Jack Guthrie

Leon Jerry Guthrie, *13-11-1915 Olive, OK, +15-01-1948

2nd version

by Richard Weize, Praguefrank, Steve Hathaway, Mario Manciotti
SESSIONS
16 October 1944 [no. 72] C.P. McGregor Studio, 729 S.Western Ave., Hollywood, CA - Jack Guthrie and His Oklahomans (Jack Guthrie [vcl], Porky Fredman [gt], Red Murrell [rh gt], Cliffie Stone [bass], Billy Hughes [fiddle]. Producer: Lee Gillette) [*drums overdubbed March 5, 1962]
001 424-3/37291* OKLAHOMA HILLS 201 15266 2128 AC 76/BCD-15580 6085*/ST 2456*
002 425-3/37298* I'M BRANDIN' MY DARLIN' WITH MY HEART 201 AC 76 BCD-15580/ST 2456*
003 426/37299* CARELESS DARLIN' unissued/ BCD-15580/ ST 2456 *
25 October 1944 [no. 78] C.P. McGregor Studio, 729 S.Western Ave., Hollywood, CA - Jack Guthrie and His Oklahomans (Jack Guthrie [vcl], Porky Fredman [gt], Red Murrell [rh gt], Cliffie Stone [bass], Billy Hughes [fiddle]. Producer: Lee Gillette) [*drums overdubbed March 5, 1962]
004 445 I'M BUILDING A STARWAY TO HEAVEN 40012/BCD-15580
005 446 WELCOME HOME STRANGER 40012 /BCD-15580
006 447/37300* WHEN THE CACTUS IS IN BLOOM 246 AC 76 /BCD-15580 ST 2456*
007 448/37295* ANSWER TO MOONLIGHTS AND SKIES 15251 /BCD-15580 /ST 2456*
008 449/37292* DALLAS DARLIN' unissued /BCD-15580 /ST 2456*
29 January 1946 [no. 236] poss. Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA - Jack Guthrie and His Oklahomans (Porky Fredman [gt], Red Murrell [rh gt], Cliffie Stone [bass], Billy Hughes [fiddle]. Producer: Lee Gillette)
009 896-3 IN THE SHADOWS OF MY HEART 15251/ BCD-15580
010 897-1 I LOVED YOU ONCE BUT I CAN'T TRUST YOU NOW 246/ BCD-15580
011 898-2 PLEASE, OH PLEASE 40032/ BCD-15580
012 899-2 OKLAHOMA CALLING 40032 AC 76/ BCD-15580
19 March 1946 [no. 277] poss. Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA - Jack Guthrie and His Oklahomans (Jack Guthrie [vcl], Porky Fredman [gt], Red Murrell [rh gt], Cliffie Stone [bass], Billy Hughes [fiddle]. Producer: Lee Gillette) [*drums overdubbed March 5, 1962]
013 1035 THE CLOUDS RAINED TROUBLE DOWN 341/BCD-15580
014 1036/37293* YOU LAUGHED AND I CRIED 406/BCD-15580 ST-2456*
015 1037 THIS TROUBLED MIND O'MINE 40012 AC 76/BCD-16412
016 1038 I'M TELLING YOU 309/BCD-15580
19 March 1946 [no. 278] poss. Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA - Jack Guthrie and His Oklahomans (Jack Guthrie [vcl], Porky Fredman [gt], Red Murrell [rh gt], Cliffie Stone [bass], Billy Hughes [fiddle]. Producer: Lee Gillette) [*drums overdubbed March 5, 1962]
017 1039 BOW DOWN BROTHER 40118/BCD-16412
018 1040 IT'S TOO LATE TO CHANGE YOUR MIND 406/BCD-16412
019 1041 LOOKING OUT FOR THE CROSSING 40131[/BCD-15580
020 1042/37301* CHAINED TO A MEMORY 309 AC 76/ST 2456*
22 October 1946 [no. 431] poss. Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA - Jack Guthrie and His Oklahomans (Jack Guthrie [vcl], Porky Freeman [gt], Red Murrell [rh gt], Cliffie Stone [bass], Smoky Fields [fiddle]. Producer: Lee Gillette) [*drums overdubbed March 5, 1962]
021 1498-4/37297* OAKIE BOOGIE 341 15266 2128 AC 76/BCD-15580 6085*/ST 2456*
022 1499 NEXT TO THE SOIL 40075/BCD-15580
023 1500 IF YOU'RE GONNA BE SORRY 40118/BCD-16412
024 1501/37294* SHAME ON YOU 48005 34-40144 AD 55 EDF 4000 H 9107/BCD-15580ST 2456*
24 October 1947 [no. 742, 23:00-02:00] Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA - Jack Guthrie and His Oklahomans (Jack Guthrie [vcl], Porky Freeman [gt], Jack Rivers [rh gt], Cliffie Stone [bass], Billy Hughes [fiddle]. Producer: Lee Gillette) [*drums overdubbed March 5, 1962]
025 2383-2 NO NEED TO KNOCK ON MY DOOR 40131/ BCD-15580
026 2384-1 SHUT THAT GATE unissued/ BCD-15580
027 2385-1/37302* COLORADO BLUES 57-40222/ BCD-15580 *ST-2456
028 2386-2 OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND unissued / BCD-15580
25 October 1947 [no. 743, 02:00-04:00] Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA - Jack Guthrie and His Oklahomans (Jack Guthrie [vcl], Porky Freeman [gt], Jack Rivers [rh gt], Cliffie Stone [bass], Billy Hughes [fiddle]. Producer: Lee Gillette) [*drums overdubbed March 5, 1962]
029 none I STILL LOVE YOU AS I DID YESTERDAY unissued/ BCD-15580
030 none SAN ANTONIO ROSE unissued/ BCD-15580
031 2387-1/37296* IDA RED 40075/ BCD-15580 [overdubbed]* ST 2456
032 2388-4 FOR OKLAHOMA I'M YEARNING unissued/ BCD-15580
033 2389-2 I TOLD YOU ONCE unissued/ BCD-15580

note: overdubbed reissue on ST 2456 produced by Lee Gillette, Cliffie Stone and Ken Nelson

 


ALBUMS
Capitol T/ST-2456 Jack Guthrie And His Greatest Songs: Oklahoma Hills; Dallas Darlin'; You Laughed And I Cried --Shame, Shame On You; Answer To Moonlight And Skies; Ida Red; Oakie Boogie; I'm Brandin' My Darlin'; Careless Darlin'; When The Cactus Is In Bloom; Chained To A Memory; Colorado Blues – 66 (overdubbed recordings, reissued on Stetson HAT 3098 in UK, 1989)
Bear Family [GER] BCD-15580 Oklahoma Hills: Oklahoma Hills; When The Cactus Is In Bloom; Next To The Soil; Shame On You; I'm Brandin' My Darlin' With My Heart; Careless Darlin'; Oakie Boogie; In The Shadows Of My Heart;For Oklahoma I'm Yearning; No Need To Knock On My Door; Shut That Gate; I'm Tellin' You; Chained To A Memory; Look Out For The Crossing; Dallas Darlin'; Colorado Blues; Welcome Home Stranger; I Still Love You As I Did Yesterday; Oklahoma's Calling; Clouds Rain Trouble Down; Answer To Moonlight And Skies; Please Oh Please; I Loved You Once But I Can't Trust You Now; Out Of Sight Out Of Mind; I'm Building A Stairway To Heaven; Ida Red; I Told You Once; San Antonio Rose; You Laughed And I Cried – 11-91
Bear Family [GER] BCD-16400 Milk Cow Blues: My Rough And Rowdy Ways; Peach Picking Time In Georgia; Git Along Little Paint; I'll Always Be A Country Boy; Mule Skinner Blues; Any Old Time; Blue Yodel No. 3; You And My Old Guitar; If It's Wrong To Love You; Colorado Blues; Home In San Antone; Waitin' For A Train; Night Train To Memphis; San Antonio Rose; My Life's Been A Pleasure; T. B. Blues; Echoes From The Hills; (My) Mother's Bible; Lonesome Road Blues; There's More Pretty Girls Than One; Maiden's Prayer; Milk Cow Blues; Shut That Gate; Brown Eyes Cryin' In The Rain; I Can't Go On This Way; That's How Much I Love You; Footprints In The Snow; Never No' Mo' Blues; Lulu Walls; Travelin' Blues - 01 (radio transcriptions)
Bear Family [GER] BCD-16412 When The World Has Turned You Down: Pins And Needles (In My Heart); Low And Lonely; Careless Darlin'; When The World Has Turned You Down; Freight Train Blues; I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes; I'll Get Along Somehow; You Nearly Lose Your Mind; Please Don't Leave Me; Time Changing Everything; Ida Red; Take Me Back To Tulsa; The Convict And The Rose; Birmingham Jail; Trouble In Mind; Cindy; Careless Love; Wagoner; This Troubled Mind O' Mine*; Bow Down Brother*;It's Too Late To Change Your Mind*; You're Gonna Be Sorry (Some Of These Days)* - 01 (radio transcriptions, except *- Capitol masters)

SINGLES

201 Oklahoma Hills / I'm Brandin' My Darlin' Within My Heart - 05-45 (rev. May 26)
246 When The Cactus Is In Bloom / I Loved You Once But I Can' Trust You Now - 03-46  (adv. March 16)
309 I'm Tellin' You / Chained To A Memory - 09-46 (rev. Sept. 29)
341 Clouds Rained Trouble Down / Oakie Boogie – 12-46 (rev. Dec. 7)
406 You Laughed And I Cried / It's Too Late To Change Your Mind - 05-47 (rev. May 10)
*40012 I'm Building A Stairway To Heaven / This Troubled Mind Of Mine - 06-47 (rev. July 5)
*40032 Please, Oh Please / Oklahoma's Calling - 08-47 (rev. Aug. 23)

48005 Shame On You  / [Jimmy Wakely:] Oklahoma Hills – 08-47 (rev. Aug. 18; from album set AD-55 Cowboy Hit Parade, reissued as 45 RPM  EDF 4000)
40075 Next To The Soil / Ida Red - 01-48 (rev. Jan. 10)

48016 Oklahoma Hills  / When The Cactus Is In Bloom – 04-48 (also as part of 78 RPM album AC 76 Jack Guthrie Memorial Album – Oklahoma Hills)

48017 This Troubled Mind Of Mine / Chained To A Memory – 04-48 (also as part of 78 RPM album AC 76 Jack Guthrie Memorial Album – Oklahoma Hills)

48018 Oklahoma's Calling / Oakie Boogie – 04-48 (also as part of 78 RPM album AC 76 Jack Guthrie Memorial Album – Oklahoma Hills)

40118 Bow Down Brothers / You're Gonna Be Sorry - 05-48 (rev. May 22)
15251 In The Shadows Of My Heart / Answer To Moonlights And Skies - 10-48 (rev. Oct. 16)
15266 Oklahoma Hills / Oakie Boogie – 10-48 (reissue)
57-40131 Look Out For The Crossing / No Need To Knock On My Door - 04-49
57-40222 Welcome Home Stranger / Colorado Blues - 08-49
F2128 Oklahoma Hills / Oakie Boogie - 06-52 (reissue, rev. June 28)
6085 Oklahoma Hills / Oakie Boogie - 66 (reissue)