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Saturday, June 25, 2011

Stringbean

David Akeman, *17-06-1914 Annville,KY,+11.10.73
2nd version
by Praguefrank, Dick Grant, Mario Manciotti, Wolf-Ruediger Sommer, Lennart Gustavsson, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS

13 February 1945 CBS Studio, Radio Station WBBM, The Wrigley Building, 410 North Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL – Bill Monroe (Tex Willis [ld vcl/gt], Dave Akeman [banjo], Bill Westbrook [bass], Wilene “Sally Ann” Forester [accordiond], Robert R. “Chubby” Wise [fiddle]. Producer: Art Satherley)
000 C 4354 ROCKY ROAD BLUES 36907 20013/HL 7290 C2K-52478
000 C 4355 KENTUCKY WALTZ 36907 20013/HL 7290 [alt.] C2K-52478
000 C 4356 TRUE LIFE BLUES 37151 20080/HL 7315 [alt.] C2K-52478
000 C 4357 NOBODY LOVES ME unissued/FC-38904 [alt.] C2K-52478
000 C 4358 GOODBYE OLD PAL 37888 0370/HL 7315 [alt.] C2K-52478
000 C 4359 FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW 37151 20080/HL 7290 C2K-52478
000 C 4360 BLUE GRASS SPECIAL 37960 20384/HL 7315 [alt.] C2K-52478
000 C 4361 COME BACK TO ME IN MY DREAMS unissued/CCS-105 C2K-52478
1953 unknown – Stringbean
001 PASS THE JUICE, MISS LUCY Herald 418
002 WHO IS GONNA CRY FOR ME Herald 418
ca September 1958 Nashville, TN - Stringbean (Producer: Hal Smith)
003 I WONDER WHERE WANDA WENT Cullman 6404
004 SHORT LIFE AND TROUBLE Cullman 6404/ Ovation OV 1726
005 RUN LITTLE RABBIT RUN 6408
006 YOU CAN'T DO WRONG AND GET BY 6408
1959 Nashville, TN - Stringbean (Producer: Hal Smith)
007 ST-2386 BARNYARD BANJO PICKING 6416
008 ST-2387 TRAIN SPECIAL 500 6416
ca February 1960 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN - Stringbean
009 ST-3199 STRINGBEAN AND HIS BANJO Starday SEP-131/SLP-142 79201-40956-2
010 ST-3200 HERDING CATTLE Starday SEP-131/SLP-142 Good Time 79201-40956-2
011 ST-3201 DON'T BOB YOUR HAIR, GIRLS Starday SEP-131/SLP-142 79201-40956-2
012 ST-3202 GIVE ME BACK MY FIVE DOLLARS SEP-136
013 ST-3203 WAKE UP LITTLE BETTY SEP-131/SLP-142 Good Time 79201-40956-2
014 ST-3204 WORKING ON A BUILDING Starday SEP-153/SLP-142*
*or master 4513
ca October 1960 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN - Stringbean
015 ST-4512 20 CENT COTTON AND 90 CENT MEAT Starday SLP-142
016 ST-4513 WORKING ON A BUILDING Starday SEP-153/SLP-142*
017 ST-4514 FORGETTING TO FORGET YOU Starday SLP-142 Good Time 79201-40956-2
018 ST-4515 GIVE ME BACK MY FIVE DOLLARS Starday SLP-142
*or master 3204
ca. January 1961 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN - Stringbean
019 ST-4651 POLLY Starday SEP-131/SLP-142 Good Time 79201-40956-2
020 ST-4652 BIRDIE Starday SLP-142 Good Time 79201-40956-2
021 ST-4653 KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE Starday SLP-142
022 ST-4654 MIGHTY DARK TO TRAVEL unissued
023 ST-4655 GEORGIA ROSE Starday SLP-142
024 ST-4656 KEEP MY SKILLET GOOD AND GREASY Starday SLP-142
025 ST-4657 BARNYARD BANJO PICKIN' Starday SLP-142 Good Time 79201-40956-2
November 1961 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN - Stringbean
026 ST-5190 TRAIN SPECIAL 500 SLP-179 Good Time 79201-40956-2
027 ST-5191 RUN, LITTLE RABBIT, RUN SLP-179 NLP-2100 King 0476-2 Good Time 79201-40956-2
028 ST-5192 SHORT LIFE OF TROUBLE unissued
029 ST-5193 WANDA unissued
November 1961 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN - Stringbean
030 ST-5201 LORD I'M COMING HOME SLP-179
031 ST-5202 DOWN AT THE OPRY [OPRY TIME IN TENNESSEE] 583/SLP-179 Good Time 79201-40956-2
032 ST-5203 GOODBYE SWEET THING SEP-212/SLP-179 King 0476-2 79201-40956-2
033 ST-5204 SUICIDE BLUES SEP-212/SLP-179
034 ST-5205 CHEWIN' CHEWING GUM 583/SLP-179 King 0476-2
035 ST-5206 HERE RATTLER HERE SEP-212/SLP-179 NLP-2100 King 0476-2 Good Time 79201-40956-2
036 ST-5207 SINNER MAN WHERE YOU GONNA HIDE SLP-179
037 ST-5208 I INTEND TO MAKE HEAVEN MY HOME SEP-212/SLP-179 Gospel Voice GV-101
038 ST-5209 STRING'S MOUNTAIN DEW SLP-179 SLP-181 King 0476-2 79201-40956-2
039 ST-5210 STRINGBEAN'S A-FISHIN' SEP-212/SLP-179 SLP-183 79201-40956-2
040 ST-5211 PLUCKIN' THE BIRD SLP-179 Good Time 79201-40956-2
041 ST-5212 WANDA SLP-179
ca. June 1962 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Stringbean (David Akeman [vcl/banjo], Eddie Wilson [rh gt], Hoss Linneman [dobro], Jack Drake [bass])
042 ST-5630 JOHN HENRY SLP-215 NLP-2100 Good Time 79201-40956-2
043 ST-5631 IDA RED SLP-215 SLP-242 Good Time 79201-40956-2
044 ST-5632 TENNESSEE FARMER SEP-221/SLP-215 Good Time 79201-40956-2
045 ST-5633 FREE LITTLE BIRD SEP-221/SLP-215 Good Time 79201-40956-2
046 ST-5634 PRETTY LITTLE WIDOW SLP-215 Good Time 79201-40956-2
047 ST-5635 THERE'LL BE MOONSHINING IN THEM OLD KENTUCKY HILLS SEP-221/SLP-215 King 0476-2 Good Time 79201-40956-2
048 ST-5636 HESITATION BLUES SLP-215 Good Time 79201-40956-2
049 ST-5637 OVER THE MOUNTAIN SLP-215
050 ST-5638 BULLY OF THE TOWN SLP-215 Good Time 79201-40956-2
051 ST-5639 HOW MANY BISCUITS CAN YOU EAT SLP-215 King 0476-2 79201-40956-2
052 ST-5640 I'M THE MAN WHO RODE A MULE AROUND THE WORLD SEP-221/SLP-215 NLP-2100 King 0476-2 Good Time 79201-40956-2
053 ST-5641 TAKE MY HAND, PRECIOUS LORD SLP-215
054 ST-5642 CRIPPLE CREEK SLP-215 Good Time 79201-40956-2
055 ST-5643 YOU CAN'T DO WRONG AND GET BY SEP-221/SLP-215 79201-40956-2
ca. August 1963 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Stringbean David Akeman [vcl/banjo], Tommy Vaden [fiddle])
056 ST-6542 SHORT LIFE AND TROUBLE SLP-260 Good Time 79201-40956-2
057 ST-6543 MY ROSE OF OLD KENTUCKY SLP-260
058 ST-6544 RYE WHISKEY SLP-260
059 ST-6545 LITTLE SALLY GOODIN' SLP-260 SLP-292
060 ST-6546 HOLD TO GOD'S UNCHANGING HAND SLP-260
061 ST-6547 BIG BALL IN NASHVILLE 664/SLP-260 SLP-327 NLP-2100
062 ST-6548 BANJO PICKIN' GIRL SLP-260 SLP-288 NLP-2100
063 ST-6549 OLD CUMBERLAND GAP SLP-260
064 ST-6550 POOR ELLEN SMITH SLP-260
065 ST-6551 HONEY BABE, I'M BOUND TO RIDE SLP-260
066 ST-6552 LITTLE PINK 664/SLP-260 Good Time 79201-40956-2
067 ST-6553 LITTLE ADOBE SHACK SLP-260 Good Time 79201-40956-2
068 ST-6554 ROVING GAMBLER SLP-260
069 ST-6555 BLACK EYED SUSAN SLP-260
ca. December 1965 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN - Stringbean
070 ST-7886 CRAZY VIET-NAM WAR 752
071 ST-7887 HEY, OLD MAN 752/NLP-2100
March 1967 Nugget Studio, Nashville, TN - Stringbean (solo vcl/banjo)
072 THE BIG 'UN GOT AWAY Cullman 333/ Ovation OV 1726
073 BOUGHT ME A MULE Cullman 333
074 57-4470 GOING TO GRAND OLE OPRY (TO MAKE MYSELF A NAME) Cullman 334/Ovation OV 1726
075 57-4471 SHAKE THAT LITTLE FOOT SALLY ANN Cullman 334/NRLP-1025
076 BANJO CONVENTION Cullman 335/ Ovation OV 1726
077 COLD CREEK MARCH Cullman 335/ Ovation OV 1726
poss. late 1960s/early 1970s Nugget Studio, Nashville, TN - Stringbean
078 ME AND MY OLD CROW (GOT A GOOD THING GOING) Nugget NRLP-102
079 IT'S MIGHTY DARK FOR ME TO TRAVEL Nugget NRLP-102
080 POLLY ARE YOU MAD Nugget NRLP-102
081 TWENTY CENT COTTON NINETY CENT MEAT Nugget NRLP-102
082 HERDING CATTLE Nugget NRLP-102
083 FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN Nugget NRLP-102
084 GOING UP SURWOOD MOUNTAIN Nugget NRLP-102
085 THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE SOUTH Nugget NRLP-102
086 LONG TALL SALLY Nugget NRLP-102
087 NINE POUND HAMMER Nugget NRLP-102
088 TWO MORE YEARS AND I'LL BE FREE Ovation OV-1726
089 LITTLE MAGGIE Ovation OV-1726
090 JOHN HENRY Ovation OV-1726
091 OLD CUMBERLAND GAP Ovation OV-1726


ALBUMS
Starday SLP-142 Old Time Banjo Pickin' And Singin': Stringbean And His Banjo; 20 Cent Cotton & 90 Cent Meat; Kentucky And Tennessee; Wake Up Little Betty; Polly; Give Me Back My Five Dollars; Keep My Skillet Good And Greasy; Barnyard Banjo Pickin'; Forgetting To Forget You; Georgia Rose; Herding Cattle; Birdie; Don't Bob Your Hair, Girls; Working On A Building – 07-61 (reissued on Gusto GT 0872-2 in 2008)
Starday SLP-179 The Kentucky Wonder And His 5-String Banjo/More Of That Old Time Banjo Pickin' And Singin': Opry Time In Tennessee; Stringbean's A-Fishin'; Sinner Man, Where You Gonna Hide; Pluckin' The Bird; Chewing Gum; Train Special 500; I Intend To Make Heaven My Home; Goodbye, Sweet Thing; Suicide Blues; Here, Rattler, Here; Wanda; String's Mountain Dew (Mountain Dew); Run, Rabbit, Run; Lord, I'm Coming Home – 09-62 (reissued in 2008 on Gusto GT7-0875-2)
Starday SLP-215 A Salute To Uncle Dave Macon: Ida Red; Tennessee Farmer; Pretty Little Widow; John Henry; There'll Be Moonshining In Them Old Kentucky Hills; Hesitation Blues; Take My Hand, Precious Lord; How Many Biscuits Can You Eat; Over The Mountain; Bully Of The Town; I'm The Man Who Rode A Mule Around The World; Cripple Creek; Free Little Bird; You Can't Do Wrong And Get By – 01-63 (Reissued on Gusto GT 0873-2 in 2008)
Starday SLP-260 Way Back In The Hills Of Old Kentucky: Little Pink; My Rose Of Old Kentucky; Big Ball In Nashville; Poor Ellen Smith; Old Cumberland Gap; Little Adobe Shack; The Roving Gambler; Black Eyed Susy; Short Life And Trouble; Little Sally Goodin'; Banjo Pickin' Girl; Rye Whiskey; Honey Babe, I'm Bound To Ride; Hold To God's Unchanging Hand – 01-64 (see also Gusto GT7-0874-2)
Nashville NLP-2100 Hee-Haw Corn Shucker: Stringbean And His Banjo; Run, Little, Rabbit, Run; Chewin' Chewing Gum; John Henry; Banjo Pickin' Girl; Big Ball In Nashville [live]; Keep My Skjllet Good and Greasy; Hey Old Man (Can You Play A Banjo); I'm The Who Rode A Mule Around The World; Here, Rattler, Here – 71 (reissued in 2008 on Gusto GT7-0878-2)
Nugget NRLP-102 Me And My Ole Crow (Got A Good Thing Goin'): Me And My Old Crow (Got A Good Thing Going); Shake That Little Foot Sally Ann; It's Mighty Dark For Me To Travel; Polly Are You Mad; Twenty Cent Cotton Ninety Cent Meat; Herding Cattle; Fire On The Mountain; Going Up Surwood Mountain; That's What I Like About The South; Long Tall Sally; Nine Pound Hammer - 72 (CD reissue on Vine Street VSR D110)
Ovation OV-1726 Goin' To The Grand Ole Opry: Goin' To The Grand Ole Opry; Cold Creek March; Banjo Convention; Two More Years And I'll Be Free; Little Maggie; John Henry; Short Life And Trouble; The Big 'Un Got Away; Ruby, Are You Mad? [Cousin Emmy]; Old Cumberland Gap – 78
King 0476-2 Front Porch Funnies by Stringbean: Run Rabbit Run; Good Old Mountain Dew; There'll Be Moonshine in Them Old Kentucky Hills; I'm the Man That Rode the Mule Around the World; How Many Bisquits Can You Eat; Chewing Gum; Goodbye Sweet Thing; Here Rattler Here -27-02-96 (sampler)
Good Time 79201-40956-2 Barnyard Banjo Pickin': Stringbean and His Banjo; Herding Cattle; Wake Up Little Betty; Polly; Birdie;; Don't Bob Your Hair Girls; Forgetting to Forget You; Barn Yard Banjo Pickin'; Opry Time in Tennessee; Stringbean's A-Fishin';Here Rattler Here; Train Special 500; String's Mountain Dew; Run Rabbit Run; Goodbye Sweet Thing; Pluckin' the Bird;. Ida Red; Tennessee Farmer; Pretty Little Wido; John Henry; There'll Be Moonshining in Them Old Kentucky Hills; Hesitation Blues; How Many Biscuits Can You Eat; Bully of the Town; I'm the Man Who Rode the Mule Around the World;. Cripple Creek;. Free Little Bird; You Can't Do Wrong and Get By; Little Pink; Little Adobe Shack; Short Life and Trouble - 11-12-06 (double)
Gusto GT7-0874-2 Way Back In The Hills Of Old Kentucky: Little Pink; Big Ball In Nashville; Poor Ellen Smith; Old Cumberland Gap; Little Adobe Shack; The Roving Gambler; Black Eyed Susy; Short Life And Trouble; Little Sally Goodin'; Banjo Pickin' Girl; Rye Whiskey; Honey Babe, I'm Bound To Ride – 08 (all tracks from SLP-260)




RADIO TRANSCRIPTIONS

As guest on Country Music Time shows:
# 053 Lorene Mann (airdate ca 10-68): Going  To The Grand Ole Opry;  Barnyard Banjo Picking;  Little Liza Jane
# 276 George Morgan (airdate 01-73):  Stringbean;  Nine Pound Hammer

Tracks on Grand Ole Opry Shows:
# 031 (1965) : Short Life And Trouble; Little Pink; Banjo Picking Girl
# 036 (1965): Big Ball In Nashville; Pretty Polly
# 194 (1968): String’a Fishing; Roving Gambler
# 232 (1969): Barnyard Banjo Picking; Little Liza Jane
# 236 (1969): Free A Little Bird; Chewin’ Chewin’ Gum
# 243 (1969): Barnyard Banjo Picking


SINGLES
Herald (1953)
418 Pass The Juice, Miss Lucy / Who Is Gonna Cry For Me - 53
Cullman (1958-59)
6404 I Wonder Where Wanda Went / Short Life And Trouble - 10-58
6408 Run Little Rabbit Run / You Can't Do Wrong And Get By - 01-59
6416 Barnyard Banjo Picking / Train Special 500 - 10-59 (rev. Oct.12, 1959)
Starday (1960-65)
45-583 Down At The Opry / Chewin' Chewin' Gum - 03-62
664 Big Ball's In Nashville / Little Pink - 64
752 Crazy Viet Nam War / Hey Old Man (Can You Play A Banjo)? - 01-66
(EPs)
SEP-131 "Stringbean And His Banjo": Stringbean And His Banjo / Hedring Castle / Don't Bob Your Hair Girls/Wake Up Little Betty - 60
SEP-153 Twenty Cents Cotton / Working On The Building /
SEP-212 Suicide Blues / Here, Rattler, Here / Goodbye Sweet Thing / Stringbean's A-Fishin' / I Intend To Make Heaven My Home – ca. 62
SEP-221 They'll Be Moonshining In Them Kentucky Hills / You Can't Do Wrong And Get By / Tennessee Farmer / I'm The Man Who Rode A Mule Around The World / Free Little Bird – ca. 63
Cullman (1967)
333 Big 'Un Got Away / Bough Me A Mule - 67
334 Going to the Grand Ole Opry (to make myself a name) / Shake That Little Foot Sally Ann - 67
335 Banjo Convention / Cold Creek March - 67
Nugget (1970)
NR-1049 20 Cent Cotton And 90 Cent Meat / Me And My Old Crow - 70

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Thanks to Goran Adolph for many rare albums info
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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.
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Thanks to Kent Heineman for many independent recordings info
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Thanks to Reginald Bartlette for info and additions of Columbia custom numbers.
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