Mike O'Roark

+20-08-2008

2nd version

by Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti

SESSIONS

1972 Big K Recording Studio, Kansas City, MO -  Mike O'Roark and The Free Born Men

001 35421 TWO LITTLE BOYS  Big K

002 35422 FREE BORN MAN  Big K

ca 1972 Big K Recording Studio, Kansas City, MO -  Mike O'Roark and The Free Born Men (Mike O'Roark [vcl/gt], Howard Rash [banjo], Don Hoglen [mandolin/fiddle], Mitch O'Roark [bass])
003 HICKORY HOLLOW'S TRAMP

004 FOUR LEAF CLOVER

005 EASY COME EASY GO

006 IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS

007 KERN COUNTY BREAKDOWN

008 LET'S ALL GO DOWN TO THE WATER

009 SEA OF HEARTBREAK

010 WIDOW JONES

011 NORTH CAROLINA

012 SILENCE OF TEARS

013 COPPER KETTLE

014 MCCORMICK'S STRING PICNIC

tracks above issued on album How Do You Like It So Far?

1974 Lemco Sound Studios, Lexington, KY - Mike O'Roark and The Free Born Men (Mike O'Roark [vcl/gt], Ferrel Stowe [dobro], Dennis Stout [banjo], Mitch O'Roark [bass],  Ricky Skaggs [fiddle/mandolin/ viola], Jerry "Flux" Douglas [whistle])

015 RUBEN JAMES King Bluegrass KB 533 

016 ARE YOU FROM DIXIE King Bluegrass KB 533 

017 IF I LOSE King Bluegrass KB 533 

018 UNCLE HIRAM'S HORN PIPE King Bluegrass KB 533 

019 SOMEONE TO GIVE MY LOVE TO King Bluegrass KB 533 

020 LET ME LIVE King Bluegrass KB 533 

021 GWEN King Bluegrass KB 533 

022 JOPLIN DALLAS TURN AROUND King Bluegrass KB 533  

023 I'LL GO STEPPIN' TOO King Bluegrass KB 533 

024 GRANNY BEASLEY King Bluegrass KB 533 

025 MAMA TRIED King Bluegrass KB 533  

026 TWO LITTLE BOYS King Bluegrass KB 533  

1975 Lemco Sound Studios, Lexington, KY - Mike O'Roark and The Free Born Men (Mike O'Roark [vcl/gt], Dennis Stout [banjo], Ferrel Stowe [dobro], Mitch O'Roark [bass], Ricky Skaggs [fiddle/viola/mandolin/hambones], Jerry Douglas [wind whistling])

027 ANN King Bluegrass KB 547  

028 BACK IN THE COUNTRY King Bluegrass KB 547  

029 TEN DEGREES AND COLDER King Bluegrass KB 547  

030 WALKING SHOES King Bluegrass KB 547 

031 NOTHING TO IT King Bluegrass KB 547 

032 YOU CAN HAVE HER King Bluegrass KB 547 

033 PALLET ON THE FLOOR King Bluegrass KB 547 

034 CORN LIQUOR King Bluegrass KB 547 

035 KINDLY KEEP IT COUNTRY King Bluegrass KB 547 

036 ANY OLD WIND THAT BLOWS King Bluegrass KB 547 

037 AMEY King Bluegrass KB 547 

038 CANNONBALL BLUES King Bluegrass KB 547

1977 Lemco Sound Studios, Lexington, KY - Mike O'Roark and The Free Born Men (Mike O'Roark [vcl/gt], Dennis Stout [tnr vcl/banjo/finger style gt], Mitch O'Roark – [bcl/bass],
Tommy Bouroughs [mandolin/fiddle], Ferrell Stowe [dobro])

039 CAROLINA IN THE PINES King Bluegrass KB 563 

040 I HEARD YOU TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP King Bluegrass KB 563 

041 RIDING ON THE WIND King Bluegrass KB 563 

042 IT'S WORTH BELIEVING King Bluegrass KB 563 

043 HICKORY HOLLOW King Bluegrass KB 563 

044 WITHOUT YOU King Bluegrass KB 563 

045 SAVE THE WHALES King Bluegrass KB 563  

046 WILL YOU BE LONESOME TOO King Bluegrass KB 563 

047 ROAD MUSICIAN King Bluegrass KB 563 

048 GO MY WAY King Bluegrass KB 563  

049 FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN King Bluegrass KB 563

Poss. 1978 unknown - Mike O'Roark and The Free Born Men

050 NORTH CAROLINA  Treehouse 1300  

051 IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS  Treehouse 1300

052 JULY, YOU'RE A WOMAN  Treehouse 1300  

053 ROCKY MOUNTAIN MUSIC  Treehouse 1300  

054 VINCENT  Treehouse 1300  

055 EASY COME/EASY GO  Treehouse 1300  

056 DESPERADO  Treehouse 1300  

057 SWEET CAROLINE  Treehouse 1300  

058 SEA OF HEARTBREAK  Treehouse 1300  

059 TO LOVE SOMEBODY  Treehouse 1300  

1979 [live] The Eminence, ? – Mike O’Roark, Mitch O’Roark and The Free Born Men (Mike O'Roark [vcl/gt], Jody Wisecupp [banjo], Mitch O'Roark [bass], Ray Hicks [emcee])

05901 INTRO Programme Audio PAS 07278 

05902 EAST BOUND AND DOWN Programme Audio PAS 07278

05903 JULY, YOU'RE A WOMAN Programme Audio PAS 07278 

05904 THE WHEREFORE AND THE WHY Programme Audio PAS 07278

05905 OLD RIVERS Programme Audio PAS 07278

05906 ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL Programme Audio PAS 07278

05907 GOOD HEARTED WOMAN Programme Audio PAS 07278 

05908 TENNESSEE STUD Programme Audio PAS 07278 

05909 SHUCKIN' THE CORN Programme Audio PAS 07278 

05910 WICHITA JAIL Programme Audio PAS 07278

05911 REUBEN JAMES Programme Audio PAS 07278 

05912 TEXAS Programme Audio PAS 07278

There are two more albums with unknown details – incomplete info in albums list

ALBUMS

Big K BK-11873 How Do You Like It So Far?: Hickory Hollow's Tramp;  Four Leaf Clover; Easy Come Easy Go; In The Good Old Days;  Kern County Breakdown; Let's All Go Down To The Water; Sea Of Heartbreak; Widow Jones; North Carolina; Silence Of Tears;  Copper Kettle; Mccormick's String Picnic – 73

King Bluegrass KB 533 Pickin' With Feelin': Ruben James;  Are You From Dixie;  If I Lose;  Uncle Hiram's Horn Pipe;  Someone To Give My Love To;  Let Me Live;  Gwen;  Joplin Dallas Turn Around;  I'll Go Steppin' Too;  Granny Beasley;  Mama Tried;  Two Little Boys  - 75

King Bluegrass KB 547 Somewhere In-Between: Ann;  Back In The Country;  Ten Degrees And Colder;  Walking Shoes;  Nothing To It;  You Can Have Her;  Pallet On The Floor;  Corn Liquor;  Kindly Keep It Country;  Any Old Wind That Blows;  Amey;  Cannonball Blues - 76

King Bluegrass KB 563 Go My Way: Carolina In The Pines;  I Heard You Talking In Your Sleep;  Riding On The Wind; It's Worth Believing;  Hickory Hollow;  Without You;  Save The Whales;  Will You Be Lonesome Too;  Road Musician;  Go My Way;  Fire On The Mountain - 77

Treehouse 1300 Color Me Bluegrass: North Carolina; In the Good Old Days; July, You're a Woman; Rocky Mountain Music; Vincent; Easy Come/Easy Go; Deperado; Sweet Caroline; Sea of Heartbreak; To Love Somebody – 78?

Programme Audio PAS 07278 Live: Intro;  East Bound And Down; July, You're A Woman; The Wherefore And The Why; Old Rivers; Orange Blossom Special; Good Hearted Woman; Tennessee Stud; Shuckin' The Corn; Wichita Jail; Reuben James; Texas – 79  Mike and Mitch O'Roark and The Free Born Men

? You Are My Flower: Carolina in the Pines; I Heard You Talking in Your Sleep; Riding on the Wind; It's Worth Believing; Kickory Hollow; Without You; Save the Whales; Will You Be Lonesome Too; Road Musician; Go My Way; You are My Flower

? Mike O’Roark Singing Bluegrass And Country Classics: Sweet Temptation; Road To Glory Land; Nine Pound Hammer; Clayton Delaney; Roustabout; I Wonder Whhere You Are Tonight; Way Downtown; Too Many Rivers; Highway 40 Blues; Did She Mention My name; Song For Life; Dark Town Strutter’s Ball Rock Salt And Nails; Two Little Boys; Foggy Mountain Top; Cryin‘ Holy -  (posthumous issue)

SINGLES

Big K (1972)

no # Two Little Boyes / Free Born Man - 72