Mike Blakely

 2nd version

By Lillies Ohlsson, Praguefrank

SESSIONS

1992 LA-Z-L Studio, 106 Lasu Rd., Kingsland, TX - Mike Blakely (Mike Blakely [rhythm gt, mandolin, vcl] + Larry Nye [ld gt/hmny vcl], Scott Boland [ld gt], Donnie Price [bass], Eric Blakely [drums],  Ron Knuth [fiddle/accordion], Champ Hood [fiddle/mandolin], Producers: Larry Nye and Mike Blakely)

001 CHARLIE SIRINGO Swing Rider

002 YOU DON´T NEED THAT COWGIRL Swing Rider

003 WOULDA BEEN A COWBOY FOR YOU Swing Rider

004 SLOW FALLIN´ RAIN Swing Rider

005 MIRA LAS PALOMAS Swing Rider

006 THE SEVEN STARS Swing Rider

007 PAISANO Swing Rider

008 THE OLD BAR SEVEN Swing Rider

009 RANCHO QUIEN SABE Swing Rider

010 THE BORDER COUNTRY Swing Rider

011 PACING HORSES Swing Rider

012 RIDE THE RIVER Swing Rider

All tracks issued on album Ride The River

1994 LA-Z-L Studio, 106 Lasu Rd., Kingsland, TX – Mike Blakely (Mike Blakely [rhy gt/ld vcl/hmny vcl/mandolins/indian whistle], Larry Nye [ld gt/classical gt/el bass/hmny vcl], Scott Boland [rhythm gt/ld gt], Lorenzo Niezensky [dobro (WTS)],Jerry Harkins [steel], B.B. Morse [stand-up bass], Donnie Price [ac bass gt], Paul Percy [drums/percussion],  Randy Elmore [fiddle/mandolins], Steve Edwards [accordion], Fabrizio Poggi [harmonica], Butch Hancock [harmonica], Steven Fromholz,  Doug Day,Craig Toungate [bck vcl] +  The LA-Z-L Singers. Producer Larry Nye and Mike Blakely)

013 IT´S ABOUT TO GET WESTERN  Swing Rider

014 RIDIN´ FOR LOVE  Swing Rider

015 ODE TO NORMA  Swing Rider

016 GUADALUPE MOON  Swing Rider

017 THE WHISKEY TRADER´S SONG  Swing Rider

018 ¾ MOON, ¾ TIME  Swing Rider

019 THE HORSES IN MY STRING  Swing Rider

020 WEST OF YOU  Swing Rider

021 THE LAST COMANCHE MOON  Swing Rider

022 UVALDE COUNTY  Swing Rider

023 TOO LONG AT THE DANCE  Swing Rider

024 LETTER TO ANGELINA  Swing Rider

025 THE INDIAN TRAIL  Swing Rider

026 HERE´S TO HORSES  Swing Rider

All tracks issued on album West Of You:

2001 LA-Z-L Studio, 106 Lasu Rd., Kingsland, TX – Mike Blakely (Mike Blakely [rhythm gt/ld vcl] + Larry Nye [ld gt/hmny vcl], John Arthur Martinez [rh gt], Tom Morrell [resonator gt], Price Porter [steel], Jerry Harkins [steel],  Donni Price [bass], Eddie Cantu [drums], Randy Elmore [fiddle/mandolin], Steve Edwards [piano], Joel Guzman [accordion], Julie Anne Sckittone, John M. Greenberg [bck vcl]., Producers Larry Nye and Mike Blakely, Larry Nye & John M.Greenberg*)

027 IN THE DUST* Swing Rider

028 MEJOR QUE NADA Swing Rider

029 BRAND NEW PICK-`EM UP Swing Rider

030 WHISKEY ROAD Swing Rider

031 KISS AND MAKE UP (FOR LOST TIME) Swing Rider

032 THE NIGHT TRAIN AND THE MOON Swing Rider

033 WILDFLOWER GIRL Swing Rider

034 WHITE TRASH IN LOVE* Swing Rider

035 SCOOTIN´ BOOT LEATHER Swing Rider

036 LET `EM DANCE AROUND YOU Swing Rider

037 GOOD OL´ BOY GONE BAD Swing Rider

038 MAKIN´ GOOD TIME Swing Rider

All tracks issued on album In The Dust

2003 La-Z-L Studio, 106 Lasu Rd., Kingsland, TX – Mike Blakely Y Los Yahoos (Mike Blakely [rhythm gt/vcl/mandolin/hmny vcl] + Larry Nye [ld gt/keyboards/hmy vcl],  Donnie Price [bass], Stefano Bertolotti [drums] + Gary Craft [ld gt***], Scott Martin [pedal & laptop steel/dobro], Ernie Durawa [drums**],  Ron Knuth [fiddle], Joel Guzman [accordion/B-3 organ], Ponty Bone [accordion*],  John M. Greenberg, Holland McKay, Noel McKay, Shannon Scully, Vala Cupp, Bill Johnson, David Lingle [bck vcl]. Producers Larry Ny and Mike Blakely)

039 FADED BLUE Swing Rider

040 GET LUCKY Swing Rider

041 BOLT FROM THE BLUE Swing Rider

042 LET´S ROLL Swing Rider

043 ALWAYS NEVER ENOUGH*** Swing Rider

044 SEGURO QUE HELL YES** Swing Rider

045 CRY ME A RIVER Swing Rider

046 MICHELLE WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU Swing Rider

047 BAD YOUNG WOMAN Swing Rider

048 THE OLD CANTINA** Swing Rider

049 TOO MUCH TEXAS Swing Rider

050 THE WEEKEND´S HERE AT LAST Swing Rider

051 THE HATTER´S HYMN* Swing Rider

All tracks issued on album Faded Blue

2004 LA-Z-L Studio, 106 Lasu Rd., Kingsland, TX – Mike Blakely and the Whiskey Traders (Mike Blakely [rhytm gt/ld vcl/hmny vcl/mandolin], Larry Nye [acc & el ld gt/hmny vcl],  Donnie Price [bass gt], Stefano Bertolotti [drums] + David James [ld gt-1], Redd Volkaert [ld gt-2], Jerry Harkins [steel -2], Scott Martin [steel-1], Eddie Cantu [drums-4].  Joel Guzman [piano/organ/hmny vcl],Thomas Michael Riley & John M. Greenberg [hmny-3], Producers Larry Nye and Mike Blakely)

052 ANY SKY YOU´RE UNDER Swing Rider

053 HIT THE HIGHWAY Swing Rider

054 SAN ANTONIO Swing Rider

055 MUSTA LOVED THAT GIRL Swing Rider

056 RAYMOND WAS A COWBOY -4 Swing Rider

057 COOL DESERT RAIN Swing Rider

058 RUN WITH ME -3 Swing Rider

059 GET THE DODGE OUTA HELL -2 Swing Rider

060 LITTLE MISS DEEJAY Swing Rider

061 WHAT AM I TO YOU Swing Rider

062 CHANGE MY WAYS -1,4 Swing Rider

063 THE LAST OF MY FRIENDS  Swing Rider

All tracks issued on album Any Sky

2006 Ultra-Sound Studios, Via Cascina Sparapina, 2, Belgioioso, ITA – Mike Blakely (Mike Blakely [vcl/rh gt/hmny vcls], Donnie Price [el gt/bass gt/hmny vcl], Joe Forlini [ld ac & el gt/slide gt/hmny vcl], Stefano Bertolotti [drums] + Giovanni Lanfranchi [violin-1], Roberto ”Rubber Toe” Re [bass gt-2], Fabrizio Poggi [accordion/washboard/harmonica-3], Joel Guzman [accordion-4], John M. Greenbegr [hmny vcl].   Producers Stefano Bertolotti and Mike Blakely)

064 MY DAYS ARE NUMBERED Swing Rider

065 HOWLIN  AT THE MOON -3 Swing Rider

066 I AIN´T WILD -2 Swing Rider

067 MINOR KEY WALTZ -1 Swing Rider

068 HECHO EN MEXICO -4 Swing Rider

069 SOME BAREFOOT ISLAND Swing Rider

070 DELILAH -1 Swing Rider

071 THE GOLD DIGGER BLUES Swing Rider

072 SOMEWHERE IN MY DREAMS Swing Rider

073 THE MAN OF MANY BLUES Swing Rider

074 SHE’S A RUNAWAY Swing Rider

All tracks issued on album Careless Moonlight:

2007 Lazy L Studio, Castle Rock, TX – Blakely–Martinez (Mike Blakely [ac gt/vcl/hmny vcl] + Larry Nye [ac gt/el gt/bass/hmny vcl], Chris Reeves [ac gt/el gt/hmny vcl], Lynn Daniel [bass], jam [drums/ac gt], Ron Knuth [fiddle/mandolin]. Producers: Larry Nye, Mike Blakely and jam)

075 MIDNIGHT BLUE Swing Rider

076 TWO HEARTS ARE BETTER ´THAN ONE Swing Rider

077 CHANGE YOUR MIND Swing Rider

078 I COULD LIVE WITHOUT YOU Swing Rider

079 JUST A BROKEN HEART AWAY Swing Rider

080 SWEET ON YOU Swing Rider

081 YOU DON´T HAVE TO GO HOME Swing Rider

082 SHE´S TOO FINE Swing Rider

083 ROSALINDA, WHERE ARE YOU TONIGHT Swing Rider

08301 SISTER MOON  [demo] Swing Rider

084 MAKING GOOD TIME [NASA version] Swing Rider

All tracks issued on album Blakely-Martinez

2007 [live] The Uptown Marble Theater, 218 Main St., Marble Falls, TX - Mike Blakely and the Whiskey Traders (Mike Blakely [rhythm gt/vcll], Larry Nye [ld gt/vcl], Corby Schaub [mandolin], Scott Martin [steel],  Donnie Price [bass gt], Jeff Brosch [drums], Doc Blakely [fiddle], Joel Guzman [accordion]. Producer: Larry Nye and Mike Blakely)

08401 IN THE DUST Swing Rider

08402 THE OLD CANTINA Swing Rider

08403 BAD YOUNG WOMAN Swing Rider

08404 SCOOTIN´ BOOT LEATHER Swing Rider

08405 LET EM DANCE AROUND US Swing Rider

08406 HIT THE HIGHWAY Swing Rider

08407 GET LUCKY Swing Rider

08408 MEJOR QUE NADA Swing Rider

08409 SISTER MOON Swing Rider

08410 MUSTA LOVED THAT GIRL Swing Rider

08411 SEGURO QUE HELL YES Swing Rider

All tracks issued on album Live At The Uptown

2007 [live] The Uptown Marble Theater, 218 Main St., Marble Falls, TX - Mike Blakely and the Whiskey Traders (Mike Blakely [rhythm gt/vcll], Larry Nye [ld gt/vcl], Corby Schaub [mandolin], Scott Martin [steel],  Donnie Price [bass gt], Jeff Brosch [drums], Doc Blakely [fiddle], Joel Guzman [accordion]. Producer: Larry Nye and Mike Blakely)

08412 IT´S ABOUT TO GET WESTERN Swing Rider

08413 THE WHISKEY TRADER´S SONG Swing Rider

08414 MIRA LAS PALOMAS Swing Rider

08415 LAST COMANCHE MOON Swing Rider

08416 CHARLIE SIRINGO Swing Rider

08417 SLOW FALLIN´ RAIN Swing Rider

08418 HERE´S TO HORSES Swing Rider

08419 UVALDE COUNTY Swing Rider

08420 WOULDA BEEN A COWBOY Swing Rider

08421 RIDE THE RIVER Swing Rider

All tracks issued on album Get Western, Live In Concert

2007 [live] Hilltop House Concerts, 193 Crockett Drive, Kerrville, TX - Mike Blakely and the Whiskey Traders (Mike Blakely [rhythm gt/vcll], Larry Nye [ld gt/vcl], Corby Schaub [mandolin], Scott Martin [steel],  Donnie Price [bass gt], Jeff Brosch [drums], Doc Blakely [fiddle], Joel Guzman [accordion]. Producer: Larry Nye and Mike Blakely)

08422 THE RANCHO QUIEN SABE Swing Rider

Issued on album Get Western, Live In Concert

2008 The Zone Studios, Dripping Springs, TX – Mike Blakely (Mike Blakely [vcl/ac gt/hmny vcls], John M. Greenberg [ac/el gt/hmny vcl], Chris Cage [mandolin/ld gt], Fabrizio Poggi [mandolin], Francesco Garolfi [lap steel], Lloyd Maines [pedal steel/dobro], Dick Gimble [upright/el bass], John Chipman [drums],  Bill Small [percussion/djembe/hmny vcl], Pat Manske [percussion], Warren Hood [fiddle], John Falcon [flutes], Tina Mitchell Wilkins [hmny vcl]. Produced John M. Greenberg)

085 THE RAREST OF THE BREED Swing Rider

086 BLUE IN KENTUCKY Swing Rider

087 GETTIN´ OVER YOU Swing Rider

088 THIS TIME OF YEAR  Swing Rider

089 GO EASY Swing Rider

090 WHITE BUFFALO INTRO Swing Rider

091 THE LAST WILD WHITE BUFFALO Swing Rider

092 DODGIN´  MY OWN BULLET Swing Rider

093 RIDIN´ HIS OWN TRAIL Swing Rider

094 CAYUSE CIMARRON INTRO Swing Rider

095 SOY CAYUSE CIMARRON Swing Rider

096 CUPID´S BOW Swing Rider

097 THE RAREST OF THE BREED REPRISE Swing Rider

098 A SLOW NIGHT IN TACOMA Swing Rider

All tracks issued on album The Rarest Of The Breed

2009 Fredericksburg, TX – Mike Blakely

099 THAT'S THE WAY I FEEL (COMIN' HOME TO YOU)

100 CHUCK WILL'S WIDOW  

101 IF LOVE WAS A PAWN SHOP

102 LUCKENBACH BLUE MOON NEW YEAR'S EVE

103 HOMEMADE SERENADE

104 THE RED DIRT BLUES

105 JESUS AND JUAN

106 ODE TO BLUE

107 THE KEY TO HER FRONT DOOR

108 IN A DROUGHT CRACK

109 THE DARKEST HOUR BEFORE THE DAWN

110 WALMART TEQUILA

111 ST. PETER'S DAY OF

Tracks above issued on album Homemade Serenade

2017 unknown, TX – Mike Blakely

112 A TOWN CALLED PARADISE

113 MY SAME OLD NEW MEXICAN DREAM

114 EASY RAMBLIN'

115 KEEPSAKE

116 MOONLIGHT COLORADO

117 I AM NOBODY

118 SKIPPING STONE

119 MIRANDA'S WARNING

120 THE ISLAND WITH NO NAME

121 DON'T SEND FLOWERS

Tracks above issued on album Keepsake

2018 unknown, TX – Mike Blakely

122 THE OUTSIDE CIRCLE

123 THE BRONC MAN

124 THE COLORADO TRAIL

125 THE HAT SONG

126 TOO MUCH WORK AFOOT

127 DON'T EVER SELL YOUR SADDLE

128 THE BALLAD OF JOSIAH WILBARGER

129 YOU'LL NEVER RIDE OL' MIDNIGHT

130 BETTER OFF GONE

131 ONE GOOD RODEO SUMMER

Tracks above issued on album The Outside Circle

2021 unknown, TX – Mike Blakely
132 GEMSTONE OVERTURE
133 NO TIME TO LINGER
134 THE TWIST
135 MOTHER NATURE, FATHER TIME
136 ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES
137 RED HOT HEART
138 HOW AM I DOING SO FAR
139 SHE SAVES ME EVERY TIME
140 ODE TO TOTO
141 LONG ON LOVE
142 ON UP THE TRAIL
143 IT IS WHAT IT IS
144 WHEREVER I GO
145 GYPSY BLUE
146 LINGERING GYPSY (REPRISE)
Tracks above issued on album Gemstone
 

ALBUMS

Swing Rider No# Ride The River: Charlie Siringo; The Seven Stars; Paisano; The Old Bar Seven; Mira Las Palomas; Woulda Been A Cowboy For You; Rancho Quien Sabe; The Border Country; You Don´t Need That Cowgirl; Pacing Horses; Slow Fallin´ Rain; Ride The River -1992

Swing Rider No# West Of You: It´s About To Get Western; Ridin´ For Love; Ode To Norma; Guadaloupe Moon; The Whiskey Trader´s Song; ¾ Moon ¾ Time; The Horses In My String; West Of You; The Last Comanche Moon; Uvalde County; Too Long At The Dance; Letter To Angelina; The Indian Trail; Here´s To Horses  - 99

Swing Rider No# In The Dust:  In The Dust; Mejor Que Nada; Brand New Pick-Em-Up; Whiskey Road; Kiss And Make Up (For Lost Time); The Night Train And The Moon; Wildflower Girl; White Trash In Love; Scootin´ Boot Leather; Let `Em Dance Around Us; Good Ol´ Boy Gone Bad; Makin´ Good Times  - 01

Swing Rider No# Faded Blue:  Faded Blue; Get Lucky; Bolt From The Blue; Let´s Roll; Always Never Enough; Seguro Que Hell Yes; Cry Me A River; Michelle Where The Hell Are You?; Bad Young Woman; The Old Cantina; Too Much Texas; The Weekend´s Here At Last; The Hatter´s Hymn – 03

Swing Rider No# Any Sky:  Any Sky You´re Under; Hit The Highway; San Antonio; Musta Loved That Girl; Raymond Was A Cowboy; Cool Desert Rain; Run With Me; Get The Dodge Outa Hell; Little Miss Deejay;What Am I To You; Change My Ways; The Last Of My Friends - 04

Swing Rider No# Careless Moonlight:  My Days Are Numbered; Howlin´At The Moon; I Ain´t Wild; Minor Key Waltz; Hecho En Mexico; The Man Of Many Blues; Some Barefoot Island; Delilah; The Gold Digger Blues; She´s A Runaway; Somewhere In My Dreams  - 06

Swing Rider No# Blakely-Martinez:  Midnight Blue; Two Hearts Are Better Than One; Change Your Mind; I Could Live Without You; Just A Broken Heart Away; I Have A Right To Smile; Sweet On You; You Don´t Have To Go Home; She´s Too Fine; Rosalinda, Where Are You Tonight; Bonus: Sister Moon (ori-

ginal demo); Bonus: Making Good Time (NASA version) – 07

Swing Rider No# Mike Blakely and the Whiskey Traders Live At The Uptown:  In The Dust; The Old Cantina; Bad Young Woman; Scootin´ Boot Leather; Let Em Dance Around Us; Hit The Highway; Get Lucky; Mejor Que Nada; Sister Moon; Musta Loved That Girl; Seguro Que Hell Yes  - 07

Swing Rider No# Mike Blakely And Friends, Get Western, Live In Concert:  It´s About To Get Western; The Whiskey Trader´s Song; Mira Las Palomas; Last Comanche Moon; The Rancho Quien Sabe; Charlie Siringo; Slow Fallin´ Rain; Here´s To Horses; Uvalde County; Woulda Been A Cowboy; Ride The River - 07

Swing Rider No# The Rarest Of The Breed:  The Rarest Of The Breed Prelude; Blue In Kentucky; Gettin´ Over You; This Time Of Year; Go Easy; White Buffalo Intro; The Last Wild White Buffalo; Dodgin´ My Own Bullet; Ridin´ His Own Trail; Cayuse Cimarron Intro; Soy Cayuse Cimarron; Cupid´s Bow; The Rarest Of The Breed Reprise; A Slow Night In Tacoma – 08

Swing Rider no # Homemade Serenade: That's The Way I Feel (Comin' Home To You);  Chuck Will's Widow;  If Love Was A Pawn Shop;  Luckenbach Blue Moon New Year's Eve;  Homemade Serenade;  The Red Dirt Blues;  Jesus and Juan;  Ode To Blue;  The Key To Her Front Door;  In A Drought Crack;  The Darkest Hour Before The Dawn;  Walmart Tequila;  St. Peter's Day Of - 10

Swing Rider no # Keepsake: A Town Called Paradise; My Same Old New Mexican Dream; Easy Ramblin'; Keepsake; Moonlight Colorado; I Am Nobody; Skipping Stone; Miranda's Warning; The Island with No Name; Don't Send Flowers – 01-07-17
Mike Blakely no # The Outside Circle: The Outside Circle; The Bronc Man; The Colorado Trail; The Hat Song; Too Much Work Afoot; Don't Ever Sell Your Saddle; The Ballad of Josiah Wilbarger; You'll Never Ride Ol' Midnight; Better off Gone; One Good Rodeo Summer – 09-06-18
Mike Blakely ? Gemstone:  Gemstone Overture; No Time To Linger; The Twist;  Mother Nature, Father Time; Rough Around The Edges;  Red Hot Heart;  How Am I Doing So Far; She Saves Me Every Time; Ode To Toto;  Long On Love;  On Up The Trail;  It Is What It Is;  Wherever I Go;  Gypsy Blue; Lingering Gypsy (Reprise) – 24-05-22