Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Glen Neaves (by Dick Grant)



GLEN NEAVES and the GRAYSON COUNTY BOYS
SESSION DISCOGRAPHY

GLEN NEAVES and the Grayson County Boys
                                                   Radio Station WPAQ                                             Mt. Airy, N.C.,:                                                                     1951
(ld vcl-1/fdl); Wilbert “Bill” Patton (gtr); Cecil Kinzer (gtr); John Summers (bari vcl-1/mand); Jessie Neaves (tnr vcl-1); Raymond Swinney (bjo).                            Producer:

4796                   BLACK MOUNTAIN RAG                                        (Inst)                  Folk Star 613-A, Rounder 1017,JSP JSP-77110
                          (P.D.)                                                                                            
2674                   THE OLD SWINGING BRIDGE                                -1                                       613-B,               1017,        JSP-77110
                          (Glen Neaves) (BMI)                                                                       

NB(1): FOLK STAR was a ‘custom’ or ‘vanity’ label, whose relationship with RICH-R’-TONE was confirmed by a shared address in 1949 of 113 W. Main Street, Johnson City, Tn.
NB(2): The label of FOLK STAR 613-B states Vocal By Glen Neaves &Trio.
NB(3): ROUNDER 1017 “THE RICH-R-TONE STORY - THE EARLY DAYS OF BLUEGRASS” released 1974.
NB(4): ROUNDER 1017 reviewed Bluegrass Unlimited Vol.10, #2-August 1975.
NB(5): JSP JSP-77110 “AUTHENTIC RARE BLUEGRASS: HISTORIC CUTS: INDEPENDENT LABEL SIDES 1951-1954” released  United Kingdom 2008.

GLEN NEAVES & The Virginia Mountain Boys
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           1961
(vcl/gtr/fdl);
                                                                                                                               Producer:

                          TOM DOOLEY                                                                                 Folkways FS-3811
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                          LITTLE FRANKIE BAKER                                                                 Folkways FWO-3833
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                          HANDSOME MOLLY                                                                        Folkways FS-3811
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                          DEVILISH MARY                                                                                             FS-3811
                          ()

NB: FOLWAYS FS-3811 “TRADITIONAL MUSIC FROM GRAYSON AND CARROLL COUNTIES” released June 1962.

GLEN NEAVES                                                                                                        May 1I962
(vcl/gtr);
                                                                                                                               Producer:

                          SUNNY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN                                                    Folkways FWO-3833
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GLEN NEAVES & The Virginia Mountain Boys
                          28th Annual Galax Old Fiddlers Convention                                   Galax, Va:                                                                             1963
(vcl/gtr/fdl);
                                                                                                                               Producer:

                          WHITE HOUSE BLUES                                                                    Kanawha LP-302
                          ()

NB: KANAWHA 302 “TWENTY-EIGHTH GALAX OLD FIDDLERS CONVENTION 1963” released 1964.

GLEN NEAVES                                                                                                        May 1963
(vcl/gtr);
                                                                                                                               Producer:

                          I’M GLAD MY WIFE’S IN EUROPE                                                    Folkways FWO-3833
                          ()






GLEN NEAVES & The Virginia Mountain Boys
                                                                                                                               Piper’s Gap, Va:                                  Saturday 31st August 1963
(vcl/gtr/fdl); Bobby Harrison (vcl/gtr); Cullen Galyean (bjo); Claudine Lambert (stg bs).
                                                                                                                               Producer:

                          CHARMING BETSY                                                                         Folkways FWO-3939
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                          PHILADELPHIA LAWYER                                                                                 FWO-3839
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                          FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN                                                                               FWO-3839
                          ()
                          I’M GOING TO WALK WITH MY LORD                                                              FWO-3839
                          ()
                          RED ROCKING CHAIR                                                                    Folkways FWO-3833
                          ()
                          WHITE HOUSE BLUES                                                                                    FWO-3833
                          ()

GLEN NEAVES                                                                                                        1964
(vcl/gtr/fdl);
                                                                                                                               Producer:

                          Unknown Title
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GLEN NEAVES                                                                                                        1967
(vcl/gtr/fdl);
                                                                                                                               Producer:

                          PRETTY SARO                                                                                Folkways FS-3831
                          ()
                          DEATH OF THE LAWSON FAMILY                                                                    FS-3831
                          ()

NB: FOLKWAYS FS-3831 “BALLADS AND SONGS OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS” released 1967.                                                                         

GLEN NEAVES & The Virginia Mountain Boys
                                                                                                                               Fries, Va:                                                                             1967
(vcl/gtr/fdl);
                                                                                                                               Producer:

                          BANKS OF THE OHIO                                                                     Folkways FH-3832
                          ()

NB: FOLKWAYS FH-3832 “BLUEGRASS FROM THE BLUE RIDGE: A HALF CENTURY OF CHANGE: COUNTRY BAND MUSIC OF VIRGINIA” released 1967.

GLEN NEAVES                                                                                                        1968                                                                            (vcl/gtr/fdl);
                                                                                                                               Producer;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                          IN EIGHTEEN FORTY NINE                                                             Asch AH-3831
                          ()
                          LAWSON MURDERED                                                                             AH-3831
                          ()

NB: ASCH AH-3831 “BALLADS AND SONGS OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS” released 1968.                                                                                 
GLEN NEAVES                                                                                                        1969                                                                            (vcl/gtr/fdl);
                                                                                                                               Producer:

                          Unknown Title
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                          Unknown Title
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                          Unknown Title
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GLEN NEAVES & The Virginia Mountain Boys
                                                                                                                               Fries, Va;                                          Thursday  20th August 1971
(vcl/gtr/fdl); Bobby Harrison (gtr); Cullen Galyean (bjo); Jules Bartlett (bjo); Ivor Melton (mand); Roger Dalton (stg bs).
                                                                                                                               Producer: Eric H. Davidson

                          OLD PRISONER’S SONGS                                                               Folkways FWO-3839
                          ()
                          PIG IN A PEN                                                                                                 FWO-3839                                                                                                         ()
                          JOHN HENRY                                                                                                FWO-3839
                          ()
                          LOVE ME, DARLING                                                                       Folkways FWO-3833
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                          TRAIN 45                                                                                                       FWO-3833
                          ()

GLEN NEAVES                                                                                                        1972
(vcl/gtr/fdl);
                                                                                                                               Producer:

                          Unknown Title
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                          Unknown Title
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                          Unknown Title
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GLEN NEAVES & The Virginia Mountain Boys
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           1974
(fdl); Bobby Harrison (gtr); Cullen Galyean (bjo); Ivor Melton (mand); Roger Dalton (stg bs).
                                                                                                                               Producer: Eric H. Davidson

                          DON’T GO OUT TONIGHT, MY DARLING                                          Folkways FWO-3830
                          ()
                          WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN MOTHER                                                          FWO-3830
                          ()
                          FORTUNE                                                                                                      FWO-3830
                          ()
                          CARELESS LOVE                                                                                            FWO-3830
                          ()
                          POOR ELLEN SMITH                                                                                       FWO-3830
                          ()
                          NIGGER TRADE                                                                                             FWO-3830
                          ()
                          WE’LL MEET AGAIN SWEETHEART                                                                  FWO-3830
                          ()
                          BARBARA ALLEN                                                                                            FWO-3830
                          ()
                          LONG JOURNEY HOME                                                                                  FWO-3830
                          ()
                          DRUNKARD’S DREAM                                                                                    FWO-3830
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                          DRINKING FROM THE FOUNTAIN                                                                   FWO-3830
                          ()
                          ON THE BANKS OF THE OLD TENNESSEE                                                       FWO-3830
                          ()
                          MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW                                                                        FWO-3830
                          ()
                          WHEN THE ROSES BLOOM IN DIXIE                                                               FWO-3830
                          ()
                          CRIPPLE CREEK                                                                                            FWO-3830
                          ()                                                                                                  

NB(1): FOLKWAYS FWO-3830 “COUNTRY BLUE-GRASS FROM SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA” released 1974.
NB(2): FOLKWAYS FWO-3830 reviewed Bluegrass Unlimited Vol.8, #2 - August 1974.
GLEN NEAVES & The Virginia Mountain Boys
                                                                                                                               Fries, Va:                                        Saturday 2nd November 1974
(vcl/fdl); Michel Bedwell (gtr);
                                                                                                                               Producer: Eric H. Davidson
                         
                          WHERE ARE YOU GOING, ALICE                                                    Folkways FWO-3939
                          ()

GLEN NEAVES & The Virginia Mountain Boys
                                                                                                                               Fries, Va:                                           Sunday 3rd November 1974
(vcl/gtr/fdl); Bobby Harrison (gtr); Cullen Galyean (bjo); Ivor Melton (vcl/mand); Marvin Cockram (stg bs).
                                                                                                                               Producer: Eric H. Davidson

                          WEDNESDAY NIGHT WALTZ                                                           Folkways FWO-3839
                          ()
                          TRAGIC ROMANCE                                                                                        FWO-3839
                          ()
                          BILL CHEATHAM                                                                                            FWO-3839
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                          RUN NIGGER RUN                                                                                         FWO-3839
                          ()
                          LILY SHAW                                                                                                    FWO-3839
                          ()
                          LET THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN                                                                    FWO-3839
                          ()

NB: FOLKWAYS FWO-3839 “OLD TIME BLUEGRASS FROM GRAYSON & CARROLL COUNTIES: THE VIRGINIA MOUNTAIN BOYS, Vol.3” released 1980.

GLEN NEAVES & The Virginia Mountain Boys
                                                                                                                               Fries, Va:                                                             November 1974
(vcl/gtr/fdl); Bobby Harrison (gtr); Cullen Galyean (bjo); Ivor Melton (vcl/mand); Roger Dalton (stg bs).
                                                                                                                               Producer: Eric H. Davidson

                          LONESOME ROAD BLUES                                                               Folkways FWO-3833
                          ()
                          KNOXVILLE GIRL                                                                                            FWO-3833
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                          NOBODY’S DARLING                                                                                      FWO-3833
                          ()
                          LOST TRAIN BLUES                                                                                        FWO-3833
                          ()
                          IN THE PINES                                                                                                FWO-3833
                          ()
                          CLINCH MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWN                                                                  FWO-3833
                          ()
                          RED AND GREEN SIGNAL LIGHTS                                                                  FWO-3833
                          ()
                          POOR RAMBLER                                                                                            FWO-3833
                          ()
                          JOHN HARDY                                                                                                FWO-3833
                          ()
                          LITTLE BIRDIE                                                                                                FWO-3833
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NB: FOLKWAYS FWO-3833 “THE VIRGINIA MOUNTAIN BOYS, Vol.2.” released 1977.





THE VIRGINIA MOUNTAIN BOYS
                                                                                                                               Woodlawn, Va:                                                      16th July 1982
                                                                                                                               Woodlawn, Va:                               17th July 1982
Bobby Harrison (gtr); David Lamberth (gtr); Cullen Galyean (bjo); John W. Jackson (fdl); Jerry Steinberg (stg bs).
                                                                                                                               Producer: Eric H. Davidson

                          THERE’S MORE PRETTY GIRLS THAN ONE                                      Folkways FWO-3829
                          ()
                          EAST VIRGINIA                                                                                               FWO-3829
                          ()
                          WHAT WOULD YOU GIVE IN EXCHANGE FOR YOUR SOUL?                 FWO-3829
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                          NEW RIVER TRAIN                                                                                           FWO-3829
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                          WAYFARING STRANGER                                                                                  FWO-3829
                          ()                                                                                                   Smithsonian/Folkways SF-40092                                                                                                                                                                                   COME ALL YOU FAIR AND TENDER LADIES    Folkways FWO-3829
                          ()                                                                                                   Smithsonian/Folkways SF-40092
                          SHACKLES AND CHAINS                                                                Folkways FWO-3829
                          ()
                          DREAM’S OF A MINER’S SON                                                                          FWO-3829
                          ()
                          SAND MOUNTAIN BLUES                                                                                 FWO-3829
                          ()
                          LITTLE WILLIE                                                                                                 FWO-3829
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                          MAPLE ON THE HILL                                                                                       FWO-3829
                          ()
                          WILD BILL JONES                                                                                           FWO-3829
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NB(1): FOLKWAYS FWO-3829 “VIRGINIA MOUNTAIN BOYS, Vol.4.” released 1983 and reviewed in Bluegrass Unlimited Vol.18, #4 - October 1983.
NB(2): SMITHSONIAN/FOLKWAYS FS-40092 “                                                                                                                                                           

DISCOGRAPHY compiled by DICK GRANT with acknowledgements to Dave Sax; Dick Spottswood; Pete Kuykendall; Walt Saunders & Frank Frantik.
2005-2013.

                                                                                                                                                                                             

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