DON OWENS
SESSION DISCOGRAPHY
THE BLUE MOUNTAIN BOYS 1950
Perry Westland (vcl/gtr); Homer
“Curly” Smith (fdle); Charlie Fetzer (dobro); Donald F. “Don” Owens (stg bs).
Producer:
James Hobart “Jim” Stanton
463-A IF I SHOULD WANDER BACK TONIGHT Rich-R’-Tone
463
(Clark Van Ness)
463-B LITTLE BIRDIE 463
(P.D.)
NB: RICH-R’-TONE 463 released Tuesday
28th February 1950.
DON OWENS and The Circle “O” Ranch Boys
Ben
Adelman Studio, 323 Cedar St. N.W. Washington,
D.C.: 1956
with poss Don Pendelton
(stl gtr); Joe Carroll (el ld gtr); Harry Wade (gtr);
Producer:
Ben Adelman
45-559A SOMETHINGS YOU CANNOT CHANGE (Sic) Starday
45-559
(Don Owens) (Starrite BMI)
45-559B ADIOS NOVIA 45-559
(Don Owens) (Starrite
BMI)
NB(1): STARDAY 45-559 released May
1956.
NB(4): BMI clearance – Friday 18th May 1956.
DON OWENS and The Circle “O” Ranchboys
Rodel
Studio, 1028 33rd Street, N.W. Washington,
D.C.: 1956
with Don Pendelton (stl
gtr); Joe Carroll (el ld gtr); Harry Wade (gtr);
Produced
by Ben Adelman
45-607A LAST CHANCE Starday
45-607, B.A.C.M CD D-390
(Don Owens) (Starrite BMI)
45-607B A THIEF (IN THE HEART OF A ROSE) 45-607
(Don Owens) (Hank Snow Music BMI)
NB(1): STARDAY 45-607 released January 1957.
NB(2): STARDAY 45-607 reviewd Billboard – Saturday 9th February 1957.
NB(3): B.A.C.M CD D-390 “CUSTOM MADE HILLBILLY,
Vol.2.” released United Kingdom 2012.
DON OWENS
Rodel
Studio, 1028 33rd Street, N.W. Washington.D.C.: ca:
1957
(Vcl/gtr);
Producer:
ARE YOU TEASING ME (Uniss)
(C.Louvin-I.Louvin) (Acuff-Rose Pub. BMI)
LUKE GORDON
Rodel
Studio, 1028 33rd Street, N.W. Washington,D.C.:
April 1958
Gordon “Luke Gordon” Brown
(vcl); Calvin Scott “Scotty” Stoneman (fdle & o/dub fdl); Donna Stoneman
(mand); Peggy Brain Stoneman (dobro); Oscar
James “Jimmy” Stoneman (stg bs). Producer:
Don Owens
DARK HOLLOW L&C
LP-0014
(Bill Browning)
(Starday Music BMI)
45-5803 DARK HOLLOW Blue Ridge 502, World Artists WACD-102
(Bill Browning) (Starday Music BMI) B.A.C.M CD D-393
45-5804 YOU MAY BE SOMEONE (WHERE YOU COME
FROM) Blue Ridge 502, Bark Log BL-6
(Don Owens) (Circle O Music BMI) World
Artists WACD-102, B.A.C.M CD D-393
NB(1): BLUE RIDGE 502 released December 1958.
NB(2): BLUE RIDGE 502 entered Billboard C&W chart Monday 22nd December 1958 #13 for 7 weeks.
NB(3): The above record was never released
on ISLAND 0640.
NB(4): “DARK HOLLOW” with no master tape
available, a faulty 45rpm was used on WORLD ARTISTS WACD-102.
NB(5): “DARK HOLLOW” on L&C LP-0014-playing
time is 2m:52.4secs.
NB(6): “DARK HOLLOW” on BLUE RIDGE 45-502/WORLD
ARTISTS WACD-102/B.A.C.M CD D-393 is a slightly sped up version-playing time is
2m:52.0secs.
NB(7): L&C LP-0014 “LUKE GORDON” released
1961.
NB(8): BARK LOG BL-6 “COUNTRY HICKS, Vol.6.”
released United Kingdom
NB(9): WORLD ARTISTS WACD-102 “LUKE GORDON
COLLECTOR’S CLASSICS” released Tuesday 24th February 2004.
NB(10): B.A.C.M CD D-393 “LUKE GORDON Sings DARK
HOLLOW & Other Classic Numbers” released United Kingdom 2012.
POP STONEMAN And The BLUEGRASS CHAMPS-1
THE BLUEGRASS CHAMPS-2
Rodel
Studio, 1028 33rd Street, N.W. Washington.D.C.: May 1959
Ernest
V. “Pop” Stoneman (vcl/a-harp); Perry Westland (gtr); Van Haden Stoneman (rhy
gtr); Lew Childre (dobro/stl gtr-1); Jimmy Stoneman (stg bs). Producer:
Don Owens
6005 HAND
ME DOWN MY WALKIN’ CANE -1 Blue Ridge 504
(Arr: Dixon Stewart)
6006 JUBILEE
MARCH -2 504
(Lew Childre)
NB(1): BLUE RIDGE 504 released 1960.
NB(2): Steel Guitar solo on 6006 is by LEW CHILDRE.
LUKE GORDON WTTG-TV
DON
OWENS’ JAMBOREE Washington.D.C.: 1959
(vcl/ac gtr); Donna Stoneman (mand); Ric Nelson (dbro);
Jack Cook (stg bs).
CP-4572 I’M
FREE AT LAST World Artists WACD-101
(Ernest Tubb) World Artists WACD-105
I SAW THE LIGHT WACD-105
(Hank Williams) (Acuff-Rose
BMI)
MANSION ON THE HILL WACD-105
(Fred Rose-Hank Williams)
(Acuff-Rose BMI)
WHEN IT’S TIME FOR THE
WHIPPOORWILLS
TO SING WACD-105
(Alton Delmore) (Vidor Pub.
Inc. BMI)
JAMBALAYA WACD-105
(Hank Williams) (Acuff-Rose
BMI)
BE A BATCHELOR TILL I DIE WACD-105
(Hank Williams (Acuff-Rose
BMI)
NB(1): WORLD ARTISTS WACD-101 “WORLD ARTISTS
PRESENTS: LUKE GORDON ORIGINALS: PICTURE SHOW and L & C” released 2001.
NB(2): WORLD ARTISTS WACD-105 “WORLD ARTISTS
PRESENTS A LUKE GORDON SPECIAL CD WITH NEW AND OLD SONGS IN MEMORY OF THE LATE
DON OWENS” released 2005.
LUKE GORDON
Rodel
Studio, 1028 33rd Street, N.W Washington, D.C.: Sunday
19th April 1959
(vcl/gtr); with The
Drifters
Producer:
Don Owens
45-6007 EIGHT YEARS IN ATLANTA Blue
Ridge 506, World Artists WACD-102
(Don F.Owens) (Lonesome Pine
Music BMI)
45-6008 WHEN IT’S TIME (FOR THE
WHIPPOORWILLS TO SING) 506, WACD-102
(Arr: Luke Gordon) (Lonesome
Pine Music BMI) B.A.C.M CD
D-393
NB: BLUE RIDGE 506 released 1960.
ALEX CAMPBELL & OLA BELLE REED and New River Ranch Gang-1
DEACON THE STEEL DRIVIN’ MAN and New River Ranch Gang-2
Rodel
Studio, 1028 33rd Street,N.W. Washington.D.C.: 1960
Alex Campbell (vcl/ ); Ola Belle Campbell Reed
(vcl/ ); Deacon Brumfield (stl
gtr);
Producer:
Don Owens
45-6009 LITTLE MOSES -1 Blue Ridge 507
(Arr: Stewart)
45-6010 DEACON’S STEEL GUITAR CHIMES -2 Blue Ridge 507
(Deacon Brumfield)
NB: BLUE RIDGE 507 released August 1960.
JIM EANES And His Shenandoah
Valley Boys
Rodel
Studio, 1028 33rd Street,N.W. Washington.D.C.: 1960
Homer Robert “Jim” Eanes Jr.
(vcl/gtr); poss Arnold Terry (rhy gtr); Frank Burroughs (el gtr); Alan Shelton
(bjo); Roy Russell (fdle); Cliff Ragsdale (stg bs) or Curly Howard (stg bs). Producer: Don Owens
45-6011 LONG JOURNEY HOME Blue
Ridge 510
(Dixon Stewart) (Lonesome Pine Music BMI)
45-6012 LADY OF SPAIN 510
() (Sam Fox Music ASCAP)
NB(1): BLUE RIDGE 510 released 1960.
NB(2): On 45-6012 the label states Banjo solo by Alan
Shelton.
LUKE GORDON
Rodel
Studio, 1028 33rd Street, N.W. Washington
D.C.: 1961
(vcl/ac gtr); Wade Holmes
(el gtr); Bill Yates (hmny vcl-1/
); Wayne Yates (hmny vcl-1/
); Curley Smith (fdle).
Producer:
Don F. Owens
S-1335 13 STEPS AWAY -1 Empire
45-512, Spin-O-Rama M-108
(L.Gordon) (Cedar Music BMI) Spin-O-Rama
S-108, Premier PM-9041
Premier
PS-9041, Spin-O-Rama M-126 Premier
PS-9041, World Artists WACD-104
Premier
PS-9041, World Artists WACD-104
B.A.C.M CD D-393
NB(1): EMPIRE 45-512 issued with a PICTURE sleeve.
NB(2): EMPIRE 45-512 released March 1961.
NB(3): The above record is a ‘Sheldon’ press.
NB(4): Date sticker on label shows March 1961.
NB(5): SPIN-O-RAMA M/S-108 “JIMMY DEAN with LUKE
GORDON Featuring The Country Singing of JIMMY DEAN and LUKE GORDON” released
1963.
NB(6): PREMIER PM/PS-9041 “JIMMY DEAN with LUKE
GORDON Featuring The Country Singing of JIMMY DEAN and The Country Singing of
LUKE GORDON” released 1963.
NB(7): SPIN-O-RAMA M/S-126 “HOOTENANNY COUNTRY
STYLE” released 1964.
NB(8): WORLD ARTISTS WACD-104 “WORLD ARTISTS
Presents All New Songs by LUKE GORDON” released 2005.
DON OWENS
Rodel
Studio, 1028 33rd Street, N.W. Washington,D.C.:
ca.
Late 1961
with (vcl/gtr);
Producer:
Jack Henderson Clement
6113/ “WHAT WOULD I DO” (WITHOUT YOU) Blue
Ridge 45-512
ZTSP-81104 (Don Owens) (Don Owens Music. Inc. BMI)
6114/ “COLD DARK WATERS BELOW” 45-512
ZTSP-81105 (Don Owens) (Don Owens Music. Inc.
BMI)
NB: BLUE RIDGE 45-512 released 1961.
THE STANLEY BROTHERS-RALPH & CARTER
Rodel Studio, 1028 33rd Street,N.W. Washington.D.C.: 1962
Ralph Edmond “Ralph”
Stanley (vcl/bjo); Carter Glen “Carter” Stanley (vcl/gtr);
Producer:
Don Owens
6215/ MEET ME TONIGHT Blue Ridge 45-514
ZTSP-81406 (Stanley Bros.)
6216/ NOBODY’S BUSINESS 45-514
ZTSP-81407 (Stanley Bros.)
NB: BLUE RIDGE 45-514 released 1962.
LARRY RICHARDSON & HAPPY SMITH and The Blue Ridge Boys
Rodel
Studio, 1028 33rd Street,N.W. Washington.D.C.: 1962
Larry Richardson (vcl/bjo);
Happy Smith ();
Producer:
Don Owens
6217/ THE NASHVILLE JAIL Blue Ridge 45-516
ZTSP-81408 (Larry Richardson)
6218/ SILVER BELLE 45-516
ZTSP-81409 (P.D.)
NB: BLUE RIDGE 45-516 released 1962.
DON OWENS
Rodel Studio,
1028 33rd Street, N.W. Washington,D.C.:
1962
With
(vcl/gtr);
Producer:
Jack Clement
/ YOUR
FOOL Blue
Ridge 45-518, Sound Stage 7 45-2503
S-404-1 (Arrington) (Jack Music Inc. BMI)
/
I HOPE YOU’RE SATISFIED 45-518, 7 45-2503
S-405-1 (Don Owens) (Don Owens Music Inc.
BMI)
NB(1): BLUE RIDGE 45-518 released October 1962.
NB(2): BLUE RIDGE 45-518 reviewed Billboard 10th November
1962.
NB(3):
Both of the above recordings were leased to SOUND STAGE 7 Records in 1963.
NB(4):
SOUND STAGE 7 45-2503 released May 1963.
NB(5):
SOUND STAGE 7 45-2503 reviewed in Billboard 18th May 1963
DISCOGRAPHY compiled by DICK GRANT; the late RIC NELSON; ALAN TURNER & SVEIN MARTIN PEDERSEN with acknowledgements P.J. Tricker; Andrew Brown; Johan Lofstedt;
Pasi Koskela; Dave Sax; Dick Spottswood; Kent Heineman & Pete Kuykendall.
2000-2013.