*21-12-1956 Stephenville, TX
2nd version
By Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti, Lennart Gustavsson
SESSIONS
Late 1980's unknown – Lee Roy Parnell
001 TEXAS ROVER LRP 901060
002 SHOW BUSINESS IS MY LIFE LRP 901060
Fall 1989 Omnisound Recording Studio, 1806 Division Street, Nashville, TN – Lee
Roy Parnell (Lee Roy Parnell [vcl/ld gt/slide gt], John Willias [ac gt], Bill
Hullett [ac/el gt], Glenn Worf/ Tim Loftin [bass], John Gardner [drums], Barry Beckett
[keyboards], Jim Horn and The Horn Section (Michael Haynes, Jack hale, Hullman
Dennis) [horns], Joe McGlohon [sax solos], Janesll Mosser, Bergen Wite, Dennis
Wilson, Harry Stinson [bck vcl]. Producer: Bary Beckett)
003 OUGHTA BE A LAW Arista AS-2028/ARCD-8625
004 FIFTY-FIFTY LOVE Arista ARCD-8625
005 WHERE IS MY BABY TONIGHT Arista ARCD-8625
006 CROCODILE TEARS Arista AS1-9912 AS-2028/ARCD-8625
007 FAMILY TREE Arista AS-2093/ARCD-8625
008 LET'S PRETEND Arista ARCD-8625
009 YOU'RE TAKING TOO LONG Arista ARCD-8625
010 MEXICAN MONEY Arista ARCD-8625
011 DOWN DEEP Arista ARCD-8625
012 RED HOT Arista AS-2093/ARCD-8625
013 LET'S HAVE SOME FUN AS1-9912
1991 [sessions for Country Goes Raffi] Nashville, TN – Lee Roy
Parnell
014 RISE AND SHINE Rounder 8090-2
ca November 1991 Omnisound Recording Studio, 1806 Division
Street, Nashville, TN – Lee Roy Parnell (Lee Roy Parnell [vcl/gt], Don Potter
[ac gt], John Jorgensen/Richard Bennett [el gt], Paul Franklin/Sonny Garrish
[steel], Michael Rhodes/Tim Loftin/Bob Wray [bass], Eddie Bayers [drums], Terry
McMillan [percussion], John Barlow Jarvis/Barry Beckett/Matt Rollins
[keyboards] + Delbert McClinton, Curtis Young, Gregory Gordon, Jonell Mosser,
Jimmy Hall, Russell Smith, Harry Stinson, Dennis Wilson, Christopher Harris
[bck vcl]. Producer: Scott Hendricks and Bary Beckett)
015 WHAT KIND OF FOOL DO YOU THINK I AM Arista 12431-/18684-2
016 BACK IN MY ARMS AGAIN Arista 12588-7/18684-2
017 THE ROCK Arista 12400-7 12523-7/18684-2
018 AIN'T NO SHORT WAY HOME Arista 18684-2
019 LOVE WITHOUT MERCY Arista 12462-7/18684-2
020 ROAD SCHOLAR Arista 12400-7/18684-2
021 NIGHT AFTER NIGHT Arista 18684-2
022 DONE DEAL Arista 12462-7/18684-2
023 TENDER MOMENT Arista 12523-7/18684-2
024 ROLLER COASTER Arista 12431-7/18684-2
ca Spring 1993 Soundshop Studio, 1307 Division St., Nashville, TN/ Midtown Tone
and Volume and Recording Arts, Nashville, TN/ The Castle, Franklin, TN – Lee
Roy Parnell (Lee Roy Parnell [vcl/el gt/slide gt], Billy Joe Walker Jr. [ac
gt], John Jorgenson [el gt], James
Pennebaker [el gt], John Jorgenson [mandolin], Dan Dugmore [steel], Glenn Worf
[bass gt], Lonnie Wilson [drums], Terry McMillan [congas/cymbal], John Barlow
Jarvis [piano/organ], Reese Wynans
[Hammond organ], Rob Parnell [harmonica], Joy Lynn White, Jonell Mosser, Jimmy
Hall, Steve Mackey, Russell Smith, Dennis Wilson, Harry Stinson [bck vc], Ronnie
Dunn [guest vcl-1]. Producer: Scott Hendricks)
025 ON THE ROAD Arista 12588-7/18739-2
026 COUNTRY DOWN TO MY SOUL Arista 18739-2
027 THE POWER OF LOVE Arista 12747-7/18739-2
028 I'M HOLDING MY OWN Arista 12642-7/18739-2
029 THEY DON'T KNOW YOU Arista 18739-2
030 STRAIGHT SHOOTER Arista 12695-7/18739-2
031 TAKE THESE CHAINS FROM MY HEART -1 Arista 12695-7/18739-2
032 WASTED TIME Arista 18739-2
033 STRAIGHT AND NARROW Arista 12747-7/18739-2
034 FRESH COAT OF PAINT Arista 12642-7/18739-2
1994 [sessions for Flaco Jimenez] – Flaco Jimenez and Lee
Roy Parnell (Producer: Bill Halverson)
035 CAT WALK – instr.- Arista 18772-2 18790-2
1994 [sessions for Mama’s Hungry
Eyes] Midtown, Nashville, TN /Sound Emporium, Nashville, TN – Diamond Rio, Lee
Roy Parnell, Steve Wariner (+ Bill Hullet [ac gt], Jimmy Olander [ld gt], Dana
Williams [bass/bck vcl], Brian Prout [drums], Dan Truman [piano], Gene Johnson,
Marty Roe [bck vcl]. Producer: Bruce Bouton, Monty Powell)
035a WORKIN‘ MAN BLUES
Arista 12755-2/ Arista 07822-18760-2 New
Country NC1294D
NEW COUNTRY NC1294D NEW COUNTRY-DECEMBER 1994 (1994)
1995 Soundshop Studio, 1307 Division St., Nashville, TN – Lee Roy Parnell (The
Hot Links: Lee Roy Parnell [vcl/el gt/slide gt/dobro], James Pennebaker [el
gt/steel/fiddle/mandolin], Stephen Mackey [bass], Lynn Williams [drums], Rob
Roy Parnell [harmonica], Reese Wynans [piano/Hammond B-3 organ/keyboards],
Kevin McKendree [piano] + Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Trisha Yearwood [vcl], Michael
Spriggs [gt], Dan Dugmore [steel], Flaco Jimenez, Steve Conn [accordion], Mike
Reid [el piano] + Jonell Mosser, John Wesley Ryles, Dennis Wilson, Jennifer
Scruggs, Kris Egan, Joe Zaukus, Trey Bruce, Scott Hendricks, John Kunz [bck
vcl]. Producer: Scott Hendricks)
036 A LITTLE BIT OF YOU Arista 12823-7/18790-2
037 KNOCK YOURSELF OUT Arista 12952-7/18790-2
038 HEART'S DESIRE Arista 12952-7/18790-2
039 WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN Arista 12862-7/18790-2
040 IF THE HOUSE IS ROCKIN' Arista 12862-7/18790-2
041 WE ALL GET LUCKY SOMETIMES Arista 13044-7/18790-2
042 SAVED BY THE GRACE OF YOUR LOVE Arista 18790-2
043 GIVIN' WATER TO A DROWNING MAN Arista 12823-7 10503-7/18790-2
044 I HAD TO LET IT GO Arista 13044-7/18790-2
045 SQUEEZE ME IN Arista 10503-7/18790-2
1996 Nashville, TN – Lee Roy Parnell
046 PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS BMG
ca early 1997 Nashville, TN – Lee Roy Parnell, *and Trisha Yearwood (Lee Roy
Parnell [vcl/el gt/ slide gt/ National guitar] + Hot Links: James Pennebaker [el gt/steel/ mandolin/ bck
vcl], Steven Mackey [bass gt/ fretless bass/ bull fiddle/ bck vcl], Lynn
Williams [drums/ percussion], Kevin McKendree [piano/ Hammond B-3 organ] + Al Anderson [ ac gt], Billy Joe Walker, Jr. [ac
gt/ gut string t], + strings cond by Paul Marsh (Carl Gorodetzky, Bob Mason, Pam Sixfin, Gary Vanosdale, Kris Wilkinson), Guy Clark, Jonell Mosser, Harry Stinson, John Wesley Ryles, Dennis Wilson, Trisha Yearwood [bck vcl]. Producers: Lee Roy
Parnell and Hot Links)
047 LUCKY ME, LUCKY YOU Arista 13078-7/18841-2
048 YOU CAN'T GET THERE FROM HERE Arista 13079-7/18841-2
049 ON FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER Arista 13098-7/18841-2
050 ALL THAT MATTERS ANYMORE Arista 13098-7/18841-2
051 EVERY NIGHT'S A SATURDAY NIGHT Arista 13078-7/18841-2
052 TENDER TOUCH Arista 18841-2
053 BETTER WORD FOR LOVE* Arista 18841-2
054 HONKY TONK NIGHT TIME MAN Arista 18841-2
055 BATON ROUGE Arista 18841-2
056 MAMA, SCREW YOUR WIG ON TIGHT Arista 13079-7/18841-2
1 October 1997 [live-The Fairfield Four Live From Mountain Stage] Caffé Milano,
Nashville, TN – The Fairfield Four and Lee Roy Parnell
05601 JOHN THE REVELATOR Blue Plate ? Arista 18889-2
1998 Scruggs Sound Studio, 2828 Azalea Place, Nashville, TN
– Randy Scruggs and Lee Roy Parnell
057 TRAVEL ON Warner Brothers 9-46930-2
1999 [sessions for Pearls in the Snow: The Songs of Kinky Friedman] unknown –
Lee Roy Parnell
058 NASHVILLE CASUALITY AND LIFE Kinkajou
1999 Nashville, TN – Lee Roy Parnell
059 SHE WON'T BE LONELY LONG 13175-7/1889-2
060 LONG WAY TO FALL 13175-7/18889-2
2001 and sooner Nashville, TN – Lane Brody and Lee Roy
Parnell
061 YELLOW ROSE -3
Scream Market 11 [extended:]
Scream Market 11
ca early 2001 Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, 1000 Alabama Ave.,
Sheffield, AL – Lee Roy Parnell (Lee Roy Parnell [vcl/gt], Keb Mo [duet vcl
x/gt/banjo/harmonica], Bonnie Bramlett [*duet vcl],Delbet McClinton [+ duet
vcl], James Pennebaker [gt], Jack Pearson [gt/Hammond B-3 organ], Steve Mackey
[bass], Lynn Williams [drums], Tom Roady [percussion], Kevin McKendree
[Wurlitzer piano/Hammond B-3 organ], Mark Jordan [Hammond B-3 organ/keyboards],
Jim Horn/Steve Herman [horns] + Vickie Hampton, Jay Boy Adams, The Mississippi
Mass Choir [bck vcl)
062 RIGHT WHERE IT HURTS Vanguard 76589-2
063 CROSSIN' OVER Vanguard 76589-2
064 BREAKING DOWN SLOW* Vanguard 76589-2
065 SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST + Vanguard 76589-2
066 TELL THE TRUTH Vanguard 76589-2
067 I DECLARE x Vanguard 76589-2
068 BRAND NEW FEELING Vanguard 76589-2
069 GUARDIAN ANGEL Vanguard 76589-2
070 TAKES WHAT IT TAKES Vanguard 76589-2
071 LOVE'S BEEN ROUGH ON ME Vanguard 76589-2
2005 Casa Del Norte, Nashville, TN - Lee Roy Parnell (Lee
Roy Parnell [vcl/ac gt/el gt/ slide gt/ classical gt], Tony Arata [ac gt],
James Pennebaker [el gt], Lynn Williams [drums/ tambourine/ percussion], Tom
Hambridge [snare drum], Mark T. Jordan [piano/ Wurlitzer organ], Kevin
McKendree [Wurlitzer organ], Jessi Alexander, Jon Randall, Ann McCrary, Vicki
Hampton, Robert Bailey, Regina McCrary [bck vcl], Allison Parnell []. Producer:
John Kunz, Lee Roy Parnell)
072 BACK TO THE WELL Universal South B0003817-2
073 SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING Universal South B0003817-2
074 JUST LUCKY THAT WAY Universal South B0003817-2
075 OLD SOUL Universal South B0003817-2
076 DON'T WATER IT DOWN Universal South B0003817-2
077 DADDIES AND DAUGHTERS (WITH ALLISON PARNELL) Universal South B0003817-2
078 YOU CAN'T LOSE 'EM ALL Universal South B0003817-2
079 BREAKING THE CHAIN Universal South B0003817-2
080 THE HUNGER Universal South B0003817-2
081 THAT'S ALL THERE IS Universal South B0003817-2
082 SAVING GRACE Universal South B0003817-2
083 COOL BREEZE Universal South B0003817-2
2007 unknown - C. Alex Hawkins, Lee Roy Parnell, Tony Haselden, Tsgt Wilson
084 THAT’S MY STORY Altissimo ?
ALTISSIMO ? PATRIOT'S DREAM: WILD BLUE COUNTRY ON THE AIR
(2007)
2009 [sessions for Forgotten But Not Gone] unknown – Lee Roy
Parnell
085 FORGOTTEN BUT NOT GONE Big Relief
2010 [soundtrack Disney Adventures in Country From The
Hunchback Of Notre Dame] unknown – Lee Roy Parnell
086 SOMEDAY Walt Disney 6485792
2015 [sessions for Killing The Blues] unknown – Billy Ray Cyrus And Lee Roy Parnell
087 I’VE ALWAYS BEEN CRAZY
2015 [sessions for It’s About Time] unknown – Ira Dean,
Jeffrey Steele, Ronnie Milsap, Montgomery Gentry, Lee Roy Parnell, Colt Ford
088 NOTHIN‘ TO DO ROUND HERE
2015 unknown – Pat Green, with Delbert McClinton and Lee Roy
Parnell
089 MAY THE GOOD TIMES NEVER END Relativity Ent. 1
RELATIVITY ENT. 1 PAT GREEN – HOME (2015)
2015 Casa del Norte, Nashville, TN – Arlen Roth and Lee Roy
Parnell
090 DUST MY BROOM Aquinnah 211
AQUINNAH 211 ARLEN ROTH – SLIDE GUITAR SUMMIT (2015)
2017 unknown – LeeRoy Parnell (Producer: LeeRoy Parnell)
091 HOURS
IN BETWEEN BFD 117
092 MIDNIGHT
BELIEVER BFD 117
093 PONTCHARTRAIN
BFD 117
094 TOO FAR
GONE BFD 117
095 SUNNY
DAYS BFD 117
096 HAIR OF
THE DOG BFD 117
097 WANT
WHATCHA' HAVE BFD 117
098 GOING
UPTOWN BFD 117
099 TIED UP
AND TANGLED BFD 117
ALBUMS
Arista Nashville AL/ARCD-8625 Lee Roy Parnell: Oughta Be A Law; Fifty-Fifty
Love; Where Is My Baby Tonight; Crocodile Tears; Family Tree; Let's Pretend;
You're Taking Too Long; Mexican Money; Down Deep; Red Hot – 10-04-90
Arista Nashville 07822-18684-2 Love Without Mercy: What Kind Of Fool Do You
Think I Am; Back In My Arms Again; The Rock; Ain't No Short Way Home; Love Without
Mercy; Road Scholar; Night After Night; Done Deal; Tender Moment; Roller
Coaster – 28-04-92
Arista Nashville 07822-18739-2 On The Road: On The Road; Country Down To My
Soul; The Power Of Love; I'm Holding My Own; They Don't Know You; Straight
Shooter; Take These Chains From My Heart; Wasted Time; Straight And Narrow;
Fresh Coat Of Paint – 26-10-93
Career 07822-18790-2 We All Get Lucky Sometimes: A Little Bit Of You; Knock
Yourself Out; Heart's Desire; When A Woman Loves A Man; If The House Is
Rockin'; We All Get Lucky Sometimes; Saved By The Grace Of Your Love; Givin'
Water To A Drowning Man; I Had To Let It Go; Squeeze Me In; Cat Walk – 01-08-95
Arista Nashville 07822-18841-2 Every Night's A Saturday Night: Lucky Me, Lucky
You; You Can't Get There From Here; On Foot In Front Of The Other; All That
Matters Anymore; Every Night's A Saturday Night; Tender Touch; Better Word For
Love; Honky Tonk Night Time Man; Baton Rouge; Mama, Screw Your Wig On Tight –
17-06-97
Arista Nashville 07822-18889-2 Hits And Highways Ahead: She Won't Be Lonely
Long; Heart's Desire; Love Without Mercy; On The Road; Long Way To Fall; Little
Bit Of You; I'm Holding My Own; What Kind Of Fool Do You Think I Am; When A
Woman Loves A Man; Tender Moment; If The House Is Rockin'; John The Revelator –
24-08-99
Vanguard 79589-2 Tell The Truth: Right Where It Hurts; Crossin' Over; Breaking
Down Slow / Duet With Bonnie Bramlett; South By Southwest / With Delbert
Mcclinton; Tell The Truth; I Declare / With Keb' Mo'; Brand New Feeling / With
The Mississippi Mass Choir; Guardian Angel; Takes What It Takes; Love's Been
Rough On Me – 12-06-01
Universal South B0003817-02 Back To The Well: Back To The Well; Something Out
Of Nothing; Just Lucky That Way; Old Soul; Don't Water It Down; Daddies And
Daughters - (with Allison Parnell); You Can't Lose 'Em All; Breaking The Chain;
The Hunger; That's All There Is; Saving Grace; Cool Breeze - 07-03-06
Mountain Man Music ? Big Bang Concert Series: Lee Roy Parnell
(Live): Lucky Me, Lucky You; Every Night Is Saturday Night; Have You Seen
My Milk Cow; Thank You I'm Holdin' My Own; Saved by the Grace of Your Love; You
Can't Get There from Here; Mama, Screw Your Wig on Tight; All That Matters
Anymore; When a Woman Loves a Man – 06-02-17 (recording info unknown)
BFD BFD 117 Midnight Believer: Hours In Between; Midnight
Believer; Pontchartrain; Too Far Gone; Sunny Days; Hair Of The Dog; Want Whatcha' Have; Going Uptown; Tied Up And Tangled – 11-08-17
SINGLES
LRP (1980s)
901060 Texas Rover / Show Business Is My Life – 8-
Arista Nashville (1989-99)
AS1-9912 Crocodile Tears / Let's Have Some Fun – 11-89
AS-2028 Oughta Be A Law / Crocodile Tears - 06-90
AS-2093 Family Tree / Red Hot - 10-90
12400-7 The Rock / Road Scholar - 01-92
12431-7 What Kind Of Fool Do You Think I Am / Roller Coaster - 04-92
12462-7 Love Without Mercy / Done Deal - 09-92
12523-7 Tender Moment / The Rock - 02-93
12588-7 On The Road / Back In My Arms Again - 07-93
12642-7 I'm Holding My Own / Fresh Coat Of Paint - 12-93
12695-7 Take These Chains From My Heart / Straight Shooter - 05-94
12747-7 The Power Of Love / Straight And Narrow - 09-94
12755-7 [Brooks And Dunn:] Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down / [Jed
Zepplin (Diamond Rio, Lee Roy Parnell, Steve Wariner):] Workin' Man Blues - 94
12823-7 A Little Bit Of You / Giving Water To A Drowning Man – 08-05-95
12862-7 When A Woman Loves A Man / If The House Is Rockin' - 08-95
12952-7 Heart's Desire / Knock Yourself Out – 15-01-96
10503-7 Giving Water To A Downing Man / Squeeze Me In - 05-96
13044-7 We All Get Lucky Sometimes / I Had To Let It Go - 09-96
13078-7 Lucky Me, Lucky You / Every Night's A Saturday Night - 04-97
13079-7 You Can't Get There From Here / Mama Screw Your Wig On Tight - 07-97
13098-7 All That Matters Anymore / One Foot In Front Of The Other -02-98onely
Long / Long Way To Fall - 07-99
