Coon Creek Girls

Lily May Ledford, *11-03-17 Red River Gorge, KY, +14-07-1985

2nd version

by Tony Russell, Michel Rupli, Uwe Hollihn,  Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst

SESSIONS
30 May 1938 Chicago, IL – Idy Harper and  Coon Creek Girls (Lily May Ledford [vcl/banjo/fiddle], Esther Koehler [mandolin], Rosie Ledford [vcl/guitar], Evelyn Lange [bass]])
001 C 2237-1 SOWING ON THE MOUNTAIN Vocalion 04278 Conqueror 9113/OHCS 142 Rounder 1029 JSP 7755
002 C 2238-1 OLD UNCLE DUDY (KEEP FIDDLING ON) Voalion 04278 Conqueror 9113//OHCS 142
003 C 2239-1 THE OLD APPLE TREE Vocalion 04203 Conqueror 9065//OHCS 142
004 C 2240-1 POOR NAOMI WISE Vocalion 04354//OHCS 142
005 C 2241-1 SWEET FERN Vocalion 04354//OHCS 142
006 C 2242-1 LULU WALLS Vocalion 04203 Conqueror 9065//OHCS 142
007 C 2243-1 BANJO PICKIN' GIRL Conqueror 9125 Vocalion 04413//OHCS 142 PROPERBOX 29 CO-CD-3533 Rounder 1029
008 C 2244-1 THE SOLDIER AND THE LADY Vocalion 04504 Conqueror 9125/OHCS 142
009 C 2245-1-2 GIVE ME THE ROSES WHILE I LIVE unissued/TLCW-02

010 C 2246-1 LULU LEE Vocalion 04504//OHCS 142
011 C 2247-1 PRETTY POLLY Vocalion 04659 Perfect 16102/LP 102 OHCS 142 C4K 90628
012 C 2248-1 FLOWERS BLOOMING IN THE WILDWOOD Vocalion 04659 Conqueror 9231//OHCS 142 US-0310
013 C 2249-1 LITTLE BIRDIE Conqueror 9231 Vocalion 04413//OHCS 142 PROPERBOX 29 US-0310

OLD TIMEY LP 102  BALLADS AND SONGS (1965);  TIME-LIFE TLCW 02 COUNTRY AND WESTER CLASSICS – THE WOMEN (1981, 2 LPs); PROPER PROPERBOX 29 BLUEGRASS BONANZA (UK,  2001, 4 CD SET); COUNTY CO-CD 3533 OLDTIME MOUNTAIN BANJO (2005); ROUNDER  1029 BANJO PICKING GIRL  (1980); TRIKONT US-0310 FLOWERS IN THE WILDWOOD WOMEN IN EARLY COUNTRY MUSIC 1923-1939 (GER, 2003); COLUMBIA C4K 90628 CAN'T YOU HEAR ME CALLIN' BLUEGRASS 80 YEARS OF AMERICAN MUSIC (2004, 4 CD SET)L JSP 7755 MOUNTAIN GOSPEL (UK, 2005, 4 CD SET)

5 June 1955 [no.3837] Castle Studio At The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN – Ferlin Husky and  Coon Creek Girls
014 14003 DON’T BLAME THE CHILDREN Capitol F3183
015 14005 SAITH THE LORD F3183
5 June 1955 [no.3838] Castle Studio At The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN – Coon Creek Girls, * with Ferlin Husky
016 14006 TO HECK WITH THE GOOD OLD DAYS F3264
017 14007 I'LL NOT WORRY ABOUT YOU F3264
018 14020 THE VALLEY OF REST* unissued

1967 unknown – Coon Creek Girls (Rosie Ledford [vcl/gt], Lily May Ledford [vcl/banjo], Susie Ledford [bass]. Producer: Charles Faurot)

019 BANJO PICKING GIRL County 712

020 BLACK EYED SUSIE County 712 

021 DARLING, SIX MONTHS AIN'T LONG County 712

022 EAST VIRGINIA BLUES County 712

023 GOING DOWN THE VALLEY County 712

024 HAWK CAUGHT THE CHICKEN AND GONE County 712 

025 HOW MANY BISCUITS CAN YOU EAT County 712 

026 I HAVE NO MOTHER NOW County 712 

027 LITTLE BIRDIE County 712 

028 PRETTY POLLY County 712 

029 RED ROCKING CHAIR County 712 

030 TAKE YOUR TIME MISS LUCY County 712

031 WHITE OAK MOUNTAIN County 712 

032 WILD BILL JONES County 712

Poss. from sessions above:

033 AIN'T GONNA WORK TOMORROW County CD 6001

COUNTY CD 6001 LEGENDS OF OLD-TIME MUSIC - FIFTY YEARS OF COUNTY RECORDS (2015)

 

RADIO TRANSCRIPTIONS

8 June 1939 unknown – Coon Creek Girls

MEDLEY FOR THE KING AND QUEEN OF ENGLAND OHCS 142
31 August 1948 [Renfro Valley Gatherin‘]unknown – Coon Creek Girls

TEXAS BOUND

unknown [Renfro Valley Gatherin‘] unknown – Coon Creek Girls

HE'S GONE AWAY Renfro Valley RVLP 111

Renfro Valley RVLP 111 THE RENFRO VALLEY GATHERIN‘

Ca 1950 [Renfro Valley Gatherin‘?]  unknown – Coon Creek Girls

WHITE PILGRIM

E-A-S-T-E-R

TAKE ME BACK TO RENFRO VALLEY

1952 [Renfro Valley Gatherin‘?]   unknown – The Coon Creek Girls, *with Jerry Behrens

RV 2002 WHAT'LL I DO WITH BABY-O  Renfro Valley no #

RV 2002 JIM ALONG JOSIE Renfro Valley no #

RV 2004 IT IS NO SECRET WHAT GOD CAN DO* Renfro Valley no #

1950s? [TV transcriptions] unknown – Coon Creek Girls

BILE THEM CABBAGE DOWN OHCS 142

HOW MANY BISCUITS CAN YOU EAT OHCS 142

ALBUMS
County 712 Coon Creek Girls:Banjo Picking Girl; Black Eyed Susie; Darling, Six Months Ain't Long; East Virginia Blues; Going Down The Valley; Hawk Caught The Chicken And Gone; How Many Biscuits Can You Eat; I Have No Mother Now; Little Birdie; Pretty Polly; Red Rocking Chair; Take Your Time Miss Lucy; White Oak Mountain; Wild Bill Jones - 68 (CD reissue in 2011)
Old Homestead OHCS-142 Early Radio Favorites: Medley for the President: Cindy / Soldier and the Lady / How Many Biscuits Can You Eat?;  Pretty Polly; Flower Blooming in the Wildwood; Old Uncle Dudy; Poor Naomi Wise; Sweet Fern;   Sowing on the Mountain; Banjo Pickin' Girl; Little Birdie; Lulu Walls; The Old Apple Tree;   Lula Lee;  The Soldier and the Lady;  Bile Them Cabbage Down; How Many Biscuits Can You Eat?  - 82

SINGLES
Columbia (1938)
Vocalion
04203 Lulu Wall / The Old Apple Tree - 07-38
04278 Sowing On The Mountain / Old Uncle Buddy (Keep Fiddlin' On) - 08-38
04354 Sweet Fern / Poor Naomi Wise - 09-38
04413 Banjo Pickin' Girl / Little Birdie - 10-38
04504 Lulu Lee / The Soldier And The Lady - 12-38
04659 Pretty Polly / Flowers Blooming In The Wildwood - 03-39
Conquerer
9065 Lulu Wall / The Old Apple Tree - ca 09-38 (reissue)
9113 Sowing On The Mountain / Old Uncle Buddy (Keep Fiddlin' On) - 11-38 (reissue)
9125 The Soldier And The Lady / Banjo Pickin' Girl - 12-38
9231 Flowers Blooming In The Wildwood / Little Birdie - 06-39
Perfect

16102 Pretty Polly / [Carter Family]

Renfro Valley (1952) [from Radio transcriptions]

No # [Renfro Valley Folks:] The Valley Where Time Stands Still / [The Coon Creek Girls:] What Do I Do With The Baby-O; Jim Along Josie  - 52 (MX: RC 2001/2002)

No # [Roy Davidson And Claude Sweet:] Old And Only In The Way / [Jerry Behrens  And The Coon Creek Girls:] It Is No Secret What God Can Do - 52

Capitol (1955)
F3183 Don't Blame The Children / Saith The Lord – 07-55 w. Ferlin Husky (ad. July 7, rev. July 16)
F3264 To Heck With The Good Old Days / I'll Not Worry About You - 10-55 (rev. Oct. 22)