Saturday, November 15, 2025

Jack Webb

 By Tony Russell, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
27 May 1930 Victor Studio, 44th St., New York City – Jack Webb The 101 Ranch Cowboy (Jack Webb [Vcl/Gt],
001 BVE-62246-1 THE NIGHT GUARD  V 40285/LPV 522 2022
002 BVE-62247-1 THE ROVING COWBOY  40285
RCA VICTOR  LPV 522 AUTHENTIC COWBOYS AND THEIR WESTERN FOLKSONGS (1965);  YAZOO 2022 WHEN I WAS A COWBOY VOL.1 (1996)

SINGLES
Victor
V 40285 The Night Guard / The Roving Cowboy - 30

6 Gun Justice

 Buck Skinner
Durango Clark

By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2023 Nashville, TN – 6 Gun Justice,   *with Hawken Horse (Producer: Angel Scott Wills)
001 6 GUN JUSTICE
002 SAN ANGELO
003 HARD TIMES*
004 WANTED POSTER
005 DESERT RIDER
006 BOUNTY HUNTER
007 '51 NAVY
008 SOLITARIO
009 HANGMAN'S NOOSE
010 ON THE RUN 
Tracks above issued on album San Angelo
2024 Nashville, TN – 6 Gun Justice
011 HOME ON THE RANGE (WESTERN PUL VERSION) digital single [rel. Aug. 2]
2025 Nashville, TN – 6 Gun Justice
012 KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR digital single [rel. Apr. 18]
2024-2025 Nashville, TN – 6 Gun Justice, with Hawken Horse [-1] (Buck Skinner [vcl/gt], Andrew Scott Wills [ac gt/pipe organ], Durango Clark [bass gt/gt/ bck vcl], Oliver [drums].  Producer: Angel Scott Wills) 
013 THROUGH THE WEST
014 LONG RIDE TO JUSTICE
015 THE SHOOTOUT 
016 TAKE A GUESS
017 BONANZA YEARS -1 
018 WANTED POSTER (ACOUSTIC VERSION)
019 DEVIL
020 DANGEROUS MAN 
021 THROUGH THE WEST (SHOWDOWN VERSION)
022 CACTUS KICKER 
023 ONE MORE RIDE 
Tracks above issued on album The Roundup
2025 Nashville, TN – 6 Gun Justice (Producer: Andrew Scott Wills)
024 ARMADILLO
025 ONE MORE RIDE
026 ROUGH COUNTRY
027 DANCEHALL GIRL
028 BAD BAD FEELING
029 GRAVEYARD WORK
030 YOU CAN'T RUN FOREVER
031 SADIE
032 BLOOD FOR DUST
033 RUNNING OUT OF RANGE 
Tracks above issued on album One More Ride

ALBUMS
LWM ? San Angelo:
6 Gun Justice;  San Angelo; Hard Times (w. Hawken Horse);  Wanted Poster;  Desert Rider;  Bounty Hunter;  '51 Navy;  Solitario;  Hangman's Noose;  On the Run – 02-06-23
LWM ? The Roundup:  Through the West;  Long Ride To Justice;  The Shootout (feat. Durango Clark);  Take A Guess;  Bonanza Years (w. Hawken Horse);  Wanted Poster (Acoustic Version);  Devil;  Dangerous Man (w. Durango Clark);  Through the West (Showdown Version);  Cactus Kicker (w. Durango Clark); One More Ride – 19-09-25
LWM ? One More Ride: Armadillo; One More Ride; Rough Country; Dancehall Girl; Bad Bad Feeling; Graveyard Work; You Can't Run Forever; Sadie; Blood For Dust; Running Out Of Range – 30-01-26



Mike McKenna, Jr

 By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2016 Seratone Studio, Montreal QC, CAN - Mike McKenna Jr (Mike McKenna Jr.[vcl/ac gt/fiddle/ mandolin/ harmonica], Kento Kataoka  [ac/el gt/lap steel/ piano/Hammond B3/ bass], Mark Haynes [bass], Shane Barrett [drums/ percussion], Edmund Catlin [drums].Producer: Mike McKenna Jr. , Kento Kataoka)
001 TAKE ME HOME
002 LITTLE THINGS
003 JUST BREATHE
004 TRAVELIN MAN
005 THE HIGHWAY
006 DIE IN THE WEST
Tracks above issued on EP Travelin’ Man
2017 Alphabase Studio in St-Côme, QC, CAN - Mike McKenna Jr (Mike McKenna Jr [vcl/gt], Simon Marion [gt/ banjo/ fiddle/ mandolin/ dobro], Colin Savoie-Levac [el gt], Jesse Daniel Smith [el gt], Frédéric Beauséjour [bass], Mark Haynes [bass gt], Eric Bréton [percussion], Béatrix Méthé [hmny vcl])
007 AMERICA
008 PACIFIC NORTHWEST BOUND
009 THE WAKE
010 HARD TO SAY (BUT IT WAS AWFUL TIMING)
011 BRIGHT SUNNY SOUTH
012 THE CHESAPEAKE AND THE SHANNON, PT. I
013 THE SHEPHERD
014  LOST
015 YE WITCHES
016 HOPE THE ANGELS WILL SING OVER MY LONELY BONES
017 SPRING, 1823
018 THE CHESAPEAKE AND THE SHANNON, PT. II 
Tracks above issued on album Pacific Northwest Bound
2019 Sainte-Béatrix, QC, CAN - Mike McKenna Jr (Mike McKenna Jr [vcl], Quinn Bachand [gt/ violin/ banjo/ percussion/ bass/ hmny vcl], Benjamin Vallee [steel], Colin Savoie-Levac [bass/ el gt], Oli Bernatchez [drums], Béatrix Méthé [hmny vcl])
019 AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
020 THE TOWN
021 CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE
022 PALE WHITE MOON
023 THE WOLF
024 MY ROOM
025 HIGH GROUND
026 WORKING MAN 
Tracks above issued on EP At The Edge Of The World
2024 Victoria, BC, CAN – Mike McKenna Jr (Mike McKenna Jr. [vcl/ac gt], Quinn Bachand [gt/ fiddle/mandolin/ banjo/ bass/ piano/ viola/ synthesizer/ drums/ percussion], Colin Savoie-Levac [el gt], Clayton Linthicum [steel], Béatrix Méthé [bck vcl])
027 GRASSFIRE
028 SMOKEY MOUNTAIN
029 THE OLD COUNTRY
030 1971 INTERLUDE
031 LONG SABLE ISLE
032 WHEN I FIRST CAME TO CALEDONIA
033 THE BALLAD OF DONALD MARSHALL
034 WAY DOWN INTERLUDE
035 A HILL TO DIE ON
036 HIGH TIMES AND LOW TIMES
Tracks above issued on album Smokey Mountain High

ALBUMS
Mike McKenna Jr [CAN] ? Pacific Northwest Bound:
  America;  Pacific Northwest Bound;  The Wake;  Hard to Say (But It Was Awful Timing);  Bright Sunny South;  The Chesapeake and the Shannon, Pt. I;  The Shepherd;  Lost;  Ye Witches;  Hope the Angels Will Sing over My Lonely Bones;  Spring, 1823;  The Chesapeake and the Shannon, Pt. II – 26-05-17
Mike McKenna Jr [CAN] ? Smokey Mountain High: Grassfire; Smokey Mountain; The Old Country; 1971 Interlude; Long Sable Isle; When I First Came to Caledonia; The Ballad of Donald Marshall; Way Down Interlude; A Hill to Die On; High Times and Low Times - 01-11-24


EPs
Mike McKenna Jr [CAN] ? Travelin' Man: Take Me Home; Little Things; Just Breathe; Travelin Man; The Highway; Die in the West - 07-05-16
Mike McKenna Jr [CAN] ? At the Edge of the World: .At the Edge of the World; The Town; Caught in the Middle; Pale White Moon; The Wolf; My Room; High Ground; Working Man  -17-04-20


Ronnie Smith

 3rd version
By Praguefrank, Lennart Gustavsson, Tore Brennodden
SESSIONS

1973 Nashville, TN – Ronnie Smith (Ronnie Smith [vcl], Jimmy Capps [ld gt], Leon Rhodes [rh gt], Mike Lattimore [banjo], Hal Rugg [steel], Billy Linneman [bass], Willie Ackerman [drums], Charlie McCoy [harmonica], The Four Guys [bck vcl]. Producer: DJ Production: Doyle Wilburn and Jimmie Helms)
001 CORNBREAD AND LOVE Americountry  AM 012/ARS 1000  
002 RAINS CAME DOWN Americountry  UR 484/ARS 1000  
003 SHE BURNED THE LITTLE ROADSIDE TAVERN DOWN Americountry  ARS 1000  
004 HEART HELP US STAY GONE Americountry  ARS 1000  
005 WORLD OF FORGOTTEN PEOPLE Americountry  ARS 1000  
006 DON’T TELL ME HOW YOU’D FEEL Americountry  ARS 1000  
007 IF THE WHOLE WORLD FORGOT HOW TO SMILE Americountry  ARS 1000  
008 I’M YOUR SINNER Americountry  ARS 1000  
009 HEARTBROKEN HEARTBREAKER Americountry  AM/012ARS 1000  
010 I‘D LOVE YOU ALL OVER THE WORLD Americountry  ARS 1000   
ca 1974 Nashville, TN – Ronnie Smith
011 UR435A THE KING  (A TRIBUTE TO ROY ACUFF) Americountry AM 018/UMC 101
012 UR435B MAKING PLANS Americountry AM 018/UMC 101
ca 1974 Nashville, TN – Ronnie Smith
013 UR 484A COUNTRY I’M COMING HOME Americountry UR 484/United Music Craft UMC 101  
ca 1974 Nashville, TN – Ronnie Smith (Ronnie Smith [vcl], Jimmy Caps [gt], Leon Rhodes [gt], Billy Linneman [bass], D.J. Fontana/Willie Ackerman [drums], Johnny Gimble [fiddle], Earl Ball [piano], Charlie McCoy [harmonica], Bobby Hardin Singers. Producer: Doyle Wilburn, Jimmie Helms)
014 WHY ME LORD United Music Craft UMC 101  
015 HOW GREAT THOU ART United Music Craft UMC 101  
016 LET’S CALL IT ANYTHING BUT OVER United Music Craft UMC 101  
017 ONE KISS AWAY FROM LONELINESS United Music Craft UMC 101  
018 MY HOME TOWN United Music Craft UMC 101  
019 LET ME BE THE FIRST TO KNOW United Music Craft UMC 101  
020 HOME’S JUST ONE OLD FADED MEMORY BACK United Music Craft UMC 101  
1970s [live]  Van Hornsville Fire Department, New York City – Ronnie Smith (+ Larry Ehrich, David Lazar, Ronnie Gilhart, Paul Clayton, Lee Hays, Pete Sugar, Fred Seiger. Producer: Ronnie Smith)
02001 DON’T BE ANGRY CC 10  
02002 CINDERELLA CC 10  
02003 THE AUCTIONEER SONG CC 10  
02004 RELEASE ME CC 10  
02005 TODAY I STARTED LOVING YOU AGAIN CC 10  
02006 SHACKLES AND CHAINS CC 10  
02007 STEEL GUITAR RAG CC 10  
02008 SILVER HAIRED DADDY OF MINE CC 10  
02009 BAND INTRODUCTION CC 10   
ca 1977 Nashville, TN – Ronnie Smith Producer: Kermit Goell
021 38040 I CAN'T GET THE YOU OUT OF ME Little Richie LR 1037/MCS 5879
022 38040 I’VE BEEN YOUR SINNER Little Richie LR 1037
Ca 1979 Richey House, 49 Music Sq. West, Nashville, TN – Ronnie Smith (+ Sonny Garrish [steel], Tommy Williams [fiddle] + more unknown musicians + The Curtis Young Singers. Producer: Kermit Goell)
023 MY BLUE HEAVEN  NSD 16/MCS 5879  
024 ALBANY MCS 5879  
025 FLY ME TO FRISCO MCS 5879  
026 MY LITTLE MELINDA MCS RS-45-779 / 5879  
027 HAVE YOUR HUGGED YOUR KID TODAY NSD 16/MCS 5879  
028 PRETTY COUNTRY MCS RS-45-779 /5879  
029 WINDOW IN HEAVEN MCS 5879  
030 WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT TOGETHER MCS 5879  
031 RAMONA MCS 5879   
ca early 1980s unknown – Ronnie Smith
032 HELPLESS King J 1004/JR 6982
033 WISKEY CASTLE King J 1004/JR 6982
ca early 1982 unknown – Ronnie Smith
034 GREATEST LITTLE JAILHOUSE IN TEXAS King J 21882/JR 6982 
035 WHERE WAS I WHEN YOU STOPPED LOVING ME King J 21882/JR 6982
036 NEAR YOU JR 6982  
037 HONKY TONK WALTZ JR 6982  
038 RAINS CAME DOWN JR 6982   
039 POPPIN TOPS JR 6982  
040 I’LL BREAK OUT AGAIN JR 6982  
041 SOMETHIN‘ OR SOMEONE ON YOUR MIND JR 6982  
1982 Nashville, TN – Ronnie Smith (Producer: Lloyd Green)
042 BACK STREET AFFAIR Jack RS 328
043 I COULD NEVER BE ASHAMED OF YOU RS 783
044 TRUCK DRIVIN' MAN  RS 783

ALBUMS
Americounty A-RS 1000 Introducing
: Cornbread And Love; Rains Came Down; She Burned The Little Roadside Tavern Down; Heart Help Us Stay Gone; World Of Forgotten People; Don’t Tell Me How You’d Feel; If The Whole World Forgot How To Smile; I’m Your Sinner; Heartbroken Heartbreaker; I‘d Love You All Over The World - 73
United Music Craft UMC 101 New York’s Country Ronnie Smith: Country I’m Coming Home; The King (A tribute To Roy Acuff); Making Plans; Why Me Lord; How Great Thou Art; Let’s Call It Anything But Over; One Kiss Away From Loneliness; My Home Town; Let Me Be The First To Know; Home’s Just One Old Faded Memory Back – ca 74
Country Craft CC 10 Live at Van Hornesville Fire Dept.: Don’t Be Angry; Cinderella; The Auctioneer Song;  Release Me; Today I Started Loving You Again; Shackles And Chains; Steel Guitar Rag; Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine; Band Introduction – 7-?
MCS RS-5879 Ronnie Smith Sings Pretty Country:  I Can't The Get Out Of You; My Blue Heaven; Albany; Fly Me To Frisco; My Little Melinda; Have Your Hugged Your Kid Today; Pretty Country; Window In Heaven; We're Gonna Make It Together; Ramona – ca 08-05-79
Jacki JR 6982 A Fifth Of Smith: Greatest Little Jailhouse In Texas; Where Was I When You Stopped Loving Me; Near You; Honky Tonk Waltz; Rains Came Down; Whiskey Castles; Helpless; Poppin Tops; I’ll Break Out Again; Somethin‘ Or Someone On Your Mind – ca 09-06-82



SINGLES

Americountry
AM 012 Cornbread And Love / Heartbroken Heartbreaker - 74
AM 018 The King / Making Plans – ca 74
UR 484 Country I’m Comin’Home / Rains Came Down – 75
Little Richie (ca 1977)
LR-1037 I Can't Get The You Out Of Me / I’ve Been Your Sinner – ca 77
MCS (1979?)
RS-45-779 Pretty Country / My Little Melinda – 79
NSD NSD 16 My Blue Heaven / Have You Hugged Your Kids Today - 79
King J 
1004 Helpless ./ Wiskey Castle – 8-
21882 Greatest Little Jailhouse In Texas / Where Was I When You Stopped Loving Me – 18-02-82
Jacki (1983)
RS 328 Back Street Affair / Back Street Affair – 8- (promo)
RS 783 I Could Never Be Ashamed Of You / Truck Drivin' Man – 83 (also on Country Echo RS 783)

Friday, November 14, 2025

Darlin’ Brando

 Brian Goldstein, *Virginia
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2019 The Bomb Shelter, Nashville, TN – Darlin’ Brando and The Streise Bar Band (Darlin’ Brando [vcl/drums], Brian Clements [ac gt/bck vcl], Storm Rhode IV [el/nylon gt], Adam Kurtz [steel], Jeff Malinowski [bass] + A.J. Croce [vcl-1/piano], Edith Freni [vcl]. Producer: Darlin’ Brando)
001 WHEN YOU DON'T FIGHT
002 THOSE OLD DEMONS
003 THERAPY
004 CRUMBLING MARRIAGES
005 LAST CALL -1
006 YEAR ONE
Tracks above issued on album Also, Too
2019 The Switchyard South, Bloomington IN – Darlin’ Brando (Darlin’ Brando [vcl/drums], Ryan Payton [ac gt/ bass/ steel/ mandolin/ bck vcl]. Producer: Darlin’ Brando and Ryan Payton)
007 WEEDS AND FLOWERS; 
008 THE OLD MAN AND THE KID
Tracks above issued on album Also, Too 
2021 Echo Park. Los Angeles, CA – Darlin’ Brando (Darlin’ Brando [vcl/ac gt/ percussion], Dylan Rodrigue [vcl/ bass/ gt], Malachi DeLorenzo [vcl/ drums/ percussion] + Mark Christian [ld gt], Jordan Bush [steel/clarinet], Tyler Cash [piano], Henry Wolfe [vcl/harmonica], Edith Freni [vcl]. Producer: Malachi DeLorenzo, Dylan Rodrigue and Darlin' Brando)
009 SHORT FUSE
010 AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS
011 DON'T MAKE ME MOVE (AGAIN)
012 NOT REALLY THERE
013 DOWNWARD DAWG (BRIAN'S SONG) 
Tracks above issued o6n EP Don’t Make Me Move
2024 unknown – Darlin’ Brando and The Babies of The Earth
014 THE OTHER ME AND PAUL  digital single [rel. Sept. 6]
015 WELCOME TO BABYTOWN  digital single [rel. Sept. 27]


ALBUMS
Darlin’ Brando ? Also, Too...: 
When You Don't Fight;  Those Old Demons;  Therapy;  Weeds and Flowers;  Crumbling Marriages;  Last Call (w. A.J. Croce);  Year One;  The Old Man and the Kid – 19-06-20

EPs
Darlin’ Brando ? Don't Make Me Move:  Short Fuse;  Award for Best Actress;  Don't Make Me Move (Again);  Not Really There; Downward Dawg (Brian's Song) – 22-07-22







Zach Stich

 
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2022  unknown – Zach Stich
001 BRISTOL, TN
002 BAD LIVER AND A BROKEN HEART
003 THE WAY IT GOES
004 MURDER IN THE CITY
005 CLOUD OF DUST
Tracks above issued on EP Toward The Storm
2023 unknown – Zach Stich (Zach Stich [vcl/gt], Jesse Lee Wehner [gt], Gabriel Penteado [bass gt], Erickson Grillo [drums], Thiago Rosa [drums]. Producer: Banner Briskell)
006 MRS CLAUS digital single [rel.  Nov. 24]
Ca 2023 [live] unknown – Zach Stich
00601 CLOUD OF DUST
00602 COWBOY
00603 BRISTOL TN
00604 IF YOURE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE
00605 IF I HAD A BOX
00606 TAKE ME AWAY
00607 SIRENS CALL
00608 THE WAY IT GOES 
Tracks above issued on EP Phone Home
2025 Capricorn Studios, Macon, GA – Zach Stich (Zach Stich [vcl/gt], Mile Landrum [ac gt],  Charle Gilbert [gt], Bradd Poole [dobro], Adam Stich [bass],  Rob Sumowski [drums], Hecor Ruano [harmonica], Wesley Flowers [keyboards/organ],
007 IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE
008 BRISTOL TN
009 IF I HAD A BOX
010 BAR FLIES
011 RUN ON
012 COMMERCIAL COMPANY (THE WAY IT GOES)
013 CLOUD OF DUST
014 ASHELY'S SONG
015 HIGH AND MIGHTY (RADIO EDIT)
016 I'M GOING TO GO BACK THERE SOME DAY 
Tracks above issued on album Till They Put Me In The Ground


ALBUMS
Elk Watch ?  Till They Put Me In The Ground
: If You're Looking For Someone; Bristol TN; If I Had A Box; Bar Flies; Run On; Commercial Company (The Way It Goes); Cloud Of Dust; Ashely's Song; High and Mighty (Radio Edit); I'm Going To Go Back There Some Day – 14-11-25


EPs
Elk Watch ? Toward The Storm: Bristol, TN; Bad Liver and a Broken Heart; The Way It Goes; Murder In The City; Cloud of Dust – 28-04-23
Elk Watch ? EP Phone Home: Cloud Of Dust; Cowboy; Bristol TN; If Youre Looking For Someone; If I Had A Box; Take Me Away; Sirens Call; The Way It Goes – 10-05-24

Powder River Jack and Kitty Lee

 By Tony Russell, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS

3 November 1930 Los Angeles, CA –  Powder River Jack and Kitty Lee (Powder River Jack Lee [vcl/harmonica], Kitty Lee [gt])
001 PBVE-61049-1 TYING A KNOT IN THE DEVIL'S TAIL Victor 23527 /LPV 522 45008 FA 034 2022 1101
002 PBVE-61050  OLD BLACK STEER  Bluebird 5298 
003 PBVE-61051  MY LOVE IS A COWBOY    5298 /Yazoo 2022
004 PBVE-61052-2 POWDER RIVER LET HER BUCK   23527 /LPV 522
YAZOO 2022 WHEN I WAS A COWBOY VOL.1 (1996)
RCA VICTOR LPV 522 AUTHENTIC COWBOYS AND THEIR WESTERN FOLKSONGS (1965); MORNING STAR 45008 WHEN I WAS A COWBOY (UK, 1984); FREMEAUX FA 034 WESTERN COWBOY BALLADS/SONGS 1925/1939 (FRA, 1995, 2CD); ROUNDER 1101 CATTLE CALL EARLY COWBOY MUSICIANS (1996)
10 December 1936 Chicago, IL  –  Powder River Jack and Kitty Lee 
005 C 91042-A THE SANTA FE TRAIL Decca unissued
006 C 91043-A THE COWBOY’S FAREWELL Decca unissued

SINGLES
Victor
23527 Tying A Knot In The Devil's Tail / Powder River Let Her Buck – 04-31 (also on Montgomery Ward M 4462)
Bluebird
5298 Old Black Steer / My Love Is A Cowboy – 34 (also on Electradisk 2169 and Sunrise S 3379)