Sunday, March 4, 2012
Gene Meyers
By Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
1973 Doggett Music Enterprises, Houston, TX – Gene Meyers (Gene Meyers [haw gt/vibes], Donnie King [rh gt], Danny Ross [gt/bass], Paul Butts [bass/gt], Lee Harrison. Producer: R.M. Stone)
001 BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES Stoneway STY-132
002 ROSE OF OLD PAWNEE Stoneway STY-132
003 SUWANNEE RIVER Stoneway STY-132
004 TUMBLING TUMBLEWEEDS Stoneway STY-132
005 BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN Stoneway 1094/STY-132
006 SUMMERTIME Stoneway 1094/STY-132
007 LH-11427 MAKING BELIEVE Stoneway 1104/STY-132
008 JEALOUS HEART Stoneway 1104/STY-132
009 NATIVITY Stoneway STY-132
010 I'LL WALK ALONE Stoneway STY-132
011 FRENCH SONG Stoneway STY-132
012 MY PRETTY QUADROON Stoneway STY-132
1974 Doggett Music Enterprises, Houston, TX – Gene Meyers (Gene Meyers [vibes/dobro], Lonnie Wright [rh gt], Buck Henson [bass], Lloyd Marr [drums]. Producer: R.M. Stone)
013 DOWN WHERE THE WILDFLOWERS GROW 1110/STY-142
014 THERE'S AN OLD SPINNING WHEEL IN THE PARLOR 1110/STY-142
015 TO KEEP YOU FOR A WHILE 1122/STY-142
016 FIRST LIGHT 1122/STY-142
017 GEORGIA COUNTRYSIDE STY-142
018 I SIT AND WATCH THE RIAN STY-142
019 MY WILD IRISH ROSE STY-142
020 TILL WE MEET AGAIN STY-142
021 I WILL SING YOU LULLABIES STY-142
022 MANY TITLED MELODY STY-142
023 CORRINA STY-142
024 LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART STY-142
August 1975 Doggett Music Enterprises, Houston, TX – Gene Meyers (Gene Meyers [vibes/harmonica/rh gt/haw gt], Buck Henson [bass], Joe Watson [drums]. Producer: R.M. Stone)
025 GOT NO MORE HOME THAN A DOG Stoneway STY-155
026 I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY Stoneway STY-155
027 LOVE YOU CAN'T HAVE THE BLUES Stoneway STY-155
028 DROWSY WATERS Stoneway STY-155
029 TOMORROW NIGHT Stoneway STY-155
030 TROUBLE IN MIND Stoneway STY-155
031 RAMBLER GAMBLER Stoneway 1134/STY-155
032 MOLLY - O Stoneway STY-155
033 ANY OLE TIME Stoneway 1134/STY-155
034 ST. JAMES INFIRMARY Stoneway STY-155
035 GEOGIA ON MY MIND Stoneway STY-155
5 December 1977 Gilley's Sound Studios, Pasadena, TX - Gene Meyers (Gene Meyers [slide gt], Danny Ross [flattop ld gt], Dave Martin [rh gt], Buck Henson [drums], Pee Wee Truhitt [drums]. Producer: R.M. Stone)
036 MY BLUE HEAVEN Stoneway STY-171
037 NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW Stoneway 1151/STY-171
038 WAIT 'TIL THE SUN SHINES NELLIE Stoneway STY-171
039 THE PRISONER'S SONG Stoneway STY-171
040 LORENA Stoneway STY-171
041 MAY YOU NEVER BE ALONE LIKE ME Stoneway STY-171
042 NOBODY'S DARLING BUT MINE Stoneway STY-171
043 I GET THE BLUES WHEN IT RAINS Stoneway 1151/STY-171
044 BEAUTIFUL DREAMER Stoneway STY-171
045 KEEP A LIGHT IN YOUR WINDOW TONIGHT Stoneway STY-171
046 CARELESS LOVE Stoneway STY-171
ALBUMS
Stoneway STY-132 Country Vibes: Beautiful Brown Eyes; Rose Of Old Pawnee; Suwannee River; Tumbling Tumbleweeds; Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain; Summertime; Making Believe; Jealous Heart; Nativity; I'll Walk Alone; French Song; My Pretty Quadroon - 73
Stoneway STY-142 Vibes For Everybody: Down Where The Wildflowers Grow; There's An Old Spinning Wheel In The Parlor; Georgia Countryside; First Light; I Sit And Watch The Rian; My Wild Irish Rose; Till We Meet Again; I Will Sing You Lullabies; Many Titled Melody; To Keep You For Awhile; Corrina; Let Me Call You Sweetheart - 74
Stoneway STY-155 Mostly Gene: Got No More Home Than A Dog ; I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry; Love You Can't Have The Blues; Drowsy Waters; Tomorrow Night; Trouble In Mind; Rambler Gambler; Molly - O; Any Ole Time; St. James Infirmary; Geogia On My Mind - 75
Stoneway STY-171 Sweet Sounds Of A Slide Guitar: My Blue Heaven; No One Will Ever Know; Wait 'Til The Sun Shines Nellie; The Prisoner's Song; Lorena; May You Never Be Alone Like Me; Nobody's Darling But Mine; I Get The Blues When It Rains; Beautiful Dreamer; Keep A Light In Your Window Tonight; Careless Love - 78
SINGLES
Stoneway
1094 Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain / Summertime - 73
1104 Making Believe / Jealous Heart – 74
1110 Down Where The Wildflowers Grow / There's An Old Spinning Wheel - 74
1122 To Keep You For A While / First Light - 75
1134 Rambler Gambler / Any Ole Time - 76
1151 No One Will Ever Know / I Get The Blues When It Rains - 78
Ronny Robbins
Ronald Carson Robinson. *16-07-1949 Phoenix, AZ
2nd version
by Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli, Mario Manciotti
SESSIONS
26 June 1968 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Marty Robbins Jr. (Producer: Bob Johnston)
001 NCO 98296 IT FINALLY HAPPENED 4-44641/CS-9944
1 July 1968 [22:00-02:30] Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Marty Robbins & Marty Robbins, Jr. (Bill Pursell [org] + unknown musicians. Producer: Bob Johnston)
002 NCO 98298 BIG MOUTHING AROUND Columbia 4-44641/CS-9944
prob. Mid 1968 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Marty Robbins Jr. (Ronny Robbins [vcl], Fred Certer Jr. [gt], Charlie Daniels [gt], Jack Pruett [gt], Weldon Myrick [steel], Henry Strzelecki [bass], Willy Ackerman [drums], Bill Purcell/Bob Wilson [piano]. Producer: Bob Johnston)
003 THAT'S HOW IT FEELS TO WALK IN MY SHOES Columbia CS-9944
004 THE SOIL'S TOO POOR Columbia CS-9944
005 LOVE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE Columbia CS-9944
006 NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW Columbia CS-9944
007 MARSHA Columbia CS-9944
008 I CAN'T QUIT (I'VE GONE TOO FAR) Columbia CS-9944
009 IN THE MORNING Columbia CS-9944
010 MAMA TRIED Columbia CS-9944
011 I HAD MY CHANCE Columbia CS-9944
4 December 1972 Bradley’s Barn, Bender’s Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, TN – Ronny Robbins
012 124147/NA 16963 TRUE LOVES A FORGIVING MCA-40055
013 124148/NA 16964 GET ALONG LITTLE HEARTACHE MCA-40055
014 124149/NA 16965 LET MYSELF BE ME unissued
27 August 1973 poss. Bradley‘s Barn, Bender’s Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, TN – Ronny Robbins
015 MC-2070 TOO MUCH LOVE BETWEEN US MCA-40142
016 MC-2071 SONG FOR GINNY MCA-40142
2 January 1974 poss. Bradley‘s Barn, Bender’s Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, TN – Ronny Robbins
017 MC-2568 BY ALL INDICATIONQS unissued
018 MC-2569 BRAND NEW YOU,SAME OLD ME MCA-40197
019 MC-2570 BROKE-DOWN AND ALONE MCA-40197
18 April 1974 poss. Bradley‘s Barn, Bender’s Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, TN – Ronny Robbins (Producer: Marty Robbins)
020 MC-2855 STONED ON LOVE unissued
021 MC-2856 LET THE MUSIC PLAY MCA-40261
022 MC-2857 IF THIS IS LOVE MCA-40261
27 November 1974 poss. Bradley‘s Barn, Bender’s Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, TN – Ronny Robbins
023 MC-3676 WHAT A GOOD NIGHT'S LOVE WILL DO MCA-40393
024 MC-3677 WALK YOUR KISSES MCA-40393
ca. August 1978 Nashville, TN – Ronny Robbins (Producer: Eddy Fox)
025 R 1 LAST LIE I TOLD HER Artic 878
026 R 3 TASTE THE WINE 878
027 WHY'D THE LAST TOME HAVE TO BE THE BEST 8782
028 WHERE DO I PUT HER MEMORY 8782
ca August 1979 Marty Robbins Recording Studio, Nashville, TN – Ronny Robbins (Producer: Eddy Fox)
029 I KNOW I'M NOT YOUR HERO ANYMORE TRC-081
030 THE I LOVE YOU'S GET FURTHER APART TRC-081
1980 Marty Robbins Recording Studio, Nashville, TN – Ronny Robbins (coll. persons for DRP-7774: Ronny Robbins [vcl], Jack Solomon [gt], Jimmy Capps [gt], Dave Kirby [el gt], Dale Sellers [el gt], Bobby Thompson [el gt], Pete Wade [el gt], Russ Hicks/Larry Sasser/Paul Franklin [steel], David Smith/Eric Tarlton/Bobby Dyson/Henry Strzelecki [bass], Buddy Harman/Eddie Anderson/Jim isbell/Lanny Boles [drums], + Buddy Spicher, Kris Williamson, Mark Feldman, Tommy Williams [strings] + Pam Rose, Dolly Fox, Gary Claudel, Joe Bonsall, Duane Allen, Richard Sterban, Bill Golden, Sound Seventy Singers. Producer: Eddy Fox)
031 REACH FOR ALL YOU CAN GET TRC DRP-7774
032 YOU DON'T CRY TRC 082/DRP-7774
033 FOOL IN THE MIRROR TRC DRP-7774
034 LIVING IN A SHADOW TRC DRP-7774
035 THE LAST LIE I TOLD HER TRC DRP-7774
036 TASTE THE WINE TRC DRP-7774
037 WHY'D THE LAST TIME HAVE TO BE THE BEST TRC DRP-7774
ca 1981 Pete’s Place, 809 18th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Ronny Robbins (coll. persons for DRP-7774: Ronny Robbins [vcl], Jack Solomon [gt], Jimmy Capps [gt], Dave Kirby [el gt], Dale Sellers [el gt], Bobby Thompson [el gt], Pete Wade [el gt], Russ Hicks/Larry Sasser/Paul Franklin [steel], David Smith/Eric Tarlton/Bybby dyson/Henry Strzelecki [bass], Buddy Harman/Eddie Anderson/Jim isbell/Lanny Boles [drums], + Buddy Spicher, Kris Williamson, Mark Feldman, Tommy Williams [strings] + Pam Rose, Dolly Fox, Gary Claudel, Joe Bonsall, Duane Allen, Richard Sterban, Bill Golden, Sound Seventy Singers.Producer: Pete Drake)
038 GREEN BLACKBERRIES ARE RED TRC DRP-7774
039 VIRGINIA ON MY MIND TRC DRP-7774 -
040 STEPPIN' ON THE FLOWERS TRC DRP-7774
Fireside Recording Studio, 813 18th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Ronny Robbins (coll. persons for DRP-7774: Ronny Robbins [vcl], Jack Solomon [gt], Jimmy Capps [gt], Dave Kirby [el gt], Dale Sellers [el gt], Bobby Thompson [el gt], Pete Wade [el gt], Russ Hicks/Larry Sasser/Paul Franklin [steel], David Smith/Eric Tarlton/Bybby dyson/Henry Strzelecki [bass], Buddy Harman/Eddie Anderson/Jim isbell/Lanny Boles [drums], + Buddy Spicher, Kris Williamson, Mark Feldman, Tommy Williams [strings] + Pam Rose, Dolly Fox, Gary Claudel, Joe Bonsall, Duane Allen, Richard Sterban, Bill Golden, Sound Seventy Singers. Producer: Bobby Dyson)
041 MAKE-BELIEVE COWBOY TRC DRP-7774
042 THREE-QUARTER TIME TRC DRP-7774
ca May 1984 Nashville, TN – Ronny Robbins (Producer: Buddy Killen)
043 THOSE YOU LOSE Columbia 38-04506
044 WE'VE BEEN LYING HERE TOO LONG 38-04506
ca August 1985 Nashville, TN – Ronny Robbins
045 IT'S THE LOVERS THAT GIVE LOVE A NAD NAME 38-05690
046 DYNAMITE NIGHTS 38-05690
ca January 1986 Nashville, TN – Ronny Robbins
047 BLACK CHECK 38-05871
048 DYNAMITE NIGHTS 38-05871
ALBUMS
Columbia CS-9944 Columbia Records Presents Marty Robbins Jr.:Big Mouthing Around; That's How It Feels To Walk In My Shoes; The Soil's Too Poor; Love Of The Common People; No One Will Ever Know; Marsha; It Finally Happened; I Can't Quit (I've Gone Too Far); In The Morning; Mama Tried; I Had My Chance - 69
TRC DRP-7774 Reach For All You Can Get: Reach For All You Can Get; You Don't Cry; Green Blackberries Are Red; Living In A Shadow; The Last Lie I Told Her; Taste The Wine; Virginia On My Mind; Why'd The Last Time Have To Be The Best; Make-Believe Cowboy; Steppin' On The Flowers; Fool In The Mirror; Three-Quarter Time – 81
EPs
Good Time ? Church Street Station Presents: Ronny Robbins (Live in Concert): Some Memories Just Won't Die; Medley: Carmen, Ribbon Of Darkness, Big Iron, Twentieth Century Drifter; El Paso; Only The Shadows Know (Live) – 01-09-21 (radio show, rec. 1988, not in sessions)
SINGLES
Columbia (1968-1969)
4-44641 Big Mouthin' Around / It Finally Happened – 09-68
MCA (1973-75)
MCA-40055 True Love's Forgiving / Get Along Little Heartache – 18-04-73
MCA-40142 Song For Ginny / Too Much Love Between Us – 28-09-73
MCA-40197 Brand New You,Same Old Me / Broke-Down And Alone - 15-02-74
MCA-40261 Let The Music Play / If This Is Love – ca. 17-06-74
MCA-40393 What A Good Night's Love Will Do / Walk Your Kisses – 10-04-75
Artic (1978)
878 Last Lie I Told Her / Taste The Wine - 10-78
AR 8782 Why'd The Last Tome Have To Be The Best / Where Do I Put Her Memory – 08-01-79
TRC Thunder Record Corporation (1979)
TRC-081 I Know I'm Not Your Hero Anymore / The I Love You's Get Further Apart - 10-79
TRC-082 You Don't Cry / ? - 80
Columbia (1984-86)
38-04506 Those You Lose / We've Been Lying Here Too Long - 07-84
38-05690 It's The Lovers That Give Love A Nad Name / Dynamite Nights - 10-85
38-05871 Black Check / Dynamite Nights - 03-86