This is an updated reprint of a piece I compiled in 1985 & 1986, with help from the Country Music Foundation (Nashville) and a couple of fellow collectors. It was first published in the November 1986 issue of the French mag - LATCH ON - then run by Jean-Guy Meunier.
Also, many thanks to Steve Wisner, Walt Rogers, Scott Adamson and the late Harry Shields.

JOE & ROSE LEE MAPHIS

US DISCOGRAPHY & SESSIONOGRAPHY

Part 2 : LPs & CDs

JOE MAPHIS 'FIRE ON THE STRINGS' COLUMBIA CL 1005 RHCO 33564 Fire On The Strings RHCO 33731 Guitar Rock And Roll RHCO 33732 Floggin' The Banjo RHCO 33733 Tennessee Two Step RHCO 33734 Bully Of The Town RHCO 33943 Town Hall Shuffle RHCO 33944 Flying Fingers RHCO 33945 Twin Banjo Special RHCO 33946 Sweet Fern RHCO 40149 Randy Lynn Rag RHCO 40150 Lorrie Ann RHCO 40159 Katy Warren Breakdown VARIOUS ARTISTS 'TOWN HALL PARTY' COLUMBIA CL 1072 Featuring among others : The Collins Kids, Freddie Hart, Johnny Bond, Tex Ritter and Joe & Rose Lee Maphis RHCO 33733 Tennesse Two Step * RHCO 33943 Town Hall Shuffle * RHCO 40293 Sweeter Than The Flowers (*Also featured on Columbia EP B-10721) JOE MAPHIS 'HI-FI HOLIDAY FOR BANJO' HARMONY HL 7180 RHCO 46066 Oh, Susanna RHCO 46067 Bye, Bye, Blues RHCO 46068 Little Liza Jane RHCO 46069 Over The Waves RHCO 46070 Barbara Polka RHCO 46071 The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise RHCO 46072 Marching To Pretoria RHCO 46073 Camptown Races RHCO 46074 Missouri Waltz RHCO 46075 When You And I Were Young, Maggie RHCO 46076 Under The Double Eagle RHCO 46077 You Are My Sunshine ROSE LEE MAPHIS 'ROSE LEE MAPHIS' COLUMBIA CL 1598 / CS 8398 CO 65581 Signed, Sealed And Delivered CO 65582 Pins And Needles (In My Heart) CO 65583 Greenback Dollar CO 65584 I Won't Stand In Your Way CO 65585 Nobody Answered Me CO 65586 Nobody's Darlin' But Mine CO 65587 My Curly Headed Baby CO 65588 Bury Me Beneath The Willow CO 65589 You Can't Divorce My Heart CO 65590 Release Me CO 65591 The Wind And The Tree CO 65592 The Keeper Of The Key JOE MAPHIS 'KING OF THE STRINGS' MAC GREGOR MGR 1205 Seeing Nellie Home Square Dance Rock 8th Of January New Wildwood Flower Home, Sweet Home Bill Cheatum Georgia Camp Meeting Green River Rag Kansas City Special Cotton Eyed Joe Cumberland Gap Crazy Pickin' (liner notes by Merle Travis) JOE & ROSE LEE MAPHIS With The Blue Ridge Mountain Boys CAPITOL T 1778 / ST 1778 Flowers On The Sunny Side Why Do You Weep, Dear Willow There'll Come A Time Maple On The Hill Teardrops Falling In The Snow Put My Little Shoes Away Lonesome Train Little Rosewood Casket Whiskey Is The Devil In Liquid Form Speak To Me, Little Darlin' Little Mother Of The Hills Picture On The Wall (liner notes by Merle Travis) MERLE TRAVIS & JOE MAPHIS 'COUNTRY MUSIC'S TWO GUITAR GREATS' CAPITOL T 2102 / ST 2102 Corrine, Corrina Big Midnight Special Bayou Baby Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Guitar Rag Blast Off When It's Time For The Whippoorwill To Sing West Coast Blues Mainstreet Breakdown Picture On The Wall Kentucky Waltz Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar (liner notes by Chet Atkins) VARIOUS ARTISTS 'COUNTRY MUSIC HOOTENANNY' CAPITOL T 2009 / ST 2009 Featuring : Merle Travis, Buck Owens, Glen Campbell, Rose Maddox, Roy Nichols & Joe & Rose Lee Maphis Paper Of Pins JOE & ROSE LEE MAPHIS 'MR. & MRS COUNTRY MUSIC' STARDAY SLP 286 6954 Remember (I'm Just As Close As The Place) 6955 Love Don't Live Here Anymore 6956 I've Come To Take You Home 6958 Please Mr. Mailman 6959 Time To Pray 6960 Hoot 'n' Annie 6961 I Don't Love Nobody But You 6962 Lonesome Jailhouse Blues 6966 Hot Time In Nashville Tonight 6967 Del Rio 6970 Sweet, Sweet Lips 6972 Separated From Each Other (By A Prison Wall) JOE MAPHIS 6965 The Weasel 6968 Hot Rod Lincoln (those two Starday tracks seem to be unreleased) JOE MAPHIS 'THE AMAZING JOE MAPHIS' STARDAY SLP 316 6957 Fiddlin' On The Guitar 6963 Banjo Boogie Shuffle 6964 Kansas City Special 6969 Hot Rod Guitar (with Pete Drake) 7180 Little Bit Of Travis 7181 Give Me Forty Acres 7182 Scalping The Indians 7183 Fire On The Strings 7184 Double Neck Boogie 7185 Invitation To The Blues 7186 Coffee Break (take #1) 7187 Sweet Rosie JOE MAPHIS 'GOLDEN GOSPEL GUITAR' STARDAY SLP 322 7188 When The Saints Go Marching In 7189 Rock Of Ages 7190 Old Time Religion 7191 When They Ring Those Golden Bells 7192 I'll Be Somewhere Listening 7193 Lonesome Valley 7194 I'll Fly Away 7195 In The Garden 7196 In The Sweet By And By 7197 When The Roll Is Called 7198 Jesus Loves Me 7199 Will The Circle Be Unbroken 7200 Satisfied Mind 7201 Time To Pray JOE MAPHIS 'COUNTRY GUITAR GOES TO THE JIMMY DEAN SHOW' STARDAY SLP 373 7933 Dixie Guitar 7934 Seasons Of My Heart 7935 Y' All Come 7936 Window Up Above 7937 Bonaparte's Retreat 7938 Tennessee Guitar Polka 7939 Cannon Ball Guitar 7940 Under The Double Eagle 7941 Bury Me Beneath The Willow 7942 Wildwood Flower 7943 Maybelle 7944 Columbus Stockade Blues VARIOUS ARTISTS 'LET'S HIT THE ROAD' STARDAY SLP 306 Featuring among others : Bob Wills & Tommy Duncan, Frankie Miller, The Willis Brothers & Joe Maphis 6971 Riding Down Ole 99 6969 Big Rig Guitar * (* this is, in fact, 'Hot Rod Guitar') [exists in true stereo : see notes below] VARIOUS ARTISTS 'COUNTRY GUITAR HALL OF FAME' STARDAY SLP 326 7180 Little Bit Of Travis 7184 Double Neck Boogie 6969 Hot Rod Guitar 6957 Fiddlin' On The Guitar (other titles/artists unknown) VARIOUS ARTISTS 'HIT PARADE OF BLUEGRASS STARS' STARDAY SLP 343 Featuring among others : Reno & Smiley, Hylo Brown, Flatt & Scruggs, The Lonesome Pine Fiddlers & Joe Maphis 7183 Fire On The Strings VARIOUS ARTISTS 'THAT'S TRUCK DRIVIN' STARDAY SLP 357 Featuring among others : Red Sovine, Johnny Bond, Tommy Hill's String Band & Joe Maphis 7626 Ten Days Out, Two Days In [exists in true stereo : see notes below] VARIOUS ARTISTS 'THE FABULOUS SOUNDS OF THOSE NASHVILLE CATS' STARDAY SLP 399 Featuring among others : Joe Maphis, Pete Drake, Jimmy Richardson, Boots Randolph & Hank Garland 6969 Hot Rod Guitar

The above picture graced the front cover of Starday LP 373.VARIOUS ARTISTS 'NASHVILLE GUITARS' NASHVILLE NLP 2091 One side by Joe Maphis : 7180 Little Bit Of Travis 7937 Bonaparte's Retreat 7942 Wildwood Flower 7183 Fire On The Strings 6969 Hot Rod Guitar The other by Jackie Phelps : Guitar Cannonball Sugarfoot Guitar Milk Cow Blues Cottonfield Blues Y'All Come JOE MAPHIS 'THE NEW SOUND OF JOE MAPHIS' MOSRITE MA 400 Yakety Yak Green Valley Waltz Durango Ole Jobro (with Rose Lee Maphis) Limehouse Blues Pickin' And A Guitin' Buckaroo Spanish Dobro One More Time Around (w/Rose Lee) Thunder Road Liberty On The Guitar Alabama Jubilee JOE & ROSE LEE MAPHIS 'STRINGIN' ALONG WITH JOE & ROSE LEE MAPHIS' MOSRITE MA 401 Ole Jobro Spanish Dobro One More Time Around Country Girl Courtship I Guess You're Finally Satisfied Down By The Railroad Tracks I'm Willing To Try Second Fiddle To A Guitar Maple On The Hill Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (& Loud, Loud Music) There Goes My Everything Preview JOE MAPHIS 'GOSPEL GUITAR' SACRED LP 3014 Onward Christian Soldiers A Beautiful Life Stand Up For Jesus I'll Fly Away Softly And Tenderly The Church In The Wildwood Amazing Grace Old Time Religion Hear Dem Bells Jesus Hold My Hand Pass Me Not I Shall Not Be Moved Bringing In The Sheaves Precious Memories [also released in stereo - LPS 4014] JOE MAPHIS 'GOSPEL GUITAR - Vol. 2' SACRED LPS 74055 Where The Soul Never Dies Battle Hymn Of The Republic Whispering Hope Where We'll Never Grow Old Since Jesus Came Into My Heart Dwelling In Beulah Land What A Friend We Have In Jesus Wait For The Light To Shine I Love To Tell The Story Leaning On The Everlasting Arms Just A Little Talk With Jesus JOE & JODY MAPHIS 'GUITARATION GAP' CHART CHS 1042 Guitaration Gap Fire And Rain If I Kiss You Sippin', Pickin' And Flippin' Celito Lindo Scruggin' It Lookin' Out My Back Door Ride, Ride, Ride The Letter Billy In The Low Ground (liner notes by Earl Scruggs) ROSE LEE & JOE MAPHIS 'LET YOUR LOVE SHOW' OUTREACH OR-1001 Let Your Love Show There Is A River Old Brush Arbor Crumbs From The Table Southern Belle Of Birmingham I'll Fly Away One Day At A Time Forgetting All Others The Legend Of The Robin Red Breast Peace In The Valley (produced by Eddie Miller) JOE MAPHIS & HIS SUPER PICKER PALS 'GRASS 'N' JAZZ' CMH 6215 Fire On The Strings Southern Nights Stumbling Ballad Of Thunder Road Theme From Bonanza Black & White Rag Flying Fingers Saturday Night Ramble Moonglow Theme From 'Picnic' Super Picker Jam Bonaparte's Retreat Orange Blossom Special JOE MAPHIS with ROSE LEE & DALE 'DIM LIGHTS, THICK SMOKE (& GOOD OLD COUNTRY MUSIC)' CMH 6224 Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music) Mother Maybelle Eighteen Wheels Down At The Foot Of The Mountain Town Hall Rag Carter Country My Baby's Doin' Alright Hilltop Pickin' Rocky Mountain Special Yodeling Bird You Ain't Got The Sense (You Were Born With) Snowflakes JOE MAPHIS with ROSE LEE MAPHIS 'BOOGIE WOOGIE FLAT TOP GUITAR PICKIN' MAN' CMH 6239 Boogie Woogie Flat Top Guitar Pickin' Man Fiddle Pickin Joe Maphis' Blues Devil's Dream Old Fiddler Joe Somewhere Between Don't You Cry, Melinda Sweet Georgia Brown Your Sweet, Sweet Lips Six By Five JOE MAPHIS with ROSE LEE MAPHIS 'HONKY-TONK COWBOY' CMH 6251 Honky-Tonk Cowboy Old Black Mountain Saturday Night Where Honky-Tonk Angels Spread Their Wings Durango Another Man's Lady (Another Lady's Man) Sittin' On Top Of The World I Can't Get Her Sweet Love Off My Mind Man's Nature Joe's Double Eagle I'm Gonna Wear The Pants Maybe Someday Super Slab Blues MERLE TRAVIS & JOE MAPHIS 'COUNTRY GUITAR GIANTS' CMH 9017 Free Little Bird Mose Rager Blues Alabama Jubilee Hear Dem Bells Eight More Miles To Louisville Little Rosewood Casket John Henry Cannonball Rag Beer Barrel Polka My Adobe Hacienda Lover Snow Deer Ike Everly's Rag Sweet Bunch Of Daisies Somebody Stole My Gal San Antonio Rose Li'l Liza Jane Bury Me Beneath The Willow High Noon Down Among The Budded Roses Freight Train I Wonder Where You Are Tonight Wildwood Flower Back In The Saddle Again Memphis Blues Black Mountain Rag Say 'Si Si' Columbus Stockade Blues Right Or Wrong - Smiles I Saw The Light JOE MAPHIS 'THE JOE MAPHIS FLAT-PICKING SPECTACULAR' CMH 9030 Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar Cripple Creek South Lonesome Road Blues Zendel's Breakdown Town Hall Rag Whistling Blues Memories Of Maybelle El Rancho Grande Rocky Mountain Reel Silver Threads Among The Gold Grandma's Favorites Charlotte Breakdown Foggy Mountain Breakdown Lara's Theme (From Dr. Zhivago) Hilltop Pickin' Little Rock Getaway Sailor's Hornpipe Albuquerque Rag Liebestraum Duelin' Banjos Riders In The Sky Guitar Rag Irish Washerwoman Carter Country Liberty

The Columbia sessions were cut as follows : * RHCO 33564 : October 3, 1955 * RHCO 33731 to 33734 : February 28, 1956 * RHCO 33943 to 33946 : August 23, 1956 * RHCO 40147 to 40150 : March 12, 1957 * RHCO 40159 : probably March 13, 1957 * RHCO 40293 : August 20, 1957 * RHCO 40372 to 40375 : September 25, 1957 * RHCO 45777 to 45779 : January 30, 1959 * RHCO 46066 to 46077 : December 8, 1958 * RHCO 46423 to 46426 : January 5, 1960 * CO 65581 to 65592 : November 15, 1960. Nigel Burlinson has kindly given me the explanation for that 'RHCO' prefix : R=Radio Recorders, H= Hollywood, CO=Columbia. The Mac Gregor stuff dates back probably to 1960 or 1961 (maybe earlier than that). Joe played most instruments, using overdubbing extensively. The Capitol sides were recorded around 1962 and 1963 (producer : Ken Nelson). Joe also appears on the LP, 'Anthology Of The Banjo' (Everest/Tradition 2077), circa 1963 ; he does 'Joe's Breakdown' and 'Banjo Workout'. Most of the above sessions were done in Hollywood (Radio Recorders, etc), although some were cut in Nashville (like those for the Rose Lee Maphis LP). After Capitol, Joe was signed to Starday Records. The Starday sides are all from the 1964-1966 period ; they were cut in Nashville at the Starday Sound Studios, produced by Tommy Hill and engineered by Jack Linneman. From the early '60s on, most Starday recordings were cut in true Stereo (2 or 3-track) and were then mixed down to Mono. While the singles were released in Mono, some albums were released in Stereo though, or rereleased that way. Such was the case of SLP 306 and SLP 357 (despite a couple of songs in annoying rechanneled stereo, but these are mostly '50s cuts) and Joe's numbers are gloriously sounding !! There was a Little LP version of SLP 357 in Stereo but Joe wasn't featured (only Red Sovine [2 cuts including the rocking 'Truck Driving Son Of A Gun'], Slim Jacobs [the hilarious 'That's Truck Drivin'], Johnny Bond and Minnie Pearl [whose 'Answer To Giddy-Up, Go' wasn't on the 12" album] appeared). The budget Nashville label was an offshoot of Starday. The Mosrite outings (produced by Semie & Audy Moseley) are late '60s recordings. The first Chart album was released in 1971. The Outreach album is a real rarity. Probably cut in Nashville, it was released in 1975. The musicians listed are : Ron Oates (piano), Harold Rugg (steel), Joe Zinkan (bass) & William Ackerman (drums) ; the background vocals are provided by Laverna Moore, Diane Moore & Pam Miller. Fred Carter Jr. is band leader. The CMH releases are from 1978-1982. Joe also played on the following albums : GRANDPA JONES CMH 9010 'OLD TIME COUNTRY MUSIC COLLECTION' CMH 9015 'FAMILY ALBUM' CMH 9026 'FAMILY GATHERING' MERLE TRAVIS (with MAC WISEMAN, JACKSON D. KANE & FIDDLIN' RED HERRON) CMH 9028 'THE CLAYTON McMICHEN STORY' And he appeared on the following compilations : CMH 5900 'WORLD'S GREATEST BLUEGRASS' CMH 5901 'WORLD'S GREATEST BLUEGRASS - Volume 2' CMH 5902 'THE ORIGINAL BLUEGRASS & COUNTRY SWING SPECTACULAR' CMH 5903 'STARS OF BLUEGRASS MUSIC' CMH 6227 'SUPER PICKER SPECIAL'. Other compilation albums featuring Joe Maphis are : MOUNTAIN DEW S7038 '25 Banjo & Guitar Favorites' (Joe does 'Six By Twelve', 'My Little Maggie', 'Banjo Workout' and 'Joe's Breakdown' - Other cuts by Billy Strange, Tommy Tedesco, Roger McGuinn...) MOUNTAIN DEW S7050 'Instrumental Country Stars' By arrangement with Chart Records (Joe & Jody Maphis play 'Ride, Ride, Ride' and 'Sippin', Pickin' & Flippin' - Other cuts by Lloyd Green, Hargus Robbins and Del Wood) EVEREST RECORDS ARCHIVE OF FOLK & JAZZ MUSIC FS-243 'THE GUITAR GREATS' ('Old Joe Clark' by Joe Maphis who also joins James aka Roger McGuinn on 'Big Sound' - Other cuts by Glen Campbell, Dick Rosmini, Jim Helms...).