Butch Baldassari

*11-10-1952, Scranton, PA, +10-01-2009

2nd version

By Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti
SESSIONS
1987 Oakdale Studios, Las Vegas, NV – Butch Baldassari (Producer: Butch Baldassari, Pat Cloud)
001 DARK RIDER Cactus CT-03
002 MONEY'S ALL GONE Cactus CT-03
003 KENTUCKY MANDOLIN Cactus CT-03
004 WHAT'S DOIN' Cactus CT-03
005 ANGEL EYES Cactus CT-03
006 METHODIST PREACHER Cactus CT-03
007 NO-TITLE-YET BLUES Cactus CT-03
008 NUAGE Cactus CT-03
009 A-NEW-Q-STIK Cactus CT-03
1990 Studio 2000, Nashville,TN - Butch Baldassari (Butch Baldassari [mandola/mandolin], Tim Stafford [gt], Gene Wooten [dobro], Mike Bub [bass instrument], Sam Bacco [percussion], Randy Howard/Shawn Camp [fiddle], Andrea Zonn [viola], John Catchings [cello], Mark Horowitz [flute]. Produced: Butch Baldassari)
010 GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN CMH CD-5208
011 WE THREE KINGS CMH CD-5208
012 FIRST NOEL CMH CD-5208
013 LITTLE DRUMMER BOY CMH CD-5208
014 SILENT NIGHT CMH CD-5208
015 DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR CMH CD-5208
016 BEAUTIFUL STAR OF BETHLEHEM CMH CD-5208
017 JOY TO THE WORLD CMH CD-5208
018 WHAT CHILD IS THIS CMH CD-5208
019 O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM CMH CD-5208
020 O HOLY NIGHT CMH CD-5208
021 ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH CMH CD-5208
022 AWAY IN A MANGER CMH CD-5208
023 IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR CMH CD-5208
024 DECK THE HALLS CMH CD-5208
025 WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS CMH CD-5208
ca. Spring 1990 Suite 2000 Nashville, TN – Butch Baldassari (Butch Baldassari [mandolin], Tim Stafford [gt], Tom Adams [banjo], Mike Bub [bass], Stuart Duncan [fiddle-1], Alison Krauss [fiddle-2], Andrea Zonn [fiddle-2]. Producer: Butch Baldassari)
026 OLD TOWN -1 Rebel REB-CD-1681
027 BLACK CANYON -2 Rebel REB-CD-1681
028 SLOCUM HOLLOW -1 Rebel REB-CD-1681
029 REBECCA -1 Rebel REB-CD-1681
030 PAINTIN' THE BARN -2 Rebel REB-CD-1681
031 WALTZ FOR MILL MONROE -2 Rebel REB-CD-1681
ca. Spring 1990 Burns Station Studios, Burns, TN or Suite 2000 Nashville, TN – Butch Baldassari (Butch Baldassari [mandolin], Stuart Duncan [ld gt/fiddle], Pat Enright [gt], Alan O‘ Bryant [banjo], Gene Libbea [bass], Stuart Duncan [fiddle-1]. Producer: Butch Baldassari)
032 BOSCO'S BOOGIE Rebel REB-CD-1681
033 HONKY TONK SWING Rebel REB-CD-1681
034 JACKABBIT TRAIL -1 Rebel REB-CD-1681
ca. Spring 1990 Burns Station Studios, Burns, TN or Suite 2000, Nashville, TN – Butch Baldassari (Butch Baldassari [mandolin], Kelly Lancaster [ld gt], Tim Stafford [rh gt], Mike Bub [bass], Sam Bush [fiddle]. Producer: Butch Baldassari)
035 MAYDELLE'S REEL Rebel REB-CD-1681
ca. Spring 1990 Oakdale Studios, Las Vegas, NV – Butch Baldassari (Butch Baldassari [mandolin], Eric Uglum [gt-1/rh gt-3], Ron Block [ld gt-3/banjo-1-2], Rob Ickes [dobro-3], Mike Bub [bass-1/banjo-3], Gordy Nichol [bass-3] Stuart Duncan [fiddle-2])
036 KENTUCKY MANDOLIN -1 Rebel REB-CD-1681
037 METHODIST PREACHER -2 Rebel REB-CD-1681
038 NO TITLE YET BLUES -2-3 Rebel REB-CD-1681
1994 unknown, TN - Original Smoky Mountain Music Series (Pat McGrath [gt], Wanda Vick [dobro/banjo], Butch Baldassari/Brent Truitt [mandolin], Jim Hoke [autoharp], David Hoffner [hammered dulcimer], Byron House [bass],
Randy Howard [fiddle]. Producer: Pat McGrath)
M01 'TIS SO SWEET TO TRUST IN JESUS Brentwood CD-5508J
M02 NO, NOT ONE Brentwood CD-5508J
M03 HE LEADETH ME Brentwood CD-5508J
M04 PRECIOUS LORD, TAKE MY HAND Brentwood CD-5508J
M05 PEACE LIKE A RIVER Brentwood CD-5508J
M06 STAND UP, STAND UP FOR JESUS Brentwood CD-5508J
M07 SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER Brentwood CD-5508J
M08 BLESSED BY THE NAME Brentwood CD-5508J
M09 DO LORD Brentwood CD-5508J
M10 BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC Brentwood CD-5508J
M11 I'LL MEET YOU IN THE MORNING Brentwood CD-5508J
M12 I FEEL LIKE TRAVELIN' ON Brentwood CD-5508J
1994 Suite 2000, Nashville, TN – Butch Baldassari (Producer: Butch Baldassari, Tom Riggs)
039 MORGAN MEGAN Pinecastle PRC-1028
040 LITTLE ROSEWOOD CASKET/OLD SPINNING WHEEL Pinecastle PRC-1028
041 ALL MY CHILDREN Pinecastle PRC-1028
042 AZALEA WALTZ Pinecastle PRC-1028
043 ANGELINE THE BAKER/MISS MACLEOD'S REEL Pinecastle PRC-1028
044 PASS ME NOT Pinecastle PRC-1028
045 JOHNNY GOES TO FRANCE/ICE ON THE ROAD Pinecastle PRC-1028
046 BLACK MOUNTAIN AIRE Pinecastle PRC-1028
047 SENECA SQUARE DANCE Pinecastle PRC-1028
048 MIDNIGHT ON THE WATER Pinecastle PRC-1028
049 BILL'S DREAM/BOSTON BOYS/WHISKEY BEFORE. Pinecastle PRC-1028
1994 unknown – Butch Baldassari and John Mock (Butch Baldassari [mandolin], John Mock [gt].Producer: Butch Baldassari)
050 MEDLEY: QUADRO PAVIN/ GALIARDE Sound Art SAR-1251
051 LA CORANTO Sound Art SAR-1251
052 MEDLEY Sound Art SAR-1251
053 JESU JOY OF MAN'S DESIRING Sound Art SAR-1251
054 ARISO Sound Art SAR-1251
055 MINUETS IandII Sound Art SAR-1251
056 ROMANCE Sound Art SAR-1251
057 SONATA #483 Sound Art SAR-1251
058 SONATINE Sound Art SAR-1251
059 CANTABILE Sound Art SAR-1251
060 ESTUDIO #6 Sound Art SAR-1251
061 RECUERDOS DE LA ALHAMBRA Sound Art SAR-1251
062 GYMNOPEDIE #1 Sound Art SAR-1251
063 BOLERO Sound Art SAR-1251
1998 unknown – Butch Baldassari (Butch Baldassari [mandolin], Sonya Isaacs [vcl], Buell Neidlinger [spoken vcl/double bass], Robert Bowlin [gt/fiddle], David Grier [gt], Kenny Smith [gt], Mark Schatz [banjo/double bass], Steve Huber/Billy Rose/Mike Munford [banjo], Dennis Crouch [double bass], Glen Duncan/Richard Greene /Aubrey Haynie [fiddle]. Producer: Butch Baldassari)
064 CONSIDER THIS Sound Art SAR-1252
065 MINORSVILLE Sound Art SAR-1252
066 BOONE CO. KY. Sound Art SAR-1252
068 PERSEVERANCE BLUES Sound Art SAR-1252
069 OLD JERICHO WALTZ Sound Art SAR-1252
070 WAGONS HO! (FROM "WAGON TRAIN") Sound Art SAR-1252
071 SLEEPY GAP/TUCKER Sound Art SAR-1252
072 KING WILKIE Sound Art SAR-1252
073 DOWN CITY PT. 1 Sound Art SAR-1252
074 IT'S RAININ' THE BLUES...FOR BILL MONROE Sound Art SAR-1252
075 LEAVING PORTLAND Sound Art SAR-1252
076 PLACE IN THE HEART Sound Art SAR-1252
1998 Upfront Studios, Nashville, TN - Green Hill Instrumental Classics Series (Kevin Williams [ac gt], Bobby All [ac gt], Craig Duncan [hammered dulcimer], Butch Baldassari [mandolin], Tommy White [dobro], Bruce Watkins [banjo], Larry Paxton [bass], Glen Duncan [fiddle], Mike Douchette [harmonica]. Producer: Kevin Williams)
M13 ARKANSAS TRAVELER Green Hill GHD-5104
M14 OZARK RAG Green Hill GHD-5104
M15 OZARK MOUNTAIN JUBILEE Green Hill GHD-5104
M16 MISSOURI ROAD Green Hill GHD-5104
M17 OZARK MOUNTAIN LULLABY Green Hill GHD-5104
M18 ARKANSAS STOMP Green Hill GHD-5104
M19 OZARK MOUNTAIN WALTZ Green Hill GHD-5104
M20 ARKANSAS Green Hill GHD-5104
M21 OZARK HILLS Green Hill GHD-5104
M22 I CAN SEE ARKANSAS Green Hill GHD-5104
M23 OZARK NIGHTS Green Hill GHD-5104
M24 MISSOURI WALTZ Green Hill GHD-5104
1998 Nashville, TN – Butch Baldassari Trio (Butch Baldassari [mandolin/ octave mandolin], Gene Ford [gt], John Hedgecoth [mandocello] + David Spicher [bass],  Kenny Malone percussion]. Producer: Butch Baldassari)
077 TWO GIRLS FROM GALAX Sound Art SAR-1253
078 OCOTILLO Sound Art SAR-1253
079 CRUISING THE TRACE Sound Art SAR-1253
080 AS FAR AS I CAN SEE Sound Art SAR-1253
081 HONKY GRASS STOMP Sound Art SAR-1253
082 WALTZ FOR BILL MONROE Sound Art SAR-1253
083 SENECA SQUARE DANCE/CHINQUAPIN HUNTING Sound Art SAR-1253
084 CARAVAN Sound Art SAR-1253
085 STARDUST Sound Art SAR-1253
086 OVER THE RAINBOW Sound Art SAR-1253
087 FOR J.L. Sound Art SAR-1253

1998 Tedesco Studios, Paramus, NJ / RCA Victor Studio "B", Nashville, TN – Butch Baldassari and John Carlini (Butch Baldassari [mandolin], John Carlini [gt], Greg Cohn/ Byron House/ David Spicher [bass]. Producer: Butch Baldassari, John Carlini)
088 THE GAME‘S AFOOT Sound Art SAR-1254-CD
089 PIANO PRELUDE II Sound Art SAR-1254-CD
090 LIMEHOUSE BLUES Sound Art SAR-1254-CD
091 SAPHRONE Sound Art SAR-1254-CD
092 REFLECTIONS FOR TWO SPANISH GUITARS Sound Art SAR-1254-CD
093 WHAT'S DOIN' Sound Art SAR-1254-CD
094 WININ BOY BLUES Sound Art SAR-1254-CD
095 SPIRITUAL/EVENING PRAYER BLUES Sound Art SAR-1254-CD
096 THE MINNIE BALL OF SHILOH Sound Art SAR-1254-CD
097 TWILIGHT WALTZ. Sound Art SAR-1254-CD
1998 unknown - Butch Baldassari - Robin Bullock - John Reischman (Butch Baldassari [mandolin], Robin Bullock [cittern/gt/ mandolin], John Reischman [mandolin/mandola])
098 OLD FRENCH / SWINGING ON A GATE / THE WISE MAID Sound Art SAR-1255
099 LITTLE JACKY WILSON Sound Art SAR-1255
100 COMO LLORA UNA ESTRELLA (AS WEEPS A STAR) Sound Art SAR-1255
101 EL GRILLO (THE CRICKET) Sound Art SAR-1255
102 BLUE EAGLE / CHIEF SITTING BULL Sound Art SAR-1255
103 BIRDLAND BOUNCE Sound Art SAR-1255
104 ARKANSAS TRAVELLER / MISS MACLEOD'S REEL / LITTLE RABBIT Sound Art SAR-1255
105 KELSTERNE GARDEN / CHILDGROVE Sound Art SAR-1255
106 JESUSITA EN CHIHUAHUA (JESSE POLKA) Sound Art SAR-1255
107 PRESIDENT GARFIELD'S / RISING FAWN REEL / PRESIDENT GRANT'S Sound Art SAR-1255
108 DEAD MARCH / JENNY LYNN Sound Art SAR-1255
109 WALTZ IN THE BLUEGRASS (FRANK WAKEFIELD) Sound Art SAR-1255

2000 unknown – Butch Baldassari

110 SHE TOLD ME SHE LOVES ME

111 CAN'T FIND MY WAY HOME

112 A FACE IN THE CLOUDS

113 AS FAR AS I CAN SEE

114 FRANGENTI

115 MYSTERY NIGHT

116 I SEE YOU LOOKIN'

117 CHILDREN'S WALTZ

118 A MILLION MILES AWAY

119 ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
tracks above issued on album Mandolin Arts
2002 Wildwood Recording, Brentwood, TN – Green Hill Instrumental Classics Series (Butch Baldassari [mandolin], ohn Pell [gt], Jack Jezzro [gt], Van Manakas [gt], Pat Bergeson [gt], Roger Spencer [bass], Antoine Silverman [violin], Jeff Taylor [accordion]. Producer: Jack Jezzro)
M25 SANTA LUCIA Green Hill GHD-5280
M26 SERENADE Green Hill GHD-5280
M27 O SOLE MIO Green Hill GHD-5280
M28 OH MARIE Green Hill GHD-5280
M29 NON DIMENTICAR Green Hill GHD-5280
M30 MALA FEMMENA Green Hill GHD-5280
M31 GODFATHER WALTZ Green Hill GHD-5280
M32 SPEAK SOFTLY LOVE Green Hill GHD-5280
M33 ARRIVEDERCI ROMA (GOODBYE TO ROME) Green Hill GHD-5280
M34 MATTINATTA (IN THE MORNING) Green Hill GHD-5280
M35 TORNA A SURRIENTO (COME BACK TO SORRENTO) Green Hill GHD-5280
M36 MIO DOLCE SOGNO Green Hill GHD-5280
M37 BELLE NOTTE Green Hill GHD-5280
M38 TRA VEGLIA and SONNO Green Hill GHD-5280
M39 VIENI SUL MAR (COME TO THE SEA) Green Hill GHD-5280
2003 Masterlink Studio, Nashville, TN – Green Hill Instrumental Classics Series (Robert Bowlin [gt], David Grier [gt], David Talbot [banjo], Butch Baldassari/Ronnie McCoury [mandolin], Rob ickes [dobro], Dennis Crouch [bass], Craig Duncan [fiddle]. Producer: Craig Duncan)
M40 UNDER THE DOUBLE EAGLE Green Hill GHD-5335
M41 WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN Green Hill GHD-5335
M42 FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW Green Hill GHD-5335
M43 TURKEY IN THE STRAW Green Hill GHD-5335
M44 FAREWELL BLUES Green Hill GHD-5335
M45 KENTUCKY WALTZ Green Hill GHD-5335
M46 I SAW THE LIGHT Green Hill GHD-5335
M47 BALLAD OF JED CLAMPETT Green Hill GHD-5335
M48 ANGEL BAND Green Hill GHD-5335
M49 BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM Green Hill GHD-5335
M50 ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL Green Hill GHD-5335
M51 FOGGY MOUNTAIN SPECIAL Green Hill GHD-5335
M52 SALTY DOG BLUES Green Hill GHD-5335
M53 JERUSALEM RIDGE Green Hill GHD-5335
M54 LITTLE CABIN HOME ON THE HILL Green Hill GHD-5335
Incomplete info on later recordings in albums list


ALBUMS
Cactus CT-03 What's Doin': Dark Rider; Money's All Gone; Kentucky Mandolin; What's Doin'; Angel Eyes; Methodist Preacher; No-Title-Yet Blues; Nuage; A-New-Q-Stik - 87
Cactus/CMH CD-5208 Evergreen/Mandolin Music For Christmas: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; We Three Kings; First Noel; Little Drummer Boy; Silent Night; Do You Hear What I Hear; Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem; Joy To The World; What Child Is This; O Little Town Of Bethlehem; O Holy Night; Angels We Have Heard On High; Away In A Manger; It Came Upon A Midnight Clear; Deck The Halls; We Wish You A Merry Christmas - 90
Rebel REB-CD-1681 Old Town: Old Town; Boscoe's Boogie; Black Canyon ; Honky Tonk Swing; Slocum Hollow; Kentucky Mandolin; Methodist Preacher; The Jackrabbit Trail; Rebecca; Paintin' The Barn; Maydelle's Reel; No Title Yet Blues; Waltz For Bill Monroe – 08-90
Pinecastle PRC-1028 A Day In The Country; Morgan Megan; Little Rosewood Casket/Old Spinning Wheel; All My Children;Azalea Waltz; Angeline The Baker/Miss Macleod's Reel; Pass Me Not; Johnny Goes To France/Ice On The Road; Black Mountain Aire; Seneca Square Dance; Midnight On The Water; Bill's Dream/Boston Boys/Whiskey Before.- 20-07-94
Brentwood CD-5508J Smoky Mountain Hymns. Volume 4: 'Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus; No, Not One; He Leadeth Me; Precious Lord, Take My Hand; Peace Like A River; Stand Up, Stand Up For Jesus; Shall We Gather At The River; Blessed By The Name; Do Lord; Battle Hymn Of The Republic; I'll Meet You In The Morning; I Feel Like Travelin' On – 94
Sound Art SAR-1251-CD Cantabile: Duets For Mandolin And Guitar: Medley; La Coranto; Medley; Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring; Ariso; Minuets IandII; Romance; Sonata #483; Sonatine; Cantabile; Estudio #6; Recuerdos De La Alhambra; Gymnopedie #1; Bolero – 08-11-94 w. John Mock
Green Hill GHD-5104 Ozark Memories: Arkansas Traveler; Ozark Rag; Ozark Mountain Jubilee; Missouri Road; Ozark Mountain Lullaby; Arkansas Stomp; Ozark Mountain Waltz; Arkansas; Ozark Hills; I Can See Arkansas; Ozark Nights; Missouri Waltz – 98 Green Hill Instrumental Classics Series
Sound Art SAR-1252-CD New Classics For Bluegrass Mandolin: Consider This; Minorsville; Boone Co. Ky.; Perseverance Blues; Old Jericho Waltz; Wagons Ho! (From "Wagon Train"); Sleepy Gap/Tucker; King Wilkie; Down City Pt. 1; It's Rainin' The Blues...For Bill Monroe; Leaving Portland; Place In The Heart – 01-12-98
Sound Art SAR-1255-CD Travellers: Old French / Swinging On A Gate / The Wise Maid;Little Jacky Wilson; Como Llora una Estrella (As Weeps a Star); El Grillo (The Cricket); Blue Eagle / Chief Sitting Bull; Birdland Bounce; Arkansas Traveller / Miss Macleod's Reel / Little Rabbit; Kelsterne Garden / Childgrove; Jesusita en Chihuahua (Jesse Polka); President Garfield's / Rising Fawn Reel / President Grant's; Dead March / Jenny Lynn; Waltz in the Bluegrass (Frank Wakefield) – 02-02-99 Butch Baldassari - Robin Bullock - John Reischman
Sound Art SAR-1254-CD Reflections: Games Afoot; Piano Prelude II; Limehouse Blues; Saphrone; Reflections For Two Spanish Guitars; What's Doin'; Winin Boy Blues; Spiritual/Evening Prayer Blues; Minnie Ball Of Shiloh; Twilight Waltz – 16-02-99 w John Carlini
Sound Art SAR-1253-CD American Portraits: Two Girls From Galax; Ocotillo; Cruising The Trace; As Far As I Can See; Honky Grass Stomp; Waltz For Bill Monroe; Seneca Square Dance/Chinquapin Hunting; Caravan; Stardust; Over The Rainbow; For J.L. – 20-09-99

Sound Art ? Mandolin Nights: She Told Me She Loves Me; Can't Find My Way Home; A Face In the Clouds; As Far As I Can See; Frangenti; Mystery Night; I See You Lookin'; Children's Waltz; A Million Miles Away; Across the Universe - 02-01-01 (reissued in 2007 as The Vespa Love Festival Sessions)
Green Hill GHD-5280 Romance In Venice: Santa Lucia; Serenade; O Sole Mio; Oh Marie;Non Dimenticar; Mala Femmena; Godfather Waltz; Speak Softly Love; Arrivederci Roma (Goodbye To Rome); Mattinatta (In The Morning); Torna A Surriento (Come Back To Sorrento); Mio Dolce Sogno; Belle Notte; Tra Veglia and Sonno; Vieni Sul Mar (Come To The Sea) – 02 Green Hill Instrumental Classics Series
Green Hill GHD-5335 Bluegrass Jamboree: Under The Double Eagle; Will The Circle Be Unbroken; Footprints In The Snow; Turkey In The Straw; Farewell Blues; Kentucky Waltz; I Saw The Light; Ballad Of Jed Clampett; Angel Band; Blackberry Blossom; Orange Blossom Special; Foggy Mountain Special; Salty Dog Blues; Jerusalem Ridge; Little Cabin Home On The Hill – 03 Green Hill Instrumental Classics Series
Sound Art SAR-2251-CD Mandolin Hymns: Morning Has Broken; Wayfaring Stranger; Simple Gifts; Redeemed; Down To The River To Pray; Leaning On The Everlasting Arms; What A Friend We Have In Jesus; Amazing Grace; Unclouded Day; I Am A Pilgrim; Precious Memories; Sweet Hour Of Prayer; Life Is Like A Mountain Railway; Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour; Softly And Tenderly – 11-10-05 (raissued in 2010 as Old Time Hymns)
Sound Art SAR-2252-CD Appalachian Mandolin and Dulcimer: Ground Hog; June Apple; Muddy Roads; Tater Patch; Sandy River Belle; Black Mountain Rag; Wayfaring Stranger; Drunken Hiccups; Wolves-A-Howlin'; Wild Rose Of The Mountain ; Cheep Mountain; Flop Eared Mule; Cold Frosty Morning; Pretty Saro – 10-01-06 w. David Schnaufer (rec. New England Sound, Nashville, TN; both artists play mandolins, dulcimers)
Sound Art  SAR-2254-CD Music Of O'Carlan - Ireland's Bard: Young William Plunkett Set; Carolan's Concerto; Eleanor Plunkett; George Brabazonl; Rondo; Planxty Browne Set; Blind Mary / Sheebeg and Sheemore; Carolan's Draught; Fanny Power; Catherine Nowlan- 15-06-07

Sound Art SAR 2255-CD The Vespa Love Festival Sessions:  Mystery Night;  She Told Me She Loves Me; A Face in the Clouds;  Can't Find My Way Home;  As Far As I Can See;  I See You Lookin'; Children's Waltz;  A Million Miles Away; Across the Universe; Frangenti – 07

Sound Art SAR-2257-CD Leavin‘ Tennessee: Leavin' Tennessee; Bell Buckle Belle; Arapaho; Fine Waltz; Cotton Patch Rag; Fiddler's Dream; Jacob's Ladder; Bitter Creek; Red Bone; Old South Waltz; Lucky from Kentucky; I Am a Pilgrim; Bluegrass in the Backwoods; Bossman; Indian Echo; Spider Waltz; Yellow Barber – 17-08-10 w. Van Manakas (Van Manakas, guitar ; Butch Baldassari, mandolin ; Scott Vestal, banjo ; Byron House, upright bass ; Stuart Duncan, Shad Cobb, Bobby Hicks, Barbara Lamb, fiddle)