Monday, July 6, 2015

Oly Mountain Boys



By Praguefrank

SESSIONS
2010 unknown – Oly Mountain Boys
001 DREAMS ALONG THE WAY
002 COLD ICY BLUE
003 HELLO CITY LIMITS
004 JUST LIKE THAT RIVER
005 ROANOKE
006 LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY
007 ARE YOU MISSING ME
008 SUGAR MOUNTAIN
009 SIX HOURS
010 OLY MOUNTAIN WALTZ
011 CAN'T FIND THE WHEELS
012 UNCLE NED
Tracks above issued on album Oly Mountain Boys
August 2011 [live-High And Dry Bluegrass festival] Blend, OR – Oly Mountain Boys
01201 MAPLE ON THE HILL
01202 ANN-MARIE
01203 JUST LIKE THAT RIVER
01204 DUSTY MILLER
01205 COUNTRY ROADS
01206 SLIPPING PAST
01207 I'LL NEVER TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER
01208 ROCKY TOP
01209 COLD ICY BLUE
01210 OLD JOE CLARK
Tracks above issued on album Live At High And Dry
2012 Circle Of Sound Studio, Olympia, WA – Oly Mountain Boys (Chris Rutledge [vcl/gt], Tye Menser [val/banjo], Derek McSwain [vcl/mandolin], Phil Post [vcl/bass/ dobro], Josh Grice [fiddle])
013 SLIPPING PAST
014 WEST OLY BLUES
015 ANN-MARIE
016 DAY THEY FROZE OVER HELL
017 LOSING ALTITUDE
018 CLOSE BY
019 LEWIS COUNTY
020 THE MASTER PLAN
021 DRAGON WITH A GUN
022 THROUGH THE SKY
023 LITTLE GEORGIA ROSE
024 KALOYAN'S LULLABY
Tracks above issued on album Through The Sky
November 2013-February 2014 Circle Of Sound Studio, Olympia, WA – Oly Mountain Boys (Chris Rutledge [vcl/gt], Tye Menser [val/banjo], Derek McSwain [vcl/mandolin], Phil Post [vcl/bass/ dobro], Josh Grice [fiddle])
025 WHITE HORSE I
026 THE BALLAD OF CHARLIE AND LISA ANN / IT WAS SPRING
027 CABIN WALLS
028 DON'T FIGHT THE FLOWER
029 IT RAINED FOR FORTY DAYS
030 SKY FELL DOWN
031 CHARLIE'S TURNAROUND
032 THE PEAK OF WHITEHORSE MOUNTAIN
033 DEMON DAY
034 CHASED AWAY
035 SIX HOURS
036 MEMORIES OF THE HILLSIDE
037 THEY CUT DOWN THE TREES
038 BACK HOME AGAIN
039 LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY
040 THE TOWN WHERE I WAS BORN
041 CHARLIE'S LAMENT
042 WHITE HORSE II
Tracks above issued on album White Horse

2016 unknown – The Only Mountain Boys [1], Daniels and Baker [2]
043 SUNDOWN AND SORROW [1]
000 CAN'T YOU HEAR ME CALLING [2]
044 I'M GONE, LONG GONE [1,2]
045 LIMEHOUSE BLUES [1]
046 LITTLE CABIN HOME ON THE HILL [1,2]
047 THE WHITE DOVE [1]
048 ST. ANNE'S REEL [1]
000 DARK HOLLOW [2]
049 NORTH DAKOTA BLUES [1]
050 CHEEK TO CHEEK WITH THE BLUES [1,2]
000 THE ONE I LOVE IS GONE [2]
051 DEAR OLD DIXIE  [1]
052 KENTUCKY WALTZ [1,2]
053 OLD HOME PLACE [1,2]
054 I'LL PASS OVER THEE [1]
Tracks above issued on album The Oly Mountain Boys Meet Daniels and Baker
2020 Exit 104 Media, 2102C Carriage Dr SW, Olympia, WA - The Oly Mountain Boys (Eric Schweizer [vcl/gt], Tye Menser [ld vcl/banjo], Phil Post [tnr vcl/bass/dobro],  Josh Grice [vcl/fiddle] + Derek McSwain [vcl/mandolin], Amy Elizabeth Shephard [vcl]. Producer: Thomas Pell and The Oly Mountain Boys)
055 WHISPER OF LOVE
056 HOUSE ON THE HILL
057 CATFISH COMA
058 DIAMONDS AND FLOWERS
059 ALL JOIN HANDS (GOOD TO BE ALIVE)
060 LIKE IT'S 1946
061 STARS STAYED STILL
062 GHOSTS IN THE TREES
063 EVERGREEN BREAKDOWN
064 DREAM WITHIN A DREAM
065 NOELLE'S LULLABY
Tracks above issued on album Diamonds and Flowers







ALBUMS

Oly Mountain Boys no # (UPC884501354387) Oly Mountain Boys: Dreams Along The Way;  Cold Icy Blue;  Hello City Limits;  Just Like That River;  Roanoke;  Long Ago And Far Away;  Are You Missing Me;  Sugar Mountain;  Six Hours;  Oly Mountain Waltz;  Can't Find The Wheels;  Uncle Ned – 10
Oly Mountain Boys no # Live At High And Dry: Maple On The Hill;  Ann-Marie;  Just Like That River;  Dusty Miller;  Country Roads;  Slipping Past;  I'll Never Take No For An Answer;  Rocky Top;  Cold Icy Blue;  Old Joe Clark – 02-12
Oly Mountain Boys no # (UPC884501770606) Through The Sky: Slipping Past;  West Oly Blues;  Ann-Marie;  Day They Froze Over Hell;  Losing Altitude;  Close By;  Lewis County; . The Master Plan;  Dragon With a Gun;  Through the Sky;  Little Georgia Rose;  Kaloyan's Lullaby – 08-12
Oly Mountain Boys no # (UPC 881131002336) White Horse: White Horse I;  The Ballad of Charlie and Lisa Ann / It Was Spring;  Cabin Walls;  Don't Fight the Flower;  It Rained for Forty Days;  Sky Fell Down;  Charlie's Turnaround;  The Peak of Whitehorse Mountain;  Demon Day;  Chased Away;  Six Hours;  Memories of the Hillside; They Cut Down the Trees;  Back Home Again; Long Ago and Far Away;  The Town Where I Was Born;  Charlie's Lament;  White Horse II – 25-09-14
Oly Mountain Boys ? (UPC888295516471) The Oly Mountain Boys Meet Daniels and Baker: Sundown and Sorrow [1]; Can't You Hear Me Calling [2]; I'm Gone, Long Gone [1,2]; Limehouse Blues [1];  Little Cabin Home on the Hill [1,2]; The White Dove [1]; St. Anne's Reel [1]; Dark Hollow [2]; North Dakota Blues [1]; Cheek to Cheek with the Blues [1,2]; The One I Love Is Gone [2]; Dear Old Dixie [1]; Kentucky Waltz [1,2]; Old Home Place [1,2]; I'll Pass over Thee [1] – 19-11-16 Oly Mountain Boys [1], Daniels and Baker [2]
Oly Mountain Boys ? Diamonds And Flowers: Whisper of Love; House on the Hill; Catfish Coma; Diamonds and Flowers; All Join Hands (Good To Be Alive); Like It's 1946; Stars Stayed Still; Ghosts In The Trees; Evergreen Breakdown; Dream Within A Dream; Noelle's Lullaby – 01-10-20

Ramblin' Jimmie Dolan



Lee Roy Pettit, *29-10-1916 Gardena, Los Angeles, CA, + 31-07-1994
4th version
by Dick Grant, Al Turner, Adam Komorowski, Phil Tricker, Richard Weize, Mitch Drumm, Barry John, Pierre Monnery, Thieu Van De Vorst, Praguefrank
SESSIONS

27 March 1946 McDonald Engineering, 500 N. Western Ave., Los Angeles, CA – Ramblin‘ Jimmie Dolan and His Cowboy Melodeers (Lee Roy “Ramblin’ Jimmie Dolan” Pettit [vcl/rh gt], Francis P. James [], Anthony Joseph Mauer [], John Ogden Weis [], J.B. “Slim” Wallace [])
001 V-328-ME/1847 YOU’LL HAVE TO PAY 4 Star 1272/BACM CD D 491
002 V-329-ME/1848 I’D RATHER BE LIVING ALONE 4 Star 1272/BACM CD D 491
003 V-330-ME DON’T LIE TO ME 4 Star unissued
004 V-331-ME I’LL TAKE YOU BACK AGAIN IF YOU’LL BE GOOD 4 Star unissued
005 V-332-ME HOME IN SAN ANTONE 4 Star unissued
Two of the above recordings were due to be released on 4 STAR 1073. They were possibly V-328-ME and V-329-ME. 4 STAR 1073 was not released
23 July 1947 Universal Recorders, 6757 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Jimmie Dolan and His Texas Ramblers (Jimmie Dolan [vcl/rh gt], Earl Finley [el gt], prob. Paul Ford [rh gt], William “Bill” Tonnesen [steel], Smokey Armstrong [bass], Robert “Bob” Lutz [drums], Shelby David “Tex” Atchison [fiddle], Victor “Vic” Davis [piano])
006 MM-597-2 THE MEMORY OF YOUR LAST GOODBYE Modern 20-531B/ BACM CD D 491
007 MM-598-1 I KNEW THAT YOU WERE FOOLIN’ ALL ALONG Modern 20-799/Ace CDCHD-893 [edited:] Modern 20-540
008 MM-599 unknown title Modern unissued
009 MM-600-2 BABY DID YOU LIE TO ME Modern 20-531 [take-1] unissued/Ace CDCHD-893 Matrix no. MM-598 also known as “FOOLIN’ ALL ALONG”.
ACE CDCHD-893 SWINGBILLIES-HILLBILLY and WESTERN ON MODERN/COLONIAL/FLAIR 1947-1952 (UK, 2003)
27 August 1947 Universal Recorders, 6757 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Jimmie Dolan and His Texas Ramblers (Jimmie Dolan [vcl/rh gt], Earl Finley [el gt], prob. Paul Ford [rh gt], William “Bill” Tonnesen [steel], Smokey Armstrong [bass], Robert “Bob” Lutz [drums], Shelby David “Tex” Atchison [fiddle], Victor “Vic” Davis [piano])
010 MM-615-2 IF YOU CARE AGAIN Modern 20-541 [take-1:] Ace CDCHD-893
011 MM-616 WHEN LOVE ISN’T THERE 20-541/ BACM CD D 491
012 MM-617-3 ONE MILLION RAILROAD TIES FROM HOME Modern 20-542 20-799 20-1017 [take-1:] CDCHD-893
013 MM-618-2 WHY AM I WONDERING NOW Modern 20-542 20-1017/ BACM CD D 491
014 MM-619 ONE TRUE HEART Modern 20-540/ BACM CD D 491
19 September 1947 Universal Recorders, 6757 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Jimmie Dolan and His Texas Ramblers (Jimmie Dolan [vcl/rh gt], Earl Finley [el gt], William “Bill” Tonnesen [steel], Smokey Armstrong [bass], Robert “Bob” Lutz [drums], Burkby “Paul” Robbins [fiddle], Victor “Vic” Davis [piano])
015 MM-652 THE SHADOW OF YOUR LOVE Modern 20-798/Cowgirlboy LP-5117 BACM CD D 491
016 MM-653-3 YOU’RE MINE TODAY Modern 20-1024
017 MM-654 unknown title Modern unissued
018 MM-655-2 BLUE YODEL (T FOR TEXAS) Modern unissued/Ace CDCHD-893 [take-1:] unissued
25 November 1947 Universal Recorders, 6757 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Jimmie Dolan and His Texas Ramblers (Jimmie Dolan [vcl/rh gt], Porky Freeman [el gt], Richard “Dick” Hamilton or Al Barker [rh gt], William “Bill” Tonnesen [steel], Smokey Armstrong [bass], Robert “Bob” Lutz [drums], Ray Whitley [fiddle], Rocky Stone [fiddle], Victor “Vic” Davis [piano])
019 MM-728-2 TENNESSEE BABY Modern 20-576/Ace CDCHD-893 Proper Properbox 75
020 MM-729-2 THE SOONER SONG Colonial 100/BACM CD D 491
021 MM-730-4 YOU’LL BE CRAWLIN’ HOME TO ME Modern 20-798, Colonial 100/Cowgirlboy LP-5117 BACM CD D 491
18 December 1947 Universal Recorders, 6757 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Jimmie Dolan and His Texas Ramblers (Jimmie Dolan [vcl/rh gt], Porky Freeman [el gt], Al Barker [rh gt], William “Bill” Tonnesen [steel], Smokey Armstrong [bass], Robert “Bob” Lutz [drums], Rocky Stone [fiddle], Victor “Vic” Davis [piano])
022 MM-773-2 WALKIN’ THE FLOOR OVER YOU Modern 20-1024 [take-1:] Ace CDCHD-893
023 MM-774 unknown title unissued
024 MM-775-4 SPANISH BELLS –instr.- Modern 20-576B/ BACM CD D 491
ca October1949 Hollywood, CA – Ramblin‘ Jimmie Dolan
027 CRS-346 ROY LAND’S THEME SONG Crystal 222/ BACM CD D 491
028 CRS-347 RED RIVER VALLEY 222/ BACM CD D 491
21 June 1949 [no. 1377, 20:30-24:00] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Ramblin‘ Jimmie Dolan (Jimmie Dolan [vcl], Merle Robert Travis [ld gt], Eugene “Smokey” Rogers [rh gt], Frederick “Fred” Tavares [steel], Clifford Gilpin “Cliffie Stone” Snyder [bass], Harold Hensley [fiddle], Lyman Wade Ray [fiddle], Rocky Stone [fiddle], William “Billy” Liebert [piano-1/accordion-2]). Producer: Lee Gillette)
029 4603-3 TENNESSEE BABY -1 Capitol Americana 57-40213/Bear Family BCD-16192
030 4604-2 GOOD-BYE MY ONE AND ONLY -2 Capitol Americana 57-40213/BCD-16192
21 October 1949 [no. 1528, 20:30-23:30] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Ramblin‘ Jimmie Dolan (Jimmie Dolan [vcl/rh gt], Charlles “Talkin’ Charlie” Aldrich [gt], Joyce Wayne “Red” Murrell [gt], Alan Barker [bass]. Producer: Lee Gillette)
031 5178-3 SORROWS I CAN’T HIDE Capitol unissued/BCD-16192
032 5179-2 ALL ALONE IN TEXAS Capitol Americana 57-40261/BCD-16192
033 5180-3 I AIN’T GONNA BRING MY BACON HOME TO YOU Capitol Americana 57-40287/BCD-16192
034 5181-1 I’M GONNA WHITTLE YOU DOWN TO SIZE Capitol Americana 57-40261/BCD-16192
035 5186-1 WHO’S KIDDIN’ WHO Capitol Americana 57-40287/BCD-16192
3 March 1950 [no. 1648, 13:00-16:00] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Ramblin‘ Jimmie Dolan (Jimmie Dolan [vcl/rh gt], Porky Freeman [el gt], Fred Tavares [steel], Cliffie Stone [bass], Wade Ray [fiddle]. Producer: Lee Gillette)
036 5612-2 I’LL SAIL MY SHIP ALONE Capitol F952 F1633/Cowgirlboy LP-5117 BCD-16192
037 5613-1 UNTIL I DIE Capitol F1832
038 5614-2 IT HAD TO COME SOMEDAY Capitol F952/Cowgirlboy LP-5117 /BCD-16192
039 5615-3 YOU OUGHT TO SEE MY SUNSHINE unissued/BCD-16192
18 July 1950 [no. 1846, 14:30-18:00] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Ramblin‘ Jimmie Dolan (Jimmie Dolan [vcl/rh gt], Porky Freeman [el gt], Eddie Kirk [rh gt], Fred Tavares [steel], Cliffie Stone [bass], Rocky Stone [fiddle], Roy King [fiddle]. Producer: Lee Gillette)
040 6398-2 I’LL MAKE BELIEVE F1302/LP-5136 Cactus CAPTCD-5 BACM CD D 491
041 6399-5 I’LL HATE MYSELF TOMOOROW Capitol F1150/ BACM CD D 491
042 6441-5 WHAM BAM! THANK YOU MAM! F1150/Cowgirlboy LP-5117 BCD-16192
15 September 1950 [no. 1913, 15:00-18:30] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Ramblin‘ Jimmie Dolan (Jimmie Dolan [vcl/rh gt], Eddie “Cletro” O’Clethero [ld gt], Cameron Hill [gt], Noel Edwin Boggs [steel], Cliffie Stone [bass], Tex Atchison [fiddle]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
043 6602-1 R F D BLUES Capitol F1302/Cowgirlboy LP-5136 BCD-16192
044 6610-6 A LOAD OF TROUBLE (AND A WORRIED MIND) Capitol F1245/LP-5136 BCD-16192
045 6611-6 I’VE GOT THE CRAZIEST FEELING Capitol F1245/LP-5136 BACM CD D 491
9 November 1950 [no. 1984, 19:30-23:00] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Ramblin‘ Jimmie Dolan (Jimmie Dolan [vcl/rh gt], Cameron Hill [gt], Eddie Kirk [gt], Noel Boggs [steel], Cliffie Stone [bass], Tex Atchison [fiddle]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
046 6834-9 HOT ROD RACE Capitol F1322 F633/H-9107 ST-2024 Charly CR-30215 Cowgirlboy LP-5136 Blast Fire 2LP Big Tone BTCD-6003 Blazon CD-2002 Pan American CD-56013 Buffalo BbCD-55184 Capitol CDP- 7-96834-2, 7244-5-28292-2 BCD-16192
047 6835-7 WALKIN’ WITH THE BLUES Capitol F1322
048 6836-14 WASHED AWAY WITH THE TIDE unissued/BCD-16192
13 December 1950 [no. 1997, 15:45-18:45] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Ramblin‘ Jimmie Dolan (Jimmie Dolan [vcl/rh gt], Eddie Kirk [gt], Noel Boggs [steel], Cliffie Stone [bass], Rocky Stone [fiddle]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
049 6913-4 LOST LOVE BLUES Capitol F1371/BCD-16192
050 6914-8 ONE DIAMOND RING unissued/BCD-16192
051 6915-4 MANY’S THE TIME Capitol F1371
6 February 1951 [no. 2048, 14:00-17:30] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Ramblin‘ Jimmie Dolan (Jimmie Dolan [vcl], Cameron Hill ]gt], Eddie Kirk [gt], Noel Boggs [steel], Cliffie Stone [bass], William “Billy” Wright [fiddle]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
052 7103-11 I ALWAYS’S PLAY A LOSIN’ HAND Capitol F1423/Cowgirlboy LP-5117
053 7104-18 WINE, WOMEN AND PINK ELEPHANTS F1423 Capitol CL-13600/Cowgirlboy LP-5117 BCD 16192
054 7105-8 I’M ALONE BECAUSE I LOVE YOU Capitol F1487/BCD-16192
055 7106-1 THE SPIDER AND THE FLY F1487/LP-5136 BACM CD D 491
20 June 1951 [no. 2199, 14:45-18:15] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Ramblin‘ Jimmie Dolan (Jimmie Dolan [vcl], Cameron Hill [gt], Eddie Kirk [gt], Wesley Webb “Speedy” West [steel], Cliffie Stone [bass], Muddy Berry [drums], William Norris [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
056 7672-9 SAILOR’S BLUES Capitol F1720/LP-5117 BACM CD D 491
057 7677-15 JUKE BOX BOOGIE F1720/Charly CR-30215 LP-5117 BCD-16192 BCD-17022 Orbit CD-5911
058 7678 A LIE IN A BEAUTIFUL FRAME unissued
059 7679 THAT LAST LOVE LETTER F1832
June 20 is from Ken Nelson file, Richard Weize shows June 22
15 February 1952 [no. 2490, 14:30-18:00] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Ramblin‘ Jimmie Dolan (Jimmie Dolan [vcl], Cameron Hill [gt], Jimmie Widener [gt], Leodie Jackson [steel], Jimmy Wyble [bass]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
060 9592-10 GOT MY HEART SET ON YOU Capitol F2006/ BACM CD D 491
061 9593-19 TRADE WINDS NEVER LIE Capitol F1970/ BACM CD D 491
062 9594-16 THERE’S A BLUE SKY WAY OUT YONDER F2006/LP-5136 BACM CD D 491
063 9595-16 STINGY F970/ BACM CD D 491
15 May 1952 [no. 2632, 14:00-17:30] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Ramblin‘ Jimmie Dolan (Jimmie Dolan [vcl], Porky Freeman [el gt], Eddie Kirk [gt], Leodie Jackson [steel], Red Murrell [bass], Billy Liebert [piano], ensemble [vocal chorus]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
064 10104-29 RACK UP THE BALLS BOYS Capitol F2118/LP-5117 BCD-16192
065 10105-32 RUBBER BALL HEART Capitol F2118/LP-5117 BACM CD D 491
066 10106-11 HOT ROD MAMA Capitol F2244/Charly CR-30215 LP-5136 Blast Fire 2LP BCD-16192 Cactus CAPTCD-4
067 10203-26 NICOTINE FITS Capitol F2244/Cowgirlboy LP-5136 BCD-16192
19 January 1953 [no. 2888, 14:00-17:00] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Ramblin‘ Jimmie Dolan (Jimmie Dolan [vcl], Jimmy Bryant [gt], Billy Strange [gt], Speedy West [steel], Red Murrell [bass], Muddy Berry [drums], Billy Liebert [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
068 11031-4 PLAYIN’ DOMINOES AND SHOOTIN’ DICE Capitol F2367 CL-13982/CR-30255 LP-5117 BCD-16192 Cactus CAPTCD-3
069 11032-6 MEMORIES AND HEARTACHES Capitol F2367/LP-5117 BACM CD D 491
070 11033-4 THE WHEEL THAT DO THE SQUEAKIN’ F1482 CL-13982/BCD-16192 Cactus CAPTCD-2
071 11034-7 I CAN’T RUN AWAY Capitol F2482/Cowgirlboy LP-5136 BACM CD D 491
23 December 1953 [no. 3248, 14:00-17:00] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Ramblin‘ Jimmie Dolan (Jimmie Dolan [vcl], Jimmy Bryant [gt], Billy Strange [gt], Speedy West [steel], Red Murrell [bass], Billy Liebert [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
072 12124-9 I’LL NEVER GO SAILING AGAIN Capitol F2830/LP-5117 BCD-16192
073 12125-5 TOOL PUSHER ON A ROTARY RIG Capitol F2713/BCD-16192 Cactus CAPTCD-1
074 12126-8 IF I COULD LOOK INSIDE YOUR HEART Capitol F2713
075 12127-8 LOOK-A HERE, BABY Capitol F2830/Capitol TOCP-6438 Cowgirlboy LP-5117 BCD-16192
4 October 1954 [no. 3536, 10:15-13:15] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Ramblin‘ Jimmie Dolan (Jimmie Dolan [vcl], Jimmy Bryant [gt], Billy Strange [gt], Speedy West [steel], Red Murrell [bass], Roy Harte [drums], Tex Atchison [fiddle], Billy Liebert [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
076 13031-15 JOLLY CAPTAIN HUDDLESTEAD Capitol F3157/Cowgirlboy LP-5136 BCD-16192
077 13032-11 A SAILOR’S LETTER Capitol F2977/LP-5136 BACM CD D 491
078 13033-14 WHAT’S ANOTHER BROKEN HEART Capitol F3157/LP-5136 BACM CD D 491
079 13034-14 I WONDER IF I CAN LOSE THE BLUES THIS WAY F2977/BCD-16192
14 September 1955 [no. 3966, 15:30-18:30] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Ramblin‘ Jimmie Dolan (Jimmie Dolan [vcl], Jimmy Bryant [gt], Billy Strange [gt], Allen Williams [bass], Roy Harte [drums], Billy Liebert [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
080 14433-30 BLACK DENIM TROUSERS AND MOTORCYCLE BOOTS Capitol F3254/LP-5136 BCD-16192
081 14434-18 YOU DON’T LOVE ME (BUT I’LL ALWAYS CARE) Capitol F3254/LP-5136 BACM CD D 491

ALBUMS
Cowgirlboy [GER] LP-5117 I'll Sail My Ship Alone:
Playin' Dominoes Amd Shootin' Dice; Memories And Heartaches; Wham Bab Thank You Ma'am; I'll Hate Myself Tomorrow (For Loving You Tonight); I'll Sail My Ship Alone; It Had To Come Someday; I'll Never Go Sailing Again; Look-A-Here Baby; Juke Box Boogie; Sailor's Blues; Wine, Women And Pink Elephants; I Always Play A Losin' Hand; You'll Be Crawlin' Home To Me; Shadow Of Your Love; Rack Up The Balls Boys; Rubber Ball Heart - 94
Cowgirlboy [GER] LP-5136 Hot Rod Race: Hot Rod Mama; Nicotine Fits; I Can't Run Away; Tradewinds Never Lie; One Million Railroad Ties; RFD Blues; I'll Make Believe; A Load Of Trouble (And A Worried Mind); Hot Rod Race; The Spider And The Fly; I've Got The Craziest Feeling; Jolly Captain Huddlestead; What's Another Broken Heart; You Don't Love Me (But I'll Always Care); Black Denim Trousers And Motor Cycle Boots; A Sailor's Letter - 95
Bear Family [GER] BCD-16192 Juke Box Boogie: Hot Rod Race; Look-A Here, Baby; Who's Kiddin' Who; Juke Box Boogie; Nicotine Fits; Tennessee Baby; I'll Never Go Sailing Again; Playin' Dominoes And Shootin' Dice; All Alone In Texas; Tool Pusher On A Rotary Rig; I Wonder If I Can Lose The Blues This Way; Jolly Captain Huddlestead; It Had To Come Someday; RFD Blues; Hot Rod Mama; Good-Bye My One And Only; One Diamond Ring; Rack Up The Balls Boys; I Ain't Gonna Bring My Bacon Home to You; Load Of Trouble (And A Worried Mind); Wheel That Does The Squeakin'; Washed Away With The Tide; Wine, Women And Pink Elephants; I'm Gonna Whittle You Down To Size; You Ought To See My Sunshine; Wham! Bam! Thank You Ma'am; Lost Love Blues; I'm Alone Because I Love You; I'll Sail My Ship Alone; Sorrows I Can't Hide; Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots – 00
BACM [UK] CD D 491 One True Heart: Sooner Song; The Memory Of Your Last Goodbye; One True Heart; Spanish Bells (Instr.); Why I'm Wondering Now; Roy Land's Theme Song; Red River Valley;  You Will Have To Pay; I'd Rather Be Living Alone; Got My Heart Set On You; There's A Blue Sky Way Out Yonder; Spider and The Fly; I've Got The Craziest Feeling; Shadow Of Your Love; Memories and Heartaches; A Sailor's Letter; What's Another Broken Heart; You Don't Love Me But I'll Always Care; Tradewinds Never Lie; I’ll Hate Myself Tomorrow For Loving You Tonight; I Always Play A Losing Hand; You'll Be Crawling Home To me; I Can't Run Away; I'll Make Believe; Sailor's Blues; Rubber Ball Heart; Stingy; When Love Isn't There – 06-15

SINGLES
Modern / Colonial* (1947-48)
20-531 The Memory Of Last Goodbye / Baby Dod You Lie To Me – 21-10-47 (rev. Oct. 10)
20-540 One True Love / I Knew You Were Foolin' All Along – 21-10-47
20-541 If You Care Again / When Love Is Not Here – 21-10-47
20-542 One Million Railroad Ties From Home / Why I'm Wondering Now – 21-10-47 (reissued on Modern 1017 in 1949)
20-576 Tennessee Baby / Spanish Bells – 17-04-48 (rev. May 8)
*100 The Sooner Song / You'll Be Crawlin' Home To Me - 48
20-1024 Walkin' The Floor Over You / You' re Mine Today – 20-12-49
20-798 Shadow Of Your Love / You'll Be Crawlin' Home To Me – 51
20-799 I Knew You Were Foolin' All Along / One Million Railroad Ties From Home - 51
Four Star (1948)
1272 You Will Have To Pay / I'd Rather Be Living Alone – 11-10-48
Crystal (1949)
222 Roy Land’s Theme Song / Red River Valley - 49
Capitol (1949-55)
57-40213 Tennessee Baby / Goodbye, My One And Only – 23-08-49 (rev. Aug. 20)
57-40261 All Alone In Texas / I'm Gonna Whittle You Down To Size – 06-12-49 (rev. Dec. 3)
F40287 Who's Kiddin' Who / I Ain't Gonna Bring My Bacon Home To Yo – 14-02-50
F952 It Had To Come Some Day / I'll Sail My Ship Alone – 18-04-50 (ad. Apr. 15)
F1150 Wham! Bam! Thank You Ma'am / I'll Hate Myself Tomorrow – 15-08-50 (rev. Aug. 12)
F1245 A Load Of Trouble (And A Worried Mind) / I've Got The Craziest Feeling – 10-10-50 (ad. Nov. 4)
F1302 R.F.D. Blues / I'll Make Believe – 21-11-50
F1322 Hot Rod Race / Walkin' With The Blues – 05-12-50 (rev. Dec. 9)
F1371 Many's The Time / Lost Love Blues – 23-01-51
F1423 I Always Play A Losing Hand / Wine, Women And Pink Elephants – 06-03-51
F1487 The Spider And The Fly / I'm Alone Because I Love You – 17-04-51
F1633 I'll Sail My Ship Alone / Hot Rod Race – 26-06-61 (reissue)
F1720 Juke Box Boogie / Sailor's Blues – 24-07-51
F1832 That Last Love Letter / Until I Die – 23-10-51
F1970 Stingy / Trade Winds Never Lie – 12-02-52 (ad. Feb. 9)
F2006 There's A Blue Sky Way Out Yonder / Got My Heart Set On You – 11-03-52
F2118 Rack Up The Balls, Boys / Rubber Ball Heart - 10-06-52
F2244 Hot Rod Mama / Nicotine Fits – 30-09-52 (rev. Nov. 1)
F2367 Playin' Dominoes And Shootin' Dice / Memories And Heartaches - 24-02-53 (rev. March 7)
F2482 The Wheel That Does The Squeakin' / I Can't Run Away – 02-06-53
CL 13982 Playin’ Dominoes And Shootin’ Dice / The Wheel That Do The Squeakin’ – 10-53 (UK issue)
F2713 Tool Pusher On A Rotary Rig / If I Could Look Inside You – 02-02-54
F2830 I'll Never Go Sailing Again / Look-A-Here, Baby – 15-06-54 (rev.  June 19)
F2977 A Sailor's Letter / I Wonder If I Can Lose The Blues This – 09-11-54 (rev. Nov. 13)
F3157 What's Another Broken Heart / Jolly Captain Huddlestead – 14-06-55 (rev. June 18)
F3254 Black Denim Trousers And Motorcycle Boots / You Don't Love Me (But I'll Always Care) – 18-10-55 (rev. Oct. 22)


Sunday, July 5, 2015

Jody Cameron



By Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti

SESSIONS


2004 R/R Studio, Lake Jackson, TX -  Jody Cameron and Friends (Jody Cameron [steel/gt], Johnny Bush [vcl-3],, Darla Cameron [vcl-5] , Tommy Ward [vcl-6], Bill Middleton [vcl-7/gt], Russ Rickman [steel-1], Tommy Ward [bass], Rendy Reeves/ Rob Kelley [drums], Boby Flores [fiddle], Frenchie Burke [fiddle-2/vcl-4],  Allen Huff [piano], Jason Rooks [bck vcl]. Producer: Jody Cameron, Jason Brooks)
001 BILLY BOB'S BREAKDOWN –instr.-  jc 0266RR
002 STILL A LOT OF LOVE IN SAN ANTONE -6   jc 0266RR
003 CRY, CRY, CRY -5  jc 0266RR
004 THE SOUND OF A HEARTACHE -3 jc 0266RR 
005 AUTUMN LEAVES –instr.-  jc 0266RR
006 MOTEL TIME AGAIN -7 jc 0266RR 
007 TOGETHER AGAIN -4  jc 0266RR
008 I LOVE YOU SO MUCH IT HURTS ME –instr.-  jc 0266RR
009 HONKY TONK GIRL -5  jc 0266RR
010 COLD, COLD HEART –instr.- -1  jc 0266RR
011 WHEN THE TINGLE BECOMES A CHILL -5  jc 0266RR
012 WE COULD  -instr. -jc 0266RR
013 GREEN GUMBO –instr.-  -2  jc 0266RR  

ALBUMS

Jody Cameron JC-0266RR A Trip To The Country: Billy Bob's Breakdown; Still A Lot of Love in San Antone ; Cry, Cry, Cry; The Sound of a Heartache;  Autumn Leaves; Motel Time Again;  Together Again; I Love You So Much It Hurts Me; Honky Tonk Girl; Cold, Cold Heart ; When the Tingle Becomes a Chill ;  We Could ; Green Gumbo  - 05

Ash Breeze



By Praguefrank

SESSIONS
2013 Mountain Fever Studio, Floyd, VA – Ash Breeze (Corey Smith [vcl/gt], Eli Smith [vcl/mandolin], Luke Smith [banjo], Allen Smith [bass], Nellie Smith [ld vcl/fiddle]. Producer: Aaron Ramsey)
001 FIVE Mountain fever MFR 140204  
002 WITHOUT LOVE Mountain fever MFR 140204  
003 WHEN FALL COMES TO NEW ENGLAND Mountain fever MFR 140204  
004 THE EDGE Mountain fever MFR 140204  
005 WHO DO YOU TRUST Mountain fever MFR 140204  
006 PRIDE OF MAN Mountain fever MFR 140204  
007 STORM COMIN' Mountain fever MFR 140204  
008 THE SUNDAY PLACE Mountain fever MFR 140204
009 CAROLINA IN MY MIND Mountain fever MFR 140204
010 LITTLE DREAMER Mountain fever MFR 140204  
011 BLUE SKIES AND CLOUDY DAYS Mountain fever MFR 140204
012 BACKYARD SWING Mountain fever MFR 140204
2013 Mountain Fever Studio, Floyd, VA – Ash Breeze (Corey Smith [vcl/gt], Eli Smith [vcl/mandolin], Luke Smith [banjo], Aaron Ramsey [bass], Nellie Smith [ld vcl/fiddle])
013 THE ROAD
014 READY FOR THE TIMES TO GET BETTER
015 PINS AND NEEDLES
016 I BROUGHT YOU FLOWERS
017 APPLE TREE SHOALS –instr.-
018 WHERE THE LAST ARE ALWAYS FIRST
019 MR. SANDMAN
020 WHO AM I
021 I'LL NEVER SHED ANOTHER TEAR
022 DEATH IN HIS GRAVE
Tracks above issued pn album The Road’s Not Easy

ALBUMS

Mountain Fever MFR 140204 Ash Breeze: Category Five;  Without Love;  When Fall Comes To New England;  The Edge;  Who Do You Trust;  Pride Of Man;  Storm Comin';  The Sunday Place;  Carolina In My Mind;  Little Dreamer;  Blue Skies And Cloudy Days; Backyard Swing – 04-02-14
Mountain Fever/Travianna ? The Road’s Not Easy: The Road;  Ready For The Times To Get Better;  Pins and Needles; I Brought You Flowers; Apple Tree Shoals;  Where The Last Are Always First; Mr. Sandman;  Who Am I;  I'll Never Shed Another Tear;  Death In His Grave – 10-07-15

Danny Wood



*Grand Prairie, TX
2nd version

by Praguefrank, Russell Rosen

SESSIONS
1976 unknown – Danny Wood (Producer: Jerry Abbott, Charles Stewart)
001 ZCL 8167  IF THIS IS FREEDOM (I WANT OUT) Pantego PSS 3950 London 5N-242/ CCR 101504-9  
002 I WON'T BE SLEEPIN' ALONE Pantego PSS 3950 London 5N-242
1976-1977 unknown – Danny Wood (Producer: Jerry Abbott)
003 I DON'T WANT TO REMEMBER YOU CCR 101504-9  
004 JUST LIKE MINE CCR 101504-9
005 COVERGIRL CCR 101504-9  
006 I'D WALK A COUNTRY MILE CCR 101504-9  
007 PLAY TOGETHER AGAIN, AGAIN CCR 101504-9  
008 EIGHTS DAYS A WEEK CCR 101504-9  
009 AND I LOVE HER CCR 101504-9  
Some of tracks above may have been recorded later
ca early 1977 unknown – Danny Wood (Producer: Jerry Abbott, Charles Stewart)
010 ZCL-8182 I NEED SOMETHIN' EASY TONIGHT London 5N-248/CCR 101504-9
011 PERMANENT THING London 5N-248
012 CL-8198 OPPOSITES ATTRACT London 5N-258/CCR 101504-9
013 BACK TO YOUR OLD WAYS AGAIN London 5N-258/CCR 101504-9
1980 Nashville, TN – Danny Wood (Producer: Jim Vienneau)
014 A HEART'S BEEN BROKEN RCA PB-11968
015 ALL THE KIND YOUR STRANGERS RCA PB-11968
August 1981 Music City Music Hall, Nashville, TN – Danny Wood (Producer: Jim Vienneau)
016 IT TOOK US ALL NIGHT LONG TO SAY GOODBYE PB-12123
017 CRAZY DREAMS PB-12123
1981 Nashville, TN – Danny Wood (Producer: Jim Vienneau)
018 FOOL'S GOLD PB-12181
019 WHERE WERE YOU (WHEN I CAME HOME LAST NIGHT) PB-12181
Fall 1982 unknown – Danny Wood (Producer: Charles Stewart)
020 TRIBUTE TO HAG Avion AVS 102
021 I CAN'T HOLD US TOGETHER ALONE Avion AVS 102

ALBUMS

CCR 101504-9 If This Is Freedom: If This Is Freedom (I Want Out);  I Don't Want To Remember You;  Opposites Attract;  Just Like Mine;  Back To Your Old Ways Again;  Covergirl;  I'd Walk A Country Mile;  Somethin' Easy Tonight;  Play Together Again, Again;  Eights Days A Week;  And I Love Her - 04


SINGLES
Pantego (1976)
PSS 3950 If This Is Freedom / I Won't Be Sleepin' Alone - 76
London (1976-77)
5N-242 If This Is Freedom / I Won't Be Sleepin' Alone - 10-76 (reissue of PSS 3950)
5N-248 I Need Somethin' Easy Tonight / Permanent Thing - 03-77
5N-258 Opposites Attract / Back To Your Old Ways Again - 77
RCA Victor (1980-81)
PB-11968 A Heart's Been Broken / All The Kind Your Strangers – 30-05-80
PB-12123 It Took Us All Night Long To Say Goodbye / Crazy Dreams – 07-11-80 (rev. Nov. 15)
PB-12181 Fool's Gold / Where Were You (When I Came Home Last Night) – 20-02-81
Avion (1982)
AVS 102 Tribute To Hag /  I Can't Hold Us Together Alone – 10-82 (rev, Nov. 6)

Harry Choates



*26-12-1922 Rayne, LA,+17-07-1951
2nd version

by Tim Knight, Richard Weize, Henk Scholts, Gram Jones, Dick Grant, Steve Hathaway, Wade Falcon, Mario Manciotti
(based on discography in Tim Knight’s  book Poor Hobo – A Tribute To Harry Choates)

SESSIONS see also Happy Fats, Shelly Lee
ca. 31 March 1946 Quinn Recording Co., 3104 Telephone Road, Houston, TX - Harry Choates (Harry Choates [vcl/fiddle], Esmond Pursley [gt], B.D.Williams [gt], Charles Stagle [banjo],James Foster [bass], William Slay [piano]. Producer: Bill Quinn)
001 ST-2286* JOLE BLON (PRETTY BLOND) 1314 Modern 20-511 DeLuxe 6000 Starday 187* D 1024/D 7000 AIM-1305 BCD-16355
002 LA VALUE ZULBAUGH unissued-lost
ca. June 1946 Quinn Recording Co., 3104 Telephone Road, Houston, TX - Harry Choates (Harry Choates [vcl/fiddle], Esmond Pursley [gt], Abe Manuel [rh gt], Joe Manuel [vcl-1/banjo], B.D.Williams [bass])
003 ST-2294* BASILE WALTZ -1 1313 Modern 20-511 DeLuxe 6000 Starday 284* D 1132/D 7000 LP 5027 CD 380 BCD-16355
004 JOLE BLON (PRETTY BLOND) unissued-lost
GS 1313/4 was repressed many times, original non non-flexible acetate (red label, yellow/gold printing), later ones vinyl (red/yelow label; black print), D-issues are recent and were pressed by the H.W. ‘Pappy” Daily distribution concern in Houston. Modern releases as by Harry Choates and his fiddle.
ca. November or December 1946 Quinn Recording Co., 3104 Telephone Road, Houston, TX - Harry Choates (Harry Choates [vcl/fiddle], Esmond Pursley [ac ld gt], Abe Manuel [rh gt], Joe Manuel [vcl/banjo], B.D.Williams [bass], Curzey Roy [drums], Johnnie Ruth Manuel [piano])
005 1319A/ST-2295 ALLONS A LAFAYETTE 1319 Starday 273 D 1023/D 7000 LP 5027 CD380 BCD-16355
006 1319B/ST-2296 PORT ARTHUR WALTZ 1319 Starday 224 D 1044/D 7000 LP 5027 CD 380 BCD-16355
11 February 1947 Lake Charles, LA - Harry Choates and His Melody Boys (Harry Choates [vcl/fiddle], Esmond Pursley [gt/hmny vcl], Joseph Manuel [vcl-1/banjo], Pee Wee Lyons [steel], B.D. Williams [bass], Curzy Roy [drums], Johnnie Manuel [vcl/piano]. Producer: Jimmy Mercer)
007 1005 HACKBERRY HOP Cajun Classics 1007-10/ CD 380 KK CD-22 BCD-16355
008 1006 JE PASE DURVAN' TA PORT (I’LL PASS IN FRONT OF YOUR DOOR) Cajun Classics 1005-6/CD 380 KKCD-22 BCD-16355
009 1007 TIP-E-TE TIP-E-TA AMEON (YOU’RE CUTE AND YOU’RE LITTLE) (T’EST PETITE ET MIGNONE) Cajun Classics 1006/ BCD-16355
010 1008 POOR HOBO Cajun Classics 1008-9/KK CD-22 BCD-16355
011 1009 JOLE BRUN (PRETTY BRUNETTE) Cajun Classics 1008-9/CD 380 KK CD-22 BCD-16355
012 1010 YES, I LOVE YOU -1 Cajun Classics 1007-10/KK CD-22 BCD-16355
Cajun Classics appears to have been connected with the Swing/Swing with the Stars labels, wich used Quinn’s material or studio. Johnny Mae Smirle is credit (correctly) as Johnnie Manuel.
19 February 1947 Quinn Recording Co., 3104 Telephone Road, Houston, TX - Harry Choates (Harry Choates [vcl/fiddle], Esmond Pursley [gt], Joe Manuel [vcl/banjo], Pee Wee Lyons [steel], B.D.Williams [bass], Curzry Roy [drums], Johnnie Manuel [piano])
013 1326A CAJUN HOP (LES BLUES DU PORT ARTHUR) 1326 Modern 20-526/LP 5027 CD 380 BCD-16355
014 1326B FA-DE-DO STOMP (FAIS DO DO STOMP) 1326 Modern 20-530/LP 5027 CD 380 BCD-16355
015 1331 RUBBER DOLLY 1331 Modern 20-528/Old Timey OT-105 CD 380 BCD-16355
016 HB-1011A BIG WOODS Humming Bird 1011 D 1222
017 JEALOUS MAMA unissued-lost
018 TWO FOR ONE WALTZ unissued-lost
ca. February 1947 Quinn Recording Co., 3104 Telephone Road, Houston, TX - Harry Choates (Harry Choates [vcl/fiddle], Esmond Pursley [gt], Joe Manuel [vcl/banjo], Pee Wee Lyons [steel], B.D.Williams [bass], Curzy Roy [drums], Johnnie Manuel [piano])
019 1330 HARRY CHOATES SPECIAL 1330 Modern 20-530/LP 5027 CD 380 BCD-16355
ca. June 1947 Quinn Recording Co., 3104 Telephone Road, Houston, TX - Harry Choates (Harry Choates [vcl/fiddle], Reagan Parchman [steel], poss. Junior Keelan [bass], Amos Comeaux [drums], Johnnie Manuel [piano])
020 1333A/ACA 2012 MISSING YOU 1333/BCD-16355
021 1333B WRONG KEYHOLE [aka THE RIGHT KEY BUT THE WRONG KEYHOLE] 1333/LP 5027 CD 380 BCD-16355
022 BAYOU PON PON (BEAR CREAK HOP) 1335/LP 5027 CD 380 BCD-16355
023 LAWTELL WALTZ 1335/LP 5027 CD 380 BCD-16355
ca. October or November 1947 Quinn Recording Co., 3104 Telephone Road, Houston, TX - Harry Choates (Harry Choates [vcl/fiddle], Pee Wee Maples [gt/hmny vcl], Pee Wee Lyons [steel], Grady Mann [bass], Amos Comeaux [drums], Johnnie Ruth Manuel [piano]. Producer: Bill Quinn)
024 1336A/ST-2298 LOUISIANNA 1336 Modern 20-595 Starday 212* D 1043/D 7000 LP-5027 CD 380 BCD-16355
025 1336B/ST-2297 POOR HOBO 1336 Modern 20-595/D 7000 LP 5027 CD 380 BCD-16355
026 1340A ST-2299 RYE WHISKEY 1340/CD 380 BCD-16355
027 1340B ST-2300 DEVIL IN THE BAYOU 1340/LP 5027 CD 380 BCD-16355
028 WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN unissued-lost
prob. 1948 Quinn Recording Co., 3104 Telephone Road, Houston, TX - Harry Choates (Harry Choates [vcl/fiddle], Jimmy Gardner [vcl-1/gt],  Pee Wee Maples [gt], Francis Red Fabacher [steel], Junior Keelan [bass], Amos Comeaux [drums], Johnnie Ruth Manuel [piano]. Producer: Bill Quinn)
029 1343A/ST-2302* DRAGGING THE BOW [DRAGGIN’ THE FIDDLE*; DRAG THAT FIDDLE**] 1343 Starday 45-273* EP-258** D 1023* 1024/D 7000 Melodisc MLP 12-116** LP 5027 BCD-16355
030 1343B TE PETITE (T’EST PETITE ET MIGNONNE) -1 1343/CD 380 BCD-16355
ca. 1948 Quinn Recording Co., 3104 Telephone Road, Houston, TX - Harry Choates (Harry Choates [vcl/fiddle], Charles “Larry Nolan“ Kegler [steel], + more unknown musicians. Producer: Bill Quinn)
031 ST-2316 I‘M GONNA MOVE TO OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN unissued/ BCD-16355
032 ST-2312 EVERYBODY’S WALTZ (WEDNESDAY NIGHT WALTZ) unissued/BCD-16355
033 HONKY-TONKING DAYS unissued/ BCD-16355
034 ST-2313 SAN ANTONIO WALTZ unissued/ BCD-16355
prob. 1948 Quinn Recording Co., 3104 Telephone Road, Houston, TX - Buddy Duhon and Harry Choates (Harry Choates [vcl/fiddle], Arthur Duhon [vcl/rh gt],Amos Herbert [steel], Sue Romero [bass], Johnny Holland [drums],  Pee Wee Calhoun [accordion]. Producer: Bill Quinn)
035 1345A/ST-2303 OLD COW BLUES (MILK COW BLUES) 1345/LP-7453 KK CD-22 BCD-16355
036 1346B/ST-2304 NOBODY CARES FOR ME 1345/KK CD-22 BCD-16355
ca. November or December 1948 Quinn Recording Co., 3104 Telephone Road, Houston, TX - Harry Choates (Harry Choates [vcl/fiddle],  Cecil Mullins [gt], Earl Rebert [gt/steel], Sue Romero [bass], Johnny Holland [drums], Harold Boussard [piano], Pee Wee Calhoun [accordion], ?  [vcl-1]. Producer: Bill Quinn)
037 1350A/ST-2305 MARI JOLE BLON (JOLE BLON’S HUSBAND) 1350/CD 380 BCD-16355
038 1350B/ST-2306 HONKY-TONKING DAYS [HONKY TONKIN‘ BLUES] -1 1350/CD 380 BCD-16355
early 1949 KPLC Radio Station Studio, 331 Puju St., Lake Charles, LA - Harry Choates (Harry Choates [vcl/fiddle],  ? [rh gt], B.D.Williams [bass], Crawford Vincent [drums], Harold “Popeye” Broussard [piano]. Producer: J. H. Virgil Bozman)
039 JOLIE BLON'S GONE Oklahoma Tornado OT-107/ BCD-16355
040 VALSE DE LAKE CHARLES Oklahoma Tornado OT-107/ BCD-16355
O.T. was a shortlived label operated by Virgel Bosman of the Oklahoma Tornado band.
Spring 1949 Quinn Recording Co., 3104 Telephone Road, Houston, TX - Harry Choates (Harry Choates [vcl/fiddle],  Bill Boyd [gt/vcl -1, Carol Broussard [steel], B.D. Williams [bass], Pee Wee Calhoun [accordion], Harold Broussard [piano]. Producer: Bill Quinn)
041 1380A/ST-2318 LOUISIANA BOOGIE [HONKY TONK BOOGIE] 1380 Starday 224* D 1044/D 7000 LP 5027 CD-380 BCD-16355
042 1380B ST-2301 SIDEWALK WALTZ -1 1380/KK CD-22 BCD-16355
ca Fall 1949 Quinn Recording Co., 3104 Telephone Road, Houston, TX - Harry Choates (Harry Choates [vcl/fiddle],  Ernest Benoit [vcl-1] + unknown musicians)
043 1385A/ST-2307 HARRY CHOATES BLUES [HARRY’S BLUES] 1385/LP-5027 CD 380 AIM-1205 BCD-16355
044 1385B/ST-2308 CHERE MEON -1 1385/LP 5027 CD 380 BCD-16355
ca. December 1949 or January 1950 Quinn Recording Co., 3104 Telephone Road, Houston, TX - Link Davis and Harry Choates (Harry Choatws [fiddle], Link Davis [vcl/tnr sax], Carrol Broussard [steel], B. D. Williams or Sue Romero [bass], Herschel Marson [drums], Arthur Deorio [piano]. Producer: Bill Quinn) [released as by Link Davis]
045 JOE TURNER 670/ BCD-16355
046 HAVE YOU HEARD THE NEWS [GOOD ROCKIN‘ RONIGHT] 670/ BCD-16355
btw 1948-1950 Quinn Recording Co., 3104 Telephone Road, Houston, TX - Harry Choates (Harry Choates [vcl/fiddle], poss. Mateo Garza [bass], Pietro Marchiandoo or Louis Oltremari [accordion] + more unknown musicians. Producer: Bill Quinn)
047 1388B/ST-2309 MAGGIE WALTZ 1388/KK CD-22 BCD-16355
048 1388A/ST-2310 IT WON’T BE LONG [OPELOUSAS WALTZ*] 1388 Starday 212* D 1043/D 7000 LP 5027 CD-380 BCD-16355
049 ST-2315 CORPUS CRISTI WALTZ D 1024/ BCD-16355
050 OH-MEON Humming Bird HB-1011/LP-7453 KK-CD-22 AIM-1205 BCD-16355
btw 1947-1950 [unidentified sessions] Quinn Recording Co., 3104 Telephone Road, Houston, TX - Harry Choates (Producer: Bill Quinn)
051 ST-2287 JOLE BLON [english] Starday 45-187/ BCD-16355
052 ST-2311 TONDELAY D 1132/D 7000 BCD-16355
053 ‘TIL THEN I‘LL HIDE ALL MY TEARS unissued-lost
054 LIQUOR AND WOMEN unissued-lost
ca. March 1950 ACA Recording Studio, 612 Westheimer, Houston, TX - Harry Choates (Harry Choates [vcl/fiddle],  Frank Juricek or Earl Rebert [steel], poss. Louis Oltremari [piano] + unknown musicians. Producer: Macy Lela Henry)
(note: KK-CD-22 booklet shows lineup as follows; Ronald R. “Pee Wee” Lyons [steel], B.D.Williams [bass], Amos Comeaux [drums], Johnnie Ruth Manuel (Johnnie Mae Smirle) [piano])
055 ACA-1506 PRETTY GIRLS OF PORT ARTHUR unissued
056 ACA-1507 GRA MAMOU Macy's 124/CD 380 KK-7453 KK CD-22 AIM-1205
057 ACA-1508 CAT'N AROUND Macy's 124/LP-7453 KK CD-07
058 ACA-1509 WHAT YOU DOIN' BABY unissued
059 ACA-1510 CHOATES' WALTZ unissued
ca. April 1950 ACA Recording Studio, 612 Westheimer, Houston, TX - Harry Choates and His Fiddle (Harry Choates [vcl/fiddle],Earl Rebert [steel], poss. Sue Romero [bass], poss. Louis Oltremari [piano] + unknown musicians. Producer: Macy Lela Henry)
 (note: KK-CD-22 booklet shows lineup as follows: Joseph A. ‘Joe’ Manuel or Esmond A. ‘Eddie’ Pursley [gt], Ronald R. “Pee Wee” Lyons [steel], B.D.Williams [bass], Amos Comeaux [drums], Johnnie Ruth Manuel (Johnnie Mae Smirle) [piano])
060 ACA-1556 LOUISIANA BOOGIE Macy's 134/KK-7453 KK CD-22 AIM-1205
061 ACA-1557 IT'S TOO LONG unissued
062 ACA-1558 I LOVE YOU BABY unissued
063 ACA-1559 SHE'S SWEET SWEET Macy's 158/LP-7453 KK CD-22 AIM-1205
064 ACA-1560 WHAT'S THE USE Macy's 134/LP-7453 KK CD-22 AIM-1205
ca. May 1950 ACA Recording Studio, 612 Westheimer, Houston, TX - Harry Choates and His Fiddle (Producer: Macy Lela Henry)
065 ACA-1586 GUITAR unissued
ca. July 1950 ACA Recording Studio, 612 Westheimer, Houston, TX - Harry Choates (Harry Choates [vcl/fiddle], poss. Pee Wee Calhoun [piano] + unknown musicians. Producer: Macy Lela Henry)
(note: KK-CD-22 booklet shows lineup as follows: Joseph A. ‘Joe’ Manuel or Esmond A. ‘Eddie’ Pursley [gt], Ronald R. “Pee Wee” Lyons [steel], B.D.Williams [bass], Amos Comeaux [drums], Johnnie Ruth Manuel (Johnnie Mae Smirle) [piano])
066 ACA-1691 KOREA, HERE WE COME Macy's 141
067 ACA-1692 DO YOU STILL LOVE ME Macy's 141/LP-7453 KK CD-22 AIM-1205
068 ACA-1693 FIDDLE POLKA Macy’s 147/AIM 1205
069 ACA-1694 YOU ARE MINE unissued
ca. September 1950 ACA Recording Studio, 612 Westheimer, Houston, TX - Harry Choates (Harry Choates [vcl/fiddle], poss. Pee Wee Calhoun [piano] + unknown musicians. Producer: Macy Lela Henry)
(note: KK-CD-22 booklet shows lineup as follows: Joseph A. ‘Joe’ Manuel or Esmond A. ‘Eddie’ Pursley [gt], Ronald R. “Pee Wee” Lyons [steel], B.D.Williams [bass], Amos Comeaux [drums], Johnnie Ruth Manuel (Johnnie Mae Smirle) [piano])
070 ACA-1748 HARRY CHOATES POLKA unissued
071 ACA-1749 CHARLESTON SWING unissued
072 ACA-1750 ARE YOU WONDERING unissued
073 ACA-1751 I‘VE QUIT MY CATTIN‘  AROUND Macy's 147/KK CD-22 AIM-1205
074 ACA-1752 CORPUS CHRISTE WALTZ (sic!) Macy's 159
075 ACA-1753 MY HEART IS BREAKING unissued
ca November 1950 ACA Recording Studio, 5522 Washington Ave., Houston, TX - Harry Choates Harry Choates [vcl/fiddle], Gene Snowden [rh gt], Herb Remington [steel], “Ernie“ [piano] + unknown musicians. Producer: Macy Lela Henry)
076 ACA-1809 MUSICIAN'S BLUES unissued
077 ACA-1810 I'M GOING TO THE BOTTOM unissued
078 ACA-1811 MY PRETTY BRUNETTE Macy's 159/KK CD-22 AIM-1205
079 ACA-1812 ANSWER TO GRA MAMOU unissued
080 ACA-1813 FRENCH HONKY TONK unissued
081 ACA-1814 HARRY'S BLUES Macy's 158
12 January 1951 ACA Recording Studio, 5522 Washington Ave., Houston, TX - Harry Choates (Harry Choates [vcl/fiddle], “Red“ [vcl] + unknown musicians. Producer: Macy Lela Henry)
082 ACA-1911 DO UNTO OTHERS unissued
083 ACA-1911 FIVE TIME LOSER unissued
084 ACA-1912 I AIN’T NO FOOL unissued
1950 or 1951 Waco, TX - Harry Choates [overdub session: 1951 Kentucky Slim and Southerners [vcl]]
085 ACA-2011 JOLE BLON'S FAREWELL Humming Bird 1008 / AIM 1205
Ca 1951 Houston, TX - Harry Choates and His Fiddle ((Harry Choates [vcl/fiddle], Dave Isbell [bass] + unknown musicians)
086 1012A GULF COAST WALTZ Humming Bird 1012 / BCD 16355 BH
087 1012B BIG MAMOU (GROSSE MAMOU) Humming Bird 1012 / LP 7453 / KK CD-22 / AIM 1205
ca June 1951 KCOR Radio Station Studio, San Antonio, TX - Harry Choates (Harry Choates [fiddle], Lucky Ford [gt], Lloyd Baker [steel], Junior Keelan [bass]. Producer: Bob Tanner, Charlie Cole)
088 AUSTIN SPECIAL Allied 101/KK-CD 22 AIM 1205
089 SATURDAY NIGHT WALTZ Allied 101/KK-CD 22 AIM 1205
090 BEAUMONT WALTZ Allied 103/LP-7453 KK-CD 22 AIM 1205
091 FIVE-TIME LOSER Allied 103/LP-7453 KK-CD 22 AIM 1205
Allied was owned by Bob Tanner of the “Tanner ‘n’ Texas” distribution-recording-pressing combine in San Antonio

ALBUMS

D DLP-7000 Jole Blon: The Original Cajun Fiddle Of Harry Choates: Jole Blon; Dragging The Bow; Allons A Lafayette; Poor Hobo; Port Arthur Waltz; Tondelay; Louisiana; Basile Waltz; Opelousas Waltz; Honky Tonk Boogie - 60 (rev. Apr. 18, 1960)
Arhoolie 5027 The Fiddle King Of Cajun Swing: Allons A Lafayette; Basile Waltz; Cajun Hop; Port Arthur Waltz; Harry Choates Special; It Won't Be Long; Wrong Keyhole; Dragging The Bow; Poor Hobo; Louisiana; Devil In The Bayou; Grand Mamou; Lawtell Waltz; Hary Choates Blues; Chere Meon; Lousiana Boogie - 82
Krazy Kat [UK] KK-7453 Five Time Loser: Louisiana Boogie; She's Sweet Sweet; Old Cow Blues; Je Pass Durvant'a Pour; Hackberry Hop; Do You Still Love Me; Cat'n Around; My Pretty Brunette; Big Mamou; Oh Meon; What's The Use; Big Woods; Beaumont Waltz; Five Time Loser - ca. 86 [Cajun Classics, Gold Star, Macy's recordings]
Krazy Kat [UK] KK CD-22 Five Time Loser: Lake Charles Shuffle; The Old Ice Man; O.S.T. Gal; I've Grown So Lonely For You; Les Tete Fille Lafayette; Gran Prairie; La Veuve De La Coulee; Se Durvan Ta Port; Hackberry Hop; Poor Hobo; I Love You I Love You; Old Cow Blues (w. Buddy Duhon); Nobody Cares For Me (w. Buddy Duhon); Sidewalk Waltz; Louisiana Boogie; She's Sweet Sweet; What's The Use?;. Do You Still Love Me; I've Quit My Cattin' Around; My Pretty Brunette; Maggie Waltz; Big Mamou; Oh Meon; Austin Special; Saturday Night Waltz; Beaumont Waltz; Five Time Loser - 98 [Bluebird, Cajun Classics, Gold Star, Macy's recordings]
Arhoolie ARH-CD-380 Fiddle King Of Cajun Swing:Allons A Lafayette;  Basile Waltz;  Cajun Hop;  Port Arthur Waltz;  Harry Choates Special;  It Won't Be Long;  Wrong Keyhole;  Draggin' The Bow;  Te Petite;  Rubber Dolly;  Louisiana;  Poor Hobo;  Devil In The Bayou;  Rye Whiskey;  Fais Do Do Stomp;  Lawtell Waltz;  Bayou Pon Pon;  Chere Meon;  Harry Choates Blues;  Mari Jole Blon;  Honky Tonking Days;  Grand Mamou;  Je Pase Durvan Ta Port;  Hackberry Hop;  Jole Brun;  Louisiana Boogie - 93
AIM [AUS] AIM 1205 Cajun Fiddle King: Gran Prairie; Poor Hobo; Five Time Loser; Veuve De La Coulee; Louisiana Boogie; Beaumont Waltz; Hackberry Hop; Grand Mamou; Saturday Night Waltz; Do You Still Love Me; Jolé Blon; Lake Charles Shuffle; O.S.T. Gal; I've Quit My Cattin' Around; Je Pase Durvan Ta Port; She's Sweet Sweet; Harry's Blues; My Pretty Brunette; Jolé Blon's Farewell; Austin Special; What's The Use?; Oh Meon; Big Mamou; Old Ice Man; I've Grown So Lonely for You; Fiddle Polka - 10-99
Bear Family [GER] BCD-16355 Devil In The Bayou: Jole Blon (Pretty Blond); Louisiana Boogie; Poor Hobo; Port Arthur Waltz; Dragging The Bow (Draggin' The Fiddle); Tondelay; Basile Waltz; It Won't Be Long; Louisiana; Cajun Hop (Les Blues Du Port Arthur); Allons A Lafayette; Harry Choates Special; Wrong Keyhole (The Right Key The Wrong Keyhole); San Antonio Waltz; Honky-Tonking Days; Everybody's Waltz (Wednesday Night Waltz); I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town; Have You Heard The News; Joe Turner; Nobody Cares For Me; Old Cow Blues (Milk Cow Blues); Devil In The Bayou; Chere Meon; Bayou Pon Pon (Bear Creak Hop); Harry Choates Blues; Te Petite (T'est Petite Et Mignonne); Fa-D-Do Stomp (Fais Do-Do Stomp); Rubber Dolly; Jole Blon (engl. vers.); Honky-Tonking Days; Lawtell Waltz; Maggie Waltz (When You And I Were Young, Maggie); Mari Jole Blon (Jole Blon's Husband); Gulf Coast Blues; Missing You; Rye Whiskey; Sidewalk Waltz; Oh-Meon; Corpus Christi Waltz; Jolie Blon's Gone; Valse De Lake Charles; Hackberry Hop; Je Pase Durvan' Ta; Tip-E-Te Tip-E-Ta Ameon (You're Cute And...); Poor Hobo; Jole Brun (Pretty Brunette); Yes, I Love You; O.S.T. Gal; A Litte High Chair; The Old Ice Man; I Know You Feel The Way I Do; Lake Charles Shuffle (instr.); I've Grown So Lonely For You; Gran P'rairie (Cajun Hop); La Polka A Gilbert (Old Time Polka); Le Veuve De La Coulee (Cajun Hop); Les Tete Fille Lafayette (Cajun Hop) - 02 (double)

SINGLES



Bluebird (1940-41) with Happy Fat and Rayne-Bo Ramblers/*with Shelly Lee
B-8537 Lost Gal / Old Ice Man - 40
B-8623 I Know You Feel The Way I Do / Lake Charles Shuffle - 40
B-8648 Little High Chair / I've Grown So Lonely For - 40
B-8879 In The House At The End Of The Road / When The Weeping Willow Smiles - 41
B-8888 Answer To My Precious Darling / My Love - 41*
B-8928 If I Ever Leave The South / I'm Not Sorry Now - 42
B-8934 Beer Joint Blues / The Big House Blues - 42*
Gold Star (1946-49)
Gold Star
1313/1314 Jole Blon / Basile Waltz - ca. 07-46
1319 Allons A Lafayette / Port Arthur Waltz - 46
1326 Cajun Hop / Fa-De-Do Stomp - ca. 03-47
1330 Harry Choates Special / Cajun Hop - 47
1331 Rubber Dolly / Fa-De-Do Stomp - 47
1333 Missing You / Wrong Keyhole - 47
1335 Bayou Pon Pon / Lawtell Waltz - 47
1336 Louisiana / Poor Hobo - 47
1340 Rye Whiskey / Devil In The Bayou - 48
1343 Dragging The Bow / Te Petite - 48
1345 Old Cow Blues / Nobody Cares For Me - 48 w. Buddy Duhon
1350 Honky Tonkin' Days / Mari Jole Blon - 48
1380 Louisiana Boogie / Sidewalk Waltz - 49
1385 Harry Choates Blues / Chere Meon - 49
1388 It Won't Be Long / Maggie Waltz - 49
670 Joe Turner / Have You Heard The News - 50 vcl Link Davis (issued as by Link Davis)
HB-1011 Oh-Meon / Big Woods - ca. 50 (released on Humming Bird, reissued on D 1222)
Modern
20-511 Jole Blon / Basile Waltz - 46
20-528 Cajun Hop / Rubber Dolly - 47
20-530 Fa-De-Do Stomp / Harry Choates Special – 09-47 (rev. Oct. 4)
20-595 Louisiana / Poor Hobo - 47
DeLuxe
6000 Jole Blon / Basile Waltz - 46
Starday
45-187 The Original New Jole Blon [English] / The Original Jole Blon [French] -05-55
45-212 Opelousas Waltz / Louisiana (mistitled as Poor Hobo) - 11-55
45-224 Honky Tonk Boogie / Port Arthur Waltz - 03-56
45-273 Draggin' The Fiddle / Allons A Lafayette - ca. 11-56
45-284 Basile Waltz / Tondellay - ca. 01-57
D
1023 Allons A. Lafayette / Draggin' The Fiddle - 11-58 (reissue of Starday 273) (rev. Nov. 17)
1024 Corpus Christi Waltz / Jole Blon - 11-58 (rev. Nov. 17)
1043 Opelopusas Waltz / Poor Hobo – 29-01-59 (reissue of 45-212) )(rev. March 23)
1044 Honky Tonk Boogie / Port Arthur Waltz – 30-01-59 (reissue of 45-224)
1132 Tondellay / Basile Waltz – 12-03-60 (reissue of 45-284)
1024 Draggin' The Bow / Jole Blon - 61
1222 Big Woods / Oh, Meon – 29-10-61 (reissue of Hummingbird 1011/12)
1224 Draggin' The Bow / Jole Blon - 11-61
Cajun Classics (1947, during Gold Star contract)
1005/1006 Je Passe Durvan Ta Port / Tip-E-Te Tip-E Ta Ameon - 47
1007/1010 Hackberry Hop / Yes, I Love You - 47
1008/1009 Poor Hobo / Jole Brun - 47
Oklahoma Tornado (1949, during Gold Star contract)
OT-107 Jolie Blon's Gone / Valse De Lake Charles - 49
Macy's (1950)
124 Gra Mamou / Cat'n Around - 50
134 Louisiana Boogie / What's The Use - 50
141 Korea Here We Come / Do You Still Love Me - ca. 50
147 I've Quit My Cattin' Around / Fiddle Polka - ca. 50
158 Harry's Blues / She's Sweet Sweet - ca 50
159 My Pretty Brunette / Corpus Christe Waltz - ca 50
Humming Bird (1950)
1008 Jole blon's Farewell / Missing You [Kentucky Slim and Southerners]  - 51 as by Kentucky Slim and Southerners
HB-1012-A Gulf Coast waltz / Big Mamou (Grosse Mamou) - ca 51
Allied (1951)
101 Austin Special / Saturday Night Waltz - 51
103 Beaumont Waltz / Five-Time Loser - 51