Oscar James Patton, *28-10-1931
Berwin, OK, +25-06-1989
by Dick Grant, Russell Sims; Joe Poovey; Al Turner; Bob Solly; Phil Tricker; Adam Komorowski; Craig Moerer; Cees Klop; Malcolm Chapman; Claes-Hakan Olofsson; Jan Damgaard, Bo Berglind, Goran Adolph, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
November 1954 Abbott Studio, Escondido Canyon, Malibu, CA - Jim Patton (Joe Maphis [ld gt], Wesley Tuttle [rh gt], Speedy West [steel], Buddy Wooten [bass], Woody Stone [fiddle], Rocky Applegate [fiddle]. Producer: Russell Sims)
001 Δ3019 GUILTY Sims 103-45/Star Club CD-506009
January 1955 Abbott Studio, Escondido Canyon, Malibu, CA - Jim Patton & Ann Jones (Joe Maphis [ld gt], Wesley Tuttle [rh gt], Speedy West [steel], Buddy Wooten [bass], Woody Stone [fiddle], Rocky Applegate [fiddle]. Producer: Russell Sims)
002 Δ3295 CAREFUL Sims 103-45/Star Club CD-506009
June 1955 Abbott Studio, Escondido Canyon, Malibu, CA - Jim Patton (Joe Maphis [ld gt], Wesley Tuttle [rh gt], Speedy West [steel], Buddy Wooten [bass], Woody Stone [fiddle], Rocky Applegate [fiddle]. Producer: Russell Sims)
003 Δ5196 TEEN-AGE HEART Sims 104-45
004 Δ5197 OLD JALOPY 104-45
September 1955 Abbott Studio, Escondido Canyon, Malibu, CA - Jim Patton (Joe Maphis [ld gt], Wesley Tuttle [rh gt], Speedy West [steel], Buddy Wooten [bass], Woody Stone [fiddle], Rocky Applegate [fiddle]. Producer: Russell Sims)
005 Δ6709 OCEAN OF TEARS Sims 105-45
006 Δ6710 I DON’T WANT IT 105-45
ca April 1958 Sage & Sand Recording Studio, 1534 No. Wilcox Ave, Hollywood, CA - Jimmy Patton (Roy Lanham [ld gt], Buddy Wooten [bass], Ralph Gleason [drums], Freddie Haynes [piano]. Producer: W.O.Woody Fleener)
007 YAH! I’M MOVIN’ Sage 45-261 Rollin’ Rock EP-001/Esoldun RR-2001, Sage & Sand PCD-2468 SS-930701 Chief CD-1156504 High Tone HMG-4002 Star Club CD-506009 P-Vine CD-2468
008 LOVE, COME BACK TO ME Sage 45-261 Rollin’ Rock EP-001/Esoldun RR-2001 Sage & Sand SS-930701:
009 I’M NOT SHUCKIN’ Rollin’ Rock EP-001/Sage LP C-22 Crown CST-241 CST-453 Esoldun RR-2001 Sage & Sand PCD-2468: Star Club CD-506009 P-Vine CD-2468
010 -1 LET ME SLIDE Rollin’ Rock EP-001/Esoldun RR-2001 Roxy ROX-2 High Tone HMG-6607 Star Club CD-506009 [t.-2] Sage & Sand SS-930702
Note: according to www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/jimmy_patton.htm the tracks above were recorded at the Sunset Recording studio
1959 Audio Recorders of Arizona, 3703 North 7th St., Phoenix, AR - Jimmie Patton (Donnie Owens [ld gt], poss. Buddy Wheeler [bass[, Bob Taylor [drums], ? [piano]. Producer: Sheldon Gibbs)
011 HC-001 OKIE’S IN THE POKIE Hilligan HC-001
012 HC-002 “HUT-HORP” ROOKIE’S MARCHING SONG HC-002/Buffalo Bop BB-2070 Cactus CACT-5000
September 1961 Bakersfield, CA - Jimmy Patton (Gene Crossland [steel], Gordon Wesler [bass], Speedy Gabbart [drums/tambourine], Eddie Wilson [fiddle], Bill Woods [piano].Producer: Bill Woods)
013 Δ40647 TAXES ARE GOING UP AGAIN Stereotone 1002/Stereotone SLP-1002 Star Club CD-506009
014 Δ40647X SOMEDAY I’LL LIVE AGAIN Stereotone 1002/SLP-1002
015 CHEATIN’ HEART Stereotone SLP-1002
016 WALK SOFTLY Stereotone SLP-1002
017 WHAT WILL I DO (WITH ALL THOSE MEMORIES) SLP-1002 Star Club CD-506009
September 1961 Bakersfield, CA - Jimmy Patton (Gene Crossland [steel], Gordon Wesler [bass], Speedy Gabbart [drums/tambourine], Eddie Wilson [fiddle], Bill Woods [piano].Producer: Bill Woods)
018 I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU CALL MY NAME Stereotone SLP-1002
019 PLAYBOY SLP-1002
020 I CAN’T SHAKE THE BLUES SLP-1002
021 OLD JALOPY SLP-1002
022 CRY CRY DARLING SLP-1002
December 1961 House of Sound, Hollywood, CA - Jimmy Patton (Roy Lanham [ld gt], Buck Owens [hmny vcl/rh gt], Red Wooten [bass], Muddy Berry [drums], poss Bill Woods [piano]. Producer: Russell Sims)
023 LONELY NIGHTS Sims 45-117/Record Mart RM-1029
024 OKIE’S IN THE POKIE 45-117/Rocket 88 RLP-001 Record Mart RM-1029 Wendi W-000013 Magnum Force MFLP-030 Flesh Den CD-6901Esoldun RR-2001 Beaver BLP-3310 Star Club CD-506009 Bear Family BCD-16230 Disky DO-250542
3 November 1964 Columbia Recording Studio B, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - Jimmy Patton (Billy Grammer [ld gt], Autry Inman [rh gt], Bud Logan [bass], Willie Ackerman [drums], Tommy Jackson [fiddle], Buddy Spicher [fiddle], Hargus Robbins [piano].Producer: Russell Sims)
025 ZTSB-95667/Δ 70544 BLUE DARLING Sims 227 Moon 111/Sims LP-127 Sourdough LP-127 Star Club CD-506009
026 WHITE LIGHTNING Sims LP-127, Sourdough LP-127 Star Club CD-506009
027 KEEPER OF THE KEY Sims LP-127 Sourdough LP-127
028 OUT OF MY LIFE Moon 112 /Sims LP-127 Sourdough LP-127 Star Club CD-506009
029 RAGGED BUT RIGHT Sims LP-127 Sourdough LP-127 Rural Rhythm RRLP-2114 Star Club CD-506009
030 PICK ME UP ON YOUR WAY DOWN Sims LP-127 Sourdough LP-127 Rural Rhythm RRLP-2114 Star Club CD-506009
4 November 1964 Columbia Recording Studio B, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - Jimmy Patton (Billy Grammer [ld gt], Autry Inman [rh gt], Bud Logan [bass], Willie Ackerman [drums], Tommy Jackson [fiddle], Buddy Spicher [fiddle], Hargus Robbins [piano].Producer: Russell Sims)
031 ZTSB-95666/Δ70544X PREACHER AND A GIRL IN THE NIGHT Sims 227 Moon 111/Sims LP-127 Sourdough LP-127 Rural Rhythm RRLP-2114
032 Δ70079 FIRST STEP DOWN Moon 110/Sims LP-127 Sourdough LP-127
033 Δ70079X WORST OF LUCK Moon 110/Sims LP-127 Sourdough LP-127 Star Club CD-506009
034 APRIL FOOL’S DAY Sims LP-127 Sourdough LP-127 Star Club CD-506009
035 Δ70545X I CAN’T GO HOME Moon 112/Sims LP-127 Sourdough LP-127
036 SAWMILL Sims LP-127 Sourdough LP-127 Rural Rhythm RRLP-2114 Star Club CD-506009
1965 Springfield, OR - Jimmy Patton (Producer: Jimmy Patton)
037 D59104X CAN’T SHAKE THE BLUES Sims 256/Sourdough LP-127
038 CAN’T BEAR THE THOUGHT OF LOSING YOU Moon 1006 256/LP-127 Star Club CD-506009
039 D59104 GOING HOME WITH THE BLUES Moon 1006/Star Club CD-506009
February 1967 Tacoma, WA - Jimmy Patton (Lou Crenshaw [hmny vcl/ld gt], Donnie Marvin [steel], Butch Simington [hmny vcl/drums], ? [piano]. Producer : Jimmy Patton)
040 Δ65684 MAKE ROOM FOR THE BLUES Moon 109/LP-101 Star Club CD-506009
041 Δ65684X APARTMENT No.9 Moon 109/LP-101 CD-506009
042 BLUE SIDE OF LONESOME Moon LP-101
043 I’M NOT CRAZY YET LP-101
044 LONG TALL TEXAN LP-101
045 ROSE OF OLD PAWNEE LP-101
046 ALL FOR THE LOVE OF A GIRLMoon LP-101
047 FOR PETE’S SAKE LP-101
048 EYE FOR AN EYE LP-101
049 BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY LP-101
050 SING A SAD SONG LP-101
051 GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME LP-101
1976 Nashville, TN - Jimmy Patton (Jerry Reed [ld gt], Jack Salomon [rh gt], Terry Bethel [steel], Larry McFadden [bass], Bob Younts [drums], Jim Buchanan [fiddle], Duane Hester [fiddle], Dave Reece [piano] + Gary Paxton Singers. Producers: T.Toffolo & D.Brokens)
052 Y’ALL COME Moon LP-2002
053 JUST FOR YOU 45-2002/LP-2002
054 LOVE PUT A SONG IN YOUR HEART LP-2002
055 Δ99141 BIG BLUE DIAMONDS Moon 45-2003/LP-2002
056 Δ99141X BYOU CAN HAVE HER Moon 45-2003/LP-2002
057 BOTTLE LET ME DOWN Moon LP-2002
058 LOVE ON A HOT AFTERNOON LP-2002
059 BRUSH ME FROM YOUR SHOES 45-2002/LP-2002 Star Club CD-506009
060 WALKIN’ PIECE OF HEAVEN Moon LP-2002
061 RED NECKS, WHITE SOX, BLUE RIBBON BEER LP-2002 Star Club CD-506009
ALBUMS
Stereotone 1002 Take 30 Minutes with Jimmy Patton: Taxes Are Going Up Again; Someday I’ll Live Again; Cheatin’ Heart; Walk Softly; What Will I Do (With All Those Memories); I Thought I Heard You Call My Name; Playboy; I Can’t Shake The Blues; Old Jalopy; Cry Cry Darling - 62
Sims LP-127 Blue Darlin' : Blue Darling; White Lightning; Keeper Of The Key; Out Of My Life; Ragged But Right; Pick Me Up On Your Way Down; Preacher And A Girl In The Night; First Step Down; Worst Of Luck; April Fool’s Day; I Can’t Go Home; Sawmill - ca 04-65 (MX XTBV 95616/7. Reissued on Sourdough LP-127 with 2 bonus tracks: Can’t Bear The Thought Of losing You, Can’t Shake The Blues)
Moon LP-101 Make Room For The Blues: Make Room For The Blues;Apartment No.9.; Blue Side Of Lonesome; I’m Not Crazy Yet; Long Tall Texan; Rose Of Old Pawnee; All For The Love Of A Girl; For Pete’s Sake; Eye For An Eye; Blue Moon Of Kentucky; Sing A Sad Song; Green Green Grass Of Home - 67
Moon LP-2002 Just For You: Y’all Come; Just For You; Love Put A Song In Your Heart; Big Blue Diamonds; You Can Have Her; Bottle Let Me Down; Love On A Hot Afternoon; Brush Me From Your Shoes; Walkin’ Piece Of Heaven; Red Necks, White Sox, Blue Ribbon Beer - 76
Star Club [SWE] 506009 Jimmy Patton, Yah ! I'm Movin': Yah! I'm Movin'; Okie's In The Pokie; Love, Come Back To Me; Let Me Slide; I'm Not Shuckin'; Blue Moon Of Kentucky; Taxes Are Going Up Again; White Lightning; Make Room For The Blues; Brush Me From Your Shoes; Apartment #9; Can't Bear The Thought (Of Losing You); Big Blue Diamonds; Pick Me Up On Your Way Down; Sawmill; Worst Of Luck; April Fool's Day; Ragged But Right; Blue Darling; Out Of My Life; Red Necks, White Sox, Blue Ribbon Beer; What Will I Do - 99
SINGLES
Sims (1955)
103-45 Guilty / Careful - 04-55 w. Ann Jones
104-45 Teenage Heart / Jalopy - 08-55
105-45 Ocean Of Tears / I Don't Want It - 11-55
Rollin' Rock EP 001 Jimmy Patton: Yah! I'm Movin'; Love, Come Back To Me / Let Me Slide; I'm Not Shakin - 72
Sage & Sand (1958)
45-261 Yah! I'm Movin' / Love Come Back - 05-58 (released on Sage)
Hilligan (1960)
HC-001 Okie's In The Pokie / Lonely Nights - 60
Stereotone (ca. 1962)
1002 Taxes Are Going Up Again / Someday I'll Live Again - ca. 10-61
Sims (1965)
117 Okie's In The Pokie / Lonely Nights - 62
227 Blue Darling / Preacher And A Girl In The Night - 02-65 (reissued on Moon 111)
256 Can't Shake The Blues / Can't Bare The Thought Of Losing You - 65
Moon (*leased from Sims)
109 Make Room For The Blues / Apartment No. 9 - 67
110* First Step Down / Worst of Luck - 67
112* I Can't Go Home / Out Of Life - 67
1006 Can't Bear The Thoughts of Losing You / Going Home With The Blues
45-2002 Just For You / Brush Me From Your Shoes - 76
45-2003 Big Blue Diamonds / You Can have Her - 76