Delta Records !

Delta Recording Company in Jackson. Jimmie Ammons & Mabel McQueen recorded a wide variety of music and issued records by blues artists Tommy Lee (Thompson), Little Milton Anderson, and Tabby Thomas on the Delta label.

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Milton Beasley with Country Cowboys.

Delta Records # 409 .

Aug 1953.

Side A - Mississippi Boogie.

Side B - I'm The Lonesomest Guy In Town.

Milton Beasley scores big with this magnificent uptempo rollicking 'Mississippi Boogie'! The boogie tunes were all the rage and the Blackberry Boogie gets a revamp and Delta Records were riding the wave! The flip returns to the normal format of a nice ballad but still sounds like Delta Gold! 

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Henry Ford with String Band .
Delta Records # 417 - 1953
Side A - No More Money No More Honey.
Side B - Is There Peace In Korea.

Henry zips through this jolly little tale of no more money and a money grabbing woman. Plenty of Piano,Guitar and Fiddle and some top notch vocals makes this a top tune a very rare label out of Jackson, Mississippi. Just love the way the end of the song goes a tad squiffy and the guitar player hits a bum note but who cares, it was live and it was real .

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MAC QUINN and his 'DUBS' 
Delta Record # 422 - 1954

Side A - Don't Flirt With Me In Public (I'm A Married Man)
Side B - My Good Gal Left Me.

Another Delta record hits the mark with two real cool sides of tip top hillbilly blues. Marcellas 'Mac' Quinn gives us two self written tunes and they both bop along at a nice pace. The B side is just Mac and his Rhythm Guitar and tells a simple story of getting his gal back......real nice bluesy country with a touch of yodel here and there.
The more uptempo A side has Mac with band that includes Lead Guitar, Fiddle and Bass. Another fine song written by Mac and hits the spot with a real rural sound that is what you expect from Delta around this time.

The Tennessee Harmony Boys !

Dillard Anderson and Solon Maynard - The Tennessee Harmony Boys # 451.
Side A - I'm A Millionaire .
Side B - On The Cruel Tree.

 'Tennesee' on label (spelt incorrectly) should be 'Tennessee'.

This earlier version is different than the later 'Fortune Records' # 149 release (shown below)
Harmonica driven rural hick sacred gospel brilliance from The Tennessee Harmony Boys (Dillard & Solon), superb harmony vocals with guitars and a harmonica make this a truly rare and beautiful song.
The 'Fortune' release in 1951 ? is a re recording of the same song but is more Mandolin driven and is slightly more uptempo and bluegrass in style.

Go-Lish Records !

Lucky LeRoy & the Rhythm Rangers .
Go-Lish Records # 100 - 1955
Side A - All Tied Up
Side B - Now Get Goin'

Recorded 1955, Harrisburg, Illinois

Frequent on-air appearances were made by local musicians and citizens airing their opinions on local or national topics. Lucky Leroy was a frequent flyer before he started appearing regularly on WSIL-TV in Harrisburg.

WGGH is still located at 1801 E. Main St. and to the best of my knowledge is still broadcasting the Christian format.

Born: August 9, 1924
Died: January 12, 2004

CRL Rrecords !

Artist un Credited - CRL Records .
American Brewing Co.
New Orleans / Miami.

Side A - Regal Boogie.
Side B - That Regal Feeling.

Rare little slice of shellac which would have us believe that drinking Regal Beer will do you nothing but good and make you a better person....oh yeah !!! .
Un credited singer and band on this superb slice of western hillbilly boogie. Hillbilly compilations CD's and LP's had named the artist and band as .......and it's quite funny 'Al Kahole and his Drinkin' Buddies' .....this is not the artist name but would be great if it was !!!!! 
This 'Regal Boogie' hits the spot in more ways than one with sweeping steel, top guitar pickin' and loads of call and response from the band .....just perfect.
This was obviously a publicity scheme for the beer company and I'm not sure how many were produced but I would imagine not too many . 

Anyway , grab yourself a beer and listen to this ........boogie !

Dot Records !

Dot Records # 1002 - Jan 1950

A Side - George Toon with The Tennessee Drifters - Mean Ole Boogie

B Side - Billy Hardison with The Tennessee Drifters - Drifters Special

For 1950 this really is a 'Mean Ole Boogie' it's piano boogie all the way on this mean hick stomper, wonderful vocals by George Toon and then on the 2nd half of the solos we get some hot scorchin' lead guitar which is worth the admission fee alone, just boogie woogie magic!

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Dink Embry and The Kentucky Lads 

DOT Records # 1039 - 1951

Side A - Please Stay Out Of My Dreams

Side B - Mason-Dixon Boogie

Mr Dink with the Kentucky Lads really excel on the flip on this beauty pressed by Dot and the 'Mason-Dixie Boogie' is pretty much on the money and is worth tracking down this 78 just for this tune.

The A side is a decent effort, slower number which is still good but it does not come close to the boogie side!

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Big Jeff Bess and the Radio Playboys.
Dot Records # 1058 - 1951
Side A - Step It Up And Go.
Side B - After We Are Through.

Big Jeff Bess - Rhythm Guitar/Vocals
Ed Hyde - Fiddle
Johnny Sibert - Steel Guitar.
George McCormick - Lead Guitar.
Ike Inman - Upright Bass.
Johnny Maddox - Piano.

Big Jeff was a Nashville legend, even back when this was recorded Jeff was a hero to many in town. Bar owner, film star, this guy done it all, he even married Tootsie and they opened a bar in Nashville which is still open today.
This 78 was the second release by the band on the label and my god what a rip roaring tune it is, pounding piano and some sweet boogie guitar by George McCormick.....this is as close to the start of Rock 'N' Roll as you can get, this is a record of mega magnitude in the world of country music ......SUPERB HILLBILLY BOOGIE !!!!

J-B Records !

"Country" Johnny Mathis .
J-B Records # 1500 - 1952 
Side A - Contented
Side B - Me For You And You For Me.

This is Johnny Mathis (Not to be confused with the other more famous Johnny Mathis crooner from the 60's and 70's) and is better known as "Country" Johnny Mathis . This is his second ever release and both songs were written by Mr Mathis himself. 
He also became part of the legendary duo 'Jimmy & Johnny' and they cut some brilliant rockabilly in the mid to late 50's.
Here we have a typical country weepie A side and is just OK really and not really gonna set the world on fire but the flip is a real nice slow to mid tempo hillbilly tune and in my opinion the better of the two, nice song with some nice steel and Johnny's voice is smooth as ever.
Jim Bulleit the label owner went onto finance and help Sam Phillips set up Sun Records in Memphis in 1953 .

Demo Records !

Larry Lee and The Westerneers .
Demo Records # 1029 - 1953.
Side A - Bitter Feelings.
Side B - While I Was Waiting For You .

This is the second recorded version of the classic song 'Bitter Feelings' written by Larry Lee AKA Larry Phillipson . The first was recorded on the 'Mode' label probably in 1952 and is in a more bluegrass style, this superb version on 'Demo' is more of a straight country style and is clearly leading the way to the more Rockabilly version that was to be recorded and released on the 'Cinch' label in 1959 as Larry Phillipson and the Larry Lee Trio.
This version on 'Demo' is pure classic country and is just marvelous, recorded with great feel and shows superb song writing skills by Larry and you can tell that he believed in this song and was determined to make it work no matter what it took. It is now a classic rockabilly song and the 'Cinch' version is loved by the rockin' vinyl collectors.