Pirates Of The Mississippi

2nd version

by Praguefrank, Dik DeHeer, Rog Peyton, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
ca. April 1990 Nashville, TN – Pirates of The Mississippi (Bill McCorvey [vcl/ld gt],  Rich Alves [gt/ Hammond organ/ bck vcl], Pat Severs [steel/dobro], Dean Townson [bass gt/bck vcl], Jimmy Lowe [drums/ percussion], John Kelton [strings-1]. Producer: James Stroud and Rich Alves)
001 HONKY TONK BLUES Capitol Nashville NR-44579/CDP7-94389-2 CDP-7-28089-2
002 I TAKE MY COMFORT IN YOU Capitol Nashville CDP7-94389-2
003 ROLLIN' HOME Capitol Nashville CDP7-94389-2 CDP-7-28089-2
004 SPEAK OF THE DEVIL Capitol Nashville S7-57767/CDP7-94389-2 CDP-7-28089-2
005 FEED JAKE -1 Capitol Nashville S7-57704/CDP7-94389-2 CDP-7-28089-2
006 TALKIN' 'BOUT LOVE Capitol Nashville NR-44775/CDP7-94389-2
007 JOLLY ROGER/PIRATES OF THE MISSISSIPPI Capitol Nashville CDP7-94389-2 CDP-7-28089-2
008 DOWN AND OUT IN BIRMINGHAM Capitol Nashville CDP7-94389-2
009 ANYTHING GOES Capitol Nashville NR-44579/CDP7-94389-2
010 REDNECK ROCK N' ROLL Capitol Nashville CDP7-94389-2
ca. April 1991 Studio 19, Nashville, TN – Pirates of The Mississippi (Bill McCorvey [vcl/gt], Rich Alves [gt/bck vcl], Pat Severs [steel/dobro], Dean Townson [bass/bck vcl],  Jimmy Lowe [drums/ percussion], John Kelton [strings]. Producer: Jim Bowen and Rich Alves)
011 TOO MUCH S7-57767/CDP7-95798 CDP-7-28089-2
012 I WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY CDP7-95798
013 TIL I'M HOLDING YOU AGAIN S7-57704/CDP7-95798 CDP-7-28089-2
014 GEORGIA PEACHES CDP7-95798
015 84649 FIGHTING FOR YOU NR-44775/CDP7-95798 CDP-7-28089-2
016 THIS AIN'T THE DENVER I REMEMBER CDP7-95798
017 NASHVILLE NIGHTS/REDNECK BLUES CDP7-95798
018 THE STORM CDP7-95798
019 UNCOMMON MAN CDP7-95798
020 HONKY TONK HIGHWAY CDP7-95798
ca. April 1992 Studio 19, Nashville, TN – Pirates of The Mississippi (Bill McCorvey [gt/vcl], Richard Alves [gt/bck vcl], Pat Severs [steel/dobro/gt/bck vcl], Dean Townson [bass/bck vcl], Jimmy Lowe [drums/bck vcl] + John Kelton [strings]. Producer: Jim Bowen and Rich Alves)
021 DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB Liberty CDP 0777 7-98781-2
022 ROOM AT THE BOTTOM Liberty CDP 0777 7-98781-2
023 AIN'T GOT NO IDEA Liberty CDP 0777 7-98781-2
024 ALL THAT YOUR EYES SEE Liberty CDP 0777 7-98781-2
025 MYSTERY SHIP Liberty CDP 0777 7-98781-2
026 MY KINDA WOMAN Liberty CDP 0777 7-98781-2
027 SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE Liberty CDP 0777 7-98781-2
028 MISSISSIPPI HOMEGROWN Liberty CDP 0777 7-98781-2
029 A STREET MAN NAMED DESIRE Liberty CDP 0777 7-98781-2 CDP-7-28089-2
030 HARD SIDE OF LOVE Liberty CDP 0777 7-98781-2
031 JUST FOR YOU Liberty CDP 0777 7-98781-2
ca. April 1993 Javalina Recording, 30th 30 Music Sq.West, Nashville 3, TN – Pirates of The Mississippi (Bill McCorvey [gt/vcl], Richard Alves [gt/bck vcl], Pat Severs [steel/dobro/gt/bck vcl], Dean Townson [bass/bck vcl], Jimmy Lowe [drums/bck vcl] + John Wesley Ryles, Biff Watson, Curtis Young [bck vcl]. Producer: Mark Wright)
032 DREAM YOU Liberty CDP 0777 7-80379-2 CDP-7-28089-2 [dance mix] CDP-7-28089-2
033 I QUIT LYIN' IN 1986 Liberty CDP 0777 7-80379-2
034 NIGHT THEY ROCKED THE GRAND OLE OPRY Liberty CDP 0777 7-80379-2
035 WILD SIDE OF LIFE Liberty CDP 0777 7-80379-2
036 I'M HERE TO STAY Liberty CDP 0777 7-80379-2
037 PEOPLE MY AGE Liberty CDP 0777 7-80379-2
038 WHEN TIMES WERE GOOD Liberty CDP 0777 7-80379-2
039 SAVE THE WILD LIFE Liberty CDP 0777 7-80379-2
040 WHAT I WANT AND WHAT I GET Liberty CDP 0777 7-80379-2
041 POP FROM THE TOP Liberty CDP 0777 7-80379-2 [dance mix] CDP-7-28089-2
1994 Nashville, TN – Pirates Of The Mississippi

042 YOU COULD DO BETTER Giant PRO-CD-7275

043 SURE SIGN Giant single

+ more unknown tracks for unissued album Sure Sign

ca. Fall 1994 Loud Recording, 50 Music Square West, Nashville TN/ Sound Stage Studio, 10 Music Circle South, Nashville, TN – Pirates of The Mississippi (Bill McCorvey [gt/vcl], Richard Alves [gt/bck vcl], Dean Townson [bass/bck vcl], Jimmy Lowe [drums/bck vcl] + John Wesley Ryles, Biff Watson, Curtis Young [bck vcl]. Producer: James Stroud and Dave Malloy)
052 PARADISE Giant 24603-2
053 LET THE JONESES WIN Giant 24603-2
054 911 Giant 24603-2
055 BIGGEST BROKEN HEART IN TENNESSEE Giant 24603-2
056 I THINK LOCALLY Giant 24603-2
057 WEAKNESS FOR THE WEEKEND Giant 24603-2
058 WHEN HER LOVE WAS MINE Giant 24603-2
059 COUNTRY Giant 24603-2
060 RODEO QUEEN Giant 24603-2
061 FEED JAKE Giant 24603-2

2006 unknown – Pirates Of The Mississippi
062 DRINKIN’ MONEY  Evergreen EV 1004  

063 KICKIN’ UP DUST  Evergreen EV 1004  

064 HEAVEN AND A DIXIE NIGHT  Evergreen EV 1004  

065 FISH BAIT  Evergreen EV 1004  

066 IS THAT COUNTRY OR WHAT?  Evergreen EV 1004  

067 WHEN LOVE IS MEANT TO BE  Evergreen EV 1004  

068 A NICKEL’S WORTH OF YOUR LOVE  Evergreen EV 1004  

069 ROLLIN’  Evergreen EV 1004  

070 I WOULDN’T CHANGE A THING  Evergreen EV 1004  

071 ME  Evergreen EV 1004  GRAVY  Evergreen EV 1004  

072 A SNOWMAN IN BIRMINGHAM  Evergreen EV 1004   

2011 or sooner - unknown – Pirates of The Mississippi

073 CATFISH, CATFISH  Resnik Music Group

074 BLINK OF AN EYE  Resnik Music Group

ALBUMS
Capitol Nashville CDP 7 94389 2 Pirates Of The Mississippi: Honky Tonk Blues; I Take My Comfort In You; Rollin' Home; Speak Of The Devil; Feed Jake; Talkin' 'Bout Love; Jolly Roger/Pirates Of The Mississippi; Down And Out In Birmingham; Anything Goes; Redneck Rock N' Roll – 10-07-90
Capitol Nashville CDP 0777 7-95798-2 Walk The Plank: Too Much; I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way; Til I'm Holding You Again; Georgia Peaches; Fighting For You; This Ain't The Denver I Remember; Nashville Nights/Redneck Blues; The Storm; Uncommon Man; Honky Tonk Highway – 08-10-91
Liberty CDP 0777 7-98781-2 A Street Man Named Desire: Don't Quit Your Day Job; Room At The Bottom; Ain't Got No Idea; All That Your Eyes See; Mystery Ship; My Kinda Woman; Some Things Never Change; Mississippi Homegrown; A Street Man Named Desire; Hard Side Of Love; Just For You – 06-10-92
Liberty CDP 0777 7-80379-2 Dream You: Dream You; I Quit Lyin' In 1986; Night They Rocked The Grand Ole Opry; Wild Side Of Life; I'm Here To Stay; People My Age; When Times Were Good; Save The Wild Life; What I Want And What I Get; Pop From The Top – 19-10-93
Liberty CDP-7-28089-2 The Best The Pirates Of Mississippi: Honky Tonk Blues; Rollin' Home; Feed Jake; Speak Of The Devil; Fighting For You; Til I'm Holding You Again; Too Much; A Street Man Named Desire; Dream You; Jolly Roger/Pirates Of The Mississippi; Dream You [Dance Mix]*; Pop From The Top [Dance Mix]* – 08-04-94 (*previously unissued on album)
Giant 9 24603-2 Paradise: Paradise; Let The Joneses Win; 911; Biggest Broken Heart In Tennessee; I Think Locally; Weakness For The Weekend; When Her Love Was Mine; Country; Rodeo Queen; Feed Jake – 11-04-95
Evergreen EV1004 Heaven And A Dixie Night: Drinkin’ Money; Kickin’ Up Dust; Heaven and a Dixie Night; Fish Bait; Is That Country or What?; When Love is Meant to Be; A Nickel’s Worth of Your Love; Rollin’; I Wouldn’t Change a Thing; Me; Gravy; A Snowman in Birmingham – 07-11-06

VHS

Liberty Home Video ? Pirates Of The Mississippi: Honky Tonk Blues; Rollin‘ Home; Feed Jake; Fighting For You – 92 (rec. 1990,1992)

SINGLES
Capitol (1990-91) / Liberty (1992)
NR-44579 Honky Tonk Blues / Anything Goes - 06-90
NR-44775 Fightin' For You / Talkin' Bout Love - 09-91
S7-57704 'Til I'm Holding You Again / Feed Jake - 01-92
S7-57767 Too Much / Speak Of The Devil - 05-92
S7-57995 A Street Man Named Desire / Mystery Ship - 09-92

Giant

PRO-CD-7275 You Could Do Better – 94 (CD Promo)

Laurie MacAllister

By Praguefrank

SESSIONS also member of Red Molly

February 1999 Krevat Audio Productions, New York City – Laurie MacAllister (MacAllister [vcl/gt], Manny Krevat [gt/banjo/dobro/mandolin/bass], Cheryl Prashker [gt/ percussion]. Producer: Laurie MacAllister, Cheryl Prashker)

001 FLY

002 LET IT LIE

003 THAT PLACE

004 NANTUCKET MILE

005 NOTHING LIKE ME

006 JUST TO BE NEAR YOU

007 IT NEVER CROSSED MY MIND

008 LET ME BE GENTLE

009 I WANT TO PLAY

010 THESE OLD CLOTHES

Tracks above issued on album These Old Clothes

2004 unknown – Laurie Mac Allister (Producer: Cliff Eberhart)

011 COAL TATTOO

012 I CAN'T SLEEP

013 NOBODY'S ANGEL

014 WHAT'LL I DO?

015 ME AND MY MICHAEL

016 I'M ONLY SLEEPING

017 FAMOUS BLUE RAINCOAT

018 THIS FALLING IN LOVE

019 MEMORIES OF YOU

020 WHERE GOES MY LOVE?

021 JOLENE

022  BATON ROUGE

Tracks above issued on album The Things I Choose To Do

2008 [Mission Street Project-Make Levees] unknown – Laurie MacAllister

023 WHEN THE WAR IS WON

2017 unknown – Laurie MacAllister, with Mark Erelli [-1], Jimmy LaFave [-2], Richard Shindell [-3], Robby Hecht [-4], David Glaser [-5], Ellis Paul [-6] (Laurie MacAllister [vcl], David Glaser [gt/mandolin], Craig Akin [bass], Joel Arnow [drums],  Radoslav Lorković [piano/accordion/ organ])

024 STUPID HEART

025 WHEN WE BEGIN -1

026 FOR A SONG

027 POISON AND WINE -2

028 VERTIGO

029 RECKONING OF US

030 ARE YOU HAPPY NOW? -3

031 HOME -4

032 TEN YEAR NIGHT

033 A THOUSAND YEARS -6

034 UNFAMILIAR MOON

035 BIRCHES -5

036 THE RIGHT WORDS

Tracks above issued on album The Lies The Poets Tell

ALBUMS

Laurie MacAllister ? (UPC660355186325) These Old Clothes: Fly;  Let It Lie; That Place;  Nantucket Mile; Nothing Like Me;  Just To Be Near You;  It Never Crossed My Mind;  Let Me Be Gentle; I Want To Play;  These Old Clothes - 99

Laurie MacAllister ? (UPC825346154725) The Things I Choose To Do: Coal Tattoo;  I Can't Sleep; Nobody's Angel; What'll I Do?;  Me And My Michael;  I'm Only Sleeping;  Famous Blue Raincoat; This Falling In Love;  Memories Of You;  Where Goes My Love?;  Jolene;  Baton Rouge - 06-07-04

Laurie MacAllister no # The Lies The Poets Tell: My Stupid Heart; When We Begin (feat. Mark Erelli); For a Song; Poison and Wine (feat. Jimmy LaFave); Vertigo; A Reckoning of Us; Are You Happy Now? (feat. Richard Shindell); Home (feat. Robby Hecht); Ten Year Night; A Thousand Years (feat. Ellis Paul); Unfamiliar Moon; Birches (feat. David Glaser); The Right Words – 02-02-18

 

Jerry Chesnut

Jerry Donald Chesnut, *07-05-1931 Harlan County, KY

By Praguefrank

SESSIONS (incomplete)

ca. December 1967 Nashville, TN – Jerry Chesnut (Producer: Bob Montgomery)

001 1612 ∆24575 GOTTA LOTTA HENHOSUE DAYS  UA 50473

002 ZTSP 140016 ON THE BACK ROW  UA-50265

003 ZTSP 140017 WOMAN UA-50265

ca. April 1968 poss. RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Jerry Chesnut (Producer  Bob Montgomery)

004 WHAT'S HAPPENED TO MANKIND UA-50331

005 2312/∆24576  PRETTY WOMANITIS  UA 50473

006 2313/△79341 SMALL ENOUGH TO CRAWL UA-50331 UA 50623

ca. February 1969 Nashville, TN – Jerry Chesnut (Producer  Bob Montgomery)

007 3726 BET YOUR SWEET LIFE UA-50549

008 3727/△79340  LEGEND OF A HIGHWAY UA-50623

009 3728 TINY FINGERS  UA-50549

ca. April 1970 Nashville, TN – Jerry Chesnut (Producer: Scott Turner)

010 ANYTHING BUT OVER YOU UA-50694

011 6177 LONELY ALONE UA-50694

There is many other tracks probably from 1960s-1980s on albums below, recording info unknown

ALBUMS

No label no # Jerry Chesnut’s Classic Hits: T-R-O-U-B-L-E; Four In The Morning; They Don’t Make’Em Like My daddy; Another Place Another Time; Oney; It’s Midnight; Holding On To Nothing;  Good Year For The Roses; Weakness In A Man; Don’t She Look Good; A Dime At A Time; The Wonders You Perform – 0-

No label no # The Easy Listening Side Of Jerry Chesnut Music: Four In The Morning; It’s Midnight; The Weakness In A Man; Small Enough To Crawl; Love Coming Down; Another Place Another Time; The Days When Jim Liked Jenny; Never Again; To be A Child Again; Women Without Love; So Afraid; The Wonders You perform; Tiny Fingers; Give Me One More Day – 0-

No label no # Mastertapes: T-R-O-U-B-L-E; Love Coming Down; Pretty Womenitas; What’s Happened To Minkind; Holding On To Nothing [live-Country Carnival]; On The Back Row; Women; Gotta Lotta Hen House Ways; Tiny Fingers; If Not For You [live-Country Carnival]; On The Back Row; Anything But Over You; Bet Yous Sweet Life; Jerry Chesnut with Del Reeves; Wonders You Perform [demo] – 0-

SINGLES

United Artists (1968-69)

UA 50265 On The Back Row / Woman – 03-68

UA 50331  What's Happened To Mankind / Small Enough To Crawl – 07-68

UA 50473  Gotta Lotta Hen House Ways / Pretty Womanitis – 11-68

UA 50549  Tiny Fingers / Bet Your Sweet Life – 06-69

UA 50623  Legend Of A Highway / Small Enough To Crawl – 12-69

UA 50694  Anything But Over You / Lonely Alone – 06-70