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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Side of The Road Gang

by Michel Ruppli
SESSIONS
ca early 1976 [no 21245] American Studio, 1111 17th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Side of The Road Gang (Dick  Kasper [vcl/ld gt/rh gt], Hiroshi Ito [mandolin/ banjo/ fiddle], Richard Keithley [bass], Steve Narin [drums/percussion], Philip Watkins [piano/ keyboards/ bck vcl],  + Johnny Gimble [fiddle]. Producer: Mike Leach) [purchased masters]
001 93069  WHAT AM I DOIN' HANGIN' 'ROUND  Capitol 4338/ST-11526  
002 93070  HEAR THAT WHISTLE BLOW  Capitol ST-11526
003 93071  BROKEN HEARTED PEOPLE  Capitol ST-11526               
004 93072  SITTIN' BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD     Capitol 4298/ST-11526
005 93073  YOURS FOR LIFE   Capitol ST-11526
006 93074  PEOPLE IN DALLAS GOT HAIR   Capitol 4338/ST-11526
007 93075  SUITCASE LIFE  Capitol 4298/ST-11526   
008 93075  RUNAWAY HEART  Capitol ST-11526                                 
009 93076  LOVESICK BLUES   Capitol ST-11526                      
010 93077  ON A HONKY-TONK HARDWOOD FLOOR   Capitol ST-11526

ALBUMS
Capitol ST-11526 Side Of The Road Gang: 
What Am I Doin' Hangin' 'Round; Hear That Whistle Blow;  Broken Hearted People; Sittin' By The Side Of The Road; Yours For Life; People In Dallas Got Hair; Suitcase Life;  Runaway Heart; Lovesick Blues; On A Honky-Tonk Hardwood Floor  - 76

SINGLES
Capitol (1976)                                 
4298  Sittin' By The Side Of The Road / Suitcase Life - 06-76  
4338  People In Dallas Got Hair / What Am I Doin' Hangin' 'Round - 09-76                                                                     

 

5 comments:

  1. hola amigo soy de argentina, quisiera bajar este disco , el de SIDE OF THE ROAD GANG, GRACIAS.

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  2. You failed to list lead vocalist & lead guitarist Dick Kasper and bass player Richard Keithley, both in the cover photo with Radar, Mike Ito, & Steve Nerron. The album also featured legend Johnny Gimble on the fiddle.

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  4. Hey Michel Ruppli, please reply here if you get notifications on this thread. My dad is Dick Kasper, leader of Side of the Road Gang, and want to hear your story about how & where you were able to get ahold of the masters of this recording!

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  5. Hello ThatKasper - info/Masters are from the Michel Ruppli's CD-ROM The Capitol label Diskography (2007) which includes almost all Capitol masters and sessions since 1944 til early 1990s. He obtained data from Capitol archieve. Musicians added by me (thanks to you corrected). Frank

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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.