Tiny Colbert

By Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst

SESSIONS

1947 Sellers Co. Studio, 2102 Jackson St., Dallas, TX – Eddie Miller (Eddie Miller [vcl-1/gt], Tiny Colbert [vcl-2/steel], Royse Franklin [bass], Rosy Rosamund [drums], Louis Franklin [fiddle], Billy Blanchard [clarinet])
000 I LOVE YOU HONEY -1 Bluebonnet 114/BACM CD D 219
000 BUS STATION STOMP -instr.- Bluebonnet 114/BACM CD D 219
000 PLEASE DON'T LAUGH -1 Bluebonnet 120/BACM CD D 219
001 NOTHIN' TO LOSE BUT THE BLUES -2 Bluebonnet 120/BACM CD D 219

1947 Little Dallas Theater,  Dallas, TX – Eddie Miller (Eddie Miller [vcl-1/gt], Tiny Colbert [vcl-2/steel], Royce Franklin [bass], Rosy Rosamund [drums], Louis Franklin [fiddle], Skeeter Elkin [piano], Chubby Crank [trimpet], Billy Blanchard [clarinet])
000 SLOW DOWN BABY -1 Bluebonnet 122 /BACM CD D 219
002 DON'T BREAK MY HEART ANYMORE -2 Bluebonnet 122/BACM CD D 219 KK CD 11
000 CAB DRIVER’S BLUES -1 Bluebonnet 141/BACM CD D 219
003 NO STARS IN MY HEAVEN -1,2 Bluebonnet 141/ BACM CD D 219
9 January 1948 Little Dallas Theater, Dallas, TX – Tiny Colbert And His Entertainers (Tiny Colbert [vcl.steel], Eddie Miller [rh gt], Royce Franklin [bass], poss. Ray Shafer [drums], Louis Franklin [fiddle], Skeeter Elkin [piano], Chubby Crank [trimpet], Billy Blanchard [clarinet])
004 BUMBLE BEE BABY  Bluebonnet 133/KK 7451

005 ONE LITTLE DREAM Bluebonnet 133

006 WHAT'S THE USE TO GO ON 137

007 GOIN' HOME BOOGIE 137

008 I WISH YOU FELT THE WAY I DO 150/KK CD 11

009 OUR OWN SWEET BABY BOY 150

KRAZY KK 7451 FIDDLE SWING (UK, 1990); KRAZY KAT KK CD 11 WANDERES SWING TEXAS DANCE HALL MUSIC (UK, 1999)

8 March 1949 Little Dallas Theater, Dallas, TX – Tiny Colbert And His Entertainers (Tiny Colbert [vcl/piano], Doug Ramsey [gt],  Kenneth Tucker [steel], Horace McDonald [bass], Louis Franklin [fiddle])

010 STAND IN LINE AND TAKE YOUR TURN  154 / KK CD 23

011 MY HEART BELONGS TO YOU 154

KRAZY KAT KK CD 23 LONE STAR STOMP: TEXAS DANCE HALL MUSIC - VOLUME 2 (UK, 1999)

1 August 1949 Little Dallas Theater,  Dallas, TX – Tiny Colbert (Tiny Colbert [vcl/piano], poss. bob gesling [rh gt], poss. Ken Lassiter [steel], poss. Al Gentry [bass], poss. Ray Shafer [drums], Louis Franklin [fiddle])

012 OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN 158/KK 7451 H 100

013 HOLES IN MY SOLES  158/KK CD 11

014 NEW JOE TURNER BLUES 160/KK 7451

015 PRETTY LADY 160/BACM CD D 110

EL TORO H 100 GRAVY TRAIN HILLBILLY MEETS R/B BEFORE (ESP, 2002); BACM CD D D 110 SOPPIN’ UP THE GRAVY VOL.2 (UK, 2008)

1954 unknown - Tiny Colbert and His West Coast Ramblers

016 6669 JUVENILE LOVE  X 96/WLP 2812

COLLECTOR WLP 2812 BOPPIN’ HILLBILLY VOL.12 (NED, 1989)

Fall 1954  unknown - Tiny Colbert and His West Coast Ramblers

017 6697 HEAP MAD INJUN  X 96

018 6698 unknown title