Morris Brothers

by Tony Russell, Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
26 January 1938 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC – Wiley, Zeke and Homer, The Smilin' Rangers (Zeke Morris [vcl/gt/mandolin], Wiley Morris [vcl/gt], Homer Sherrill [fiddle])
001 BS-018737 UNDERSTAND IT BETTER BYE AND BYE B-7497 Montgomery Ward M-7488
002 BS-018738 ANSWER TO TWO BLUE EYES B-7426 Montgomery Ward M-7485/ BACM CD D 220
003 BS-018739 SOMEONE TO LOVE YOU WHEN YOU'RE OLD B-7497 Montgomery Ward M-7486
004 BS-018740 I WILL NEVER TURN BACK B-7572 Montgomery Ward M-7488
005 BS-018741 GREENBACK DOLLAR – PART 3 B-7426 Montgomery Ward M-7486
006 BS-018742 IT IS LOVE B-7572 Montgomery Ward M-7487
007 BS-018743 UNDER THE OLD KENTUCKY MOON B-7628 Montgomery Ward M-7485
008 BS-018744 THE EASTERN GATE B-7628 Montgomery Ward M-7487
29 September 1938 Andrew Jackson Hotel, Andrew Jackson Hotel, Rock Hill, SC – Morris Brothers (Wiley Morris [vcl/gt], Zeke Morris [vcl/gt])
009 BS-027622 DARLING THINK WHAT YOU HAVE DONE B-7967/ BACM CD D 220
010 BS-027623 DOES JESUS CARE B-8103/ BACM CD D 220
011 BS-027624 THE STORY OF CHARLIE LAWSON B-7903/ BACM CD D 220
012 BS-027625 RIDING TO SEE THE SUN GO DOWN B-8136/ BACM CD D 220
013 BS-027626 THE GREAT SPECKLED BIRD (NEW VERSION) B-7903/ BACM CD D 220
014 BS-027627 DON‘T SAY GOODBYE IF YOU LOVE ME B-8136/ BACM CD D 220
015 BS-027628 LET ME BE YOUR SALTY DOG B-7967/ BACM CD D 220
016 BS-027629 THERE‘S A TRAIL THAT'S WINDING B-8025
017 BS-027630 I LOVE THE SILVER IN YOUR HAIR B-8025/BACM CD D 220
018 BS-027631 WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN BYE AND BYE B-8103
5 February 1939 Andrew Jackson Hotel, Andrew Jackson Hotel, Rock Hill, SC – Morris Brothers (Wiley Morris [vcl/gt], Zeke Morris [vcl/gt])
019 BS-032639 IF YOU LOVE YOUR MOTHER B-8677 Montgomery Ward M-8469/ BACM CD D 220
020 BS-032640 NOW SHE‘S GONE (I'M SITTIN' ON TOP OF THE WORLD) Montgomery Ward M-8470
021 BS-032641 JUST HOW PRETTY YOU SMILE B-8043/ BACM CD D 220
022 BS-032642 BLESSED JESUS, HOLD MY HAND B-8537 Montgomery Ward M-8471/ BACM CD D 220
023 BS-032643 FAREWELL KENTUCKY B-8653 Montgomery Ward M-8472/ BACM CD D 220
024 BS-032644 I WILL MEET MY PRECIOUS MOTHER B-8677 Montgomery Ward M-8469/ BACM CD D 220
025 BS-032645 MARRIED WOMAN BLUES B-8043
026 BS-032646 TELEPHONE TO GLORY B-8537 Montgomery Ward M-8471/ BACM CD D 220
027 BS-032647 DREAM OF THE MINER‘S CHILD B-8841
028 BS-032648 OLD COVERED BRIDGE B-8653 Montgomery Ward M-8472/ BACM CD D 220
029 BS-032649 LITTLE NELLIE B-8841/ BACM CD D 220
030 BS-032650 THE LAST LETTER Montgomery Ward M-8470
24 August 1939 Atlanta, GA – Morris Brothers (Zeke Morris [vcl/gt], Wiley Morris [vcl/gt], Eunice Ayers [vcl], ? [gt], ? [bass], Tiny Dodson [fiddle])
031 BS-041308 ONE LITTLE WORD B-8249 Montgomery Ward M-8448
032 BS-041309 WABASH CANNONBALL NO.2 B-8249 Montgomery Ward M-8448/ BACM CD D 220
033 BS-041310 MY LORD WILL COME FOR ME B-8269 Montgomery Ward M-8467
034 BS-041311 IT‘S BLUES B-8314 Montgomery Ward M-8468/ BACM CD D 220
035 BS-041312 GABRIEL‘S TRUMPET B-8314 Montgomery Ward M-8468/ BACM CD D 220
036 BS-041313 HE'LL SET YOUR FIELDS ON FIRE B-8269 Montgomery Ward M-8467/ BACM CD D 220
14 November 1945 Charlotte Hotel, Charlotte, NC – Morris Brothers (Zeke Morris [vcl/gt], Wiley Morris [vcl/gt])
037 SALTY DOG BLUES 20-1783/ BACM CD D 220
038 SOMEBODY LOVES YOU DARLING 20-1783/ BACM CD D 220
039 GRAVE ON THE GREEN HILLSIDE 20-1905
040 TRAGIC ROMANCE 20-1905/ BACM CD D 220

ALBUMS
BACM [UK]  CD D 220 Salty Dog Blues:  I Love The Silver In Your Hair; Don't Say Goodbye If You Love Me; Riding To See The Sun Go Down; Wabash Cannon Ball; Let Me Be Your Salty Dog; Blessed Jesus Hold My Hand; Telephone To Glory; If You Love Your Mother; I Will Meet My Precious Mother; Farewell Kentucky; Old Covered Bridge; The Story Of Charlie Lawson; Answer To Blue Eyes; Little Nellie; Just How Pretty You Smile; The Tragic Romance; Salty Dog Blues; Somebody Loves You Darlin'; He'll Set Your Fields On Fire; It's Blues; Does Jesus Care; Gabriel's Trumpet; Great Speckled Bird; Darling Think Of What You Have Done - 08

SINGLES
Bluebird/*Montgomery Ward (1938-39)
B-7426 Answer To Two Blue Eyes / Greenback Dollar – Part 3 – 03-38
B-7497 Understand It Better Bye And Bye / Someone To Love You When You‘re Old – 04-38
B-7572 I Will Never Turn Back / It Is Love – 05-38
B-7628 Under The Old Kentucky Moon / The Eastern Gate – 06-38
M-7485* Answer To Two Blue Eyes / Under The Old Kentucky Moon - 38
M-7486* Someone To Love You When You¢re Old / Greenback Dollar – Part 3 - 38
M-7487* It Is Love / The Eastern Gate - 38
M-7488* Understand It Better Bye And Bye / I Will Never Turn Back - 38
B-7967 Darling Think What You Have Done / Let Me Be Your Salty Dog – 12-38
B-7903 The Story Of Charlie Lawson / The Great Speckled Bird (New Version) – 01-39
B-8025 There’s A Trail That‘s Winding / I Love The Silver In Your Hair – 02-39
B-8043 Just How Pretty You Smile / Married Woman Blues – 03-39
B-8103 Does Jesus Care / Will The Circle Be Unbroken Bye And Bye – 03-39
B-8136 Riding To See The Sun Go Down / Don‘t Say Goodbye If You Love Me – 04-39
B-8249 One Little Word / Wabash Cannonball No.2 – a 08-39 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M-8448)
B-8269 My Lord Will Come For Me / He‘ll Set Your Fields On Fire – ca 09-39 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M-8467)
B-8314 It‘s Blues / Gabriel‘s Trumpet – 11-39 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M-8468)
M-8470* Now She‘s Gone (I‘m Sittin‘On Top Of The World) / The Last Letter - 40
B-8537 Blessed Jesus, Hold My Hand / Telephone To Glory – 08-40 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M-8471)
B-8653 Farewell Kentucky / Old Covered Bridge – 02-41 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M-8472)
B-8677 If You Love Your Mother / I Will Meet My Precious Mother – 04-41 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M-8469)
B-8841 Dream Of The Miner‘s Child / Little Nellie – 10-41
RCA Victor (1945)
20-1783 Salty Dog Blues / Somebody Loves You Darling – 12-45
20-1905 Tragic Romance / Grave On The Green Hillside – 06-46