN LINE 
Tracks above issued on album Stranding in Line (on her website) and on digital singles in 2024 unknown, AUS – Vanessa Delaine
044 INVISIBLE digital single [rel. March 8]


ALBUMS
Vanessa Delaine [AUS] ? Wild and Free
: Wild Wind Blows; Time to Let Loose; Good Advice; Everything to Me; Feels so Good; The Storm; Raw; Rainy Day; No Tomorrow; Wild Child; Live for Today;Nothing to Give – 31-10-17
Vanessa Delaine [AUS] ? One Girl Band: 25 Years Album:  One Girl Band;  How Can He Love You;  Forever and a Day;  Love Has a Memory;  Anaheim;  Writing Was on the Wall;  I Roam the Streets;  Alone; While the Music Plays  – 02-05-20 (remastered 2014 EP with bonus tracks)
Vanessa Delaine [AUS] ? Standing in Line: Good Girl;  DeJaVu;  The Charade; Don't Give Me The Blues;  Wrong;  Hypnotise Me;  Lover's Lane;  Don't You Cry; Like We Used To Do; Those Morning Blues;  Standing In Line – 22

EPs
Vanessa Delaine [AUS] ? One Girl Band:  One Girl Band;  How Can He Love You;  Love Has a Memory;  Forever and a Day;  While the Music Plays;  Anaheim - 09-09-14
Vanessa Delaine [AUS] Runaway:  I Left You With the Blues;  Runaway;  Moon Blues;  It's Not Right;  Long Gone; For a Little Love;  Love Is Here;  Daddy's Little Girl – 08-12-15
Vanessa Delaine [AUS] ? The 1995 Seassions – 25 Years: One Girl  Band (bonus mix); Forever And A Day (bonus mix); Anaheim (bonus mix) – 02-05-20 w Wendy Ford