Lonnie Barron

 Lonnie Clanceal Barron, *01-07-1931 Louisiana, +09-01-1957
by Dick Grant, Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS  
Fall 1954 Station WDOG, Marine City, MI unknown – Lonnie Barron and The Farm Boys/ Jim Minor (Lonnie Barron [vcl/rh gt],  James “Jim” Minor [vcl*/gt], Albert “Al Allen” Punturi [ld gt],  poss Delbert “Bert” McNally [steel], ; poss William “Rockey” Van Gieson [bass]. Harlen Nathaniel “Casey” Clark [fiddle].  Producer: Les Emery)
000 JM 1001 SOMEBODY RUSTLED MY SUGAR* 45-103
000 JM 1002 DON’T CROSS YOUR FINGER CROSS YOUR HEART* 45-103
001 JM 1003 I BETTER GO 45-104/WWD 101 OHCD 4042
002 JM 1004 A MEMORY OR TWO 45-104/OHCD 4042 WWD 101
OLD HOMESTEAD OHCD-4042 A MEMORY OR TWO/1950S RECORDINGS FROM DETROIT'S GOLDEN AGE OF HILLBILLY MUSIC (2003)
Ca January 1955 Los Angeles, CA – Lonnie Barron (The Mississippi Farm Boy)
003 ∆ 2326 YOU'RE NOT THE FIRST GIRL 45-201/CSTR 334 WWD 101 OHCD 4042 ss 930701 PROPERBOX 103
004 ∆ 2327 SENTIMENTAL ME, SENTIMENTAL SHE 45-201/CLP 5243 CST 334 CST 480 WWD 101 OHCD 4042
CROWN CLP-5243 OLDIES BUT GOODIES COUNTRY AND WESTERN, Vol.4. (1961); CROWN CLP-5480/CST-480 GOLDEN OLDIES COUNTRY AND WESTERN (1965); SAGE AND SAND SS 930701 SAGE AND SAND VOL. 1 – LET’S ALL GO WILD (NED, 1994); PROPER PROPERBOX  103 BOPPIN‘ HILLBILLY – RED HOT ROCKABILLY (UK, 2006, 4CDs)
29 April 1956 Radio Station WXYZ, Maccabees Bldg, Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI – Lonnie Barron and The Farm Boys (Lonnie Barron [vcl/rh gt], Donnel “Don” Hemminger [gt], William “Billy” Cooper [steel], Casey Clark [fiddle],  poss Dick McCobb [piano]. Producer: Pat Nelson)
005 45-R1137 GO ON, IT'S OK 45-219/WWD101 OHCD 4042 BCD 16892
006 45-R1148 DON'T DOUBT MY LOVE 45-219 /CST 334 WWD 101 OHCD 4042 SS 930702
SAGE AND SAND SS 930702 SAGE AND SAND VOL. 2 – LET ME SLIDE (NED, 1995); BEAR FAMILY BCD-16892 GONNA SHAKE THIS SHACK TONIGHT FROM THE VAULT OF SAGE AND SAND RECORDS (GER, 2011)
21 September 1956 Nashville, TN – Lonnie Barron (The Mississippi Farm Boy) (Lonnie Barron [vcl/rh gt], Casey Clark [fiddle/hmny vcl-1] + more unknown musicians)
007 45-R-1211 TEENAGE QUEEN 45-230/WWD 101 PCD 2468 CD 1034 CCD 1156512 Bb-CD-55035 LP 024 CLCD 4458 MUSTCD 2 CD 56003 PROPERBOX 122 WLP 2819 SS 930701
008 45-R1212 PLEASE, BLUE HEART -1 45-230/CLP 5213 CST 334 WWD 101 OHCD 4042
CROWN CLP-5213 OLDIES AND GOODIES COUNTRY AND WESTERN, Vol.1 (1961); CROWN CLP-5433/CST-433 COUNTRY AND WESTERN FAVORITES (1964); P-VINE PCD-2468 ROCK ‘N’ ROLL COWBOY: SAGE AND SAND GREATEST  ROCKABILLIES (JAP, 1994);  CAT CD-1034 CALLING ALL ROCK ‘N’ ROLL COLLECTORS, Vol.2 (NED, 1994); CHIEF CCD-1156512 (Ist Issue) ULTRA RARE ROCKABILLYS, Vol.12 (NED,1995); BUFFALO BOP Bb-CD-55035 ALLEY CAT (GER, 1995);  CLUB LP-024 GRAB THIS AND DANCE, Vol.24 (UK);COLLECTOR CLCD-4458 ROCKY HOODLUMS GO MAXIMUM (NED, 2000); MUSTANG MUSTCD-2 GOIN’ DOWN THAT ROAD (2001); PAN AMERICAN CD-56003 TEENAGE QUEEN (SUI);  PROPER PROPERBOX 122 CLASSIC ROCKABILLY (UK, 2007, 4CDs); BEAR FAMILY BCD-16838 THAT’LL FLAT…GIT IT!, Vol.27 ROCKABILLY AND ROCKNROLL FROM THE VAULT OF SAGE AND SAND RECORDS (GER, 2011); COLLECTOR WLP 2819 BOPPIN‘ HILLBILLY VOL. 19 (NED, 1991)
From one of Sage and Sand sessions above:
009 LOST JOHN CLCD4524
COLLECTOR CLCD 4524 ROCK AND ROLL WITH PIANO VOL.15 (NED, 2008)



ALBUMS
Crown CLP 5334/CST 334 In Memorial To Lonnie Barron - Country Music Star: [Casey Clark and The Lazy Ranch Boys:] Lost John; Pot Of Gold; [Okie Jones with The Lazy Ranch Boys :] Could You, Would You; [Casey Clark and The Lazy Ranch Boys:] Much Too Much; [Evelyn Harlene:] Oregon Home; [Lonnie Barron with The Farm Boys:] Sentimental Me; You're Not The First Girl; [Lonnie Barron:] Don't Doubt My Love; Please Blue Heart; Teenage Queen – 63
Woodward WWD-101 Don't Doubt My Love - Lonnie Barron - The Mississippi Farm Boy: You're Not The First Girl; Sentimental Me, Sentimental She; Go On It's Ok; Don't Doubt My Love; Please Blue Heart; Teenage Queen; I Better Go; A Memory Of Two – 01-97 (10" LP)


SINGLES
Western Chuck-Wagon (1954)
45-104 I Better Go / A Memory Or Two – 55
Sage and Sand (1955)
45-201 You're Not The First Girl / Sentimental Me, Sentimental She – 03-55 (Canadian issue on Sparton 329R)
45-219 Don't Doubt My Love / Go On, It's OK – 06-56
Sage 45-230 Teenage Queen / Please, Blue Heart – 10-10-56

Lonnie Barron (by Dick Grant)

LONNIE BARRON

SESSION DISCOGRAPHY

JIMMY MINOR-1

LONNIE BARRON AND THE FARM BOYS-2                                                              

                                                               Radio Station WDOG      Marine City, Mich:                                                                               Autumn 1954

Lonnie Clanceal “Lonnie” Barron (vcl/rhy gtr); James “Jim” Minor (vcl-4/gtr); Albert “Al Allen” Punturi (ld gtr); Harlen Nathaniel “Casey” Clark (fdl); poss Delbert “Bert” McNally (stl gtr); poss William “Rockey” Van Gieson (sg bs).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Producer:  Les Emery

JM-1001/             SOMEBODY RUSTLED MY SUGAR                         -1-4                    Western Chuck-Wagon 103, Western Chuck-Wagon 45-103

45-JM-1001/        (Jimmy Minor-Les Emery) (Western Chuck-Wagon Music Co. BMI) Chuck-Wagon 45-103

KING 387

JM-1002/             DON’T CROSS YOUR FINGER CROSS YOUR HEART-1-4                  Western Chuck-Wagon 103,                                       45-103

45-JM-1002/        (Robert L.Cloud) (Western Chuck-Wagon Music Co. BMI)Chuck-Wagon 45-103

KING 387

JM-1003/             I BETTER GO                   -2                                   Western Chuck-Wagon 104

45-JM-1003         (Lonnie Barron) (Western Chuck-Wagon Music Co. BMI)                       Western Chuck-Wagon 45-104, Woodward WWD-101

KING 387                                                                                                                 Old Homestead OHCD-4042

JM-1004/             A MEMORY OR TWO       -2                                   Western Chuck-Wagon 104

45-JM-1004         (Lonnie Barron) (Western Chuck-Wagon Music Co. BMI)                       Western Chuck-Wagon 45-104

KING 387                                                                                                                 Old Homestead OHCD-4042

NB(1): WESTERN CHUCK-WAGON 103/WESTERN CHUCK-WAGON 45-103 issued on both 78rpm. & 45rpm.

NB(2): WESTERN CHUCK-WAGON 103/WESTERN CHUCK-WAGON 45-103 released January 1955.

NB(3): CHUCK-WAGON 45-103 (2nd Press) released

NB(4): All of the above records were pressed by KING Records.

NB(5): WESTERN CHUCK-WAGON 104/WESTERN CHUCK-WAGON 45-104 issued on both 78rpm. & 45rpm.

NB(6): WESTERN CHUCK-WAGON 104/WESTERN CHUCK-WAGON 45-104 released January 1955.

NB(7): Both of the above records were pressed by KING Records. 

NB(8): WESTERN CHUCK-WAGON owned by Les Emery.

NOTE: Billboard FOLK TALENT and TUNES Saturday 13th November 1954-Lonnie Barron celebrated his second anniversary at station WDOG, Marine City, Mich., with a gala party at Lonnie’s Barn Dance Hall on Highway 24, Richmond, Mich. Shindig attracted some 500-, with Lonnie’s fan club members and the station staff playing co-hosts. In addition to Barron and his six-piecr crew, other guitar pickers on deck for the event included Herb Williams, Buddy Emmons, of Casey Clark’s WJR Lazy Ranch Boys., Bob Sykes (Fortune), Pat Nelson, Bob McDonald and Joyce Forton. Lonie and His Farm Boys perform every Saturday night over WDOG. He has a 10-acre tract in Marine City which he plans to convert into a hillbilly park in time for next season.

LONNIE BARRON (The Missippi Farm Boy) with The Farm Boys

                                                                                                                               Los Angeles, Ca:                                        Late 1954/January 1955

(vcl/rhy gtr); Unk (ld gtr); unk (fdl); unk (stl gtr); Unk (stg bs);

                                                                                                                               Producer:

45-201-A             YOU’RE NOT THE FIRST GIRL                                                         Sage and Sand 201, Sage and Sand 45-201-A

                          (Lonnie Barron) (Sage & Sand Music Pub. BMI)          Crown CLP-5334, Crown CST-334

                                                                                                                               Woodward WWD-101, Old Homestead OHCD-4042

45-201-B             SENTIMENTAL ME, SENTIMENTAL SHE                                           Sage and Sand 201, Sage and Sand 45-201-B

                          (Lonnie Barron) (Sage & Sand Music Pub. BMI)          Crown CLP-5243, Crown CLP-5334, Crown CST-334

                                                                                                                               Crown CLP-5480, Crown CST-480

                                                                                                                               Woodward WWD-101, Old Homestead OHCD-4042                            

NB(1): SAGE and Sand 201/SAGE and SAND 45-201 released Saturday 26th March 1955.

NB(2): SAGE and SAND owned by W.O. “Woodie” FLEENER.

NB(3): CASEY CASEY FORWARDED all the SAGE and SAND masters of LONNIE BARRON to CROWN Records in 1963.

NB(4): CROWN CLP-5243 “OLDIES BUT GOODIES COUNTRY AND WESTERN, Vol.4.” released 1961.

NB(5): CROWN CLP-5480/CST-480 “GOLDEN OLDIES COUNTRY & WESTERN” released 1965.

LONNIE BARRON and The Farm Boys

             Radio Station WXYZ, Maccabees Bldg, Woodward Avenue                          Detroit, Mich:                                             Sunday 29th April 1956

(vcl/rhy gtr); Casey Clark (fdl); Donnel “Don” Hemminger (gtr); William “Billy” Cooper (stl gtr); poss Dick McCobb (pno);   

                                                                                                                               Producer: Pat Nelson

45-R1137            GO ON, IT’S OK                                                     Sage and Sand 219, Sage and Sand 45-219

                          (Lonnie Barron) (Sage & Sand Music Pub. BMI)          Sparton 329R, Sparton 4-329R, Woodward WWD-101

                                                                                                                               Old Homestead OHCD-4042, Bear Family BCD-16892

45-R1148            DON’T DOUBT MY LOVE                                        Sage and Sand 219, Sage and Sand 45-219

5334-2                ()                                                                                                   Sparton 329R, Sparton 4-329R, Crown CLP-5334

                                                                                                                               Crown CS-334, Woodward WWD-101

                                                                                                                               Old Homestead OHCD-4042

NB(1): SAGE and SAND 219/SAGE and SAND 45-219 released Wednesday 16th May 1956.

NB(2): SPARTON 329R/PARTON 4-329R released Canada May 1956.

NB(3): CROWN CLP-5334/CST-334 “IN MEMORIAL TO LONNIE BARRON with Casey Clark & Evelyn Harlene” released 1963.

NB(4): OLD HOMESTEAD OHCD-4042 “LONNIE BARRON AND MAY HAWKS-A MEMORY OR TWO-1950s RECORDINGS FROM DETROIT’S GOLDEN AGE OF HILLBILLY MUSIC” released 2003.

NB(5): BEAR FAMILY BCD-16892 “GONNA SHAKE THIS SHACK TONIGHT FROM THE VAULT OF SAGE & SAND RECORDS” released Germany 2011.

LONNIE BARRON (The Mississippi Farm Boy)                                                        

                                                                                                                               Nashville, Tn:                                       Friday 21st September1956

                                                                                                                               Nashville, Tn:                                 Saturday 22nd September 1956

(vcl/rhy gtr); Casey Clark (hmny vcl-1/fdl); Unk (ld gtr): unk (stl gtr); unk (pno); Unk (stg bs); Unk (dms).

                                                                                                                               Producer:

45-R-1211           TEENAGE QUEEN                                                                           Sage 230, Sage 45-230, Sage & Sand SS-930702

                          (L.Barron) (Sage & Sand Music Pub. BMI)                                           P-Vine PCD-2468, Cat CD-1034, Chief CCD-1156512

                                                                                                                               Buffalo Bop Bb-CD-55035, Club LP-024

                                                                                                                               Woodward WWD-101, Collector CLCD-4458

                                                                                                                               Mustang MUSTCD-2, Pan American CD-56003

                                                                                                                               Old Homestead OHCD-4042, Proper Properbox 122

                                                                                                                               Bear Family BCD-16838

45-R-1212           PLEASE BLUE HEART      -1                                   Sage 230, Sage 45-230, Sage C-18, Crown CLP-5213                                                                                        (Marion Sykes) (Sage & Sand Music Pub. BMI)          Crown CLP-5334, Crown CST-334, Crown CLP-5433

                                                                                                                              Crown CST-433, Woodward WWD-101

                                                                                                                               Old Homestead OHCD-4042                                                            

NB(1): SAGE 230/SAGE 45-230 released Wednesday 10th October 1956.

NB(2): SAGE 45-230 reviewed Billboard C&W Saturday 17th November 1956.

NB(3): SAGE C-18 “COUNTRY MUSIC ON THE GO, Vol.1.” issued on red wax, released 1961.

NB(4): CROWN CLP-5213 “OLDIES & GOODIES COUNTRY AND WESTERN, Vol.1.” released 1961.

NB(5):CROWN CLP-5433/CST-433 “COUNTRY & WESTERN FAVORITES” released 1964.

NB(6): SAGE & SAND SS-930702 “SAGE & SAND, Vol.2. “LET ME SLIDE” released Holland 1993.

NB(7): P-VINE PCD-2468 “ROCK ‘N’ ROLL COWBOY: SAGE & SAND GREATEST ROCKABILLIES” released Japan 1994.

NB(8): CAT CD-1034 “CALLING ALL ROCK ‘N’ ROLL COLLECTORS, Vol.2.” released Holland 1994.

NB(9): CHIEF CCD-1156512 (Ist Issue) “ULTRA RARE ROCKABILLYS, Vol.12” released Holland 1995.

NB(10): BUFFALO BOP Bb-CD-55035 “ALLEY CAT” released Germany 1995.

NB(11): CLUB LP-024 “GRAB THIS AND DANCE, Vol.24.” released United Kingdom

NB(12): WOODWARD WWD-101 “THE MISSISIPPI FARM BOY-DON’T DOUBT MY LOVE” released 1997.

NB(13): COLLECTOR CLCD-4458 “ROCKY HOODLUMS GO MAXIMUM” released Holland 2000.

NB(14): MUSTANG MUSTCD-2 “GOIN’ DOWN THAT ROAD” released 2001.

NB(15): PAN AMERICAN CD-56003 “TEENAGE QUEEN” released Switzerland

NB(16): PROPER PROPERBOX 122 “CLASSIC ROCKABILLY” released United Kingdom 2007.

NB(17): BEAR FAMILY BCD-16838 “THAT’LL FLAT…GIT IT!, Vol.27 ROCKABILLY & ROCKNROLL FROM THE VAULT OF SAGE and SAND RECORDS” released Germany 2011.

NOTE: Billboard FOLK TALENT and TUNES Saturday 29th September 1956-Lonnie Barron was in Nashville last Friday and Saturday (21-22) for another session for Sage & Sand Records. Barron, who’s now doing 13 radio shows a week-seven days on WDOG, Marine City, Mich., and six days on WABJ, Adrian, Mich-does a repeat guest shot with “WWVA JAMBOREE,” Wheeling, W.Va., October 11-12. On October 6 he’s set for “Circle Theater Jamboree” Cleveland. 

NOTE: Billboard FOLK TALENT and TUNES Saturday 20th October 1956-Lonnie Barron last week inaugurated a new show on WDOG, Marine City, Mich.. which will keep hom occupied six days a week, beginning at 11 a.m. Lonnie’s newest on Sage & Sand label, released October 10, is “Please, Blue Heart,” a country item penned by Mrs. Bob Sykes, of Nashville, and a rock ‘n’ roller “My Teen-Age Queen,”. Deejays may obtain a copy by writing to him at the above station. Last weekend, Barron guested on WWVA’s “World’s Original Jamboree,” Wheeling, W.Va.

NOTE: Billboard Saturday 17th November 1956.

LONNIE BARRON

TEEN-AGE QUEEN                                                          74

SAGE 230-Here’s the spectre of the teen-age queen rockin’ down the aisle to become a bride. Whole job is very close to “Seventeen,” and performance by Barron is good.

PLEASE, BLUE HEART                                                   70

A pleading, bleating ballad of anguish. Barron registers okay here, but fli has more of a kicker.

DISCOGRAPHY compiled by DICK GRANT, AL TURNER & PHIL TRICKER with acknowledgements to Bo Berglind, Adam Komorowski , Paul Vidal, Kent Heineman, Craig Maki & John Morris.

1977-2014.