Dean Dillon

Larry Dean Flynn,*26-03-1955 Lake City, TN

2nd version

by Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli, Hans Sandberg, Tore Brennadden, Lennart Gustavsson
SESSIONS
ca. November 1974 Singleton Sound Studio, 3106 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN – Dean Dillon aka Dean Dalton
001 711-2303 LAS VEGAS GIRL Plantation PL-121
002 A PERFECT WAY TO CRY PL-121
ca. September 1979 Nashville, TN – Dean Dillon (Producer: Jerry Bradley)
003 I'M INTO THE BOTTLE (TO GET YOU OUT OF MY MIND) RCA Victor PB-11881
004 TONIGHT PB-11881
ca. February 1980 Nashville, TN – Dean Dillon (Producer: Jerry Bradley)
005 WHAT GOOD IS HEART PB-12003
006 HE'S NUMBER ONE PB-12003
ca. July 1980 Nashville, TN – Dean Dillon (Producer: Jerry Bradley)
007 NOBODY IN HIS RIGHT MIND (WOULD'VE LEFT HER) PB-12109
008 SMELLING LIKE A ROSE PB-12109
ca. February 1981 Nashville, TN – Dean Dillon (Producer: Jerry Bradley)
009 THEY'LL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE PB-12234
010 TONIGHT ONE OF US IS GOING OUT OF MY MIND PB-12234
ca. July 1981 Nashville, TN – Dean Dillon
011 JESUS, LET ME SLIDE PB-12319
012 IF YOU'RE GOIN' CRAZY PB-12319
ca. October 1981 Music City Music Hall, Nashville, TN – Gary Stewart and Dean Dillon (Gary Stewart [vcl], Dean Dillon [vcl], Bobby Thompson/ Dave Kirby [ac gt], Jerry Shook/ Dale Sellers [el gt], Sonny Garrish [steel/dobro], Weldon Myrick [steel], Bobby Dyson [bass gt], Jim Isbell [drums], Terry McMillan [harmonica], Bunky Keels [keyboards], Norman Ray [sax] + Shelly Kurland Strings + The Lea Jane Singers, Buddy Cannon [bck vcl]. Producer: Eddie Kilroy)

013 BROTHERLY LOVE PB-13049/AHL1-4310 66932-2 RVCD 226
014 FAIRWEATHER FRIENDS PB-13049/AHL1-4310 RVCD 226
015 HONKY TONK CRAZY AHL1-4310 RVCD 226
016 SUBURBAN LIFE AHL1-4310 RVCD 226
017 PLAY THIS OLD WORKING DAY AWAY PB-13208 /AHL1-4310
018 YOU TO COME HOME TO PB-13208 /AHL1-4310
ca. October 1982 Music City Music Hall, Nashville, TN – Gary Stewart and Dean Dillon (Gary Stewart [vcl], Dean Dillon [vcl], Bobby Thompson [rh gt], Jimmy Capps [rh gt], Fred Newell [lead gt/el gt], David Gillon [slide gt], Sonny Garrish [steel], Rob Hajacos [fiddle], Larry Paxton [bass], Jerry Kroon [drums], Mitch Humphries [piano], the Nashville String Machine [strings], Donna Valentino [bck vcl], Buddy Cannon [bck vcl]. Producer: Blake Nevis)
019 THOSE WERE THE DAYS PB-13401/MHL1-8602 RVCD 226
020 SMOKIN' IN THE ROCKIES PB-13472/MHL1-8602 RVCD 226
021 HARD TIME FOR LOVERS PB-13472/ MHL1-8602 RVCD 226
022 MISFITS MHL1-8602 RVCD 226
023 LIVING ON THE RAGGED EDGE MHL1-8602 RVCD 226
024 LOSERS AND LOVERS MHL1-8602 RVCD 226
ca. July 1983 Nashville, TN – Dean Dillon
025 FAMOUS LAST WORDS OF A FOOL PB-13628
026 TEN YEARS AND TWO BABIES LATER PB-13628 

ca. February 1988 Scruggs Sound Studio, 2828 Azalea Place, Nashville, TN – Dean Dillon (Dean Dillon [vcl], Don Potter [ac gt], Randy Scruggs [ac/el gt/mandolin], Reggie Young [el gt], Johnny Gimble [mandolin/fiddle], Jerry Douglas [dobro], Sonny Garrish [steel], Bob Wray [bass], Jerry Kroon [drums], Buddy Spicher [fiddle], Jelly Roll Johnson [harmonica], David Briggs [keyboards], Paul Davis, Paul Overstreet, Vince Gill, Mac McAnally, Vern Gosdin, Buddy Cannon, Dennis Wilson, Jessica Boucher, Curtis Young [bck vcl].  Producer: Randy Scruggs)
027 82777 APPALACHIA GOT TO HAVE YOU FEELIN' IN MY BONES B-44179 B-44294 B-44400 /C1-48920
028 82778 I GO TO PIECES Capitol B-44239/C1-48920
029 WHEN THE FEELIN'S RIGHT C1-48920
030 82780 HEY HEART B-44294/C1-48920
031 82781 THE NEW NEVER WORE OFF MY SWEET BABY B-44179/C1-48920
032 YOU SURE GOT THIS OL' REDNECK FEELIN' BLUE C1-48920
033 82783 HARD TIME FOR LOVERS B-44239/C1-48920
034 STILL GOT A CRUSH ON YOU C1-48920
035 STATION TO STATION C1-48920
036 FATHER, SON AND HOLY GHOST C1-48920
ca. February 1989 Scruggs Sound Studio, 2828 Azalea Place, Nashville, TN – Dean Dillon, * and Tanya Tucker (Producer: Randy Scruggs)
037 83025 WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE CDP 7 92079 2
038 83026 unknown title unissued
039 83027 JUST IN TIME CDP 7 92079 2
040 83028 BACK IN THE SWING OF THINGS CDP 7 92079 2
041 83029 unknown title unissued
042 86030 I'VE LEARNED TO LIVE CDP 7 92079 2
043 83031 CHANGES COMIN' ON CDP 7 92079 2
044 83032 IT’S LOVE THAT MAKES YOU SEXY B-44400/CDP 7 92079 2
045 83033 DON'T YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT LEAVING* CDP 7 92079 2
046 83034 HOLDIN' PATTERN CDP 7 92079 2
047 83035 SUMMER WAS A BUMMER CDP 7 92079 2
048 83036 HER THINKIN' I'M DOIN' HER WRONG CDP 7 92079 2
Fall 1990 Scruggs Sound Studio, 2828 Azalea Place, Nashville, TN – Dean Dillon (Dean Dillon [vcl], John Willis [ac gt], Don Potter [ac gt], Brent Rowan [el gt], Fred Newell [el gt], Reggie Young [el gt], Sonny Garrish [steel], Gary Lunn/Larry Paxton [bass], Jerry Kroon [drums], Rob Hajacos/ Glenn Duncan [fiddle], Clayton Ivey/ Mitch Humphries/ Hargus Robbins [keyboards], Sam Levine [sax], Curtis Young, Dennis Wilson, Buddy Cannon [bck vcl]. Producer: Blake Mevis, Dean Dillon, Nelson Larkin/Nelson Larkin, Dean Dillon [1])
049 59536 HOLDING MY OWN 7-87356/7 82183-2
050 59537 ALL OUT OF LOVE 7-87774
051 FRIDAY NIGHT'S WOMAN Atlantic 7-87694/7 82183-2
052 BEST LOVE FRIENDS 7 82183-2
053 60983*SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE WANTS 7-87606*/7 82183-2
054 60982* DON'T YOU EVEN (THINK ABOUT LEAVING) 7-87606*/7 82183-2
055 60210* HER THINKIN' I'M DOING HER WRONG (AIN'T DOIN' ME RIGHT) 7-87694*/7 82183-2
056 A COUNTRY BOY (WHO ROLLED THE ROCK AWAY) 7 82183-2
057 YOU MUST BE OUT OF YOUR EVER LOVIN' MIND [1] 7 82183-2
058 THE UMBRELLA SONG 7 82183-2
059 59670 HOLED UP IN SOME HONKY TONK [1] 7-87774/7 82183-2 82438-2 

ca. February 1993 Nightingale Studio, 1815 Division St., Suite 115, Nashville, TN – Dean Dillon (Don Potter [gt], Randy Scruggs [gt], Chris Leuzinger [gt], Brent Mason [gt], Weldon Myrick [steel], Dave Pomeroy [bass], Eddie Bayers [drums], Steve Nathan [keyboards], Bobby Ogdin [keyboards]. Producer: Garth Fundis, Nelson Larkin, Dean Dillon)
060 64531 HOT, COUNTRY, AND SINGLE Atlantic 7-87356/7 82438-2
061 EASY COME, EASY GO 7 82438-2
062 OLD NEWS 7 82438-2
063 SOME DAYS IT TAKES ALL NIGHT 7 82438-2
064 HEART ON THE LINE 7 82438-2
065 I JUST CAME IN HERE TO HAVE A GOOD TIME 7 82438-2
066 WHAT'LL I DO WITH IT NOW 7 82438-2
067 WHEN HELL FREEZES OVER 7 82438-2
068 EVERYBODY KNOWS 7 82438-2
2007 Nashville, TN – George Strait and Dean Dillon (Producer: George Strait and Tony Brown)
069 WEST TEXAS TOWN MCA Nashville B00010826-02

Dean Dillon recorded for Tenorado – some info in albums list

ALBUMS
RCA Victor AHL1-4310 Brotherly Love: Brotherly Love; Cold Turkey; You To Come Home To; Honky Tonk Crazy; Body Shop; Suburban Life; Play This Old Working Day Away; She Sings Amazing Grace; Firewater Friends; Let's Start A War – 27-04-82 w. Gary Stewart
RCA Victor MHL1-8602 Those Were The Days: Those Were The Days; Misfits; Hard Time For Lovers; Living O The Ragged Edge; Loser And Lover; Smokin' In The Rockies – 26-01-83 w. Gary Stewart
Capitol C1-48920/CDP 7 48920 2 Slick Nickel: Hey Heart; The New Never Wore Off My Sweet Baby; When The Feelin's Right; I Go To Pieces; Hard Time For Lovers; Appalachia Got To Have You Feelin' In My Bones; You Sure Got This Ol' Redneck Feelin' Blue; Still Got A Crush On You; Station To Station; Father, Son And Holy Ghost – 13-07-88
Capitol C1-92079/CDP 7 92079 2 I've Learned To Live: Just In Time; Changes Comin' On; Who Do You Think You Are; Don't You Even Think About Leaving (w. Tanya Tucker); I've Learned To Live; It's Love That Makes You Sexy; Back In The Swing Of Things; Summer Was A Bummer; Her Thinkin' I'm Doin' Her Wrong; Holdin' Pattern – 01-08-89
Atlantic 7 82183-2 Out Of Your Ever Lovin' Mind: Friday Night's Woman; Holed Up In Some Honky Tonk; Best Love Friends; She Knows What She Wants; Holding My Own; Don't You Even (Think About Leaving); Her Thinkin' I'm Doing Her Wrong (Ain't Doin' Me Right); A Country Boy (Who Rolled The Rock Away); You Must Be Out Of Your Ever Lovin' Mind; The Umbrella Song – 29-01-91
Atlantic 7 82438-2 Hot, Country, And Single: Hot, Country, And Single; Easy Come, Easy Go; Old News; Some Days It Takes All Night; Heart On The Line; I Just Came In Here To Have A Good Time; What'll I Do With It Now; When Hell Freezes Over; Everybody Knows; Holed Up In Some Honkey Tonk – 22-06-93
Tenorado ? Dylyn: A Lot of Things Different; Cest La Vie; Everyting But Quits; Get In. Sit Down. Hold On. Shut Up; She Let Herself Go; I Love What I Had; If He Could Do That; I'm Just Me; No Big I's; You Fit Me – 07 (digital, reissued on 2011)
Tenorado ? Perfect Day: She Ain't Right; I See Red; I Ain't Her Cowboy; I Liked You Better; Colorado; I Remember Now; Out Here Livin' Life; West Texas Town; It Must Be Mine; Perfect Day On – 09 (digital, reissued in 2011)
Tenorado ? Feather Of A Different Bird: Feather Of A Different Bird;Gotta Go Back To Work; Barefoot And Braless;She Don't Call; All The Time I Need; Good To Go;My Favorite Beer; I Never Got Around To That; That's That Baby Of Mine; Frame Off Restoration – 07-01-11 (digital)

 

TRANSCRIPTIONS DISCS

ABC Radio Network, no # The Silver Eagle Cross Country Music Show: [Gary Stewart and Dean Dillon, Opryland, Nashville, TN:] Livin‘ On The Ragged Edge; Hard Times For Lovers; Mama and Daddy; Those Were The Days; Rockin‘ In The Rockies;  [George Jones: Sundance Bay Shore, New York City:] Rose of San Antone (Jones Boys); Catch A Falling Star (Jones Boys); 14 Karat Mind (Jones Boys); No Show Jones; Once You’ve Had The Best; Ragged But Right; The Race Is On; Bartender’s Blues; Treat Your Man Better; If Drinkin‘ Don’t Kill Me; Still Doin‘ Time; We’ll Walk In The Sunshine; Who’s Gonna Chop My Baby’s Kindling; I’m Not Ready yet; My Bucket’s Got a Hole In It; He Stopped Loving her Today; Ma dn jesus; Yesterday’s Wine; I’ll Share My World with You; Window Up Above; Without The Love We Only Knew; Walk Through This World With Me - 01-83 (airdate January 8)

SINGLES
Plantation (1975) as by Dean Dalton
PL-121 Las Vegas Girl / A Perfect Way To Cry - 75
RCA Victor (1979-83)
PB-11881 I'm Into The Bottle (To Get You Out Of My Mind) / Tonight – 30-11-79
PB-12003 What Good Is Heart / He's Number One – 09-05-80
PB-12109 Nobody In His Right Mind (Would've Left Her) / Smelling Like A Rose – 03-10-80
PB-12234 They'll Never Take Me Alive / Tonight One Of Us Is Going Out Of My Mind - 04-81
PB-12319 Jesus, Let Me Slide / If You're Goin' Crazy - 09-81
PB-13049 Brotherly Love / Firewater Friends – 11-81 w. Gary Stewart
PB-13208 Play This Old Working Day Away / You To Come Home To – ca. 06-05-82
PB-13401 Those Were The Days / Drinkin' Thing - 11-82 w. Gary Stewart
PB-13472 Smokin' In The Rockies / Hard Time For Lovers - 03-83
PB-13628 Famous Last Words Of A Fool / Ten Years And Two Babies Later - 09-83
Capitol (1988-89)
B-44179 The New Never Wore Off My Sweet Baby / Appalachia Got To Have You Feelin' In My Bones - 05-88
B-44239 I Go To Pieces / Hard Time For Lovers - 09-88
B-44294 Hey Heart / Feelin' In My Bones - 11-88
B-44400 It's Love That Makes You Sexy / Appalachia Got To Have You Feelin' In My Bones - 05-89
Atlantic (1991)
7-87774 Holed Up In Some Honky Tonk / All Out Of Love - 06-02-91
7-87694 Friday Night's Woman / Her Thinkin' I'm Doing Her Wrong (Ain't Doin' Me Right) - 05-91
7-87606 Don't You Even (Think About Leavin') / She Knows What She Wants - 10-91
7-87356 Hot, Country, And Single / Holding My Own - 27-05-93