Shug Fisher

*26-9-1907 Grady County, Oklahoma, *16-03-1984
By Michel Ruppli, Tony Russell, Thieu Van De Vorst, Praguefrank, Luiz Roberto Costa
SESSIONS
16 July 1937 Decca Recording Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th St., New York City – Hugh & Shugh’s Radio Pals (Shug Fisher [prob. vcl-1/bass], Hugh Cross [vcl/yodel-2], Ted Grantham [fiddle], Lennie Aleshire [poss. fiddle], Buddy Ross [accordion])
H01 62398-A HONEYMOON STREAM -1 Decca 5407/BACM CD D 304
H02 62399-A UNION COUNTY 5439/BACM CD D 304
H03 62400-A ON A GREEN MOUNTAINSIDE IN VIRGINIA -1 5534/BACM CD D 304
H04 62401-A THAT’S MY PARADISE 5439/BACM CD D 304
H05 62402-A WEEPING WILLOW LANE -1 5506/BACM CD D 304
H06 62403-A SUGAR BABE 5407/BACM CD D 304
H07 62404-A THE LITTLE GIRL IN BLUE -2 5428/BACM CD D 304
H08 62405-A WHERE THE GOLDEN POPPIES GROW -1 5406/BACM CD D 304
H09 62406-A WHAT’S THE REASON (I‘M NOT PELASIN‘ YOU) 5506/BACM CD D 304
H10 62407-A THERES A BLUE SKY OVER YONDER -1 5466/BACM CD D 304
H11 62408-A BACK TO OLD SMOKEY MOUNTAINS -1 5466/BACM CD D 304
H12 62409-A NOBODY’S SWEETHEART 5534/BACM CD D 304
H13 62410-A ARE YOU FROM DIXIE? 5451 64009/BACM CD D 304
H14 62411-A MOONLIGHT AND ROSES 5406/BACM CD D 304
H15 62412-A WHEN YOU WORE A TULIP 5428/BACM CD D 304
H16 62413-A FIVE FOOT TWO, EYES OF BLUE (HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY GIRL?) 5451 64009/BACM CD D 304
23 February 1945 [no. 128] poss. C.P. McGregor Studio, 729 S.Western Ave., Hollywood, CA – Wesley Tuttle & Merle Travis aka Shug Fisher & Ranchmen 3 (Shug Fisher [vcl], Wesley Tuttle [vcl], Don Whiston [gt], Frank Marvin [steel], Cliffie Stone [bass], Charles Linvill [fiddle], Margie An DeVere [fiddle])
001 577-2 THE TEXAS PLAINS Capitol 48021 AC-77
002 578-3 COOL WATER unissued
003 579-2 OUT ON THE OPEN RANGE 48021 AC-77/BCD 15637
004 580-2 THE COWBOY'S DREAM 48020 AC-77/
3 March 1945 [no. 131] poss. C.P. McGregor Studio, 729 S.Western Ave., Hollywood, CA – Wesley Tuttle & Merle Travis aka Shug Fisher & Ranchmen 3 (Shug Fisher [vcl], Wesley Tuttle [vcl], Don Whiston [gt], Frank Marvin [steel], Cliffie Stone [bass], Charles Linvill [fiddle], Margie An DeVere [fiddle])
005 589 RIDIN‘ DOWN TO SANTA FE 48006 40145 ADF 4000 AD 55/BCD 15637
006 590 WHEN THE BLOOM IS ON THE SAGE 48019 AC-77/
007 591 WHOOPEE TI YI TO (GIT ALONG,LITTLE DOGIES) 48020 AC 77
008 592 TAKE ME BACK TO MY BOOTS AND SADDLE 48019 AC 77
25 April 1945 [no T-3, transcriptions] Hollywood, CA – Shug Fisher & The Ranchmen Trio
Unknown tracks ET105/9
10 May 1945 [no T-4, transcriptions] Hollywood, CA – Shug Fisher & The Ranchmen Trio
Unknown tracks ET110/115
6 March 1946 [no T-132, transcriptions] Hollywood, CA – Shug Fisher & The Ranchmen Trio
Unknown tracks ET758/760
8 April 1946 [no T-174, transcriptions] Hollywood, CA – Shug Fisher & The Ranchmen Trio
Unknown tracks ET984/989
Probably from sessions above:
00801 OUT ON THE OPEN RANGE G-35 BACM CD D 035
00802 COWBOY'S DREAM G-35 BACM CD D 035
00803 LITTLE JOE THE WRANGLER G-35/BACM CD D 035
00804 TEXAS PLAINS G-35/ BACM CD D 035
00805 WHEN THE BLOOM IS ON THE SAGE G-36/ BACM CD D 035
00806 BURY ME OUT ON THE LONE PRAIRIE G-36/ BACM CD D 035
00807 RIDIN' DOWN TO SANTA FE G-36/ BACM CD D 035
00808 COWBOY JUBILEE G-36/ BACM CD D 035
00809 YOUR HEART WILL CHANGE YOUR MIND G-37
00810 WHOOPEE TI YI YO/GET ALONG LITTLE DOGIES G-37/ BACM CD D 035
00811 COOL WATER G-37/ BACM CD D 035
00812 BELLE OF CHEYENNE G-37/ BACM CD D 035
00813 TAKE ME BACK TO MY BOOTS AND SADDLE G-38
00814 CHIME BELLS G-38
00815 DON'T HAND ME THAT OLD LINE G-38/BACM CD D 304
00816 THE LITTLE OLD SOD SHANTY ON TH CLAIM G-38
00817 DON'T PRETEND THAT YOU CARE G-38
00818 CRAWDAD SONG G-39
00819 FROGGY WENT A-COURTIN' G-39
00820 SHAME ON YOU G-39
00821 GO WEST,YOUNG MAN G-39
00822 GOIN' BACK TO TEXAS G-39
00823 TENDER FOOT G-39
00824 TWENTY ONE YEARS IS A MIGHTY LONG TIME G-40
00825 WHOOPEE TI YI YO,GIT ALONG LITTLE DOGIES G-40
00826 RHEUMATISM BLUES G-40
00827 OUT ON LOCO RANGE G-40
00828 I'M A HAPPY GUY IN MY LEVI BRITCHES G-40
00829 ELEVATED RAILROAD G-40
00830 DETOUR G-85
00831 I'M THINKING TONIGHT OF MY BLUE EYES G-85
00832 WABASH CANNON BALL G-85
00833 PEACH PICKIN' TIME DOWN IN GEORGIA G-85
00834 GOOSEBERRY PIE G-85/ BACM CD D 035
00835 SAN ANTONIO ROSE G-86
00836 BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN BLUES G-86
00837 SANTA FE TOWN G-86
00838 CLIMBIN' UP THE GOLDEN STAIRS G-86
00839 TURNIP GREEMS G-86
00840 TEXAS,U.S.A. G-87
00841 ROUNDUP IN THE SKY G-87
00842 FIDDLER JOE G-87/ BACM CD D 035
00843 FORGIVE AND FORGET G-87/ BACM CD D 035
00844 LOVE AND TEARS G-87
00845 I'M NOT FOOLIN' NOW G-88/ BACM CD D 304
00846 THE SPANISH CAVALIER G-88/ BACM CD D 035
00847 WE'LL REST AT THE END OF THE TRAIL G-88/ BACM CD D 035
00848 THE CONVICT AND THE ROSE G-88/ BACM CD D 035
00849 WAIT TILL THE SUN SHINES,NELLIE G-88/ BACM CD D 304
00850 MAPLE ON THE HILL G-93
00851 OKLAHOMA CITY BLUES G-93/ BACM CD D 304
00852 COWBOY JACK G-93
00853 JESSE JAMES G-93/ BACM CD D 304
00854 IN THE CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS G-94
00855 RIDGE RUNNING ROAN G-94
00856 I FOLLOW THE STREAM G-94/ BACM CD D 304
00857 ECHOES FROM THE HILLS G-94
00858 ONLY A MESSAGE FROM HOME SWEET HOME G-94/ BACM CD D 035
00859 BLUE MOUNTAIN SHACK G-95
00860 BEAUTIFUL TEXAS G-95/ BACM CD D 035
00861 LONESOME TRAIN BLUES G-95/ BACM CD D 035
00862 MOONLIGHT ON THE PRAIRIE G-95/ BACM CD D 035
00863 SWEET EVALINA G-95/ BACM CD D 035
00864 WAIT FOR THE WAGON G-96
00865 BURY ME BENEATH THE WILLOW G-96
00866 DON'T PRETEND THAT YOU CARE G-96/ BACM CD D 304
00867 WONDER VALLEY G-96/ BACM CD D 035
00868 LITTLE CABIN IN THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS G-96/ BACM CD D 035
00869 WHEN IT'S HARVEST TIME,SWEET ANGELINE G-116
00870 COWBOY'S DANCE G-116/ BACM CD D 304
00871 BY THE WINDOW AT THE END OF THE LANE G-116
00872 MOONLIGHT AND ROSES G-116/ BACM CD D 304
Ca 1946 [radio transcriptions] Hollywood, CA – Wesley Tuttle & Shug Fisher
00873 RIDIN' DOWN TO RHYTHM RANCH (OPENING THEME) E 928-1
00874 RIDIN' DOWN TO RHYTHM RANCH (CLOSING THEME) E 928-1
00875 I DREAMED THAT MY BABY COME HOME (OPENING THEME) E 928-1
00876 I DREAMED THAT MY BABY COME HOME (CLOSING THEME) E 928-1
28 October 1947 [no.745] Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Cliffie Stone & His Hometown Jamboree (Shug Fisher [vcl])
009 2394-3 WESTPHALIA WALTZ 40096 F1109/Cattle Compact CCD-282
010 2395-1 PUT YOUR LITTLE FOOT RIGHT OUT (VARSOVIANNA) 40113 57-40207 F1109
011 2396-1 THE CRAWDAD SONG 15229
012 2397-2 WABASH BLUES 40083/Cattle Compact CCD-282

ALBUMS
BACM [UK] CD D 035 Cowboy Jubilee: Out On The Open Range; Cowboy’s Dream; Little Joe The Wrangler; Texas Plains; When The Bloom Is On The Sage; Bury Me Out On The Prairie; Ridin’ Down To Santa Fe; Cowboy Jubilee; Whoopee Ti Yi Yo Git Along Little Dogies; Cool Water; Belle Of Cheyenne; Fiddler Joe; We’ll Rest At The End Of The Trail; The Convict And The Rose; Sweet Evalina; Forgive And Forget; Spanish Cavalier; Only A Message From Home Sweet Home; Beautiful Texas; Lonesome Train Blues; Moonlight On The Prairie; Wonder Valley; Little Cabin In The Cascade Mountains; Gooseberry Pie – 04 Shug Fisher & His Ranchmen (1945-46 transcriptions)
BACM [UK] CD D 304 Hugh/Shug's Radio Pals Featuring Shug Fisher & The Ranchmen Trio And Hugh Cross & The Smokey Mountain Ramblers: [Hugh/Shug's Radio Pals, Decca:] Honeymoon Stream; Union Countr; On A Green Mountainside In Virgina; That's My Paradise;Weeping Willow Lane; Sugar Babe; Little Girl Dressed In Blue; Where The Golden Poppies Grow; What's The Reason I'm Not Pleasing You; There's A Blue Sky Over Yonder; Back In Old Smoky Mountain; Nobody's Sweetheartt; Are You From Dixie; Moonlight And Roses; When You Wore A Tulip; Five Foot Two Eyes Of Blue Has Anybody Seen My Gall; [Smokey Mountain Ramblers, Knoxville Tn 28-03-1930:] San Antonio (Vo 5422 K 8022 Hugh Cross Lead Vocal As Heavy Martin); Back To Old Smoky Mountain (Vo 5422 K K 8023 Hugh Cross As Heavy Martin); [Shug Fisher And The Ranchmen Trio:, transcriptions, 1945/46:] Don't Hand Me That Old Line (Trio Vocal; Don't Pretend That You Care (Shug Fisher Vocal); I'm Not Fooling Now (Shug/Trio Vocal); Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie (Shug/Trio Vocal); Oklahoma Blues (Shug Fisher Vocal); Jesse James (Shug/Trio Vocal); Follow The Stream (Shug/Trio Vocal); Cowboy's Dance (Shug Fisher Vocal); Moonlight And Roses (Trio Vocal) - 10

SINGLES
Decca (1937) Hugh/Shug’s Radio Pals
5406 Moonlight And Roses / Where Golden Poppies Grow – 07-37
5407 Honeymoon Stream / Sugar Babe – 08-37
5428 When You Wore A Tulip / Little Girl In Blue – 09-37
5439 Union County / That‘s My Paradise – 10-37
5451 Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue / Are You From Dixie? – 11-37 (reissued on Coral 64009)
Capitol (1945-47)
48006 Ridin' Down To Santa Fe / Miss Molly [Tex Williams] - (reissued on 40145 in 1949)
48019 When The Bloom Is On The Sage / Take Me Back To My Boots And Saddle
48020 Whoopee Ti Yi To (Git Along,Little Dogies) / The Cowboy’s Dream
48021 The Texas Plains / Out On The Open Range
40083 Peepin' Thru The Keyhole (Watching Jole Blon)/Wabash Blues – 02-48 Cliffie Stone
40096 Westphalia Waltz / Spanish Bells – 03-48 Cliffie Stone
40113 Sugar Pie / Put Your Little Foot – 04-48 Cliffie Stone
15229 The Crawdad Song / I Don't Know Why I Love You – Cliffie Stone
57-40207 Black Hawk Waltz / Put Your Little Foot Out - 08-49 Cliffie Stone
Coral (1949)
64009 Are You From Dixie? / Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue – 49 Hugh & Shug’s Radio Pals

Saddle Tramps

by Tony Russell (Country Discography 1921-42), Praguefrank
SESSIONS
23 June 1937 Brunswick Warehouse, Dallas, TX – The Saddle Tramps (Bob Fite [gt], ? [banjo], Julian Akins [bass], J. R. Chatwell [fiddle], ? [harmonica-1], Highpockets Busse [accordion], Jimmy Cole [piano], unidentified vcl duet [-2], vcl trio [-3], yodel duet [-4], yodel trio [-5])
001 DAL 437-1 AWAY OUT OF THERE -3-5 Vocalion 03649 ARC labels 7-10-53
002 DAL 438-2 THERE’S A BLUE SKY WAY OUT YONDER -3-5 03649 ARC 7-10-53
003 DAL 439-1 GOOD-BYE GAL -3-5 03708 ARC 7-11-65
004 DAL 440 ROLLING CARAVAN unissued
005 DAL 441 ROLLING HERD unissued
006 DAL 442-1 I’M THINKING TONIGHT OF MY BLUE EYES -2 04037
007 DAL 443 MAMA WHAT MAKES YOU THAT WAY unissued
008 DAL 444-1 I’M BLUE AND LONESOME -1-3-5 03868 ARC 8-01-56
009 DAL 445 DRIFTIN‘ ON unissued
010 DAL 446 SHE’S ALWAYS ON MY MIND unissued
011 DAL 447-2 HOT AS I AM 03708 ARC 7-11-65
24 June 1937 Brunswick Warehouse, Dallas, TX – The Saddle Tramps (Bob Fite [gt], ? [banjo], Julian Akins [bass], J. R. Chatwell [fiddle], ? [harmonica-1], Highpockets Busse [accordion], Jimmy Cole [piano], unidentified vcl duet [-2], vcl trio [-3], yodel duet [-4], yodel trio [-5])
012 DAL 454-2 GIVIN‘ EVERYTHING AWAY -3 Conqueror 8942 Vocalion 03609 ARC 7-08-69 Columbia 37709 20286
013 DAL 455-2 JUST BECAUSE NO.3 -2 8942 ARC 7-08-69 03609 37709 20286
014 DAL 456-2 MAMA HOW CAN YOU BE SO MEAN -1-2-4 04037
015 DAL 457 TEXAS HOME unissued
016 DAL 458-1 MAMA MAMA -3-5 03868 ARC 8-01-56
017 DAL 459 ROCKY MOUNTAIN EXPRESS unissued
018 DAL 460 HIDDEN VALLEY unissued
019 DAL 467-2 I DON’T CARE WHAT YOU USED TO BE -2 03940
020 DAL 468-1 HOLD THEM CRITTERS DOWN -3 03940
021 DAL 469 COWBOY’S CALL unissued

SINGLES
ARC
Vocalion
03609 Givin‘ Everything Away / Just Because No.3 - 37
03649 Away Out Of There / There’s A Blue Sky Way Out Yonder - 37
03708 Good-Bye Gal / Hot As I Am - 37
03868 I’m Blue And Lonesome / Mama Mama - 37
03940 I Don’t Care What You Used To Be / Hold Them Critters Down - 48
04037 I’m Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes / Mama How Can You Be So Mean - 48
ARC labels (Melotone, Oriole, Romeo, Perfect, Banner)
7-08-69 Givin‘ Everything Away / Just Because No.3 – 08-37
7-10-53 Away Out Of There / There’s A Blue Sky Way Out Yonder – 10-37
7-11-65 Good-Bye Gal / Hot As I Am - 11-37
8-01-36 I’m Blue And Lonesome / Mama Mama - 01-38
Conqueror
8942 Givin‘ Everything Away / Just Because No.3 – 05-38 (reissue)
Columbia
37709 Givin‘ Everything Away / Just Because No.3 – 07-47 (reissue)
20286 Givin‘ Everything Away / Just Because No.3 – 04-48 (reissue)