Sunday, January 31, 2016

Jack Reedy and His Walker Mountain String Band - Brunswick 221


Jack Reedy and His Walker Mountain String Band - Brunswick 221
Chinese Breakdown / Ground Hog
recorded mid-February, 1928 in Ashland, Kentucky

Here is another "only disc issued" by an artist. Jack Reedy recorded with The Hill Billies and The Smyth County Ramblers also, but this is the only disc issued as by him with his own group. Both tunes are common string band tunes, but done quite well here. Happy listening!

Click here to download Jack Reedy and His Walker Mountain String Band - Brunswick 221

Historical Ballads Of The Tennessee Valley



Here`s a neat LP, and I think quite rare. What we have here is an LP of songs of things Tennessee. Topical type songs. Some of these songs can be heard elsewhere, but I think some of the songs on this may be unique to this LP.  The back of the cover mentions a booklet that would come with the LP, but unfortunatley, as usual with LP`s, it is missing. Happy downloading!


Click here to download Historical Ballads Of The Tennessee Valley

The Bill Ring Show - #39-40






Here`s the Next Bill Ring Show----enjoy!

Track list for show #39---
1.  Get Your Kicks On Route 66 - Bill Ring
2. I Wonder Where You Are Tonight - Doc Martin
3. Three Ways Of Knowin` - Slim Wilson & The Tall Timber Trio
4. Eat It Up, Wear It Out, Make It Do - Bill Ring
5. Grapevine Swing - Speedy Haworth
6. The Cry Of The Lamb - Bill Ring

Track list for show #40---
1. Won`t You Ride In My Little Red Wagon - Bill Ring
2. Jealous Lies - Doc Martin
3. If You Don`t Believe I`m Leavin`, Just Count The Days I`m Gone - Sally Briggs
4. Crazy Heart - Bill Ring
5. Busy Body - Speedy Haworth
6. The Old Rugged Cross - Bill Ring

Click here to download The Bill Ring Show - #39-40

Sunday, January 24, 2016

Weaver Brothers - Columbia 15487-D


Weaver Brothers - Columbia 45487-D
You Came Back To Me / Prison Sorrows
recorded October 22, 1929 in Johnson City, Tennessee

Here is another group that only had one disc issued. I don`t have any information about them other than their names were Vance & Wiley Weaver and that Lonnie Austin and Roy Harvey are on the sides with them. They have sort of a Charlie Poole band sound. Neither of the songs are unique or rare as they had both been recorded elsewhere on other labels.

Click here to download Weaver Brothers - Columbia 15487-D

"Missing" Roy Acuff LP`s


Here is three Roy Acuff LP`s that a blog fan had mentioned I hadn`t posted. It`s probably been two years or more since the blog fan had contacted me and asked why I didn`t post them My reply was that all the songs on them were already on the blog on other LP1s or 45`s. He brought it to my attention that there were a few songs that are unique to these LP`s, or that they are different takes than issued elsewhere etc. Sure enough he was right. So I had put these three discs in the pile to transfer and promptly forgot about them. Ha ha! So I was digging through a pile of records a couple of weeks ago and "re"-found these discs. I think with these three discs posted all of his Hickory material is either downloadable here or can be bought on cd. So here we go---







Click here to download Roy Acuff - Treasury Of Country Hits


This Back In The Country LP is the biggest question mark in the lot. There is TWO Hickory LP`s with this title. The two LP`s have mostly different songs on them. I had assumed that both had the same material on them, just having different covers. I believe this one may have been released overseas.


Click here to download Roy Acuff - Back In The Country (Hickory 4507)


The Time LP was a British release. It seems the London and Hickory labels was connected in some way.


Click here to download Roy Acuff - Time


The Bill Ring Show - #37-38






Here`s the next Bill Ring Show. Enjoy!

Track list show #37---
1. The Tennessee Central #9
2. guitar solo - Speedy Haworth
3. Sparkling Blue Eyes - Slim Wilson & The Tall Timber Trio
4. A Shanty In Old Shanty Town - Bill Ring
5. Butterfingers - Doc Martin
6. Where He Leads Me I Will Follow - Bill Ring

Track list Show #38---
1. The Love Bug Itch - Bill Ring
2. Bootheel Drag - Doc Martin
3. I`m Gonna Walk And Talk With My Lord - Sally Briggs
4. P.S. I Love You - Bill Ring
5. guitar solo - Speedy Haworth
6. My Melancholy Baby - Bill Ring

Click here to download The Bill Ring Show - #37-38

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

The Pickard Family in the 1950`s - 78 on Coast 253, 45 on Coral 61602


Here`s a post of a group that was pretty popular on WSM`s Grand Ole Opry and WLS`s Barn Dance in the 1920`s. They also recorded many records in the 1920`s. Sometime in the late 1930`s of in the 1940`s they went west to California and I think they had a radio show. Then they did have a very early TV show, likely about the first country music show on any TV station. They were active up into the late 1950`s at least. They recorded an LP which I posted here a few years back. Apparantly they made a few other sporadic recordings in the early to mid 1950`s , as evidenced by my post here today.


I have no information about the session for this 78, I`d just guess very early 1950`s. It`s in fine condition and sounds great! Songs are Cindy and How Many Biscuits Can You Eat. This is about my favorite version of How Many Biscuits Can You Eat as Obed "Dad" Pickard gets pretty spirited with his singing when its his turn to sing.

Click here to download The Pickard Family - Coast 253


I don`t know anything about this session either, I`d just guess mid 1950`s. I`d say this is the only 45 issued by The Pickard Family. Tunes are Keep On The Sunny Side and Tell Me Who. Tell Me Who turns out to be a pretty interesting version of the song Who`s Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot, sometimes called Green Valley Waltz.

Click here to download The Pickard Family - Coral 61602

Ray Kinney and his Hawaiians - Sweet Hawaiian Moonlight - 78 album



We are having some nasty weather, so here`s some fine Hawaiian music to help keep us warm. My set is in almost mint condition, so sound quality is pretty great on these 78`s.

Song list---
1. Ka-Lu-A
2. Hawaiian Love
3. Drowsy Waters (Wailana Waltz)
4. Aloma
5. Pagan Love Song
6. Sweet Hawaiian Moonlight (Tell Her Of My Love)
7. One-Two-Three-Four
8. Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula
9. Blue Pacific Moonlight
10. Honolulu


Click here to download Ray Kinney and his Hawaiians - Sweet Hawaiian Moonlight

Jodie and Odie - reo 1006



Here is an odd one, total slap-stick comic song on one side and a song with a moral on the other side. This was also issued on a 78 on a few different labels, also as a 45 on some other labels. Jodie is Cousin Jody, the old country comic that plays crazy lap steel. Odie (I can`t think of his last name right now) was a comic/bass player that sometimes played with Roy Acuff.


Click here to download Jodie and Odie - reo 1006

Lulu-Belle & Scotty - KaHill 1013



Here`s a fun side to hear. Lulu Belle and Scotty were quite popular artists associated with the WLS Barn Dance out of Chicago and started recording in the 1930`s. Im guessing this 45 is from the early 1960`s. The tune on the other side is Now We`ll Waltz.

Click here to download Lulu-Belle & Scotty - KaHill 1013

The Bill Ring Show #35-36



Here`s the next installment of The Bill Rig Show---

Track list for #35---
1. M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I - Bill Ring
2. Crying In The Deep Blue Sea - Speedy Haworth
3. E String Rag - Slim Wilson And The Tall Timber Trio
4. Chained To A Memory Of You - Bill Ring
5. Beaver Fever - Doc Martin
6. Cool Water - Bill Ring

Track list for #36---
1. Blacksmith Blues - Bill Ring
2. Here Today And Gone Tomorrow - Speedy Haworth
3. Ask My Heart - Sally Briggs
4. Searching For My Ideal - Bill Ring
5. Stompin` At The Riverside - Dock Martin
6. Viya Con Dios - Bill Ring

Click here to download The Bill Ring Show - #35-36

Billy Bishop - Challenge 308, Gennett 6203



Billy Bishop - Challenge 308
Medley Of Old Time Favorites - Part 1 / Medley Of Old Time Favorites - Part 2
recorded June 27, 1927 in St. Paul, Minnesota

Here`s the next installment of the "only disc recorded" series. I have no information on Billy Bishop. I assumed back when I first got this disc that Billy Bishop was likely a pseudonym for Walter Peterson, which was a man that also recorded many solo harmonica/guitar sides for the old Gennett label and was issued on many different labels and sold mostly through mail order catalogs like Sears.etc, but apparantly not. The material of the artists is quite similar, mostly old pop type tunes and old traditional songs. Song titles for Part 1 is Cricket On The Hearth, Shade Of The Pines and White Wings, Part 2 is Listen To The Mocking  Bird and Annie Laurie. Happy downloading!

Click here to download Billy Bishop - Challenge 308

Archie Campbell - Bedtime Stories For Adults


Here`s a fun listen, and Archie is at his usual high level of story telling. The title leads you to believe you are going to hear some "naughty" stories. Some are a little suggestive, but by today`s standards there is nothing "adult" to be heard here. Happy sleeping!






Click here to download Archie Campbell - Bedtime Stories For Adults