Ron Block

*30-07-1964 Inglewood, CA

3rd version

By Praguefrank, Thieu Van DeVorst
SESSIONS

Spring 2001 various studios in Tennessee/New Wine Studios, Hesperia, CA – Ron Block (Ron Block [vcl/banjo], Dan Tyminski [vcl/ac gt/mandolin], Homer Forbes [vcl/bck vcl], Jay Forbes [vcl], Jerry Douglas [vcl/dobto/steel/fiddle], Alison Krauss [vcl/fiddle/viola], Rickey Wasson [gt], Sean Watkins [ac gt], Pat Bergeson [el gt/harmonica], Chris Thile [bouzouki/mandolin], Adam Steffey [mandola/mandolin], Larry Atamanuik [drums/percussion], Luke Bulla/Andrea Zonn/Stuart Duncan/Barry Bales/Sara Watkins [fiddle])
001 FARAWAY LAND Rounder 11661-0477-2
002 HE'S HOLDING ON TO ME Rounder 11661-0477-2
003 YOUR HEART HAS FOUND A HOME Rounder 11661-0477-2
004 SEARCHING Rounder 11661-0477-2
005 IS IT ANY WONDER? Rounder 11661-0477-2
006 HIGHER THAN MAN Rounder 11661-0477-2
007 ANOTHER LIFE I'M LIVING ON Rounder 11661-0477-2
008 IN THE MORNING LIGHT Rounder 11661-0477-2
009 SET YOUR CHILDREN FREE Rounder 11661-0477-2
010 DONAL'S LULLABY Rounder 11661-0477-2
011 IN MEMORY OF STEVE Rounder 11661-0477-2
012 LET ME BE YOU Rounder 11661-0477-2
2007 Emerald Sound Studio, 1033 16th Ave. South, Nashville,  TN – Ron Block (Ron Block [vcl/banjo], Dan Tyminski [ac gt], Jerry Douglas [dobro], Adam Steffey [mandolin], Barry Bales [bass], Viktor Krauss [bass gt], Shannon Forbes/Andy Hubbard/Shannon Forrest [drums], Stuart Duncan [fiddle] + Lori Forbes Slate, Lisa Forbes Roberts, Homer Forbes, Sidney Cox, Alison Krauss, Suzanne Cox [bck vcl]. Producer: Ron Block)

013 THE KIND OF LOVE Rounder 0587-2
014 ALONG THE WAY Rounder 0587-2
015 LOVE'S LIVING THROUGH ME WHEN I DO Rounder 0587-2
016 THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS AS THEY SEEM Rounder 0587-2
017 BE ASSURED Rounder 0587-2
018 DOORWAY Rounder 0587-2
019 ABOVE THE LINE Rounder 0587-2
020 THE BLACKNESS OF THE NEED Rounder 0587-2
021 FLAME Rounder 0587-2
022 SECRET OF THE WOODS Rounder 0587-2
023 I SEE THEE NEVERMORE Rounder 0587-2
024 SOMEONE Rounder 0587-2

2013 Moonlight Canyon Studio, Franklin, TN/ Pure Records Studio, Yorkshire,  UK – Ron Block (Ron Block [vcl/banjo/gt/Duolian], Sam Bush /Mike Compton [mandolin], Sierra Hull [mandolin/octave mandolin], Dan Tyminski [mandolin/hny vcl], Jerry Douglas /Rob Ickles [Dobro], Barry Bales [bass], Stuart Duncan [fiddle], Buddy Greene [harmonica], Jeff Taylor [accordion/concertina/pipe organ/whistle], John Joe Kelly         [bodhran], Evelyn Cox, Suzanne Cox, Alison Krauss, Kate Rusby [hmny vcl]. Producer: Ron Block)
025 WALKING SONG   Rounder 9167-2

026 DEVIL IN THE STRAWSTACK   Rounder 9167-2 

027 JORDAN, CARRY ME   Rounder 9167-2

028 IVY   Rounder 9167-2

029 SUMMER'S LULLABY   Rounder 9167-2

030 NICKEL TREE LINE   Rounder 9167-2

031 LET THERE BE BEAUTY   Rounder 9167-2

032 WHAT WONDROUS LOVE IS THIS?   Rounder 9167-2 

033 FIELDS OF AIDLEWINN   Rounder 9167-2

034 CHASE ME TO THE OCEAN   Rounder 9167-2

035 SHORTNIN' BREAD   Rounder 9167-2

036 COLORS   Rounder 9167-2

037 SUNSHINE BILLY   Rounder 9167-2

038 REST, MY SOUL   Rounder 9167-2  

2015 Southern Ground Recording Studios, Nashville, TN – Ron Block, with Stuart Duncan and Alison Krauss [-1], Tim Crouch [-2], Sierra Hull [-3], Sam Bush and Jerry Douglas [-4] (Ron Block [banjo/gt], + Barry Bales, Mark Fair, Clay Hess, Byron House, Rob Ickes,  Adam Steffey, Jeff Taylor, Dan Tyminski, Lynn Williams)

038 SMARTVILLE

039 HOGAN'S HOUSE OF BOOGIE

040 WOLVES A-HOWLING

041 THE SPOTTED PONY -1

042 CLINCH MOUNTAIN BACKSTEP

043 GENTLE ANNIE -2

044 MOONEY FLAT ROAD -1

045 MOLLIE CATHERINE CARTER

046 SENECA SQUARE DANCE -3

047 CALICO

048 YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE

049 LONESOME ROAD BLUES

050 '65 MUSTANG BLUES -4

051 BRUSHY FORK OF JOHN'S CREEK

052 CARTER'S CREEK PIKE

053 HOME SWEET HOME

Tracks above issued on album Hogan’s House of Music

2015 Nashville, TN – Ron Block

054 WHAT CHILD IS THIS?

055 SLEIGH RIDE

056 ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH

057 O HOLY NIGHT

058 GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN

059 BRIGHTEST AND BEST (STAR IN THE EAST)

060 SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN

061 THE CHERRY TREE CAROL

Tracks above issued on album Carters Creek Christmas

2017 Pure Studios, Yorkshire, UK – Damien O’ Kane and Ron Block (Damien O’ Kane [gt/banjo], Ron Black [banjo], David Kosky [gt],  Steven Byrnes [gt], Sierra Hull [mandolin], Duncan Lyall [bass/synthesizer], Josh Clark [drums/percussion], Anthony Davis [keyboards], Michael McGoldrick [flute]. Producer: Ron Bloc, Damien O’Kane, Josh Clark) [overdub sessions: Hogan's House of Music, Franklin, TN: Stuart Duncan [fiddle], Barry Bales [bass], Sam Bush [mandoloin],  Ethan Jodziewicz [bass]]

062 MILLER'S GIN/POTATO ANXIETY PRCD 48  

063 CRAFTY COLLETTE PRCD 48   

064 BATTERSEA SKILLET LIQUOR PRCD 48   

065 NO HARM DONE PRCD 48   

066 BANJOPHONY PRCD 48  

067 ODE TO AUNTY FRANCES PRCD 48  

068 TRIP TO PORTUGAL/GUISEPPE'S PRCD 48   

069 BROWN EYES PRCD 48  

070 THE MIDLETON THIEF/THE LOBSTER PRCD 48  

071  PHOEBE'S/THE BANJO STRIKES BACK PRCD 48   

072 LUCKY ROGUES/FRANTIC INSPIRATION PRCD 48   

073 LEIPER'S FORK PRCD 48   

074 BRIAN BORU'S REEL PRCD 48   

075 DANISH HORDE/S.MCGEE BUYS THE FARM PRCD 48   

076 WAITING FOR ERIN PRCD 48

April 2019 poss. Pure Studios, Yorkshire, UK – Damien O’ Kane and Ron Block (Damien O’ Kane [vcl/gt/banjo], Ron Black [vcl/banjo/gt], Ali Hutton [gt/stomp], Duncan Lyall [bass/Moog])
077 THE TAXI DRIVER / CLOSE ENOUGH PRCD 56   
078 HAPPY CHANCE / MARNIE'S MELODY PRCD 56
079 DAISY'S DANCE PRCD 56  
080 HAPPY LITTLE PHOEBE / MANNY MOUNTAIN PRCD 56   
081 BIDE THE NIGHT PRCD 56   
082 THE FIDDLER'S GUN PRCD 56  
083 ENDLESS WANDERER PRCD 56
084 HAPPY SEVENS / MONSTER RABBIT PRCD 56   
085 WHIRLWIND PRCD 56  
086 EDB AND LADY GREY PRCD 56  
087 WOMAN OF NO PLACE PRCD 56   
088 SOUNDCHECK SONICS / ANDY BROWN'S PRCD 56  
089 THE THRIFY WIFE PRCD 56  
2021 unknown – Bob Minner and Ron Block
090 GINSENG SULLIVAN digital single [rel. Feb. 26, 2022]

 

ALBUMS
Rounder 11661-0477-2 Faraway Land: Faraway Land; He's Holding On To Me; Your Heart Has Found A Home; Searching; Is It Any Wonder; Higher Than Man; Another Life I'm Living On; In The Morning Light; Set Your Children Free; Donal's Lullaby; In Memory Of Steve; Let Me Be You – 07-08-01
Rounder 11661-0587-2 Doorway: The Kind Of Love; Along The Way; Love's Living Through Me When I Do; Things Aren't Always As They Seem; Be Assured; DoorWay; Above The Line; The Blackness Of The Need; Flame; Secret Of The Woods; I See Thee Nevermore; Someone – 19-06-07

Rounder 11661-9167-2 Walking Song: Walking Song; Devil in the Strawstack;  Jordan, Carry Me; Ivy;  Summer's Lullaby; Nickel Tree Line;  Let There Be Beauty; What Wondrous Love Is This?;  Fields of Aidlewinn;  Chase Me To the Ocean; Shortnin' Bread; Colors; Sunshine Billy; Rest, My Soul – 30-07-13

Ron Block no # Hogan‘s House Of Music: Smartville;  Hogan's House Of Boogie; Wolves A-Howling;The Spotted Pony (Feat. Stuart Duncan and Alison Krauss);  Clinch Mountain Backstep;  Gentle Annie (Feat. Tim Crouch);  Mooney Flat Road (Feat. Stuart Duncan and Alison Krauss);  Mollie Catherine Carter;  Seneca Square Dance  (Feat. Sierra Hull);  Calico; You Are My Sunshine;  Lonesome Road Blues;  '65 Mustang Blues (Feat. Sam Bush and Jerry Douglas);  Brushy Fork Of John's Creek;  Carter's Creek Pike;  Home Sweet Home -25-09-15

Ron Block no # Carters Creek Christmas: What Child Is This?;  Sleigh Ride;  Angels We Have Heard On High;  O Holy Night; God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen;  Brightest And Best (Star In The East);  Santa Claus Is Coming To Town;  The Cherry Tree Carol – 11-15

Pure [UK] PRCD 48 Banjophony: Miller's Gin/Potato Anxiety; Crafty Collette;  Battersea Skillet Liquor;  No Harm Done;  Banjophony; Ode to Aunty Frances; Trip to Portugal/Guiseppe's;  Brown Eyes; The Midleton Thief/The Lobster;  Phoebe's/The Banjo Strikes Back;  Lucky Rogues/Frantic Inspiration;  Leiper's Fork;  Brian Boru's Reel;  Danish Horde/S.McGee Buys the Farm;  Waiting for Erin – 20-07-18 with  Damien O'Kane

Pure [UK] PRCD 56  Banjophonics: The Taxi Driver / Close Enough;  Happy Chance / Marnie's Melody; Daisy's Dance; Happy Little Phoebe / Manny Mountain;  Bide the Night;  The Fiddler's Gun; Endless Wanderer; Happy Sevens / Monster Rabbit;  Whirlwind; EDB and Lady Grey; Woman of No Place;  Soundcheck Sonics / Andy Brown's; The Thrify Wife – 01-07-22 with  Damien O'Kane 

DVD

Mel Bay 456 A Fresh Look At Bluegrass Banjo: (instructional) – 18-05-1010 (2 DVDs)