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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Leon Morris

2nd version
By Praguefrank, Dick Grant, Mario Manciotti
SESSIONS
1970 Roy Homer and Associates, Clinton, MD – Buzz Busby and Leon Morris (Buzz Busby [vcl/mandolin], Leon Morris [vcl/gt], Lamar Grier [banjo], Ed Ferris [bass])
001 31170 JUST FOR A WHILE Rebel F-297
002 31270 SCRAMBLE Rebel F-297
1970 Roy Homer and Associates, Clinton, MD – Buzz Busby and Leon Morris (Buzz Busby [vcl/mandolin], Leon Morris [vcl/gt], Lamar Grier [banjo], Ed Ferris [bass])
003 7748 WARM RED WINE World Music 611
004 MULE SKINNER BLUES World Music 611
1970 Roy Homer and Associates, Clinton, MD – Buzz Busby and Bayou Boys (Buzz Busby [vcl/mandolin], Leon Morris [vcl/gt], Lamar Grier [banjo], Ed Ferris [bass])
005 RAMBLER Jan JR-004
1970 Roy Homer and Associates, Clinton, MD – Buzz Busby and Leon Morris (Buzz Busby [vcl/mandolin], Leon Morris [vcl/gt], Lamar Grier [banjo], Ed Ferris [bass])
006 THIS WORLD’S NO PLACE TO LIVE IN (BUT IT’S HOME) Rounder 0031/Rounder CD-1166-116658
007 AT THE END Rounder 0031
008 FLAT CREEK Rounder 0031
009 I STOOD ON THE BRIDGE AT MIDNIGHT Rounder 0031
1970 Roy Homer and Associates, Clinton, MD – Buzz Busby and Leon Morris (Buzz Busby [vcl/mandolin], Leon Morris [vcl/gt], Lamar Grier [banjo], Ed Ferris [bass])
010 LONG WAY FROM HOME Rounder 0031
011 FLY BIRD FLY Rounder 0031
012 ME AND THE JUKEBOX Rounder 0031
013 LIFE TO GO Rounder 0031
1971 poss. Jessup Recording Studio, 3150 Franklin Ave., Jacksin, MI - Leon Morris and The Bluegrass Associates (Leon Morris [vcl/gt], Buzz Busby [tnr vcl/mandolin], Lamar grier/Freddy Geiger [banjo], Russ Hooper [dobro], Bill Bailly/Ed Faris/Gary Henderson [bass])
014 ARE YOU FROM DIXIE Jessup MB-113
015 SELFISH HEART Jessup 128/MB-113
016 JESSIE JAMES Jessup MB-113
017 (IT'S A LONG WAY) TO THE TOP OF THE WORLD Jessup MB-113
018 LONELY HEART Jessup MB-113
019 UPSTAIRS IN THE BEDROOM Jessup MB-113
020 LENA Jessup MB-113
021 MUST YOU THROW DIRT IN MY FACE Jessup MB-113
022 SING ME BACK HOME Jessup MB-113
023 SITTING HERE WAITING FOR YOU Jessup 128/MB-113
024 I CAN FEEL IT IN MY HEART Jessup MB-113
025 ISN'T IT A BEAUTIFUL DAY Jessup MB-113
1972 Urban Recordings, Bethseda, MD – Buzz Busby and Leon Morris (Buzz Busby [vcl/mandolin], Leon Morris [vcl/gt], Bob Wilkerson [banjo], Jack Stoneman [bass])
026 JACK’S BASS Rounder 0031
027 RAMBLER Rounder 0031
028 JUST FOR A WHILE Rounder 0031
029 ALL THE GOOD TIMES ARE PAST AND GONE Rounder 0031
030 SCRAMBLE Rounder 0031
031 TRAVELIN’ DOWN THIS LONESOME ROAD Rounder 0031
1973 Urban Records, Bethseda, MD – Leon Morris and The Bluegrass Associates (Leon Morris [vcl/gt], Bob Wilkerson [banjo], Frankie short/Smiley Hobbs [mandolin], Ray Griffin/Gary Henderson [bass]. Producer: Leon Morris, Marvin Myrtle)
032 WALKIN' HOME TO PITTSBURG Folly 002/SF-002
033 FEUDIN' GRASS (FEUDIN' BANJOS) Folly 002/SF-002
034 NO LOVE HAVE I Folly SF-002
035 SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT Folly SF-002
036 OLD JOE CLARK Folly SF-002
037 LAST THING ON MY MIND Folly SF-002
038 BANKS OF THE OHIO Folly SF-002
039 NELLIE'S TUNE Folly SF-002
040 ROVIN' GAMBLER Folly SF-002
041 CRYIN' HOLY UNTO THE LORD Folly SF-002
042 SUGAR FOOT RAG Folly SF-002
043 HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT Folly SF-002
ca 1979 Urban Records, Bethseda, MD - Leon Morris and Associates (Leon Morris [ld and baritone vcl.gt], Larry Stephenson [tenor vcl/mandolin], Billy Wheeler [banjo], Mike Auldridge [dobro/steel], Ray Griffin [bass], Gordon Smith [drums])
044 PLACES AND FRIENDS I ONCE KNEW Country CS-6014
045 A GOOD HEARTED WOMAN Country CS-6014
046 THE PAIN OF LOVING YOU Country CS-6014
047 I'M GOING BACK TO SEE THE OLD HOME Country CS-6014
048 WINDS THAT BLEW ACROSS THE WILD MOOR Country CS-6014
049 I'M GOING HOME, SWEET HOME Country CS-6014
050 I'M WONDERING IF YOUR EVER COMING BACK Country CS-6014
051 THE GREEN ROLLING HILLS OF WEST VIRGINIA Country CS-6014
052 THE DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN Country CS-6014
053 BORN TO LOSE Country CS-6014
054 TAKE HEED TO THE BIBLE Country CS-6014
055 SWEET ALLIFAIR Country CS-6014
1980 poss. Urban Records, Bethseda, MD – Leon Morris
056 FOX ON THE RUN Country CS-6017
057 REBEL SOLDIER Country CS-6017
058 WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN Country CS-6017
059 ROCKY TOP Country CS-6017
060 DON'T THIS ROAD LOOK ROUGH AND ROCKY Country CS-6017
061 FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWN Country CS-6017
062 SALTY DOG Country CS-6017
063 TENNESSEE WALTZ Country CS-6017
064 CATFISH JOHN Country CS-6017
065 BRINGING MARY HOME Country CS-6017
066 DEADLY MEDLEY Country CS-6017
ca 1981 poss. Urban Records, Bethseda, MD – Leon Morris
unknown tracks for Country CS-6023
1983 unknown – Leon Morris (Leon Morris [ld vcl/gt], Billy Wheeler [banjo], Dave Proper [baritone vcl/mandolin], John Davis [tnr vcl/bass])
078 OLD FLAMES Old Homestead OHS-90153
079 THINKING ONLY ABOUT YOU Old Homestead OHS-90153
080 DREAM OF ME Old Homestead OHS-90153
081 HAYRIDE Old Homestead OHS-90153
082 ON AND ON Old Homestead OHS-90153 .
083 SPRINGTIME IN HEAVEN Old Homestead OHS-90153
084 GO LASSIE GO Old Homestead OHS-90153
085 PARADISE Old Homestead OHS-90153
086 AMANDA Old Homestead OHS-90153
087 LONESOME PICKIN' BLUES Old Homestead OHS-90153
088 HAVEN'T SEEN MARY IN YEARS Old Homestead OHS-90153
089 LITTLE WHITE CHURCH Old Homestead OHS-90153
For later recordings see albums list

ALBUMS
Rounder 0031 Honkytonk Bluegrass: At The End; Flat Creek; I Stood On The Bridge At Midnight; Long Way From Home; Fly, Bird, Fly; This World's No Place To Live In; Jack's Bass; Me And The Jukebox; Rambler; Life To Go; Scramble; Travelin' Down This Lonesome Road; Just For Awhile; All The Good Times Are Past And Gone – 74 w. Buzz Busby (Recorded 1970 And 1972)
Jessup Michigan Bluegrass MB-113 Leon Morris And The Bluegrass Associates Sing International Bluegrass: Are You From Dixie; Selfish Heart; Jessie James; (It's A Long Way) To The Top Of The World; Lonely Heart; Upstairs In The Bedroom; Lena; Must You Throw Dirt In My Face; Sing Me Back Home; Sitting Here Waiting For You; I Can Feel It In My Heart; Isn't It A Beautiful Day – 02-72
Folly SF-002 Walkin' Home To Pittsburg: Walkin' Home To Pittsburg; Feudin' Grass (Feudin' Banjos); No Love Have I; Swing Low, Sweet Chariot; Old Joe Clark; Last Thing On My Mind; Banks Of The Ohio; Nellie's Tune; Rovin' Gambler; Cryin' Holy Unto The Lord; Sugar Foot Rag; Help Me Make It Through The Night - 73 (Reissued on Country CS-6021)
Country CS-6014 Place and Friends I Once Knew: Places And Friends I Once Knew; A Good Hearted Woman; The Pain Of Loving You; I'm Going Back To See The Old Home; Winds That Blew Across The Wild Moor; I'm Going Home, Sweet Home; I'm Wondering If Your Ever Coming Back; The Green Rolling Hills Of West Virginia; The Door Is Always Open; Born To Lose; Take Heed To The Bible; The Sweet Allifair – ca. 80
Country CS-6017 Bluegrass Favorites: Fox On The Run; Rebel Soldier; Will The Circle Be Unbroken; Rocky Top; Don't This Road Look Rough And Rocky; Foggy Mountain Breakdown; Salty Dog; Tennessee Waltz; Catfish John; Bringing Mary Home; Deadly Medley – 03-81
Country CS-6023 What A Friend We Have In Jesus: (tracks unknown) – ca. 82
Old Homestead OHS-90153 Leon Morris: Old Flames; Thinking Only About You; Dream Of Me; Hayride; On And On;. Springtime In Heaven; Go Lassie Go; Paradise; Amanda; Lonesome Pickin' Blues; Haven't Seen Mary In Years; Little White Church – 83
International 4442 Mountain Bluegrass: I'm Wondering If You're Ever Coming Back; Winds That Blew Across The Wild Moor; The Pain Of Loving You; Born To Lose; Fox On The Run; Sweet Affair; Rebel Soldier; Nellie's Tune; I'm Going Back To See The Old Home; Tennessee Waltz; Salty Dog Blues; Foggy Mountain Breakdown; Bringing Mary Home; Catfish John; Banks Of The Ohio; Deadly Medley: Salt Creek, Cripple Creek, Black Mt – 9- (Canadian issue on Condor Music HCD-4442)
International 4450 Old Rugged Cross: Mountain Church; The Old Rugged Cross; There Is A Place; Stop And Smell The Roses; There's A Light In The River; I Hear A Sweet Voice; There Is A River; Will The Circle Be Unbroken; I'm Going Home Sweet Home; Take Heed To The Bible; Falling Leaves; Swing Low Sweet Chariot; Crying Holy Unto The Lord; Heaven Is Waiting; Dear God; What A Friend We Have In Jesus – 9- (Canadian issue on Condor Music HCD-4450)
International [CAN] ? Living On Old Broken Dreams: Living On Old Broken Dreams; Somewhere In Tennessee; Hello Trouble; Mother's Dying Prayer; My World; I Wish I Could Write You A Song; Lucifer's Pilgrimage; The Water's So Cold; I Cried Again; My Bucket's Got A Hole In It; Places And Friends; Wandering Soul – ca 01
Condor Music [CAN] HCD-4461 Places And Friends: The Last Thing On My Mind; Places And Friends; Rocky Top; Good Hearted Woman; Don't This Road Look Rough And Ready; Feudin' Grass; Green Rolling Hills Of West Virginia; The Door Is Always Open; No Love Have I; Help Me Make It Through The Night; Old Joe Clark; Country Roads; Roving Gambler; Walking Home To Pittsburgh; Sugar Foot Rag – 01
International [CAN] HCD-4473 Drifting With The Tide: Drifting With The Tide; You'll Find Her Name Written There; Big Country; Shackles And Chains; Georgia Rose; White Dove; My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains; The Old Crossroads; Spanish Cross; Walking Home To Pittsburgh; Clinch Mountain Back Step; It's Been A Blue Monday All Week Long (tracks unknown) – 02
Rosedale [CAN] CD 403 I Wish I Could Write You A Song: I Wish I Could Write You A Song; Somewhere In Tennessee; Lucifer's Pilgrimage; Living On Old Broken Dreams; Hello Trouble; No Love Have I; Places And Friends I Once Knew; Falling Leaves; My Bucket's Got A Hole In It; The Water's So Cold; I Cried Again; Tennessee Waltz; Country Roads; Bringing Mary Home; Help Me Make It Through The Night; The Last Thing On My Mind –

SINGLES
Rebel (1970)
F-297 Just For A While / Scramble – 70 w. Buzz Busby
World Music (1970)
611 Warm Red Wine / Mule Skinner Blues - 70
Jessup Michigan Bluegrass (1972)
128 Sitting Here Waiting For You / Selfish Heart - 72
Folly (1973)
002 Walking Home To Pittsburg / Feudin' Grass - 73
Shar Lin (ca 1988)
Sl45-128812 Living On Old Broken Dreams / My World

Powder Mill

by Praguefrank
SESSIONS
2008 Trumble Hills Studio, Miller Lake, MO – Powder Mill (Jesse Charles Hammock II [vcl/gt], Jeff Chapman [ld gt], Pat McSpadden [bass], Andrew Bedell [drums])
001 NEW MOUNTAIN
002 HIGHWAY ROBBERY
003 OVERPASS
004 DARKNESS OF THE SUN
005 BABY YO MAN
006 WHOSE HANDS
007 OZARK GIRL
008 HOW FAR WE'VE COME
009 WHAT YOU ARE TO ME
010 METH LAB BLUES
011 DEVIL AND NEW ORLEANS
012 HEAVEN HELP US
tracks above issued on album New Mountain
2009 Trumble Hills Studio, Miller Lake, MO – Powder Mill (Jesse Charles Hammock II [vcl/gt], Jeff Chapman [ld gt], Pat McSpadden [bass], Andrew Bedell [drums])
013 RUNNIN' PEOPLE DOWN
014 DO NOT GO GENTLY
015 TRUTH IN THE WIND
016 WET MOONS
017 BACK TO CARTER COUNTY
018 AIN'T LIKE WE NEVER HAD IT
019 TIME FOR YOUR MEDICINE
020 DECADE WOMAN
021 BACK TO YOU
022 LET 'ER BLOW
023 SINFUL GRIP
024 TRAILER TRASH
025 FORGOTTEN SON
026 LONESOME MAMA
027 RINGER
tracks above issued on album Do Not Go Gently
2010 Trumble Hills Studio, Miller Lake, MO – Powder Mill (Jesse Charles Hammock II [vcl/gt], Jeff Chapman [ld gt], Pat McSpadden [bass], Andrew Bedell [drums])
028 ANOTHER MILE
029 BILLY THE BAPTIST
030 WORTH; HAND TO MOUTH
031 ALL I KNOW
032 ENGAGED TO GET DIVORCED
033 HILLBILLY HEROIN
034 DOG BITES
035 COLD ICE WATER
036 I WILL SURVIVE
037 RIGHTEOUS WRATH
038 BED OF ROSES
039 URGE TO ROAM
tracks above issued on album Money, Marbles and Chalk
early 2011 [live] Hillbillyz, near Ellsinore, MO – Powder Mill (Jesse Charles Hammock II [vcl/gt], Jeff Chapman [ld gt], Pat McSpadden [bass], Andrew Bedell [drums])
03901 TRAILER TRASH
03902 BACK TO CARTER COUNTY
03903 CURRENT RIVER BLUES
03904 DECADE WOMAN
03905 HIGHWAY ROBBERY
03906 DO NOT GO GENTLY
03907 FALL
03908 FORGOTTEN SON
03909 NEW MOUNTAIN
03910 METH LAB BLUES
03911 AIN'T NO MORE CANE
tracks above issued on album Live In Carter County


2013 unknown – Powder Mill (Producer: Cody Dickinson)
040 LETTERS FROM JAIL
041 KNOCKDOWN DRAGOUT LOVE
042 BURKE RIDGE ROAD
043 SLEEVE
044 WASTED TIME
045 LAND OF THE FREE
046 40 MILES WEST OF THE COTTON
047 NOTHIN’ AT ALL
048 HOT MESS
049 ALL THE TIME
050 MISSISSIPPI SHOWBOAT
Tracks above issued on album Land Of the Free

2018 [live] unknown – Powder Mill
05001 INTRO
05002 40 MILES WEST OF THE COTTON
05003 HILLBILLY HEROIN
05004 NOTHIN' AT ALL
05005 WORTH
05006 I WILL SURVIVE
05007 WASTED TIME
05008 SLEEVE
05009 TROUBLE
05010 COLD ICE WATER
05011 ALL THE TIME
05012 KNOCKDOWN DRAGOUT LOVE
05013 I'LL ALWAYS LET YA DOWN
05014 LAND OF THE FREE
Tracks above issued on album Live On the Black River
 

 



ALBUMS
Trumble Hill ? (UPC600385184120) New Mountain: New Mountain; Highway Robbery; Overpass; Darkness Of The Sun; Baby Yo Man; Whose Hands; Ozark Girl; How Far We've Come; What You Are To Me; Meth Lab Blues; Devil And New Orleans; Heaven Help Us - 06-08
Powder Mill ? (UPC600385192729) Do Not Go Gently: Runnin' People Down; Do Not Go Gently; Truth In The Wind; Wet Moons; Back To Carter County; Ain't Like We Never Had It; Time For Your Medicine; Decade Woman; Back To You; Let 'Er Blow; Sinful Grip; Trailer Trash; Forgotten Son; Lonesome Mama; Ringer – 06-09
Powder Mill ? (UPC600385201926) Money, Marbles And Chalk: Another Mile;Billy the Baptist; Worth; Hand To Mouth; All I Know; Engaged to Get Divorced; Hillbilly Heroin; Dog Bites; Cold Ice Water; I Will Survive; Righteous Wrath; Bed of Roses; Urge To Roam- 06-10
Powder Mill ? (UPC600385214124) Live In Carter County: Trailer Trash; Back To Carter County; Current River Blues; Decade Woman; Highway Robbery; Do Not Go Gently; Fall; Forgotten Son; New Mountain; Meth Lab Blues; Ain't No More Cane - 06-11



Powder Mill ?  (UPC600385239721) Land Of the Free: Letters From Jail;  Knockdown Dragout Love;. Burke Ridge Road;  Sleeve; Wasted Time; Land Of The Free; 40 Miles West Of The Cotton; Nothin’ At All; Hot Mess; All The Time; Mississippi Showboat – 09-13 

Powder Mill ? (UPC93428440128) Live On the Black River: Intro; 40 Miles West of the Cotton; Hillbilly Heroin; Nothin' at All; Worth; I Will Survive; Wasted Time; Sleeve; Trouble; Cold Ice Water; All the Time; Knockdown Dragout Love; I'll Always Let Ya Down; Land of the Free – 21-12-18
 
 

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.