Friday, July 19, 2013

Neal Merritt



Carol Sibley Merritt, *10-11-1930 San Antonio, TX, +04-1975 Gatesville, TX
2nd version

by Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli, Carl LaFong, Mario Manciotti, Andrew Brown, Richard Weize, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS



28 December 1953 KBOP Studios, Pleasanton, TX – Neal Merritt (Neal Merritt [vcl/piano], Olan Whitley [steel], ? [drums], John H. Williams [fiddle]. Producer: Charlie Fitch)
001 KOREAN LOVE SONG  SARG 101 /BCD 16296
002 THERE'S AN HOUR TO EVERY MINUTE 101 111/ BCD 16296
003 (LITTLE COQUETTE) 102 BCD 16296
004 DON’T GO TELLING LIES ON ME SARG 102 / BCD 16296
BEAR FAMILY BCD 16296 THE SARG RECORDS STORY (GER, 1999)
15 April 1954 ACA Sound And Film Studios, 5522 Washington Ave., Houston, TX – Neal Merritt and The Longhorn Playboys (Neal Merritt  [vcl], Herbert Schoelzel [rh gt], Eddie Schoelzel [steel], Vernon Taylor [bass], Bobby Rogers [fiddle], Gill Baca [piano]. Producer: Charlie Fitch)
005 ACA 2890 KOREAN LOVE SONG SARG 104
006 ACA 2891 I GET FOOLED  SARG 104/BCD 16296
007 ACA 3081 SWEEPING UP THE ASHES (OF OUR LOVE) SARG 111/ BCD 16296
008 ACA 3082 CABARET WALTZ SARG 118
19 January 1955 ACA Sound And Film Studios, 5522 Washington Ave., Houston, TX – Neal Merritt and The Bandits (Neal Merritt [vcl], Larry Nolen [ld gt], Joe Pruneda [steel], Slimbo Mills [bass], Ricky Aguirre [drums], Rusty Hornbeak [fiddle], Gil Baca [piano]. Producer: Charlie Fitch)
009 ACA 3083 THERE'S AN HOUR TO EVERY MINUTE SARG 111/ BCD 16296
010 ACA 3252 I GAVE YOU A RING SARG 118 / BCD 16296
March 1956 poss. Gold Star Recording Studio, 5628 Brock St., Houston, TX- Neal Merritt
011 ST-2424 WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE Starday 45-237
012 ST-2425 NO ONE BUT YOU 45-260
013 ST-2426 SOMEDAY YOU‘LL PAY 45-260
014 ST-2427 YOU HAD TO DO ME WRONG 45-237
ca. late 1956 poss. Gold Star Recording Studio, 5628 Brock St., Houston, TX - Neal Merritt
015 ST-2520 I’VE GOT TO CRY 45-281
016 ST-2521 THE FUNNIEST FEELING 45-281
1961 unknown – Neal Merritt
017 2024 CAN YOU Manco 1014
018 2025 STOP TALKING Manco 1014
1962 unknown – Neal Merritt
019 2062 HEARTBREAK SCHOOL Manco 1027
020 2063 IS THIS LOVE Manco 1027
1962 unknown – Neal Merritt
021 NO LONGER IN MY HEART Manco 1040
022 DON’T GO TEELING ON ME Manco 1040
14 January 1964 [no 11222] Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Neal Merritt (Producer: Marvin Hughes)
023 39779 A WET BIRD NEVER FLIES Capitol 5182
024 39780-6 YOUR NAME'S BECOME A HOUSEHOLD WORD Capitol 5182
21 August 1964 [no 11855] Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Neal Merritt (Producer: Marvin Hughes)
025 51487 I'M JUST A RECORD unissued
026 51488 IF I CAN'T HAVE TOMORROW unissued
027 51489-1 I GOT FOOLED 5329
028 51490 TOO CLOSE TO HOME 5329
1965 unknown – Neal Merritt
029 ZTSP-101499 SAFER THAN LOVING YOU Bragg 217
030 ZTSP-101500 THE END OF MY ROPE Bragg 217
ca. October 1966 Nashville, TN – Neal Merritt (Producer: Bobo, Pennington)
031 SO 3883/ZTSB-127589 GENTLEMEN BE SEATED Boone 1053
032 SO 3884/ZTSB-127590 AIN'T LOVE A HURTIN' THING 1053
ca October 1968 Nashville, TN – Neal Merritt (Producer: Pete Drake)
033 ST-5418/ZTSB-132750 I LIKE TO BOOZE IT Stop ST 233
034 ST-5419/ZTSB-132751 BARTENDER, SELL ME THE BAR ST 233
ca. March 1969 Nashville, TN – Neal Merritt (Producer: Tommy Hill, Pete Drake)
035 ST-5671 IT'S GOOD TO MY BODY ST 281
036 ST-5672 E-CHORD ST 281


SINGLES
SARG (1953-55)
101-45 Korean Love Song / There's An Hour to Every Minute - 54
102-45 (Little) Coquette / Don’t Go Tellin‘ Lies On Me - 54
104-45 Korean Love Song / I Got Fooled – 07-54 (rev. July 17)
111-45 Sweeping Up The Ashes / There's An Hour to Every Minute – 55
118-45 I Gave You A Ring / Cabaret – ca 08-55
Starday (1956)
45-237 What's The Difference / You Had To Do Me Wrong – 04-56
45-260 No One But You / Someday You'll Pay – 08-56 (rev. Sept. 1)
45-281 I've Got To Cry / The Funniest Feeling - 02-57
Manco
ML 1014 Can You / Stop Talking - 61
ML 1027 Heartbreak School / Is This Love - 62
ML 1040 Don’t Go Telling On Me / No Longer In My Heart - 62
Capitol (1964)
5182 A Wet Bird Never Flies / Your Name's Become A Household Word – 25-05-64
5329 Too Close To Home / I Got Fooled – 12-64
Bragg (1965)
B-217 A Safer Than Loving You / The End of My Rope - 65
Boone (1966)
1053 Ain't Love A Hurtin' Thing / Gentlemen, Be Seated – 02-67
Stop (1968-69)
ST 233 I Like To Booze It / Bartender, Sell Me The Bar – 10-68
ST 281 It's Good To My Body / E-Chord – 05-69
 

Tony Stampley



2nd version
By Praguefrank, Rog Peyton
SESSIONS
2000 Creative Recording, 2806 Azalea Ave., Nashville, TN/Abtrax Studio, Nashville, TN – Tony Stampley (Tony Stampley [vcl], John D. Willis [gt], Joe Spivey [gt/ mandolin/ fiddle], Curt Ryle [ac gt], Biff Watson [ac gt], Larry Beaird [ac gt], John Jorgenson [el gt], Troy Lancaster [el gt], J.T. Corenflos [el gt], Scotty Sanders [slide gt/ steel], Paul Franklin [steel], ? [bass], Lonnie Wilson/ Wayne Killius/ Milton Sledge [drums], Aubrey Haynie/ Wanda Vick [fiddle], Steve Nathan [piano/ keyboards], Dennis Burnside [piano/ string synthesizer], Jim Ed Brown [piano], Chip Davis, John Wesley Ryles, Wes Hightower, Tammy Pierce [bck vcl]. Producer: Tony Stampley)
001 AMERICAN OFFLINE Tri Chord 33002 DreamWorks 450350-2
002 ANOTHER COLD ONE Tri Chord 33002 DreamWorks 450350-2
003 DREAMIN' AGAIN Tri Chord 33002 DreamWorks 450350-2
004 DIRT ROAD ROCK 'N' ROLL Tri Chord 33002 DreamWorks 450350-2
005 I HATE TO SEE YOU GO Tri Chord 33002 DreamWorks 450350-2
006 ONE BAD HABIT Tri Chord 33002 DreamWorks 450350-2
007 DR. JESUS Tri Chord 33002 DreamWorks 450350-2
008 HE NEVER SAID HE LOVED ME Tri Chord 33002 DreamWorks 450350-2
009 YOU WON'T MIND THE RAIN Tri Chord 33002 DreamWorks 450350-2
010 ONE SHOT Tri Chord 33002 DreamWorks 450350-2
011 I KNOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT UP YOUR SLEEVE Tri Chord 33002 DreamWorks 450350-2
2001 Nashville, TN – Tony Stampley (Tony Stampley [vcl], Ted Hewitt [ac gt], Pat Buchanon [el gt], David Hungate [bass], Chris McHugh [drums], Gordon Mate [piano]
012 NO BLUE ON THIS BIKE BRO‘ 2001
2001 Nashville, TN – Tony Stampley (Tony Stampley [vcl], Curt Ryle [ac gt/lap steel-5], Troy Lancaster [el gt/bck vcl], Gary Hogue [steel-3/bck vck-4]], Kevin Grant [bass], Wayne Killis [drums], Jim Brown [Hammond B3-1/piano-2/Wurlitzer-6], Danni Leigh, Troy Seals [bck vcl-4])
013 PARTY IN THE BLACK HILLS -1 BRO‘ 2001
014 700#S OF FEEL GOOD -2-3-4  BRO‘ 2001
015 CHOPPER CHARLEY -5-6  BRO‘ 2001
000 BROTHERS OF THE ROAD*  BRO‘ 2001
2002 The Tracking Room, 2 Music Circle East, Nashville, TN – Tony Stampley (Producer: James Stroud)
016 BAD GIRL (LOOKING FOR A GOOD TIME) DreamWorks 50379/450350-2
017 WASTE OF GOOD WHISKEY DreamWorks 50379/450350-2


2013 Nashville, TN – Tony Stampley
018 SHE REMINDS ME OF YOU Shongaloo 1777
019 I'VE BEEN THERE Shongaloo 1777
020 IT AIN'T THE CLOTHES THAT MAKE THE MAN Shongaloo 1777
021 CAN'T STOP A HEART FROM BREAKIN' Shongaloo 1777
022 TONIGHT WAS MADE FOR TWO OF US Shongaloo 1777
023 RHINESTONE COWBOY Shongaloo 1777
024 HOME WASN'T BUILT IN A DAY Shongaloo 1777
025 WHEN I GET ON A ROLL Shongaloo 1777
026 IT AIN'T ALL GOOD BUT IT AIN'T HALF BAD Shongaloo 1777
027 DOCTOR JESUS Shongaloo 1777
 


ALBUMS
Tri Chords TCD 69560-33002-2 Rebelution
: American Offline; Another Cold One; Dreamin' Again; Dirt Road Rock 'N' Roll; I Hate To See You Go; One Bad Habit; Dr. Jesus; He Never Said He Loved Me; You Won't Mind The Rain; One Shot; I Know What You've Got Up Your Sleeve – 19-09-00 (Reissued on DreamWorks 450350-2 in 2002 with added songs Bad Girl (Looking For A Good Time); Waste Of Good Whiskey)
BRO‘ 2001 Brothers Of The Road, vol. 1: Going to Daytona – Montgomery Gentry; Let That Harley Roll – Confederate Railroad; Steel Horses – Cory Batten; She Rides the Wind – Anita Cochran; Fire It Up – Hughie Thomasson and the Outlaws; A Scooter Blues – Troy Seals;  Hardly a Harley – Brady Seals; No Blues on This Bike – Tony Stampley; I Want a Motorcycle Mama – Danni Leigh; Angels, Brothers and Friends - Hughie Thomasson and the Outlaws;  Party in the Black Hills – Tony Stampley; 700#s of Feel Good – Tony Stampley; Chopper Charley – Tony Stampley;  Brothers of the Road – all artists – 01 various artists project


Shongaloo 1777 When I Get On A Roll: She Reminds Me Of You; I've Been There; It Ain't The Clothes That Make The Man; Can't Stop A Heart From Breakin'; Tonight Was Made For Two Of Us; Rhinestone Cowboy; Home Wasn't Built In A Day; When I Get On A Roll; It Ain't All Good But It Ain't Half Bad; Doctor Jesus.-  06-08-13
 



SINGLES
Dreamworks (2002)
50379 Waste Of Good Whiskey / Bad Girl (Looking For A Good Time) - 02

Earl Brothers



By Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
2003 Studio Bob, San Francisco, CA – The Earl Brothers (Robert Earl Davis [ld vcl/banjo], John McKelvy [ld vcl/gt], Steve Pottier [vcl/mandolin], Pat Campbell [vcl/bass]. Producer: Bob Lindner)
001 BEEN SITTIN' HERE DRINKIN'  Big Hen Music 00001
002 MOUNTAIN RUMPUS  Big Hen Music 00001
003 CLUCK OL' HEN  Big Hen Music 00001
004 BROKEN MOTOR  Big Hen Music 00001  
005 GOOD THING GONE WRONG  Big Hen Music 00001
006 BENDER  Big Hen Music 00001
007 HARD TIMES DOWN THE ROAD  Big Hen Music 00001  
008 HOTEL HELL  Big Hen Music 00001  
009 DON'T DRINK FROM A WHISKEY BOTTLE  Big Hen Music 00001  
010 WHISKEY BOUND  Big Hen Music 00001  
011 BAD ROAD OF REGRET  Big Hen Music 00001
012 I WON'T BE COMING HOME  Big Hen Music 00001 
2005 Studio Bob, San Francisco, CA – The Earl Brothers (Robert Earl Davis [ld vcl/banjo], John McKelvy [ld vcl/gt], Larry Hughes [vcl/mandolin], Josh Sidman [vcl/bass]. Producer: Bob Lindner)
013 HARD TIMES AND HEARTBREAKS  Big Hen Music 00002  
014 ANOTHER BROKEN HEARTED FOOL  Big Hen Music 00002
015 LEAK'S BOUNCE  Big Hen Music 00002
016 RATTLESNAKE POISON  Big Hen Music 00002
017 OLD GUN ROAD  Big Hen Music 00002
018 DREADFUL DAY  Big Hen Music 00002
019 O POOR BETTY  Big Hen Music 00002
020 DON'T PLAY THE JUKEBOX  Big Hen Music 00002
021 HILLBILLY HERO  Big Hen Music 00002
022 GIRL WITH THE LONG BLACK HAIR  Big Hen Music 00002
023 TOO MANY WOMEN TOO LITTLE TIME  Big Hen Music 00002
024 OH DEATH IS CALLING ME  Big Hen Music 00002   
2007 Studio Bob, San Francisco, CA – The Earl Brothers (Robert Earl Davis [ld vcl/banjo], Danny Morris [tnr vcl/gt],  Larry Hughes [ld vcl-1/mandolin], James Touzel [bass], Bill Foss [fiddle-2]. Producer: Bob Lindner)
025 TRAIN OF SORROW  Big Hen Music 00003
026 HEARTBREAK GAME  Big Hen Music 00003
027 HELL ON THE HIGHWAY  Big Hen Music 00003
028 DARK DAYS  Big Hen Music 00003
029 CROSSING RICHMOND  Big Hen Music 00003
030 TROUBLES TO BLAME  Big Hen Music 00003
031 GOING WALKING -1  Big Hen Music 00003
032 MOONSHINE  Big Hen Music 00003
033 BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD  Big Hen Music 00003
034 ROOSTER RUCKUS  Big Hen Music 00003
035 TOO YOUNG TO GO  Big Hen Music 00003
036 LIFE FULL OF TROUBLE  -2 Big Hen Music 00003 
2010 Studio Bob, San Francisco, CA – The Earl Brothers (Robert Earl Davis [ld vcl/banjo], Danny Morris [tnr vcl/gt],  Larry Hughes [mandolin], James Touzel [bass], Tom Lucas [fiddle]. Producer: Bob Lindner)
2010 unknown, CA – The Earl Brothers
037 GOING BACK HOME  Big Hen Music 0004
038 LIGHTNING  Big Hen Music 0004
039 TROUBLES  Big Hen Music 0004
040 COLD AND LONESOME  Big Hen Music 0004
041 WHEN THE LOVIN'S ALL OVER  Big Hen Music 0004
042 RED TOP RUMBLE  Big Hen Music 0004
043 SWEET BYE AND BYE  Big Hen Music 0004
044 THINKING OF YOU  Big Hen Music 0004
045 CRUEL LOVERS GAME  Big Hen Music 0004
046 WON'T BE AROUND ANYMORE  Big Hen Music 0004
047 WALK IN THE LIGHT  Big Hen Music 0004
August 2012 Studio Bob, San Francisco, CA – The Earl Brothers (Robert Earl Davis [vcl/banjo], Thomas Wille [vcl/gt], Jack Butler [gt-4], Bill Foss [mandolin-1], Marvin Waldo [mandolin-2], James Touzel [bass], Tom Lucas [fiddle],Jody Richardson [fiddle-3]. Producer: Bob Lindner)
048 ARKANSAS LINE -2  Big Hen Music 5
049 HARD TIMES DOWN THE ROAD  Big Hen Music 5
050 SOLDIER -1 Big Hen Music 5
051 REBEL'S ROMP -3  Big Hen Music 5
052 HEY HEY  Big Hen Music 5
053 DON'T THINK ABOUT ME UNKINDLY -1-4 Big Hen Music 5
054 CHEATER  Big Hen Music 5
055 BAD MAN -3 Big Hen Music 5
056 BONE DOWN -3  Big Hen Music 5  



ALBUMS

Big Hen Music 00001 Whiskey, Women And Death: Been Sittin' Here Drinkin'; Mountain Rumpus; Cluck Ol' Hen; Broken Motor; Good Thing Gone Wrong; Bender; Hard Times Down The Road; Hotel Hell; Don't Drink From A Whiskey Bottle; Whiskey Bound; Bad Road Of Regret; I Won't Be Coming Home - 04
Big Hen Music 000002 Troubles To Blame: Hard Times and Heartbreaks;  Another Broken Hearted Fool; Leak's Bounce; Rattlesnake Poison; Old Gun Road; Dreadful Day; O Poor Betty; Don't Play The Jukebox; Hillbilly Hero; Girl With The Long Black Hair; Too Many Women Too Little Time; Oh Death Is Calling Me  - 22-12-05
Big Hen Music 000003 Moonshine: Train Of Sorrow; Heartbreak Game; Hell On The Highway; Dark Days; Crossing Richmond; Troubles To Blame; Going Walking; Moonshine; By The Side Of The Road; Rooster Ruckus; Too Young To Go; Life Full Of Trouble  - 21-03-08
Big Hen Music 0004 The Earl Brothers: Going Back Home; Lightning; Troubles; Cold and Lonesome; When The Lovin's All Over; Red Top Rumble; Sweet Bye and Bye; Thinking of You; Cruel Lovers Game; Won't Be Around Anymore; Walk In the Light - 10
Big Hen Music 5  Outlaw Hillbilly: Arkansas Line; Hard Times Down The Road; Soldier; Rebel's Romp; Hey Hey; Don't Think About Me Unkindly; Cheater; Bad Man; Bone Down - 21-08-12

Terry Brown




by Praguefrank

SESSIONS

2010 unknown – Terry Brown
001 BORN A HUNDRED YEARS TOO LATE
002 ODE TO THE COWBOY
003 SILVER SPUR
004 THE DROVER
005 RUN WITH THE DEVIL
006 LAND OF THE GUN
007 ROCKIN' CHAIR COWBOY
008 AIN'T THIS FUN
009 THE RIDE OF MY LIFE
010 NOBODY WANTS TO BE A COWBOY ANYMORE
tracks above issued on album A Cowboy...Born a Hundred Years Too Late
2011 unknown – Terry Brown
011 RIDE COWBOY RIDE
012 IT'S A COWBOY THANG
013 ANOTHER BRONC TO RIDE
014 LONG TRAIL HOME
015 HURRY SUNDOWN
016 FOLLOW YOUR HEART
017 THE LEGEND OF SILVER MOUNTAIN
018 LIFE IS JUST A CRAPSHOOT
019 COWGIRLS MAKE THE RULES
020 FRIENDS
tracks above issued on album Ir’s A Cowboy Thing



ALBUMS

THB ? (UPC691509100829) A Cowboy...Born a Hundred Years Too Late: Born a Hundred Years Too Late; Ode to the Cowboy; Silver Spur; The Drover; Run With the Devil; Land of the Gun; Rockin' Chair Cowboy; Ain't This Fun; The Ride of My Life; Nobody Wants to Be a Cowboy Anymore – 15-06-11
THB ? (UPC822371139215) It's a Cowboy Thang: Ride Cowboy Ride; It's a Cowboy Thang; Another Bronc to Ride; Long Trail Home; Hurry Sundown; Follow Your Heart; The Legend of Silver Mountain; Life Is Just a Crapshoot; Cowgirls Make the Rules; Friends – 03-12