Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Brother Oswald

Beecher Ray Kirby, *26-12-1911 Sevier County, TN, +17-10-2002
2nd version
By Praguefrank, Dick Grant, Michal Gololobov, Mario Manciotti
, Hartmut Zahm, Alan Young
SESSIONS
see also Roy Acuff
ca. May 1962 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN - Brother Oswald (Brother Oswald Kirby [vcl/banjo], Cowboy Copas [gt], Junior Huskey [bass], Howdy Forrester [fiddle], Jimmy Riddle [harmonica]. Producer: Don Pierce)
001 ST-5436 SOUTHERN MOON Starday SLP-192
002 ST-5437 BLACK SMOKE 602/SLP-192 GT-0632-2
003 ST-5438 MY GIRL'S A HIGH BORN LADY unissued
004 ST-5439 WEARY, WEARY BLUES SLP-192 GT-0632-2
005 ST-5440 COLUMBUS STOCKADE BLUES SLP-192 GT-0632-2
006 ST-5441 RABBIT IN THE LOG SLP-192 GT-0632-2
007 ST-5442 CURLY HEADED BABY SEP-228
008 ST-5443 MOUNTAIN DEW SLP-192 GT-0632-2
009 ST-5444 LATE LAST NIGHT SLP-192 GT-0632-2
010 ST-5445 WHY NOT CONFESS SLP-192 GT-0632-2
011 ST-5446 BURY ME BENEATH THE WILLOW –instr.- 602/SLP-192 GT-0632-2
012 ST-5447 OSWALD'S DOBRO CHIMES –instr.- SLP-192 GT-0632-2
013 ST-5448 OSWALD'S MARCH unissued
014 ST-5449 WALK THAT LONESOME VALLEY SLP-192 GT-0632-2
015 ST-5450 I LIKE MOUNTAIN MUSIC SLP-192
016 ST-5451 unknown title unissued
017 ST-5452 ISLAND MARCH –instr.- SLP-192 GT-0632-2
018 SUNDAY IN THE MOUNTAINS –instr.- SLP-192 GT-0632-2
019 COURTIN' IN THE RAIN SLP-276
January 1972 Glaser Sound Studio, 916 9th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Brother Oswald (Brother Oswald [dobro], Charlie Collins [gt], Norman Blake [gt/mandolin/dobro-1], Tut Taylor [mandolin/dobro-1]. Producer: Tut Taylor)
020 THE END OF THE WORLD Rounder 0013
021 ISLAND MARCH Rounder 0013
022 SAILING ALONG Rounder 0013
023 KANSAS CITY KITTY Rounder 0013
024 BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN Rounder 0013
025 FAREWELL BLUES Rounder 0013
026 ECHO CHIMES Rounder 0013
027 WABASH CANNONBALL -1 Rounder 0013
028 PRAIRIE QUEEN Rounder 0013
029 TENNESSEE WALTZ Rounder 0013
030 SONG OF THE ISLANDS Rounder 0013
031 DOBRO CHIMES Rounder 0013
032 I'LL BE ALL SMILES TONIGHT Rounder 0013
033 TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS Rounder 0013
034 CARRY ME BACK TO THE MOUNTAINS Rounder 0013
1974 Gower Studios, Nashville, TN – Brother Oswald (Brother Osvald [vcl/gt/banjo/dobro], + Dave Dougherty, Charlie Collins, Tut Taylor. Producer: Tut Taylor)
035 CLUCK OLD HEN –instr.- Tennessee NR-4990
036 OLD JOHN HENRY Tennessee NR-4990
037 IN THE HILLS OF OLD KENTUCKY Tennessee NR-4990
038 LAY DOWN MY OLD GUITAR Tennessee NR-4990
039 FREE LITTLE BIRD Tennessee NR-4990
040 NOBODY'S BUSINESS Tennessee NR-4990
041 STEEL GUITAR RAG –instr.- Tennessee NR-4990
042 JUST ONE WAY TO THE PEARLY GATES Tennessee NR-4990
043 ROCK ME IN THE CRADLE OF KALUA –instr.- Tennessee NR-4990
044 NEVER GROW OLD Tennessee NR-4990
045 NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW –instr.- Tennessee NR-4990
046 HILO MARCH –instr.- Tennessee NR-4990

4/5/6 November 1974 Hound's Ear, Nashville, TN – Bashful Brother Oswald and Charlie Collins featuring Sam Bush and Norman Blake (Pete Oswald Kirby [vcl/banjo/dobro], Charlie Collins [vcl/gt/mandolin], Norman Blake [mandolin], Sam Bush [fiddle/mandolin]. Producer: Michael Melford)
047 NOBODY'S BUSINESS Rounder 0041
048 WABASH CANNONBALL Rounder 0041
049 SAINT ANN'S REEL Rounder 0041
050 WHY NOT CONFESS? Rounder 0041
051 CORA IS GONE Rounder 0041
052 KAHOLA MARCH Rounder 0041
053 I LIKE MOUNTAIN MUSIC Rounder 0041
054 WHISTLING RUFUS Rounder 0041
055 COLUMBUS STOCKADE BLUES Rounder 0041
056 FORT SMITH Rounder 0041
057 OLD JOHN HENRY Rounder 0041
058 GREY EAGLE Rounder 0041
059 BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES Rounder 0041
060 REMEMBER ME Rounder 0041
061 SOUTHERN MOON Rounder 0041
062 ALOHA OE Rounder 0041
063 MOUNTAIN DEW Rounder 0060
064 INDIAN KILLED THE WOODCOCK Rounder 0060
065 HOMESTEAD ON THE FARM Rounder 0060
066 HILO MARCH Rounder 0060
067 NOBODY'S DARLING BUT MINE Rounder 0060
068 STONEY POINT Rounder 0060
069 BLACK SMOKE Rounder 0060
070 OSWALD'S SPECIAL Rounder 0060
071 POLLY WOLLY DOODLE Rounder 0060
072 HILLS OF OLD KENTUCKY Rounder 0060
073 SNOWFLAKE REEL Rounder 0060
074 MOTHER THE QUEEN OF MY HEART Rounder 0060
075 COO COO'S NEST Rounder 0060
076 WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS Rounder 0060
1977 Gusto Recording Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Brother Oswald (Brother Oswald [gt/banjo/dobro], Onie Wheeler [vcl/harmonica], Charlie Collins [gt/mandolin/bck vcl], Buck White [mandolin/piano], Lightnin' Chance/Joe Zinkan [bass], Sam Bush [fiddle])
077 I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY Rounder 0080
078 ISLE OF GOLDEN DREAMS Rounder 0080
079 GIRL I LOVE DON'T PAY ME NO MIND Rounder 0080
080 YOU ARE THE STAR IN MY BLUE HEAVEN Rounder 0080
081 DON'T SAY ALOHA WHEN I GO Rounder 0080
082 BIBLE IN THE BARN Rounder 0080
083 AMAZING GRACE Rounder 0080
084 CRIPPLE CREEK Rounder 0080
085 MANSION ON THE HILL Rounder 0080
086 ROSE OF SAN ANTONE Rounder 0080
087 FRENCH SONG Rounder 0080
088 THAT HIGH BORN GAL OF MINE Rounder 0080
089 SHOULD I TELL MY WIFE I'M DYING? Rounder 0080
090 THE OLD RUGGED CROSS Rounder 0080
1986 Nashville, TN – Brother Oswald
091 EUNETA Country Heritage CH-002
092 THE BEST OF OSWALD Country Heritage CH-002
093 ISLE OF GOLDEN DREAMS Country Heritage CH-002
094 END OF THE WORLD Country Heritage CH-002
095 OSWALD'S SPECIAL Country Heritage CH-002
096 MANSION ON THE HILL Country Heritage CH-002
097 GREAT SPECKLED BIRD Country Heritage CH-002
098 WABASH CANNON BALL Country Heritage CH-002
099 KING'S SERENADE Country Heritage CH-002
100 SONG OF THE ISLANDS Country Heritage CH-002
101 FAREWELL BLUES Country Heritage CH-002
100 I WALK ALONE Country Heritage CH-002
101 ISLAND MARCH Country Heritage CH-002
102 ALOHA Country Heritage CH-002
12 November 1986 Hillsboro Recording Studio, Nashville, TN – Beverly King, Joe Knight & Brother Oswald (Brother Oswald Kirby [dobro], Bev King [dobro], Joe Knight [rh gt], Roy Huskey, jr. [bass], Producer: Beverly King)
103 FIREBALL MAIL MEDLEY Country Heritage CH-003
104 NOBODY’S DARLING BUT MINE Country Heritage CH-003
105 IN THE PINES Country Heritage CH-003
106 SILVER HAIRED DADDY OF MINE Country Heritage CH-003
107 THE STRAMLINED CANNONBALL Country Heritage CH-003
108 WHEN MY BLUE MOON TURNS TO GOLD AGAIN Country Heritage CH-003
109 PINS AND NEEDLES IN MY HEART Country Heritage CH-003
110 I’M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY Country Heritage CH-003
111 BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN Country Heritage CH-003
112 BENEATH THE WILLOW Country Heritage CH-003
113 LOW AND LONELY Country Heritage CH-003
114 MY TENNESSEE SWEETHEART Country Heritage CH-003
1989 Nashville, TN – Brother Oswald, Beverly King & Joe Knight
115 AS LONG AS I LIVE Country Heritage CH-006
116 THE WALTZ YOU SAVED FOR ME Country Heritage CH-006
117 MAGGIE Country Heritage CH-006
118 LIVE AND LET LIVE Country Heritage CH-006
119 PRISONER'S SONG Country Heritage CH-006
120 WHERE WE'LL NEVER GROW OLD Country Heritage CH-006
121 THE LONELY MOUND OF CLAY Country Heritage CH-006
122 SILVER THREADS AMONG THE GOLD Country Heritage CH-006
123 WALTZING DOBRO Country Heritage CH-006
124 LONESOME REUBEN Country Heritage CH-006
125 THE LAST LETTER Country Heritage CH-006
126 RUBBER DOLLY Country Heritage CH-006
1999 Eleven-O-Three Studio, Nashville, TN – Brother Oswald, * & George Jones (+ Jimmy Campbell, Larry Perkins, Charlie Collins, Gene Libbea. Producer: Larry Perkins, Mike Armistead).
127 COLUMBUS STOCKADE BLUES RME Music RME-195
128 THE PRECIOUS JEWEL* RME Music RME-195
129 NO LETTER IN THE MAIL RME Music RME-195
130 STUCK UP BLUES RME Music RME-195
131 EUNITA RME Music RME-195
132 LATE LAST NIGHT RME Music RME-195
133 WHEN MY BLUE MOON TURNS TO GOLD AGAIN RME Music RME-195
134 NO, NOT A WORD RME Music RME-195
135 MOUNTAIN DEW RME Music RME-195
136 CARRY ME BACK TO OLD MOUNTAINS RME Music RME-195


ALBUMS
Starday SLP-192 Bashful Brother Oswald: Southern Moon; Weary Weary Blues; Island; Mountain Dew; Rabbit In The Log; Late Last Night; Sunday In The Mountains; I Like Mountain Music; Columbus Stockade Blues; Beneath The Willow; Why Not Confess; Black Smoke; Oswald's Dobro Chimes; Lonesome Valley - 62
Rounder 0013 Brother Oswald: The End Of The World; Island March; Sailing Along; Kansas City Kitty; Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain; Farewell Blues; Echo Chimes; Wabash Cannonball; Prairie Queen; Tennessee Waltz; Song Of The Islands; Dobro Chimes; I'll Be All Smiles Tonight; Two Different Worlds; Carry Me Back To The Mountains - 72
Rounder 0041 That's Country: Nobody's Business; Wabash Cannonball; Saint Ann's Reel; Why Not Confess?; Cora Is Gone; Kahola March; I Like Mountain Music; Whistling Rufus; Columbus Stockade Blues; Fort Smith; Old John Henry; Grey Eagle; Beautiful Brown Eyes; Remember Me; Southern Moon; Aloha Oe – 75 w. Charlie Collins
Tennessee NR-4990 Banjo And Dobro: Cluck Old Hen; Old John Henry; In The Hills Of Old Kentucky; Lay Down My Old Guitar; Free Little Bird; Nobody's Business; Steel Guitar Rag; Just One Way To The Pearly Gates; Rock Me In The Cradle Of Kalua; Never Grow Old; No One Will Ever Know; Hilo March – 74
Rounder 0060 Oz & Charlie: Mountain Dew; Indian Killed The Woodcock; Homestead On The Farm; Hilo March; Nobody's Darling But Mine; Stoney Point; Black Smoke; Oswald's Special; Polly Wolly Doodle; Hills Of Old Kentucky; Snowflake Reel; Mother The Queen Of My Heart; Coo Coo's Nest;. What A Friend We Have In Jesus – 76 w. Charlie Collins
Rounder 0080 Don't Say Aloha: I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry; Isle Of Golden Dreams; Girl I Love Don't Pay Me No Mind; You Are The Star In My Blue Heaven; Don't Say Aloha When I Go; Bible In The Barn; Amazing Grace; Cripple Creek; Mansion On The Hill; Rose Of San Antone;. French Song; That High Born Gal Of Mine; Should I Tell My Wife I'm Dying?; The Old Rugged Cross - 78
Country Heritage CH-002 The Best Of Oswald: Euneta; The Best Of Oswald; Isle Of Golden Dreams; End Of The World; Oswald's Special; Mansion On The Hill; Great Speckled Bird; Wabash Cannon Ball; King's Serenade; Song Of The Islands; Farewell Blues; I Walk Alone; Island March; Aloha - 86
Country Heritage CH-003 Dobro Dreamland: Bev and Joe In The Land Of Os: Fireball Mail Medley; Nobody’s Darling But Mine; In The Pines; Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine; The Stramlined Cannonball; When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again; Pins And Needles In My heart; I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry; Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain; Beneath The Willow; Low And Lonely; My Tennessee Sweetheart – 87 w. Beverly King, Joe Kinight
Country Heritage CH-006 Bashful Brother Oswald's Golden Anniversary Album: As Long As I Live; The Waltz You Saved For Me; Maggie; Live And Let Live; Prisoner's Song; Where We'll Never Grow Old; The Lonely Mound Of Clay; Silver Threads Among The Gold; Waltzing Dobro; Lonesome Reuben; The Last Letter; Rubber Dolly – 89 w. Beverly King, Joe Kinight
RME Music RME-195 Carry Me Back: Columbus Stockade Blues; The Precious Jewel (w.George Jones); No Letter In The Mail; Stuck Up Blues; Eunita; Late Last Night; When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again; No, Not A Word; Mountain Dew; Carry Me Back To Old Mountains – 20-10-99
Gusto GT 0632-2 Dobro‘s Best:Columbus Stockade Blues; Beneath The Willow; Late Last Night; Sunday In The Mountains; Mountain Dew; Black Smoke; Rabbit In The Log; Oswald's Dobro Chimes; Weary, Weary Blues; Island March; Why Not Confess; Walk That Lonesome Valley - 08 (all tracks from SLP-192)

 
SINGLES
Starday (1962)
45-602 Beneath The Willow / Black Smoke - 09-62

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