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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Merl Lindsay



Merle Lindsay Salathiel,*1916 Oklahoma City, OK, +12-10-1965
3rd version
Michel Ruppli, Holger Josefsen, Praguefrank, Steve Hathaway, Carl LaFong, Henk Scholts, Mario Manciotti, Kevin Coffey, Steve Hathaway, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS

4 February 1946 All Star Artists Bureau, Hollywood, CA – Merl Lindsay and Oklahoma Night Riders (Merl Lindsay [leader/vcl], Randolph "Freddie" Loveland [ld gt], Louvenie Loveland [gt], Orville Lloyd [steel], Francis P.J ames [bass], B.Terrell [drums], Calvin Leon "Rudy" Martin [clarinet/sax], Jimmy Pruett [piano], Robert James "Bobby" Ray [fiddle], Joe Wallace [fiddle])
001 V 305 ME SHIMMY SHAKIN‘ DADDY 4-Star 1064
002 V 306 ME GOTTA LITTLE RED WAGON 1065/Krazy Kat KKCD-34
003 V 307 ME PLEASE, DON‘T TURN YOUR BACK ON ME 1064
004 V 308 ME DON‘T BREAK YOUR HEART FOR MY SAKE 1065
17 June 1946 Associated Studio, Pasadena, CA – Merl Lindsay and His Oklahoma Night Riders (Merl Lindsay [vcl], Kenneth O. Van Fleet [vcl], Louvenie Pearl "Lou" Loveland [gt], Fredrick Randolph "Freddie" Loveland [gt], Orville Delano "Buck" Lloyd [steel], John Melvin Mountjoy [drums], Raymond Irvin Hill [fiddle], Marvin Louis Stone [fiddle], Paul Stambaugh [piano], Calvin Leon "Rudy" Martin [clarinet/sax])
005 414 AS WATER BABY BLUES 1117/Krazy Kat KKCD-33 KKCD-27
006 415 AS WE’VE SAID GOODBYE 1118
007 416 AS COTTON SACK DRAG 1118
008 417 AS MAMMY‘S LULLABY 1117
KRAZY KAT KKCD-27 SWINGING WEST, vol. 2 (UK, 2001)
1947 Oklahoma City, OK - Merl Lindsay and Oklahoma Night Riders (Merl Lindsay [leader/vcl], Fred Loveland [el gt], Louvenie Loveland [gt], Gerald 'Buster' Magness [steel], Joe ? [bass], Harlan 'Skeeter' Pendergraft [drums], Ted Haff [fiddle], Mike Hugo [piano], Bobby Grove [trumpet])
009 WHEN YOU COME HOME AGAIN Bullet 643
010 IT'S BEEN TOO LATE TOO LONG Bullet 643
011 WHAT'S TO BECOME OF ME Bullet 644/T-Bird 16
012 YOU LAUGHED AT MY TEARS Bullet 644
T-BIRD 16 EARLY COUNTRY AND WESTERN: FROM BULLET RECORDS, NASHVILLE (2010)
1947 Oklahoma City, OK - Merl Lindsay and Oklahoma Night Riders (Merl Lindsay [leader/vcl], Benny Garcia or Jimmy Solis [el gt], Gerald 'Buster' Magness [steel], Homer Bean [bass], Sonny Rogers [drums], Ted Haff [vcl/fiddle], Clarence Bailey [fiddle], Mike Hugo [piano], Rudy Martin [tenor sax/clarinet], Bobby Grove [trumpet])
013 OLD TIMEY CHRISTMAS Bullet 647
014 SAFETY PIN RAG Bullet 647
ca 1947 Oklahoma City, OK - Merl Lindsay and Oklahoma Night Riders (Merl Lindsay[leader/vcl], Benny Garcia or Jimmy Solis [el gt], Gerald 'Buster' Magness [steel], Homer Bean [bass], Sonny Rogers [drums], Ted Haff, [vcl/fiddle], Clarence Bailey [fiddle], Mike Hugo [piano], Rudy Martin [tenor sax/clarinet], Bobby Grove [trumpet]
015 SPANISH POLKA unissued
1947 Oklahoma City, OK - Merl Lindsay and Oklahoma Night Riders (Merl Lindsay[leader/vcl], Benny Garcia or Jimmy Solis [el gt], Gerald 'Buster' Magness [steel], Homer Bean [bass], Sonny Rogers [drums], Ted Haff, [vcl/fiddle], Clarence Bailey [fiddle], Mike Hugo [piano], Rudy Martin [tenor sax/clarinet], Bobby Grove [trumpet]
016 A PLAIN TALKIN' MAN FROM THE WEST Bullet 658/T-Bird 16
017 YOUR TROUBLES ARE MY TROUBLES TOO Bullet 658/ Krazy Kat KKCD-33
ca December 1947 Oklahoma City, OK – Merl Lindsay and Oklahoma Night Riders (Merl Lindsay [leader/vcl-1], Jimmy Solis [gt], Gerald 'Buster' Magness [steel], Homer Bean [bass], Sonny Rogers [drums], Ted Haff [fiddle/vcl-2], Clarence Bailey [fiddle], Mike Hugo [piano], Rudy Martin [tenor sax/clarinet]
018 1869 LONESOME OKIE GOING HOME -1 4-Star 1255
019 1870 DON'T SAY GOODBYE -2 1255
020 1871 BABY BUGGY BOOGIE 1256
021 1872 YOU CAN BE TRUE, DEAR 1256
ca 1949 [transcriptions] Oklahoma City, OK - Merl Lindsay and Oklahoma Night Riders (Merl Lindsay [leader], Kenny Smith [el gt/vcl-2], poss. Doyle Salathiel [el gt], Tommy Elliott [steel], Homer Bean [bass], Sonny Rogers [drums], Ted Haff [fiddle/vcl-1], Clarence Bailey [fiddle], Mike Hugo [piano], Rudy Martin [tenor sax/clarinet], Bobby Lee [trumpet])
02101 WATER BABY BLUES unissued
02102 STEEL GUITAR RAG
02103 SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY-2
02104 LONESOME HEARTED BLUES-1
02105 ONE SWEET LETTER FROM YOU-1
02106 LINDSAY WALTZ
02107 YOUR HEART IS BREAKING TOO
The above transcription recordings were likely recorded at different times and not all of the above musicians may be present on each track
ca 1949 unknown - Merl Lindsay and Oklahoma Night Riders
022 RENDEZVOUS WITH A ROSE Skyline M-73
023 IS IT TRUE Skyline M-73
early 1950 WKY Radio Station, Oklahoma City, OK - Merl Lindsay and Oklahoma Night Riders (Merl Lindsay [leader], Kenny Smith [el gt/vcl*], poss. Don Tolle [el gt], Gene Crownover [steel], Homer Bean [bass], Sonny Rogers [drums], Ted Haff [fiddle], Clarence Bailey [fiddle], Mike Hugo [piano], Rudy Martin [tenor sax/clarinet], Neal Smith [trumpet])
024 M 64 SLIDIN' STEEL Cormac 1093
025 M 65 BLUE MARY* Cormac 1093
026 M 66 IS IT TOO LATE TO SAY I’M SORRY Cormac 1094
027 M 67 STEALING SUGAR Cormac 1094
early 1950 WKY Radio Station, Oklahoma City, OK - Merl Lindsay and Oklahoma Night Riders (Merl Lindsay [leader], Fred Byerly [el gt], Don Tolle [el gt], Tommy Elliott [steel/vcl-4], Homer Bean or Earl Grove [bass], Sonny Rogers [drums], Ted Haff [fiddle/vcl-2], Clarence Bailey [fiddle/vcl-1], Mike Hugo [piano], Rudy Martin [tenor sax/clarinet/vcl-3], Neal Smith [trumpet])
028 CALICO HEART Cormac 1140
029 LINDSAY WALTZ Cormac 1140
030 M 222 PINK CHAMPAGNE-1,3,4 Cormac 1141
031 M 223 A LITTLE BIT OLD FASHIONED-2 Cormac 1141
28 July 1950 WKY Radio Station, Oklahoma City, OK - Merl Lindsay and His Oklahoma Night Riders (Merl Lindsay [leader/vcl-1], Fred Byerly [el gt], Don Tolle [el gt], Tommy Elliott [steel], Earl Grove [bass], Sonny Rogers [drums], Ted Haff [fiddle/vcl-2], Clarence Bailey [fiddle], Robert Buddy Ray [fiddle], Mike Hugo [piano], Rudy Martin [tenor sax/clarinet], Neal Smith [trumpet])
032 50-S-6078 MOP RAG BOOGIE -2 MGM K10846/ Krazy Kat KKCD-33
033 50-S-6079 IS IT TOO LATE TO SAY I‘M SORRY? K10795
034 50-S-6080 STEALIN‘ SUGAR K10795
035 50-S-6081 ALL OVER NOTHING AT ALL -1 K10846/Krazy Kat KKCD-33
ca Summer 1950 [radio performance] WKY Radio Station, Oklahoma City, OK - Merl Lindsay and His Oklahoma Night Riders (Merl Lindsay [leader], Fred Byerly [el gt], Don Tolle [el gt], Tommy Elliott [steel], Earl Grove [bass], Sonny Rogers [drums], Ted Haff [fiddle], Clarence Bailey [fiddle/vcl], Robert Buddy Ray [fiddle], Mike Hugo [piano], Rudy Martin [tenor sax/clarinet], Neal Smith [trumpet])
03501 ORANGE COLORED SKY unissued
ca April 1952 WKY Radio Station, Oklahoma City, OK - Merl Lindsay and His Oklahoma Night Riders (Merl Lindsay [leader], Fred Byerly [el gt], Gerald 'Buster' Magness [steel], Glynn Duncan [bass/vcl-3], Sonny Rogers [drums], Ted Haff [fiddle/vcl-1], Jimmy Young [fiddle/vcl-2])
036 YW-7380 EAGER BEAVER -1 Mercury 6417-x45/ Krazy Kat KKCD-33
037 YW-7381 EMPTY MANSIONS -2 6402-x45/ Krazy Kat KKCD-33
038 YW-7382 YOU CROSSED YOUR FINGERS (WHILE I CROSSED MY HEART) -3 6402-x45/ Krazy Kat KKCD-33
039 YW-7383 GRADE „A“ PASTEURIZED BABY -1 6417-x45/Krazy Kat KKCD-33
ca. February 1953 poss. Hollywood, CA – Merle Lindsay and His Oklahoma Night Riders (Merl Lindsay [leader], Fred Byerly or Charlie Straight [gt], Bobby Freeman [steel], Lucky Ward [vcl-1/bass], Joe Rea [drums], Jimmy Young [fiddle], prob. Jimmy Belkin [fiddle], Sonny Rogers [drums], J.B.Barrick [piano], + Lindsay Trio [vcl-2])
040 YW-7454 SINGING WATER BABY BLUES -2 70117-x45/ Krazy Kat KKCD-33
041 YW-7455 COTTON PICKIN‘BOOGIE -1 70117-x45/ Krazy Kat KKCD-33
ca 1954 unknown - Merl Lindsay and Oklahoma Night Riders
042 4705-A TURNER TURNPIKE Staff 322/HBR CD 055
043 4705-B I LIVE FOR YOU Staff 322/ HBR CD 055
044 SPANISH EYES Staff 324
045 DON’T LET ME GO Staff 324
HILLBILLY RESEARCHER HBR CD 055 OKLAHOMA (UK, 2002)
27 June 1956 Music City Recording, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - Yvonne Devaney aka Vonnie Mack (Merl Lindsay’s Band)
000 CO 56467/OB 1146?/JZSP-38933 PLEASE FORGIVE ME Columbia 4-40809
000 CO 56468/OB 1147?/JZSP-38934 SLOWLY I'M LOSING YOU 4-21541
000 CO 56469/OB 1148?/JZSP-38935 BLUE MOUNTAIN WALTZ Columbia 4-21541
000 CO 56470/OB 1149?/JZSP-38936 I LIVE FOR YOU 4-40809
Summer 1957 unknown – Doyle Madden and Merl Lndsay’s Oklahoma Nightriders
000 SO-259 GONNA LEARN TO ROCK Hu-Se-Co 1-757/ HBR CD 055
000 SO-260 TONIGHTS THE NIGHT FOR LOVE Hu-Se-Co 1-757/ HBR CD 055
ca. October 1958 unknown - Merl Lindsay and Oklahoma Night Riders
046 1060 HOY RAG D 1028/BCD 15832
047 1061 STEALIN' SUGAR D 1028/BCD 15832
BEAR FAMILY BCD 15832 COMPLETE D SINGLES COLLECTION, VOL. 1 (GER)
ca. March 1959 Hollywood, CA – Merl Lindsay and His Oklahoma Night Riders
048 S-1051 BORN TO LOSE Shasta SH-45-117
049 S-1052 PISTOL PACKIN‘ MAMA SH-45-123
050 S-1053 unknown title
051 S-1054 THE SADDEST EYES SH-45-123
052 S-1055 unknown title
053 S-1056 TIGHT SLACKS SH-45-117
1959 unknown - Merl Lindsay and Oklahoma Night Riders
054 MEANWHILE BCD 15833
055 I‘M TIRED OF WRITING LETTERS BCD 15833
BEAR FAMILY BCD 15833 COMPLETE D SINGLES COLLECTION, VOL. 2 (GER)
ca. November 1959 unknown - Merl Lindsay and Oklahoma Night Riders
056 1242 STOLEN KISSES D 1106/ BCD 15833
057 1243 IS IT TOO LATE D 1106/ BCD 15833
Early 1960 unknown - Merl Lindsay and Oklahoma Night Riders
058 DJ'S HOP D EP?/BCD-15834
059 WATERBABY RIDE D EP?/BCD-15834
060 TURNPIKE CRUISE D EP?/BCD-15834
061 MEANTIME D EP?/BCD-15834
BEAR FAMILY BCD 15834 COMPLETE D SINGLES COLLECTION, VOL. 3 (GER)
ca. November 1960 unknown - Merl Lindsay and Oklahoma Night Riders (Merl Lindsay [leader], Joe Settlemiere [gt], Gene Jones [steel], Shawna Lawrence [bass], Dean Abbott [drums], Wesley Reynolds [fiddle], Butch Onstott [piano], Vern Edwards [trumpet], Howard Walker [sax])
062 1402 PICKS AND BOWS D 1161/BCD-15835
063 1403 LET'S GO DANCING D 1161/ BCD-15835
064 1440 HEY HEY LITTLE BOY BLUE D 1164/Ace CH 191 BCD-15835
065 1441 ROCKIN' WATER BABY D 1164/ BCD-15835
Ace CH 191 ROCKABILLY SHAKEOUT (UK); BEAR FAMILY BCD 15835 COMPLETE D SINGLES COLLECTION, VOL. 4 (GER); BEAR FAMILY BCD 16408 THAT'LL FLAT GIT IT VOL.19 / ROCKABILLY FROM THE VAULTS OF D AND DART RECORDS (GER, 2000)
ca. December 1961 unknown - Merl Lindsay and Oklahoma Night Riders
066 1568 TIED TO THE BOTTLE D 1231/BCD-15836 [alt.] BCD-15836
067 1569 SHE'S THE ONE FOR ME D 1231/BCD-15836
BEAR FAMILY BCD 15836 COMPLETE D SINGLES COLLECTION, VOL. 5 (GER)
1970s unknown  - Merl Lindsay
068 CALIFORNIO Sooner 724S-500
069 TARANTULA Sooner 724S-500


ALBUMS
Krazy Kat [UK] KKCD 33 Merl Lindsay and his Oklahoma Nite Riders: 1946—1952:
Water Baby Blues; Gotta Little Red Wagon; All Over Nothing; Pink Champagne; Safety Pin Rag;. Cotton Pickin' Boogie; Don't Say Goodbye; Lonesome Hearted Blues; You Crossed Your Fingers (While I Crossed My Heart); Steel Guitar Rag; Your Heart Is Breaking Too;. Grade 'A' Pasturized Baby; Your Troubles Are My Troubles; Spanish Polka; Mop Rag Boogie; Sentimental Journey; Eager Beaver; Blue Mary; I'm a Plain Talkin' Man from the West; Little Bit Old Fashioned; Slidin' Steel; Lonesome Okie Goin' Home; One Sweet Letter from You; What's to Become of Me; Empty Mansions; Orange Colored Sky; Lindsay Waltz; Singing Water Baby Blues – 22-03-05


BACM [UK] CD D 541 Merl Lindsay And His Oklahoma Night Riders, vol. 1:
Water Baby Blues; Blues Stay Away From Me;  The Hucklebuck;  Worried Mind;  Tennessee Saturday Night; Twin Guitar Special;  Ida Red;  Slow Poke;  Silver Lake Blues; Sleepy Eyed John; Woodchoppers Ball; Cry Cry Darlin; It Had To Be You; Brown Boy Blues; Cinammon Sinner; I'll Go On Alone; In The Mood;  Marie; Meanwhile; Hard Hearted Woman; Its Better To Leave Well Enough Alone; Steel Guitar Rag; Chiggero; Johnston Rag; Cotton Pickin Boogie; Little Brown Jug; She's The One For Me; Under The Double Eagle – 10-16

 



SINGLES


1064 Shimmy Shakin' Daddy / Please, Don't Turn Your Back On Me - 46
1065 Gotta Little Red Wagon / Don't Break Your Heart For My Sake - 46
1117 Water Baby Blues / Mammy's Lullaby – 06-46
1118 We've Said Goodbye / Cotton Sack Drag - 06-46
1255 Lonesome Okie Going Home / Don't Say Goodbye – 07-48
1256 You Can Be True, Dear / Baby Buggy Boogie – 07-48
Bullet (1947)
643 When You Come Home Again / It's Been Too Late Too Long - 47
644 What's To Become Of Me / You Laughed At My Tears - 47
647 Old Timey Christmas / Safety Pin Rag Bullet – 11-47 (rev. June 19, 1948)
658 A Plain Talkin' Man From The West / Your Troubles Are My Troubles Too – 08-48 (rev. October 16, 1948)
Skyline (ca 1949)
M-73 Rendezvous With A Rose / Is It True – ca 49
Cormack (1950)
CRS-1093 Slidin‘ Steel / Blue Mary – 50 (rev. April 22, 1950)
CRS-1094 Is It Too Late To Say I’m Sorry / Staling Sugar - 50
CRS-1140 Calico Heart / Lindsay Waltz - 50
CRS-1141 Pink Champagne / A Little Bit Old Fashioned – 50
MGM (1950)
K10795 Is It Too Late To Say I'm Sorry? / Stealin' Sugar – 09-50
K10846 Mop Rag Boogie / All Over Nothing At All – 12-50
Mercury (1952-53)
6402x45 Empty Mansions / You Crossed Your Fingers (While I Crossed My Heart) – 06-52
6417x45 Grade „A“ Pasteurized / Eager Beaver – 08-52
70117-x45 Singing Water Baby Blues / Cotton Pickin' Boogie – 03-53
Staff (ca 1954)
322 Turner Turnpike / I Live For You – ca 51
324 Spanish Eyes / Don’t Let Me Go – ca 51
Hu-Se-Co (1957) Doyle Madden and Merl Lindsay’s Oklahoma Nightriders
1-757 Gonna Learn To Rock / Tonights The Night For Love – 09-57
D (1958)
1028 Stealin' Sugar / Hoy Rag - 11-58
Shasta (1959)
SH-45-117 Born To Lose / Tight Slacks – ca 06-59
SH-45-123 Pistol Packin' Mama / The Saddest Eyes – ca 10-59
D (1960-62)
1106 Stolen Kisses / Is It Too Late – 12-59
1161 Picks And Bows / Let's Go Dancing - 60
1164 Hey Hey Little Boy / Rockin' Water Baby - 12-60
1231 Tied To The Bottle / She's The One For Me – 02-62
(EP)
? DJ’s Hop; Water Baby Ride / Turnpike Cruise; Mean Time - 60
Sooner
724S-500 Californio / Tarantula – 7-
 

Eldon Shamblin

By Mario Maniotti, Praguefrank, Steve HathawaySESSIONS also recorded with Bob Wills, Texas Playboys, Tiny Moore and many others


SESSIONS also recorded with Bob Wills, Texas Playboys, Tiny Moore and many others
ca. fall 1976 PS Recording Studio, Chicago, IL - Four Giants Of Swing (Eldon Shamblin [gt], Jethro Burns [mandolin], Curley Chalker [steel], Joe Venuti [violin] + Jim Tullio [bass], Angelo Varia [drums], Robert Hoban [piano]. Producer: Robert Hoban, Bruce Kaplan)     
F01 MEDLEY: TAKE THE A-TRAIN/SATIN DOLL/SOPHISTICATED LADY/C-JAM BLUES Flying Fish FF-035
F02 THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU Flying Fish FF-035
F03 LIMEHOUSE BLUES Flying Fish FF-035
F04 S'WONDERFUL Flying Fish FF-035
F05 SUMMERTIME Flying Fish FF-035
F06 LADY BE GOOD  Flying Fish FF-035
F07 RHAPSODY IN BLUE/I GOT RHYTHM Flying Fish FF-035
F08 CARAVAN Flying Fish FF-035
28 October 1979 Ben Jack Studio, Van Buren, AR – Eldon Shamblin (Eldon Shamblin [gt], John Cummins/Bob Kiser [bass], Jay Hearn [drums], Gary Hutton [fiddle], Curly Lewis [fiddle]. Producer: Jack Rider, Bob Kiser)
001 FADED LOVE  [none] 912-02/Delta DLP-1007
002 TAKIN’ IT HOME [none] 912-02/Delta DLP-1007
003 STARDUST [none] 912-02/Delta DLP-1007
004 STOMPIN’ AT THE SAVOY [none] 912-02/Delta DLP-1007
005 ST. JAMES INFIRMARY [none] 912-02/Delta DLP-1007
006 MEDLEY [none] 912-02/Delta DLP-1007
007 GEORGIA [none] 912-02/Delta DLP-1007
008 THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU [none] 912-02/Delta DLP-1007
009 MAIDEN’S PRAYER [none] 912-02/Delta DLP-1007
010 THERE WASN’T ANYONE TILL YOU [none] 912-02/Delta DLP-1007
011 SOPHISTICATED LADY [none] 912-02/Delta DLP-1007
012 LA GOLONDRINA [none] 912-02/Delta DLP-1007
013 SOMEDAY [none] 912-02/Delta DLP-1007




ALBUMS
Flying Fish FF-035 S'Wanderfull - 4 Giants Of Swing: Medley: Take The A-Train/Satin Doll/Sophisticated Lady/C-Jam Blues; There Will Never Be Another You; Limehouse Blues; S'wonderful; Summertime; Lady Be Good; Rhapsody In Blue/I Got Rhythm; Caravan Flying Fish – 77 Four Giants Of Swing
[none] 912-02 The Legendary Eldon Shamblin: Interview; Faded Love; Takin’ It Home; Stardust; Stompin’ At The Savoy; St. James Infirmary; Medley; Georgia; There Will Never Be Another You; Maiden’s Prayer; There Wasn’t Anyone Till You; Sophisticated Lady; La Golondrina; Someday - 80? (reissued in 1982 on Delta DLP-1007 Guitar Genius)

Bruce Molsky

By Praguefrank
SESSIONS
1989 unknown – Bob Carlin & Bruce Molsky
001 MAYBELLE RAG Marimac 9023
002 SAY DARLING SAY Marimac 9023
003 DURANG'S HORNPIPE/FORKED DEER Marimac 9023
004 DOLLY Marimac 9023
005 TEMPIE/DANCE BOATMAN DANCE Marimac 9023
006 ROCKINGHAM CINDY Marimac 9023
007 CUMBERLAND GAP Marimac 9023
008 OLD BLUE SOW Marimac 9023
009 CORRINNE Marimac 9023
010 CHRISTMAS EVE Marimac 9023
011 JOHN SHARP MEDLEY Marimac 9023
012 L&N RAG Marimac 9023
013 ALTAMONT Marimac 9023
014 TAKE ME AS I AM Marimac 9023
1995 unknown – Bruce Molsky (Bruce Molsky [vcl/gt/banjo/fiddle], Carla Glover [vcl], Dirk Powell [gt/banjo], Audrey Molsky [gt])
015 WOLVES A-HOWLING Rounder CD-0361
016 SALLY COOPER Rounder CD-0361
017 WILD BILL JONES Rounder CD-0361
018 BILL BROWN Rounder CD-0361
019 LOST BOY Rounder CD-0361
020 SAIL AWAY LADIES Rounder CD-0361
021 FORTUNE Rounder CD-0361
022 SALT RIVER Rounder CD-0361
023 YELLOW BARBER Rounder CD-0361
024 BUCK HOARD Rounder CD-0361
025 FOX HUNT Rounder CD-0361
026 8TH OF JANUARY Rounder CD-0361
027 CUBAN TWO-STEP RAG Rounder CD-0361
028 DRUNKARD'S HICCUPS Rounder CD-0361
029 BUFFALO GIRLS Rounder CD-0361
030 MASANGA NJIA Rounder CD-0361
031 BLACKEST CROW Rounder CD-0361
032 INDIAN SQUAW Rounder CD-0361
033 ARKANSAS TRAVELER Rounder CD-0361
034 BRUSHY FORK OF JOHN'S CREEK Rounder CD-0361
Ca 1997 unknown – Bruce Molsky
S01 JULIE ANN JOHNSON
S02 CHINQUAPIN HUNTING
S03 SUGAR HILL
S04 SOURWOOD MOUNTAIN
S05 LADIES ON THE STEAMBOAT
S06 TENNESSEE MOUNTAIN FOX CHASE
S07 DANCE ALL NIGHT WITH A BOTTLE IN MY HAND
S08 HELL BROKE LOOSE IN GEORGIA
S09 SUPPERTIME
S10 GRUB SPRINGS
S11 ED MORRISON'S SCHOTTISCHE
S12 JACK WILSON; BOOTH
S13 BIG SOCIETY
S14 SAIL AWAY LADIES
S15 SHIP IN THE CLOUDS
S16 REBEL RAID
S17 MISSISSIPPI BREAKDOWN
S18 CHARLESTON NO. 1
S19 PRETTY LITTLE GIRL
S20 DUCK RIVER
S21 DEVIL IN THE STRAWSTACK
S22 LOST GIRL
S23 BELLE OF LIXINGTON
S24 SMITHS REEL
S25 MOSSY BILL
S26 BREAKIN' UP CHRISTMAS
1997 unknown – Bruce Molsky (Beverly Smith, Rafe Stefanini)
035 SUGAR BABE Rounder CD-0421
036 FIVE MILES OUT OF TOWN Rounder CD-0421
037 PRETTY SARO Rounder CD-0421
038 HALF PAST FOUR Rounder CD-0421
039 WAGONER'S LAD Rounder CD-0421
040 SHOVE THE PIG'S FOOT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER INTO THE FIRE Rounder CD-0421
041 JOHN HENRY Rounder CD-0421
042 ROCKY MOUNTAIN Rounder CD-0421
043 PADDY WON'T YOU DRINK SOME GOOD OLD CIDER Rounder CD-0421
044 ROBERT'S SERENADE Rounder CD-0421
045 OLD PAINT Rounder CD-0421
046 WE'LL ALL GO TO HEAVEN WHEN THE DEVIL GOES BLIND Rounder CD-0421
047 SHADY GROVE Rounder CD-0421
048 TRAIN ON THE ISLAND/GOLDEN CHAIN TREE Rounder CD-0421
049 BLUE TAIL FLY Rounder CD-0421
050 CLYDE'S HICCUPS Rounder CD-0421
1999 Burnt Hill Studios, Clarksburg, MD/Fiddlistics Music, Oakland, CA/Bias Studios, Springfield, VA – Bruce Molsky (Bruce Molsky [vcl/gt/banjo/fiddle], Audrey Molsky [gt], Beverly Smith [gt], Paul Brown [banjo]; Darol Anger [violin], Martin Hayes [fiddle], Dudley Connell [bck vcl])
051 POOR MAN'S TROUBLES Rounder 0470-2
052 ROVE RILEY ROVE Rounder 0470-2
053 OLD GREASY COAT Rounder 0470-2
054 FISHIN' BLUES Rounder 0470-2
055 LONESOME JOHN Rounder 0470-2
056 PEG AND AWL Rounder 0470-2
057 BROTHERS AND SISTERS Rounder 0470-2
058 CABIN CREEK Rounder 0470-2
059 BOLTS AND LOCKS Rounder 0470-2
060 JEFF STURGEON Rounder 0470-2
061 POOR COWBOY Rounder 0470-2
062 JOHN COLE Rounder 0470-2
063 CHINQUAPIN PIE Rounder 0470-2
064 I TRULY UNDERSTAND Rounder 0470-2
065 BILLY JOE BANES Rounder 0470-2
066 CALLHAN Rounder 0470-2
067 TERRELL TEXAS BLUES Rounder 0470-2
068 COUSIN SALLY BROWN Rounder 0470-2
069 FIELD HOLLERE/PINEY WOODS/LOST INDIAN Rounder 0470-2
070 GRIGSBY'S HORNPIPE Rounder 0470-2
3-7 November 2001 Fiddlistics Studio, Oakland, CA – Fiddlers 4 (Michael Doucet, Darol Anger, Bruce Molsky [fiddles], Rushad Eggleston [violoncello])
F01 PICKIN' THE DEVIL'S EYE –instr- Compass 4334-2
F02 YOU LITTLE WILD THING (LA BITAILLE) Compass 4334-2
F03 E. ST. LOUIS TODALO –instr- Compass 4334-2
F04 HIDIRASSIRIFO –instr- Compass 4334-2
F05 JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE/I KNOW Compass 4334-2
F06 CHEZ SEYCHELLES –instr- Compass 4334-2
F07 I WISH I KNEW HOW IT WOULD FEEL TO BE FREE –instr- Compass 4334-2
F08 AFRICAN SOLSTICE Compass 4334-2
F09 MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW –instr- Compass 4334-2
F10 MAZURKA/ACADIAN TWO-STEP –instr- Compass 4334-2
F11 GREEK MEDLEY/POLLY PUT THE KETTLE ON –instr- Compass 4334-2
F12 DANSE CARIBE –instr- Compass 4334-2
F13 ATCHAFALAYA PIPELINE –instr- Compass 4334-2
30-31 March 2002 [live] The Powerhouse, Brisbane, AUS – Mozaik (Andy Irvine [vcl/bouzouki/mandolin/harmonica], Dónal Lunny [gt/bouzouki/bodhran/bck vcl], Rens Van Der Zalm [gt/mandolin/fiddle/bck vcl], Bruce Molsky [gt/gadulka/gaita/kaval/whistle/clarinet/kalimba]. Produced by Donal Lunny)
M001 MY HEART'S TONIGHT IN IRELAND / ROBINSON COUNTY / THE TRIP TO DUROW Compass 4378-2
M002 SULEMON'S KOPANITSA Compass 4378-2
M003 THE ROCKY ROAD TO DUBLIN / INDIAN ATE THE WOODCHUCK Compass 4378-2
M004 ROMANIAN HORA / BLACK JACK GROVE Compass 4378-2
M005 SADANSKO ORO / MECHKIN KAMEN Compass 4378-2
M006 PONY BOY / NEVER TIRE OF THE ROAD Compass 4378-2
M007 A BLACKSMITH COURTED ME / BLACKSMITHEREENS Compass 4378-2
M008 FIELD HOLLER MEDLEY Compass 4378-2
M009 BANEASAS GREEN GLADE / ROUMEN SIRAKOV'S DAICHEVO Compass 4378-2
M010 SMESENO HORO Compass 4378-2
M011 THE LAST DANCE Compass 4378-2
2003 unknown – Bruce Molsky
071 WAYS OF THE WORLD Rounder 11661-0534-2
072 BRUSHY RUN Rounder 11661-0534-2
073 HILLS OF MEXICO Rounder 11661-0534-2
074 WAKE UP SUSAN / DURANG'S HORNPIPE
075 GREEN GROWS THE LAUREL Rounder 11661-0534-2
076 GREY OWL / VICTOR'S NO. 39 Rounder 11661-0534-2
077 KNOXVILLE BLUES Rounder 11661-0534-2
078 SOMEONE I LOVE Rounder 11661-0534-2
079 DIAMOND JOE / GREEN RIVER Rounder 11661-0534-2
080 JOHNSON CITY RAG Rounder 11661-0534-2
081 LET'S GO TO HUNTIN' Rounder 11661-0534-2
082 BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM Rounder 11661-0534-2
083 THE HARVELAND WALTZ Rounder 11661-0534-2
084 RICHMOND Rounder 11661-0534-2
085 CHARMIN' BETSY Rounder 11661-0534-2
086 GLORY IN THE MEETING HOUSE Rounder 11661-0534-2
087 WINTER SLIDE Rounder 11661-0534-2
2006 unknown – Bruce Molsky
088 LAZY JOHN / THE BUCKING MULE Compass 4432-2
089 WANDERING BOY Compass 4432-2
090 BUCKDANCER'S CHOICE Compass 4432-2
091 BURY ME NOT ON THE LONE PRAIRIE Compass 4432-2
092 THE BRASS BAND RUCHENITSA Compass 4432-2
093 GEORGIA BELLE Compass 4432-2
094 THE GOLDEN WILLOW TREE Compass 4432-2
095 COME HOME Compass 4432-2
096 FORKED DEER Compass 4432-2
097 FARE THEE WELL BLUES Compass 4432-2
098 CIDER Compass 4432-2
099 COTTON EYED JOE Compass 4432-2
100 ON MY STREET Compass 4432-2
101 JOHN BROWN'S DREAM Compass 4432-2
102 THREE FORKS OF CHEAT Compass 4432-2
2007 unknown – Mozaik (Bruce Molsky [vcl/gt/banjo/fiddle], Dónal Lunny [vcl/gt/bouzouki/bodhran], Andy Irvine [vcl/bouzouki/mandola/harmonica], Rens Van Der Zalm [gt/mandolin/oud/fiddle/whistle], Nikola Parov [gt/gadulka/gaita/kaval/whistle/percussion])
M01 O'DONOGUHUE'S Compass 4468-2
M02 SAIL AWAY LADIES / WALKING IN THE PARLOR Compass 4468-2
M03 THE WIND BLOWS OVER THE DANUBE Compass 4468-2
M04 REUBEN'S TRANSATLANTIC EXPRESS Compass 4468-2
M05 THE HUMOURS OF PAROV Compass 4468-2
M06 THE BALLAD OF RENNARDINE / JOHNNY CUIG Compass 4468-2
M07 MARY ROGERS / SIUN NI DHUIBHIR Compass 4468-2
M08 TRAIN ON THE ISLAND / BIG HOEDOWN Compass 4468-2
M09 THE PIGFARM SUITE Compass 4468-2
M10 NIGHTS IN CARROWCLARE Compass 4468-2

ALBUMS
Marimac 9023 Take Me As I Am: Maybelle Rag; Say Darling Say; Durang's Hornpipe/Forked Deer; Dolly; Tempie/Dance Boatman Dance; Rockingham Cindy; Cumberland Gap; Old Blue Sow; Corrinne; Christmas Eve; John Sharp Medley; L&N Rag; Altamont; Take Me As I Am – 89 w. Bob Carlin
Rounder CD-0361 Lost Boy: Wolves A-Howling; Sally Cooper; Wild Bill Jones; Bill Brown; Lost Boy; Sail Away Ladies; Fortune; Salt River; Yellow Barber; Buck Hoard; Fox Hunt; 8th of January; The Cuban Two-Step Rag; The Drunkard's Hiccups; Buffalo Girls; Masanga Njia; The Blackest Crow; Indian Squaw; Arkansas Traveler; The Brushy Fork of John's Creek – 16-01-96
Tree Frog ? Southern Old-Time Fiddle Tour: Julie Ann Johnson; Chinquapin Hunting; Sugar Hill; Sourwood Mountain; Ladies On The Steamboat; Tennessee Mountain Fox Chase; Dance All Night With A Bottle In My Hand; Hell Broke Loose In Georgia; Suppertime; Grub Springs; Ed Morrison's Schottische; Jack Wilson; Booth; Big Scioty – 97 (cassette, CD issue in 2003)
Tree Frog ? Southern Old Time Fiddle Tour Vol 2: Sail Away Ladies; Ship in the Clouds; Rebel Raid; Mississippi Breakdown; Charleston No. 1; Pretty Little Girl; Duck River; Devil in the Strawstack; Lost Girl; Belle of Lixington; Smiths Reel; Mossy Bill; Breakin' Up Christmas - (cassette)
Rounder CD-0421 Bruce Molsky And Big Hoedown: Sugar Babe; Five Miles Out Of Town; Pretty Saro; Half Past Four; Wagoner's Lad; Shove The Pig's Foot A Little Bit Further Into The Fire; John Henry; Rocky Mountain; Paddy Won't You Drink Some Good Old Cider; Robert's Serenade; Old Paint; We'll All Go To Heaven When The Devil Goes Blind; Shady Grove;Train On The Island/Golden Chain Tree; Blue Tail Fly; Clyde's Hiccups – 16-06-98
Rounder 11661-0470-2 Poor Man's Troubles: Poor Man's Troubles; Rove Riley Rove; Old Greasy Coat; Fishin' Blues; Lonesome John; Peg And Awl; Brothers And Sisters; Cabin Creek; Bolts And Locks; Jeff Sturgeon; The Poor Cowboy; John Cole; Chinquapin Pie; Truly Understand; Billy Joe Banes; Callahan; Terrell Texas Blues; Cousin Sally Brown; Field Holler / Piney Woods / Lost Indian; Grigsby's Hornpipe – 25-04-00
Compass 4334-2 Fiddlers 4: Pickin' the Devil's Eye; You Little Wild Thing (La Bitaille); E. St. Louis Todalo; Hidirassirifo; Just a Closer Walk with Thee/I Know; Chez Seychelles; I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free; African Solstice; Man of Constant Sorrow; Mazurka/Acadian Two-Step; Greek Medley/Polly Put the Kettle On; Danse Caribe; Atchafalaya Pipeline – 12-03-02 Bruce Molsky, Darol Anger, Michael Doucet, Rushad Eggleston
Rounder 11661-0534-2 Contented Must Be: Ways of the World; Brushy Run; Hills of Mexico; Wake Up Susan/Durang's Hornpipe; Green Grows the Laurel; Grey Owl/Victor's No. 39; Knoxville Blues; Someone I Love; Diamond Joe/Green River; Johnson City Rag; Let's Go to Huntin'; Blackberry Blossom; Harveland Waltz; Richmond; Charmin' Betsy; Glory in the Meeting House; Winder's Slide – 23-03-04
Compass 7 4378-2 Mozaik Live From The Powerhouse: My Heart's Tonight In Ireland / Robinson County / The Trip to Durow Sulemon's Kopanitsa; The Rocky Road to Dublin / Indian Ate the Woodchuck; Romanian Hora / Black Jack Grove; Sadansko Oro / Mechkin Kamen; Pony Boy / Never Tire of the Road; A Blacksmith Courted Me / Blacksmithereens; Field Holler Medley; Baneasas Green Glade / Roumen Sirakov's Daichevo; Smeseno Horo; The Last Dance – 06-04-04 Mozaik
Compass 4432-2 Soon Be Time: Lazy John / The Bucking Mule; Wandering Boy; Buckdancer's Choice; Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie; The Brass Band Ruchenitsa; Georgia Belle; The Golden Willow tree; Come Home; Forked Deer; Fare Thee Well Blues; Cider; Cotton Eyed Joe; On My Street; John Brown's Dream; Three Fork's of Cheat – 09-05-06
Compass 4468-2 Changing Trains: O'Donoguhue's; Sail Away Ladies / Walking In the Parlor; The Wind Blows Over the Danube; Reuben's Transatlantic Express; The Humours of Parov; The Ballad Of Rennardine / Johnny Cuig; Mary Rogers / Siun Ni Dhuibhir; Train On the Island / Big Hoedown; The Pigfarm Suite; Nights in Carrowclare – 15-01-08 Mozaik

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.