By Michel Ruppli, Murray Kirch, Uwe Hollihn
SESSIONS
1 May 1949 [22:00-01:00] Castle Studio At The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN - Eddie Crosby’s Sugarfooters (Eddie Crosby [vcl-1], Hank Garland [solo gt-3/gt], Billy Byrd [gt], Jimmy Selph [rh gt], Don Davis [steel], Eggy McEwen [accordion]. Producer: Paul Cohen)
001 74890/NA 167 LOVESICK BLUES -1 Decca 46168
000 74887/NA 168 SUGARFOOT BLUES –instr.- -3 46168
9 August 1949 E. T. Herzog Recording Studio, 811 Race St., Cincinnati, OH - Eddie Crosby and His Sugarfoot Shufflers
002 75128/CIN 4 FOOLISH NOTION 9-46180
003 75129/CIN 5 BLUES, STAY AWAY FROM ME 9-46180
6 April 1950 Castle Studio at The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN - Eddie Crosby (unknown musicians. Producer: Paul Cohen)
004 76129/NA 2106 YESTERDAY’S KISSES (ARE TEARDROPS TODAY) 9-46246
005 76130/NA 2107 WHAT, WHERE AND WHEN 9-46246
006 76131/NA 2108 LOW CLASS WOMAN unissued
007 76132/NA 2109 YOU'LL STILL BE IN MY HEART unissued
6 October 1950 Castle Studio At The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN - Mervin Shiner and Eddie Crosby (unknown musicians. Producer: Paul Cohen)
008 76974/NA 2225 BELOVED BE FAITHFUL 9-46273
009 76975/NA 2226 WALKING WITH THE BLUES 9-46273
11 October 1950 Castle Studio At The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN - Eddie Crosby (unknown musicians. Producer: Paul Cohen)
010 80020/NA 2236 TEARS OF SAINT ANN 9-46279
011 80021/NA 2237 FEELIN‘ SORRY 9-46279
12 October 1950 Castle Studio At The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN - Eddie Crosby (unknown musicians. Producer: Paul Cohen)
012 80019/NA 2235 SIX FEET DEEP 9-46333
013 80016/NA 2243 BE GOOD TO YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER 9-46287
014 80017/NA 2244 MEET ME AT THE STATION 9-46333
015 80018/NA 2245 POOR BEGGAR BOY 9-46287
SINGLES
Decca
9-46168 Lovesick Blues / Sugarfoot Blues – 07-49
9-46180 Blues, Stay Away From Me / Foolish Notion – 09-49
9-46273 Beloved Be Faithful / Walking With The Blues – 11-50 w. Mervin Shiner
9-46279 Feelin' Sorry / Tears Of Saint Ann – 12-50
9-46287 Be Good to Your Father and Mother / Poor Beggar Boy – 01-51
9-46333 Six Feet Deep / Meet Me At The Station – 07-51
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Boyer Twins
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS
1978 Gusto Recording Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – The Boyer Twins (Dean Boyer [vcl], Gene Boyer [vcl] + unknown musicians. Producer: Ray Reeves)
001 I JUST WISH YOU WERE SOMEONE I LOVED Sabre ZSL-LP-3301
002 LUCKENBACH, TEXAS Sabre ZSL-LP-3301
003 RED HOT MEMORY Sabre ZSL-LP-3301
004 SHE'S JUST AN OLD LOVE TURNED MEMORY Sabre ZSL-LP-3301
005 SHE MUST BE PRAYING FOR ME Sabre ZSL-LP-3301
006 MARGARITAVILLE Gusto GT4-9008/Sabre ZSL-LP-3301
007 LUCILLE Sabre ZSL-LP-3301
008 UNDER YOUR SPELL AGAIN Sabre ZSL-LP-3301
009 BROKEN LADY Sabre ZSL-LP-3301
010 GO-S-8574 OH! AIN'T IT A BEAUTY Gusto GT4-9008/Sabre ZSL-LP-3301
1980 unknown – The Boyer Twins (Dean Boyer [vcl], Gene Boyer [vcl] + unknown musicians. Producer: Ray Reeves)
011 THREE LITTLE WORDS Sabre 4516
012 Unknown title Sabre 4516
ALBUMS
Sabre ZSL-LP-3301 The Boyer Twins Present Seminole Soul: I Just Wish You Were Someone I Loved; Luchenbach, Texas; Red Hot Memory; She's Just An Old Love Turned Memory; She Must Be Praying For Me; Margaritaville; Lucille; Under Your Spell Again; Broken Lady; Oh! Ain't It A Beauty – 78
SINGLES
Sabre /*Gusto (1978-80)
*GT4-9008 Oh,Aint It A Beauty / Margaritaville - 78
ZSO-4516 Three Little Words / ? - 80
SESSIONS
1978 Gusto Recording Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – The Boyer Twins (Dean Boyer [vcl], Gene Boyer [vcl] + unknown musicians. Producer: Ray Reeves)
001 I JUST WISH YOU WERE SOMEONE I LOVED Sabre ZSL-LP-3301
002 LUCKENBACH, TEXAS Sabre ZSL-LP-3301
003 RED HOT MEMORY Sabre ZSL-LP-3301
004 SHE'S JUST AN OLD LOVE TURNED MEMORY Sabre ZSL-LP-3301
005 SHE MUST BE PRAYING FOR ME Sabre ZSL-LP-3301
006 MARGARITAVILLE Gusto GT4-9008/Sabre ZSL-LP-3301
007 LUCILLE Sabre ZSL-LP-3301
008 UNDER YOUR SPELL AGAIN Sabre ZSL-LP-3301
009 BROKEN LADY Sabre ZSL-LP-3301
010 GO-S-8574 OH! AIN'T IT A BEAUTY Gusto GT4-9008/Sabre ZSL-LP-3301
1980 unknown – The Boyer Twins (Dean Boyer [vcl], Gene Boyer [vcl] + unknown musicians. Producer: Ray Reeves)
011 THREE LITTLE WORDS Sabre 4516
012 Unknown title Sabre 4516
ALBUMS
Sabre ZSL-LP-3301 The Boyer Twins Present Seminole Soul: I Just Wish You Were Someone I Loved; Luchenbach, Texas; Red Hot Memory; She's Just An Old Love Turned Memory; She Must Be Praying For Me; Margaritaville; Lucille; Under Your Spell Again; Broken Lady; Oh! Ain't It A Beauty – 78
SINGLES
Sabre /*Gusto (1978-80)
*GT4-9008 Oh,Aint It A Beauty / Margaritaville - 78
ZSO-4516 Three Little Words / ? - 80
Byron Parker
*06-09-1911 Hastings, IA, +06-10-1948
by Henk Scholts, Hillbilly Researcher
SESSIONS
9 February 1940 Atlanta, GA - Byron Parker and his Mountaineers (Byron Parker [bass vcl], Clyde Robbins [tnr vcl/gt], Leonard Stokes [vcl/mandolin/gt], DeWitt ‘Snuffy’ Jenkins [banjo], Homer Sherrill [bari vcl/fiddle]
001 047637-1 LITTLE PAL Bluebird B-8521 Montgomery WardM-8723 Regal Zonophone G24892/Old Homestead OHCS 169 OHCD 4169
002 047638-1 I'M SORRY, THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY B-8521 M-8723 G24892/OHCS 169 OHCD 4169
003 047639-1 THE FAMILY CIRCLE B-8476 M-8722/OHCS 169 OHCD 4169
004 047640-1 A BEAUTIFUL LIFE B-8476 M-8722/OHCS 169 OHCD 4169
005 047641-1 WE SHALL RISE B-8551 MW M-8724/OHCS 169 OHCD 4169
006 047642-1 OH DARLING COME BACK B-8551 MW M-8724/OHCS 169 OHCD 4169
007 047643-1 CARROLL COUNTY BLUES B-8432 MW M-8721/OHCS 169 OHCD 4169
008 047644-1 UP JUMPED THE DEVIL B-8432 M-8721/OHCS 169 RCA LPV-552 OHCD 4169
10 October 1940 Atlanta, GA - Byron Parker and his Mountaineers (Byron Parker [vcl], Clyde Robbins [tnr vcl/gt], Leonard Stokes [vcl/gt], DeWitt ‘Snuffy’ Jenkins [banjo], Homer Sherrill [fiddle], band vcl [-1])
009 054596-1 C & N.W. RAILROAD BLUES B-8673 M-8874/OHCS 169 OHCD 4169
010 054597-1 PEANUT SPECIAL -1 B-8673 M-8874/OHCS 169 OHCD 4169
011 054598-1 THE LETTER THAT WENT TO GOD B-8633 M-8873/OHCS 169 OHCD 4169
012 054599-1 TELL HER NOT TO WAIT FOR ME B-8708 M-8875/OHCS 169 OHCD 4169
013 056500-1 I LOVE MY SAVIOR B-8633 M-8873/OHCS 169 OHCD 4169
014 056501-1 HE IS MY FRIEND AND GUIDE B-8771 M-8876/OHCS 169 OHCD 4169
015 056502-1 THAT'S WHY I'M BLUE B-8771 M-8876/OHCS 169 OHCD 4169
016 056503-1 MARRIED LIFE BLUES B-8708 M-8875/OHCS 169 Rounder 1013 OHCD 4169
September 1946 Radio Station WIS, Columbia, SC - Byron Parker (The old hired hand) & his Hillbillies
017 D246 GONNA LAY DOWN MY OLD GUITAR 5017/Rounder 1013 OHCD 4169
018 D247 IF YOU COULD BE THE SAME 5017/OHCD 4169
019 D248 GETHSEMANE 5018/OHCD 4169
020 D249 CAN THE LORD DEPEND ON YOU 5018/OHCD 4169
January 1947 Radio Station WIS, Columbia, SC - Byron Parker (The old hired hand) & his Hillbillies
021 D309 THE OLD COUNTRY CHURCH 5022/OHCD 4169
022 D310 I’LL HAVE A NEW LIFE 5022/OHCD 4169
023 D311 GONNA RAISE A RUCKUS TONIGHT 5024
024 D312 I’LL LOVE YOU ‘TIL I DIE 5024
1947 unknown - Byron Parker’s Hillbillies
025 I DON’T LOVE NOBODY Red Barn 1192/OHCD-4169
026 THOSE BLUES DON’T WORRY ME 1192/OHCD-4169
possibly from session above:
027 WHEN I MAKE THAT LAST MOVE ?/OHCD-4169
028 THE LETTER THAT WENT TO GOD ?/OHCD-4169
ALBUMS
Old Homestead OHCS-169 Bluegrass Roots: Little Pal; I’m Sorry That’s All I Can Say; The Family Circle; A Beautiful Life; We Shall Rise; Oh Darling Come Back; Carrol County Blues; Up Jumped The Devil; C& NW Railroad Blous; Peanut Special; The Letter That Went To God; Tell Her Not To Wait For Me; I Love My Saviour; He’s My Friend And Guide; That’s Why I’m Blue; Married Life Blues - 85
Old Homestead OHCD-4169 Byron Parker & His Mountaineers: Little Pal; I'm Sorry That's All I Can Say; Family Circle;Beautiful Life; We Will Rise;Oh Darling Come Back;Carroll County Blues; Peanut Special; Letter That Went To God; Tell Her Not To Wait For Me; I Love My Saviour; He Is My Friend And Guide; That's Why I'm So Blue; Married Life Blues;Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar;If You Could Be The Same; I'll Have A New Life;Gethsemane; Can The Lord Depend On You; Old Country Church; Don't Love Nobody; Those Blues Don't Worry My Mind; When I Make That Last Move; The Letter That Went To God – 01
SINGLES
Bluebird
B-8432 Up Jumped The Devil / Carroll County Blues
B-8476 A Beautiful Life / The Family Circle
B-8521 I'm Sorry, That's All I Can Say / Little Pal
B-8551 Oh Darling Come Back / We Shall Rise
B-8633 I Love My Savior / The Letter That Went To God
B-8673 Peanut Special / C & N.W. Railroad Blues
B-8708 Married Life Blues / Tell Her Not To Wait For Me
B-8771 He Is My Friend And Guide / That's Why I'm Blue
Montgomery Ward
M-8721 Carroll County Blues / Up Jumped The Devil
M-8722 The Family Circle / A Beautiful Life
M-8723 Little Pal / I'm Sorry, That's All I Can Say
M-8724 We Shall Rise / Oh Darling Come Back
M-8873 I Love My Savior / The Letter That Went To God
M-8874 C & N.W. Railroad Blues / Peanut Special
M-8875 Married Life Blues / Tell Her Not To Wait For Me
M-8876 That's Why I'm Blue / He Is My Friend And Guide
Regal Zonophone [AUS]
G24892 I'm Sorry, That's All I Can Say / Little Pal
De Luxe (1946-1947)
5017 Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar / If You Could Be The Same – 46
5018 Gethsemane / Can The Lord Depend On You - 46
5022 The Old Country Church / I’ll Have A New Life – 47
5024 Gonna Raise A Ruckus Tonight / I’ll Love You ‘Til I Die - 47
Red Barn (1947)
1192 I Don’t Love Nobody / Those Blues Don’t Worry Me – 47
unknown (possibly Red Barn)
? When I Make That Last Move / The Letter That Went To God – 47?
by Henk Scholts, Hillbilly Researcher
SESSIONS
9 February 1940 Atlanta, GA - Byron Parker and his Mountaineers (Byron Parker [bass vcl], Clyde Robbins [tnr vcl/gt], Leonard Stokes [vcl/mandolin/gt], DeWitt ‘Snuffy’ Jenkins [banjo], Homer Sherrill [bari vcl/fiddle]
001 047637-1 LITTLE PAL Bluebird B-8521 Montgomery WardM-8723 Regal Zonophone G24892/Old Homestead OHCS 169 OHCD 4169
002 047638-1 I'M SORRY, THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY B-8521 M-8723 G24892/OHCS 169 OHCD 4169
003 047639-1 THE FAMILY CIRCLE B-8476 M-8722/OHCS 169 OHCD 4169
004 047640-1 A BEAUTIFUL LIFE B-8476 M-8722/OHCS 169 OHCD 4169
005 047641-1 WE SHALL RISE B-8551 MW M-8724/OHCS 169 OHCD 4169
006 047642-1 OH DARLING COME BACK B-8551 MW M-8724/OHCS 169 OHCD 4169
007 047643-1 CARROLL COUNTY BLUES B-8432 MW M-8721/OHCS 169 OHCD 4169
008 047644-1 UP JUMPED THE DEVIL B-8432 M-8721/OHCS 169 RCA LPV-552 OHCD 4169
10 October 1940 Atlanta, GA - Byron Parker and his Mountaineers (Byron Parker [vcl], Clyde Robbins [tnr vcl/gt], Leonard Stokes [vcl/gt], DeWitt ‘Snuffy’ Jenkins [banjo], Homer Sherrill [fiddle], band vcl [-1])
009 054596-1 C & N.W. RAILROAD BLUES B-8673 M-8874/OHCS 169 OHCD 4169
010 054597-1 PEANUT SPECIAL -1 B-8673 M-8874/OHCS 169 OHCD 4169
011 054598-1 THE LETTER THAT WENT TO GOD B-8633 M-8873/OHCS 169 OHCD 4169
012 054599-1 TELL HER NOT TO WAIT FOR ME B-8708 M-8875/OHCS 169 OHCD 4169
013 056500-1 I LOVE MY SAVIOR B-8633 M-8873/OHCS 169 OHCD 4169
014 056501-1 HE IS MY FRIEND AND GUIDE B-8771 M-8876/OHCS 169 OHCD 4169
015 056502-1 THAT'S WHY I'M BLUE B-8771 M-8876/OHCS 169 OHCD 4169
016 056503-1 MARRIED LIFE BLUES B-8708 M-8875/OHCS 169 Rounder 1013 OHCD 4169
September 1946 Radio Station WIS, Columbia, SC - Byron Parker (The old hired hand) & his Hillbillies
017 D246 GONNA LAY DOWN MY OLD GUITAR 5017/Rounder 1013 OHCD 4169
018 D247 IF YOU COULD BE THE SAME 5017/OHCD 4169
019 D248 GETHSEMANE 5018/OHCD 4169
020 D249 CAN THE LORD DEPEND ON YOU 5018/OHCD 4169
January 1947 Radio Station WIS, Columbia, SC - Byron Parker (The old hired hand) & his Hillbillies
021 D309 THE OLD COUNTRY CHURCH 5022/OHCD 4169
022 D310 I’LL HAVE A NEW LIFE 5022/OHCD 4169
023 D311 GONNA RAISE A RUCKUS TONIGHT 5024
024 D312 I’LL LOVE YOU ‘TIL I DIE 5024
1947 unknown - Byron Parker’s Hillbillies
025 I DON’T LOVE NOBODY Red Barn 1192/OHCD-4169
026 THOSE BLUES DON’T WORRY ME 1192/OHCD-4169
possibly from session above:
027 WHEN I MAKE THAT LAST MOVE ?/OHCD-4169
028 THE LETTER THAT WENT TO GOD ?/OHCD-4169
ALBUMS
Old Homestead OHCS-169 Bluegrass Roots: Little Pal; I’m Sorry That’s All I Can Say; The Family Circle; A Beautiful Life; We Shall Rise; Oh Darling Come Back; Carrol County Blues; Up Jumped The Devil; C& NW Railroad Blous; Peanut Special; The Letter That Went To God; Tell Her Not To Wait For Me; I Love My Saviour; He’s My Friend And Guide; That’s Why I’m Blue; Married Life Blues - 85
Old Homestead OHCD-4169 Byron Parker & His Mountaineers: Little Pal; I'm Sorry That's All I Can Say; Family Circle;Beautiful Life; We Will Rise;Oh Darling Come Back;Carroll County Blues; Peanut Special; Letter That Went To God; Tell Her Not To Wait For Me; I Love My Saviour; He Is My Friend And Guide; That's Why I'm So Blue; Married Life Blues;Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar;If You Could Be The Same; I'll Have A New Life;Gethsemane; Can The Lord Depend On You; Old Country Church; Don't Love Nobody; Those Blues Don't Worry My Mind; When I Make That Last Move; The Letter That Went To God – 01
SINGLES
Bluebird
B-8432 Up Jumped The Devil / Carroll County Blues
B-8476 A Beautiful Life / The Family Circle
B-8521 I'm Sorry, That's All I Can Say / Little Pal
B-8551 Oh Darling Come Back / We Shall Rise
B-8633 I Love My Savior / The Letter That Went To God
B-8673 Peanut Special / C & N.W. Railroad Blues
B-8708 Married Life Blues / Tell Her Not To Wait For Me
B-8771 He Is My Friend And Guide / That's Why I'm Blue
Montgomery Ward
M-8721 Carroll County Blues / Up Jumped The Devil
M-8722 The Family Circle / A Beautiful Life
M-8723 Little Pal / I'm Sorry, That's All I Can Say
M-8724 We Shall Rise / Oh Darling Come Back
M-8873 I Love My Savior / The Letter That Went To God
M-8874 C & N.W. Railroad Blues / Peanut Special
M-8875 Married Life Blues / Tell Her Not To Wait For Me
M-8876 That's Why I'm Blue / He Is My Friend And Guide
Regal Zonophone [AUS]
G24892 I'm Sorry, That's All I Can Say / Little Pal
De Luxe (1946-1947)
5017 Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar / If You Could Be The Same – 46
5018 Gethsemane / Can The Lord Depend On You - 46
5022 The Old Country Church / I’ll Have A New Life – 47
5024 Gonna Raise A Ruckus Tonight / I’ll Love You ‘Til I Die - 47
Red Barn (1947)
1192 I Don’t Love Nobody / Those Blues Don’t Worry Me – 47
unknown (possibly Red Barn)
? When I Make That Last Move / The Letter That Went To God – 47?