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Country and crossover since 1920s and my favorite artists of all genres too...
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Sunday, July 25, 2010

RFD Boys

By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

1972 Jessup Recording Studio, Jackson, MI – The RFD Boys (Charles Roehring [ld vcl/gt/mandolin], Willard Spencer [vcl/gt/banjo], Paul Shapiro [vcl/bass], Dick Dieterle [fiddle])
001 BOSTON Jessup MB-126
002 FOX ON THE RUN Jessup MB-126
003 KENT COUNTY BREAKDOWN Jessup MB-126
004 IT'S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP OF THE WORLD Jessup MB-126
005 TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS Jessup MB-126
006 ROCKY TOP Jessup MB-126
007 RFD COUNTRY Jessup MB-126
008 LITLE BY LITTLE Jessup MB-126
009 GOLD WATCH AND CHAIN Jessup MB-126
010 SOMEBODY TOUCHED ME Jessup MB-126
011 LEAVIN' THE OZARKS Jessup MB-126
012 COUNTRY BOY ROCK AND ROLL Jessup MB-126
1974 unknown, MI – The RFD Boys (Charles Roehring [ld vcl/gt/mandolin], Willard Spencer [vcl/gt/banjo], Paul Shapiro [vcl/bass], Dick Dieterle [fiddle])
013 WEALTHY ST. RAG Pretzel Bell PBR-737
014 MORNING COMES EARLY Pretzel Bell PBR-737
015 PARADISE Pretzel Bell PBR-737
016 DEAD SKUNK Pretzel Bell PBR-737
017 SOUTHBOUND TRAIN Pretzel Bell PBR-737
018 THE BOXER Pretzel Bell PBR-737
019 ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH Pretzel Bell PBR-737
020 LEATHER BREECHES Pretzel Bell PBR-737
021 WHITE LINE FEVER Pretzel Bell PBR-737
022 SLEEPY-EYED JOHN Pretzel Bell PBR-737
023 I'M MY OWN GRANDPA Pretzel Bell PBR-737
024 THE LAST THING ON MY MIND Pretzel Bell PBR-737
1975 unknown – The RFD Boys (Dick Dieterle, Charles Roehring, Freddie Harris, Willard Shapiro)
025 SHADY GROVE Pretzell Bell PBR-738
026 WORLD OF YESTERDAY Pretzell Bell PBR-738
027 KENTUCKY I'M COMING HOME Pretzell Bell PBR-738
028 SIT BY THE RIVER Pretzell Bell PBR-738
029 RIP RAP ROAD Pretzell Bell PBR-738
030 HOW MOUNTAIN GIRLS CAN LOVE Pretzell Bell PBR-738
031 YOU CAN HAVE HER Pretzell Bell PBR-738
032 HELLO MARY Pretzell Bell PBR-738
033 I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY Pretzell Bell PBR-738
034 ROSE OF OLD KENTUCKY Pretzell Bell PBR-738
035 THANK GOD I'M A COUNTRY BOY/SALLY GOODWIN Pretzell Bell PBR-738
22 July &10 October 1994 [live] The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor, MI – The RFD Boys (Dick Dietrele, Willard Spencer, Charlie Roehig, Paul Shapiro)
03501 THE GOLDEN ROCKET Schoolkids SKR-1534-2
03502 RFD BOYS INTRODUCTION Schoolkids SKR-1534-2
03503 BILLY IN THE LOW GROUND Schoolkids SKR-1534-2
03504 DETROIT CITY Schoolkids SKR-1534-2
03505 PRISON WALLS OF LOVE Schoolkids SKR-1534-2
03506 WALKIN' SHOES Schoolkids SKR-1534-2
03507 LOVE NO ONE BUT YOU Schoolkids SKR-1534-2
03508 GOLD WATCH AND CHAIN Schoolkids SKR-1534-2
03509 POSSUM LICK Schoolkids SKR-1534-2
03510 ARE YOU MISSING ME Schoolkids SKR-1534-2
03511 SIT BY THE RIVER Schoolkids SKR-1534-2
03512 I'M MY OWN GRANDPA Schoolkids SKR-1534-2
03513 SHACKLES AND CHAINS Schoolkids SKR-1534-2
03514 CHIT CHAT Schoolkids SKR-1534-2
03515 BLACK MOUNTAIN RAG Schoolkids SKR-1534-2

2018 unknown – The RFD Boys (Charlie Roehig [vcl/gt], Dan Roehig [gt/mandolin], Willard Spencer [banjo],  Gary Hussar [mandolin/dobro], Paul Shapiro [bass], David Mosher [fiddle])
036 LEAVIN' THE OZARKS
037 HIGH ON A MOUNTAIN TOP
038 SET 'EM UP JOE
039 SHE'S GONE GONE GONE
040 THE TRAIN THAT CARRIED MY GIRL FROM TOWN
041 BLUES STAY AWAY FROM ME
042 SCHMIDT'S BIGARREAU
043 SEA OF HEARTBREAK
044 SHE LOVES ME NOT
045 THAT LUCKY OLD SUN
046 BEEN ALL AROUND THIS WORLD
047AGES AND AGES AGO
Tracks above issued on album The RFD Boys at 50: Still Delivering:

 



ALBUMS
Jessup Michigan Bluegrass MB-126 RFD No. 1: Boston; Fox On The Run; Kent County Breakdown; It's A Long Way To The Top Of The World; Take Me Home Country Roads; Rocky Top; RFD Country; Litle By Little; Gold Watch And Chain; Somebody Touched Me; Leavin' The Ozarks; Country Boy Rock And Roll – 10-72
Pretzel Bell PBR-737 RFD 2: Wealthy St. Rag; Morning Comes Early; Paradise; Dead Skunk; Southbound Train; Boxer; Rocky Mountain High;Leather Breeches; White Line Fever; Sleepy-Eyed John; I'm My Own Grandpa; The Last Thing On My Mind – 08-74
Pretzel Bell PBR-737 RFD 3: Shady Grove; World Of Yesterday; Kentucky I'm Coming Home; Sit By The River; Rip Rap Road; How Mountain Girls Can Love; You Can Have Her; Hello Mary; I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry; Rose Of Old Kentucky; Thank God I'm A Country Boy/Sally Goodwin - 76
Skoolkids SKR-1534-2 Live And Unrehearsed At The Ark: Golden Rocket; RFD Boys Introduction; Billy In The Low Ground; Detroit City; Prison Walls Of Love; Walkin' Shoes; Love No One But You; Gold Watch And Chain; Possum Lick; Are You Missing Me; Sit By The River; I'm My Own Grandpa; Shackles And Chains; Chit Chat; Black Mountain Rag – 24-08-95 


The RFD Boys no # (UPC700261473079) The RFD Boys at 50: Still Delivering:  Leavin' The Ozarks; . High On A Mountain Top;  Set 'Em Up Joe;  She's Gone Gone Gone;  The Train That Carried My Girl From Town; . Blues Stay Away From Me;  Schmidt's Bigarreau; Sea Of Heartbreak; She Loves Me Not; That Lucky Old Sun;  Been All Around This World; Ages And Ages Ago – 24-01-19
 

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.