Red Dirt Rangers

2^nd version

By Praguefrank, Vaclav Zpatecka

SESSIONS

1991 unknown – Red Dirt Rangers

001 STEEL RAIL BLUES

002 OVERNIGHT SENSATION

003 OKLAHOMA STATE FAIR

004 LAVENA

005 NEIGHBORS

006 LONESOME ROAD BLUES

007 LONG TIME

008 TUMBLEWEED TWILIGHT ZONE

009 VIVIAN

010 IDABEL BLUES

011 MYSTERY DATE

012 NEW ORLEANS

Tracks above issued on album Cimarron Soul

1993 unknown – Red Dirt Rangers  (John Cooper, Brad Piccolo, Ben Han, Dave Clark, Bob Wiles, Scott Buxton, Dale Pierce)

013 MISSING YOU BLUES RDR 9301

014 A TRAIN RIDE'S ALLRIGHT RDR 9301

015 DOG ON THE CHAIN RDR 9301

016 BLUE DIAMOND RDR 9301

017 CIMARRON VALLEY RDR 9301

018 RESTLESS SPIRITS RDR 9301

019 FACE I'M LOOKING FOR RDR 9301

020 THESE FOUR WALLS RDR 9301

021 HEY WATTAYA MEAN RDR 9301

022 THIS TIME RDR 9301

023 HE LOVES HIS MULE RDR 9301

024 PENNIES FROM HEAVEN RDR 9301  

1995 unknown – Red Dirt Rangers

025 USED TO BE  RDR 9701

Track above issued on v/a EP The Songs Of Route 66

1996 unknown – Red Dirt Rangers (Ben Han [vcl/ld gt], Bradley Piccolo [vcl/gt], John Cooper [vcl/mandolin/ percussion], Bob Wiles [vcl/bass] , Kenny Earley [vcl/drums/ percussion],  Benny Craig  [fiddle/steel/ harp], + Lisa Mednick [organ/ accordian], Dickie Lee Erwin [banjo], Scott Buxton [drums], Lloyd Maines [shaker egg]).

026 DEEP ELLEM BLUES RDR 9701

027 FOLLOW ME DOWN RDR 9701

028 TRAIN RIDE’S ALRIGHT RDR 9701

029 DOG ON A CHAIN RDR 9701

030 IDABEL BLUES RDR 9701

031 BLUE DIAMOND RDR 9701

032 DOLORES RDR 9701

033 BE MY BABY RDR 9701

034 BLACK GOLD RDR 9701

034 FRESH CUT HAY RDR 9701

035 NEW ORLEANS RDR 9701

036 LAST DOLLAR ROAD RDR 9701

1999 Abbey Trails, Austin, TX - Red Dirt Rangers (Ben Han [vcl/ac gt/el gt], Bradley Piccolo [vcl/ac gt], John Cooper [vcl/mandolin/ percussion], Bob Wiles [vcl/ bass],  Kenny Earley [drums])

037 COLD DECEMBER WIND Lazy SOB 6 

038 NICKELS AND DIMES Lazy SOB 6

039 HEY WHATTYA MEAN Lazy SOB 6 

040 CADILLAC EIGHT Lazy SOB 6 

041 1999 Lazy SOB 6

042 TIMES HAVE CHANGED Lazy SOB 6 

043 RAINBOW ROCKER Lazy SOB 6 

044 STEEL RAIL BLUES Lazy SOB 6

045 ARIZONA STATE LINE Lazy SOB 6 

046 NEIGHBORS Lazy SOB 6

047 RANGERS’ COMMAND Lazy SOB 6 

048 THE DAY THE MANDOLIN DIED Lazy SOB 6

2000 unknown – Red Dirt Rangers (John Cooper, Brad Piccolo, Ben Han, Bob Wiles)

049 TUMBLEWEED TWILIGHT ZONE RDR 0001

050 BULLFROG  RDR 0001

051 WOOGLY BOOGLY BEE RDR 0001

052 BLUE SHOE RDR 0001

053 BLACK DOGS AND WHITE DOGS RDR 0001

054 HEY LOTTIE LO RDR 0001

055 NOBODY ELSE LIKE ME RDR 0001

056 TREEHOUSE RDR 0001

057 OLD DAN TUCKER RDR 0001

058 CALM AND CAREFUL RDR 0001

2002 unknown – Red Dirt Rangers (John Cooper, Brad Piccolo, Ben Han, Bob Wiles.
+ Byron Berline, John Hickman, Terry "Buffalo" Ware, Dwight Twilley, Bob Childers)

059 WE DON’T HAVE TO SAY GOODBYE RDR 0201

060 KITE FLIERS RDR 0201

061 WHAT’S THE CHANCE Lazy SOB 107

062 LEAVE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE Lazy SOB 107

063 GOOD MORNING MARYANNE Lazy SOB 107

064 TIME AIN’T NOTHIN’ RDR 0201

065 ANGELINA RDR 0201

066 DON’T FORGET ABOUT LOVE Lazy SOB 107

067 COME ON DOWN Lazy SOB 107

068 STARIN’ DOWN THE SUN RDR 0201

069 DWIGHT TWILLEY’S GARAGE SALE RDR 0201

070 ELVIS LOVED HIS MAMA RDR 0201

071 EACH STEP YOU TAKE RDR 0201

2004 [sessions for The Great Divide and Friends: Dirt and Spirit] uknown – Red Dirt Rangers

072 GOD’S BLUES

073 I’M SO GLAD

2007 The Church Studio, Tulsa, OK - Red Dirt Rangers (Brad Piccolo [vcl/gt], Ben Han [vcl/gt], John Cooper [vcl/ mandolin/ percussion], Randy Crouch [steel/ fiddle], Don Morris [bass gt], Jim Karstein [drums], Augie Meyers [accordion/ grand piano] + Jimmy 'Junior' Markham [harmonica])

074 RED DIRT ROADS RDR 0701   

075 SPICE AND SUGAR RDR 0701   

076 UNDER THE RADAR RDR 0701   

077 PSYCHEDELIC COWBOY (SONG FOR SIR DOUG) RDR 0701   

078 LAVEÑA RDR 0701   

079 THIS TIME RDR 0701   

080 WILD HORSES RDR 0701   

081 ENJOY THE RIDE RDR 0701   

082 SOUL SATISFACTION RDR 0701   

083 MIDNIGHT RAIN RDR 0701   

084 ALWAYS COME BACK RDR 0701   

085 TURN THIS TRAIN AROUND RDR 0701   

086 PENNIES FROM HEAVEN RDR 0701   

087 STILLWATER RDR 0701    

2013 The Farm Studios, Pawnee County, OK – Red Dirt Rangers (Lloyd Maines [gt/steel/dobro], John Fullbright [gt/ banjo/ dulcimer/ accordion/ grand piano/ Clavinet/ Hammond b-3 organ/ Wurlitzer organ], Fats Kaplin [steel/ baglama/ fiddle]; Gary Linde [clarinet/ sax], Steve Ham [trombone/ sousaphone]; Dave Kobel [cowbells]; Randy Crouch, 088 WHERE THE ARKANSAS RIVER LEAVES OKLAHOMA Ranger 1301

089 HEAVEN AND HELL Ranger 1301

090 WITHOUT MY BABY Ranger 1301

091 OH ANGEL Ranger 1301

092 TAKE LIFE AS IT COMES Ranger 1301 

093 MAIN STREET USA (RT. 66) Ranger 1301

094 STRAWBERRIES AND WATERMELONS Ranger 1301 

095 BLINDSIDED BY LOVE Ranger 1301

096 DREAMED I HAD WINGS Ranger 1301

097 HONKY TONK HISTORY Ranger 1301

098 ALL I NEED IS YOU Ranger 1301

099 LONE CHIMNEY Ranger 1301

100 WORK IT OUT Ranger 1301

2-4 October 2015 [live] Blue Door, Oklahoma City, OK – The Red Dirt Rangers (Ben Han [vcl/gt], John Cooper [vcl/gt], Brad Piccolo [vcl/gt] + Terry "Buffalo"Ware [gt], Don Morris [vcl/bass], Rick Gomez [drums], Randy Crouch [fiddle],  John Fullbright [accordion/ harmonica/ keyboards])

10001 INTRO

10002 WHERE THE ARKANSAS RIVER (LEAVES OKLAHOMA)

10003 LAVEÑA

10004 BLUE DIAMOND

10005 CALIFORNIA STARS

10006 DON'T FORGET ABOUT LOVE

10007 IDABEL BLUES

10008 HEAVEN AND HELL

10009 WITHOUT MY BABY

10010 STARING DOWN THE SUN

10011 BAND INTROS / DEDICATIONS

10012 GOOD MORNING MARYANN

10013 GET DOWN RANDY (INTRO)

10014 GET DOWN RANDY

10015 WILD HORSES

10016 LONE CHIMNEY

10017 TIME AIN'T NOTHIN'

10018 UNDER THE RADAR

10019 EVERY DAY I HAVE TO CRY SOME

10020 PSYCHEDELIC COWBOY (INTRO)

10021 PSYCHEDELIC COWBOY

10022 TIE MY BOAT

10023 HONKY TONK HISTORY

10024 FOLLOW ME DOWN

10025 CADILLAC EIGHT

10026 ONE OF THESE DAYS

10027 USED TO BE

10028  INTRO TO WOODY'S ROAD

10029 WOODY'S ROAD

10030 RESTLESS SPIRITS

Tracks above issued on album Blue Door Nights

 

ALBUMS

Red Dirt Rangers no # Cimarron Soul: Steel Rail Blues; Overnight Sensation; Oklahoma State Fair; Lavena; Neighbors; Lonesome Road Blues; Long Time; Tumbleweed Twilight Zone; Vivian; Idabel Blues; Mystery Date; New Orleans – 91 (cassette)

RANGERecords RDR 9301 Red Dirt: Missing You Blues; A Train Ride's Allright; Dog On The Chain; Blue Diamond; Cimarron Valley; Restless Spirits; Face I'm Looking For; These Four Walls; Hey Wattaya Mean; This Time; He Loves His Mule; Pennies From Heaven - 93

RANGERecords RDR  9701 Oklahoma Territory:  Deep Ellem Blues; Follow Me Down;  Train Ride’s Alright;  Dog on a Chain; Idabel Blues; Blue Diamond; Dolores; Be My Baby; Black Gold; Fresh Cut Hay; New Orleans;  Last Dollar Road;  Used to Be - 96 (reissued on Lazy SOB 100 in 2007)

Lazy S.O.B. CD-0006 Rangers’ Command: Cold December Wind; Nickels and Dimes; Hey Whattya Mean; Cadillac Eight; 1999; Times Have Changed; Rainbow Rocker;  Steel Rail Blues; Arizona State Line;  Neighbors;  Rangers’ Command;  The Day the Mandolin Died - 99

RANGERecords RDR 0001 Blue Shoe: Tumbleweed Twilight Zone;  Bullfrog; Woogly Boogly Bee;  Blue Shoe;  Black Dogs and White Dogs; Hey Lottie Lo; Nobody Else Like Me; Treehouse;  Old Dan Tucker; Calm and Careful – 00

RANGERecords RDR  0201 Starin’  Down The Sun: We Don’t Have to Say Goodbye;  Kite Fliers; What’s the Chance; Leave This World a Better Place; Good Morning Maryanne; Time Ain’t Nothin’; Angelina; Don’t Forget About Love; Come on Down; Starin’ Down the Sun; Dwight Twilley’s Garage Sale; Elvis Loved His Mama;  Each Step You Take- 17-09-02 (also on Lazy S.O.B. SOB 107)

RANGERecords RDR 0701 Ranger Motel: Red Dirt Roads; Spice and Sugar; Under the Radar; Psychedelic Cowboy (Song for Sir Doug); Laveña; This Time; Wild Horses; Enjoy the Ride; Soul Satisfaction; Midnight Rain; Always Come Back; Turn this Train Around; Pennies from Heaven; Stillwater - 08-05-07

RANGERecords RDR  1301 Lone Chimney: Where the Arkansas River Leaves Oklahoma; Heaven and Hell; Without My Baby; Oh Angel;  Take Life As It Comes;  Main Street USA (Rt. 66); Strawberries and Watermelons;  Blindsided By Love; Dreamed I Had Wings;  Honky Tonk History; All I Need Is You; Lone Chimney; Work It Out – 21-05-13

Blue Door no # Blue Door Nigts:  Intro;  Where the Arkansas River (Leaves Oklahoma); . Laveña;  Blue Diamond;  California Stars;  Don't Forget About Love;  Idabel Blues;  Heaven and Hell;  Without My Baby;  Staring Down the Sun;  Band Intros / Dedications;  Good Morning Maryann;  Get Down Randy (Intro);  Get Down Randy;  Wild Horses;  Lone Chimney;  Time Ain't Nothin';  Under the Radar;  Every Day I Have to Cry Some;  Psychedelic Cowboy (Intro);  Psychedelic Cowboy;  Tie My Boat;  Honky Tonk History; . Follow Me Down;  Cadillac Eight;  One of These Days;  Used to Be;  Intro to Woody's Road;  Woody's Road;  Restless Spirits – 04-12-18