Brother Oswald

Beecher Ray Kirby, *26-12-1911 Sevier County, TN, +17-10-2002
By Praguefrank, Dick Grant, Mario Manciotti
SESSIONS
ca. May 1962 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN - Brother Oswald (Producer: Don Pierce)
001 5436 SOUTHERN MOON SLP-192
002 5437 BLACK SMOKE 602/SLP-192
003 5438 MY GIRL'S A HIGH BORN LADY unissued
004 5439 WEARY WEARY BLUES SLP-192
005 5440 COLUMBUS STOCKADE BLUES SLP-192
006 5441 RABBIT IN THE LOG SLP-192
007 5442 CURLY HEADED BABY SEP-228
008 5443 MOUNTAIN DEW SLP-192
009 5444 LATE LAST NIGHT SLP-192
010 5445 WHY NOT CONFESS SLP-192
011 5446 BURY ME BENEATH THE WILLOW 602/SLP-192
012 5447 OSWALD'S DOBRO CHIMES SLP-192
013 5448 OSWALD'S MARCH unissued
014 5449 LONESOME VALLEY SLP-192
015 5450 I LIKE MOUNTAIN MUSIC SLP-192
016 5451 unknown title unissued
017 5452 ISLAND MARCH SLP-192
018 SUNDAY IN THE MOUNTAINS SLP-192
019 COURTIN' IN THE RAIN SLP-276
1972 poss. Nashville, TN – Brother Oswald (Brian Collins [gt], Norman Blake [gt/mandolin/dobro], Tut Taylor [mandolin/dobro])
020 THE END OF THE WORLD Rounder 0013
021 ISLAND MARCH Rounder 0013
022 SAILING ALONG Rounder 0013
023 KANSAS CITY KITTY Rounder 0013
024 BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN Rounder 0013
025 FAREWELL BLUES Rounder 0013
026 ECHO CHIMES Rounder 0013
027 WABASH CANNONBALL Rounder 0013
028 PRAIRIE QUEEN Rounder 0013
029 TENNESSEE WALTZ Rounder 0013
030 SONG OF THE ISLANDS Rounder 0013
031 DOBRO CHIMES Rounder 0013
032 I'LL BE ALL SMILES TONIGHT Rounder 0013
033 TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS Rounder 0013
034 CARRY ME BACK TO THE MOUNTAINS Rounder 0013
4/6 November 1974 Hound's Ear, Nashville, TN – Brother Oswals & Charlie Collins
035 NOBODY'S BUSINESS Rounder 0041
036 WABASH CANNONBALL Rounder 0041
037 SAINT ANN'S REEL Rounder 0041
038 WHY NOT CONFESS? Rounder 0041
039 CORA IS GONE Rounder 0041
040 KAHOLA MARCH Rounder 0041
041 I LIKE MOUNTAIN MUSIC Rounder 0041
042 WHISTLING RUFUS Rounder 0041
043 COLUMBUS STOCKADE BLUES Rounder 0041
044 FORT SMITH Rounder 0041
045 OLD JOHN HENRY Rounder 0041
046 GREY EAGLE Rounder 0041
047 BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES Rounder 0041
048 REMEMBER ME Rounder 0041
049 SOUTHERN MOON Rounder 0041
050 ALOHA OE Rounder 0041
Ca 1974 unknown – Brother Oswald
Unknown tracks for NR-4990
ca. fall 1975 poss. Hound's Ear, Nashville, TN – Brother Oswals & Charlie Collins(some tracks or whole album possibly recorded in November 1974)
063 MOUNTAIN DEW Rounder 0060
064 INDIAN KILLED THE WOODCOCK Rounder 0060
065 HOMESTEAD ON THE FARM Rounder 0060
066 HILO MARCH Rounder 0060
067 NOBODY'S DARLING BUT MINE Rounder 0060
068 STONEY POINT Rounder 0060
069 BLACK SMOKE Rounder 0060
070 OSWALD'S SPECIAL Rounder 0060
071 POLLY WOLLY DOODLE Rounder 0060
072 HILLS OF OLD KENTUCKY Rounder 0060
073 SNOWFLAKE REEL Rounder 0060
074 MOTHER THE QUEEN OF MY HEART Rounder 0060
075 LOO LOO'S NEST Rounder 0060
076 WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS Rounder 0060
1977 Gusto Recording Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road,Nashville, TN – Brother Oswald
077 I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY Rounder 0080
078 ISLE OF GOLDEN DREAMS Rounder 0080
079 GIRL I LOVE DON'T PAY ME NO MIND Rounder 0080
080 YOU ARE THE STAR IN MY BLUE HEAVEN Rounder 0080
081 DON'T SAY ALOHA WHEN I GO Rounder 0080
082 BIBLE IN THE BARN Rounder 0080
083 AMAZING GRACE Rounder 0080
084 CRIPPLE CREEK Rounder 0080
085 MANSION ON THE HILL Rounder 0080
086 ROSE OF SAN ANTONE Rounder 0080
087 FRENCH SONG Rounder 0080
088 THAT HIGH BORN GAL OF MINE Rounder 0080
089 SHOULD I TELL MY WIFE I'M DYING? Rounder 0080
090 THE OLD RUGGED CROSS Rounder 0080
Brother Oswald recorded after 1977. Some info in albums list

ALBUMS
Starday SLP-192 Bashful Brother Oswald: Southern Moon; Weary Weary Blues; Island; Mountain Dew; Rabbit In The Log; Late Last Night; Sunday In The Mountains; I Like Mountain Music; Columbus Stockade Blues; Beneath The Willow; Why Not Confess; Black Smoke; Oswald's Dobro Chimes; Lonesome Valley - 62
Rounder 0013 Brother Oswald: The End Of The World; Island March; Sailing Along; Kansas City Kitty; Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain; Farewell Blues; Echo Chimes; Wabash Cannonball; Prairie Queen; Tennessee Waltz; Song Of The Islands; Dobro Chimes; I'll Be All Smiles Tonight; Two Different Worlds; Carry Me Back To The Mountains - 72
Rounder 0041 That's Country: Nobody's Business; Wabash Cannonball; Saint Ann's Reel; Why Not Confess?; Cora Is Gone; Kahola March; I Like Mountain Music; Whistling Rufus; Columbus Stockade Blues; Fort Smith; Old John Henry; Grey Eagle; Beautiful Brown Eyes; Remember Me; Southern Moon; Aloha Oe – 75 w. Charlie Collins
Tennessee NR-4990 Banjo And Dobro: (tracks unknown) – 75
Rounder 0060 Oz & Charlie: Mountain Dew; Indian Killed The Woodcock; Homestead On The Farm; Hilo March; Nobody's Darling But Mine; Stoney Point; Black Smoke; Oswald's Special; Polly Wolly Doodle; Hills Of Old Kentucky; Snowflake Reel; Mother The Queen Of My Heart; Loo Loo's Nest;. What A Friend We Have In Jesus – 76 w. Charlie Collins
Rounder 0080 Don't Say Aloha: I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry; Isle Of Golden Dreams; Girl I Love Don't Pay Me No Mind; You Are The Star In My Blue Heaven; Don't Say Aloha When I Go; Bible In The Barn; Amazing Grace; Cripple Creek; Mansion On The Hill; Rose Of San Antone;. French Song; That High Born Gal Of Mine; Should I Tell My Wife I'm Dying?; The Old Rugged Cross - 78
Country Heritage CH-002 The Best Of Oswald: Euneta; The Best Of Oswald; Isle Of Golden Dreams; End Of The World; Oswald's Special; Mansion On The Hill; Great Speckled Bird; Wabash Cannon Ball; King's Serenade; Song Of The Islands; Farewell Blues; I Walk Alone; Island March; Aloha - 86
Country Heritage CH-003 Dobro Dreamland: Bev & Joe In The Land Of Os: Fireball Mail Medley; Nobody’s Darling But Mine; In The Pines; Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine; The Stramlined Cannonball; When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again; Pins And Needles In My heart; I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry; Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain; Beneath The Willow; Low And Lonely; My Tennessee Sweetheart – 87 w. Beverly King, Joe Knight
Country Heritage CH-006 Bashful Brother Oswald's Golden Anniversary Album: As Long As I Live; The Waltz You Saved For Me; Maggie; Live And Let Live; Prisoner's Song; Where We'll Never Grow Old; The Lonely Mound Of Clay; Silver Threads Among The Gold; Waltzing Dobro; Lonesome Reuben; The Last Letter; Rubber Dolly - 89
RME Music RME-195 Carry Me Back: Columbus Stockade Blues; The Precious Jewel (w.George Jones); No Letter In The Mail; Stuck Up Blues; Eunita; Late Last Night; When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again; No, Not A Word; Mountain Dew; Carry Me Back To Old Mountains - 95

SINGLES
Starday (1962)
45-602 Beneath The Willow / Black Smoke - 09-62