Dennis Ledbetter

*1953 Shreveport, LA

By Praguefrank, Simone Della Torre

SESSIONS

1981 unknown – Dennis Ledbetter (Producer: Larry Robinson)

001 TURBINE COWBOY The NSD/TH 1010

002 IF YOU DRIVE ME TO DRINKING (I'LL BUY THE GAS)  The NSD/TH 1010

1984 Nashville, TN – Dennis Ledbetter (Producer: James Stroud)

003 U 11848 BAYOU SELF Soundwaves SW-4739-NSD

004 U 11848 WHAT AM I GONNA DO  Soundwaves SW-4739-NSD

1985 Nashville, TN – Dennis Ledbetter

005 THREE ACRES OF FILLIES AT GILLEY’S SW-4758-NSD

006 BLAME THE WHISKEY SW-4758-NSD

2010 Tombstone Recording, Nashville, TN – Dennis Ledbetter, with Mack Jackson [-1],  Larry Ribinson [-2] (Producer: Tim Calhoun. Dennis Ledbetter)

007 IF YOU DRIVE ME TO DRINKING (I'LL BUY THE GAS) -1

008 WHAT AM I GONNA DO

009 BAYOU SELF

010 BLAME THE WHISKEY -1

011 THREE ACRES OF FILLIES AT BILLY'S -1

012 I LOVE YOU MORE WHEN YOU'RE NOT AT HOME -1-2

013 SHE AIN'T BLIND AND YOU AIN'T BRAILLE

014 SHE'S GIVING HIM THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE

015 ONE PITCHER PRETTY

016 I NEED A LITTLE TIME

017 WATER BED

018 TURBINE COWBOY -1

Tracks above issued on album If You Drive Me to Drinking (I'll Buy the Gas)

2016 Treasure Isle, Nashville, TN/ Take A Stand Music, Nashville, TN -Dennis Ledbetter (Producer: Tom Harding, Hal Higgins)

019 MY LIFE IS A COUNTRY SONG

020 OPEN A VEIN

021 LOUISIANA DEAD

022 TELL ME I'M WRONG

023 MOTEL BLUES
024 FOOLIN'

025 I AIN'T BEEN ME

026 ROCKING CHAIRS FOR TWO

027 RELIEVE ME OH LORD

028 WHERE WE MIGHT GO TOGETHER

Tracks above issued on album My Life Is A Country Song2018 Free Way Sound Studio, Franklin, TN [tracks] / Tombstone South, Franklin, TN [vocals] – Dennis Ledbetter (Dennis Ledbetter [vcl], Troy Lancaster [ld gt], Joel Key [rh gt/ banjo], Hal Higgins [steel], Mark Hill [bass gt], Lonnie Wilson [drums], Glen Duncan [fiddle/mandolin], Jim”Moose” Brown [piano ], Ron Wallace [bck vcl]. Producer: Tom Harding and Hal Higgins)

028 IT MIGHT BE THE WHISKEY

029 I'LL LET THE BOTTLE KILL ME (BEFORE YOUR MEMORY DOES)

030 JD'S MY WHISKEY (NOT MY NAME)

031 THAT AIN'T COUNTRY

Tracks above issued on EP It Might Be Whiskey

2019 unknown – Dennis Ledbetter

032 FACE DOWN IN THE MUD

033 HONEY PO; HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO

034 I REMEMBER

035 I’LL BE WAITING THERE FOR YOU

036 OPPOSITE WALLS

037  ROCK BOTTOM

038 THE GREATEST COUNTRY SINGER OF THEM ALL

039 THE RING

040 THE ROAD I’VE TRAVELED ON

041 TOO FAR FROM HOME

042 UNTIL THE EARTH STANDS STILL

Tracks above issued on album Opposite Walls

2021 Nashville, TN – Dennis Ledbetter, *with Peggie Nora
043 UNAPOLOGETICALLY COUNTRY
044 RED CREEK EXPEDITION
045 I NEVER GAVE UP
046 THE PEN DON'T LIE
047 SMACK DAB
048 I LOVE YOU MORE (WHEN YOU'RE NOT AT HOME)*
Tracks above issued on EP Unapologetically Country
2021 unknown – Dennis Ledbetter
049 DON’T TAKE CHRIST OUT OF CHRISTMAS digital single [rel. Dec. 1]
2023 unknown – Dennis Ledbetter and Nikki Nelson
050 HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO digital single [rel. May 1]
2024 unknown – Dennis Ledbetter and Nikki Nelson
051 OPPOSITE WALLS digital single [rel. March 3]
2024 unknown – Dennis Ledbetter
052 RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS
053 I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER
054 ABOUT YOU
055 MISERY OF HER MEMORY
056 MEMORIES OF YOU
057 INSIDE ANOTHER'S EYES
058 I DON'T DRINK ANYMORE
059 I CAN NEVER GO BACK HOME
060 I CAN'T MEND MY SHATTERED HEART
061 WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS JUKEBOX
062 WHEN THE RING COMES BACK
063 DRINKING MY PAIN INTO TOMORROW
Tracks above issued on album I Should Have Known Better

 

ALBUMS

Mallory no # (UPC884501964760) If You Drive Me to Drinking (I'll Buy the Gas): If You Drive Me to Drinking (I'll Buy the Gas) [feat. Mack Jackson]; What Am I Gonna Do; Bayou Self; Blame the Whiskey (feat. Mack Jackson); Three Acres of Fillies At Billy's (feat. Mack  Jackson); I Love You More When You're Not At Home (feat. Mack Jackson & Larry Robinson); She Ain't Blind and You Ain't Braille; She's Giving Him the Best Years of My Life; One Pitcher Pretty; I Need a Little Time; Water Bed; Turbine Cowboy (feat. Mack Jackson) – 02-09-13

Saint And Sinner ? My Life Is A Country Song: My Life Is a Country Song; Open a Vein; Louisiana Dead; Tell Me I'm Wrong; Motel Blues; Foolin';  I Ain't Been Me; Rocking Chairs For Two; Relieve Me Oh Lord; Where We Might Go Together – 02-09-16

Saint And Sinner ? Opposite Walls: . Face Down In The Mud;  Honey Po; How Far Would You Go;  I Remember;  I’ll Be Waiting There For You; Opposite Walls;  Rock Bottom;  The Greatest Country Singer Of Them All;  The Ring; The Road I’ve Traveled On; Too Far From Home;  Until The Earth Stands Still  - 02-09-19

Saint and Sinner ? I Should Have Known Better:  Right to Bear Arms;  I Should Have Known Better;  About You;  Misery of Her Memory;  Memories of You;  Inside Another's Eyes;  I Don't Drink Anymore;  I Can Never Go Back Home;  I Can't Mend My Shattered Heart;  What's Wrong with This Jukebox;  When the Ring Comes Back; . Drinking My Pain into Tomorrow – 01-10-24

 


EPs

Saint And Sinner ? It Might Be Whiskey: It Might Be the Whiskey; I'll Let the Bottle Kill Me (Before Your Memory Does); Jd's My Whiskey (not My Name); That Ain't Country – 02-07-18

Saint And Sinner ? Unapologetically Country: Unapologetically Country; Red Creek Expedition; I Never Gave Up; The Pen Don't Lie; Smack Dab; I Love You More (When You're Not at Home) - 28-02-22 

SINGLES

The (1981)

NSD/TH 1010 Turbine Cowboy / If You Drive Me to Drinking (I'll Buy the Gas) – 02-82

Soundwaves

SW-4739-NSD Bayou self / What Am I Gonna Do - 09-84

SW-4758-NSD Three Acres Of Fillies At Gilley’s / Blame The Whiskey - 85