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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Drifting Cowboys

By Michel Ruppli, Mario Manciotti, Praguefrank, Lennart Gustavsson
SESSIONS also recorded with Hank Williams

14 March 1953 [09:15-12:15] Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN - Les Willard/*Drifting Cowboys
000 53-S-6018 IT WOULDN‘T MEAN A THING MGM  K11537
000 53-S-6019 DOUBLE UP AND CATCH UP  K11537
001 53-S-6020 CORN CRIB* K11497
002 53-S-6021 MUD HUT* K11497
May 1953 Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN - Drifting Cowboys
003 53-S-6086/53-XY-303 ROCK POINT  K11691
004 53-S-6087/53-XY-304 BLUE BONNET RAG unissued
005 53-S-6088/53-XY-305 CANAL STREET  unissued
7 July 1953 [14:10-17:00] Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN - Drifting Cowboys
006 53-S-6099/53-XY-379 SWING SHIFT BOUNCE  K11590
007 53-S-6100/53-XY-380 CANAL STREET PARADE  K11590
008 53-S-6101/53-XY-381 unknown title ¬unissued
009 53-S-6102/53-XY-382 FISH TRAIL  K11691
13 May 1969 Nashville, TN - Drifting Cowboys (Producer: Jim Vienneau)
010 N 50968 SETTIN‘ THE WOODS ON FIRE unissued
011 N 50969 ON THE BANKS OF THE OLD PONCHARTRAIN SE-4626
012 N 50970 PAN AMERICAN SE-4626
013 N 50971 I JUST DON'T LIKE THIS KIND OF LIVIN' SE-4626
14 May 1969 Nashville, TN - Drifting Cowboys (Producer: Jim Vienneau)
014 N 50972 MANSION ON THE HILL SE-4626
015 N 50973 WEDDING BELLS SE-4626
016 N 50974 TAKE THESE CHAINS FROM MY HEART SE-4626
017 N 50975 COLD, COLD HEART  SE-4626
15 May 1969 Nashville, TN - Drifting Cowboys
018 N 50976 WINDOW SHOPPING SE-4626
019 N 50977 HONKY TONKIN' SE-4626
020 N 50978 MAY YOU NEVER BE ALONE SE-4626
021 N 50979 THERE'LL BE NO TEARDROPS TONIGHT SE-4626
1976  [live-radio shows] Nashville, TN – Drifting Cowboys (Hillous Butrum [ld vcl-1], Bob McNett [ld vcl-2], J.R. Williams [ld vcl-3],  Don Helms [steel solo-4], Jerry Rivers [fiddle solo-5], band [vcl-6])
02101 I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU CALLING MY NAME  -1 Boll-Weevil BW-111
02102 THERE’LL BE NO TEARDROPS TONIGHT -6 Boll-Weevil BW-111
02103 REMINGTON RIDE -4 Boll-Weevil BW-111
02104 I’LL TRADE ALL OF MY TOMORROWS -2 Boll-Weevil BW-102101 I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU CALLING MY NAME  -1 Boll-Weevil BW-111
02102 THERE’LL BE NO TEARDROPS TONIGHT -6 Boll-Weevil BW-111
02103 REMINGTON RIDE -4 Boll-Weevil BW-111
02104 I’LL TRADE ALL OF MY TOMORROWS -2 Boll-Weevil BW-111
02105 SAN ANTONIO ROSE –instr.- Boll-Weevil BW-111
02106 CIMARRON -6 Boll-Weevil BW-111
02107 BLUES STAY AWAY FROM ME -6 Boll-Weevil BW-111
02108 SLEWFOOT -6 Boll-Weevil BW-111
02109 YOU’RE MY SPECIAL SOMETHING -3 Boll-Weevil BW-111
02110 I HEARD MY MOTHER CALL MY NAME IN PRAYER -6 Boll-Weevil BW-111
02111 WHISTLING RUFUS -5 Boll-Weevil BW-111
02112 RAGMOP -6 Boll-Weevil BW-111
See also list of Live Shows in radio transcriptions list11
February 1977 Woodland Sound Studio, 1011 Woodland St., Nashville, TN
– The Drifting Cowboys (Producer: Charlie Daniels)
022 NARRATIVE INTRODUCTION BY RON HUNTSMAN                              
023 YOUR CHEATIN' HEART Epic PEG-34852                
024 HEY GOOD LOOKIN' Epic PEG-34852                   
025 COLD COLD HEART Epic PEG-34852                    
026 LONG HAIRED COUNTRY BOY Epic PEG-34852            
027 SING ME A SAD SONG HANK WILLIAMS Epic PEG-34852   
028 TAKE THESE CHAINS FROM MY HEART Epic PEG-34852    
029 I SAW THE LIGHT Epic PEG-34852                    
030 WEDDING BELLS Epic PEG-34852                      
031 CORN CRIB Epic PEG-34852                          
032 SETTIN' THE WOODS ON FIRE Epic PEG-34852          
033 MY HEART WOULD KNOW Epic PEG-34852                
034 RAG MOP Epic 8-50453/PEG-34852 
035 MOVE IT ON OVER Epic PEG-34852                    
036 WHY SHOULD WE TRY ANYMORE Epic PEG-34852          
037 BLACK MOUNTAIN RAG Epic PEG-34852                 
038 LOVESICK BLUES Epic 8-50498/PEG-34852
039 MUD HUT Epic 8-50543/PEG-34852                            
040 LONG GONE LONESOME BLUES Epic PEG-34852           
041 JAMBALAYA (ON THE BAYOU) Epic PEG-34852           
042 GIFT IN THE NAME OF LOVE Epic 8-50498/PEG-34852           
February 1977 Woodland Sound Studio, 1011 Woodland St., Nashville, TN – The Drifting Cowboys (Producer: Charlie Daniels)
043 MOVE IT ON OVER Standing Stone SSDC-1234                    
044 MANSION ON THE HILL Standing Stone SSDC-1234                
045 YOU WIN AGAIN Standing Stone SSDC-1234                      
046 COLD COLD HEART Standing Stone SSDC-1234                    
047 HEY GOOD LOOKIN' Standing Stone SSDC-1234                   
048 JAMBALAYA (ON THE BAYOU) Standing Stone SSDC-1234           
049 YOUR CHEATIN' HEART Standing Stone SSDC-1234                
050 KAW-LIGA Standing Stone SSDC-1234                                                          
051 I CAN'T HELP IT Standing Stone SSDC-1234                    
052 MAY YOU NEVER BE ALONE Standing Stone SSDC-1234             
053 ARE YOU WALKING AND A-TALKING WITH THE LORD Standing Stone SSDC-1234                              
054 WHEN GOD COMES AND GATHERS HIS JEWELS Standing Stone SSDC-1234
055 CALLING YOU SSDC 1234                    
056 SING SING SING Standing Stone SSDC-1234                     
057 FUNERAL Standing Stone SSDC-1234                            
058 JESUS IS CALLING Standing Stone SSDC-1234                    
059 JESUS REMEMBERED ME Standing Stone SSDC-1234                
060 HOUSE OF GOLD Standing Stone SSDC-1234                      
061 HOW CAN YOU REFUSE HIM NOW Standing Stone SSDC-1234         
062 I SAW THE LIGHT Standing Stone SSDC-1234                    
30/31 August 1981 Rosewood Studios, Tyler, TX – Drifting Cowboys (Bob McNett [el gt], Hillours Butrum [rh gt], Don Helms [steel], Larry Stanley [bass], Jimmy Heap, Jr. [drums], Jerry Rivers [fiddle], Tim Gillespie [piano]. Producer: Tim Gillespie)
063 YOUR CHEATIN' HEART  Delta DLP-1114                                                                         
064 KAW LIGA Delta DLP-1114                         
065 JAMBALAYA Delta DLP-1114                        
066 COLD COLD HEART Delta DLP-1114                  
067 I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY Delta 11142/DLP-1114      
068 HEY GOOD LOOKIN' Delta 11142/DLP-1114                 
069 I SAW THE LIGHT  Delta DLP-1114
070 I CAN’T HELP IT  Delta DLP-1114
071 YOU WIN AGAIN  Delta DLP-1114
072 A MANSION ON THE HILL  DLP-1114
1982 The Shock House, Nashville, TN – Drifting Cowboys (Bill Merritt [vcl-4], Bobby Andrews [vcl-6], Robin McNett [vcl-9], Larry Morton [el gt], Bob McNett [vcl-5/narration-8/gt], Hillours Butrum [vcl-1/rh gt], Don Helms [vcl-2/steel], David Smith/Ronnie Hughes [bass], Jimmy Heap, Jr./John Stacy/Randy Howser [drums], Jerry Rivers [vcl-7/fiddle], Thomas Bunky Keels  [piano], band [vcl-3]. Producer: Tim Gillespie)
073 ONE MORE TIME AROUND -1  Delta DLP-1146
074 SOMEBODY’S BACK IN TOWN -2 Delta DLP-1146
075 SLOW POKE -3  Delta DLP-1146
076 A HABIT I CAN’T BREAK -1 Delta DLP-1146
077 SAN ANTONIO ROSE -3 Delta DLP-1146
078 TUMBLING TUMBLEWEEDS -1-4-5  Delta DLP-1146
079 A SONG ABOUT COWBOYS -6-7  Delta DLP-1146
080 WAITIN’FOR THE TEARDROPS -6-7  Delta DLP-1146
081 SOMEBODY GAVE ME THIS DAY -8  Delta DLP-1146
082 WHITE SILVER SANDS -2  Delta DLP-1146
083 IF THE GOOD LORD’S WILLING -5-9  Delta DLP-1146 - 83

ALBUMS
MGM SE-4626 We Remember Hank Williams
: Cold Cold Heart; Honky Tonkin'; On The Banks Of The Old Ponchartrain; I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Livin'; Mansion On The Hill; Window Shopping; Pan American; Wedding Bells; There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight; May You Never Be Alone; Take These Chains From My Heart – 69
Epic PEG-34852 A Song For Us All: Narrative Introduction By Ron Huntsman; Your Cheatin’ Heart; Hey, Good Lookin’; Cold, Cold Heart; Long Haired Country Boy; Sing Me A Sad Song, Hank Williams; Take These Chains From My Heart; I Saw The Light; Wedding Bells; Corn Crib; Settin’ The Woods On Fire; My Heart Would Know; Rag Mop; Move It On Over; Why Should We Try Anymore?; Black Mountain Rag; Lovesick Blues; Mud Hut; Long Gone Lonesome Blues; Jambalaya (On The Bayou); A Gift In The Name Of Love – 77 (double)
Boll-Weevil BW111 The Best Of Hank Williams Original Drifting Cowboys Live On Radio: I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name; There’ll Be No Teardrops Tonight; Remington Ride; I’ll Trade All Of My Tomorrows; San Antonio Rose; Cimarron; Blues Stay Away From Me; Slewfoot; You’re My Special Something; I heard My Mother Call My Name In Prayer; Whistling Rufus; Ragmop – 79 (Canadian issue on Birchmount BM 899)
Standing Stone SSDC-1234 The Drifting Cowboys' Tribute to Hank Williams: Move It On Over; Mansion On The Hill; You Win Again; Cold, Cold Heart; Hey, Good Lookin'; Jambalaya; Your Cheatin' Heart; Kawliga; I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You; May You Never Be Alone Like Me; Are You Walking And Talking With The Lord?; When God Comes And Gathers His Jewels; Calling You; Sing, Sing, Sing; The Funeral; Jesus Is Calling; Jesus Remembered Me; House Of Gold; How Can You Refuse Him Now?; I Saw The Light; Instrumental Closing – 79 (double)
Look LK 10012 Sing Along with Hank Williams Original Drifting Cowboys: (tracks unknown)- ca 80
Delta DLP-1114 Classic Instrumentals, Hank Williams' Original Drifting Cowboys: Your Cheatin’Heart; I Saw The Light; I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry; Kaw-Liga; Jambalaya; I Can’t Help It; Hey, Good Lookin‘; Cold, Cold Heart; You Win Again; A Mansion On The Hill -81 (reissued in 2000 in Landmark 3614)
Delta DLP-1146 Hank Williams' Original Drifting Cowboys Band: One More Time Around; Somebody’s Back In Town; Slow poke; A Habit I Can’t Break; San Antonio Rose; Tumbling Tumbleweeds; A Song About Cowboys; Waitin’For The Teardrops; Somebody Gave Me This Day; White Silver Sands; If The Good Lord’s Willing – 83
Time Life  25567D The Complete Mother's Best Recordings...Plus!: 365 tracks, includes 78 Drifting Cowboys transcriptions without Hank Williams: 51 instrumental tracks,the others with vocal by Big Bill Lister, Jimmy Skinner, Audrey Williams – 10 (15CDs + DVD]



SINGLES

MGM (1953-54)
K 11497 Corn Crib / Mud Hut - 04-53
K 11590 Canal Street Parade / The Swing Shift Boogie - 10-53
K 11691 Rock Point / Fish Trail - 02-54
Epic (1977)
8-50498 Lovesick Blues / Gift In The Name Of Love - 12-77
8-40543 Rag Mop / Mud Hut - 04-78
Delta
11142 I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry / Hey Good Lookin‘ - 81
1146 Tumbling Tumbleweeds/ White Silver Sands - 83

RADIO TRANSCRIPTIONS
1976 Radio Shows  (*tracks on Boll-Weevil BW111)
Show 1 [MX: NR 7553-1]: Happy Roving Cowboy; I Told Them All About You; Hank Williams You Wrote My Life, Comedy Bit [Duke Of Peducah];  Thy Burden Is Greater Than Mine [Hank Williams, from 1949 Health and Happiness Show]; Steel Guitar Rag; Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain; I Saw The Light; Sally Goodin - 76
Show 2 [MX: NR 7553-2] Happy Roving Cowboy; Stay All Night Stay A Little Longer; Send Me The Pillow You Dream On [David Rogers]; Comedy Bit [Duke Of Peducah];  Whispers And Grins [David Rogers]; I‘ve Just Told Mama Goodbye [Hank Williams, from 1949 Health and Happiness Show]; May You Never Be Alone; Philosophy [Duke Of Peducah]; Sally Goodin - 76
Show 3 [MX: NR 7554-1] Happy Roving Cowboy; Ole Slew Foot*;  There‘s A Freedom In Our Land [The Fox Brothers]; Comedy Bit [Duke of Peducah]; Panhandle Rag;  I‘ll Fly Away [The Fox Brothers]; You‘re Gonna Change (Or I‘m Gonna Leave) [Hank Williams, from 1949 Health and Happiness Show]; Born To Lose; Philosophy [Duke Of Peducah]; Sally Goodin - 76
Show 4 [MX: NR 7554-2] Happy Roving Cowboy; Cimarron (Roll On)*; Comedy Bit [Duke Of Peducah]; Under The Double Eagle;  Don‘t Let Me Cross Over [Carl and Pearl Butler]; Lovesick Blues [Hank Williams, from 1949 Health and Happiness Show]; Blues Stay Away From Me*;  Words of Wisdom [Duke Of Peducah]; Sally Goodin - 76
Show 5 [MX: NR 7735-1] Happy Roving Cowboy; Time Changes Everything; Comedy Bit [Duke Of Peducah]; Bill Cheatham;  Shadows Of My Mind [Vernon Oxford];  Wedding Bells [Hank Williams, from 1949 Health and Happiness Show]; Philosophy [Duke Of Peducah]; Sally Goodin - 76
Show 6 [MX: NR 7735-2] Happy Roving Cowboy; I Wonder Where You Are Tonight;  Wings Of A Dove [Ferlin Husky];  Comedy Bit [Duke of Peducah]; San Antonio Rose*; Gone [Ferlin Husky]; I’ll Have A New Body [Hank Williams, from 1949 Health and Happiness Show]; Alabama Jubilee; Words of Wisdom [Duke Of Peducah]; Sally Goodin - 76
Show 7 [MX: NR 7736-1] Happy Roving Cowboy; There’ll Be No Teardrops Tonight*;The Prisoners Song [Hylo Brown]; Comedy Bit [Duke Of Peducah]; Remington Ride*;  To My Mansion In The Sky [Hylo Brown]; Long Gone Daddy [Hank Williams, from 1949 Health and Happiness Show]; I‘ll Trade All My Tomorrow*; Philosophy [Duke Of Peducah];
Sally Goodin - 76
Show 8 [MX: NR 7736-2] Happy Roving Cowboy; Rag Mop; A Legend In My Time; Comedy Bit [Duke Of Peducah]; B Bowman Hop; That´s All That Matters;  The Lost Highway [Hank Williams, from 1949 Health and Happiness Show]; Where Could I Go But To The Lord; Words of Wisdom [Duke Of Peducah]; Sally Goodin - 76

U.S. Air Force - Country Music Time # 545: Rag Mop; Move It On Over; I Saw The Light; Jambalaya (On The Bayou) – ca 02-78 (MX: 75450)

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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.