John Lewis Starling, *26-03-1940 Durham, NC, +02-05-2019
2nd version
By Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS see also Seldom Scene
ca. 1980 Blue Seas, Baltimore, MD – John Starling (John Starling [vcl/gt], Paul Craft [gt/bck vcl], Tony Rice [gt],
Curtis Burch [ld gt/dobro], Herb
Pederson [rh gt/bck vcl], Lowell George [slide gt/bck vcl], Ricky Skaggs [mandolin/fiddle/bck
vcl], Sam Bush [mandolin], Mike Auldridge [dobro/bck vcl], Ben Eldridge
[banjo], Buddy Emmons / Danny Pendleton [steel], John Cowan /Sid Johnston / Tom
Gray / Tom Guidera [bass], Karl Himmel / Mark Cuff [drums], Bill Payne /Scott
Johnson [piano], Emmylou Harris, Fayssoux Starling [bck vcl]. Producer: Audie
Ashworth, Lowell George)
001 LONG TIME GONE Sugar Hill SH-3714 SHCD-3714
002 TURNED YOU TO STONE Sugar Hill SH-3714 SHCD-3714
003 HALF A MAN Sugar Hill SH-3714 SHCD-3714
004 JORDAN Sugar Hill SH-3714 SHCD-3714
005 WHITE LINE Sugar Hill SH-3714 SHCD-3714
006 HOBO ON A FREIGHT TRAIN TO HEAVEN Sugar Hill SH-3714 SHCD-3714
007 LAST THING I NEEDED Sugar Hill SH-3714 SHCD-3714
008 BROTHER JUKEBOX Sugar Hill SH-3714 SHCD-3714
009 CAROLYN AT THE BROKEN WHEEL INN Sugar Hill SH-3714 SHCD-3714
010 HE RODE ALL THE WAY TO TEXAS Sugar Hill SH-3714 SHCD-3714
011 DRIFTING TOO FAR FROM THE SHORE Sugar Hill SH-3714 SHCD-3714
012 DARK HOLLOW Sugar HillSHCD-3714
013 LONESOME WHISTLE Sugar Hill SHCD-3714
014 ROADS AND OTHER REASONS Sugar Hill SHCD-3714
015 SIN CITY Sugar Hill SHCD-3714
1981 Studio By The Pond, Hendersonville, TN – John Starling (Barry Burton [gt],
Paul Craft [rh gt], Alan O'Bryant [rh gt/bck vcl], Sam Bush [mandolin], Mike
Auldridge [dobro/steel], Kyle Tullis [bass], Kenny Malone [drums/percussion],
Blaine Sprouse [fiddle], Tony Brown [piano (019)] + Claire Lynch [bck vcl].
Producers: John Starling, Paul Craft)
016 NEW DELHI FREIGHT TRAIN Sugar Hill SH-3724
017 WE KNOW BETTER Sugar Hill SH-3724
018 CAROLINA STAR Sugar Hill SH-3724
019 THE OTHER SIDE OF LIFE Sugar Hill SH-3724
020 WAITING FOR A SOUTHERN TRAIN Sugar Hill SH-3724
021 HEART TROUBLE Sugar Hill SH-3724
022 HOMESTEAD IN MY HEART Sugar Hill SH-3724
023 HEY BOTTLE OF WHISKEY Sugar Hill SH-3724
024 THOSE MEMORIES OF YOU Sugar Hill SH-3724
025 SLOW MOVIN' FREIGHT TRAIN Sugar Hill SH-3724
1990 Brentwood, Nashville, TN/Champagne Studios, Nashville,
TN – Carl Jackson, John Starling and The Nash Ramblers (John Starling [vcl/ac
gt], Carl Jackson [vcl/gt/ banjo/ mandolin], Randy Stewart [vcl/mandolin],
Emmylou Harris [vcl], Al Perkins [dobro/steel], Sam Bush [mandolin/fiddle], Pat
McInerney/ Steve Turner [drums])
026 LONESOME DOVE SH-CD-3789
027 FOR CRYIN' OUT LOUD SH-CD-3789
028 HOLD YOUR HORSES SH-CD-3789
029 CALL OF THE HONKY TONK SH-CD-3789
030 DON'T LET OUR LOVE DIE SH-CD-3789
031 PAYING YOUR DUES SH-CD-3789
032 SOMETIMES SILENCE SAYS IT ALL SH-CD-3789
033 I COULD CRY SH-CD-3789
034 I'M NOT OVER YOU SH-CD-3789
035 ARKANSAS FARMBOY SH-CD-3789
1990s unknown – Emmylou Harris and John Starling
036 FIRST IN LINE unissued /Rhino R2-74144
2006 Petewood Intergalactica, Franklin, TN - John Starling and Carolina Star: (John Starling [vcl/gt], Mike Auldridge [gt], Tom Gray [bass] + Emmylou Harris [vcl], Kent Ippelito [ld gt/ mandolin], Jon Randall [vcl/mandolin/ld gt], Jimmy Gaudreau [mandolin], Larry Stephenson, Rickie Simpkins [fiddle], Jay Sterling [piano], Pete Wadner [wurlitzer] Producer: George Massenburg, John Starling) [overdub sessions: Wally Cleaver’s Recording, Fredericksburg, VA/ Bias Recording Studio, Springfield, VA]
037 WAITIN' FOR A TRAIN Rebel REB-CD-1820
038 COLD HARD BUSINESS Rebel REB-CD-1820
039 SOUTH RIDING TANGO Rebel REB-CD-1820
040 IN MY HOUR OF DARKNESS Rebel REB-CD-1820
041 THE RIVERBOAT SONG Rebel REB-CD-1820
042 THEY'LL NEVER TAKE HER LOVE FROM ME Rebel REB-CD-1820
043 THOSE TWO BLUE EYES Rebel REB-CD-1820
044 WILLIN Rebel REB-CD-1820
045 IRISH SPRING Rebel REB-CD-1820
045 PRAYER FOR MY FRIENDS Rebel REB-CD-1820
ALBUMS
Sugar Hill SH-3714 Long Time Gone: Long Time Gone;Turned You To Stone; Half A
Man; Jordan; White Line; Hobo On A Freight Train To Heaven; Last Thing I
Needed; Brother Jukebox; Carolyn At The Broken Wheel Inn; He Rode All The Way
To Texas; Drifting Too Far From The Shore - 80 (reissued on CD in 1990 with
bonus songs: Dark Hollow; Lonesome Whistle; Roads And Other Reasons; Sin City)
Sugar Hill SH-3724 Waitin' On A Southern Train: New Delhi Freight Train; We
Know Better; Carolina Star; The Other Side Of Life; Waiting For A Southern
Train; Heart Trouble; Homestead In My Heart; Hey Bottle Of Whiskey; Those
Memories Of You; Slow Movin' Freight Train – 01-06-82
Sugar Hill SH-CD-3789 Spring Training: Lonesome Dove; For Cryin' Out Loud; Hold
Your Horse The Call Of The Honky Tonk; Don't Let Our Love Die; Payin' Your
Dues; Sometimes Silence Says It All; I Could Cry; I'm Not Over You Arkansas
Farmboy – 15-03-91 Carl Jackson, John Starling and The Nash Ramblers
Rebel REB-CD-1820 John Starling and Carolina Star Slidin' Home:Waitin' For a
Train; Cold Hard Business; South Riding Tango; In My Hour of Darkness; The
Riverboat Song; They'll Never Take Her Love From Me;Those Two Blue Eyes;
Willin;Irish Spring; Prayer For My Friends - 20-02-07