Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Billy Don Burns



*1949 Stone County, AR
2nd version
by Praguefrank, Kent Heineman, Lillies Ohlsson, Mario Manciotti, Lennart Gustavsson
SESSIONS
March 1971 Nashville, TN – Billy Don Burns (Producer: Shane Wilder)
001 SoN 95371 SHE HASN'T BEEN A LADY VERY LONG Soun Cot SC 1117
002 SoN 95372 TUCKER FARM  Soun Cot SC 1117
ca 1971 Nashville, TN – Billy Don Burns
003 SoN 99551 YOUR MAMA'S EYES Soun Cot SC-1126
004 SoN 99552 JEANNIE  Soun Cot SC-1126
ca 1974 unknown – Billy Don Burns
005 WESTBOUND HIGHWAY Shotgun SMC 746
006 TWO TIME WOMAN  Shotgun SMC 746
1975 unknown – Billy Don Burns and Jimmy Getzen as Travis Brothers
unknown tracks for unknown gospel album
btw 1975-1976 unknown – Billy Don Burns and Jimmy Getzen as Travis Brothers
T11 JAMBALAYA 4-star-4S-SP-111
T12 RUBY 4S-SP-103 Challenge SH-SP-2002
T13 GREAT SPECIAL BIRD 4S-SP-108
T14 GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME 4S-SP-109
1977 unknown – Billy Don Burns (Producer: Joe Johnson)
007 77-077 HE‘S THE ONE SHE'S LIVING FOR 4 Star 5-1029
008 77-078 MOTEL MOTHER LOVER 4 Star 5-1029/4S-SP-102
009 HEARTACHES BY THE NUMBER    4Star 4S-SP-105
010 BE ALRIGHT I ARKANSAS 4Star 4S-SP-106
011 77-081 SOUTHERN LADY 5-1032
012 77-082 THAT'S MADE ME A RAMBLIN' MAN 5-1032
013 DON’T PUNISH ME 4Star 4S-SP-114
1981 Nashville, TN – Billy Don Burns
014 RAMBLIN’ GYPSY Gypsy Woman CPI 10032 
015 AN OLD COUNTRY SONG Gypsy Woman CPI 10032 
016 MEXICAN WOMAN Gypsy Woman CPI 10032  
017 LOVE’S BIG CARROUSEL Jeremiah JH-1009 /Gypsy Woman CPI 10032 
018 RENDEZVOUS Gypsy Woman CPI 10032  
019 I’VE BEEN MISSING YOUR LIES Jeremiah JH-1009 /Gypsy Woman CPI 10032 
020 BLUE LADY Gypsy Woman CPI 10032 
021 TAKE ME ON HOME Gypsy Woman CPI 10032  
022 A TRIBUTE TO HANK WILLIAMS Gypsy Woman CPI 10032 
023 I’M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY Gypsy Woman CPI 10032 
024 JAMBALAYA Gypsy Woman CPI 10032
1984 unknown – Billy Don Burns
025 HEARTBREAK ALLEY Dream 84-101
1994 unknown – Billy Don Burns
026 THAT’S ALL RIGHT MVMG 1918 
027 OLD COUNTRY SONG MVMG 1918 
028 LONG LOST HIGHWAY MVMG 1918 
029 DAWN MVMG 1918 
030 IT AIN’T EASY MVMG 1918 
031 HOBBS, NEW MEXICO MVMG 1918 
032 DREAMERS LIKE ME MVMG 1918 
033 TRAVELIN’MUSICIAN AND A WOMAN WHO FLIES MVMG 1918 
034 BROKEN HEART BLVD. MVMG 1918 
035 HAGGARD AND HANK MVMG 1918 
1996 Bradley's Barn, Mt. Juliet, TN/Hank's Place, Commanche/ Fireside Recording Srudio, Nashville, TN/Soundsmith, Hendersonville, TN - Hank Cochran and Billy Don Burns, *with Willie Nelson (+Clinton Gregory [gt/fiddle/bck vcl], Joe Spivey [ac gt/fiddle], J.W. Younger [ac gt/bck vcl], Billy Don Burns [ac gt/bck vcl], Red Lane [ac gt], Jerry Laseter [el gt/bck vcl], Mike Baker [el gt], David Russell/Dale Reno [mandolin], Eddie Long/Jim Vest [steel/dobro], Owen Bradley [autoharp/piano], Don Wayne Reno [upright bass], Jeff Walikangas [el bass], Billy Sink/Clifford Thompson/Boo Boo McAfee [drums], Steve Thomas/Tommy Williams [fiddle], Scott Walker [harmonica], Scott Blackwell/Jeff Armstrong [piano], Wayne Jackson [horns], Craig Dillingham [bck vcl])
036 DESPERATE MEN Small Dog A Barkin SDB-7962-2
037 I WISH IT WAS THAT EASY GOING HOME Small Dog A Barkin SDB-7962-2
038 PATSY* Small Dog A Barkin SDB-7962-2
039 MEMORIES COST A LOT Small Dog A Barkin SDB-7962-2
040 THAT OLD FRIEND OF MINE Small Dog A Barkin SDB-7962-2
041 DEAD OR ALIVE Small Dog A Barkin SDB-7962-2
042 OUTLAWS AT THE CROSS Small Dog A Barkin SDB-7962-2
043 WAY TO MEXICO Small Dog A Barkin SDB-7962-2
044 DIABLO'S HIGHWAY Small Dog A Barkin SDB-7962-2
045 NO SHORTAGE OF THE BLUES Small Dog A Barkin SDB-7962-2
046 WOMAN BE CAREFUL Small Dog A Barkin SDB-7962-2
047 OUTSKIRTS OF DESPERATE Small Dog A Barkin SDB-7962-2
048 I'D BETTER WRITE IT DOWN Small Dog A Barkin SDB-7962-2
049 BROTHERS OF THE MUSIC Small Dog A Barkin SDB-7962-2
2001 unknown – Billy Don Burns (+Don Reno, Dale Reno, Jeff Williams, John Carter Cash)
050 LONESOME 7-7203  Cody Creek 4703
051 THE ONE WHO GOT AWAY  Cody Creek 4703
052 JAMES DEAN  Cody Creek 4703
053 WHERE WAS LOVE  Cody Creek 4703
054 FALL ON MY SWORD  Cody Creek 4703
055 CAN I COME  Cody Creek 4703
056 SARAI GREEN AND RUBY RED  Cody Creek 4703
057 DOWN HER MEMORY LANE  Cody Creek 4703
058 TALK ABOUT CRAZY  Cody Creek 4703
059 HANK WILLIAMS WOMAN  Cody Creek 4703  
tracks above issued on album A Train Called Lonesome
2004 Comanche Studio, Nashville, TN/Hipp Studios, Hendersonville, TN/John Scott Music, Nashville, TN/Riverside Studio, Nashville, TN – Billy Don Burns (Billy Don Burns [vcl/ac gt, bck vcl], Jeff Williams [gt/bck vcl],  Leo Jackson [ac gt], Willie Nelson [ac gt], Jerry Laseter [gt, 12-string gt], Eugene Moles [gt], Jeff Williams [gt], James Mitchell [gt], Charlie White [gt], John Scott [ac gt/dobro/piano], Don Wayne Reno [banjo], Dale Reno [mandolin], Russ Freeman /Leon Watson [bass instrument, bass gt], Jake Byers/Chad Mize [bass instrument], Jay Weaver [bass gt], Boo Boo McAfee/Boo-Boo McAfee/Bobby Siegler [drums], Deanie Richardson [fiddle], Jeff Armstrong [piano], Scott Walker [harmonica], Amber Williams [back vcl],  Mark Beckett [drums])
060 MISSISSIPPI  Rust 10201
061 I WAS THERE  Rust 10201
062 HAGGARD AND HANK  Rust 10201
063 DARK SIDE OF THE SPOON  Rust 10201
064 NO MAN'S LAND  Rust 10201
065 SAILING DOWN THE NILE  Rust 10201
066 PATSY  Rust 10201
067 KEITH WHITLEY BLUE  Rust 10201
068 RUNNIN' DRUGS OUT OF MEXICO  Rust 10201
069 FULL BLOWN ADDICT  Rust 10201
070 ROCK ON  Rust 10201
071 TIRED AND TROUBLED SOLDIERS  Rust 10201  [radio ed.] Rust 10201
072 GIVE MY LOVE TO ROSE  Rust 10201 
2006 unknown – Billy Don Burns
072a 49 FORD  Hotdisc 98
HOT DISC 98 – FEBRUARY 2007 (2007). Accordings to sleve tracks above is from album Can’t Get There from here. No details on this album found
2008 Hamm’s private appartment, Berlin, GER – Billy Don Burns (Billy Don Burns [vcl/gt])
073 DEAD OR ALIVE  Rockin’H 70000 
074 GAYLOR CREEK CHURCH  Rockin’H 70000 
075 LONG LOST HIGHWAY  Rockin’H 70000 
076 DESPERATE MEN  Rockin’H 70000 
077 WHEN LONESOME COMES AROUND  Rockin’H 70000
078 LOVING ARMS  Rockin’H 70000 
079 WOMAN BE CAREFUL  Rockin’H 70000
080 JACK DANIELS JOHN HENRY AND ME  Rockin’H 70000
081 OUTLAWS AT THE CROSS  Rockin’H 70000
082 ALL THAT SHE PUT HIM THROUGH  Rockin’H 70000
083 BROTHERS OF THE MUSIC  Rockin’H 70000
084 YOU WIN AGAIN  Rockin’H 70000  
2012 Palmietto Studios, Nashville, TN – Billy Don Burns  (Billy Don Burns [vcl/ac gt], Aaron David Rodgers [ac gt/el  gt/dobro/piano/keyboards/hmnyvcl], Jerry Laeseter [ac gt/el gt/hmny vcl], Brad Wolf [ac gt], Doug Seven [el gt], Brannon Macaleb [banjo],  Cowboy Eddie Long/ Kevin Owens/ Robby Turner [steel gt], Clinton Gregory [fiddle], Scott Sweepy Walter [harmonica], Kevin Grant [piano/ keyboards/ bass gt], Jon Coleman/ Joey Huffman [hammond B3], Eddie Dunbar[bass gt/hmny vcl], Gary Nance [bass gt], Chris  Wood/ Richie Albright/ Preston Stanfill [drums], Cadie Calhoun, Simone Gillespie, Leandra Gillespie, Lamanda Gillespie, Chrislynn Jones [bck vcls], Producer: Aaron David Rodgers, Billy Don Burns)
085 HONKY TONK SINGER Rusty Knuckles Music RK 18
086 WOULDN`T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY Rusty Knuckles Music RK 18
087 GAYLOR CREEK CHURCH Rusty Knuckles Music RK 18
088 IS HE THE WRITER Rusty Knuckles Music RK 18
089 BORN TO RIDE Rusty Knuckles Music RK 18
090 STRANGER Rusty Knuckles Music RK 18
091 IT WOULD KILL MAMA Rusty Knuckles Music RK 18
092 DIABLO´S HIGHWAY Rusty Knuckles Music RK 18
093 HEART BREAKDOWN Rusty Knuckles Music RK 18
094 THAT´S ALRIGHT Rusty Knuckles Music RK 18
095 AARON RODGERS AND ME Rusty Knuckles Music RK 18
096 WHEN LONESOME COMES AROUND Rusty Knuckles Music RK 18
2015? [demo sessions] The Joshua Tree Inn, Room 8, 61259 Twentynine Palms Highway, Joshua Tree, CA – Billy Don Burns
09601 OUTSKIRTS OF DESPERATE BCR 037 
09602 WILD DOGS BCR 037 
09603 DEAD OR ALIVE BCR 037 
09604 DESPERATE MEN BCR 037 
09605 WHERE WAS LOVE? BCR 037
09606 LESSON TOO LATE FOR THE LEARNING BCR 037 
09607 OUTLAWS AT THE CROSS BCR 037
09608 GYPSIES ROUND THE FIRE BCR 037
09609 THIS BROKEN HEART OF MINE BCR 037 
09610 ANGEL FIRE BCR 037
09611 WHEN GRAM PARSONS DIED I WAS PLAYIN' HANK BCR 037 

2016 unknown – Billy Don Burns, *with Lindsay Moore

097 NEON CIRCUS RKM 041
098 GRAHAM PARONS, HANK WILLIAMS AND ME RKM 041
099 THIS BROKEN HEART OF MINE RKM 041
100 I NEED SOMETHING REAL RKM 041
101 THE LAST THING ON MY MIND* RKM 041
102 GRAVEYARD IN MONTGOMERY RKM 041
103 TRYING TO GET TO MEMPHIS RKM 041
104 DEAD OR ALIVE RKM 041
105 BULLET TRAIN RKM 041
106 END OF THE ROAD RKM 041
107 HEY WILLIE RKM 041 

2019 Nashville, TN – Billy Don Burns (Producer: Billy Don Burns, Jeff Williams, Mike Randolph)
108 RUNNIN' DRUGS OUT OF MEXICO  Country Rewind 217  
109 MEXICAN WOMAN  Country Rewind 217  
110 NO SHORTAGE OF THE BLUES  Country Rewind 217  
111 DAMN CRYIN' SHAME  Country Rewind 217  
112 STRANGER  Country Rewind 217
113 THE PRISON SONG  Country Rewind 217  
114 RAMBLING GYPSY  Country Rewind 217  
115 YOU LIED OUR LOVE AWAY  Country Rewind 217  
116 I LIKE TRAINS  Country Rewind 217  
117 NO GOD IN JUAREZ  Country Rewind 217  
118 WILD DOGS  Country Rewind 217  
119 HONKY TONK BOOTS  Country Rewind 217   
2020 unknown – Billy Don Burns/*Josh Morningstar
120 BROTHERS OF THE MUSIC INTRO
000 THE PLEA*
121 INTRO TO GAYLOR CREEK CHURCH
122 CHURCH AT GAYLOR CREEK
123 RAMBLIN' MAN TALK;
000 RAMBLIN' MAN CHAPTER 33*
124 TALKIN' ON HANK WILLIAMS
125 HANK WILLIAMS' WOMAN
126 HARD TOURING DIALOG
000 LET HER LEAVE*
127 RELIVING WRITING A SONG
128 OUTSKIRTS OF DESPERATE
000 JOSH TALKING ABOUT BILLY DON GOING OUT IN HIS BOOTS*
000 GOIN’ OUT IN MY BOOTS*
129 WRITING ON GRAM PARSONS
130 GRAM PARSONS
131 ROAD STORIES ABOUT OLD PHOTOS
000 FADED PHOTOS*
132 SPEAKING ON INFLUENCES
000 SANITARIUM LOVESICK BLUES*
133 PARTNERS OF THE ROAD
134 BROTHERS OF THE MUSIC
135 WRITING SONGS WITH MÍSTY
136 COOL PEOPLE PARTY (W. MISTY BROOKE JENNINGS)
137 MOTEL MADNESS
Tracks above issued on album Brothers Of The Music
2023 Hendersonville, TN/ Nashville, TN/ Smyrna, TN/ Muscle Shoals, AL – Billy Don Burns, with Shooter Jennings [-1], Cody Jinks [-2], Whey Jennings [-3], Wes Shipp [-4], Storey Boys [-5]
138 NEON CIRCUS -1 BCR 59   
139 ALL SHE PUT HIM THROUGH BCR 59    
140 DON'T CRY FOR ME BCR 59   
141 BORN TO RIDE BCR 59   
142 I'VE SEEN A LOT OF HIGHWAY -2 BCR 59    
143 I WENT CRAZY -3 BCR 59  
144 YOU CAN'T CHANGE ME -4 BCR 59   
145 SATAN IS A SON OF A BITCH -5 BCR 59   
146 THAT'S WHEN I KNEW BCR 59   
147 MOTEL MADNESS BCR 59      
148 MACK STORY BCR 59
149 TALK ABOUT CRAZY BCR 59

 





ALBUMS
Gypsy Woman CPI-10032 Ramblin’ Gypsy:  Ramblin’ Gypsy;  An Old Country Song;  Mexican Woman;  Love’s Big Carrousel;  Rendezvous;  I’ve Been Missing Your Lies;  Blue Lady;  Take Me On Home;  A Tribute To Hank Williams; I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry;  Jambalaya – 01-03-82
MVMG MVMG-1918 Long Lost Highway: That’s All Right; Old Country Song; Long Lost Highway; Dawn; It Ain’t Easy; Hobbs, New mexico; Dreamers Like Me; Travelin’Musician And A Woman Who Flies; Broken Heart Blvd.; Haggard And Hank – 94
Small Dog A Barkin SDB7962-2 Desperate Men: The Legend and The Outlaw: Desperate Men;  I Wish It Was That Easy Going Home;  Patsy;  Memories Cost a Lot;  That Old Friend of Mine;  Dead or Alive;  Outlaws at the Cross;  Way to Mexico;  Diablo's Highway;  No Shortage of the Blues;  Woman Be Careful;  Outskirts of Desperate;  I'd Better Write It Down;  Brothers of the Music – 11-02-97 w. Hank Cochran
Cody Creek 4703 A Train Called Lonesome: Lonesome 77203; The One Who Got Away;James Dean; Where Was Love; Fall on My Sword; Can I Come; Sarai Green and Ruby Red; Down Her Memory Lane; Talk About Crazy; Hank Williams Woman – 30-01-02
IndieMafia no # Heroes, Friends and Other Troubled Souls: Mississippi; I Was There; Haggard and Hank; Dark Side of the Spoon; No Man's Land; Sailing Down the Nile; Patsy; Keith Whitley Blue; Runnin' Drugs Out of Mexico; Full Blown Addict; Rock On; Tired and Troubled Soldiers; Give My Love to Rose; Tired & Troubled Soldiers [Radio Edit] – 04 (reissued in 2005 on Rust 102010
Rockin‘H 70000 Berlin Tapes: Dead or Alive; Gaylor Creek Church; Long Lost Highway; Desperate Men; When Lonesome Comes Around; Loving Arms; Woman be Careful; Jack Daniels John Henry and Me; Outlaws at the Cross; All That She Put Him Through; Brothers of the Music; You Win Again – 08
Rusty Knuckles Music RKM-018 Nights When I´m Sober – Portrait Of A Honky Tonk Singer:  Honky Tonk Singer; Wouldn´t Have It Any Other Way; Gaylor Creek Church; Is He The Writer; Born To Ride; Stranger; It Would Kill Mama; Diablo´s Highway; Heart Breakdown; That´s Alright; Aaron Rodgers And Me; When Lonesome Comes Around – 17-07-12 
BCR Los Angeles RSD 2016*/BCR 037 A Night In Room 8: Outskirts Of Desperate;  Wild Dogs;  Dead Or Alive;  Desperate Men;  Where Was Love?; Lesson Too Late For The Learning;  Outlaws At The Cross; Gypsies Round The Fire; This Broken Heart Of Mine;  Angel Fire; When Gram Parsons Died I Was Playin' Hank – 16-04-16 (*vinyl; Demos)
Rusty Knuckles RKM 041 Graveyard In Montgomery: Neon Circus; Graham Parons, Hank Williams and Me; This Broken Heart of Mine; I Need Something Real; The Last Thing on My Mind (feat. Lindsay Moore); Graveyard in Montgomery; Trying to Get to Memphis; Dead or Alive; Bullet Train; End of the Road; Hey Willie – 16-12-16
Country Rewind 217 The Country Blues: Runnin' Drugs out of Mexico; Mexican Woman; No Shortage of the Blues; Damn Cryin' Shame; Stranger; The Prison Song; Rambling Gypsy; You Lied Our Love Away; I Like Trains; No God in Juarez; Wild Dogs; Honky Tonk Boots - 13-03-20
Rusty Knuckles ?  Brothers Of The Music: Brothers of the Music Intro;  The Plea*;  Intro to Gaylor Creek Church; Church at Gaylor Creek; Ramblin' Man Talk; - Ramblin' Man Chapter 33*; Talkin' on Hank Williams; Hank Williams' Woman; Hard Touring Dialog; Let Her Leave*; Reliving Writing a Song; Outskirts of Desperate; Josh Talking about Billy Don Going out in his boots*; Goin’ Out In My Boots*; Writing on Gram Parsons;  Gram Parsons;  Road stories about old photos;  Faded Photos*;  Speaking on influences;  Sanitarium Lovesick Blues*; Partners of the road; Brothers Of The Music; Writing songs with Místy; - Cool People Party (w. Misty Brooke Jennings); Motel Madness - 11-12-20 Billy Don Burns, *Josh Morningstar (double)
Black Country Rock  BCR 59 I’ve Seen A Lot of Highway:  Neon Circus (w. Shooter Jennings);  All She Put Him Through;   Don't Cry for Me;  Born to Ride;  I've Seen a Lot of Highway (w. Cody Jinks);   I Went Crazy (w. Whey Jennings);  You Can't Change Me (w. Wes Shipp);  Satan Is a Son of a Bitch (w. Storey Boys);   That's When I Knew;  Motel Madness;     Mack Story; Talk About Crazy – 06-10-23
 

SINGLES
Soun Cot (1971)
SC 1117 She Hasn't Been a Lady Very Long / Tucker Farm – 05-71 (rev. May 8)
SC-1126 Your Mama's Eyes / Jeannie - 72
Shotgun
SMC 746 Westbound Highway / Two Time Woman – ca 74
4-Star
5-1029  He's The One She's Living For / Motel Mother Lover - 77
5-1032  Southern Lady / That's Made Me A Ramblin' Man – 01-78 (rev. Jan. 28)
Jeremiah (1981)
JH-1009 I've Been Missing Your Lies / Love's Big Carousel - 81
Dream (1984)
84-101 Heartbreak Alley / Heartbreak Alley - 84