Delmer Sexton

by Dick Grant with acknowledgements to Al Turner, Phil Tricker & Malcolm Chapman
SESSIONS
1959 Indianopolis, IN – Delmer Sexton & The Roane County Boys (Delmer L. Sexton [vcl/mandolin], Robert “Bobby” Jewell [bariton vcl/banjo], Raymond “Ray” Jewell [gt], Lindell “Smokey” Jeffries [bass], Argyl Meeks [fiddle])
001 2587 RONE COUNTY BREAKDOWN –instr.- Delta 501 No Label No.#
002 2588 THE LOVE I ONCE KNEW 501
Fall 1960 Indianopolis, IN – Delmer Sexton & The Rone County Boys (Delmer L. Sexton [vcl/mandolin], Robert “Bobby” Jewell [bariton vcl/banjo], Raymond “Ray” Jewell [gt], Lindell “Smokey” Jeffries [bass], Argyl Meeks [fiddle])
003 634-45-896-A I WILL NOT BE DENIED Blue Jay 45-896
004 634-45-896-B LOOKING FOR AN OLD FASHIONED CHURCH 45-896
ca. November 1961 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN - Delmer Sexton as Hank Varney &The Rone County Boys (Delmer L. Sexton [vcl/mandolin], Raymond “Ray” Jewell [gt], Lindell “Smokey” Jeffries [bass], Argyl Meeks [fiddle]. Producer: Tommy Hill)
005 ST-5160 I’LL NEVER BE HAPPY Nashville NV-5041/Continental Maple Leaf CMS-1010 Palace S-720 Buckingham P-ST-720
006 ST-5161 I’VE NEVER DONE YOU WRONG Nashville NV-5059/Continental Maple Leaf CMS-1013 Palace PST-722 Buckingham P-ST-722
007 ST-5162 AFRAID TO FALL IN LOVE Nashville NV-5041/Continental Maple Leaf CMS-1013 Palace PST-722 Buckingham P-ST-722
008 ST-5163 THE PATH OF LIFE Nashville NV-5059/Continental Maple Leaf CMS-1010 Palace PST-720 Buckingham P-ST-720, No Label No.#
on 5160 & 5162 listed as Delmar Sixton
BUCKINGHAM P-ST-720/CONTINENTAL MAPLE LEAF CML-1010/CMS-1010/PALACE M-720/S-720 MOUNTAIN FOLK SONG CONCERT BLUEGRASS STYLE with 5 String Banjo (January 1963); BUCKINGHAM P-ST-722/CONTINENTAL MAPLE LEAF CML-1013/CMS-1013/PALACE M-7222/S-722/PALACE P-ST-722 SPECTACULAR BLUEGRASS FAVORITES WITH 5 String Banjo-HYLO BROWN of Opry Fame/BILL CLIFTON and his Dixie Mountain Boys (January 1963)
1964 unknown, TN – Delmer Sixton, Bobby Jewell & The Roane County Boys (Delmer Sixton [vcl/mandolin], Bobby Jewell [bari vcl/banjo], Ray Jewell [ld vcl/gt], Smokey Jeffries [bass], Argyl Meeks [fiddle]. Producer: Gene McDonald)
009 SRP-7082/13437 TOO YOUNG TO UNDERSTAND Breeze No. 274
010 SRP-7083/13438 I’M LONESOME FOR YOU LITTLE DARLIN’ No. 274
unknown details – Delmer Sixton and The Rone County Boys
011 WHEN THE GOLDEN LEAVES BEGIN TO FALL KBC CD-003
KBC CD-003 PRIME CUTS OF BLUEGRASS, Vol.3 (1993)
unknown details – Delmer Sixton and The Rone County Bluegrass Boys
012 I’M A STRANGER TO YOU No Label No. #
013 HE PATH OF LIFE No. #
014 RONE COUNTY BREAKDOWN instr. No. #
015 unknown title No #
016 unknown title No #
017 unknown title No #
018 unknown title No #
019 unknown title No #
020 unknown title No #
021 unknown title No #

ALBUMS
no label, no # Delmer’s Mandolin: (tracks unknown except some listed in sessionography) – 08 (rev. Bluegrass Unlimited Vol.44. #1-July 2009)


SINGLES
Delta (1959)
501 Rone County Breakdown / The Love I Once Knew – 59
Blue Jay (1960)
45-896 I Will Not Be Denied / Looking For An Old Fashioned Church – 11-60
Nashville (1961)
NV-5041 I’ll Never Be Happy / Afraid To Fall In Love - 12-61
NV-5059 I’ve Never Done You Wrong / The Path Of Life – 05-62
Breeze (1964)
No. 274 Too Young To Understand / I’m Lonesome For You Little Darlin’ – 64