Amanda Shires

*05-03-1982 Lubbock, TX

By Praguefrank

SESSIONS  see also Jason Isbell

2005 poss. Austin, TX – Amanda Shires

001 UNCLE HERM'S HORNPIPE/TWINKLE LITTLE STAR Yellow House CD 439

002 THERE'S WORDS Yellow House CD 439  

003 RAGTIME ANNIE Yellow House CD 439  

004 CATTLE IN THE CANE Yellow House CD 439

005 LOW AND LONELY Yellow House CD 439  

006 GARFIELD'S REEL Yellow House CD 439  

007 LONE STAR RAG Yellow House CD 439  

008 WHERE'S MY HEART Yellow House CD 439

009 COTTON PATCH RAG Yellow House CD 439

010 LITTLE ROCK GETAWAY Yellow House CD 439  

011 KEEP IT CLOSE Yellow House CD 439

012 ROAD TO LISDOONVARNA Yellow House CD 439  

013 HEARTS ARE BREAKIN' Yellow House CD 439  

014 LA GOLONDRINA Yellow House CD 439  

2008 True Tone, Nashville, TN – Rod Picott and Amanda Shires (Amanda Shires [vcl/fiddle/ ukulele/ idiophone], Rod Picott [vcl/gt])

015 MERCURY*

016 DRIVE THAT DEVIL OUT*

017 YOU CAN'T CALL ME BABY*

018 SHAKE AND CRY*

019 SALIDA

020 LITTLE DARLIN'

021 ARROWS ON YOUR COMPASS*

022 MEAN LITTLE GIRL [RUBY]

023 WHEN YOU GET YOUR STORY TOLD*

024 BIRD AND PONY

Tracks above issued on album Sew Your Heart With Wires, *also on EP Rod Picott And Amanda Shires

2008 True Tone, Nashville, TN – Amanda Shires

025 UPON HEARING VIOLINS

026 UNWANTED THINGS

027 I KEPT WATCH LIKE DOVES

028 PUT ME TO BED

029 MINERAL WELLS

030 ANGELS AND ACROBATS

031 RINGS AND CHAINS

032 DAYS IN BLANKETS

033 KEEP THEM DOGS FROM BARKIN' MARIANN LEOLA

034 WHISPERING

Tracks above issued on album West Cross Timbers

2010 Acuff Studios, Route 1, Acuff, TX/ True Tone Studio, Nashville, TN – Amanda Shires (Amanda Shires [vcl/fiddle/ ukulele/ strings/ whistling], Colt Miller [ac gt/banjo], Neal Casal  [ac gt/el gt/bck vcl], Rod Picott  [ac gt], Will Kimbrough [el gt],  Chris Scrugg [steel], Steph Dickinson [bass], Kris Killingsworth/ Tommy Perkinson [drums],  David Henry [percussion/ piano]. Producer: Amanda Shires, David Henry, Rod Picott)

035 SWIMMER...

036 GHOST BIRD

037 WHEN YOU NEED A TRAIN IT NEVER COMES

038 SHE LET GO OF HER KITE

039 LOVE BE A BIRD

040 SHAKE THE WALLS

041 DETROIT OR BUFFALO

042 SLOE GIN

043 KUDZU

044 BEES IN THE SHED

045 LOVESICK I REMAIN

046 SWIMMER, DREAMS DON'T KEEP –instr.-

Tracks above issued on album Carrying Lightning

2013 Chase Park Transduction, 160 Winstron Dr. # 4, Athens, GA – Amanda Shires (Amanda Shires [vcl/violin/ ukulele], Andy Lemaster [gt/ vcl],  Jason Isbell [gt/ vcl], Jimbo Hart [bass], Chad Gamble [drums]. Producer: Andy Lemaster)

047 LOOK LIKE A BIRD Lightning Rod LRR 78764

048 DEVASTATE Lightning Rod LRR 78764

049 BULLETPROOF Lightning Rod LRR 78764  

050 BOX CUTTERS Lightning Rod LRR 78764  

051 DEEP DARK BELOW Lightning Rod LRR 78764  

052 WASTED AND ROLLIN' Lightning Rod LRR 78764  

053 IF I Lightning Rod LRR 78764  

054 STAY Lightning Rod LRR 78764  

055 THE DROP AND LIFT Lightning Rod LRR 78764  

056 A SONG FOR LEONARD COHEN Lightning Rod LRR 78764  

057 THE GARDEN SONG Lightning Rod LRR 78764  

2014 [sessions for Dead Man's Town: A Tribute To Springsteen's Born In The U.S.A.] Nashville, TN – Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires (Jason isbell [vcl/ac gt], Amanda Shires [violin]. Producer: Dave Cobb

058 BORN IN THE U.S.A. Lightning Rod LRR 25523

2014 Nashville, TN – Jason isbell and Amanda Shires

059 I FOLLOW RIVERS Southeastern digital single [rel. Feb. 10, 2015]

060 MUTINEER Southeastern digital single [rel. Feb. 10, 2015]

2016 unknown – Amanda Shires

061 THE WAY IT DIMMED BMG 538225942   

062 SLIPPIN' BMG 538225942   

063 HARMLESS BMG 538225942   

064 PALE FIRE BMG 538225942

065 NURSERY RHYME BMG 538225942  

066 MY LOVE (THE STORM) BMG 538225942   

067 WHEN YOU'RE GONE BMG 538225942

068 MINERAL WELLS BMG 538225942  

069 I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE BMG 538225942  

070 YOU ARE MY HOME BMG 538225942  

2018 poss. Nashville, TN – Amanda Shires (Producer: Dave Cobb)

071 PARKING LOT PIROUETTE Silver Knife SK003-7679  

072 SWIMMER Silver Knife SK003-7679   

073 LEAVE IT ALONE Silver Knife SK003-7679  

074 CHARMS Silver Knife SK003-7679  

075 EVE'S DAUGHTER Silver Knife SK003-7679

076 BREAK OUT THE CHAMPAGNE Silver Knife SK003-7679

077 TAKE ON THE DARK Silver Knife SK003-7679  

078 WHITE FEATHER Silver Knife SK003-7679  

079 MIRROR, MIRROR Silver Knife SK003-7679

080 WASN'T I PAYING ATTENTION  Silver Knife SK003-7679

2018 unknown – Blackberry Smoke and Amanda Shires
081 YOU GOT LUCKY digital single [rel. Oct. 18]
2019 unknown = Amanda Shires
082 DECIPHERING DREAMS digital single [rel. Feb. 7, 2020]
2020 unknown – DeVotchka with Amanda Sjires and Tami Stronach
083 THE NEVERENDING STORY digital single [rel. Oct. 23]
2020 unknown - Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell
084 THE PROBLEM digital single [rel. Sept. 28]
2020 unknown - Amanda Shires
085 THAT’S ALL digital single [rel. Dec. 31]
7 November 2020 [live] The Bend, North Charleston, SC – Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires (Jason Isbell [vcl/gt], Amanda Shires [vcl/fiddle])
08401 INTRO
08402 HOPE THE HIGH ROAD
08403 OVERSEAS
08404 LETTING YOU GO
08405 TRAVELING ALONE
08406 ALABAMA PINES
08407 ELEPHANT
08408 BE AFRAID
08409 ONLY CHILDREN
08410 SPEED TRAP TOWN
08411 COVER ME UP
08412 LAST OF MY KIND
08413 STORM WINDOWS
08414 LIVE FOREVER
08415 THE PROBLEM
08416 BREAK OUT THE CHAMPAGNE
08417 TOUR OF DUTY
08418 FLAGSHIP
08419 DREAMSICLE
08420 SOMETHING MORE THAN FREE
08421 24 FRAMES
08422 IF WE WERE VAMPIRES
Tracks above issued on album Live at The Bend - North Charleston, SC - 11/7/20
2021 poss. Nashville, TN – Amanda Shires, with The McCrary Sisters [-1], Lawrence Rothman [-2] (Amanda Shires [vcl/gt],  Pat Buchanan [gt], Jimbo Hart [bass],  Fred Eltringham [drums], Peter Levin [piano])
085 MAGIC OOOOOOH -1
086 A REAL TREE THIS YEAR
087 LET'S GET AWAY -1
088 HOME TO ME
089 BLAME IT ON THE MISTLETOE
090 SLOW FALLING SNOW
091 WHAT ARE YOU DOING NEW YEAR'S EVE?
092 SILENT NIGHT
093 GONE FOR CHRISTMAS -1
094 WISH FOR YOU
095 ALWAYS CHRISTMAS AROUND HERE -2
Tracks above issued on album For Christmas
2021 unknown - Amanda Shires
096 YOU DON’T GET TO GO digital single [rel. Sep.10]
2021 Arlyn Studios, Austin, TX – Bobbie Nelson and Amanda Shires, *with Willie Nelson
097 WALTZ ACROSS TEXAS
098ALWAYS ON MY MIND
099 OLD FASHIONED LOVE
100 SUMMERTIME*
101 ANGEL FLYING TOO CLOSE TO THE GROUND
102 DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME
103 TEMPTED AND TRIED
104 LA PALOMA
105 LOVING YOU
106 OVER THE RAINBOW
traks above issued on albun Loving You
2022 unknown – Amanda Shires
107 HAWK FOR THE DOVE ATO 0607
108 TAKE IT LIKE A MAN ATO 0607
109 EMPTY CUPS ATO 0607
110 DON'T BE ALARMED ATO 0607
111 FAULT LINES ATO 0607
112 HERE HE COMES ATO 0607
113 BAD BEHAVIOR ATO 0607
114 STUPID LOVE ATO 0607
115 LONELY AT NIGHT ATO 0607
116 EVERYTHING HAS ITS TIME ATO 0607
2022 unknown – Amanda Shires with Lawrence Rothman
117 BLAME IT ON THE MISTLETOE digital single [rel. Dec. 16]
2022 [live] Columbia Studio A, Nashville, TN – Amanda Shires (Amanda Shires [vcl/fiddle], Jason Isbell [gt],  Jimbo Hart [bass],  Julian Dorio [drums],  Peter Levin [keyboards], Brittney Spencer [bck vcl])
11701 TAKE IT LIKE A MAN ATO 0641  
11702 EMPTY CUPS ATO 0641  
11703 HAWK FOR A DOVE ATO 0641  
11704 LONELY AT NIGHT ATO 0641

ALBUMS

Yellow House CD 439 Being Brave: Uncle Herm's Hornpipe/Twinkle Little Star; There's Words; Ragtime Annie; Cattle in the Cane; Low and Lonely; Garfield's Reel; Lone Star Rag; Where's My Heart; Cotton Patch Rag; Little Rock Getaway; Keep it Close; Road to Lisdoonvarna; Hearts are Breakin'; La Golondrina – 05

Rod Picott and Amanda Shires no # Sew Your Heart With Wires: Mercury; Drive That Devil Out; You Can't Call Me Baby; Shake and Cry; Salida; Little Darlin'; Arrows on Your Compass; Mean Little Girl [Ruby]; When You Get Your Story Told; Bird and Pony – 27-01-09 w. Rod Picott

Amanda Shires no # West Cross Timbers: Upon Hearing Violins; Unwanted Things; I Kept Watch Like Doves; Put Me To Bed; Mineral Wells; Angels and Acrobats; Rings and Chains; Days in Blankets; Keep Them Dogs from Barkin' Mariann Leola; Whispering – 27-01-09

Amanda Shires no # Carrying Lightning: Swimmer...; Ghost Bird; When You Need a Train It Never Comes; She Let Go of Her Kite; Love Be a Bird; Shake the Walls; Detroit or Buffalo; Sloe Gin; Kudzu; Bees in the Shed; Lovesick I Remain; Swimmer, Dreams Don't Keep (instrumental) – 03-05-11

Lightning Rod LRR 78764 Down Fell the Doves: Look Like a Bird; Devastate; Bulletproof; Box Cutters; Deep Dark Below; Wasted and Rollin'; If I; Stay; The Drop and Lift; A Song for Leonard Cohen; The Garden Song - 06-08-13

BMG Rights Management 538225761/ 538225942 My Piece Of Land: The Way It Dimmed;  Slippin';  Harmless;  Pale Fire; Nursery Rhyme;  My Love (The Storm);  When You're Gone; Mineral Wells; I Know What It's Like; You Are My Home – 16-09-16

Silver Knife SK003-7570/SK003-7679 To The Sunset: Parking Lot Pirouette;  Swimmer;  Leave It Alone; Charms; Eve's Daughter; Break out the Champagne; Take on the Dark; White Feather; Mirror, Mirror; Wasn't I Paying Attention – 03-08-18

Jason Isbell-Amanda Shires ? Live at The Bend - North Charleston, SC - 11/7/20:   Intro; Hope The High Road; Overseas; Letting You Go; Traveling Alone; Alabama Pines; Elephant; Be Afraid; Only Children; Speed Trap Town; Cover Me Up; Last Of My Kind; Storm Windows; Live Forever; The Problem; Break Out The Champagne; Tour Of Duty; Flagship; Dreamsicle; Something More Than Free; 24 Frames; If We Were Vampires  – 20-11-20 w. Jason Isbell (digital)
Silver Knife/Thirty Tigers ? For Christmas: Magic Ooooooh (feat. the McCrary Sisters); A Real Tree This Year;Let's Get Away (feat. the McCrary Sisters)‘ Home to Me; Blame It on the Mistletoe; Slow Falling Snow; What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?; Silent Night; Gone for Christmas (feat. the McCrary Sisters); Wish for You; Always Christmas Around Here" (feat. Lawrence Rothman) – 12-11-21

ATO ATO 0607CD Take It Like A Man: Hawk For The Dove; Take It Like A Man; Empty Cups; Don't Be Alarmed; Fault Lines; Here He Comes; Bad Behavior; Stupid Love; Lonely At Night; Everything Has Its Time - 29-07-22

Silver Knife no # Loving You: Waltz Across Texas; Always on My Mind; Old Fashioned Love; Summertime (w. Willie Nelson); Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground; Dream a Little Dream of Me; Tempted and Tried; La Paloma; Loving You; Over the Rainbow  – 23-06-23 w. Bobbie Nelson

EPs

Welding Rod: Rod Picott And Amanda Shires: Drive That Devil Out; You Can't Call Me Baby; Shake And Cry; Mercury; Arrows On Your Compass; When You Get Your Story Told – 08 w. Rod Picott (all tracks reissued on album Set your Heart with Wires)

National Public Radio no # Tiny Desk Concert: Swimmer; Shake The Walls; When You Nee A train It Doesn’t Come - 03-08-11 w. Rod Picott (radio show)

ATO ATO 0641 Live At Columbia Studio A: Take It Like a Man; Empty Cups; Hawk for a Dove; Lonely at Night  - 28-04-23