Charlie Waller and the Country Gentlemen

Over the years, most of The Country Gentlemen's material has been released in overseas markets like Japan. Below are some of the more significant releases that occasionally find their way into the U.S.A. Many contain out of print material or songs previously unissued.

Folk Hits Bluegrass Style, The Country Gentlemen Sing and Play Folk Songs

Recorded Ca 1962 at Wynnwood Studios, Falls Church, Va.

Released: 1966

Song Tracks:

01. Blowing In The Wind
02. 500 Miles
03. This Land Is Your Land
04. Home Sweet Home
05. Long Journey home
06. Take This Hammer
07. Oh Susanna
08. Camptown Races
09. Red River Valley
10. Free Little Bird
11. My Old Kentucky Home
12. Rose Connelly
13. Goodbye Katie
14. Auld Lang Syne

Personnel:

Charlie Waller - Guitar and Vocals
John Duffey - Mandolin and Vocals
Eddie Adcock - Banjo and Vocals
Tom Gray - Bass and Vocals

The selections on the Japanese release were especially recorded for release in Japan and, with the exception of "500 Miles", none have ever been issued in the United States. (Record Number: London SLH52).

The Early Sessions Of The Country Gentlemen (Japan) - London, GT-6020

Recorded late 1950's and early 1960's

Released: 1974

Song Tracks:

01. Banjo Hop
02. Backwoods Blues
03. Traveling Dobro Blues
04. John Hardy
05. Mountaineer's Fling
06. Bluegrass Fiddle Special
07. It's The Blues
08. If That's The Way You Feel
09. BLue Man
10. Remembrance Of You
11. Hills and Home
12. Trains In The Hollow

Personnel:

Charlie Waller - Guitar and Vocals
John Duffey - Mandolin, Dobro, and Vocals
Bill Emerson - Banjo and Vocals
Pete "Roberts" Kuykendal - Banjo and Vocals
Eddie Adcock - Banjo and Vocals
Carl Nelson - Fiddle
Kenny Haddock - Dobro
Jim Cox - Bass
Tom Gray - Bass

A sloppily produced, but interesting collection of Early County Gentlemen material done for Starday and Folkways. "If That's The Way You Feel" was a Stanley Brothers number performed often by The Country Gentlemen but never released. "Banjo Hop" is actually "Mountaineer's Fling" which has been included twice. "Trains In The Hollow" is "Train 45", and "Bluegrass Fiddle Special" turns out to be Jim and Jesse's 1958 instrumental, "Dixie Hoedown".

The Country Gentlemen, Yesterday and Today Vol 3 - Rebel Records SLP-1535

Recorded: (See Individual songs)

Released: 1974

Song Tracks:

01. Train 45 - (Tokyo, Japan-1972)
02. White Rose - (1962)
03. Pretty Polly - (Martha's Vineyard, Mass - 1963)
04. Silence Or Tears - (1962)
05. Make Me A Pallet On The Floor - (1963)
06. Hank Snow Medley - (Tokyo, Japan - 1972)
07. Galveston Flood - (1963)
08. MTC - (Martha's Vineyard, Mass - 1963)
09. Sunrise - (1963)
10. They Call The Wind Maria - (1970)
11. Heaven - (Berryville, Va - 1967)

Personnel:

Charlie Waller - Guitar and Vocals
John Duffey - Mandolin and Vocals
Eddie Adcock - Banjo and Vocals
Tom Gray - Bass and Vocals
Ed Ferris - Bass and Vocals
Jimmy Gaudreau - Mandolin and Vocals
Doyle Lawson - Mandolin and Vocals
Bill Emerson - Banjo and Vocals
Bill Yates - Bass
Mike Auldridge - Dobr0
Kenny Gaddock - Dobro
Pete "Roberts" Kuykendall - Guitar
Bobbi Woods - Tambourine

These three albums were issued by Rebel Records during the time that The Country Gentlemen were under contract to Vanguard Records. The material is a mixture of live performances adn studio recordings that took place between 1962 and 1972. The bulk of the selections focus on the Duffey, Waller, Adcock, and Gray period, but also incuded are selections from other Country Gentlemen configurations.

Note: Studio recordings are identified only by year of the recording. Live performances are indicated by the locale and year. The Performaces at Martha's Vineyard, Mass., were the Mooncusser Coffee House, while the Berryville, Va. sellections were recorded at Watermelon Park.

Remembrances and Forecasts - Vanguard Records VSD-79349

Recorded at Vanguard Recording Studios, New York, NY

Released: 1974

Song Tracks:

01. Willow Creek Dam
02. Remembrance Of You
03. Irish Spring
04. Billy McGhee
05. Home In Louisiana
06. King Of Spades
07. The Little Grave
08. Delta Queen
09. Heartaches
10. Welcome To New York
11. Lord Protect My Soul
12. Circuit Rider

Personnel:

Charlie Waller - Guitar and Vocals
Doyle Lawson - Mandolin, Guitar, and Vocals
Bill Yates - Bass and Vocals
James Bailey - Banjo
Ricky Skaggs - Fiddle
Jerry Douglas - Dobro

The Gentlemen expanded to a six man unit with the addition of Ricky Skaggs on fiddle and Jerry Douglas on Dobro. James Bailey replaced Bill Emerson on banjo. One of the album's standouts was their performance of Bill Monroe's "Lord Protect My Soul".

The Country Gentlemen Live In Japan - Seven Seas GXF-8 (Double Album)

Recorded: January 1972, Tokyo, Japan

Released: 1975

Song Tracks:

Album 1:

A Side:

01. Fox On The Run
02 Little Bessie
03 Train 45
04 The Legend Of The Rebel Soldier
05 Walking Down The Line
06 C. G. Express

B Side:

01 Matterhorn
02 Country Roads
03 Spanish Two Step
04 He Will Set Your Fields On Fire
05 Cripple Creek
06 Foggy Mountain Breakdown

Abum 2:

A Side:

01 East Virginia Blues
02 Redwood Hill
03 Breaking It Down
04 I'll Break Out
05 Under The Double Eagle
06 Copper Kettle
07 Yesterday
08 Bringing Mary Home

B Side:

01 Seeing Nellie Home
02 Along The Way
03 Hank Snow medley: ("The Last Ride","One More Ride","Golden Rocket","I'm Movin' On","The Rumbah Boogie")
04 Orange Blossom Mandolin
05 Mule Skinner Blues

Recorded during The Country Genltemen's initial Japanese tour in 1972. This double album set was licensed by Rebel Records for distribution in Japan. Two selections, "Train 45" and "Hank Snow Medley" appear on Volume 3 of Yesterday and Today (Rebel SLP-1535).

Joe's Last Train - Rebel Records SLP-1559

Recorded at Track Recorders, Silver Spring, MD

Released: 1976

Song Tracks:

01. Joe's Last Train
02. Ages And Ages Ago
03. In My Younger Days
04. Dixieland For Me
05. Pamela Brown
06. Lord Don't Leave Me Here
07. Cryin' Holy
08. This Land Must Die
09. Texas Chili
10. Free As The Wind
11. Bloody Mary Morning
12. Goin' Home

Personnel:

Charlie Waller - Guitar and Vocals
Doyle Lawson - Mandolin, Guitar, and Vocals
Bill Yates - Bass and Vocals
Bill Holden - Banjo and Vocals
Mike Auldridge - Dobro
Ed Ferris - Bass

It was back to Rebel Records for this album. Bill Holden took over on banjo and contribued the instrumental "Texas Chili". Charlie scored with a lesser Gene Autry piece, "Ages And Ages Ago" and Doyle contributed an A'Cappella arrangement of a Chestnut Grove Quartet number, "Lord Don't Leave Me Here".