Billy Don Burns

*Stone County, AR
by Praguefrank, Kent Heineman
SESSIONS
Spring 1971 Nashville, TN – Billy Don Burns (Producer: Shane Wilder)
001 SoN 95371 SHE HASN'T BEEN A LADY VERY LONG Soun Cot SC 1117
002 SoN 95372 TUCKER FARM  Soun Cot SC 1117
ca 1971 Nashville, TN – Billy Don Burns
002a YOUR MAMA'S EYES Soun Cot SC-1126
002b JEANNIE  Soun Cot SC-1126
ca 1974 unknown – Billy Don Burns
002c WESTBOUND HIGHWAY Shotgun SMC 746
002d TWO TIME WOMAN  Shotgun SMC 746
1975 unknown – Billy Don Burns & Jimmy Getzen as Travis Brothers
unknown tracks for unknown gospel album
1977 unknown – Billy Don Burns (Producer: Joe Johnson)
003 HE'S THE ONE SHE'S LIVING FOR 4 Star 5-1029
004 77-081 SOUTHERN LADY 5-1032
005 77-082 THAT'S MADE ME A RAMBLIN' MAN 5-1032
006 MOTEL MOTHER LOVER 4 Star 5-1029/4S-SP-102
007 HEARTACHES BY THE NUMBER    4Star 4S-SP-105
008 BE ALRIGHT I ARKANSAS 4Star 4S-SP-106
009 DON’T PUNISH ME 4Star 4S-SP-114
more tracks probably recorded
1982 Nashville, TN – Billy Don Burns
011 RAMBLIN’ GYPSY Gypsy Woman CPI 10032 
012 AN OLD COUNTRY SONG Gypsy Woman CPI 10032 
013 MEXICAN WOMAN Gypsy Woman CPI 10032  
014 LOVE’S BIG CARROUSEL Gypsy Woman CPI 10032 
015 RENDEZVOUS Gypsy Woman CPI 10032  
016 I’VE BEEN MISSING YOUR LIES Gypsy Woman CPI 10032 
017 BLUE LADY Gypsy Woman CPI 10032 
018 TAKE ME ON HOME Gypsy Woman CPI 10032  
019 A TRIBUTE TO HANK WILLIAMS Gypsy Woman CPI 10032 
020 I’M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY Gypsy Woman CPI 10032 
021 JAMBALAYA Gypsy Woman CPI 10032
1984 unknown – Billy Don Burns
021a HEARTBREAK ALLEY Dream 84-101
1994 unknown – Billy Don Burns
022 THAT’S ALL RIGHT MVMG 1918
023 OLD COUNTRY SONG MVMG 1918
024 LONG LOST HIGHWAY MVMG 1918
025 DAWN MVMG 1918
026 IT AIN’T EASY MVMG 1918
027 HOBBS, NEW MEXICO MVMG 1918
028 DREAMERS LIKE ME MVMG 1918
029 TRAVELIN’MUSICIAN AND A WOMAN WHO FLIES MVMG 1918
030 BROKEN HEART BLVD. MVMG 1918
031 HAGGARD AND HANK MVMG 1918
1996 Bradley's Barn, Mt. Juliet, TN/Hank's Place, Commanche & Fireside, Nashville, TN/Soundsmith, Hendersonville, TN - Hank Cochran & Billy Don Burns, * & Willie Nelson(Clinton Gregory [gt/fiddle/bck vcl], Joe Spivey [ac gt/fiddle], J.W. Younger [ac gt/bck vcl], Billy Don Burns [ac gt/bck vcl], Red Lane [ac gt], Jerry Laseter [el gt/bck vcl], Mike Baker [el gt], David Russell/Dale Reno [mandolin], Eddie Long/Jim Vest [steel/dobro], Owen Bradley [autoharp/piano], Don Wayne Reno [upright bass], Jeff Walikangas [el bass], Billy Sink/Clifford Thompson/Boo Boo McAfee [drums], Steve Thomas/Tommy Williams [fiddle], Scott Walker [harmonica], Scott Blackwell/Jeff Armstrong [piano], Wayne Jackson [horns], Craig Dillingham [bck vcl])
032 DESPERATE MEN Small Dog A Barkin SD-797CD?
033 I WISH IT WAS THAT EASY GOING HOME Small Dog A Barkin SD-797CD?
034 PATSY* Small Dog A Barkin SD-797CD?
035 MEMORIES COST A LOT Small Dog A Barkin SD-797CD?
036 THAT OLD FRIEND OF MINE Small Dog A Barkin SD-797CD?
037 DEAD OR ALIVE Small Dog A Barkin SD-797CD?
038 OUTLAWS AT THE CROSS Small Dog A Barkin SD-797CD?
039 WAY TO MEXICO Small Dog A Barkin SD-797CD?
040 DIABLO'S HIGHWAY Small Dog A Barkin SD-797CD?
041 NO SHORTAGE OF THE BLUES Small Dog A Barkin SD-797CD?
042 WOMAN BE CAREFUL Small Dog A Barkin SD-797CD?
043 OUTSKIRTS OF DESPERATE Small Dog A Barkin SD-797CD?
044 I'D BETTER WRITE IT DOWN Small Dog A Barkin SD-797CD?
045 BROTHERS OF THE MUSIC Small Dog A Barkin SD-797CD?
2001 unknown – Billy Don Burns
046 LONESOME 7-7203 Cody Creek 4703
047 THE ONE WHO GOT AWAY Cody Creek 4703
048 JAMES DEAN Cody Creek 4703
049 WHERE WAS LOVE Cody Creek 4703
050 FALL ON MY SWORD Cody Creek 4703
051 CAN I COME Cody Creek 4703
052 SARAI GREEN AND RUBY RED Cody Creek 4703
053 DOWN HER MEMORY LANE Cody Creek 4703
054 TALK ABOUT CRAZY Cody Creek 4703
055 HANK WILLIAMS WOMAN Cody Creek 4703
tracks above issued on album A Train Called Lonesome
2004 Comanche Studio, Nashville, TN/Hipp Studios, Hendersonville, TN/John Scott Music, Nashville, TN/Riverside Studio, Nashville, TN – Billy Don Burns (Billy Don Burns [vcl/ac gt, bck vcl], Jeff Williams [gt/bck vcl], Leo Jackson [ac gt], Willie Nelson [ac gt], Jerry Laseter [gt, 12-string gt], Eugene Moles [gt], Jeff Williams [gt], James Mitchell [gt], Charlie White [gt], John Scott [ac gt/dobro/piano], Don Wayne Reno [banjo], Dale Reno [mandolin], Russ Freeman /Leon Watson [bass instrument, bass gt], Jake Byers/Chad Mize [bass instrument], Jay Weaver [bass gt], Boo Boo McAfee/Boo-Boo McAfee/Bobby Siegler [drums], Deanie Richardson [fiddle], Jeff Armstrong [piano], Scott Walker [harmonica], Amber Williams [back vcl], Mark Beckett [drums])
056 MISSISSIPPI Rust 10201
057 I WAS THERE Rust 10201
058 HAGGARD & HANK Rust 10201
059 DARK SIDE OF THE SPOON Rust 10201
060 NO MAN'S LAND Rust 10201
061 SAILING DOWN THE NILE Rust 10201
062 PATSY Rust 10201
063 KEITH WHITLEY BLUE Rust 10201
064 RUNNIN' DRUGS OUT OF MEXICO Rust 10201
065 FULL BLOWN ADDICT Rust 10201
066 ROCK ON Rust 10201
067 TIRED & TROUBLED SOLDIERS Rust 10201 [radio ed.] Rust 10201
068 GIVE MY LOVE TO ROSE Rust 10201
2008 Berlin, GER – Billy Don Burns
069 DEAD OR ALIVE Rockin’H 70000
070 GAYLOR CREEK CHURCH Rockin’H 70000
071 LONG LOST HIGHWAY Rockin’H 70000
072 DESPERATE MEN Rockin’H 70000
073 WHEN LONESOME COMES AROUND Rockin’H 70000
074 LOVING ARMS Rockin’H 70000
075 WOMAN BE CAREFUL Rockin’H 70000
076 JACK DANIELS JOHN HENRY AND ME Rockin’H 70000
077 OUTLAWS AT THE CROSS Rockin’H 70000
078 ALL THAT SHE PUT HIM THROUGH Rockin’H 70000
079 BROTHERS OF THE MUSIC Rockin’H 70000
080 YOU WIN AGAIN Rockin’H 70000

ALBUMS
Gypsy Woman CPI-10032 Ramblin’ Gypsy: Ramblin’ Gypsy; An Old Country Song; Mexican Woman; Love’s Big Carrousel; Rendezvous; I’ve Been Missing Your Lies; Blue Lady; Take Me On Home; A Tribute To Hank Williams; I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry; Jambalaya - 82
MVMG MVMG-1918 Long Lost Highway: That’s All Right; Old Country Song; Long Lost Highway; Dawn; It Ain’t Easy; Hobbs, New mexico; Dreamers Like Me; Travelin’Musician And A Woman Who Flies; Broken Heart Blvd.; Haggard And Hank – 94
Small Dog A Barkin SD-797CD? Desperate Men: The Legend & The Outlaw: Desperate Men; I Wish It Was That Easy Going Home; Patsy; Memories Cost a Lot; That Old Friend of Mine; Dead or Alive; Outlaws at the Cross; Way to Mexico; Diablo's Highway; No Shortage of the Blues; Woman Be Careful; Outskirts of Desperate; I'd Better Write It Down; Brothers of the Music – 11-02-97 w. Hank Cochran
Cody Creek 4703 A Train Called Lonesome: Lonesome 7-7203; The One Who Got Away;James Dean; Where Was Love; Fall on My Sword; Can I Come; Sarai Green and Ruby Red; Down Her Memory Lane; Talk About Crazy; Hank Williams Woman – 30-01-02
Rust 10201 Heroes, Friends & Other Troubled Souls: Mississippi; I Was There; Haggard & Hank; Dark Side of the Spoon; No Man's Land; Sailing Down the Nile; Patsy; Keith Whitley Blue; Runnin' Drugs Out of Mexico; Full Blown Addict; Rock On; Tired & Troubled Soldiers; Give My Love to Rose; Tired & Troubled Soldiers [Radio Edit] – 08-03-05
Rockin‘H 70000 Berlin Tapes: Dead or Alive; Gaylor Creek Church; Long Lost Highway; Desperate Men; When Lonesome Comes Around; Loving Arms; Woman be Careful; Jack Daniels John Henry and Me; Outlaws at the Cross; All That She Put Him Through; Brothers of the Music; You Win Again – 08

SINGLES
Soun Cot (1971)
SC 1117 She Hasn't Been a Lady Very Long / Tucker Farm - 71
SC-1126 Your Mama's Eyes / Jeannie
Shotgun
SMC 746 Westbound Highway / Two Time Woman – ca 74
4-Star
5-1029  He's The One She's Living For / Motel Mother Lover - 77
5-1032  Southern Lady / That's Made Me A Ramblin' Man – 78
Dream (1984)
84-101 Heartbreak Alley / Heartbreak Alley