Malcolm Holcombe

*02-09-1965 Asheville, NC

2nd version

by Praguefrank, Uwe Hollihn

SESSIONS

1984 unknown – Malcolm Holcombe, *w. Steven Heller

001 CHASING A RAINBOW Upstream UP 001  

002 NEVER BEEN A FOOL Upstream UP 001 

003 STEPPING STONES Upstream UP 001  

004 YOU'RE ON MY MIND Upstream UP 001

005 BLUE MEXICAN WATER* Upstream UP 001

1994 unknown – Malcolm Holcombe

006 NO DANGER LIFTING ME Purple Girl Music 001  

007 WHO'S GOT THE TIME Purple Girl Music 001

008 BACK IN '29 Purple Girl Music 001

009 A LONG WAY'S THIS MORNIN' Purple Girl Music 001 

010 SPINNIN' ROLL ON Purple Girl Music 001

011 ANNA RUBYANNE Purple Girl Music 001   

012 OH PRECIOUS CARGO Purple Girl Music 001

013 ONE ROOM AT NIGHT Purple Girl Music 001 

014 JUSTICE IN A CRADLE Purple Girl Music 001   

015 EV'RY HONEST WORD Purple Girl Music 001   

016 TEACHIN' MICHAEL ANTHONY Purple Girl Music 001 

017 A FAR CRY FROM HERE Purple Girl Music 001 

1996 Twin Plams Studio, Santa Monica, CA – Malcolm Holcombe (Malcolm Holcombe [vcl/gt], Greg Leish [gt/dobro/steel], Steve Sholes [mandolin/reed organ/drums/bongos/bck vcl], Jerry Scheff [bass], David Kemper [drums], Van Dyke Parks [accordion], Kirk "Jellyroll" Johnson [harmonica],  Gia Ciambotti, Ned Albright [bck vcl])

018 A HUNDRED LIES Geffen GEFD-A-25135   

019 DRESSED IN WHITE Geffen GEFD-A-25135

020 WHO CARRIED YOU Geffen GEFD-A-25135

021 A FAR CRY FROM HERE Geffen GEFD-A-25135  

022 TO THE HOMELAND Geffen GEFD-A-25135

023 JUSTICE IN A CRADLE Geffen GEFD-A-25135

024 EMMA JEAN Geffen GEFD-A-25135  

025 BACK ON THE EDGE O'TOWN Geffen GEFD-A-25135

026 NO PLACE TO BE Geffen GEFD-A-25135

027 ONLY FOR YOU Geffen GEFD-A-25135 

2000 [sessions for Jelly Roll Johnson and a Few Close Friends] Sound Emporium, Nashville, TN – Malcolm Holcombe

028 MARVELENE'S KITCHEN American Originals 3004

029 YOUR EYES WILL SHINE American Originals 3004

030 MOUTH HARP MAN  American Originals 3004

2003 unknown – Malcolm Holcombe

031 THE STATION Purple Girl Music 002  

032 BRING THE WATER ON DOWN Purple Girl Music 002  

033 WOMAN MISSIN' Purple Girl Music 002  

034 LOVE ABIDES Purple Girl Music 002  

035 MISTER IN MORGANTOWN Purple Girl Music 002

036 ANOTHER WISDOM Purple Girl Music 002 

037 SLEEPY TOWN Purple Girl Music 002 

038 MARVALENE'S KITCHEN Purple Girl Music 002

039 WHO CARRIED YOU Purple Girl Music 002   

040 CAPTURED BY PARADISE Purple Girl Music 002   

041 GRACE IN SAND Purple Girl Music 002

2005 Collapseable Studios, Asheville, NC – Malcolm Holcombe (Producer: Ray Kennedy)

042 SITTIN' SAD

043 FOR THE LOVE OF A GOOD WOMAN

044 DOIN' HIS JOB

045 NOT WHO YOU'RE THINKIN' OF

046 GONE BY THE OL' SUNRISE

047 MAMA TOLD ME SO

048 KISS ME WHEN I'M SLEEPIN'

049 CATHY'S CREEK

050 EARLY MORNIN'

051 THIS TOWN KNOWS ME

052 I NEVER HEARD YOU KNOCKIN’

tracks above issued on album I Never Heard You Knockin’

2006 Collapseable Studios, Asheville, NC – Malcolm Holcombe (Malcolm Holcombe [vcl/gt], Bill Reynolds [bass], Kirk Jerry Roll Johnson [harmonica-1]. Produced: Malcolm Holcombe, Aaron Price)

053 SPARROWS AND SPARROWS -1

054 GOIN' HOME

055 A STEADY HEART

056 BABY DOLL -1

057 ROOM ELEVEN -1

058 CRYIN' DIME

059 NOT FORGOTTEN

060 YOUR EYES WILL SHINE

061 YESTERDAY'S CLOTHES

062 ANIMATED SANCTUARY

063 THIS OL' HOUSE

064 WHERE IS MY GARDEN?

tracks above issued on album  Not Forgotten

30 July/3 August 2007 Echo Mountain Studios, Asheville, NC – Malcolm Holcombe (Malcolm Holcombe [vcl/gt], Ed Snodderly [Dobro/ mandolin/ mandola/ fiddle/ banjo], David Roe Rorick [bass], Kenny Malone [drums/percussion], Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson – [harmonica], Chris Carmichael [cello /viola-1], Siobhan Maher Kennedy [bck vcl-2]) [overdub sessions at Room and Board Studio, Nashville, TN]

065 MY OL' RADIO -2 Echo Mountain ARGA006  

066 GOODTIMES Echo Mountain ARGA006

067 BABY LIKES A LOVE SONG Echo Mountain ARGA006

068 GOIN' DOWNTOWN Echo Mountain ARGA006

069 EVELYN Echo Mountain ARGA02/ARGA006

070 YOU DON'T COME SEE ME ANYMORE Echo Mountain ARGA006

071 GAMBLIN' HOUSE Echo Mountain ARGA006

072 BLUE FLAME -1 Echo Mountain ARGA006

073 CYNTHIA MARGARET Echo Mountain ARGA006

074 THE SHADE Echo Mountain ARGA006

075 FROM LOVIN' YOU Echo Mountain ARGA006

076 I'D RATHER HAVE A HOME Echo Mountain ARGA006

077 I FEEL LIKE A TRAIN Echo Mountain ARGA 02

078 BACK TO HELL IN A GREYHOUND Echo Mountain ARGA 02

079 HIGH ROLLIN' GAMBLER Echo Mountain ARGA 02

080 BACKIN' UP ON PEGGY Echo Mountain ARGA 02

12-15 May 2009 Room and Board Studios in Nashville, TN – Malcolm Holcombe (Malcolm Holcombe [vcl/ac gt], Tim O'Brien [bouzouki/ banjo/ mandola/ fiddle/hmny vcl], Jared Tyler [dobro/lap steel/hmny vcl], David Roe [bass], Lynn Williams [drums/percussion], Siobhan Maher, Mary Gauthier [bck vcl]. Producer: Ray Kennedy)

081 BIGTIME BLUES Echo Mountain ARGA026

082 HANNAH'S TRADIN' POST Echo Mountain ARGA026

083 LEONARD'S PIGPEN Echo Mountain ARGA026

084 YOU HAVE IT ALL Echo Mountain ARGA026

085 SHORT STREET BLUES Echo Mountain ARGA026

086 A BIGGER PLAN Echo Mountain ARGA026

087 FOR THE MISSION BABY Echo Mountain ARGA026

088 ANOTHER ONE GONE Echo Mountain ARGA026

089 DONCHA MISS THAT WATER Echo Mountain ARGA026

090 STRAIGHT AND TALL Echo Mountain ARGA026

091 WHENEVER I PRAY Echo Mountain ARGA026

092 SOMEONE LEFT BEHIND Echo Mountain ARGA026

26 September/2 October 2010 Cedar Creek Studios, Austin, TX – Malcolm Holcombe (Malcolm Holcombe [vcl/ac gt], Andrew Hardin [ld/ac gt-1], Shelby Eicher [mandolin-2], Jared Tyler [dobro/ac gt/slide gt/bck vcl], Dave Roe [upright bass], Bobby Kallus [drums], Luke Bulla [fiddle/bck vcl]. Producer: Jared Tyler)

093 ONE LEG AT A TIME -1 Music Road 10

094 MOUNTAINS OF HOME Music Road 10

095 BEHIND THE #1 Music Road 10

096 DOWN IN THE WOODS -2 Music Road 10

097 BECKY'S BLESSED Music Road 10

098 THOSE WHO WANDER -2 Music Road 10

099 WHERE I DON'T BELONG Music Road 10

100 THE MIGHTY CITY Music Road 10

101 RECKON TO THE WIND -1 Music Road 10

102 TO DRINK THE RAIN Music Road 10

103 COMES THE BLUES Music Road 10

104 ONE MAN SINGIN' Music Road 10  

April 2012 Room and Board Studios, Nashville, TN/Zen Masters, Nashville, TN – Malcolm Holcombe (Malcolm Holcombe [vcl/ac gt], Russ Pahl [el gt/dobro/banjo/steel], Tammy Rogers-King [mandolin/ fiddle/ viola], Darrell Scott [dobro/ banjo/el gt], Viktor Krauss [ upright bass/ arco], Ken Coomer [drums/ percussion], Steve Earle [duet/harmonica-1], Perry Coleman, Emmylou Harris, Siobhan Kennedy, Kim Richey [bck vcl])

105 BUTCHER IN TOWN

106 I CALL THE SHOTS

107 GONE AWAY AT LAST

108 THE CROSSING

109 TWISTED ARMS

110 THE DOOR

111 THE EMPTY JAR

112 IN YOUR MERCY

113 WHITEWASH JOB

114 TRAIL O' MONEY -1

115 DOWN THE RIVER

tracks above issued on album Down The River

January/March 2014 Swannanoa, NC/ Tulsa, OK - Malcolm Holcombe (Producer: Malcolm Holcombe, Jared Tyler)

116 PITIFUL BLUES

117 ROOTS

118 SIGN FOR A SALLY

119 SAVANNAH BLUES

120 ANOTHER DESPAIR

121 BY THE BOOTS

122 WORDS NOT SPOKEN

123 WORDS OF DECEMBER

124 THE MUSIC PLAYS ON

125 FOR THE LOVE OF A CHILD

Tracks above issued on album Pitiful Blues

Fall 2014 RCA Victor Studio B, Nashville, TN – Malcolm Holcombe, *with Maura O‘Connell (Malcolm Holcomber [vcl/gt], Jared Tyler [el gt/dobro / lap steel/vcl], David Roe Rorick [upright bass/ arco], Ken Coomer [drums/ percussion], Tammy Rogers [fiddle/ mandolin/vcl], Jellyroll Johnson [harmonica],Siobhan Maher Kennedy [vcl])

126 WHO CARRIED YOU

127 MISTER IN MORGANTOWN

128 I FEEL LIKE A TRAIN

129 DONCHA MISS THAT WATER

130 EMPTY JAR

131 BUTCHER IN TOWN

132 TO DRINK THE RAIN

133 EARLY MORNIN'

134 I NEVER HEARD YOU KNOCKIN'

135 I CALL THE SHOTS

136 MY OL RADIO

137 GOIN' HOME

138 DOWN THE RIVER

139 PITIFUL BLUES

140 FAR CRY FROM HERE *

Tracks above issued on album RCA sessions

2014 [live] unknown – Malcolm Holcombe

14001 MOUTH HARP MAN  RCA sessions

2016 The Outlaw Music Sanctuary, Hippie Jack's, Crawford, TN – Malcolm Holcombe (Malcolm Holcombe [vcl/ac gt],  Darrell Scott [vcl/ac gt/ resonator gt/ banjo/ bouzouki/ mandola/ piano/ bells], Verlon Thompson [vcl/ac gt/ resonator gt], Jared Tyler [vcl/ dobro/mandolin], ? [bass], Kenny Malone/ Marco Giovino [percussion], Jonathan Yudkin [violin/ viola/ cello], Jelly Roll Johnson [harmonica], Joey Miskulin [accordion], Mike McGoldrick [whistle/ Uilleann pipe]. Producer: Darrell Scott)
141 CRIPPLED POINT O' VIEW

142 YOURS NO MORE

143 GOOD OLE DAYS

144 OUTTA LUCK

145 SOUTH HAMPTON ST

146 ROCKY GROUND

147 PRETTY LITTLE TROUBLES

148 BURY ENGLAND

149 DAMN WEEDS

150 EYES OF JOSEPHINE

151 THE SKY STOOD STILL

152 WE STRUGGLE

Tracks above issued on album Pretty Little Troubles

December 2017 Dagotown Recorders, Boston, MA – Malcolm Holcombe (Malcolm Holcombe [vcl/ac gt], Iris DeMent [duet vcl*/hmny vcl], Jared Tyler [mandola/ dobro/classical gt/hmny vcl], Greg Brown [hmny vcl]. Producer: Marco Giovino and Jared Tyler)

153 LEFT ALONE
154 I DON'T WANNA DISAPPEAR
155 NEW DAMNATION ALLEY*
156 IT IS WHAT IT IS
157 BLACK BITTER MOON*
158 OCTOBER MORNIN'
159 OLD NORTH SIDE*
160 LEGAL TENDER
161 GONE BY THE OL' SUNRISE*
162 BROTHER'S KEEPER*
163 IN THE WINTER*
164 MERRY CHRISTMAS*
165 TORN AND WRINKLED
Tracks above issued on album Come Hell or High Water

2020 unknown – Malcolm Holcombe (+ Dave Roe, Jared Tyler, Jerry Roe, Mary Gauthier, Jaimee Harris, Miles McPherson,Ron de la Vega. ProducerL Brian Brinkenhoff, Dave Roe)
166 MONEY TRAIN
167 MISERY LOVES COMPANY
168 INTO THE SUNLIGHT
169 CRAZY MAN BLUES
170 YOUR KIN
171  DAMN RAINY DAY
172 HIGHER GROUND
173 GOOD INTENTIONS
174 ON TENNESSEE LAND
175 LENORA CYNTHIA
176 TRICKS OF THE TRADE
177 SHAKY GROUND
Tracks above issued on album Tricks Of The Trade
2022 Echo Mountain Recording, 14 N French Broad Ave, Asheville, NC – Malcolm Holcombe (Producer: Jarred Tyler, Brian Brinker)
178 BITS AND PIECES GE 219703  
179 FILL THOSE SHOES GE 219703   
180 HARD LUCK CITY GE 219703   
181 THE WIND DOESN'T KNOW YOU GE 219703   
182 CONSCIENCE OF MAN GE 219703  
183 EV'RY SOUL IS THERE GE 219703   
184 HAPPY WONDERLAND GE 219703   
185 ANOTHER SWEET DEAL GE 219703   
186 BOOTSTRAPS GE 219703  
187 EYE OF A NEEDLE GE 219703   
188 RUBBIN' ELBOWS GE 219703   
189 I'VE BEEN THERE GE 219703  
190 BRING TO FLY GE 219703   

 

 

ALBUMS

Upstream UP 001 Trademark:  Chasing A Rainbow; Sunrise*; Never Been A Fool;  Cities and Seasons*; Stepping Stones; County Line*; You're On My Mind; Crossties*; Blue Mexican Water (w. Steven Heller); Loved By You* – 84 Malcolm Holcombe, Sam Milner*

Purple Girl Music 001 A Far Cry From Here: No Danger Lifting Me; Who's Got The Time; Back In '29; A Long Way's This Mornin'; Spinnin' Roll On; Anna Rubyanne;  Oh Precious Cargo; One Room At Night; Justice In A Cradle;  Ev'ry Honest Word;  Teachin' Michael Anthony; A Far Cry From Here - 94

Geffen GEFD-A-25135 A Hundred Lies: A Hundred Lies;  Dressed In White; Who Carried You; A Far Cry From Here; To The Homeland; Justice In A Cradle; Emma Jean; Back On The Edge O'Town; No Place To Be; Only For You – 96 (reissued on Hip-O in 1999)

Purple Girl Music PG 2002 Another Wisdom: The Station; Bring the Water On Down; Woman Missin'; Love Abides; Mister In Morgantown; Another Wisdom; Sleepy Town;  Marvalene's Kitchen; Who Carried You;  Captured By Paradise;  Grace In Sand – 03 (UK issue on SouthBoud)

Malcolm Holcombe no # (UPC828999024421) I Never Heard You Knockin’: Sittin' Sad; For The Love Of A Good Woman; Doin' His Job; Not Who You're Thinkin' Of; Gone By The Ol' Sunrise; Mama Told Me So; Kiss Me When I'm Sleepin'; Cathy's Creek; Early Mornin'; This Town Knows Me; I Never Heard You Knockin’ - 05

Gypsy Eyes ? Not Forgotten: Sparrows and Sparrows; Goin' Home; A Steady Heart; Baby Doll; Room Eleven; Cryin' Dime; Not Forgotten; Your Eyes Will Shine; Yesterday's Clothes; Animated Sanctuary; This Ol' House; Where is My Garden? – 06 (also in 2007 on Munich MRCD 285 in NED)

Echo Mountain ARGA 006 Gamblin’  House: My Ol' Radio;  Goodtimes; Baby Likes A Love Song; Goin' Downtown; Evelyn; You Don't Come See Me Anymore; Gamblin' House; Blue Flame; Cynthia Margaret; The Shade; From Lovin' You; I'd Rather Have A Home - 07

Echo Mountain ARGA 026 For The Mission Baby: Bigtime Blues; Hannah's Tradin' Post; Leonard's Pigpen; You Have It All; Short Street Blues; A Bigger Plan; For the Mission Baby; Another One Gone; Doncha Miss That Water; Straight and Tall; Whenever I Pray; Someone Left Behind - 29-09-09

Music Road MRR-CD 10 To Drink The Rain: One Leg at a Time;  Mountains of Home; Behind the #1; Down in the Woods; Becky's Blessed; Those Who Wander; Where I Don't Belong; The Mighty City;  Reckon to the Wind; To Drink the Rain; Comes the Blues; One Man Singin' – 15-02-11

Gypsy Eyes Music  no # Down The River:  Butcher in Town; I Call the Shots; Gone Away at Last; The Crossing; Twisted Arms; The Door; The Empty Jar; In Your Mercy; Whitewash Job;Trail O' Money; Down the River – 03-09-12 (digital: 07-08-12)

Gypsy Eyes Music no # Pitiful Blues: Pitiful Blues;  Roots; Sign For A Sally;  Savannah Blues; Another Despair; By The Boots; Words Not Spoken; Words Of December; The Music Plays On; For the Love of a Child- 12-08-14

Gypsy Eyes Music no # RCA Sessions: Who Carried You; Mister In Morgantown; I Feel Like A Train; Doncha Miss That Water; Empty Jar; Butcher In Town; To Drink The Rain; Early Mornin'; I Never Heard You Knockin'; Mouth Harp Man [live]; I Call The Shots; My Ol Radio; Goin' Home; Down the River; Pitiful Blues; Far Cry From Here  – 14-04-15 (+ DVD with the same tracks)
Gypsy Eyes Music no # Pretty Little Troubles:  Crippled Point O' View;  Yours No More;  Good Ole Days;  Outta Luck;  South Hampton St;  Rocky Ground;  Pretty Little Troubles;  Bury England;  Damn Weeds;  Eyes of Josephine;  The Sky Stood Still; We Struggle – 07-04-17

Gypsy Eyes Music no # Come Hell or High Water: Left Alone, I Don't Wanna Disappear, New Damnation Alley, It Is What It Is, Black Bitter Moon, October Mornin', Old North Side, Legal Tender, Gone by the Ol' Sunrise, Brother's Keeper, In the Winter, Merry Christmas, Torn and Wrinkled – 14-09-18

Need To Know #NTKGEM20201  Tricks of the Trade:  Money Train;  Misery Loves Company;  Into the Sunlight;  Crazy Man Blues; Your Kin;  Damn Rainy Day;  Higher Ground;  Good Intentions; On Tennessee Land; Lenora Cynthia;  Tricks of the Trade;  Shaky Ground -  20 (limited, vinyl; CD issue on Gypsy Eyes on  Aug. 20, 2021)
Gypsy Eyes GE-219703 Bits And Pieces: Bits and Pieces;  Fill Those Shoes;  Hard Luck City;  The Wind Doesn't Know You;  Conscience of Man; Ev'ry Soul Is There;  Happy Wonderland;  Another Sweet Deal;  Bootstraps; Eye of a Needle;  Rubbin' Elbows;  I've Been There; Bring to Fly  – 23-06-23 

 

EPs

Echo Mountain ARGA 02 Wager: I Feel Like a Train; Back to Hell in a Greyhound; High Rollin' Gambler; Backin' Up On Peggy; Evelyn – 07 (EP)