Mike Compton

*29-02-1956 Meridian, MS

By Praguefrank

SESSIONS also member of Nashville Grass, John Hartford String Band

1990 Nashville, TN – Mike Compton and David Grier (David Grier [gt], Mike Compton [mandolin], Alisa Jones [hammered dulcimer], Billy Rose/ Roy Huskey, Jr. [bass], Blaine Sprouse [fiddle], Paul Martin Zonn [clarinet])

001 CLIMBING THE WALLS Rounder CD 0280                     

002 HONKY TONK SWING Rounder CD 0280                       

003 WATERS STREET WALTZ Rounder CD 0280                    

004 BLACK MOUNTAIN RAG Rounder CD 0280                     

005 BYE BYE BLUE Rounder CD 0280                           

006 GOING UP CANEY Rounder CD 0280                         

007 HUFFY Rounder CD 0280 

008 OVER THE WATERFALL Rounder CD 0280                     

009 FLOP EARED MULE Rounder CD 0280                        

010 NEW FIVE CENTS Rounder CD 0280                         

011 PAUL'S BLUES Rounder CD 0280                           

012 FUN'S ALL OVER Rounder CD 0280                        

2005 unknown – Mike Compton and David Long, *w. David Grier (Mike Compton [vcl/gt/mandolin], David Long [vcl/mandolin])

013 EVENING PRAYER BLUES Acoustic Disc ACD 63  

014 MISSISSIPPI BOUND Acoustic Disc ACD 63

015 ASHLAND BREAKDOWN Acoustic Disc ACD 63  

016 EVERY HUMBLE KNEE MUST BOW Acoustic Disc ACD 63

017 OLD MOUNTAINEER Acoustic Disc ACD 63  

018 BIG INDIAN BLUES Acoustic Disc ACD 63  

019 THE OLD ARK'S A-MOVIN' Acoustic Disc ACD 63

020 JANUARY NIGHTMARE Acoustic Disc ACD 63  

021 STOMP Acoustic Disc ACD 63

022 HOW YOU WANT IT DONE? Acoustic Disc ACD 63

023 VICKSBURG STOMP Acoustic Disc ACD 63  

024 CENTIPEDE HOP Acoustic Disc ACD 63  

025 STANDING ON JESUS Acoustic Disc ACD 63  

026 BLACK'S RUN Acoustic Disc ACD 63

027 SWEET LIZZIE Acoustic Disc ACD 63

028 PRISON BLUES* Acoustic Disc ACD 63  

029 TANYARDS  Acoustic Disc ACD 63

2007 poss. Nashville, TN -  Stuart Duncan, Mike Compton, Mark Howard, Tim Crouch, et al

030 DOWN THE ROAD Cumberland CB 4405   

031 MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW Cumberland CB 4405  

032 LIBERTY Cumberland CB 4405

033 TRAVELING DOWN THIS LONESOME ROAD Cumberland CB 4405

034 ROAD TO COLUMBUS Cumberland CB 4405  

035 CROSSING THE CUMBERLAND Cumberland CB 4405   

036 ROCKY TOP Cumberland CB 4405

037 ARKANSAS TRAVELLER Cumberland CB 4405  

038 CAROL COUNTY BLUES Cumberland CB 4405  

039 ROUGH AND ROCKY Cumberland CB 4405   

040 EIGHT MORE MILES TO LOUISVILLE Cumberland CB 4405

041 LONESOME ROAD BLUES Cumberland CB 4405  

042 LOST HIGHWAY Cumberland CB 4405  

2007 poss. Nashville, TN -  Stuart Duncan, Mike Compton, Mark Howard, Tim Crouch, et al

043 DIXIE HOEDOWN Cumberland CB 4412  

044 RAGTIME ANNIE Cumberland CB 4412

045 FLOP EARED MULE Cumberland CB 4412

046 MAIDEN'S PRAYER Cumberland CB 4412

047 SOLDIER'S JOY Cumberland CB 4412

048 TALLAHASSEE Cumberland CB 4412

049 FAREWELL BLUES Cumberland CB 4412

050 FADED LOVE Cumberland CB 4412

051 RED WING Cumberland CB 4412

052 HUNTING FOR THE BUFFALO Cumberland CB 4412

053 SALLY GOODIN Cumberland CB 4412

054 ST. ANNE'S REEL Cumberland CB 4412

055 WHITEHORSE BREAKDOWN Cumberland CB 4412

056 ANGELINA BAKER Cumberland CB 4412  

2011 unknown - Mike Compton, Laurelyn Dossett, Rhiannon Giddens, Joe Newberry, Jason "Number One" Sypher

057 GATHERING NIGHT Sycamore Road 050  

058 LIGHTS IN THE LOWLANDS Sycamore Road 050  

059 REDBIRD Sycamore Road 050  

060 REDBIRD LULLABY Sycamore Road 050

061 STRING OF PEARLS Sycamore Road 050  

062 DIAMONDS IN THE PINES Sycamore Road 050  

063 OLD EBENEZER SCROOGE Sycamore Road 050  

064 ON THIS CHRISTMAS DAY Sycamore Road 050

065 O HOLY NIGHT Sycamore Road 050

066 ON CHRISTMAS EVE Sycamore Road 050

067 FIRST DAY OF THE YEAR Sycamore Road 050  

068 I WONDER AS I WANDER Sycamore Road 050  

069 CHRIST WAS BORN ON CHRISTMAS MORN Sycamore Road 050  

Summer 2011 Shanghai Twang Studios, Kardinya, AUS – Mike Compton (Mike Compton [mandolin]. Produced by Paul Duff, Mick O'Neill)

070 FROM ONE TO TWELVE

071 FOREVER HAS COME TO AN END

072 HALLIE'S HORNPIPE

073 DUST AND ASHES / HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD

074 POST OAK GROVE

075 I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THE WOMEN

076 ROTTEN TATERS

077 WOOD BUTCHER'S WALKABOUT

078 YANKEE GAL

079 MIDNIGHT HOUR BLUES

080 TORMENT OF BILLIE

081 JIMMY FELL OFF THE WAGON

082 HOW YOU WANT YOUR ROLLIN' DONE

083 DEAR HONEY

084 JENNY LYNN

Tracks above issued on album Rotten Taters

2012 [live] Brandywine Counseling and Community Services, Inc., 24 Brookhill Dr, Newark, DE – Mike Compton and Joe Newberry (Mike Compton [vcl/ mandolin/ mandola], Joe Newberry [vcl/gt/banjo])

08401 EAST TENNESSEE BLUES

08402 RIGHTEOUS PATHWAY

08403 SITTIN' ON TOP OF THE WORLD

08404 LAZY JOHN

08405 ROCKY ROAD BLUES

08406 HOW LONG BLUES

08407 EVENING PRAYER BLUES

08408 KENTUCKY WALTZ

08409 ROCKY ISLAND

08410 I KNOW WHOSE TEARS

08411 RALEIGH AND SPENCER

08412 FLY AROUND MY PRETTY LIL' MISS

Tracks above issued on album Live

2017 Cook Sound Studio, Fort Payne, AL – Mike Compton and Norman Blake (Norman Blake [gt], Mike Compton [mandolin]. Producer: Heidi Herzog,, Mike Compton)
085 AVALON BLUES TBR 7076
086 CHARLESTON #2 TBR 7076
087 HEEL AND TOE TBR 7076
088 KISS ME WALTZ TBR 7076
089 TEXAS SHUFFLE TBR 7076
090 CAPTAIN GEORGE, HAS YOUR MONEY COME? TBR 7076
091 LITTLE STAR TBR 7076
092 GALLOP TO GEORGIA TBR 7076
093 MISSISSIPPI BREAKDOWN TBR 7076
094 AVALON QUICKSTEP TBR 7076
095 CARROL COUNTY BLUES TBR 7076
096 CHARLESTON #1 TBR 7076
097 SWEET MILK AND PEACHES TBR 7076
098 SUNNY WALTZ TBR 7076
099 CHARLESTON #3 TBR 7076
100 WHO'S BEEN GIVING YOU CORN? TBR 7076

ALBUMS

Rounder CD-0280 Climbing The Walls:  Climbing The Walls;  Honky Tonk Swing; Waters Street Waltz;  Black Mountain Rag; Bye Bye Blue; Going Up Caney; Huffy;  Over The Waterfall; Flop Eared Mule;  New Five Cents; Paul's Blues;  Fun's All Over – 30-04-91 w. David Grier

Acoustic Disc ACD 63 Stomp: Evening Prayer Blues;  Mississippi Bound;  Ashland Breakdown;  Every Humble Knee Must Bow;  Old Mountaineer;  Big Indian Blues;  The Old Ark's A-Movin';  January Nightmare;  Stomp;  How You Want It Done?;  Vicksburg Stomp;  Centipede Hop;  Standing On Jesus;  Black's Run;  Sweet Lizzie;  Prison Blues [Mike Compton and David Grier];  Tanyards – 07-03-06 w. David Long

Cumberland CB 4405.Bluegrass Highway: Down The Road;  Man Of Constant Sorrow; Liberty; Traveling Down This Lonesome Road; Road To Columbus;  Crossing The Cumberland;  Rocky Top; Arkansas Traveller;  Carol County Blues; Rough And Rocky;  Eight More Miles To Louisville; Lonesome Road Blues; Lost Highway- 07   Stuart Duncan, Mike Compton, Mark Howard, Tim Crouch, et al.

Cumberland CB 4412 Old Time Barn Dance: Dixie Hoedown;  Ragtime Annie; Flop Eared Mule; Maiden's Prayer; Soldier's Joy; Tallahassee; Farewell Blues; Faded Love; Red Wing; Hunting For The Buffalo;  Sally Goodin; St. Anne's Reel; Whitehorse Breakdown;  Angelina Baker - 08  Stuart Duncan, Mike Compton, Mark Howard, Tim Crouch, et al.

Sycamore Road 050 The Gathering: Gathering Night; Lights in the Lowlands; Redbird; Redbird Lullaby; String of Pearls; Diamonds in the Pines; Old Ebenezer Scrooge; On This Christmas Day; O Holy Night; On Christmas Eve; First Day of the Year; I Wonder As I Wander; Christ Was Born On Christmas Morn – 10-11 Mike Compton, Laurelyn Dossett, Rhiannon Giddens, Joe Newberry, Jason "Number One" Sypher

No label no # Rotten Taters: From One To Twelve;  Forever Has Come To An End;  Hallie's Hornpipe;  Dust And Ashes / He Rose From The Dead;  Post Oak Grove;  I'll Tell You About The Women;  Rotten Taters;  Wood Butcher's Walkabout;  Yankee Gal;  Midnight Hour Blues;  Torment Of Billie;  Jimmy Fell Off The Wagon;  How You Want Your Rollin' Done;  Dear Honey;  Jenny Lynn - 12

No label no # Live: East Tennessee Blues;  Righteous Pathway;  Sittin' On Top Of The World;  Lazy John; Rocky Road Blues;  How Long Blues;  Evening Prayer Blues;  Kentucky Waltz;  Rocky Island; I Know Whose Tears;. Raleigh and Spencer; Fly Around My Pretty Lil' Miss- 12 w. Joe Newberry

Taterbug TBR 7076 B Gallop To Georgia: Avalon Blues; Charleston #2; Heel And Toe; Kiss Me Waltz; Texas Shuffle; Captain George, Has Your Money Come?; Little Star; Gallop To Georgia; Mississippi Breakdown; Avalon Quickstep; Carrol County Blues; Charleston #1; Sweet Milk And Peaches; Sunny Waltz; Charleston #3; Who's Been Giving You Corn? – 01-06-18 Mike Compton and Norman Blake