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Sunday, October 23, 2011

Wade Mainer

*21 April 1907 Asheville, NC, +12-09-2011
2nd version
by Tony Russell, Michel Ruppli, Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti, Thieu Van De Vorst
, Henk Scholts, Dirk Verschaeren
SESSIONS
also recorded with J.E. Mainer’s Mountainers


14 February 1936 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC – Wade Mainer and Zeke Morris (Wade Mainer [vcl/banjo/harmonica], Zeke Morris [vcl/gt])
001 BS-99133-1 COME BACK TO YOUR DOBIE SHACK B-6551 Montgomery Ward M-4719/OHCS-4043
002 BS-99134-1 JUST AS THE SUN WENT DOWN B-6383 Montgomery Ward M-4718/OHCS-4043
003 BS-99135-1 WHAT WOULD YOU GIVE IN EXCHANGE B-8073 Montgomery Ward M-7134/ OHM-90001 OHCS-4043
004 BS-99136-1 BRING ME A LEAF FROM THE SEA B-6347 Montgomery Ward M-4713/OHCS-4043 OHCS-150
005 BS-99137-1 BROWN EYES B-6347 Montgomery Ward M-4713
15 February 1936 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC – Wade Mainer and Zeke Morris (Wade Mainer [vcl/banjo/harmonica], Zeke Morris [vcl/gt])
006 BS-99138-1 MAPLE ON THE HILL PART –2 B-6293 Montgomery Ward M-4710/ OHCS-150
007 BS-99139-1 GOING TO GEORGIA B-6423 Montgomery Ward M-4719/ OHCS-150
008 BS-99140-1 NOBODY'S DARLING BUT MINE B-6423/ OHCS-150
009 BS-99141-1 MOTHER CAME TO GET HER BOY BACK FROM JAIL B-6383 Montgomery Ward M-4718/ OHM-90001
010 BS-99142-1 WHERE THE RED RED ROSES GROW B-6293 Montgomery Ward M-4710/ OHCS-150
15 June 1936 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC - Wade Mainer and Zeke Morris and Norwood Tew (Wade Mainer [vcl/banjo], Zeke Morris [vcl/gt], Norwood Tew [vcl])
011 BS-102612-1 MY CRADLE DAYS B-6489 Montgomery Ward M-5031/ OHCS-150
012 BS-102613-1 GATHERING FLOWERS FROM THE HILL B-6489 Montgomery Ward M-5031/OHCS-150
013 BS-102614-1 MY MOTHER IS WAITING B-6551 Montgomery Ward M-7005/ Old Homestead OHM-90001
014 BS-102615-1 IF I COULD HEAR MY MOTHER PRAY B-6460 Montgomery Ward M-5028/ Old Homestead OHM-90001
015 BS-102616-1 NOBODY'S DARLING ON EARTH B-6460 Montgomery Ward M-5028/ OHCS-150
016 BS-102617-1 SHAKE HANDS WITH MOTHER B-6596 Montgomery Ward M-7007/ OHM-90001
12 October 1936 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC – Wade Mainer and Zeke Morris and Homer Sherrill (Wade Mainer [vcl/banjo], Zeke Morris [vcl/gt], Homer Sherrill [vcl/fiddle])
017 BS-02530-1 THEY SAID MY LORD WAS A DEVIL B-6653 Montgomery Ward M-7091
018 BS-02531-1 WON'T SOMEBODY PAL WITH ME B-6704 Montgomery Ward M-7092
019 BS-02532-1 HOP ALONG PETER B-6752 Montgomery Ward M-7131/ OHCS-149
020 BS-02533-1 JUST ONE WAY TO THE PEARLY GATES B-6784 Montgomery Ward M-7132/ OHCS-150
021 BS-02534-1 DEAR DADDY, YOU'RE GONE B-6752 Montgomery Ward M-7133/ Old Homestead OHM-90001
022 BS-02535-1 BEEN FOOLIN' MY BAY B-6704 Montgomery Ward M-7092/ OHCS-150
023 BS-02536-1 I'LL BE A FRIEND OF JESUS B-6784 Montgomery Ward M-7132
024 BS-02537-1 COWBOY'S PONY IN HEAVEN B- 6653 Montgomery Ward M-7091
025 BS-02548-1 OLD SAM;S SODA COMMERCIAL OHCS-124
16 February 1937 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC – Wade Mainer and Zeke Morris (Wade Mainer [vcl duet/solo vcl-1/banjo], Zeke Morris [vcl duet/solo vcl-2/gt])
026 BS-07051-1 LITTLE BIRDIE B- 6840 Montgomery Ward M-7127/ OHCS-149
027 BS-07052-1 I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A RAMBLER B-6890 Montgomery Ward M-7129/ OHCS-149
028 BS-07053-1 I'M STARTING LIFE ANEW WITH YOU B-6840 Montgomery Ward M-71330
029 BS-07054-1 LITTLE ROSEBUDS B-6993 Montgomery Ward M-7127/ OHM-90001
030 BS-07055-1 TRAIN CARRY MY GAL BACK HOME -1 B-6890 Montgomery Ward M-7129/ OHCS-149
031 BS-07056-1 IN THE LAND BEYOND THE BLUE -2 B-6936 Montgomery Ward M-7128
032 BS-07057-1 A CHANGE ALL AROUND B-6993 Montgomery Ward M-7130
033 BS-07058-1 SHORT LIFE AND IT'S TROUBLES B-6936 Montgomery Ward M-7128/ OHCS-149
2 August 1937 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC – Wade Mainer and Zeke Morris and Steve Ledford  (Wade Mainer [vcl trio/solo vcl-1/banjo], Zeke Morris [vcl  trio/solo vcl-2/gt], Steve Ledford [vcl trio/solo vcl-3/fiddle])
034 BS-011812-1 THE DYING BOY'S PRAYER  B-7165 Montgomery Ward M-7306/ OHM-90001
035 BS-011813-1 FREE AGAIN  B-7114 Montgomery Ward M-7306/ OHCS-150
036 BS-011814-1 ANSWER TO TWO LITTLE ROSEBUDS B-7114 Montgomery Ward M-7307
037 BS-011815-1 I'M NOT TURNING BACKWARD B-7165 Montgomery Ward M-7308/OHM-90001
038 BS-011820-1 RIDING ON THAT TRAIN FORTY-FIVE -1 B-7298 Victor 27493/OHCS-149
039 BS-011821-1 LITTLE MAGGIE -3 B-7201 Montgomery Ward M-7309/ OHCS-149
040 BS-011822-1 LITTLE PAL B-7201 Montgomery Ward M-7309
041 BS-011823-1 DOWN IN THE WILLOW GARDEN -2 B-7298 Montgomery Ward M-7307/OHCS-149
042 BS-011824-1 GARDEN OF PRAYER  B-7362 M-7308
2 August 1937 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC – Wade Mainer and His Little Smilin' Rangers (Wade Mainer [vcl/banjo/harmonica], Buddy Banks [vcl], Zeke Morris [gt], Robert Banks [gt], ? [steel])
043 BS-011825-1 RAMSHACKLE SHACK B-7274 Montgomery Ward M-7310/ County 404
044 BS-011826-1 MEMORY LANE B-7274 Montgomery Ward M-7310/ County 404
045 BS-011827-1 WILD BILL JONES B-7249 Montgomery Ward M-7311/ County 404
046 BS-011828-1 I WANT TO BE LOVED B-7249 Montgomery Ward M-7311
3 August 1937 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC – Wade Mainer and His Little Smilin' Rangers (Wade Mainer [vcl/banjo/harmonica], Buddy Banks [vcl], Zeke Morris [gt], Robert Banks [gt], ? [steel])
047 BS-011816-1 WHAT ARE YOU GOIN' TO DO BROTHER B-7384
048 BS-011817-1 COMPANIONS DRAW NIGH B-7384
049 BS-011818-1 MOUNTAIN SWEETHEART B-7587
050 BS-011819-1 DON’T FORGET ME LIL DARLING B-7587
27 January 1938 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC – Wade Mainer and Sons Of The Mountaineers (Clyde Moody [gt], Jay Hugh Hall [gt/harm vcl], Steve Ledford [gt/vcl], Julia Mainer [vcl-1])
051 BS-018763-1 LONELY TOMBS B-7424 Montgomery Ward M-7480/ County 404
052 BS-018764-1 PALE MOONLUGHT B-7483 Montgomery Ward M-7481/ County 404
053 BS-018765-1 ALL MY FRIENDS B-7424 Montgomery Ward M-7480/ OHCS-149
054 BS-018766-1 SINCE I MET MY MOTHER IN LOVE B-7742 M-7483
055 BS-018767-1 DON’T GET TOO DEEP IN LOVE B-7483 Montgomery Ward M-7481
056 BS-018768-1 DON'T LEAVE ME ALONE B-7561 Montgomery Ward M-7482/ County 404
057 BS-018769-1 I WON'T BE WORRIED B-7561 Montgomery Ward M-7482/County 404
058 BS-018770-1 WHERE ROMANCE CALLS -1 B-7753 Montgomery Ward M-7483/ OHCS-149
059 BS-018771-1 ANOTHER ALABAMA CAMP MEETING B-7753 Montgomery Ward M-7484/ OHCS-149
060 BS-018772-1 MITCHELL BLUES B-7845 Montgomery Ward M-7484
26 September 1938 Andrew Jackson Hotel, Rock Hill. SC- Wade Mainer and Sons Of The Mountaineers (Clyde Moody [vcl -1/gt], Wade Mainer [vcl/banjo], Steve Ledford [vcl/fiddle], Jay Hugh Hall [gt])
061 BS-026981-1 FARTHER ALONG -1 B-8023 Montgomery Ward M-7560
062 BS-026982-1 DEAR LOVING MOTHER AND DAD -1 B-8152 Montgomery Ward M-7561
063 BS-026983-1 CAN’T TELL ABOUT THESE WOMEN B-7965 Montgomery Ward M-7562
064 BS-026984-1 THAT KIND B-7861 Montgomery Ward M-7562
065 BS-026985-1 IF I HAD LISTENED TO MOTHER B-8137 Montgomery Ward M-7561
066 BS-026986-1 SHE IS SPREADING HER WINGS FOR A JOURNEY B-8023 Montgomery Ward M-7559
067 BS-026987-1 THE SAME OLD YOU AND ME B-7924 Montgomery Ward M-7564
068 BS-026988-1 LIFE’S EVENIN‘ SUN B-8007 Montgomery Ward M-7559
069 BS-026997-1 MOTHER STILL PRAYS FOR YOU B- 8137 Montgomery Ward M-7563
070 BS-026998-1 YOU’RE AWFULLY MEAN TO ME B-7861 Montgomery Ward M-7565
071 BS-026999-1 HOME IN THE SKY B-8007 Montgomery Ward M-7560
072 BS-027700-1 A LITTLE LOVE B-7924 Montgomery Ward M-7563
073 BS-027701-1 NORTH CAROLINA MOON B-8628 Montgomery Ward M-7564
074 BS-027702-1 MORE GOOD WOMEN GONE WRONG B-7965 Montgomery Ward M-7565
4 February 1939 Andrew Jackson Hotel, Rock Hill, SC – Wade Mainer and Sons of The Mountaineers (Clyde Moody [gt/vcl -1], Jay Hugh Hall [gt/vcl -2], Steve Ledford [fiddle/bass] + unknown musiciams)
075 BS-032625-1 SPARKLING BLUE EYES -1-2 B-8042 Montgomery Ward M-7882/ OHCS-150
076 BS-032626-1 WE WILL MISS HIM -1-2 B-8042 Montgomery Ward M-7882
077 BS-032627-1 I LEFT MY HOME IN THE MOUNTAINS B-8091 Montgomery Ward M-7883
078 BS-032628-1 I MET HER AT A BALL ONE NIGHT B-8091 Montgomery Ward M-7883/ OHCS-149
079 BS-032629-1 YOU MAY FORSAKE ME B-8120/ County 404
080 BS-032630-1 LOOK ON AND CRY B-8120/ County 404
081 BS-032631-1 ONE LITTLE KISS B-8145 MW7690
082 BS-032632-1 MAMA, DON’T MAKE ME GO TO BED -* B-8145
083 BS-032633-1 CRYING HOLY B-8203
084 BS-032634-1 HEAVEN BELLS ARE RINGING B-8203/ Old Homestead OHM-90001
21 August 1939 Atlanta, GA –Wade Mainer’s Sons of Mountaineers (Wade Mainer [vcl/banjo],Clyde Moody [vcl/gt], Jay Hugh Hall [vcl/gt])
085 BS-041200-1 SPARKLING BLUE EYES NO.2 B-8249 Montgomery Ward M-8448
086 BS-041201-1 THE POOR DRUNKARD’S DREAM B-8273 Montgomery Ward M-8449/ County 404
087 BS-041202-1 WERE YOU THERE B-8273 Montgomery Ward M-8449
088 BS-041203-1 THE GOSPEL CANNON BALL B-8249 Montgomery Ward M-8448
089 BS-041204-1 THE GREAT AND FINAL JUDGEMENT B-8288 Montgomery Ward M-8450
090 BS-041205-1 WHAT A WONDERFUL SAVIOR IS HE B-8288 Montgomery Ward M-8450
091 BS-041206-1 WHY NOT MAKE HEAVEN YOUR HOME? B-8340 Montgomery Ward M-8451
092 BS-041207-1 MANSIONS IN THE SKY B-8340 Montgomery Ward M-8451/ County 404
093 BS-041208-1 NOT A WORD OF THAT BE SAID B-8359 Montgomery Ward M-8452
094 BS-041209-1 DRIFTING THROUGH AN UNFRIENDLY WORLD B-8359 Montgomery Ward M-8452/ OHCS-149
29 September 1941 Atlanta, GA - Wade Mainer and Sons of TheMountaineers (Wade Mainer [vcl trio/banjo], Curley Shelton [vcl trio/mandolin], Jack Shelton [vcl trio/gt])
095 BS-071014-1 SHAKE MY MOTHERS HAND FOR B-8848
096 BS-071015-1 ANYWHERE IS HOME B-8965
097 BS-071016-1 I CAN TELL YOU THE TIME B-8965
098 BS-071017-1 HE GAVE HIS LIFE B-8887
099 BS-071018-1 RAMBLIN’ BOY B-8990/ County 404
100 BS-071019-1 THE PRECIOUS JEWEL B-8887 20-2159/ County 404
101 BS-071020-1 OLD RUBEN B-8990/County 404
102 BS-071021-1 PRECIOUS MEMORIES B-8848/ Old Homestead OHM-90001
ca. February 1947 poss. King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH - Wade Mainer
103 K2385 MOTHER’S PRAYERS HAVE FOLLOWED ME 603/LP-769 OHCD-4021 GT-0957-2
104 K2386 VISION OF MOTHER 45-872/GT-0957-2
105 K2387 DON’T WRITE TO MOTHER TOO LATE 640/LP-769 OHCD-4021 GT-0957-2
106 K2388 I’M GLAD I’M ON THS INSIDE LOOKING OUT 45-872/LP-769 OHCD-4021 GT-0957-2
107 K2389 AWAITING THE RETURN OF MY BOY 640/ OHCD-4021 GT-0957-2
108 K2390 ROLL MY LADY ROLL unissued/GT-0957-2
109 K2391 THERE’LL COME A TIME 574/GT-0957-2
110 K2392 AS TIME ROLLS ON unissued/GT-0957-2
111 K2393 DUST ON THE BIBLE 574/LP-769 OHCD-4021 GT-0957-2
112 K2394 SOLDIER’S GRAVE 585/ OHCD-4021 GT-0957-2
113 K2395 LITTLE PAL 603/GT-0957-2
114 K2396 HE’S COMING TO US DEAD 585/ OHCD-4021 GT-0957-2
17 March 1951 Charlotte, NC – Wade Mainer
115 K3192 NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP 45-990/LP-769 OHCD-4021 GT-0957-2
116 K3193 NO PLACE TO LAY YOUR HEAD 45-990 EP478/LP-769 OHCD-4021 GT-0957-2
117 K3194 GOD’S RADIO PHONE 45-975/AL-1523 OHCD-4021 GT-0957-2
118 K3195 HE’S PASSING THIS WAY 45-975/AL-1504 OHCD-4021 GT-0957-2
119 K3196 THOSE BLUE EYES I LOVE 45-955 GT-0957-2
120 K3197 LITTLE BOOK 45-955/ OHCD-4021 GT-0957-2
121 K3198 COURTIN‘ IN THE RAIN’ unissued/GT-0957-2
19 November 1951 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Wade Mainer and Sons Of Mountaineers/* Wayne Raney and Sons Of Mountaineers
122 K3296 LITTLE BIRDIE 45-1093/GT-0957-2
123 K3297 THE GIRL I LEFT IN SUNNY TENNESSEE 45-1093/ GT-0957-2
124 K3298 I’M NOT LOOKING BACKWARD 45-1074/AL-1557 GT-0957-2
125 K3299 STANDING OUTSIDE 45-1074/ OHCD-4021 GT-0957-2
000 K3300 THAT STAR BELONGS TO ME* 45-1035/ OHCD-4021 GT-0957-2
000 K3301 DREAMING OF A LITTLE CABIN* 45-1035/ OHCD-4021 GT-0957-2
ca 1953  Unknown – Wade Mainer and The Mountaineers
130 1710 BLUEIRDGE MOUNTAIN BLUES Blue Ridge 109
131 6121 THREE NIGHT IN A BARROOM  Blue Ridge 109
7 April 1961 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Wade Mainer
132 K10711 ON THE BANKS OF THE OHIO 45-5499/GT-0957-2
133 K10712 MY HOME IS DOWN IN DIXIE 45-5499/GT-0957-2
134 K10713 THE LITTLE BROWN CHURCH LP-769 GT-0957-2
135 K10714 THE NEW BRIGHT WORLD LP-769 GT-0957-2
136 K10715 THE HILL LONE AND GRAY LP-769 GT-0957-2
137 K10716 BUILDING ON THAT ROCK LP-769 GT-0957-2
138 K10717 MY SOLDIER BOY 45-5514 EP478/LP-769 OHCD-4021 GT-0957-2
139 K10718 STREAMLINED RELIGION LP-769 GT-0957-2
140 K10719 HE SIGNED MY PARDON  LP-769 GT-0957-2
141 K10720 I'M A FREE LITTLE BIRD 45-5514/GT-0957-2
142 K10721 HOME IN THE ROCK LP-769 GT-0957-2
143 K10722 SWEET HEAVEN WAS THERE unissued/GT-0957-2
around 1970 [live] Washington, D.C. area – Wade Mainer
14301 GONNA LAY DOWN MY OLD GUITAR Old Homestead OHCD-4032
14302 BUCKIN' MULE Old Homestead OHCD-4032  
14303 LITTLE BIRDIE Old Homestead OHCD-4032
14304 ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY Old Homestead OHCD-4032
14305 TRAIN 45 Old Homestead OHCD-4032  
14306 CONCORD RAG Old Homestead OHCD-4032  
14307 CACKLIN' HEN Old Homestead OHCD-4032
14308 BEAUTIFUL LIFE Old Homestead OHCD-4032  
14309 GOING DOWN THE ROAD FEELING BAD Old Homestead OHCD-4032
14310 LONELY TOMBS Old Homestead OHCD-4032  
14311 GOING DOWN TOWN Old Homestead OHCD-4032  
14312 BUCKIN' MULE Old Homestead OHCD-4032
14313 ROSE CONLEE Old Homestead OHCD-4032
14314 TRAIN THAT TOOK MY GIRL FROM TOWN Old Homestead OHCD-4032  
14315 POOR DRUNKARD'S DREAM Old Homestead OHCD-4032  
14316 GONE GONE GONE Old Homestead OHCD-4032  
14317 TRICKLIN' WATERS Old Homestead OHCD-4032
14318 BIG EYED RABBIT Old Homestead OHCD-4032
1969 unknown – Wade Mainer
144 TAKE ME IN THE LIFEBOAT Knob KS 202 / OHCD-4021
145 VOICE OF MY SAVIOR  Knob KS 202/OHCD-4021
1970 unknown – Wade Mainer and the Straitway Trio
146  HOME IN THE ROCK  Irma ILP-105
147 DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH  Irma ILP-105
148 HIDE ME ROCK OF AGES  Irma ILP-105 
149 GREAT CARAVAN  Irma ILP-105
150 WALKING THE SEA  Irma ILP-105 
151 SCARLET PURPLE ROBE  Irma ILP-105 
152 GATE IS STRAIGHT  Irma ILP-105 
153 KEEP WALKING  Irma ILP-105
154 MY HOME SWEET HOME  Irma ILP-105 
155 WAITING –instr.- Irma ILP-105
156 MAINERS MELODY  Irma ILP-105
157 HOME IN THE SOLID ROCK  Irma ILP-105
158 I WILL LIVE AGAIN  Irma ILP-105
159 WHEN I REACH HOME  Irma ILP-105 
November 1971 Bill Carpenter Studio, Brighton, MI – Wade Mainer (Wade Mainer [vcl/banjo], Eddie Carroll [gt], Phil Carpenter [dobro],. Carl Jacobs [baritone vcl/bass], Tim Wilson [bass vcl/bass], Ronert Whalen [fiddle], Ed Bryant [fiddle])
160 LITTLE PAL Old Homestead OHS-90002  
161 DREAM OF THE MINER'S CHILD Old Homestead OHS-90002  
162 WORRIED MAN BLUES Old Homestead OHS-90002  
163 SALLY GOODWIN Old Homestead OHS-90002  
164 I'LL BE A FRIEND TO JESUS Old Homestead OHS-90002
165 SPECKLED TOP SHOES Old Homestead OHS-90002  
166 LONESOME ROAD BLUES Old Homestead OHS-90002  
167 SPARKLING BLUE EYES Old Homestead OHS-90002
168 THIS WORLD IS NOT MY HOME Old Homestead OHS-90002
169 WILD BILL JONES Old Homestead OHS-90002  
170 SOURWOOD MOUNTAIN Old Homestead OHS-90002  
171 CLEAR TITLE TO A MANSION Old Homestead OHS-90002
172 MAMA, YOU'RE AWFUL MEAN TO ME Old Homestead OHS-90002 
173 RUBBER DOLLY Old Homestead OHS-90002
1972 prob.Bill Carpenter Studio, Brighton, MI – Wade Mainer
174 BEYOND THIS VEIL OF TEARS Old Homestead OHS-90016
175 THE LIFEBOAT SOON IS COMING Old Homestead OHS-90016  
176 OH THOSE TOMBS Old Homestead OHS-90016
177 ETERNAL LOVE Old Homestead OHS-90016
178 THE OLD ACCOUNT WAS SETTLED Old Homestead OHS-90016  
179 THEY SAID MY LORD WAS A DEVIL Old Homestead OHS-90016  
180 WATCHING YOU Old Homestead OHS-90016  
181 I WANT TO GO THERE Old Homestead OHS-90016
182 GOING HOME Old Homestead OHS-90016  
183 I WANT TO KNOW MORE Old Homestead OHS-90016  
184 JONAH Old Homestead OHS-90016
185 LONESOME VALLEY Old Homestead OHS-90016
186 SHAKE MY MOTHERS HAND FOR ME Old Homestead OHS-90016
187 WORKING ON A BUILDING Old Homestead OHS-90016 
1971/1975 unknown – Wade Mainer
188 SALLY ANN Old Homestead OHTR-4000
189 I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A RAMBLER Old Homestead OHTR-4000
190 WALKING IN MY SLEEP Old Homestead OHTR-4000
191 CITY ON THE HILL Old Homestead OHTR-4000
192 I SAW A MAN AT THE CLOSE OF JAY Old Homestead OHTR-4000 OHCD-4021
193 HANDSOME MOLLY Old Homestead OHTR-4000
194 COURTIN' ON THE RAIN Old Homestead OHTR-4000
195 DOWN AT THE END OF MEMORY LANE Old Homestead OHTR-4000
196 BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN BLUES Old Homestead OHTR-4000
197 WHEN OUR LORD SHALL COME AGAIN Old Homestead OHTR-4000
198 DOWN IN THE WILLOW GARDEN Old Homestead OHTR-4000
199 OLD JOE CLARK Old Homestead OHTR-4000
200 LONG JOURNEY HOME Old Homestead OHTR-4000
201 FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN Old Homestead OHTR-4000
202 JULIE Old Homestead OHTR-4000
203 DON'T WAIT TILL I'M UNDER THE CLAY Old Homestead OHTR-4000
204 MAPLE ON THE HILL Old Homestead OHTR-4000
205 DON'T TELL ME NO LIES Old Homestead OHTR-4000
206 WATERMELON ON THE VINE Old Homestead OHTR-4000
207 MCKINLEY Old Homestead OHTR-4000
208 LYNCHBURG TOWN Old Homestead OHTR-4000
209 COMPANIONS DRAW NIGHT Old Homestead OHTR-4000
210 HARD ROCKING CHAIR Old Homestead OHTR-4000
211 REEL AND ROCK Old Homestead OHTR-4000
ca 1979/1980 Old Homesetad Studios, Brighton, MI - Wade Mainer (Wade Mainer [vcl/banjo], John Morris [bass voice], Julie Mainer [gt], Eddie Carroll [gt], Dave Cahn [bariton vcl/dobro/mandolin/gt], Alonzo Green [ld gt], Vernon McIntyre/Don McIntyre [mandolin], Jim Childress [tenor voice/bass], Bill Meyer [bass], Alana Eisen Man [fiddle], Virgil Shouse [fioddle])
212 TRAIN CARRY MY GIRL BACK HOME Old Homestead OHS-90123
213 JOHN HENRY Old Homestead OHS-90123
214 MOTHER'S LAST MESSAGE Old Homestead OHS-90123
215 TITANIC Old Homestead OHS-90123
216 NOT A WORD THAT BE SAID Old Homestead OHS-90123
217 THE WRECK OF THE SOUTHERN OLD 97 Old Homestead OHS-90123
218 THAT STAR BELONGS TO ME Old Homestead OHS-90123
219 WILD AND RECKLESS HOBO Old Homestead OHS-90123
220 HESITATION BLUES Old Homestead OHS-90123
221 LADY GAY Old Homestead OHS-90123
222 FROM JERUSALEM TO JERICHO Old Homestead OHS-90123
223 RAMBLING BOY Old Homestead OHS-90123
224 LITTLE ROSEWOOD CASKET Old Homestead OHS-90123
225 TRICKLING WATERS Old Homestead OHS-90123
226 CANNON BALL Old Homestead OHS-90123
227 WHERE THE SOUL NEVER DIES Old Homestead OHS-90123  
ca 1981 unknown – Wade and Julia Mainer (Wade Mainer [ld vcl/banjo],  Julia Mainer [ld vcl/gt], Leon Mainer [ld/temor vcl] + unknown musicians)
228 BEAUTIFUL STAR OF BETHLEHEM Old Homestead OHS-70034 
229 LIVING BY FAITH Old Homestead OHS-70034 
230 UNCLOUDY DAY Old Homestead OHS-70034 
231 I CANNOT STAND ALONE Old Homestead OHS-70034 
232 OLD BLIND BARTEMOUS Old Homestead OHS-70034 
233 IT SEEMED HEAVEN WAS THERE Old Homestead OHS-70034 
234 WHAT ARE THEY DOING THERE NOW Old Homestead OHS-70034
235  THE SOLDIER BOY Old Homestead OHS-70034 
236 DIDN'T IT RAIN Old Homestead OHS-70034 
237 COME TUNE YOUR VOICES Old Homestead OHS-70034 
238 STAND BY ME Old Homestead OHS-70034
239 I LIKE TO HEAR ELIJAH Old Homestead OHS-70034  
240 MY LORD WHAT A MORNING Old Homestead OHS-70034  
241 FADED COAT OF BLUE Old Homestead OHS-70034
ca 1983 unknown - Wade Mainer
242 LITTLE LOG CABIN IN THE LANE Old Homestead OHS-90168
243 WHO'S BEEN HERE SINCE I'VE BEEN GONE Old Homestead OHS-90168
244 HARD ROCKING CHAIR Old Homestead OHS-90168
245 DARBY'S RAM Old Homestead OHS-90168
246 BIG EYED RABBIT Old Homestead OHS-90168
247 JIMMY BROWN Old Homestead OHS-90168
248 OLD ACCOUNT WAS SETTLED Old Homestead OHS-90168
249 MAMA YOU'RE AWFUL MEAN TO ME Old Homestead OHS-90168
250 GONNA BRING MY BABY BACK Old Homestead OHS-90168
251 LITTLE BIRDIE Old Homestead OHS-90168
252 BLUE MOUNTAIN BELLS Old Homestead OHS-90168
253 WADE'S LAUGHING SONG Old Homestead OHS-90168
254 ROVIN' GAMBLER Old Homestead OHS-90168
255 TRAIL TO MEXICO Old Homestead OHS-90168
256 CITY ON THE HILL Old Homestead OHS-90168
257 PEG AND AWL Old Homestead OHS-90168 
ca 1984 unknown – Wade and Julia Mainer (Wade Mainer [ld vcl/banjo],  Julia Mainer [ld vcl/gt] + unknown musicians)
258 I WILL FOLLOW THEE Old Homestead OHS-70065
259 MATTHEW TWENTY FOUR Old Homestead OHS-70065  
260 A BEAUTIFUL HOME Old Homestead OHS-70065  
261 MY MOTHER'S MANSION Old Homestead OHS-70065  
262 WHEN MY TIME COMES TO GO Old Homestead OHS-70065  
263 AT LAST WE'RE HOME Old Homestead OHS-70065
264 FROM JERUSALEM TO JERICHO Old Homestead OHS-70065  
265 TRAVELING SHOES Old Homestead OHS-70065  
266 SAVED THROUGH JESUS BLOOD Old Homestead OHS-70065  
267 LIGHTS IN THE VALLEY Old Homestead OHS-70065
268 I SAW MOM WITH GOD LAST NIGHT Old Homestead OHS-70065
269 SWING DOWN SWEET CHARIOT Old Homestead OHS-70065  
270 I CAN'T SIT DOWN Old Homestead OHS-70065
271 I CLAIM JESUS FIRST Old Homestead OHS-70065  
272 HE GIVES ME MORE THAN ENOUGH Old Homestead OHS-70065  
273 GOD MOVED IN THE WINDSTORM Old Homestead OHS-70065 
ca 1989 unknown – Wade and Julia Mainer (Wade Mainer [ld vcl/banjo],  Julia Mainer [ld vcl/gt] + unknown musicians)
274 HOW SWEET TO WALK WITH JESUS Old Homestead OHS-70082   
275 WHAT A HAPPY DAY Old Homestead OHS-70082   
276 IN THE SWEET BY AND BY Old Homestead OHS-70082 
277 LILY OF THE VALLEY Old Homestead OHS-70082   
278 NOAH Old Homestead OHS-70082   
279 THE WRECK ON THE HIGHWAY Old Homestead OHS-70082   
280 LIVE YOUR RELIGION EVERY DAY Old Homestead OHS-70082   
281 OLD TIME PREACHER Old Homestead OHS-70082   
282 LIGHT AT THE RIVER Old Homestead OHS-70082   
283 WHEN THE ANGELS ROLLED THE STONE AWAY Old Homestead OHS-70082   
284 WHERE COULD I GO Old Homestead OHS-70082 
285 WHAT A FRIEND Old Homestead OHS-70082 
286 THE OLD RUGGED CROSS Old Homestead OHS-70082   
287 AMAZING GRACE Old Homestead OHS-70082
ca 1990 unknown – Wade Mainer
288 ROCK THE CRADLE LUCY Old Homestead OHS-90197  
289 SHE'LL BE COMING AROUND THE MOUNTAIN Old Homestead OHS-90197  
290 BURY ME BENEATH THE WILLOW Old Homestead OHS-90197  
291 THEY CUT DOWN THE OLD PINE TREE Old Homestead OHS-90197
292 IN THE PINES Old Homestead OHS-90197  
293 TENNESSEE WAGONER Old Homestead OHS-90197  
294 OVER THE WAVES Old Homestead OHS-90197  
295 HOP LIGHT LADIES Old Homestead OHS-90197
296 SALLY ANN Old Homestead OHS-90197  
297 BIG BALL IN BROOKLYN Old Homestead OHS-90197  
298 WATERMELON ON THE VINE Old Homestead OHS-90197  
299 UNION COUNTY Old Homestead OHS-90197  
300 GIVE ME BACK MY FIFTEEN Old Homestead OHS-90197  
301 FOGGY MOUNTAIN TOP Old Homestead OHS-90197  
14/16 March 1991 Maggard Sound, Big Stone Gap, VA/31 May 1991 [live-5th Annual Seedtime On The Cumberland Festival] Appalshop, Whitesburg, KY- Wade and Julia Mainer (Wade Mainer [vcl/banjo],  Julia Mainer [vcl/gt], Mel Hammon [vcl/fiddle], Ronald
Hammon [gt])
302 RAMSHACKLE SHACK June Appal JA-0065D  
303 BE KIND TO A MAN WHEN HE'S DOWN June Appal JA-0065D  
304 BRING BACK MY MOUNTAIN BOY TO ME June Appal JA-0065D  
305 HOBO'S WALTZ June Appal JA-0065D  
306 ROYAL TELEPHONE June Appal JA-0065D  
307 CHARLES LAWSON June Appal JA-0065D  
308 TRICKLING WATER June Appal JA-0065D  
309 THE LAND I LOVE (AWAY DOWN YONDER) June Appal JA-0065D  
310 DOWN BY THE RAILROAD TRACKS June Appal JA-0065D
311 SUGAR IN THE GOURD June Appal JA-0065D  
312 DOWN AT THE END OF MEMORY'S LANE June Appal JA-0065D  
313 HOW SWEET TO WALK June Appal JA-0065D  
314 YOU WILL NEVER MISS YOUR MOTHER UNTIL SHE'S GONE June Appal JA-0065D  
315 CIDER MILL June Appal JA-0065D  
316 THE GIRL I LEFT IN SUNNY TENNESSEE June Appal JA-0065D  
317 PEG AND AWL June Appal JA-0065D
318 JONAH June Appal JA-0065D  
319 WHEN IT'S TIME FOR THE WHIPPOORWILL TO SING June Appal JA-0065D
320 I CAN'T SIT DOWN June Appal JA-0065D
ca 1991 unknown – Wade and Julia Mainer (Wade Mainer [ld vcl/banjo],  Julia Mainer [ld vcl/gt] + unknown musicians)
321 THE GATE IS STRAIGHT Old Homestead OHS-70091
322 WHEN THE LIGHT HAS GONE OUT Old Homestead OHS-70091
323 WE'LL NEVER GROW OLD Old Homestead OHS-70091
324 WHATCHA GONNA TELL HIM Old Homestead OHS-70091
325 HARBOR OF LOVE Old Homestead OHS-70091
326 NINETY AND NINE Old Homestead OHS-70091
327 ARE YOU WASHED Old Homestead OHS-70091  
328 PURPLE ROBE Old Homestead OHS-70091  
329 WHAT HEAVEN MEANS TO ME Old Homestead OHS-70091  
330 LORD, I'M COMING HOME Old Homestead OHS-70091  
331 ALL ALONE Old Homestead OHS-70091  
332 SATISFIED Old Homestead OHS-70091   
ca 1993 unknown – Wade Mainer
333 RUN MOUNTAIN Old Homestead OHS-90207   
334 THERE'LL COME A TIME Old Homestead OHS-90207   
335 RING ON YOUR HAND Old Homestead OHS-90207   
336 WHEN THE TRAIN COMES ALONG Old Homestead OHS-90207   
337 WHEN IT'S LAMP LIGHTING TIME Old Homestead OHS-90207   
338 BABY JO Old Homestead OHS-90207 
339 GONNA' LAY DOWN MY OLD BANJO Old Homestead OHS-90207 
340 CAROLINA MULE Old Homestead OHS-90207   
341 ON OLD JORDAN'S SIDE Old Homestead OHS-90207   
342 THE CAT CAME BACK Old Homestead OHS-90207   
343 SALLY ANN Old Homestead OHS-90207 
344 QUIT KICKIN' MY DOG Old Homestead OHS-90207 
unknown details

HOW LONG WILL YOU NOW LAST OHCD-4021
 



ALBUMS
King 769 Soulful Sacred Songs: Mother's Prayers Have Followed Me; Don't Write To Mother Too Late; The Hill Lone And Gray; No Place To Lay Your Head; I'm Glad I'm On The Inside Looking Out; He Signed My Pardon; That Star Belongs To Me; Home In The Rock; Dust On The Bible; The New Bright World; My Soldier Boy; Standing Outside; Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep; The Little Brown Church; Building On That Rock; Streamlined Religion – 61 (Recorded 1947, 1951, 1961)
Irma ILP-105 Rock Of My Soul: Home In The Rock; Diamonds In The Rough; Hide Me Rock Of Ages; Great Caravan; Walking The Sea; Scarlet Purple Robe; Gate Is Straight; Keep Walking; My Home Sweet Home; Waiting (Inst.); Mainers Melody; Home In The Solid Rock; I Will Live Again; When I Reach Home – 03-71 w. The Straitway Trio (reissued on Old Homestead OHS-90014)
Old Homestead OHM-90001 Sacred Songs Of Mother And Home: Heaven Bells Are Ringing; Precious Memories; If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again; My Mother Is Waiting; Dear Daddy You're Gone; I'm Not Turning Backward; Shake Hands With Mother Again; The Old And Faded Picture; What Would You Give In Exchange; Little Rosebuds; Ship Sailing Now; Mother Came To Get Her Boy From Jail; Take Me Home To The Sweet Sunny South; Dying Boys Prayer – 12-71 (reissued in 1982 on OHCS-135)
Old Homestead OHS-90002 Wade Mainer And The Mainer’s Mountaineers:Mama, You're Awful Mean To Me; Rubber Dolly; Little Pal; Dream Of The Miner's Child; Worried Man Blues; Sally Goodwin; I'll Be A Friend To Jesus; Speckled Top Shoes; Lonesome Road Blues; Sparkling Blue Eyes; This World Is Not My Home; Wild Bill Jones; Sourwood Mountain; Clear Title To A Mansion – 72
County 404 The Songs Of Wade Mainer And The Sons Of The Mountaineers: Old Ruben; Poor Drunkard's Dream; I Won't Be Worried; Lonely Tombs; You May Forsake Me; Ramshackle Shack; Mansions In The Sky; Rambling Boy; Memory Lane; Look On & Cry; Wild Bill Jones; Pale Moonlight; The Precious Jewel; Don't Leave Me Alone – 73 (Recorded In 1937-41)
Old Homestead OHS-90016 Sacred Songs Mountain Style: Shake My Mothers Hand For Me; Working On A Building; Beyond This Veil Of Tears; The Lifeboat Soon Is Coming; Oh Those Tombs; Eternal Love; The Old Account Was Settled; They Said My Lord Was A Devil; Watching You; I Want To Go There; Going Home; I Want To Know More; Jonah; Lonesome Valley - 73
Old Homestead OHTR-4000 From The Maple On The Hill: Hard Rocking Chair; Reel And Rock; Sally Ann; I've Always Been A Rambler; Walking In My Sleep; City On The Hill; I Saw A Man At The Close Of Jay; Handsome Molly; Courtin' On The Rain; Down At The End Of Memory Lane; Blue Ridge Mountain Blues; When Our Lord Shall Come Again; Down In The Willow Garden; Old Joe Clark; Long Journey Home; Fire On The Mountain; Julie; Don't Wait Till I'm Under The Clay; Maple On The Hill; Don't Tell Me No Lies; Watermelon On The Vine; McKinley; Lynchburg Town; Companions Draw Night - 76
Old Homestead OHS-90123 Old Time Songs: Train Carry My Girl Back Home; John Henry; Mother's Last Message; Titanic; Not A Word That Be Said; The Wreck Of The Southern Old 97; That Star Belongs To Me; Wild And Reckless Hobo; Hesitation Blues; Lady Gay; From Jerusalem To Jericho; Rambling Boy; Little Rosewood Casket; Trickling Waters; Cannon Ball; Where The Soul Never Dies - 80
Old Homestead OHS-70034 Family Album: Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem; Living By Faith; Uncloudy Day; I Cannot Stand Alone; Old Blind Bartemous; It Seemed Heaven Was There; What Are They Doing There Now; The Soldier Boy; Didn't It Rain; Come Tune Your Voices; Stand By Me; I Like To Hear Elijah; My Lord What A Morning; Faded Coat Of Blue – 82 w. Julia Mainer
Old Homestead OHCS-149 The Early And Great Wade Mainer, Vol. 1: Maple On The Hill*; Take Me In The Life Boat*; Riding On The Train Forty-Five; Down In The Willow Garden; Train Carry My Girl From Town; Short Life Of Trouble; Always Been A Rambler; Little Maggie; Drifting Through An Unfriendly World; I Met Her At A Ball One Night; All My Friends; Hop Along Peter; Where Romance Calls; Johnson's Old Gray Mule*; Little Birdie; Only A Broken Heart*; Happy Or Lonesome* Another Alabama Camp Meeting – 83 (*J.E. Mainer)
Old Homestead OHCS-150 The Early And Great Wade Mainer, Vol. 2: John Henry Was A Little Boy*; Gathering Flowers From The Hills; Life's Evening Sun*; Sparkling Blue Eyes; Let Her Go God Bless Her*; Nobody's Darling But Mine; We Are Drifting (Maple On The Hill Part II); Where The Red Red Roses Grow; Leaf From The Sea; Going To Georgia; Nobody's Darling On Earth; Cradle Days; Going Down To The River Of Jordan*; Free Again; Watermelon On The Vine; I'll Be A Friend To Jesus; Just One Way To The Pearly Gates; Been Foolin' Me Baby - 83 (*J.E.Mainer)
Old Homestead OHS-90168 Old Time Banjo Tunes: Little Log Cabin In The Lane; Who's Been Here Since I've Been Gone; Hard Rocking Chair; Darby's Ram; Big Eyed Rabbit; Jimmy Brown; Old Account Was Settled; Mama You're Awful Mean To Me; Gonna Bring My Baby Back; Little Birdie; Blue Mountain Bells; Wade's Laughing Song; Rovin' Gambler; Trail To Mexico; City On The Hill; Peg And Awl - 84
Old Homestead OHS-70065 Old Time Sacred Songs: I Will Follow Thee; Matthew Twenty Four; A Beautiful Home; My Mother's Mansion; When My Time Comes To Go; At Last We're Home; From Jerusalem To Jericho; Traveling Shoes; Saved Through Jesus Blood; Lights In The Valley; I Saw Mom With God Last Night; Swing Down Sweet Chariot; I Can't Sit Down; I Claim Jesus First; He Gives Me More Than Enough; God Moved In The Windstorm – 85 w. Julia Mainer
Old Homestead OHS-70082 How Sweet To Walk: How Sweet To Walk With Jesus; What A Happy Day; In The Sweet By And By; Lily Of The Valley; Noah; The Wreck On The Highway; Live Your Religion Every Day; Old Time Preacher; Light At The River; When The Angels Rolled The Stone Away; Where Could I Go; What A Friend; The Old Rugged Cross; Amazing Grace - 90 w. Julia Mainer
Old Homestead OHS-90197 String Band Music: Rock The Cradle Lucy; She'll Be Coming Around The Mountain; Bury Me Beneath The Willow; They Cut Down The Old Pine Tree; In The Pines; Tennessee Wagoner; Over The Waves; Hop Light Ladies; Sally Ann; Big Ball In Brooklyn; Watermelon On The Vine; Union County; Give Me Back My Fifteen; Foggy Mountain Top – 09-91
Old Homestead OHS-70091 Old Time Gospel Favorites: The Gate Is Straight;When The Light Has Gone Out;We'll Never Grow Old;Whatcha Gonna Tell Him;Harbor Of Love; Ninety And Nine; Are You Washed; Purple Robe; What Heaven Means To Me; Lord, I'm Coming Home; All Alone; Satisfied – 92 w. Julia Mainer
June Appal JA-0065D In The Land Of Melody: Ramshackle Shack; Be Kind To A Man When He's Down; Bring Back My Mountain Boy To Me; Hobo's Waltz; Royal Telephone; Charles Lawson; Trickling Water; The Land I Love (Away Down Yonder); Down By The Railroad Tracks; Sugar In The Gourd; Down At The End Of Memory's Lane; How Sweet To Walk; You Will Never Miss Your Mother Until She's Gone; Cider Mill; The Girl I Left In Sunny Tennessee; Peg And Awl; Jonah; When It's Time For The Whippoorwill To Sing; I Can't Sit Down – 09-92

Old Homestead OHCS-194 The Early And Great Wade Mainer, Vol. 3: City On The Hill; Lights In The Valley; Walk That Lonesome Valley; Got A Home In That Rock; Going Down To The River Of Jordan; They Said My Lord Was A Devil; Cowboys Pony In Heaven; What Are You Going To Do Brother (With Little Smiling Rangers); Drifting Through An Unfriendly World (With Clyde Moody); Anywhere Is Home; I Can Tell You The Time; The Gospel Cannonball (Wade Solo); Not A Word Of That Be Said; He Gave His Life; Companinions Drawing Nigh (With Little Smiling Rangers); All My Friends – 93
Old Homestead OHS-90207 Carolina Mule: Run Mountain; There'll Come A Time; Ring On Your Hand; When The Train Comes Along; When It's Lamp Lighting Time; Baby Jo; Gonna' Lay Down My Old Banjo;Carolina Mule; On Old Jordan's Side; The Cat Came Back; Sally Ann; Quit Kickin' My Dog – 10-93
Old Homestead OHCD-4013 Early and Great Sacred Songs: Take Me Back To The Sunny South; Drifting Through And Unfriendly World; Little Rosebuds; If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again; Ship Sailing Now; Mother Cam To Get Her Boy From Jail; Shake Hands With Mother Again; Old And Faded Picture; What Would You Give In Exchange; My Mother Is Waiting; Dear Daddy You're Gone; I'm Not Turning Backward; Heaven Bells Are Ringing; Dying Boy's Prayer; City On The Hill; Lights In The Valley; Walk That Lonesome Valley; Got A Home In That Rock; Going Down To The River Of Jordan; They Said My Lord Was A Devil; Precious Memories; Anywhere Is Home; I Can Tell You The Time; Not A Word Of That Be Said – ca. 95 (Bluebird tracks)
Old Homestead OHCD-4021 The Best Sacred Songs: Dust On The Bible; Dreaming Of A Little Cabin; Coming To Us Dead; Passing This Way; God's Radio Phone; Take Me In Your Lifeboat; Mother's Prayers Have Followed Me; Soldier's Grave; Don't Write To Mother Too Late; Awaiting The Return Of My Boy; Inside Looking Out; Litle Book; Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep; Thatstar Belongs To Me; My Soldier Boy; No Place To Lay His Head; How Long Will You Now Last*; Standing Outside; I Saw My Mother Praying; Voice Of My Saviour – ca. 98 (*previously unissed)
Old Homestead OHCD-4032 Live For Collectors: Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar; Buckin' Mule; Little Birdie; On Top Of Old Smokey; Train 45; Concord Rag; Cacklin' Hen; Beautiful Life; Going Down The Road Feeling Bad; Lonely Tombs; Going Down Town; Buckin' Mule; Rose Conlee; Train That Took My Girl From Town; Poor Drunkard's Dream; Gone Gone Gone; Tricklin' Waters; Big Eyed Rabbit – 0? - (recorded around 1970 at two reunion concerts in the Washington, DC area)
Old Homestead OH-4043-CD Wade Mainer's Mountaineers 'Vol 1 1935-1936: Ship Sailing Now;This World Is Not My Home; Maple On The Hill; Take Me In The Lifeboat; Seven And Half; New Curly-Headed Blues; Broken-Hearted Blues; Greenback Dollar; Let Her Go,God Bless Her; City On The Hill; The Longest Train; Write A Letter To Mother; Lights In The Valley; Searching For A Pair Of Blue Eyes; Goin Back West In The Fall; New Lost Train Blues; Number III; I Am Walking In The Light; Don't Cause Mother's Hair To Turn Grey; When I Reach My Home Eternal; Fatal Wreck Of The Bus; Behind The Parlor Door; Satisfied; One To Love Me; Come Back To You Dobie Shack; Just As The Sun Went Down; What Would You Give In Exchange; Bring Me A Leaf From The Sea – 0?
Gusto GT-0957-2 I'm Not Looking Backward: Mother's Prayers Have Followed Me; Vision Of Mother; Don't Write To Mother Too Late; I'm Glad I'm On The Inside Looking Out; Awaiting The Return Of My Boy; Roll My Lady Roll; There'll Come A Time; As Time Rolls On; Dust On The Bible; Soldier's Grave; Little Pal; He's Coming To Us Dead; Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep; No Place To Lay Your Head; God's Radio Phone; He's Passing This Way; Those Blue Eyes I Love; Little Book; Courtin' In The Rain; Little Birdie; The Girl I Left In Sunny Tennessee; I'm Not Looking Backward; Standing Outside; That Star Belongs To Me; Dreaming Of A Little Cabin; On The Banks Of The Ohio; My Home Is Down In Dixie; The Little Brown Church; The New Bright World; The Hill Lone And Gray; Building On That Rock; My Soldier Boy; Steamlined Religion; He Signed My Pardon; I'm A Free Little Bird; Home In The Rock; Sweet Heaven Was There (Complete King Masters) – 06 (double, complete King recordings)


BACM [UK] CD D 454 Wade Mainer And Associates: Come Back To Your Dobie Shack; Riding On That Train 45; Memory Lane; Johnson’s Old Grey Mule; I Met her At A Ball One Night; Wild Bill Jones; Goin’ To Georgia; Pale Moonlight; Hop Along Peter; John Henry Was A Little Boy; Mother Came To Get Her Boy From Jail; Cowboy’s Pony In Heaven; Maple On The Hill; Little Pal; Watermelon On The Vine; Take Me In The Lifeboat; Down In The Willow Garden; Short Life Of Trouble; Always Been A Rambler; Been Foolin’ Me Baby; Free Again; Gathering Flowers From The Hillside; Train Carry My Girl Back Home; Ramshackle Shack – 06-14 (1936-37 recordings)

SINGLES
Bluebird (1936-41)
B-6293 Maple On The Hill / Where The Red, Red Roses Grow – 03-36 w. Zeke Morris
B-6347 Brown Eyes / Bring Me A Leaf From The Sea - 04-36 w. Zeke Morris
B-6383 Just As The Sun Went Down / Mother Came To Get Her Boy Back From Jail - 05-36 w. Zeke Morris
B-6460 Nobody's Darling On Earth / If I Could Hear My Mother Pray - 07-36 w. Zeke Morris
B-6489 My Cradle Days / Gathering Flowers From The Hill - 08-36 w. Zeke Morris
B-6551 My Mother Is Waiting / Come Back To Your Dobie Shack -10-36
B-6596 (J.E.Mainer's Mountaineers:) Walk That Lonesome Valley / Shake Hands With Mother (w. Zeke Morris) - 10-36
B-6704 Been Foolin' My Bay / Won't Somebody Pal With Me - 12-36 w. Zeke Morris
B-6752 (J.E.Mainer) / Hop Along Peter (w. Zeke Morris) - 01-37
B-6784 (J.E.Mainer) / I'll Be A Friend Of Jesus (w. Zeke Morris) - 02-37
B-6840 Little Birdie / I'm Starting Life Anew With You - 03-37 w. Zeke Morris
B-6890 Train Carry My Gal Back Home / I've Always Been A Rambler - 04-37 w. Zeke Morris
B-6936 In The Land Beyond The Blues / Short Life And It's Trouble -04-37 w. Zeke Morris
B-6993 Change All Around / Little Rosebuds - 04-37 w. Zeke Morris
B-7114 Free Again / Answer To Two Little Rosebuds - 09-37 w. Zeke Morris
B-7165 Dying Boy's Prayer / I'm Not Turning Backward - 10-37 w. Zeke Morris
B-7201 Little Pal / Little Maggie - 10-37 w. Zeke Morris
B-7249 Wild Bill Jones / I Want To Be Loved - 11-37 w. Zeke Morris
B-7274 Memory Lane / Ramshackle Shack - 12-37 w. Zeke Morris
B-7298 Down In The Willow / Riding On That Train - 12-37 w. Zeke Morris
B-7362 Garden Of Prayer / (Joe Cook) - 38
B-7384 What Are You Going To Do Brother / Companions Draw Night Tight 02-38
B-7483 (J.E.Mainer) / Pale Moonlight - 04-38 w. Zeke Morris
B-7742 Since I Met My mother-In Law / (Steve Ledford) – 08-38
B-7845 (J.E.Mainer) / Mitchell Blues (w. Zeke Morris) - 10-38
B-7861 You're Awfully Mean To Me / That Kind - 11-38
B-7924 Same Old You And Me / Little Love - 12-38
B-8073 (Pine State Playboys) / What Would You Give In Exchange (w. Zeke Morris) - 03-39
B-8249 Sparkling Blue Eyes No.2 / Gospel Cannon Ball - 09-39 w. Zeke Morris
B-8273 Were You There / Poor Drunkard's Dream - 10-39
B-8288 Great And Final Judgement / What A Wonderful Savior Is He - 11-39
B-8340 Mansions In The Sky / Why Not Make Heaven Your Home - 12-39
B-8359 Not A Word Of That Be Said / Drifting Through An Unfriendly World - 01-40
B-8628 (Adolf Hofner) / North Carolina Moon - 02-41
27497 Down In The Willow / Worried Man Blues – 41 (released on Victor)
B-8848 Precious Memories / Shake My Mothers Hand For - 10-41
B-8990 Ramblin' Boy / Old Reuben - 05-42
20-2159 Sparkling Blue Eyes / The Precious Jewel – 02-47 (released on RCA Victor)
King (1846-52, 1961)
574 Dust On The Bible / There'll Come A Time - 09-46
585 Soldier's Grave / He's Coming To Us Dead - ca. 12-46
603 Little Pal / Mother's Prayers Have Followed Me - 02-47
640 Don't Write To Mother Too Late / Awaiting The Return Of My Boy - 08-47
45-872 Vision Of Mother / I'm Glad I'm On The Inside Looking Out – ca. 07-50
45-955 Little Book / Those Blue Eyes I Love - 07-51
45-975 He's Passing His Way / God's Radio Phone – 09-51
45-990 No Place To Lay Your Head / Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep - 11-51
45-1035 Dreaming Of A Little Cabin / That Star Belongs To Me - 03-52 Wayne Raney & The Sons Of The Mountaineers
45-1074 Standing Outside / I'm Not Looking Backward - 06-52
45-1093 Little Birdie / The Girl I Left In Sunny Tennessee - 09-52
Blue Ridge
109 Blueirdge Mountain Blues / Three Night In A Barroom – ca 53
King
45-5499 On The Banks Of The Ohio / My Home Is Down In Dixie - 05-61
45-5514 My Soldier Boy / I'm A Free Little Bird - 08-61
45-5639 Lost John Boogie / Lonesome Wind Blues - 04-62
Knob (1969)
KS 202 Take Me In The Lifeboat / Voice Of My Savior - 70

Pals Of The Golden West / Roy Jackson

by Thieu Van De Vorst, Hillbilly Researcher, Praguefrank
SESSIONS
1939 [Standard Transcriptions] Hollywood. CA – Eddie Dean and Pals of the Golden West (Roy Jackson [clarinet], Lucky Pullman [violin] + more unknown members)
Series V: V-180/ Transcription Disc TR-1199
00001 THE OLD CHUCK WAGON.
00002 I'VE GOT AN OLD COWBOY'S SONG FOR SALE.
00003 MY OLD HERDING SONG.
00004 WHEN I MOVE TO THAT NEW RANGE.
00005 THE ROAD TO SANTA FE.
00006 PRAIRIE MOONBEAMS.
00007 DRY AND DUSTY.
00008 RESTIN' BESIDE THE TRAIL.
1939 [Standard Transcriptions] Hollywood. CA – Pals of the Golden West (vcl: Nora Lou Martin [-1], Bud Jackson [-2], quartet [-3], Roy Jackson [clarinet], Lucky Pullman [violin] + more unknown members)
Transcription Disc TR-1200 /Transcriptions. Series V: V-126.
00009 042485 SINGIN' IN THE SADDLE BACM CD D 339
00010 042485 I LOVE A COWBOY -1 BACM CD D 339
00011 042485 PANCHO, THE GAY CABALLERO -2 BACM CD D 339
00012 042485 AS THE OLD CHUCK WAGON ROLLS ALONG BACM CD D 339
00013 042487 WAND'RIN' WILLIE AIN'T A WAND'RIN' ANYMORE BACM CD D 339
00014 042487 WHEN TWILIGHT CHANGES SUNSET INTO SILVER -1 BACM CD D 339
00015 042487 PROSPECTOR ZEKE -2-3 BACM CD D 339
00016 042487 HEADIN' HOME. BACM CD D 339
1939 [Standard Transcriptions] Hollywood. CA – Eddie Dean and Pals of the Golden West (Roy Jackson [clarinet], Lucky Pullman [violin] + more unknown members)
Transcription Disc TR-1201/Transcriptions. Series V: V-127.
00017 RIDIN' DOWN THAT UTAH TRAIL.
00018 MOONLIGHT ON THE PAINTED DESERT.
00019 WE'RE BRANDIN' TODAY.
00020 I'VE SOLD MY SADDLE FOR AND OLD GUITAR.
00021 RAINBOW OVER THE RANGE.
00022 POOR OLD BILL.
00023 ON THE BANKS OF THE SUNNY SAN JUAN.
00024 PALAMINO PAL OF MINE.
1939 [Standard Transcriptions] Hollywood. CA – Pals of the Golden West (vcl: Nora Lou martin [-1], Bud Jackson [-2], Roy Jackson [clarinet], Lucky Pullman [violin] + more unknown membera)
Transcription Disc ?/Transcriptions. Series V: V-128
00025 042492 I'M A SINGING SINGING SON-OF-A-GUN BACM CD D 339
00026 042492 SOFT WINDS -1 BACM CD D 339
00027 042492 ROAMING THE HILLS OF OLD WYOMING BACM CD D 339
00028 042492 MY LITTLE BUNKHOUSE HOME BACM CD D 339
00029 042493 I'M A CAREFREE COWBOY BACM CD D 339
00030 042493 MY ARIZONA SUNKIST SWEETHEART BACM CD D 339
00031 042493 OUT IN CALIFORNIA -2 BACM CD D 339
00032 042493? GIVE ME A HOME IN TEXAS BACM CD D 339
1939 [Standard Transcriptions] Hollywood. CA – Pals of the Golden West (vcl; Larry Shaw [-1], Nora Lou Martin [-2], Slim Russell [-3]
Transcription Disc ?/Transcriptions. Series V: V-129
00033 042486 I WANT TO BE A COWBOY BACM CD D 339
00034 042486 LORITA -1 BACM CD D 339
00035 042486 YODEL MOUNTAIN STANDARD -2 BACM CD D 339
00036 042486 ROLL CHUCK WAGON ROLL BACM CD D 339
00037 042488 JUST HAND ME A PAIR OF SILVER SPURS BACM CD D 339
00038 042488 ROUNDIN' UP A DREAM TONIGHT-3 BACM CD D 339
00039 042488 TAKE ME BACK TO THE GOLDEN WEST BACM CD D 339
00040 042488 RED RIVER VALLEY -2 BACM CD D 339
prob. 1947 poss. Portland, OR - Roy Jackson & His Northwesterners (Roy Jackson [vcl-1/clarinet], Robin McKethen [vcl-2/gt], Dave Yeary [vcl-3/bass], Kash Duncan [violin], Marcellus Martin [accordion], vocal trio -4)
001 SMOKE SMOKE SMOKE -1 Rose City RCR 1001/BACM CD D 339
002 MIDNIGHT TRAIN -2 Rose City RCR 1001/BACM CD D 339
003 A8727/RJ-2-1739 COOL WATER -3-4 RCR 1002/BACM CD D 339
004 A8728/1760-RJ-5 WRECK OF THE OLD 97 -1 RCR 1002/BACM CD D 339
ca 1949 poss. Portland, OR - Roy Jackson & His Northwesterners (Roy Jackson [vcl-1/clarinet], ? [gt], Dave Yeary [vcl-2/bass], poss. Kash Duncan [violin], poss. Marcellus Martin [accordion], vocal trio -3)
005 A9550 AT THE DRUGSTORE COWBOYS BALL -1 RCR 1004/BACM CD D 339
006 A9551 LIL' LIZA JANE -2-3 RCR 1004/BACM CD D 339

ALBUMS
BACM [UK] CD D 339 Pals Of The Golden West: [1939:] Singing In The Saddle; I Love A Cowboy; Pancho The Gay Cabellero; As The Old Chuck Wagon Rolls Along; Wandering Willie Ain't Wandering Anymore; When Twilight Changes Sunset Into Silver; Prospector Pete; Headin' Home; I'm A Singing Singing Son-Of-A-Gun; Soft Winds; Roaming The Hills Of Old Wyoming; My Little Bunkhouse Home; I'm A Carefree Cowboy; My Arizona Sunkist Sweetheart; Out In California; Give Me A Home In Texas; I Want To Be A Cowboy; Lorita; Yodel Mountain Standard; Roll Chuck Wagon Roll; Just Hand Me A Pair Of Silver Spurs; Roundin' Up A Dream Tonight; Take Me Back To The Golden West; Red River Valley; [Roy Jackson & His Northwesterners:] Smoke Smoke Smoke; Midnight Train; Cool Water; Wreck Of The Old 97; At The Drugstore Cowboys Ball; Lil' Liza Jane – 11


SINGLES Roy Jackson & His Northwesterners
Rose City (1947)
RCR 1001 Smoke Smoke Smoke / Midnight Train – ca 47
RCR 1002 Cool Water / Wreck Of The Old 97 – ca 47
RCR 1004 At The Drugstore Cowboys Ball / Lil' Liza Jane – ca 49

Rex (Tex) Zario

Rosario Lefavi, *1925 Palermo, ITA, +15-04-1991
by Mario Manciotti, Praguefrank
SESSIONS



1954 prob. Philadelphia, PA – Tex Zario
001 GO MAN, GO GET GONE Arcade AR 130 Skyrocket SR-101/Arzee 1001 (MC) 1001
002 CARELES HEART Skyrocket SR-101/(MC) 1001
1957 prob. Philadelphia, PA – Rex Zario
003 PRETTY LITTLE LOVE WORDS AR 145//Arzee 1001 (MC) 1001
004 FORTUNE IS A FICKLE LADY  AR 145/Arzee 1001 (MC) 1001
1959 prob. Philadelphia, PA – Rex Zario
005 YOU’RE SORRY FOR YOURSELF Skyrocket SR-1004/(MC) 1001
006 BETWEEN THE LINES  Skyrocket SR-1004 Arcade AR 172/Arzee 1001 (MC) 1001
1961 prob. Philadelphia, PA – Rex Zario
007 IT’S NOBODY FAULT BUT YOUR OWN AR 163/Arzee 1001
008 JUKE BOX CANNONBAL AR 163//Arzee 1001 (MC) 1001
009 TEXAS PLAINS Arzee 1001 (MC) 1001
010 MANSION ON THE HILL Arzee 1001 (MC) 1001
011 DAISY MAE Arzee AZ-102/1001  (MC) 1001
012 SOMEBODY’S ROSE Arzee AZ-102/1001 (MC) 1001 
013 BABY WE’RE REALLY IN LOVE Arzee 1001 
014 TWO TIMIN’ BABY SR 1011/Arzee 1001 (MC) 1001
1962 prob. Philadelphia, PA – Rex Zario
015 DO YOU THINK IT’S FAIR  AR 172 (MC) 1001
016 GO MAN GO, AND TWIST SR-1006
017 I SAW YOU CHEATIN’ LAST NIGHT SR-1006 AR-202/(MC) 1001
018 BLUES STAY AWAY FROM ME SR-1008 AR-202 Range JRE 7004
019 NEW GREENBACK DOLLAR SR-1008 Range JRE 7004/(MC) 1001
020 FIRST YEAR BLUES (MC) 1001
1965 Philadelphia, PA – Rex Zario
021 SHE’S MY CURLY HEADED BABY Arzee RZ 104/(MC) 1001
022 TALK TO YUR HEART Arzee RZ 104/(MC) 1001
1970s prob. Philadelphia, PA – Rex Zario
023 THE JUNKMAN’S BOOGIE Arzee RZ 119/(MC) 1001
1979 prob. Philadelphia, PA – Rex Zario and Marie Nickles
024 NEW WILD SIDE OF LIFE  RZ-126
025 HOW CAN I MAKE YOU UNDERSTANDT RZ-126/(MC) 1001
btw 1950s/1970s prob. Philadelphia, PA – Rex Zario
026 THINK OF ME THINKING OF YOU (MC) 1001
027 GET OFF OF MY EAR (MC) 1001
028 YOU NEARLY LOSE YOUR MIND (MC) 1001
029 DRIVIN’NAILS IN MY COFFIN (MC) 1001
030 SING ME ANOTHER COUNTRY SONG (MC) 1001

ALBUMS
Arzee 1001  Rex Zario: Texas Plains; Mansion on The Hill; Two Timin’ Baby; Fortune Is A Fickle Baby; It’s Nobody’s Fault But your Own; Daisy mae; Jukebox Cannonball; Somebody’s Rose; Baby We’re Really In Love; Pretty little Love Words; Between The Lines; Go Man Go, Get Gone – 04-66 (ad. April 16)
Arzee 1001 25 Country and Western Songs: Texas Plains; Between The Lines; Somebody's Rose; She's My Curly Headed Baby; Pretty Little Love Words; Jukebox Cannonball; Think Of Me Thinking Of You; Daisy Mae; Talk To Your Heart; New Greenback Dollar; You're Sorry For Yourself; Get Off Of My Ear; Careless Heart; Two Timin' Baby; Mansion On The Hill; Junkman's Boogie; How Can I Make You Understand; Fortune Is A Fickle Lady; Go Man Go, Get Gone; Do You Think It's Fair?; I Saw You Cheatin' Last Night; First Year Blues; You Nearly Lose Your Mind; Drivin' Nails In My Coffin; Sing Me Another Country Song - ? (cassette)                  

EPs
Range
JRE 7004 Country And Western: [Rex Zario:] New Greenback Dollar; Blues Stay Away From Me /  [Gabe Dean:] Where Should I Go?; [Jimmy Dry:] I'm Just A Stand In - 66


SINGLES
Arcade (1954-58, 1961-62)
AR 130 Go Man, Go Get Gone / Careles Heart – 54 (reissued on Skyrocket SR-101 in February 1956)
AR 145 Pretty Little Love Words / Fortune Is A Fickle Lady – 58
AR 163 It’s Nobody Fault But your Own / Juke Box Cannonbal – 05-61 (rev. May 29)
AR 172 Between The Lines / Do You Think It’s Fair – 62
AR-202 Blues Stay Away From Me  / Saw You Cheatin' Last Night - 68                                           
Skyrocket (1959)
SR-1004 You’re Sorry For Yourself / Between The Lines – 59
SR-1006 Go Man Go, And Twist / I Saw You Cheatin’ Last Night – 05-62 (rev. May 26)
SR-1008 New Greenback Dollar (w. Bill moss and Lee Reynolds) /  Blues Stay Away From Me – 62
SR 1011 Two Timin' Baby / First Year Blues - 62
Arzee
RZ-102 Daisy Mae / Somebody's Rose – 62
RZ 104 She’s My Curly Headed Baby / Talk To Yur Heart – 65
RZ 119 [Dave Garnett, piano:] Ravin' With Dave / The Junkman's Boogie
RZ 126 New Wild Side Of Live / How Can I Make You Understand - 79                                     

 

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.