GUIDE TO MUSIC STREAMING SOURCES FOR JERRY CASE & JOHNNY CASE
1966 - 3 Selections from Kapp LP: “FROM THE HEART OF TEXAS” by Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. Reissued on MCA CD as: “THE BEST OF BOB WILLS”.
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group.
A Big Ball in Cowtown 2:12 / My Adobe Hacienda 2:11 / Deep in the Heart of Texas 2:14
Recorded in Nashville, Tennessee in the summer of 1966, the personnel includes Jerry Case, guitar; Jimmy Belken, fiddle; Johnnie Manson, fiddle; Phil Sperbeck, pedal steel; Bobby McBay, drums; Leon Rausch, vocals; Keith Coleman, fiddle; Bob Wills, fiddle & leader, plus Nashville “A-Team” musicians: Hargus “Pig” Robbins, piano; Bob Moore, bass; Buddy Harmon, drums; George Tidwell, trumpet; etc.
1974 - The title track from Priority LP: “SERENADE” by John & Jerry Case Quartet
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Serenade 7:14
Recorded at Delta Recording Studios in Fort Worth, Texas - September 1974. John Patterson, engineer.
Personnel: Jerry Case, 7-string guitar; Tom Morrell, pedal steel guitar; Johnny Case, bass; Don Sowell, drums.
1985 - All 10 tracks from Priority LP: “SOLO GUITAR ARTISTRY” by Jerry Case
Provided to YouTube by Mack V (a channel devoted to jazz guitar)
Ain’t Misbehavin’ 3:27 / Emily 3:52 / Once I Loved 3:17 / Nice To Be Around 3:35 / Green Dolphin Street 3:50 / Jordu 3:12 / Yesterdays 4:24 / Theme From M.A.S.H 3:54 / Prelude To a Kiss 3:30 / Like Someone in Love 3:25
Jerry Case, unaccompanied 7-string guitar.
1990 - All 16 tracks from WR CD (originally issued in 1991 on Priority cassette): “HOW THE WEST WAS SWUNG, VOLUME 1” by Tom Morrell and the Time-Warp Tophands
Provided to YouTube by Leather Zoo
Steelin’ Home 3:17 / Stampede at Midnight 0:26 / Texas Blues 2:36 / I Can’t Go On This Way 2:09 / Lonesome Coyotes 0:09 / Oh Lonesome Me 3:52 / Sweet Kind of Love 2:12 / Hang Your Head in Shame 3:12 / Honeysuckle Rose 2:34 / Curtain Call 3:16 / Mr. Steel Guitar 2:02 / Misery 3:19 / Son of Misery 3:21 / I Didn’t Realize 3:14 / New Jersey Coyotes 0:09 / Round-Up Time in Texas (When the Bloom is on the Sage) 4:35.
Recorded in the summer of 1990 at Garland Recording Studio, Garland, Texas. Liner notes by Kevin Coffey (music historian), Tom Morrell (featured artist, arranger & producer), Johnny Case (sideman & executive producer).
Collective personnel: Tom Morrell, pedal steel guitar, standard guitar, Dobro; Bob Boatright, fiddle; Rodney Booth, trumpet; Johnny Case, piano (bass on Rose and Sage); Leon Chambers, lead guitar; Don Edwards, vocals; Benny Garcia, rhythm guitar; Randy Lee, saxophones; Lanny Long, vocal; Bill Miner, drums; Rich O’Brien, lead guitar; Tommy Perkins, drums; Leon Rausch, vocals; Dean Reynolds, bass; Steve Solomon, fiddle.
2003 - One track from Sea Breeze CD: “WAITING FOR THE MOMENT” by Johnny Case Trio
Provided to YouTube by mogurin (February 2013)
You Leave Me Breathless 5:12
Recorded at Pat McGuire’s Recording Studio in Arlington, Texas in late December, 2003. Patrick McGuire, engineer.
Johnny Case, piano; Byron Gordon, bass; Duane Durrett, drums.
1972 - Three tracks from private LP produced in Fort Worth, Texas and reissued by the British label JAZZMAN: “BST PLUS 1” by Bill Swift Trio featuring Drenda Barnett
Provided to YouTube by JAZZMAN (2008)
Day Dreamin’ 3:41 / Chain of Fools 4:59 / Why Do You Do Me This Way 4:04
Bill Swift, Hammond B-3 organ, harmony vocals & leader; Jerry Case (uncredited), 7-string guitar, flute & harmony vocals; Bill Walker (uncredited), drums, harmony vocals; Drenda Barnett, vocals.
1972 - All four tracks from Priority LP, reissued (1976) by Pedal Steel Guitar Products (PSGP): “SEXTET SESSIONS” by John & Jerry Case Sextet featuring Maurice Anderson & Tom Morrell.
Provided to YouTube by 45ripping78
Bags’ Groove 11:20 / In a Mellow Tone 7:25 / Secret Love 9:20 / Perdido 10:35
Recorded at Delta Studios in Fort Worth, Texas on June 22, 1972. John Patterson, engineer.
Maurice Anderson, pedal steel guitar; Tom Morrell, pedal steel guitar; Jerry Case, 7-string guitar; John Case, piano; Charles Scott, bass; Don Sowell, drums.
1989 - All 15 tracks from Priority cassette: “WESTERN SWING HERITAGE, VOLUME ONE” by Roy Lee Brown and his Musical Brownies (A Tribute to Milton Brown).
Provided to Soundcloud by Musicase. Special Thanks to Colby Cowen.
Note: The order in which the titles appear on the issued tape is as follows:
Theme; If You Can’t Get Five Take Two 3:25 / Texas Hambone Blues 2:35 / Stealing 3:27 / Right or Wrong 3:52 / House at the End of the Lane 3:11 / Four or Five Times 3:13 / Roseland Melody 3:07 / One of Us Was Wrong 2:36 / Don’t Ever Tire of Me 3:37 / You’re Tired of Me 2:15 / I Had Someone Else 2:05 / Old Watermill 2:26 / Chinatown 3:21 / My Mary 2:54 / Theme 0:36
Recorded at Pantego Studios in Pantego, Texas in late August, 1989. Jerry Abbott, engineer
Roy Lee Brown, vocals & leader; Randy Elmore, fiddle and electric mandolin; Wes Westmoreland, fiddle; Tom Morrell, pedal steel guitar; Johnny Case, piano; Billy Luttrell, rhythm guitar; Leon Rausch, bass and harmony vocals; Bob Venable, drums.
1982 - All 14 tracks from Blum LP: “TOMMY CAMFIELD” by Tommy Camfield.
Provided to Soundcloud by Musicase. Special Thanks to Colby Cowen.
Note: The order in which the titles appear on the issued LP is as follows:
Draggin’ the Bow 2:20/ Faded Love 2:55 / Sweet Georgia Brown 3:12 / You Can Depend On Me 3:05 / Skater’s Waltz 3:39 / San Antonio Rose 2:25 / Bach, Beethoven and Bob Wills 4:42 / Miles and Miles of Texas 3:28 / Black and White Rag 2:22 / He 3:42 / Lady Be Good 3:07 / Charmaine 3:20 / Back Home Again in Indiana 2:50 / Humoresque 3:41
Recorded at Cowtown Studios in Fort Worth, Texas in November 1982. David Hearne, engineer.
Tommy Camfield, fiddle; Johnny Case, piano; Frank Kinman, lead guitar; Billy Luttrell, rhythm guitar; Charlie Owens, steel guitar; Miles Ford, bass; Charles Summarell, drums.
Note: The guitar solo on Lady Be Good is by Tommy Camfield. Some song titles on the LP and the Soundcloud site contain spelling errors or other mistakes.
1977 - All nine tracks from Priority LP: “COUNTRY SWING STEEL GUITAR” by Chuck Caldwell.
Provided to YouTube by 45ripping78.
Note: The order in which the titles appear on the issued LP is as follows:
Elevation 2:43 / Lawton Blues 2:56 / Cold Cold Heart 3:41 / A New Moon 2:14 / Perdido 2:45 / Divisio 5:02 / Stomping At the Savoy 3:49 / All Nite Gig 2:25 / I Love You Because 4:44
Recorded at Nesman Studios in Wichita Falls, Texas on October 23, 1977. Lewis Nesman, engineer.
Chuck Caldwell, pedal steel guitar; Jerry Case, guitar and bass; John Case, piano and bass; Don Brierton, drums.
1969 - One track from the original RPC private issue LP: “VIBRA-DREAM CURRENTS” by John Case.
Provided to YouTube by DeadlyPray (August 2024)
Vibra-Sleep Currents 16:08
Recorded at the artist’s Fort Worth, Texas home on a summer night in 1969
John Case, vibraphone.
Note: This is a free improvisation for vibraphone alone.
1992 - All 12 tracks from the WR Records release: “PTERODACTYL PTALES” (How the West Was Swung, Volume 4) by Tom Morrell and the Time-Warp Tophands.
Provided to YouTube by Quintin Pace (August 2021)
Booking Agent Logic 0:48 / Rosetta 3:47 / Dinosaur Droppings 3:26 / Room Full of Reptiles (Roses) 3:12 / Moo-Indigo (Mood Indigo) 4:25 / Pterodactyl Ptales 3:45 / Mutton Swing (Moten Swing) 4:17 / It Had To Be Ewe (You) 5:38 / Brontosaur Breath (Painted Rhythm) 4:00 / I Can’t Give You Anything But Love 3:31 / The Things I Might Have Been 2:13 / Moo-sette (Bluesette) 4:08
Recorded at Garland Recording Studio on the night of December 14, 1992. Gary Hogue, engineer.
Tom Morrell, steel guitar; Clint Strong, lead guitar; Benny Garcia, rhythm guitar; Bobby Boatright, fiddle; Johnny Case, piano & vibes; Howard “Mac” McRae, bass; Tommy Perkins, drums.
Additions soon to be posted: “SOUTHWESTERN SOUVENIRS” by Rich O’Brien; “JAZZ GRASS” by Slim Richey; “WESTERN SWING HERITAGE, VOLUME 2” by Roy Lee Brown and his Musical Brownies; “JOHNNY CASE and his TEXAS SWINGTET” featuring Billy Briggs; “IT’S CHRISTMAS” by Rich O’Brien; “WOLF TRACKS” by Tom Morrell and the Time-Warp Tophands.