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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Glen Neaves

SESSIONS
by Dick Grant & Praguefrank (with acknowledgements to Dave Sax, Dick Spottswood & Pete Kuykendall)

1951 unknown - Glen Neaves & The Grayson County Boys
001 4796 BLACK MOUNTAIN RAG Folk Star 613/Rounder 1017 JSP JSP-77110 Juneberry CDR MP3-201
002 2674 THE OLD SWINGING BRIDGE Folk Star 613/Rounder 1017 JSP-77110 Juneberry CDR MP3-201
FOLK STAR was a ‘custom’ or ‘vanity’ label, whose relationship with RICH-R’-TONE was confirmed by a shared address in 1949 of 113 W. Main Street, Johnson City, Tn. ROUNDER 1017 is titled “THE RICH-R-TONE STORY - THE EARLY DAYS OF BLUEGRASS”.JSP JSP-77110 is titled “BLUEGRASS-SMALL INDEPENDENT LABEL SIDES 1951-1954”.JUNEBERRY CDR MP3-201 is titled “EARLY BLUEGRASS CLASSICS”
1961 unknown - Glen Neaves &The Virginia Mountain Boys
003 TOM DOOLEY Folkways FS 3811
004 LITTLE FRANKIE BAKER Folkways FA-3833
005 HANDSOME MOLLY Folkways FS 3811
006 DEVILISH MARY Folkways FS 3811
FS 3811 Traditional Music From Grayson and Carroll Counties (1962),
May 1962 unknown - Glen Neaves (Glen Neaves vcl/gt])
007 SUNNY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN Folkways FA-3833
1963 [live-28th Annual Galax Old Fiddlers Convention] Galax, VA - Glen Neaves &The Virginia Mountain Boys
00701 WHITEHOUSE BLUES Kanawha 302
May 1963 unknown - Glen Neaves (solo vcl/gt)
008 I'M GLAD MY WIFE'S IN EUROPE Folkways FA-3833
31 August 1963 Pipers Gap, VA - Glen Neaves &The Virginia Mountain Boys (Glen Neaves [vcl/gt/fiddle], Bobby Harrison [vcl/gt], Cullen Galyean [banjo], Ivor Melton [vcl/mandolin], Claudine Lambert [bass])
009 CHARMING BETSY Folkways FS-3839
010 PHILADELPHIA LAWYER Folkways FS-3839
011 FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN Folkways FS-3839
012 I'M GOING TO WALK WITH MY LORD Folkways FS-3839
013 RED ROCKING CHAIR Folkways FA-3833
014 WHITEHOUSE BLUES Folkways FA-3833
1964 unknown - Glen Neaves
015 unknown title
016 unknown title
017 unknown title
1967 Fries, VA - Glen Neaves &The Virginia Mountain Boys
018 BANKS OF THE OHIO FH-3832
Folkways FH-3832 Bluegrass From the Blue Ridge: A Half Century of Change: Country Band Music of Virginia (1967)
1968 unknown - Glen Neaves
019 IN EIGHTEEN FORTY NINE Asch/Folkways AH 3831
020 LAWSON MURDED Asch/Folkways AH 3831
Asch AH 3831 Ballads and Songs of the Blue Ridge Mountains (1968)
1969 unknown - Glen Neaves
021 unknown title
022 unknown title
023 unknown title
20 August 1971 Fries, VA - Glen Neaves &The Virginia Mountain Boys (Glen Neaves [vcl/fiddle], Bobby Harrison [gt], Cullen Galyean/Jules Bartlett [banjo], Ivor Melton [mandolin], Roger Dalton [bass]. Producer: Eric H. Davidson)
024 OLD PRISONER'S SONG Folkways FS-3839
025 PIG IN A PEN Folkways FS-3839
026 JOHN HENRY Folkways FS-3839
027 LOVE ME, DARLING Folkways FA-3833
028 TRAIN 45 Folkways FA-3833
1972 unknown - Glen Neaves
029 unknown title
030 unknown title
031 unknown title
1974 unknown - Glen Neaves &The Virginia Mountain Boys (Glen Neaves [vcl/fiddle], Bobby Harrison [gt], Cullen Galyean [banjo], Ivor Melton [mandolin], Roger Dalton [bass]. Producer: Eric H. Davidson)
032 DON'T GO OUT TONIGHT, MY DARLING Folkways FA-3830
033 WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN MOTHER Folkways FA-3830
034 FORTUNE Folkways FA-3830
035 CARELESS LOVE Folkways FA-3830
036 POOR ELLEN SMITH Folkways FA-3830
037 NIGGER TRADE Folkways FA-3830
038 WE'LL MEET AGAIN SWEETHEART Folkways FA-3830
039 BARBARA ALLEN Folkways FA-3830
040 LONG JOURNEY HOME Folkways FA-3830
041 DRUNKARD'S DREAM Folkways FA-3830
042 DRINKING FROM THE FOUNTAIN Folkways FA-3830
043 ON THE BANKS OF THE OLD TENNESSEE Folkways FA-3830
044 MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW Folkways FA-3830
045 WHEN THE ROSES BLOOM IN DIXIE Folkways FA-3830
046 CRIPPLE CREEK Folkways FA-3830
2 November 1974 Fries, VA - Glen Neaves &The Virginia Mountain Boys (Glen Neaves [vcl/fiddle], Michel Bedwell [gt]]
047 WHERE ARE YOU GOING, ALICE Folkways FS-3839
3 November 1974 Fries, VA - Glen Neaves &The Virginia Mountain Boys (Glen Neaves [vcl/fiddle/gt], Bobby Harrison [gt], Cullen Galyean [banjo], Ivor Melton [vcl/mandolin], Marvin Cockram [bass]. Producer: Eric H. Davidson)
048 WEDNESDAY NIGHT WALTZ Folkways FS-3839
049 TRAGIC ROMANCE Folkways FS-3839
050 BILL CHEATAM Folkways FS-3839
051 RUN NIGGER RUN Folkways FS-3839
052 LILY SHAW Folkways FS-3839
053 LET THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN Folkways FS-3839
November 1974 Fries, VA - Glen Neaves &The Virginia Mountain Boys (Glen Neaves [vcl/fiddle/gt], Bobby Harrison [gt], Cullen Galyean [banjo], Ivor Melton [vcl/mandolin], Roger Dalton [bass]. Producer: Eric H. Davidson)
054 LONESOME ROAD BLUES Folkways FA-3833
055 KNOXVILLE GIRL Folkways FA-3833
056 NOBODY'S DARLING Folkways FA-3833
057 LOST TRAIN BLUES Folkways FA-3833
058 IN THE PINES Folkways FA-3833
059 CLINCH MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWN Folkways FA-3833
060 RED AND GREEN SIGNAL LIGHTS Folkways FA-3833
061 POOR RAMBLER Folkways FA-3833
062 JOHN HARDY Folkways FA-3833
063 LITTLE BIRDIE Folkways FA-3833
16/17 July 1982 Woodlawn, VA - The Virginia Mountain Boys (Bobby Harrison [gt], David Lamberth [gt], Cullen Galyean [banjo], Jerry Steinberg [bass], John Jackson [fiddle]. Producer: Eric H. Davidson)
V01 THERE'S MORE PRETTY GIRL THAN ONE Folkways FS-3829
V02 EAST VIRGINIA Folkways FS-3829
V03 WHAT WOULD YOU GIVE IN EXCHANGE FOR YOUR SOUL? Folkways FS-3829
V04 NEW RIVR TRAIN Folkways FS-3829
V05 WAYFARING STRANGER Folkways FS-3829 SF-40092
V06 COME ALL YOU FAIR AND TENDER LADIES Folkways FS-3829
V07 SHACKLES AND CHAINS Folkways FS-3829
V08 DREAM OF A MINER'S SON Folkways FS-3829
V09 SAND MOUNTAIN BLUES Folkways FS-3829
V10 LITTLE WILLIE Folkways FS-3829
V11 MAPLE ON THE HILL Folkways FS-3829
V12 WILD BILL JONES Folkways FS-3829
SMITHSONIAN/FOLKWAYS SFW-CD-40092 - “CLASSIC BLUEGRASS FROM SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS (2004)

ALBUMS
Folkways FA-3830 Glen Neaves and the Virginia Mountain Boys:
Country Bluegrass from Southwest Virginia: Don't Go Out Tonight My Darling; What a Friend We Have in Mother; Fortune; Careless Love; Poor Ellen Smith; Nigger Trader; We'll Meet Again Sweetheart; Barbara Allen; Long Journey Home; Drunkard's Dream; Drinking From the Fountain; On the Banks of the Old Tennessee; Man of Constant Sorrow; Hangman; When the Roses Bloom in Dixie; Cripple Creek - 74
Folkways FA-3833 The Virginia Mountain Boys, vol. 2: Lonesome Road Blues; Knoxville Girl; Nobody's Darling; Lost Train Blues; Love Me, Darling; I'm Glad My Wife's in Europe; Red Rocking Chair; Train 45; In the Pines; Whitehouse Blues; Clinch Mountain; Red and Green Signal Lights; Poor Rambler; Sunny Side of the Mountain; John Hardy; Little Frankie Baker; Little Birdie - 77 (recorded 1961-74)
Folkways FS 3839 Old Time Bluegrass From Grayson & Carroll Counties. The Virginia Mountain Boys Vol. 3: Charming Betsy (Charmin' Betsy);Philadelphia Lawyer; Conversation with Neaves; Fire on the Mountain;Old Prisoner's Song; Where Are You Going, Alice?; Wednesday Night Waltz; Pig in a Pen; John Henry; Tragic Romance; Bill Cheatham; Run Nigger Run; Lily Shaw; I'm Goin' To Walk with My Lord; Let That Circle Be Unbroken - 80 (recorded 1963-74)
Folkways FS 3829 Virginia Mountain Boys. Vol. 4: More Pretty Girls Than One; East Virginia; What Would You Give in Exchange for Your Soul?; New River Train; Conversation with Bobby Harrison and Cullen Galyean; Wayfaring Stranger; Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies; Shackles and Chains; Dream of a Miner's Son (Dream of a Miner's Child); Sand Mountain Blues; Little Willie; Maple on the Hill; Wild Bill Jones - 83 (16

SINGLES

Folk Star (1951)
613 Black Mountain Rag /The Old Swinging Bridge - 51

Church Brothers

SESSIONS by Clarence H. Green & Dick Grant (With acknowledgements to Drusilla Adams Smith, Jim Clark, Eric Ellis, Jim Atkins, Eddie Nelson, Dick Spottswood, Pete Kuykendall & Dave Sax)
Winter 1950 Johnson City, TN - Church Brothers & Their Blue Ridge Ramblers (William Cears “Bill” Church [ld vcl-1/gt], Arthur Ralph Church [tenor vcl-2/mandolin], poss Hubert Davis or John McKinley “Johnny” Nelson or James Garfield “Gar” Bowers [banjo],; Arthur Ward Eller [vcl/gt] John Ralph Pennington [bass] + Trio vcl-3.Producer: James Hobart “Jim” Stanton)
001 1203 DARLING BROWN EYES Blue Ridge 101/GHP LP-900
002 1211 NO ONE TO LOVE ME -3 Blue Ridge 609/LP-900 Rounder 1020
003 1302 I’M LONELY FOR YOU - 1,2 Rich-R’-Tone 1009/GHP LP-900 Rounder 1020
004 1400 A SWEETER LOVE THAN YOURS I’LL NEVER KNOW - 1 1009/Rounder 1020
005 BENEATH THE NORTH CAROLINA MOON Rich-R’-Tone unissued/GHP LP-900 1020
006 1408 WE’LL MEET UP THERE Rich-R’-Tone 1017/Rounder 1020
007 1310 I KNOW MY NAME WILL BE CALLED UP THERE 1017/1020
27 October 1951 unknown - Buffalo Johnson & The Church Brothers & their Blue Ridge Ramblers (Buffalo Johnson [vcl-1], William Cears “Bill” Church [vcl-2/gt], Arthur Ralph Church [tenor vcl-2/mandolin], Arthur Ward Eller [vcl/gt], John McKinley “Johnny” Nelson or James Garfield “Gar” Bowers [banjo], John Ralph Pennington [bass]. Producer: James Hobart “Jim” Stanton)
008 ROLL IN MY SWEET BABY’S ARMS Rich-R’-Tone unissued/GHP LP-900 Rounder 1020 Juneberry CDR MP3-201
009 1312 DAY DREAMING -1 Rich-R’-Tone 1019/LP-900 Juneberry CDR MP3-201 [alt.] unissued
010 1410 I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO -1-2 Rich-R’-Tone 1019/Juneberry CDR MP3-201 [alt.] unissued
* According to DRUSILLA ADAMS SMITH, a second RICH-R’-TONE recording session was held about summer 1950 in Kingsport, Tennessee. It is uncertain if any of the forgoing masters were recorded there
1951 WKBC Radio Station, North Wilkesboro, NC - Church Brothers & Their Blue Ridge Ramblers (William Cears “Bill” Church [ld vcl-1/gt], Arthur Ralph Church [tenor vcl-2/mandolin], John McKinley “Johnny” Nelson [banjo], Arthur Ward Eller [vcl-3/gt] John Ralph Pennington [bass])
011 1465 TEARS FALL ON MY BROKEN HEART Blue Ridge 302 (unissued)
012 1864 BLUE RIDGE SPECIAL -instr.- 302 (unissued)/GHP LP-900 Rounder 1020
013 1109 BROKEN VOWS AND A BROKEN HEART -1-2 Blue Ridge 209/GHP LP-900 Rounder 1020
014 1706 SOMEONE ELSE IS LOVING YOU Blue Ridge 101/LP-900 1020 [alt.] unissued
015 1717 YOU’RE STILL THE ROSE OF MY HEART -3 Blue Ridge 609/GHP LP-900, Rounder 1020 JSP CD-77110
016 GET THINGS READY (FOR ME MA) Blue Ridge unissued
1952 unknown - John Franklin "The Friendly Farm Boy" & His Mimosa Quartet (Joseph “Joe” Franklin [vcl/rh gt], Arthur Ralph Church [tenor vcl/mandolin], Ralph Mayo [bass], Tater Tate [fiddle])
J01 1122 IF I COULD JUST MAKE IT IN Blue Ridge 202
J02 9081 SWING WIDE THOSE GOLDEN GATES 202
May 1952 WPAQ Radio Station, Mt. Airy, NC - Church Brothers & Their Blue Ridge Ramblers (William Cears “Bill” Church [ld vcl/gt], Arthur Ralph Church [tenor vcl/mandolin], James Garfield "Gar" Bowers [banjo], Arthur Ward Eller [vcl/gt] John Ralph Pennington [bass]. Producer: Bruce Fleming)
017 4069 AN ANGEL WITH BLUE EYES Blue Ridge 1208/GHP LP-900 Rounder 1020 JSP CD-77110
018 5031 WHEN JESUS CALLS YOUR NAME Blue Ridge 1208/LP-900 1020 JSP CD-77110
ca late 1952 WKBC Radio Station, North Wilkesboro, NC - Church Brothers & Their Blue Ridge Ramblers (William Cears “Bill” Church [ld vcl/gt], Arthur Ralph Church [tenor vcl/mandolin], James Garfield "Gar" Bowers [banjo], Arthur Ward Eller [vcl/gt] John Ralph Pennington [bass])
019 0990 WAY DOWN IN OLE’ CAROLINE Blue Ridge 209/GHP LP-900 Rounder 1020 JSP CD-77110

ALBUMS
GHP LP-900 Traditional Bluegrass: Day dreaming; Darling brown eyes; No one to love me;When Jesus calls you home; Someone else is loving you; An angel with blue eyes; I don't know what to do; Roll in my sweet baby's arms; You're still the rose of my heart; Blue Ridge special; I'm lonely for you; Beneath the North Carolina moon; Way down in old Caroline - 68
Rounder 1020 The Early Days Of Bluegrass, Vol. 8: Broken Vows And A Broken Heart; Darling Brown Eyes; No One To Love Me; When Jesus Calls You Home; Someone Else Is Loving You; A Sweeter Love Than Yours I'll Never Know; An Angel With Blue Eyes; You're Still The Rose Of My Heart; Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms; Blue Ridge Special; I'm Lonely For You; Beneath The North Carolina Moon; We'll Meet Up There; Way Down In Ole Caroline; I Know My Name Will Be Called Up There - 81 (Blue Ridge/Rich-R-Tone recordings)

SINGLES
Rich-R-Tone/*Blue Ridge (1950-52)
1009 I'm Lonely For You / A Sweeter Love Than Yours I'll Never Know - 51
1017 I Know My Name Will Be Called Up There / We’ll Meet Up There - 51
1019 Day Dreaming / I Don’t Know What To Do - ca 51 w. Buffalo Johnson
302* Tears Fall On Mz Broken Heart / Blue Ridge Special - unissued
101* Darling Brown Eyes / Someone Else Is Loving You
609* No One To Love Me / You're Still The Rose Of My Heart - 12-51
1208* Angel With Blue Eyes / When Jesus Calls You Home - 52
209* Broken Vows And A Broken Heart / Way Down In Ole Caroline - 09-02-53

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.