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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