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Country and crossover since 1920s and my favorite artists of all genres too...
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Lee Finn



Dwain Lee Voorhies,*19-04-1926 Greentop, MO
By Praguefrank with help of http://rcs-discography.com, Thieu Van De Vorst, Vaclav Zpatecka
SESSIONS
Late 1957 unknown – Lee Finn as Lee Voorhies and His Ozark Country Boys
001 LOAD UP MY BLUES Stardust 45-671/Buffalo Bop BB-CD 55092 HMC 2014-090G
002 HAND IN HAND Stardust 45-671/ HMC 2014-090G
BUFFALO BOP BB-CD 55092 ROCKABILLY FEVER (GER, 2000)
Early 1959 unknown – Lee Finn and His Rhythm Men
003 J8OW-2495 HIGH CLASS FEELIN' Westport 141 Rollin’Rock 45-024/Esoldun RR-2001 HMC 2014-090G
004 J8OW-2496 POUR ME A GLASS OF WINE Westport 141 Rollin’Rock 45-024/Esoldun RR-2001 HMC 2014-090G
005 CAT ALL NIGHT Rollin’Rock 45-024/Esoldun RR-2006 HMC 2014-090G
006 IT’S NIGHT Rollin’Rock 45-024/ HMC 2014-090G
ESOLDUN RR 2001 TEXAS ROCKABILLY (FRA, 1986); ESOLDUN RR 2006 ROCKABILLY BOP, VOL. 3 (FRA, 2006)
1962 unknown –Lee Finn
007 N8OW-4947 JUST WASTIN' MY TIME Rose 4947/ HMC 2014-090G
008 N8OW-4948 LONESOME ROAD Rose 4947/ HMC 2014-090G

ALBUMS
HMC 2014-090G Cat All Night: Load Up My Blues; Hand In Hand; High Class Feelin'; Pour Me A Glass Of Wine;  Cat All Night; It's Night;  Lonesome Road; Just Wastin' My Time – 14 (private issue)

EPs
Rollin‘ Rock (reissue)
45-024 Cat All Night; It's Night / High Class Feelin'; Pour Me A Glass Of Wine - 73



SINGLES
Stardust (1957)
45-671 Load Up My Blues / Hand In Hand – 01-58 aka Lee Voorhies
Westport (1959)
141 High Class Feelin' / Pour Me A Glass Of Wine – 02-59 (UK issue on Starlite ST 45-103 in 1963)
Rose
4947 Just Wastin' My Time / Lonesome Road – 62

 

Wyzee Hamilton

*1888, +1936
by Henk Scholts
SESSIONS
January 1927 Chicago, Il – Wyzee, Tucker & Lecroy (Wyzee Hamilton [fiddle], ? Lecroy [gt], ? Tucker [banjo])
001 4173-3 FIFTY YEARS AGO Paramount 33186 Herwin 75542/DOCD-8032
002 4174-1 HAMILTON`S SPECIAL BREAKDOWN 33186 75542/DOCD-8032
8 July 1927 Starr Piano Store, 3rd Ave., Birmingham, AL – Wyzee Hamilton (Hamilton’s Harminians: Wyzee Hamilton [vcl/fiddle], Luther Patrick [gt], Art Frazier [vcl/tnr banjo], Frank Nichols [fiddle])
003 GEX-700 OLD SEFUS BROWN rejected
9 July 1927 Starr Piano Store, 3rd Ave., Birmingham, AL – Wyzee Hamilton [-1] or Art Frazier [-2] (Hamilton’s Harmonians: Wyzee Hamilton [vcl-1/fiddle], Art Frazier [vcl-2/tnr banjo], Luther Patrick [gt], Frank Nichols [fiddle])
004 GEX-699 SHE'S MORE TO BE PITIED THAN CENSURED rejected
005 GEX-700-A OLD SEFUS BROWN -1 Gennett 6272/ Champion 15376 Challenge 336/ DOCD-8032
006 GEX-701 BECAUSE HE WAS ONLY A TRAMP -2 rejected
007 GEX-702 FIFTY YEARS AGO rejected
ca 15 August 1927 Starr Piano Store, 3rd Ave., Birmingham, AL – Wyzee Hamilton [-1] or Art Frazier [-2] (Hamilton’s Harmonians: Wyzee Hamilton [vcl-1/fiddle], Art Frazier [vcl-2/tnr banjo], Luther Patrick [gt], Frank Nichols [fiddle])
008 GEX-808-A SHE'S MORE TO BE PITIED THAN CENSURED rejected
009 GEX-809-A FIFTY YEARS AGO rejected
010 GEX-810-A OLD SEFUS BROWN -1? rejected
011 GEX-811-A BECAUSE HE WAS ONLY A TRAMP -2 Herwin 75571 / DOCD-8032
ca 30 August 1927 Starr Piano Store, 3rd Ave., Birmingham, AL – Wyzee Hamilton (Wyzee Hamilton [vcl/fiddle], Luther Patrick [speach], Frank Nichols [gt])
012 GEX-859-A GRANDFATHER`S LIVER (AIN`T WHAT IT USED TO WUZ) Gennett 6448 / DOCD-8032
013 GEX-860 CORNBREAD 6448/DOCD-8032
DOCUMENT DOCD-8032 ALABAMA STRINGBANDS - COMPLETE RECORDED WORKS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER/ DR. D.D. HOLLIS, WYZEE HAMILTON, SHORT CREEK TRIO, ATKINS BIRMINGHAM BOYS & DIXIE RAMBLERS (1924-1937)

SINGLES
Paramount
33186 Fiftz Years Ago / Hamilton`s Special Breakdown - 27 (also on Herwin
75542)
Gennett 1927
6272 Old Sefus Brown / (Short Creek Trio) – 27 (also on Champion 15376 as by Davie Meek & His Boys and Challenge 336 as by Reuben White)
Herwin 75571 Because He Was Only A Tramp / (Vernon Dalhart) – 27
6448 Grandfather`s Liver (Ain`t What It Used To / Cornbread – 27?

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.