SESSION DISCOGRAPHY * ALBUMS DISCOGRAPHY * SINGLES DISCOGRAPHY

Country and crossover since 1920s and my favorite artists of all genres too...
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Saturday, October 3, 2009

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

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Michel Ruppli, not only for his books which I use daily, but also for a large amount of rare and unpublished data from his giant archive.
Thanks to all my friends - country music fans - in Czech Republic - Vladimir Pikora, Michal Gololobov, Milos Holecek, Tony Foglar, Rene Pavlik and Petr Vitous.
Thanks to Mario Manciotti for sending session details daily
Thanks to Kurt Rokitta for a lot of session info
Thanks to Bill Daniels for sharing a lot of labels info
Thanks to Lillies Ohlsson for many western swing contributions.
Thanks to Dick Grant for many artists files
Thanks to Thieu Van De Vorst for a lot of additions and corrections
Thanks to Goran Adolph for many rare albums info
Thanks to Hans Sandberg for many rare session data
Thanks to Chris Huskey for many sessions info.
Thanks to Kittra Moore for musicians and recording data
Thanks to Dik de Heer for many additions on rockabilly.
Thanks to Luiz Roberto Costa for helping me with the western genre.
Thanks to Wolf Ruediger Sommer, who not only sent me additional data, but is also watch-dog, correcting my typos and other errors.
Thanks to Robert Platt for priceless info on Canadian (but not only) artists.
Thanks to Phil Watson for hard work on Crown Prince of country music discography. Thanks to Walter Gabriel for filling the gaps in track listings of rare albums and various artists compilations.
Thanks to Kent Heineman for many independent recordings info
Thanks to Ken Nelson for bluegrass and more additions.
Thanks to Tony Middleton for RCA session info.
Thanks to Xavier Maire for interesting additions and for info on his website www.bopping.org.
Thanks to Henk Scholts for long time cooperation.
Thanks to Richard Price for miscellaneous session information
Thanks to Carl G. Cederblad for additions to sessionographies
Thanks to Paul Urbahns, Marc Alesina, Bill Millet, Bengt Wahlström, John Morris, Dominique Anglares, Pierre Monnery, Jeremy Roberts, Ben Collins, Alex Frazer-Harrison, K.F.Raizor, Ed Tabor, Mario Wildner, Ole Skjoldhøj, Eileen Sisk, Per Kammersgaard, David Bussey, Bill Marks for rare info on their favorite artists.
Thanks to Reginald Bartlette for info and additions of Columbia custom numbers.
Thanks to Katarina Fromm for various singles info.
Thanks to many others who sent some info - all are important.
Thanks to Richard Weize for his idea to produce projects, which have small commercial potential, but huge value for collectors - I spend a lot of money buying boxes and CDs, sometimes mainly because of the accompanying discographies.
Thanks also to Patrick Milligan, who created many discographies for Bear Family projects
Thanks to Marek Bozickovic for picture in head
And last but not least I would like to thank all who visit this blog - they come from more than 100 countries.