Norwood Tew

by Tony Russell, Praguefrank
SESSIONS
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])
001 BS-102612-1 MY CRADLE DAYS B-6489 Montgomery Ward M-5031/ OHCS-150
002 BS-102613-1 GATHERING FLOWERS FROM THE HILL B-6489 Montgomery Ward M-5031/OHCS-150
003 BS-102614-1 MY MOTHER IS WAITING B-6551 Montgomery Ward M-7005/ Old Homestead OHM-90001
004 BS-102615-1 IF I COULD HEAR MY MOTHER PRAY B-6460 Montgomery Ward M-5028/ Old Homestead OHM-90001
005 BS-102616-1 NOBODY'S DARLING ON EARTH B-6460 Montgomery Ward M-5028/ OHCS-150
006 BS-102617-1 SHAKE HANDS WITH MOTHER B-6596 Montgomery Ward M-7007/ OHM-90001
15 June 1936 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC - Norwood Tew (Norwood Tew [vcl/gt])
007 BS-102618-1 SAILOR MAN BLUES Bluebird B-6553
008 BS-102619-1 SUNNY SOUTH IS CALLING ME Montgomery Ward M-7235
009 BS-102620-1 CAROLINA YODELIN RAMBLER B-6553
010 BS-102621-1 HARVEST TIME IN DIXIE M-7235
15 February 1937 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC – Norwood Tew (The Old Lefthander) (Norwood Tew [duet vcl/vcl-1/gt], Louise Tew [duet vcl except-1])
011 BS-07012-1 IF I COULD BRING BACK MY BUDDY B-6892 Montgomery Ward M-7232
012 BS-07013-1 MY OLD CRIPPLED DADDY B-6892 Montgomery Ward M-7232
013 BS-07014-1 LITTLE WOODEN DOLL B-7288 Montgomery Ward M-7233
014 BS-07015-1 SOON WE'LL COME TO THE OLD GARDEN GATE B-7288 Montgomery Ward M-7234
015 BS-07016-1 TALKING TO THE RIVER -1 B-7618
016 BS-07017-1 YOUR MOTHER STILL PRAYS FOR YOU B-7791 Montgomery Ward M-7233 Regal Zonophone G23689
017 BS-07018-1 I’LL BE WAITING WHEN THE CACTUS BLOOMS B-7791 Montgomery Ward M-7234 Regal Zonophone G23689
26 September 1938 Andrew Jackson Hotel, 223 E. Main St., Rock Hill, SC - Norwood and Louise Tew (Norwood Tew [vcl-1/duet vcl-2/gt], Louise Tew [duet vcl-2])
018 BS-027709-1 JUST A KEROSENE LAMP -2 unissued
019 BS-027710-1 LOUISIANA MOON -2 unissued
020 BS-027711-1 LILIAN BRANCH -1 unissued
021 BS-027712-1 DADDY'S GONE WHERE THE FOOD FARMERS GO -1 unissued
022 BS-027713-1 IF YOU MEET A TRAMP -1 B-7950 Regal Zonophone G23751
023 BS-027714-1 TWO LITTLE LADS -1 B-7950 Regal Zonophone G23751
024 BS-027715-1 AT THE BOTTOM BLUES -1 B-8057
025 BS-027716-1 TWO HEARTS ON THE OLD WILLOW TREE -2 B-8057
026 BS-027717-1 MY OLD CRIPPLED DADDY PART 2 -2 unissued
027 BS-027718-1 YOUR LOVE WAS LIKE A RAINBOW -2 unissued

SINGLES
Bluebird (1936-38)
B-6460 Nobody's Darling On Earth / If I Could Hear My Mother Pray - 07-36 w. Wade Mainer and Zeke Morris
B-6489 My Cradle Days / Gathering Flowers From The Hill - 08-36 w. Wade Mainer and Zeke Morris
B-6551 My Mother Is Waiting / Come Back To Your Dobie Shack -10-36 w. Wade Mainer and Zeke Morris (A)/ Wade Mainer and Zeke Morris (B)
B-6553 Sailor Man Blues / Carolina Yodelin Rambler
B-6596 (J.E.Mainer's Mountaineers:) Walk That Lonesome Valley / Shake Hands With Mother (w. Zeke Morris amd Wade Mainer) - 10-36
B-6892 If I Could Bring Back My Buddy / My Old Crippled Daddy – 37
B-7288 Little Wooden Doll / Soon We'll Come To The Old Garden Gate – 37
B-7618 Talking To The River / [Wilf Carter] - 38
B-7791 Your Mother Still Prays For You / I’ll Be Waiting When The Cactus Blooms – 38 (Australian issue on Regal Zonophone G23689)
B-7950 If You Meet A Tramp / Two Little Lads – 38 (Australian issue on Regal Zonophone G23751)
B-8057 At The Bottom Blues / Two Hearts On The Old Willow Tree - 38
Montgomery Ward
M-5028 Nobody's Darling On Earth / If I Could Hear My Mother Pray - 07-36 w. Wade Mainer and Zeke Morris
M-5031 My Cradle Days / Gathering Flowers From The Hill - 08-36 w. Wade Mainer and Zeke Morris
M-7232 If I Could Bring Back My Buddy / My Old Crippled Daddy – 37
M-7233 Little Wooden Doll / Your Mother Still Prays For You - 37
M-7234 Soon We'll Come To The Old Garden Gate / I’ll Be Waiting When The Cactus Blooms - 37
M-7235 Sunny South Is Calling Me / Harvest Time In Dixie - 37

Conrad Pierce

*January 2017

by Carl G. Cederblad, Tore Brennodden
SESSIONS

1965 unknown, FL? – Conrad Pierce (+ Liz Duboise and The Debonairs [bck vcl]. Producer: Cleve Wornack)

001 S4KM-2048 A WORLD I CAN’T LIVE IN Cape 001

002 S4KM-2049 AIN’T IT A SHAME Cape 001

Mid 1970 Nashville, TN – Conrad Pierce

003 MAKING IT BACK TO MACON Musicor MU 1413 

004 NOT ENOUGH TO KEEP YOU OFF  MY MIND Musicor MU 1413 MU 1422 

005 ATLANTA MU 1422 

1978 Soundshop Studio, 1307 Division St., Nashville, TN – Conrad Pierce  (Conrad Pierce [vcl], Phil Baug or Pete Bordanali  [ld gt], Bucky Barrett or Lennie Breau  [rh gt], Doyle Grisham [steel/dobro],  Steve Schaefer [bass gt], Hayward Bishop [drums], Buddy Spicher [fiddle], Bobby Ogden [piano], Sylvia Allen, Charles Quillen [bck vcl]. Producer: Dave Conrad)

006 IT‘S HARD TO BE A COWBOY THESE DAYS  Phoenix PXR 138/PXR 138 

007 WHERE LOVE GOES WHEN IT DIES Phoenix PXR 138/ PXR 138 

1978/1979 Soundshop Studio, 1307 Division St., Nashville, TN/ Pete’s Place, 809 18th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Conrad Pierce, w. Darrell McCall [-1], Mona McCall [-2] (Conrad Pierce [vcl], Mona McCall [duet vcl-2/bck vcl], Phil Baug/Pete Bordanali [ld gt], Bucky Barrett/Lennie Breau [rh gt], Buddy Emmons [steel], Darrell McCall [duet vcl-1/bass gt], Joe Allen [bass gt], Buddy Harman [drums], Buddy Spicher [fiddle], Bunky Keels/Conrad Pierce [piano], Diane McCall, Donna Jean Digby [bck vcl]. Producer: Darrell McCall, Buddy Emmons)

008 THERE‘LL ALWAYS BE HONKY TONKS IN TEXAS -1 Phoenix PXR 138 

009 BACK ON MY MIND AGAIN  Phoenix PXR 138 

010 WHEN YOU WERE WALTZING WITH ME  Phoenix PXR 138  

011 WE‘LL SWEEP OUT THE ASHES IN THE MORNING  -2 Phoenix PXR 138 

012 BEFORE THE MEMORIES BEGIN  Phoenix PXR 138 

013 I WANTA WEAR MY HAT -1  Phoenix PXR 138 

014 ONE BRIDGE I HAVEN‘T BURNED  Phoenix PXR 138  

015 IT‘S THE WATER  -1 Phoenix PXR 138

1981 unknown, TX – Conrad Pierce (Producer: Bill Butler, Rick Dennis)

016 I DON‘T WANT THE WORLD (JUST GIVE ME TEXAS) Windmill UR 2326 

017 SITTIN‘ ON A TEXAS BARSTOOL Windmill UR 2326 

018 BLACK COFFEE AND A SANGRIA AFTERNOON UR 2463

019 LEE IS A COWBOY UR 2463

020 TIL I MET YOU UR 2735

021 HER RED LIPS CAN KISS MY BLUES AWAY UR 2735

ca 1982 poss. Nashville, TN – Conrad Pierce (Producer: Bobby Bond)

021 OUR LIFE‘S GOT ALL THE MAKIN‘S (OF A REAL GOOD CHEATING SONG) MT MTR-1000

022 WE‘RE WALKIN‘  ON ICE (BY SLIPPING AROUND) MTR-1000

023 WHERE EVER MY SONGS TAKE ME I´LL GO MTR-1000

024 WHY IS THAT DEVIL IN HEAVEN WITH MY ANGEL MTR-1000

025 I NEVER THOUGHT I‘D EVER CROSS THAT LINE MTR-1000

026 JUMPIN‘  JOHNNY MIDNIGHT MTR-1000

027 IF HE‘D NEVER WALKED ON YOU (YOU‘D NEVER HAVE RUN TO ME) MTR-1000

028 IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LOVE OVER MTR-1000

029 THERE‘S NOT MANY PLACES I AIN‘T BEEN MTR-1000

030 MOBILE HOME HEAVEN MTR-1000

031 SOMETHIN‘  FUNNY‘S GOT A HOLD ON ME  MTR-1000

In 2016 Pierce recorded two albums, info in albums list

 

ALBUMS

Phoenix  PXR 138 It‘s Hard To Be A Cowboy These Days: There‘ll Always Be Honky Tonks In Texas  (W. Darrell Mccall); Back On My Mind Again; When You Were Waltzing With Me; We´ll Sweep Out The Ashes In The Morning (W. Mona Mccall); Before The Memories Begin; I Wanta Wear My Hat (W. Darrell Mccall); One Bridge I Haven‘t Burned;  It‘s The Water  (W. Darrell Mccall);Where Love Goes When It Dies; It´s Hard To Be A Cowboy These Days - 79

MT Records MTR-1000 Conrad Pierce:  Our Life‘s Got All The Makin‘s (Of A Real Good Cheating Song); We‘re Walkin‘  On Ice (By Slipping Around); Where Ever My Songs Take Me I´ll Go;Why Is That Devil In Heaven With My Angel; I Never Thought I‘d Ever Cross That Line; Jumpin´ Johnny Midnight; If He‘d Never Walked On You (You‘d Never Have Run To Me); If I Had My Life To Love Over; There‘s Not Many Places I Ain‘t Been; Mobile Home Heaven; Somethin‘  Funny‘s Got A Hold On Me - 82

Daisyland ?  Keeping It Country: Fly To Mexico; Another Black Coffee Morning; I Don't Want the World; That Old Wheel; Lee is a Cowboy; Altanta; Stella Was My First; Making it Back to Macon; So Long Winter Texans; Not Far Enough; Days of Thunder Road; Not Many Places I Ain't Been; Smoky Mountain Livin'; Back on My Mind Again - 16

Daisyland ? It All Begins With A Song: There'll Always Be Honky Tonks in Texas; Back on My Mind Again (version 1); When You Were Waltzing With Me; We'll Sweep Out the Ashes in the Morning; Before the Memories Begin; I Wanta Wear My Hat; One Bridge I Haven't Burned; It's the Water; Where Love Goes When It Dies; It's Hard to Be a Cowboy These Days - 16

 

SINGLES

Cape (1965)

001 A World I Cabn’t Live In / Ain’t It A Shame - 65

Musicor (1970)  

MU 1413 Making It Back To Macon / Not Enough To Keep You Off My Mind – 06-70 (rev. June 20)

MU 1422 Atlanta / Not Enough To Keep You Off My Mind – 10-70 (rev. Oct. 17)

Phoenix  (1978)

PXR 138   It‘s Hard To Be A Cowboy These Days  / Where Love Goes When It Dies - 78  

Windmill (1981)

UR 2326 I Don’t  Want The World (Just Give Me Texas) / Sittin‘ On A Texas Barstool - 81

UR 2463 Black Coffee And A Sangria Afternoon / Lee Is A Cowboy – 81

UR 2735 Til I Met You / Her Red Lips Can Kiss My Blues Away – 81