GLEN NEAVES and the GRAYSON COUNTY BOYS
SESSION DISCOGRAPHY
GLEN NEAVES and the Grayson County
Boys
Radio Station WPAQ Mt. Airy, N.C.,: 1951
(ld
vcl-1/fdl); Wilbert “Bill” Patton (gtr); Cecil
Kinzer (gtr); John Summers (bari vcl-1/mand); Jessie Neaves (tnr vcl-1); Raymond Swinney
(bjo). Producer:
4796 BLACK MOUNTAIN
RAG (Inst) Folk Star 613-A, Rounder
1017,JSP JSP-77110
(P.D.)
2674 THE OLD SWINGING BRIDGE -1 613-B, 1017, JSP-77110
(Glen Neaves) (BMI)
NB(1): FOLK STAR was a ‘custom’ or ‘vanity’ label, whose
relationship with RICH-R’-TONE was confirmed by a shared address in 1949 of 113 W. Main Street, Johnson City, Tn.
NB(2): The label of FOLK STAR 613-B states Vocal By Glen
Neaves &Trio.
NB(3): ROUNDER 1017 “THE RICH-R-TONE STORY - THE EARLY DAYS
OF BLUEGRASS” released
1974.
NB(4): ROUNDER 1017 reviewed Bluegrass
Unlimited Vol.10, #2-August 1975.
NB(5): JSP JSP-77110 “AUTHENTIC RARE BLUEGRASS:
HISTORIC CUTS: INDEPENDENT LABEL SIDES
1951-1954” released United Kingdom 2008.
GLEN NEAVES &
The Virginia Mountain Boys
1961
(vcl/gtr/fdl);
Producer:
TOM DOOLEY Folkways
FS-3811
()
LITTLE FRANKIE BAKER Folkways
FWO-3833
()
HANDSOME MOLLY Folkways
FS-3811
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DEVILISH MARY FS-3811
()
NB: FOLWAYS FS-3811
“TRADITIONAL MUSIC FROM GRAYSON AND CARROLL
COUNTIES” released June 1962.
GLEN NEAVES May
1I962
(vcl/gtr);
Producer:
SUNNY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN Folkways
FWO-3833
()
GLEN NEAVES & The Virginia Mountain Boys
28th
Annual Galax Old Fiddlers Convention Galax, Va: 1963
(vcl/gtr/fdl);
Producer:
WHITE HOUSE BLUES Kanawha
LP-302
()
NB: KANAWHA 302 “TWENTY-EIGHTH
GALAX OLD FIDDLERS CONVENTION 1963” released 1964.
GLEN NEAVES May
1963
(vcl/gtr);
Producer:
I’M GLAD MY WIFE’S IN EUROPE Folkways
FWO-3833
()
GLEN NEAVES & The Virginia Mountain
Boys
Piper’s
Gap, Va: Saturday
31st August 1963
(vcl/gtr/fdl); Bobby
Harrison (vcl/gtr); Cullen Galyean (bjo); Claudine Lambert (stg bs).
Producer:
CHARMING BETSY Folkways
FWO-3939
()
PHILADELPHIA LAWYER FWO-3839
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FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN FWO-3839
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I’M GOING TO WALK WITH MY LORD FWO-3839
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RED ROCKING CHAIR Folkways
FWO-3833
()
WHITE HOUSE BLUES FWO-3833
()
GLEN NEAVES 1964
(vcl/gtr/fdl);
Producer:
Unknown Title
()
Unknown Title
()
Unknown Title
()
GLEN NEAVES 1967
(vcl/gtr/fdl);
Producer:
PRETTY SARO Folkways
FS-3831
()
DEATH OF THE LAWSON
FAMILY FS-3831
()
NB: FOLKWAYS FS-3831 “BALLADS AND SONGS OF THE
BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS” released 1967.
GLEN NEAVES & The
Virginia Mountain Boys
Fries,
Va: 1967
(vcl/gtr/fdl);
Producer:
BANKS OF THE OHIO Folkways
FH-3832
()
NB: FOLKWAYS FH-3832 “BLUEGRASS FROM THE BLUE RIDGE: A HALF
CENTURY OF CHANGE: COUNTRY BAND MUSIC OF VIRGINIA” released 1967.
GLEN NEAVES 1968 (vcl/gtr/fdl);
Producer;
IN EIGHTEEN FORTY NINE Asch
AH-3831
()
LAWSON MURDERED AH-3831
()
NB: ASCH AH-3831 “BALLADS AND
SONGS OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS” released 1968.
GLEN NEAVES 1969 (vcl/gtr/fdl);
Producer:
Unknown Title
()
Unknown Title
()
Unknown Title
()
GLEN NEAVES & The
Virginia Mountain Boys
Fries,
Va; Thursday 20th August 1971
(vcl/gtr/fdl); Bobby Harrison (gtr); Cullen Galyean (bjo); Jules
Bartlett (bjo); Ivor Melton (mand); Roger Dalton (stg bs).
Producer:
Eric H. Davidson
OLD PRISONER’S SONGS Folkways
FWO-3839
()
PIG IN A PEN FWO-3839 ()
JOHN HENRY FWO-3839
()
LOVE ME, DARLING Folkways
FWO-3833
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TRAIN 45 FWO-3833
()
GLEN NEAVES 1972
(vcl/gtr/fdl);
Producer:
Unknown Title
()
Unknown Title
()
Unknown Title
()
GLEN NEAVES & The
Virginia Mountain Boys
1974
(fdl); Bobby Harrison (gtr); Cullen Galyean (bjo); Ivor Melton
(mand); Roger Dalton (stg bs).
Producer:
Eric H. Davidson
DON’T GO OUT TONIGHT, MY DARLING Folkways
FWO-3830
()
WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN MOTHER FWO-3830
()
FORTUNE FWO-3830
()
CARELESS LOVE FWO-3830
()
POOR ELLEN SMITH FWO-3830
()
NIGGER TRADE FWO-3830
()
WE’LL MEET AGAIN SWEETHEART FWO-3830
()
BARBARA ALLEN FWO-3830
()
LONG JOURNEY HOME FWO-3830
()
DRUNKARD’S DREAM FWO-3830
()
DRINKING FROM THE FOUNTAIN FWO-3830
()
ON THE BANKS OF THE OLD TENNESSEE FWO-3830
()
MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW FWO-3830
()
WHEN THE ROSES BLOOM IN DIXIE FWO-3830
()
CRIPPLE CREEK FWO-3830
()
NB(1):
FOLKWAYS FWO-3830 “COUNTRY BLUE-GRASS FROM SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA” released 1974.
NB(2):
FOLKWAYS FWO-3830 reviewed Bluegrass Unlimited Vol.8, #2 - August 1974.
GLEN NEAVES &
The Virginia Mountain Boys
Fries,
Va: Saturday
2nd November 1974
(vcl/fdl); Michel Bedwell (gtr);
Producer:
Eric H. Davidson
WHERE ARE YOU GOING, ALICE Folkways
FWO-3939
()
GLEN NEAVES & The
Virginia Mountain Boys
Fries,
Va: Sunday
3rd November 1974
(vcl/gtr/fdl); Bobby Harrison (gtr); Cullen Galyean (bjo); Ivor
Melton (vcl/mand); Marvin Cockram (stg bs).
Producer:
Eric H. Davidson
WEDNESDAY NIGHT WALTZ Folkways
FWO-3839
()
TRAGIC ROMANCE FWO-3839
()
BILL CHEATHAM FWO-3839
()
RUN NIGGER RUN FWO-3839
()
LILY SHAW FWO-3839
()
LET THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN FWO-3839
()
NB: FOLKWAYS FWO-3839 “OLD TIME BLUEGRASS FROM
GRAYSON & CARROLL COUNTIES: THE VIRGINIA MOUNTAIN BOYS, Vol.3” released
1980.
GLEN NEAVES &
The Virginia Mountain Boys
Fries,
Va: November
1974
(vcl/gtr/fdl); Bobby Harrison (gtr); Cullen Galyean (bjo); Ivor
Melton (vcl/mand); Roger Dalton (stg bs).
Producer:
Eric H. Davidson
LONESOME ROAD BLUES Folkways
FWO-3833
()
KNOXVILLE GIRL FWO-3833
()
NOBODY’S DARLING FWO-3833
()
LOST TRAIN BLUES FWO-3833
()
IN THE PINES FWO-3833
()
CLINCH MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWN FWO-3833
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RED AND GREEN SIGNAL LIGHTS FWO-3833
()
POOR RAMBLER FWO-3833
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JOHN HARDY FWO-3833
()
LITTLE BIRDIE FWO-3833
()
NB:
FOLKWAYS FWO-3833 “THE VIRGINIA MOUNTAIN BOYS, Vol.2.” released 1977.
THE VIRGINIA MOUNTAIN BOYS
Woodlawn,
Va: 16th July 1982
Woodlawn,
Va: 17th July 1982
Bobby Harrison (gtr);
David Lamberth (gtr); Cullen Galyean (bjo); John W. Jackson (fdl); Jerry
Steinberg (stg bs).
Producer:
Eric H. Davidson
THERE’S MORE PRETTY GIRLS THAN ONE Folkways FWO-3829
()
EAST VIRGINIA FWO-3829
()
WHAT WOULD YOU GIVE IN EXCHANGE FOR YOUR
SOUL? FWO-3829
()
NEW RIVER TRAIN FWO-3829
()
WAYFARING STRANGER FWO-3829
() Smithsonian/Folkways
SF-40092 COME
ALL YOU FAIR AND TENDER LADIES Folkways
FWO-3829
() Smithsonian/Folkways
SF-40092
SHACKLES AND CHAINS Folkways
FWO-3829
()
DREAM’S OF A MINER’S SON FWO-3829
()
SAND MOUNTAIN BLUES FWO-3829
()
LITTLE WILLIE FWO-3829
()
MAPLE ON THE HILL FWO-3829
()
WILD BILL JONES FWO-3829
()
NB(1): FOLKWAYS FWO-3829 “VIRGINIA MOUNTAIN BOYS,
Vol.4.” released 1983 and reviewed in Bluegrass Unlimited Vol.18, #4 - October
1983.
NB(2):
SMITHSONIAN/FOLKWAYS FS-40092 “
DISCOGRAPHY compiled
by DICK GRANT with acknowledgements to Dave Sax; Dick Spottswood; Pete
Kuykendall; Walt Saunders & Frank Frantik.
2005-2013.