Feb. 4 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY DICK NOLAN
(Program 137 - MP3)

DICK NOLAN: Funny How Time Slips Away (Willie Nelson)
(Instrumental edit by Wayne Tucker)
‘A Country Song’, Boot Records, BTM 2001, 1976
Prod: Jury Krytiuk.  Eng: Peter Mann
www.dicknolan.com

DICK NOLAN: I’d Rather Die Young (composer?)
‘I Walk the Line’,  Arc A-543, 1962
Lead guitar: Ben Weatherby

DICK NOLAN: Give My Love To Rose (Cash)
‘Home of the Blues’: Olympic DM-203, Scarborough, ON, circa 1962

THE BLUE VALLEY BOYS: Donna On My Mind (Billy Barton)
‘On Stage at The Drake’, Arc A 579, circa 1962-3
Personnel: Dick Nolan (rhythm), Roy Penney (lead), Bunty Petrie (fiddle), Johnny Bourque (bass)
Host: Moose LaTreck

DICK NOLAN and The Blue Valley Boys: My Old Brown Coat and Me (author unknown)
‘Echoes of the Atlantic’,Continental Maple, CML/CMS 1005/, circa 1962-3
Personnel: Dick Nolan - vocals; Roy Penney - electric guitar; Tommy St. Dennis - steel guitar;
Fred Hussey - Spanish guitar; Johnny Bourque - bass

DICK NOLAN: Sixteen Tons (Merle Travis)
‘Truck Driving Man’, Arc A-633, circa 1964

DICK NOLAN: The King of Fools (McGivern-Nolan)
‘Movin’ Out’, Arc A/S-740, circa 1967-8
Direction: Ben Weatherby

DICK NOLAN: Ballad Of Thunder Road (Don Raye & Robert Mitchum)
‘Arc Country Hits’, Arc AS-743, circa 1967-8

DICK NOLAN: Daddy Sang Bass (Carl Perkins)
‘Folsom Prison & other Johnny Cash Songs’, Arc AS-807, circa 1968

DICK NOLAN: Son of Hickery Hollers Tramp (Dallas Frazier)
‘I Want To Live’, Arc AS-776, Toronto circa 1968
Recorded: Bay Studios, Toronto, Direction: Ben Weatherby
A PRODUCT OF ARC SOUND LTD., TORONTO, ONTARIO

DICK NOLAN: Six White Horses (Larry Murray)
‘Country’ (with Marlene Beaudry), Arc AS-819, circa 1970

DICK NOLAN: If I Were A Carpenter (Tim Hardin)
‘Duet’, Arc As-822, Toronto, circa 1969/70

DICK NOLAN: He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands (Trad.)
‘Family Bible’ (Remastered & Expanded), Condor HCD 4412, 2010
PERSONNEL: Dick Nolan: Vocals: Rhythm Guitar; Gerry Companion: Lead Guitar; Maggie Bourgeios: Keyboards;
Ollie Strong: Pedal Steel Guitar; Brian Lock: Bass; Steve Rideout: Drums;
Back-Up Vocals: Norma Gale, Dusty Bulmer, Dick Nolan
Recorded and mixed by Dennis Brunet at Shag Sound.  Recorded April 1995

DICK NOLAN: Funny How Time Slips Away (Willie Nelson)
(Instrumental edit by Wayne Tucker)
‘A Country Song’, Boot Records, BTM 2001, 1976
Prod: Jury Krytiuk.  Eng: Peter Mann
 

Jan. 28 - THEM GOOD OLD DAYS
(Program 136 - MP3)

EDDIE COFFEY & CHUCK SIMMS: Oldman & Old Woman (Trad.)
Home Ties (with Eddie Coffey), Independent, WRC1-5228. 1987
Musicians: Eddie Coffey, Chuck Simms, Danny Boone, John Martin, Al Perry, Terry Blankely, Dusty Bulmer, The Mantini Sisters, Dave Hall.
Eng: Dave Hall. Rec. at Sound Stage, Niagara
www.eddiecoffey.ca ; http://www.ambrec.com/Homepages/chuck/chuck.htm

TERRY KELLY: The Swinger (T. Kelly)
On the Move, GUN RECORDS TKPC 839, 1984
Personnel: Terry Kelly, John Alphonse, Bruce Dixon, George Antoniak, Declan O'Doherty,
Wayne Nicholson, Dale Boutilier, Wayne Hunt, Glenn Simmons, Jon Zaslow, Doug Varty,
Paul Steenhuis, Jim Neil, John Johnson, Bob Loussier, Ken Trevenna
Prod. Declan O'Doherty.
www.terry-kelly.com

ROY PAYNE: Hank and Lefty (Roy Payne)
Last of the Reasons (I Keep Going Home), Condor 1501. circa 1979-80.
Thanks to Charlie Crocker & Steve Smith. Special thanks to Theresa Keough.
Dedicated to the memory of Dumas.
www.roypayne.ca

WINCE COLES: Them Good Old days (Wince Coles)
I Want To Be A Working Man Again World Records WRC4-4110, 1985
Personnel: Don Boland, Dave Lush, Bob O'Donovan, Mervyn Maxwell, Gary Nichols, Nick Fleming, Guy King.
Prod: Nick Fleming. Recorded at J.S.R. Studios, Gander. WinBern Productions

DICK NOLAN: Remember the Good Times (Dick Nolan)
My East Coast, Condor HCD-4423, circa 1994
originally released on the vinyl lp ‘Welcome Aboard’, Boot BTM 2008, 1984
Musicians: Albert MacDonald – Larry Dee – Paul Clinch – Keith Fitzgerald –
Barry Feener – Rocky Doucette – Bob Munro – Ray Chaisson
Producer: Albert Macdonald, Engineer: Fred Peterson
Recorded at: Kinck Sound, Toronto, ON
www.dicknolan.com

BUDDY WASISNAME: My Old Wooden Shack (Kevin Blackmore)
Nods ‘n Winks, Independent, BW-002, 1988
Personnel: Ray Johnson, Kevin Blackmore, Wayne Chaulk
Prod.: Ken Lawton. Eng.: Terry Winsor.
Rec. at St. John's Arts & Culture Center, & Hotel Newfoundland
www.buddywasisname.com

OLIVE BAYLE & the IRISH TRADITION: I Once Was Free (Don McLennan)
My Green Valleys, CYNDA CNS-1031, 1974
Personnel: Olive Bayle, Willie Haughton-guitar/vocals; Bob Shortt-mandolin/banjo; Jimmy Steadman-bass/vocals.
Prod: John Capek.

PHYLLIS MORRISSEY: Childhood (GC Blackmore)
Woman Of the Island, PM 001, 1995
Ged Blackmore: piano; Glenn Simmons: Guitar; Byron Pardy: bass; Rick Hollett: Synth
Prod & Eng; Rick Hollett. Rec. & mix: Record Time Productions, St. John's, NL

ANNE-MARIE MURRAY: Has Love Gone Out of Style? (Anne-Marie Murray)
45 rpm single, Placentia Recording & Publishing House Inc., PRP-2, 1977
www.annemarietheresa.com

BOREALIS: Old Age (D. Hillier/T. Kent)
Sons of the Sea, Audat 477-9025, 1973
Wayne Sturge, Dave Hillier, Paul Bradbury, & Mark Bradbury

THE RISING SONS: Sand and Shovels (Jennings)
The Rising Sons, 1972, Audat 477-901, 1973
Personnel: Pete Bursey, Jim Rooney, Russ Marshall
Producer: Grant Kennedy.  Recorded at Audio Atlantic, Halifax, N.S.  Engineer: Al Feeney

GORDON QUINTON: Over the Rainbow (Harold Arlen & E.Y. Harburg)
Guitar Songs, Quay CS 7933, 1979
Personnel: Gordon Quinton, John Lacey, Boyd Norman. Prod : Gordon Quinton.
Eng: Neil Bishop & Claude Caines. Rec: Clode Sound Studios, Stephenville

Jan. 21- ALIVE AND WELL
(Program 135 - MP3)

RAWLINS CROSS: Farmer's Daughter/High Reel (Trad.)
A Turn Of The Wheel, RCCD-101, RCPI Records, 1989
Dave Panting: guitar/vocals; Ian McKinnon: Bagpipes/trumpet/tin whistle/vocals;
Geoff Panting: keyboards/vocals; Lorne Taylor: Bass; Pamela Paton: Drums
Back-Up Vocals – Kathy Phippard, Glen Tilley, Sean Panting
Prod: Glen Tilley; Eng: Terry Winsor. Rec. & Mix: CBC Studio F, St. John's, NL
www.rawlinscross.com

JOAN MORRISSEY: Small Bird (composer unidentified on album)
Newfoundland Country, Condor HCD 20017, Heritage Music, 2010
www.joanmorrissey.com 

JOHN WHITE: Carefree Bachelor (composer unidentified on album)
Alive and Well, Vol. 1, independent, 1990

TICKLE HARBOUR: Green Shores Of Fogo (Trad.)
The Hares Ears, QUAY CS-7955, 1979
Personnel: Rick Hiscott, Gerry Stong, Des Walsh, Don Walsh.
Prod: Tickle Harbour, Eng: Neil Bishop & Claude Caines.
Rec: Clode Sound Studios, November 1979
www.donwalsh.com

GORDON PINSENT: : She’s Like the Swallow (M. Stanbury)
Roots, circa 1968, Arc Citation Series ACS-5027 
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/gordon-pinsent

JEFF WHITE: Buffalo Boy (Jeff White)
Grey Lord, 1976, Stovepipe Records, ST 0001
www.jefwhitemusic.com/index.htm

DICK NOLAN: Alone & Forsaken (Hank Williams)
A Country Song, 1976, Boot Records, BTM 2001
www.dicknolan.com

DENIS PARKER & ROGER HOWSE: Movin’ On (Denis Parker)
Eagle Ridin’ Papas, cassette tape, 1988, PHPC-8801
Produced by Denis Parker, Roger Howse & Don Walsh, Recorded at Daydeen Studio
www.rowdyblues.com/denisparker.html ; http://www.rogerhowse.com/

DAVE NICOL: No One Ever Told Me (About You) (Dave Nicol)
Goodbye Mama, 1973, Columbia ES 90247
Eng:Peter Houston,  Asst. Eng: Paul Barker & Brian Bell
Prod: Terry Brown,  Arr: Jim Pirie
Thanks: Bob O’Brien, Pam Harding, Terry Brown, Myron Zabol

CHRISTOPHER KEARNEY: Rocking Chair Ride (Christopher Kearney)
Christopher Kearney, Capitol ST6372, 1972
Eng: Phil Sheridan. Prod: Dennis B. Murphy.
 Personnel: Josh Onderisin, David Bromberg, Chuck Aarons, Jim Ackley, James Rolleston, Scott Lang,
Terry Clarke, Diane Brooks, Steve Kennedy, James Rolleston, Rhonda Silver.
http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/K/Kearney_Christopher.html

J. TERRY HYNES & GOODTIME: My Dreams (J. Terry Hynes)
Goodtime, Periwinkle Records, PER 7318, 1974
Personnel: Tom Hynes, Gary Tilley, Mickey Andrews, Don Paveling, Al Rain Singers, J. Terry Hynes

LLOYD BURRY: Taboo (Russel-Lecuona)
Night Train, Canadian Talent Library 477-5099, 1968
Personnel: Lloyd Burry (organ), Ralph Dunlap (drums).
Eng: Bill Giles, Recording Supervisor: Johnny Burt, Exec. Prod.: J. Lyman Potts.
Recorded at RCA Studios, Toronto. Originally released by RCA.
 

Jan. 14 - TRIBUTE TO BEN WEATHERBY
(Program 134 - MP3)

BEN WEATHERBY: Alice (Instrumental edit): (Ben Weatherby)
You Can’t Fool A Newfoundlander, Marathon ALS 367, 1973
edited by Wayne Tucker

DICK NOLAN: Don’t Take Your Guns To Town (Johnny Cash)
Newfoundland Songbook, Vol. 1: I Walk the Line - Truck Driving Man, 2008
originally released on vinyl LP, ‘I Walk the Line’,  Arc A-543, 1962
Lead guitar: Ben Weatherby
www.dicknolan.com

DICK NOLAN: Golden Rocket (Hank Snow)
Newfoundland Songbook Vol. 1, 2008 Unidisc. 2008, AGEK-2571
Originally released on vinyl LP, Truck Driving Man, circa 1964
Producer and A&R Direction: Ben Weatherby

ROY PENNEY: Twistin’ the Pick (Composer unidentified on album)
Twistin’ the Pick, circa 1965, Arc 589
Produced by Ben Weatherby

BURT CUFF: Island of Newfoundland (Burt Cuff)
From Newfoundland To Memphis, circa 1966, ARC  A 707
Direction: Ben Weatherby, An Arc Production 

DICK NOLAN: Come Where We’re At (Dick Nolan)
Newfoundland Songbook Vol. 2, 2008, Unidisc, AGEK-2572, 2008
Originally released on vinyl LP, ‘I’se the B’y What Catches Da Fish’,  Arc AS 694, 1966
Direction: Ben Weatherby

NEVILLE PLUMBS: Bottle, Bottle (Larry Kingston)
Arc Country Hits, Arc AS-743, circa 1967-8
Personnel: Mickey McGivern and the Mustangs
Direction: Ben Weatherby

 HARRY HIBBS: Sweet Sixteen (Trad.)
At the Caribou Club, Unidisc AGEK 2355 date?
Recorded at Bay Studios, Toronto
Personnel: Harry Hibbs: vocals/accordion; Mickey McGivern: guitar; Mark McGivern: bass;
Bunty Petrie: drums; Brian Barron: fiddle
Produced by Ben Weatherby
Digitally remastered at Unidisc Studios, Montreal by Robert Matichak
originally released as vinyl LP ARC (AS 794), 1968 
www.harryhibbs.com

MARLENE BEAUDRY: Harper Valley PTA (Tom T. Hall)
Country Reflections, ARC 790, circa 1968 

DICK NOLAN: Aunt Martha’s Sheep (Dick Nolan, Ellis Coles)
The Best of Dick Nolan, 2006, SONY BMG, 82876-78296-2
originally released on vinyl LP, Fisherman’s Boy, 1972, RCA CS-2576
produced by Ben Weatherby

BEN WEATHERBY: You Can’t Fool A Newfoundlander (Weatherby)
You Can’t Fool A Newfoundlander, Marathon ALS 367, 1973

 BEN WEATHERBY: Alice (Weatherby)
Here’s To the Women Of Newfoundland, Marathon ALS 391, 1973

BEN WEATHERBY: BAY BORN B’Y (Pat Maher/B. Weatherby)
Here’s To the Women Of Newfoundland (CD), Condor HCD 4462, date?
originally released on LP  ‘Our Lady Newfoundland’, MMS-76061, Marathon, 1974

BEN WEATHERBY: Alice (Instrumental edit): (Ben Weatherby)
You Can’t Fool A Newfoundlander, Marathon ALS 367, 1973
edited by Wayne Tucker
 

Jan. 7 - GOING BACKWARD
(Program 133 - MP3)

GOWER YOUTH BAND: Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody
(Lewis, Young, Schwartz) (arr. J. D. Ployhar)
An Accent On Youth, GYB 8401, 1984
Music Director: Edsel Bonnell, Eng: Chris Hammond

BUDDY WASISNAME & THE OTHER FELLERS:
Mr. McGuire Sit Down (Trad.)
Nods ‘n Winks, Independent, BW-002, 1988
Personnel: Ray Johnson, Kevin Blackmore, Wayne Chaulk
Prod.: Ken Lawton. Eng.: Terry Winsor.
Rec. at St. John's Arts & Culture Center, & Hotel Newfoundland,
www.buddywasisname.com

LORRAINE CONWAY: The Game of Love (Lorraine Conway)
45 rpm single, Independent LC-01, Side 1 circa  1981
www.myspace.com/firstchoiceband

JIM MARTIN: My Beautiful Bay of Conception (Unidentified on album)
Beautiful Bay of Conception, JM-1 (Pine Clad Records).(Circa 1989?.
Personnel: Al Penny: accordion, backup vocals; George Webb: steel;
 Steve Perry: fiddle; Roy Maccaull: mandolin, flat top guitar and bass guitar, backup vocals;
Sharon  Gushue - backup vocals.

THE GEEZERS: Last Train Going Home (Roy Payne)
cassette tape A Waltz Across the Island, NFC-791, 1991.
Featuring Cleve Best on lead accordion 

A. FRANK WILLIS: Love Left Town  (Jerry Forney)
Welcome Aboard, Hare Records HRL7901. WRC1-937, 1979
Personnel: Too numerous too mention. Prod: A. Frank Willis & Les Ladd
Recorded at Youn’un Sound Studio, Nashville; Eng: Stan Dacus, Ronnie Light, Les Ladd
Mastered at JAMF, Toronto, ON;
Accordion rec. at Clode Sound Prod., Stephenville, Eng: Neil Bishop
http://www.afrankwillis.com/

BEN WEATHERBY: Half A Mind (Roger Miller)
Here’s To the Women Of Newfoundland, Marathon ALS 391, 1973
http://gerrytaylor.thedrawlyn.com/2011/11/874/

PETER NARVAEZ: Proper Ting (Peter Narvaez)
Your Blues Ain’t Sweet Like Mine, Small Wonder Cassettes, SWC1, 1978
Personnel: Peter Narvaez: acoustic, electric, 12-string guitars, harmonica, vocals; Jim Rillie: bass;
Sandy Morris: acoustic guitar; Wayne Hynes: drums
Recorded at Some Good Sound, St. John’s, NL
www.rowdyblues.com/peternarvaez.html

DEREK PELLEY: Hot Flash (Derek Pelley)
Near Life Experience, cassette tape, ALONE STONE 0001,  circa 1990-1991?
Personnel: Derek Pelley, Dave Mattacks, Maartin Allcock, Neil Bishop.
Prod: Derek Pelley, Eng: Tim Matyear. Rec: Woodworm Studio, England, 1987 & '89.

GERRY HALL: Make It Over the Hill (G. Hall)
45 rpm single, Periwinkle Records PER-3705 (circa 1970).
Prod: Art Snider. Rec: Sound Canada.
From the Good, the Bad and the Ugle L.P. ‘All Over the Road’ (PER 7303)

JERRY ELI: Going Backward (D. Devaney)
45 rpm single MARATHON PA 1057, Side A, circa 1972

LLOYD BURRY: Sunny (Bobby Hebb)
Night Train, Canadian Talent Library 477-5099, 1968
Personnel: Lloyd Burry (organ), Ralph Dunlap (drums).
Eng: Bill Giles, Recording Supervisor: Johnny Burt, Exec. Prod.: J. Lyman Potts.
Recorded at RCA Studios, Toronto. Originally released by RCA.