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DESCRIPTIVE NOTES has new additions: See Entry No. 3 : MEMENTO SUITE, issued in 2022; Entry No. 4: Johnny Case and his Texas Swingtet featuring Billy Briggs, issued in 2016; Entry No. 5: LAST NITES by Johnny Case (solo piano recorded live at Sardines Ristorante Italiano). This was recorded September 19, 2001 - one week and one day after the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center. My notes, dated November 2001, address the circumstances which led me to make this record and how an unsavory business alliance brought about the demise of the original Sardines.

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

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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.

1974 - Both side-long performances by John & Jerry Case from the Priority LP: “CONTRASTS IN JAZZ”.

Provided to YouTube by 45ripping78

John & Jerry Case Quartet

Fire (15:21)

Recorded at Delta Recording Studios, August 29, 1970. Mickey Moody, engineer.

John Case, piano; Jerry Case, 7-string guitar; Charles Scott, acoustic bass; Wayland Smajstrla, drums.

“Fire” composed by John Case (ASCAP)

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John & Jerry Case Quintet featuring Maurice Anderson

Full Moon (14:23)

Recorded at Delta Recording Studios, February 5, 1974. John Patterson, engineer.

John Case, piano; Jerry Case, 7-string guitar; Maurice Anderson, pedal steel guitar; Jim Perkins, electric bass; Bill Miner, drums.

“Full Moon” composed by John Case (ASCAP)

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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.

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