Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Parlor Pickers

 By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2011 unknown, CO – The Parlor Pickers (Josh Mickelson, Alex Stewart, Mark Thomas,  Randy Ramirez. Producer: Mark Thomas)
001 ROADSIDE DINER
002 RUBY SUE
003 LOVERBOY
004 COUNTRY GIRLS
005 LYNCHBURG WOMEN
006 CANDY CIGARETTE
007 SHAKE YOUR MOLASSES
008 DIAMONDBACK
009 OPEN UP THE ENGINE
010 ROSALIE
Tracks above issued on album Barn Burner
February 2012-August 2014  unknown, CO – The Parlor Pickers (Alex Stewart [vcl/ac gt/ harmonica/  accordion/ melodica/ drums], Mark Thomas [vcl/ac/el gt/ trumpet/ drums], Josh Mickelson [vcl/ bass/ drums/ slaps/ tambourine/ hollers], + Debbie Brown [fiddle])
011 NEBRASKA
012 GET ALONG
013 WHY DON'T WE GO OUT TONIGHT
014 SUMMER NIGHTS
015 GYPSY WOMAN
016 MULESKINNER
017 EASY LOVIN BABY
018 MISS AMERICAN BEAUTY
019 MARIE
020 RUNNIN ROUND IN CIRCLES 
Tracks above issued on album Joliet Street Shakedown

ALBUMS
Parlor Pickers ? Barn Burner
: Roadside Diner; Ruby Sue; Loverboy; Country Girls; Lynchburg Women; Candy Cigarette; Shake Your Molasses; Diamondback; Open Up The Engine; Rosalie – 20-05-11
Parlor Pickers ? Joliet Street Shakedown: Nebraska; Get Along; Why Don't We Go Out Tonight; Summer Nights; Gypsy Woman; Muleskinner; Easy Lovin Baby; Miss American Beauty; Marie; Runnin Round In Circles – 24-10-14
    

Packway Handle Band

 By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2003 Music Farm Recording Studios, Atlanta, GA – The Packway Handle Band (Josh Erwin [vcl/gt],  Tom Baker [vcl/banjo], Michael Paynter [vcl/mandolin],   Chris Holliday [bass],  +  Matt "the Pistol" Stoessel [dobro], Ed Hunter [fiddle])
001 SHELVA ANN
002 HE WORLD IS WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE
003 TOTZ, KENTUCKY
004 INVERTED UMBRELLA PARACHUTE
005 CRYIN' SORROWS
006 RED HAIRED BOY
007 TELL IT TO ME
008 IN THE PINES  
Tracks above issued on album Chaff Harvest
2003 Full Moon Studios, Athens, GA – The Packway Handle Band (Josh Erwin [vcl/gt],  Tom Baker [vcl/banjo], Michael Paynter [vcl/mandolin],   Chris Holliday [bass],  +  Matt "the Pistol" Stoessel [dobro], Ed Hunter [fiddle])
009 ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD
010 MAC THE WEATHERMAN
011 THROW AWAY THE KEY
Tracks above issued on album Chaff Harvest
June/July 2005 home recordings, GA – The Packway Handle Hand (Josh Erwin [vcl/gt],  Tom Baker [vcl/banjo], Michael Paynter [vcl/mandolin],   Chris Holliday [bass], Andrew Heaton [vcl/fiddle/ trombone])
012 TALK IT ALL OVER WITH HIM
013 WADE IN THE WATER
014 SOMEBODY TOUCHED ME
015 WICKED PATH OF SIN
016 THE GREAT ATOMIC POWER
017 SINNER, YOU BETTER GET READY
018 YOU DON'T KNOCK
019 COLD JORDAN
020 THIS WORLD CAN'T STAND LONG (FOR IT IS TOO FULL OF HATE)
021 I WONDER HOW JOHN FELT (WHEN HE BAPTIZED JESUS)
022 OLD CAMP MEETING TIME
023 THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON IN THE GRAVEYARD (LIKE YOU AIN'T NEVER SEEN)
024 LIKE A PRAYER 
025 Untitled (11:54)  Bandcamp version
Tracks above issued on album (Sinner) You Better Get Ready
22 July 2006 [live] KAFM Radio Room, 1310 Ute Ave., Grand Junction, CO – The Packway Handle Band
02501 THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON IN THE GRAVEYARD (LIKE YOU AIN'T NEVER SEEN) Extreme 
02502 SHELVA ANN Extreme 
02503 THROW AWAY THE KEY Extreme 
27 July 2006 [live] Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St, Boulder, CO  – The Packway Handle Band
02504 YOU DON'T KNOCK Extreme 
02505 TELL IT TO ME Extreme 
9 December 2006 [live] Eddie's Attic, 515 N McDonough St, Decatur, GA – The Packway Handle Band
02506 SINNER, YOU BETTER GET READY Extreme 
02507 OLD CAMP MEETING TIME Extreme  
2007 Hatecave Studios, ?, GA – The Packway Handle Band (Josh Erwin [vcl/gt],  Tom Baker [vcl/banjo], Michael Paynter [vcl/mandolin],   Zach McCoy [bass], Andrew Heaton [vcl/fiddle]. Producer: The Packway Handle Band)
026 GETS ME EVERY TIME
027 SPANISH SCISSORS
028 STRANGERS
029 TOSSIN' THE BEEFCAKE
030 EARL THE DUCK
031 THE STORY
032 DOWNPOUR
033 TUGGIN' AT THE CORN
034 RIVER DELTA
035 CAN'T WIN FOR TRYING
036 SATAN'S IN SPACE
Tracks above issued on album The Packway Handle Band
2010 Athens, GA - The Packway Handle Band  (Josh Erwin [vcl/gt],  Tom Baker [vcl/banjo], Michael Paynter [vcl/mandolin],   Zach McCoy [bass], Andrew Heaton [vcl/fiddle] + Bill "The Pump" Oglesby [sax], Karolyn Troupe [flute].  Producer: The Packway Handle Band)
037 WALKING DISASTER
038 WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?
039 OUTSKIRTS
040 WHAT IS A PACKWAY HANDLE?
041 OFF MY KNEES
042 HORSE VS. TECHNOLOGY
043 I'M GLAD YOU'VE GOT MY PRIORITIES SO STRAIGHT
044 JOSIE
045 TIRED
046 LORD BALTIMORE
047 WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO NOW? 
Tracks above issued on album What Are We Gonna Do Now?
2014 Chase Park Transduction Studio, 160 Winston Drive #4, Athens, GA – The Packway Handle Band with Jim White (Jim White [vcl/gt/ banjo/ percussion/ keyboards/ shout], Josh Erwin [vcl/rh/ld gt],  Tom Baker [vcl/banjo], Michael Paynter [vcl/mandolin/percussion],   Zach McCoy [ac/el bass], Andrew Heaton [vcl/fiddle] + David Van Wyke [cello], Kevin Hyde [trombone], Ethan Stevens [tuba/ trombone],  Claire Campbell,  John Keane [vcl]. Producer: Jim White)
048 SMACK DAB IN A BIG TORNADO
049 BREATHING ROOM
050 CORN PONE REFUGEE
051 NOT A SONG
052 JIM 3:16
053 GRAVITY WON'T FAIL
054 WORDMULE REVISITED
055 PARANORMAL GIRLFRIEND
056 BLOOD ON THE FIDDLE, BLOOD ON THE BOW
057 SORROW'S SHINE
058 SINNER!
Tracks above issued on album Take It Like A Man
2017 Chase Park Transduction Studio, 160 Winston Drive #4, Athens, GA – The Packway Handle Band (Josh Erwin [vcl/gt], Tom Baker [vcl/banjo], Michael Paynter [vcl/mandolin/ drums/ percussion], Zach McCoy [bass], Andrew Heaton [vcl/fiddle/ ac gt] + Matt Stoessel [steel], Brad Morgan/ Bill Berry [drums], Scott McCaughey [piano/gt/ bck vcl], Shonna Tucker [vcl-1]. Producer: Scott McCaughey)
059 BIG RED
060 AD NAUSEUM
061 ONE GOOD DAY IS ALL WE NEED -1
062 WISH I HADN'T DONE IT
063 WALKING AWAY
064 GO ON GET UP
065 NOT LIKE ME
066 A LITTLE SOMETHING
067 NICOTINE AND ARSENIC
068 COLD WATER
069 LOVE BRINGS EVERYBODY DOWN
070 NEW YEAR'S DAY
071 GET US STONED 
Tracks above issued on album Go On Get Up





ALBUMS
Packway Handle Band no # Chaff Harvest:
All The Time In The World; Shelva Ann; The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise; Totz, Kentucky; Mac The Weatherman; Inverted Umbrella Parachute; Cryin' Sorrows; Red Haired Boy; Throw Away The Key; Tell It To Me; In The Pines  - 03
The Packway Handle Band no # (Sinner) You Better Get Ready:  Talk It All Over With Him;  Wade in the Water;  Somebody Touched Me;  Wicked Path of Sin;  The Great Atomic Power;  Sinner, You Better Get Ready;  You Don't Knock;  Cold Jordan;  This World Can't Stand Long (For It Is Too Full of Hate);  I Wonder How John Felt (When He Baptized Jesus);  Old Camp Meeting Time; There's Something Going on in the Graveyard (Like You Ain't Never Seen);  Like a Prayer – 01-09-05 (digital version on Bandcamp contains untitled bonus track
The Packway Handle Band no # The Packway Handle Band:  Gets Me Every Time;  Spanish Scissors;  Strangers;  Tossin' the Beefcake;  Earl the Duck;  The Story;  Downpour;  Tuggin' at the Corn;  River Delta;  Can't Win for Trying;  Satan's in Space – ca 12-07
The Packway Handle Band no # What Are We Gonna Do Now?:  Walking Disaster;  Who Do You Think You Are?;  Outskirts;  What Is a Packway Handle?;  Off My Knees;  Horse vs. Technology;  I'm Glad You've Got My Priorities so Straight;  Josie;  Tired;  Lord Baltimore;  What Are We Gonna Do Now? – 02-02-10
Yep Roc YEP 2409 Take It Like a Man: Smack Dab in a Big Tornado;  Breathing Room;  Corn Pone Refugee;  Not a Song;  Jim 3:16;  Gravity Won't Fail; Wordmule Revisited;  Paranormal Girlfriend;  Blood on the Fiddle, Blood on the Bow;  Sorrow's Shine;  Sinner! – 27-01-15 with Jim White (promo version issued in late 2014)
The Packway Handle Band no # Go on Get Up: Big Red;  Ad Nauseum;  One Good Day Is All We Need;  Wish I Hadn't Done It;  Walking Away;  Go on Get Up;  Not Like Me;  A Little Something;  Nicotine and Arsenic;  Cold Water;  Love Brings Everybody Down;  New Year's Day;  Get Us Stoned – ca 12-17

EPs
Packway Handle Band no # Extreme: There's Something Going On In The Graveyard (Like You Ain't Never Seen); Shelva Ann; Throw Away The Key; You Don't Knock; Tell It To Me; Sinner, You Better Get Ready; Old Camp Meeting Time – 02-07

Brian (The Hat) Duckworth

 *08-04-1952 Oldham, Lancashire, UK
By Simone Della Torre
SESSIONS 

2015 unknown - Brian The Hat Duckworth
001 GOODBYE MY LOVE GOODBYE digital single [rel. March 8]
002 ROCK MY WAY TO HEAVEN (ROCK GOSPEL VERSION) digital single / Originals and Classic Country Songs 
2015 [demo session] Midi Magic Studios, Nashville, TN – Brian The Hat Duckworth
00201 AM I WASTING MY TIME  digital single [rel. July 17]
2017 poss. Nashville, TN - Brian The Hat Duckworth
003 I’LL JUST RUN AWAY digital single [rel. Oct. 15]/Originals and Classic Country Songs
004 MAY BE [MAYBE*] digital single [rel. Nov. 14]]/Originals and Classic Country Songs*
2018-2019  unknown – Brian The Hat Duckworth
005 ROCK MY WAY TO HEAVEN (COUNTRY GOSPEL VERSION)
006 MAMA TRIED
007 SAN ANTONIO ROSE
008 SUNDAY MORNING COMING DOWN
009 KERN RIVER
010 THIRTY AGAIN
011 SILVER EAGLE
Tracks above issued on album Originals and Classic Country Songs
2019  unknown  – Brian The Hat Duckworth
012 WOULDN’T THAT BE SOMETHING  digital single [rel. Jan. 2, 2020]
2020 unknown – Brian The Hat Duckworth
013 I'M WASTING MY TEARS ON YOU
014 YOU TWO TIMED ME ONE TIME TOO OFTEN
015 LONG TIME GONE
016 WHEN YOU LEAVE DON'T SLAM THE DOOR
017 JINGLE JANGLE JINGLE 
Tracks above issued on EP Brian the Hat Sings the Songs of the Legendary Singing Cowboy Tex Ritter
2020  unknown  – Brian The Hat Duckworth
018 LET IT SNOW digital single [rel. Dec. 14]
2021  unknown – Brian The Hat Duckworth
019 WHAT HAPPENED digital single [rel. Jan. 21, 2022]
020 HOW DID YOU FIND ME HERE digital single [rel. Jan. 21]
2023  unknown – Brian The Hat Duckworth
021 IT WAS TIME TO CHANGE MY WAY OF LIFE digital single [rel. Apr. 6]
2024  unknown  – Brian The Hat Duckworth
022 LIFE IS CHANGED FOREVER  digital single [rel. July 4]





ALBUMS
Brian the Hat Duckworth [UK?] ? Originals and Classic Country Songs:
  Rock My Way to Heaven (Country Gospel Version);  Mama Tried;  Maybe;  San Antonio Rose;  Sunday Morning Coming Down;  Kern River;  I'll Just Run Away;  Thirty Again;  Silver Eagle; . Rock My Way to Heaven (Rock Gospel Version) – 08-11-19

EPs
David Platz Music ? Brian the Hat Sings the Songs of the Legendary Singing Cowboy Tex Ritter:  I'm Wasting My Tears on You;  You Two Timed Me One Time Too Often;  Long Time Gone; When You Leave Don't Slam the Door; Jingle Jangle Jingle – 23-10-20



Ambrose Thibodeaux

 *18-10-1903 Euniche, St.Landry Parish, LA, + 15-11-1995
 2nd version

by Henk Scholts, Thieu Van De Vorst, Praguefrank
SESSIONS
also member of Rayne-Bo Ramblers
1965 La Louisianne Recording Studio, 711 Stevenson St.,  Lafayette, LA – Ambrose Thibodeaux (Ambrose Thibodeaux [accordion] Leola Thibodeaux [vcl-1/triangle], Preston manuel [vcl-2/gt],  Merlin Fontenot [fiddle])
001 LA VALSE DU GRANDE MARAIS -2 La Louisianne LL 112
002 LA PATASE TWO-STEP –instr- La Louisianne LL 112
003 LA VIEILLE VALSE DE LA LOUISIANNE -2 
004 LE TWO-STEP AMBROSE La Louisianne LL 112
005 LE VALSE QUE J'AMIE -1 La Louisianne LL 112
006 CHERE CHERE TOO-TOOTE -2 La Louisianne LL 112
007 J'AI PASSE DEVANT TA PORTE -1 La Louisianne LL 112 
008 LE TWO-STEP QUE J'AIME La Louisianne LL 112
009 TON TETE BEC EST DOUX La Louisianne LL 112
010 LE TWO-STEP PERRODINS La Louisianne LL 112
011 LE TWO-STEP DE RICHIE La Louisianne LL 112
012 JOLIE BLON -2 La Louisianne LL 112 – 65
1967 La Louisianne Recording Studio, 711 Stevenson St., Lafayette, LA – Ambrose Thibodeaux (Producer: Carol J. Jachou)
013 LOVE BRIDGE WALTZ La Louisianne LL 119
014 LA LOUISIANNE TWO-STEP La Louisianne LL 119
015 DURALDER WALTZ La Louisianne LL 119
016 TWO-STEP DE PLATIN PAUVE La Louisianne LL 119
017 CHEROKEE WALTZ La Louisianne LL 119
018 TWO-STEP DE MUSICIAN La Louisianne LL 119
019 WIDOW WALTZ La Louisianne LL 119
020 LA CASSINE SPECIAL La Louisianne LL 119
021 LA VALSE DE TASSEAU La Louisianne LL 119
022 HOBO La Louisianne LL 119
023 POINT NOIR TWO-STEP La Louisianne LL 119
024 LONG POINT TWO-STEP La Louisianne LL 119
1973 La Louisianne Recording Studio, 711 Stevenson St., Lafayette, LA – Ambrose Thibodeaux (Producer: Carol J. Jachou)
025 BAYOU CHENE WALTZ La Louisianne LL 133
026 GIVE HER TO ME La Louisianne LL 133
027 HAPPY WALTZ La Louisianne LL 133
028 MADALINE TWO-STEP La Louisianne LL 133
029 MADAM SOSTAN La Louisianne LL 133
030 BACK DOOR La Louisianne LL 133
031 MULBERRY WALTZ La Louisianne LL 133
032 CROWLEY TWO-STEP La Louisianne LL 133
033 BIG ROAD WALTZ La Louisianne LL 133
034 THE CEMETRY La Louisianne LL 133
035 CAN'T HAVE ANY MORE La Louisianne LL 133
036 I WENT TO THE DANCE La Louisianne LL 133 
1977 La Louisianne Recording Studio, 711 Stevenson St., Lafayette, LA – Ambrose Thibodeaux (Producer: Carol J. Jachou)

037 TWO-STEP D'ELTON LL 143 
038 LA COUSINE DE BÉLISAIRE LL 143 
039 TWO-STEP DE L'AFRIQUE LL 143 
040 'TIT MONDE LL 143 
041 LA VALSE D'EVANGELINE LL 143 
042 TWO-STEP DE KAPLAN LL 143 
043 DONNEZ-MOI MON CHAPEAU LL 143 
044 LA VALSE DU VIEUX HOMME LL 143
045 CHÈRE MOM LL 143
046 LA VALSE D'INDÉPENDENCE LL 143
1981 unknown, LA – Ambrose Thiboudeaux (Ambrose Thibodeaux [accordion],  Elton "Bee" Cormier [vcl], Gervais Quebodeaux [vcl/gt], Reggie Matte [vcl/gt], Mark Latiolais  [gt], Robert Sonnier [gt],  Elmer Thibodeaux / Joe Bradford [triangle],  Kenneth David/ Leon Doucet [fiddle]. Producer: Elton Bee Cormier)
047 LA VALSE DU EUNICE LP BEE 136 
048 TWO STEP DE CHURCH POINT LP BEE 136
049 LA VALSE DE ELTON LP BEE 136 
050 TWO STEP DE LAFAYETTE LP BEE 136 
051 LA VALSE GRANDE MAMOU LP BEE 136 
052 QUOI FERRE? LP BEE 136 
053 CHERE ALICE LP BEE 136 
054 JOLI FILLE LP BEE 136
055 LE PETIT NEG A TANTE DOLLE LP BEE 136 
056 LA VALSE LE CHEMIN RIDGE LP BEE 136 


ALBUMS
La Louisianne LL 112 Authentic French Acadian Music:
La Valse Du Grande Marais*; La Patase Two-Step (Instr); La Vieille Valse De La Louisianne*;Le Two-Step Ambrose; Le Valse Que J'amie*; Chere Chere Too-Toote*; J'ai Passe Devant Ta Porte#;  Le Two-Step Que J'aime; Ton Tete Bec Est Doux; Le Two-Step Perrodins; Le Two-Step De Richie; Jolie Blon* - 65 (* Voc Preston Manuel. # Voc Leola Thibodeaux)
La Louisianne LL 119 More Authentic Acadian French Music In Stereo: Love Bridge Waltz; La Louisianne Two-Step; Duralder Waltz; Two-Step De Platin Pauve; Cherokee Waltz; Two-Step De Musician; Widow Waltz; La Cassine Special; La Valse De Tasseau; Hobo; Point Noir Two-Step; Long Point Two-Step - 67
La Louisianne LL 133 That French Acadian Sound: Bayou Chene Waltz; Give Her To Me; Happy Waltz; Madaline Two-Step; Madam Sostan; Back Door; Mulberry Waltz; Crowley Two-Step; Big Road Waltz; The Cemetry; Can't Have Any More; I Went To The Dance - 73
La Louisianne LL 143 Authentic Cajun French Music And Folk Songs: Two-Step D'Elton; La Cousine De Bélisaire; Two-Step De L'Afrique; 'Tit Monde; La Valse D'Evangeline; Two-Step De Kaplan; Donnez-Moi Mon Chapeau; La Valse Du Vieux Homme; Chère Mom; La Valse D'Indépendence – 77
Bee Records LP BEE 136 The Authenic Sounds Of Cajun French Music And Folk Songs Of Acadiana: La Valse Du Eunice; Two Step De Church Point; La Valse De Elton; Two Step De Lafayette; La Valse Grande Mamou; Quoi Ferre?; Chere Alice; Joli Fille; Le Petit Neg A Tante Dolle; La Valse Le Chemin Ridge - 81