Buz Butler

By Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli
SESSIONS
ca. October 1949 Decca Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA - Buz Butler  Cass County Boys
001 L 5146 MULE TRAIN Decca 46194/ BACM CD D 156
002 L 5147 MONEY AIN‘T EVERYTHING 46194/ BACM CD D 156
ca. December 1949 Decca Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA - Buz Butler  Cass County Boys
003 L 5202 IT ONLY COSTS THREE CENTS (TO BREAK MY HEART) 46208/ BACM CD D 156
004 SMOKEY MOUNTAIN WALTZ 46208/ BACM CD D 156
ca. December 1949 Decca Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Cass Daley, Buz Butler  Perry Botkin’s String Band
005 L 5226-A WE GET ALONG SO GOOD TOGETHER (WHENEVER WE'RE APART) 24836/ BACM CD D 156
006 L 5227-A THE ONE THAT I WANT WON'T HAVE ME (AND THE ONES I CAN HAVE WON'T DO 24836/ BACM CD D 156
December 1949 or January 1950 Hollywood, CA - Buz Butler
007 L 5245 POISON IVY 46209/ BACM CD D 156
008 L 5246 A LITTLE SCRAP OF PRAYER 9-46290
009 BONAPARTE’S RETREAT 46209/ BACM CD D 156
December 1949 or January 1950 Hollywood, CA - Buz Butler
010 I FRAMED THE WRONG PICTURE 9-46224 / BACM CD D 156
011 A YEAR OF CITY LIVIN' 9-46224/ BACM CD D 156
ca. February or March 1950 Decca Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA - Buz Butler  Cass County Boys
012 L 5488 COYOTE BLUES 9-46238 / BACM CD D 156
013 L 5489 BLOODSHOT EYES 9-46238/ BACM CD D 156
014 L 5490 STRIKE A MATCH 9-46290/ BACM CD D 156
Probably from Decca sessions above
015 MULESKINNER BLUES BACM CD D 156
016 GET GOIN‘ ENGINEER BACM CD D 156
ca. March 1950 Hollywood, CA – Buz Butler
017 7515/MM-1386/YW-7579 THE RUBBER BALL BOUNCE Modern 686 Mercury 6281/BACM CD D 156
018 7516/MM-1387/YW-7580 THE MEDICINE SHOW 686 6281/ BACM CD D 156
019 7517/MM-1388/YW-7581 GAMBLING FOOL Modern unissued Merury 6301-x45/ BACM CD D 156
020 7518/MM-1389/YW-7582 TENNESSEE ROSEBUD Modern unissued Merury 6301-x45/ BACM CD D 156
ca. March 1951 unknown - Billy Hill  Valley Boys (Billy Strange [vcl-1], Buz Butler [vcl-2] + unknown musicians)
000 YW-7204 GOLD CAN BUY ANYTHING (BUT LOVE) -1 6324-x45
000 YW-7205 FOR BETTER OR WORSE -1 6324-x45
021 YW-7206 CHEW TOBACCO RAG -2 6323 –x45/ BACM CD D 156
022 YW-7207 THE FRIEND IN THE TENNESSEE WALTZ -2 6323-x45/ BACM CD D 156
March 1951 unknown - Buz Butler
023 YW-7212 TEN THOUSAND MILES 6334-x45/ BACM CD D 156
024 YW-7213 SHACKLES AND CHAINS unissued
025 YW-7214 MAKE BELIEVE KISSES 6334-x45/ BACM CD D 156
026 YW-7215 DOODLE BUG unissued


ALBUMS
BACM [UK] CD D 156 Money Ain’t Everything: Rubber Ball Bounce; Medicine Show; Ten Thousand Miles; Make Believe Kisses; Gambling Fool; Tennessee Rosebud; Mule Train; Money Ain't Everything; A Year Of City Livin'; I Framed The Wrong Picture; It Only Cost Three Cents To Break My Heart; Smokey Mountain Waltz; Muleskinner Blues; Get Goin' Engineer; Poison Ivy; Bonaparte's Retreat; Bloodshot Eyes; Coyote Blues; A Little Scrap Of Paper; Strike A Match; The One That I Want Won't Have Me ; We Get Along So Good Together ; Chew Tobacco Rag; Friend In The Tennessee Waltz - 07


SINGLES
Decca (1949-50)
9-46194 Mule Train / Money Ain't Everything – 11-49
9-46208 It Only Costs Three Cents / Smokey Mountain Waltz – 01-50
9-46209 Bonaparte's Retreat / Ivy – 01-50 (rev. Feb. 4)
9- 24836 We Get Along So Good Together (Whenever We're Apart) /A The One That I Want Won't Have Me (And The Ones I Can Have Won't Do – 50 w. Cass Daley & Perry Botkin’s String Band
9-46224 I Framed The Wrong Picture / A Year Of City Livin' – 03-50
9-46238 Bloodshot Eyes / Coyote Blues – 05-50
9-46290 Strike A Match / A Little Scrap Of Paper – 02-51
Modern (1950)
686 Medicine Show / Rubber Ball Bounce – 50
Mercury (1951)
6281-X45 Medicine Show / Rubber Ball Bounce – 09-50 (reissue of Modern 686)
6301-X45 Gambling Fool / Tennessee Rosebud – ca. 01-01-51 (Modern recordings)
6323-X45 Chew Tobacco Rag / The Friend In the Tennessee Waltz – 04-51
6334-X45 Ten Thousand Miles / Make Believe Kisses – 06-51