Curly Kinsey

by Michel Ruppli, Bill Daniels
SESSIONS also played with Wally Fowler
April 1947 poss. Castle recording Co, WSM Radio Station Studio, Nashville, TN – Curly Kinsey & Oklahoma Wranglers (Curly Kinsey [vcl], Wranglers (Guy Willis [gt], Charles Wright [bass], Vic Willis [accordion], Skeeter Willis [fiddle])
001 776 HITLER LIVES Mercury 6038
002 777 AIR MAIL SPECIAL ON THE FLY 6038
003 778 OLD INDIANA NEVER DIE 6042
004 779 CAME THE DAWN 6042
ca. September 1947 Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN – Curly Kinsey & Oklahoma Wranglers [=Willis Brothers] (Curly Kinsey [vcl], Guy Willis [gt], Charles Wright [bass], Vic Willis [accordion], Skeeter Willis [fiddle])
005 953 WASTIN‘ MY TIME ON YOU 6058
006 954 HAMBURGER GAL 6058
007 955 UPS AND DOWNS unissued
008 956 BEDTIME unissued
Novemer 1947 Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN – Curly Kinsey & Oklahoma Wranglers [=Willis Brothers] (Curly Kinsey [vcl], Guy Willis [gt], Charles Wright [bass], Vic Willis [accordion], Skeeter Willis [fiddle])
009 1204/N-45 I DON‘T WANT TO KNOW 6351-x45
010 1205/N-46 IT‘S YOUR TEARDROPS NOW 6351-x45
011 1206/N-47 ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER DOLLAR 6073
1207/N-48 NOW I‘M HAPPY 6073
November 1947 Castle Studio at The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN unknown - Curly Kinsey & Tennessee Ridge Mountaineers
012 1274 I'M GONNA DO JUST AS I PLEASE 6107
013 1275 BIRMINGHAM BLUES 6107
014 1276 WHEN HILLBILLY WILLY MET KITTY FROM THE CITY unissued
015 1277 BLUES, STAY AWAY FROM MY DOOR 6196
January 1949 poss. Castle Studio at The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN - Sunshine Slim Sweet [Curly Kinsey] & The Georgia Farmhands
016 2331 I‘VE JUST TOLD MY MAMA GOODBYE 6172
017 2332 MOTHER‘S FIRST ROSE 6172
018 2333 LOST WORLD 6196

SINGLES
Mercury (1947-49)
6038 Air Mail Special On The Fly / Hitler Lives – 05-47 w. Oklahoma Wranglers
6042 Old Indians Never Die / Give Me The Dawn – 0747 w. Oklahoma Wranglers
6073 Another Day, Another Dollar / Now I'm Happy – 01-01-48
6107 I’m Gonna Do Just As I Please / Birmingham Blues – 15-05-48
6172 Mother's First Rose / I've Just Told My Mama Goodbye - 03-49 aka Sunshine Slim Sweet
6196 Blues, Stay Away From My Door / The Lost World – 15-05-49
6351-X45 I Don’t Want You Now / It’s Your Teardrops Now – 51 w. Oklahoma Wranglers