Roger Bellow

*Uptown, IL
By Mario Manciotti, Praguefrank
SESSIONS
1971 unknown - Jean Schilling [vcl/dulcimer/autoharp] (Lee Schling [vcl/harmonica], Roger Bellow [gt/mandolin], Hal McGaha [gt])
S01 GOOD FRIDAY Traditional JLP-617
S02 HAND ME DOWN MY WALKING CANE Traditional JLP-617
S03 WAGONER’S LAD Traditional JLP-617
S04 PORCHES OF THE POOR Traditional JLP-617
S05 RAINFALL NIGHT Traditional JLP-617
S06 UNCLE JOE Traditional JLP-617
S07 RED WING Traditional JLP-617
S08 BICKERING TWOSOME Traditional JLP-617
S09 BLOCKADER MAMA Traditional JLP-617
S10 FOUR NIGHTS DRUNK Traditional JLP-617
S11 THE SOW AND THE PIGS Traditional JLP-617
S12 GOLD WATCH AND CHAIN Traditional JLP-617
S13 PRETTY POLLY Traditional JLP-617
S14 PALACE GRAND Traditional JLP-617
S15 STRIVATION Traditional JLP-617
S16 LITTLE DARLIN’ PAL O’ MINE Traditional JLP-617
S17 DEATH OF A SHERIFF Traditional JLP-617
S18 LIFE’S RAILWAY TO HEAVEN Traditional JLP-617
S19 MAY MORNING CHIMES Traditional JLP-617
April 1972 Audio Finishers, Chicago, IL– Josh Graves & Kenny Baker (Kenny Baker [ld gt], Josh Graves [vcl/dobro], Bob Martin [rh gt], Roger Bellow [bass]. Producer: Dave Samuelson)
B01 SANDS OF MONTEREY Puritan 5001 Rebel REB-CD-1108
B02 EVELINA Puritan 5001 Rebel REB-CD-1108
B03 LEGEND OF THE WHISTLING BRAKEMAN Puritan 5001 Rebel REB-CD-1108
B04 I'LL BE ALL SMILES TONIGHT Puritan 5001 Rebel REB-CD-1108
B05 LONESOME HOBO Puritan 5001 Rebel REB-CD-1108
B06 ROLL ON BUDDY Puritan 5001 Rebel REB-CD-1108
B07 SNOWBIRD Puritan 5001 Rebel REB-CD-1108
B08 HIGH COUNTRY Puritan 5001 Rebel REB-CD-1108
B09 FIREBALL Puritan 5001 Rebel REB-CD-1108
B10 THE WHITE ROSE Puritan 5001 Rebel REB-CD-1108
B11 STEP IT UP AND GO Puritan 5001 Rebel REB-CD-1108
B12 CARROLL COUNTRY BLUES Puritan 5001 Rebel REB-CD-1108
B13 TEXAS Puritan 5005 Rebel REB-CD-1108
B14 YOU CAN'T PUT THAT MONKEY ON MY BACK Puritan 5005 Rebel REB-CD-1108
B15 KENNY'S BLUES Puritan 5005 Rebel REB-CD-1108
B16 BUCK'S STUMBLE Puritan 5005 Rebel REB-CD-1108
B17 LITTLE RED SHOES Puritan 5005 Rebel REB-CD-1108
B18 BROWN'S FERRY BLUES Puritan 5005 Rebel REB-CD-1108
B19 BUCKTIME Puritan 5005 Rebel REB-CD-1108
B20 ISLE OF CAPRI Puritan 5005 Rebel REB-CD-1108
B21 NOBODY'S BUSINESS Puritan 5005 Rebel REB-CD-1108
B22 SHENANDOAH BREAKDOWN Puritan 5005 Rebel REB-CD-1108
B23 JOHN HENRY Puritan 5005 Rebel REB-CD-1108
B24 DEEP ELEM BLUES Puritan 5005 Rebel REB-CD-1108
January 1975 Urban Recordings, Betheada, MD– Roger Bellow & Drifting Troubadours (Roger Bellow [gt], Warren Blair [gt-1/fiddle-2], Walter Hensley [banjo], Jack Wells [bass], Dave Goldman [fiddle])
001 FLOP EARED MULE -1 Urban URSSP 1002/Revonah RS-510
002 I'LL JUST PRETEND -2 Urban URSSP 1002/ Revonah RS-510
October 1978 Sound Impressions, Des Plaines, IL – Roger Bellow & Drifting Troubadours (Roger Bellow [vcl/gt/mandolin], Mike Sweeney [banjo], Dan Froman [bass], Dale Potter [fiddle], Judy Golombeck [fiddle}. Producer: Dave Samuelson, Dick Drevo)
003 USED TO BE Revonah RS-510
004 A GOOD WOMAN'S LOVE Revonah RS-510
005 FREIGHT TRAIN BOOGIE Revonah RS-510
October 1979 The Ear Studios, Chicago, IL – Roger Bellow & Drifting Troubadours (Roger Bellow [vcl/gt/mandolin], Mike Sweeney [banjo], Dan Froman [bass], Dale Potter [fiddle], Judy Golombeck [fiddle}. Producer: Dave Samuelson, Dick Drevo)
006 PRISONER'S SONG Revonah RS-510
007 MY BABY'S GONE Revonah RS-510
008 YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A BABY TO CRY Revonah RS-510
January 1980 The Ear Studios, Chicago, IL – Roger Bellow & Drifting Troubadours (Roger Bellow [vcl/gt/mandolin], Mike Sweeney [banjo], Dan Froman [bass], Dale Potter [fiddle], Judy Golombeck [fiddle}. Producer: Dave Samuelson, Dick Drevo)
009 WHEEL HOSS Revonah RS-510
010 ROCKY ROAD BLUES Revonah RS-510
011 RED WING Revonah RS-510
January 1980 The Ear Studios, Chicago, IL – Roger Bellow & Drifting Troubadours (Roger Bellow [vcl/gt/mandolin/banjo/fiddle]. Producer: Dave Samuelson, Dick Drevo)
012 GET IN LINE BROTHER -1 Revonah RS-510
1988 unknown – Roger Bellow & Drifting Troubadours (Roger Bellow [vcl/gt], Patrick McDougal [banjo], Bob Sachs/Beek Webb [mandolin], Don Earl [dobro], Curt Delaney [steel], Dick Daniels/Danny Grady [bass], Rocky Stone [fiddle])
013 I'LL KEEP ON LOVING YOU Flying Fish FF-504
014 BLUES STAY AWAY FROM ME Flying Fish FF-504
015 FOLLOW THE LEADER Flying Fish FF-504
016 I'M GONNA SLEEP WITH ONE EYE OPEN Flying Fish FF-504
017 I LOVE YOU SO MUCH IT HURTS ME Flying Fish FF-504
018 SILVER DOLLAR Flying Fish FF-504
019 DON'T LET YOUR DEAL GO DOWN Flying Fish FF-504
020 STEALIN' HOME Flying Fish FF-504
021 SINCE MY SWEET LOVE AIN'T AROUND Flying Fish FF-504
022 WHISTLING RUFUS Flying Fish FF-504
023 MAY YOU NEVER BE ALONE Flying Fish FF-504
024 I DON'T LOVE NOBODY Flying Fish FF-504
1991 Fox Farm, Mount Juliet, TN/Magic Tracks, Nashville, TN/Master Trax Studios, Charleston, SC/Song Cellar, Nashville, TN – Roger Bellow (Melba Montgomery [vcl], Duke Roberts [el gt], David Grier [gt], John Lilley [gt], John Lilly [gt], Bob Sachs [vcl/gt/madolin], Beek Webb [vcl/mandolin], Al Osteen [banjo], Don Helms [steel], Vollie McKenzie [bass], Gordon Terry [fiddle],
025 DID THE MAN IN THE MOON COME FROM TEXAS? Flying Fish FFCD-573
026 ARE YOU TEASING ME Flying Fish FFCD-573
027 KIND OF LOVE I CAN'T FORGET Flying Fish FFCD-573
028 THERE SHE GOES Flying Fish FFCD-573
029 I'M THE TALK OF THE TOWN Flying Fish FFCD-573
030 KENTUCKY MEANS PARADISE Flying Fish FFCD-573
031 OUT OF BUSINESS Flying Fish FFCD-573
032 I WONDER WHERE YOU ARE TONIGHT Flying Fish FFCD-573
033 I CAN'T GO ON THIS WAY Flying Fish FFCD-573
034 BLUES IN MY HEART Flying Fish FFCD-573
035 WORLD IS WAITING FOR THE SUNISE Flying Fish FFCD-573
036 KEEP ON THE SUNNY SIDE Flying Fish FFCD-573


ALBUMS
Traditional JLS 617 Porches Of The Poor: Good Friday; Hand Me Down My Walking Cane; Wagoner’s Lad; Porches Of The Poor; Rainfall Night; Uncle Joe; Red Wing; Bickering Twosome; Blockader Mama; Four Nights Drunk; The Sow And The Pigs; Gold Watch And Chain; Pretty Polly; Palace Grand; Strivation; Little Darlin’ Pal O’ Mine; Death Of A Sheriff; Life’s Railway To Heaven; May Morning Chimes - 71
Puritan 5001 Something Different: The Sands Of Monterey; Evelina; Legend Of The Whistling Brakeman; I'll Be All Smiles Tonight; Lonesome Hobo; Roll On Buddy; Snow Bird; High Country; Fireball; The White Rose; Step It Up And Go; Carroll County Blues – 72 Kenny Baker & Josh Graves (reissued on Rebel CD-1108))
Puritan 5005 Bucktime!: Texas; You Can't Put That Monkey On My Back; Kenny's Blues; Buck's Stumble; Little Red Shoes; Brown's Ferry Blues; Bucktime; Isle Of Capri; Nobody's Business; Shenandoah Breakdown; John Henry; Deep Elem Blues – 73 Kenny Baker & Josh Graves (reissued on Rebel CD-1108)
Revonah RS-510 Get In Line Brother: Prisoner's Song; My Baby's Gone; Flop-Eared Mule; I'll Just Pretend; You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry; Used To Be; Wheel Hoss; Rocky Road Blues; A Good Woman's Love; Red Wing; Get In Line Brother; Freight Train Boogie - 80
Flying Fish FF-504 Success Street: I'll Keep On Loving You; Blues Stay Away From Me; Follow The Leader; I'm Gonna Sleep With One Eye Open; I Love You So Much It Hurts Me; Silver Dollar; Don't Let Your Deal Go Down; Stealin' Home; Since My Sweet Love Ain't Around; Whistling Rufus; May You Never Be Alone; I Don't Love Nobody - 88
Flying Fish FFCD-573 On The Road To Prosperity: Did The Man In The Moon Come From Texas?; Are You Teasing Me?; The Kind Of Love I Can't Forget; There She Goes; I'm The Talk Of The Town; Kentucky Means Paradise; Out Of Business; I Wonder Where You Are Tonight; I Can't Go On This Way; Blues In My Heart; The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise; Keep On The Sunnyside – 22-10-91

SINGLES
Urban (1975)
URSSP-1002 Flop Eared Mule / I'll Just Pretend - 75