Down Homers

2nd version

by Michel Ruppli, Thieu Van De Vorst, Mario Manciotti, Praguefrank, Henk Scholts

SESSIONS also accompanied Kenny Roberts, Rusty Rogers on their solo recordings

27 January 1946 Detroit, MI – The Down Homers (Kenny Roberts [vcl], Bob Mason [rh gt], Bill Haley [rh gt], Shorty Cook [steel?], Lloyd Cornell [bass], Guy Campbell [fiddle?])
001 P48 OUT WHERE THE WEST WINDS BLOW Vogue 736/ BCD-16509
002 P49 WHO'S GONNA KISS YOU WHEN I'M GONE? Vogue 736/ BCD-16509
003 P50 BOOGIE WOOGIE YODEL BCD-16509
004 P51 YOU'LL COME WALKING BACK TO ME unissued-lost
005 P52 BABY, I FOUND OUT ALL ABOUT YOU BCD-16509

ca May 1947 Schenectady, NY – The Down Homers

006 OLD SHEP Down Home DH 500

007 OUT WHERE THE WEST WINDS BLOW  Down Home DH 500

008 BARNYARD BOOGE DH 501

009 I UNDERSTAND, DEAR DH 501

010 ALL I WANT TO DO IS JUST FORGET DH 502

011 DEATH TAKES THE TOLL DH 502

012 GOLDEN MOON DH 503

013 THE YODEL POLKA DH 503

ca late 1947 unknown – The Down Homers

014 I'M LEARNING HOW TO FORGET Lamb L10-137

015 SAN ANTONE POLKA  Lamb L10-137

016 USELESS TEARS L10-138

017 SQUARE DANCE POLKA L10-138

018 YODEL POLKA L10-139

019 THE GREAT GLORY LINE L10-139

020 WHITE WATERFALL L10-140

021 YOU'LL BE WALKING BACK L10-140

October or November 1950 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH – The Down Homers

022 K3119 IN MY ARMS  King 45-915

023 K3120 ROSANNA (GIRL THAT ILOVE) 45-936

024 K3121 DON'T SAY GOODBYE  45-915

025 K3122 NOTHIN' CLICKIN' CHICKEN 45-936

ALBUMS

? Rusty Rogers Remembers The Down Homers: All Through the Years (Shorty and Trio); Blue Shadows on the trail (Trio); In My Arms (Trio); We Won't Say Goodbye (Shorty Cook); There's Nothin' Clickin' Chicken (Rusty Rogers); White Waterfall (Trio); Yodel Polka (Kenny Roberts); Hillbilly Style (Kenny Roberts); Counting Tears (Bill Stallard); I Wasted a Nickle (Bill Stallard); San Antonio Polka (Rusty Rogers); Square Dance Polka (Rusty Rogers); Yodel Polka (Rusty Rogers); Holiday Cruise (Trio); Fiddle Tune (Slim Cox); I Got a Girl in the Mountains (Rusty Rogers); Sailor's Hornpipe (Slim Coxx); Slew Foot Jane (Trio); Far Out on the Mountains (Trio);  Square Dance (Shorty Cook); You'll Be Sorry (Hank Gunder); Twenty One Foggies (Trio); Won't You Come Back to Me Annabelle (Trio); Happy-go-lucky and Free (Rusty Rogers); All Through the Years (Trio); Lazy River Winding (Rusty Rogers); Introduce Downhomers; Following the Sun (Bill Haley); She Taught Me To Yodel (Bill Haley); Heading for Heaven (Shorty Cook); Yodeling Fool (Rusty Rogers); Cool Water; Old Shep (Rusty Rogers); Sign Off Radio Show; Epiloque (Rusty Rogers) - 04 (double)

BACM  [UK] CD- 092 Uncle Noah’s Ark: When You Wake Up In The Morning I’ll Be Gone; Little Sweetheart Of The Saddle; Trail Of Tears; I’m Hitchin’ My Wagon To A Star; My Rocky Mountain Sweetheart; An Old Dusty Saddle For Sale; Dear It’s A Crying Shame; Cowpuncher’s Blues; Blue Days; When The Roundup Days Are Over; I’m Happy-Go-Lucky And Free; How Many Miles To Heaven; I Want To Be Loved By You; Uncle Noah’s Ark; Prairie Moonlight And You; Those Boots That I Wore On The Range; Are You Tired Of Me Darling; Goodbye To The Old Empty Ranch House; Four Walls Around Me; Lane County Bachelor; Let’s Pretend We’re Sweethearts Again; White Waterfall; I’ll Die Before I Tell You Goodbye; When The Golden Rods Are Blooming; My Mother; They Laid Him In The Ground; Me And My Burro; Were You Sincere; When The Cactus Is Blooming At Home; I Wish I Was Single Again – 04 (M.M. Cole transcriptions)

BACM [UK] CD-D 381 Down Hommers, vol. 2 - The End Of My Roundup Days: Born To The Saddle; Who's Gonna Kiss You When I'm Gone; Darling You Don't Love Me Any More; Down The Trail To San Antone; Old Fashioned Saddle; End Of The Trail; There Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone; Timber Winds; Out Where The West Winds Blows; Vagabond; Ti's Hard To Love Someone Who Won't Love Me; I Want A Pardon For Daddy; I'm Learning How To Forget; Nothing Matters Now; End Of My Round Up Days; Little Ranch House On The Old Circle B; I Hate To Say Goodbye To The Prairie; The West Ain't What It Used To Be; Blazin' A New Trail Tonight; I'm Lonely Too; Darlin' Big Brown Eyes; On A Covered Wagon Trail; Tot'n A Load; How Can I Ever Smile Again; Down Hoosier Way; When It's Tune Wrangling Time In Texas; Juanita My Darling; I Guess I'll Never Make You Understand – 12 (M.M. Cole transcriptions)

SINGLES

Vogue (1946)
R 736 Put Where West Wind Blows / Who's Gonna Kiss You When I'm Gone – 07-46
R 786 Boogie Woogie Yodel / Baby I Found Out All About You - 12-04-47

Down Home (1947)

DH 500 Old Shep / Out Where The West Winds Blow – 09-47

DH 501 Barnyard Booge / I Understand, Dear – 09-47

DH 502 All I Want To Do is Just Forget / Death Takes The Toll – 09-47

DH 503 Golden Moon / The Yodel Polka – 09-47

Lamb (1948)

L10-137 I'm Learning How To Forget / San Antone Polka – 48 (adv. Sept. 4, 1948)

L10-138 Useless Tears / Square Dance Polka – 48 (adv. Sept. 4, 1948)

L10-139 Yodel Polka / The Great Glory Line – 48 (adv. Sept. 4, 1948)

L10-140 White Waterfall / You'll Be Walking Back – 48 (adv. Sept. 4, 1948)

King (1950)

45-915  Don't Say Goodbye / In My Arms – 12-50

45-936  Rosanna / Nothin' Clickin', Chicken – 05-51