Friday, December 3, 2010

Fields Ward

By Tony Russell (Country Music Discography, 1921-1942), PraguefrankSESSIONS

26 September 1927 Winston-Salem, NC- Crockett Ward and His Boys (Crockett Ward [fiddle], Fields Ward [vcl/gt], Sampson Ward [banjo], Vernon Ward [autoharp])
001 81615  SAD AND LONELY unissued
002 81616-A  SUGAR HILL Okeh 45179
003 81617-A  DEADHEADS AND SUCKERS Okeh 45179
004 81618-B  LOVE'S AFFECTIONS    OKeh   45304
005 81619-B  AIN'T THAT TROUBLE IN MIND? OKeh 45304
006 81620  TRAIN ON THE ISLAND unissued
5 March 1929 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, IN Fields Ward, * w. Ernest Stoneman (aka Justin Winfield) (Fields Ward [vcl/gt], Ernest Stoneman [vcl/harmonica], Sampson Ward [banjo] Eck Dunford [fiddle])
007 G14861  WAY DOWN IN NORTH CAROLINA     unissued/Historical HLP-8001 County 534
008 G14862-A  AIN‘T THAT TROUBLE IN MIND  unissued/Historical HLP-8001 Old Hat CD-1004
009 G14863  YOU MUST BE A LOVER OF THE LORD  unissued/Historical HLP-8001
010 G14864  WATCH AND PRAY   unissued/Historical HLP-8001 County 534
011 G14865  GOOD BYE LITTLE BONNIE*  unissued/Historical HLP-8001
012 G14866  ALAS MY DARLING*     rejected
013 G14867  MY OLD SWEETHEART*    rejected
014 G14868  THE  PLACE WHERE ELLA SLEEPS*   rejected
015 G14869  IN THOSE CRUEL SLAVERY DAY*      unissued/Historical HLP-8001
016 G14870  THE SWEETEST WAY HOME    unissued/Historical HLP-8001
7 March 1929 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, IN Fields Ward, * w. Ernest Stoneman (aka Justin Winfield) (Fields Ward [vcl/gt], Ernest Stoneman [vcl/harmonica], Sampson Ward [banjo] Eck Dunford [fiddle])
017 G14876  MY ONLY SWEETHEART   unissued/Historical HLP-8001 County 534
018 G14877  TIE UP THOSE OLD BROKEN CHORDS * unissued/Historical HLP-8001
019 G14878  THE LOVEBIRDS ARE RETURNING*  unissued/Historical HLP-8001
020 G14879  NO ONE LOVES YOU AS I DO   unissued/Historical HLP-8001
021 G14880  I DON‘T SEE WHY I LOVE HER  rejected
1968 Galax, VA – Fields and Wade Ward (Fields Ward [vcl/gt], Wade Ward [banjo/talk], Jimmy Edmonds/ John Rector [fiddle]. Producer: Arnold S. Kaplin)
022 RILEY AND SPENCER  Biograph RC-6002 
023 WINKIN' EYE  Biograph RC-6002 
024 LITTLE BIRDIE  Biograph RC-6002 
025 ONE EYED SAM  Biograph RC-6002 
026 SWEET WILLIAM  Biograph RC-6002
027 HOBO JOHN  Biograph RC-6002 
028 THE ALLEN CLAN  Biograph RC-6002
029 COLD ICY FLOOR  Biograph RC-6002
030 CRUEL SLAVERY DAYS  Biograph RC-6002
031 ROUND TOWN GIRLS  Biograph RC-6002 
032 JOHN HARY  Biograph RC-6002 
033 DON'T LET YOUR DEAL GO DOWN  Biograph RC-6002 
034 WADE'S FOX CHASE  Biograph RC-6002
1973 Bel-Air, MA – Fields Ward (Fields Ward [vcl/gt/banjo], Nancy Ward [vcl], Burt Russell [banjo], Jerry Lundy [fiddle])
035 PEEKABOO WALTZ   Rounder 0036 
036 BURY ME NOT ON THE LONE PRAIRIE   Rounder 0036 
037 COUNTRY ROAD GANG   Rounder 0036 
038 COTTON BLOSSOM   Rounder 0036 
039 NO LOW DOWN HANGING AROUND   Rounder 0036 
040 LEAVING DEAR OLD IRELAND   Rounder 0036
041 THE LITTLE STREAM OF WHISKEY   Rounder 0036
042 MCKINLEY MARCH   Rounder 0036
043 ROCKHOUSE GAMBLER Rounder 0036
044 SWEET BIRD   Rounder 0036 
045 PINEY WOODS GIRL   Rounder 0036 
046 ALIAS, MY DARLING Rounder 0036
047 THE TRAIN THAT CARRIED MY GIRL FROM TOWN   Rounder 0036 
048 IN THE CONCERT GARDEN   Rounder 0036 
049 OLD ZEKE PERKINS   Rounder 0036
Fields Ward also recorded for Library of Congress in 1937 and  at various locations in Virginia from 1962 to 1969





ALBUMS
Historical HLP-8001 Early Country Music. Vol. I:  Way Down In North Carolina; Ain't That Trouble In Mind; The Sweetest Way Home; My Only Sweetheart; Goodbye Little Bonnie; Watch And Pray; The New River Train*; Those Cruel Slavery Days; I Got A Bulldog*; Say Darling Say*; John Hardy*; No One Loves You As I Do*; The Birds Are Returning; Tie Up Those Broken Chords; You Must Be A Lover Of The Lord; I Am Gonna Marry That Pretty Little Girl – ca 66 Fields Ward/*Ernest Stoneman
Biograph RC-6002 Fields And Wade Ward: Riley And Spencer; Winkin' Eye; Little Birdie; One Eyed Sam; Sweet William; Hobo John; The Allen Clan; Cold Icy Floor; Cruel Slavery Days; Round Town Girls; John Hary; Don't Let Your Deal Go Down; Wade's Fox – ca 68
Rounder 0036 Bury Me Not On The Prairie: Peekaboo Waltz; Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie; Country Road Gang; Cotton Blossom; No Low Down Hanging Around; Leaving Dear Old Ireland; The Little Stream Of Whiskey; Mckinley March; Rockouse Gambler; Sweet Bird; Piney Woods Girl; Alisa My Darling; The Train That Carried My Girl From Town; In The Concert Garden; Old Zeke Perkins - 74


SINGLES
OKeh (1927) Crockett Ward and His Boys
45179 Sugar Hill / Deadheads And Suckers - 27
45304 Love's Affections / Ain't That Trouble In Mind? – 28
 

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