Lori McKenna

Lori Giroux, *22-12-1968 Stoughton, MA

3rd version

by Praguefrank, Michal Gololobov

SESSIONS

1997 Melville Park Studios, Boston, MA – Lori McKenna (Lori McKenna [vcl/ac gt],  Seth Connelly [el gt/mandolin/keyboards/fretless bass/percussion], Meghan Toohey [el gt/bck vcl],  Kris Delmhorst [cello/bck vcl],  Bob Giroux [piano/bck vcl],  Susan Connelly [windchimes], Richard Giroux [bck vcl])

001 AS I AM Orchard 2497  Signature 5003

002 WHAT'S ONE MORE TIME Orchard 2497  Signature 5003

003 PAPER WINGS and HALO Orchard 2497  Signature 5003

004 RUBY'S SHOES Orchard 2497  Signature 5003 [alt.

005 WOULD YOU LOVE ME THEN Orchard 2497   Signature 5003

006 HARDLY SPEAKING A WORD Orchard 2497   Signature 5003

007 IT'S EASY WHEN YOU SMILE Orchard 2497  Signature 5003

008 PAYING THE PRICE Orchard 2497  Signature 5003

009 SWALLOWS ME WHOLE Orchard 2497  Signature 5003

010 DON'T TELL HER Orchard 2497  Signature 5003

011 HOLY WATER Orchard 2497   Signature 5003

012 NEVER BE BACK Orchard 2497   Signature 5003

013 BORROW ME Orchard 2497

8 August 2000 [live] Boston, MA – Lori McKenna

01301 NOT IN THIS LIFE  Signature 5003

01302 JOSEPHINE Signature 5003

01303 PAPER WINGS AND HALO Signature 5003

01304 RUBY’S SHOES Signature 5003

2000/early 2001 Sherwood Forest Studios, Bedford, MA/Hi and Dry Studios, Cambridge, MA – Lori McKenna (Lori McKenna [vcl/ac gt], David "Goody" Goodrich [el gt], Seth Connelly [steel], Mike Rivard [bass instrument], Billy Beard [drums], Mike Rinquist [congas], Crit Harmon [tambourine], Joe Donnelly [percussion], Ian Kennedy [fiddle], Michael Ward-Bergeman [accordion], Bob Giroux [piano], Brad Hatfield [keyboards], McCawley Burke, Concetta Gordon, Ellis Paul, Jennifer Kimball, Kris Delmhorst, Richard Shindell, Megan Toohey [bck vcl].
017 MARS  Signature 5001

018 NEVER DIE YOUNG  Signature 5001

019 GOD WILL THANK YOU  Signature 5001 

020 THIS FIRE  Signature 5001 

021 FIREFLIES  Signature 5001

022 GIRL LIKE ME  Signature 5001 

023 INSTEAD  Signature 5001 

024 PINK SWEATER  Signature 5001 

025 DESERVING SONG  Signature 5001 

026 PIECES OF ME  Signature 5001 

027 YOU ARE LOVED  Signature 5001

17 March 2001 unknown, MA – Lori McKenna

028 FALTER Gyrox 003  Continental Song City CSCCD 1037

029 HOW TO BE RIGHTEOUS Gyrox 003 Continental Song City CSCCD 1037

030 BIBLE SONG Gyrox 003 Continental Song City CSCCD 1037

031 JEALOUSY Gyrox 003  Continental Song City CSCCD 1037

032 BEAUTIFUL MAN Gyrox 003  Continental Song City CSCCD 1037

033 UNFINISHED SONG #57 Gyrox 003 Continental Song City CSCCD 1037

034 DANCE WITH THE LADIES Gyrox 003  Continental Song City CSCCD 1037

035 THE OTHER BOYS Gyrox 003 Continental Song City CSCCD 1037

036 FAKE PLASTIC TREES Gyrox 003  Continental Song City CSCCD 1037

037 YOU BETTER Gyrox 003  Continental Song City CSCCD 1037

038 FEEDING THE ANGELS Gyrox 003   Continental Song City CSCCD 1037

039 AFTERNOONS Gyrox 003 Continental Song City CSCCD 1037

040 CRY FOR YOU Gyrox 003

041 BORROW ME Gyrox 003

042 BIG DREAMS Gyrox 003

043 ABBIE IS SAD Gyrox 003

2003 Busterland, ?/My Generation Studio, ?/Signature Sounds Studio,?/Solstice Sound Studios, ?/The Garret, ?/Wellspring Sound, ? – Lori McKenna (Lori McKenna [vcl/ac gt], Lorne Entress [ac gt/mandoguitar/organ/drums/percussion], Megan Toohey [ac gt/el gt], Kevin Barry [el gt/lap steel/piano/ bass gt], Duke Levine, Brian J. McKenna [el gt], Chris Haynes [piano], Joe "Sonny" Barbato [Wurlitzer organ], Shane Koss [programming])

044 BIBLE SONG Signature SIG 1285 

045 MR. SUNSHINE Signature SIG 1285 

046 ONE MAN Signature SIG 1285 

047 POUR Signature SIG 1285

048 LONE STAR Signature SIG 1285

049 STEALING KISSES Signature SIG 1285 

050 IF YOU ASK Signature SIG 1285 

051 MONDAY AFTERNOON Signature SIG 1285 

052 LEDGE Signature SIG 1285

053 MY SWEETHEART Signature SIG 1285 

054 COWARDLY LION Signature SIG 1285

055 SILVER BUSS Signature SIG 1285 

056 ONE KISS GOODNIGHT Signature SIG 1285

2005 [sessions for High School Reunion] unknown – Lori McKenna

057 IN YOUR EYES  American Laudromat

ca Fall 2006 Nashville, TN – Tim McGraw and Lori McKennal (Tim McGraw [vcl], Bob Minner/ Byron Gallimore [gt], Denny Hemingson/Darren Smith [el gt], John Marcus [bass], Billy Mason [drums], David Dunkley [percussion], Dean Brown [fiddle], Jeff McMahon [Hammond b-3 organ] + Greg Barnhill, Wes Hightower, Russell Terrell [bck vcl])
058 I'M WORKIN' D2-78974
2007 [sessions for Cinnamon Girl - Women Artists Cover Neil Young For Charity]  unknown – Lori McKenna

059 THE NEEDLE AND THE DAMMAGE GONE American Laudromat 12

2007 Ocean Way Nashville, 1200 17th Ave. South, Nashville,  TN – Lori McKenna (Lori McKenna [vcl/ac gt], Tom Bukovac [gt],  Darrell Scott [ac gt/ mandolin], Bryan Sutton [ac gt/ mandolin], Dan Dugmore [Dobro/steel],  Glenn Worf [bass],  Shannon Forrest [drums], Stuart Duncan [fiddle/ mandolin],  Tony Harrell [organ/ synthesizer/ piano/ harmonium/ Wurlitzer],   Byron Gallimore [synthesizer/el gt],  Kristin Wilkinson [viola], David Angell, David Davidson [violin], John Catchings [cello], Greg Barnhill, Bekka Bramlett, Byron Gallimore,     Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Buddy Miller, Kelly Willis [bck vcl]. Producer: Tim McGraw,  Byron Gallimore) [overdub sessions: Essential Sound, Nashville, TN/  Premium Recording]

060 I KNOW YOU  Warner 44299-2  

061 UNGLAMOROUS  Warner 44299-2

062 YOUR NEXT LOVER  Warner 44299-2 

063 I'M NOT CRAZY  Warner 44299-2

064 FALTER  Warner 44299-2

065 WITNESS TO YOUR LIFE  Warner 44299-2 

066 DRINKIN' PROBLEM  Warner 44299-2

067 HOW TO SURVIVE  Warner 44299-2

068 WRITTEN PERMISSION  Warner 44299-2 

069 CONFETTI  Warner 44299-2 

070 LEAVING THIS LIFE  Warner 44299-2

2008 Nashville, TN – Jimmy Wayne and Lori McKenna (Jimmy Wayne [vcl/ac gt], Joe West [various instruments], Dave Pahanish [gt/banjo/mandolin/bck vcl], Biff Watson [ac gt], Scotty Sanders [steel], Jimmie Lee Sloas [bass instrument], John Richardson/Shannon Forrest [drums], Wes Hightower [bck vcl)
071 TRUE BELIEVER Valory 129002 

2010 Boy In A Hoodie Studio, ?/House Of Blues Nashville, TN/Omni Sound, Nashville, TN/ Sound Emporium, Nashville, TN/Stonehurst Studio, ?/The Racket, ?/UMPG Nashville Studio, Nashville, TN – Lori McKenna (Lori McKenna [vcl/ac gt], Pat McGrath [ac gt], J.T. Corenflos [el gt], Mike Durham [el gt], Pat McLaughlin [mandolin], John Catchings [cello], Christ Carmichael [strings], Jeff Roach [keyboards, drums, percussion], Barry Dean [keyboards, bck vcl], Eric Darken, Will Denton [drums, percussion], Jonathan Singleton, Jaime Hanna, Kim Carnes, Vicki Hampton, Walt Wilkins, Perry Coleman, Sean McConnell [bck vcl].
072 THE LUXURY OF KNOWING  Signature 72034

073 MOST  Signature 72034 

074 IF HE TRIED  Signature 72034 

075 LORRAINE  Signature 72034

076 YOU GET A LOVE SONG  Signature 72034 

077 ROCKET SCIENCE  Signature 72034 

078 BUY THIS TOWN  Signature 72034 

079 ALL I EVER DO  Signature 72034 

080 THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW  Signature 72034 

081 SWEET DISPOSITION  Signature 72034 

082 AMERICAN REVOLVER  Signature 72034 

083 LADDERS and PARACHUTES  Signature 72034

084 STILL DOWN HERE  Signature 72034

2011 [soundtrack Act of Valor: The Album] unknown – Lori McKenna

085 TWO SOLDIERS COMING HOME Relativity 70025

2012 unknown – Lori McKenna

086 ALL IT TAKES

087 WHISKEY AND CHEWING GUM

088 SOMETIMES HE DOES

089 NO HARD FEELINGS

090 HEART SHAPED BULLET HOLE

091 THIS AND THE NEXT LIFE

Tracks above issued on EP Heart Shaped Bullet Hole

2012 [sessions for Lowe Country: The Songs of Nick Lowe] unknown – Lori McKenna

092 WHAT’S SHAKIN’ON THE HILL  Fiesta Red FR 002

2012 Middleville Studio, North Reading, MA -  Lori McKenna

093 SALT Hoodie Songs 1

094 MY LOVE FOLLOWS YOU WHERE YOU GO Hoodie Songs 1

095 SUSANNA Hoodie Songs 1

096 SMALLER AND SMALLER Hoodie Songs 1

097 MAKE EVERY WORD HURT Hoodie Songs 1

098 SHAKE Hoodie Songs 1

099 HOW ROMANTIC IS THAT Hoodie Songs 1

100 SHOUTING Hoodie Songs 1

101 BETTER WITH TIME Hoodie Songs 1

102 TAKE ME WITH YOU WHEN YOU GO Hoodie Songs 1

103 LOVE CAN PUT IT BACK TOGETHER Hoodie Songs 1

104 GROWN UP NOW Hoodie Songs 1 

12/13 March 2014 Middleville Studio, North Reading, MA – Lori McKenna, *w. Mark Erelli (Producer: Mark Erelli)

105 TIME I'VE WASTED

106 NUMBERED DOORS

107 STRANGER IN HIS KISS

108 GOD NEVER MADE ONE OF US TO BE ALONE

109 ALL A WOMAN WANTS

110 ROSE OF JERICHO

111 LOVE TO BE CRUEL FOR*

112 GOOD MARRIAGE

113 THREE KIDS NO HUSBAND

114 STARLIGHT

Tracks above issued on album Numbered Doors

2016 Low Country Sound, Nashville, TN – Lori McKenna (Lori McKenna [vcl/gt],Luke Laird [gt], Dave Cobb [gt/Mellotron], Brian Allen [bass gt], Christopher Powell [drums], Mike Webb [piano/mellotron],  Hillary Lindsey, Barry Dean,  Kristen Rogers [bck vcl]. Producer: Dave Cobb)

115 WRECK YOU CNR 010 

116 THE BIRD AND THE RIFLE CNR 010 

117 GIVING UP ON YOUR HOMETOWN CNR 010 

118 HALFWAY HOME CNR 010 

119 HUMBLE AND KIND CNR 010 

120 WE WERE COOL CNR 010 

121 OLD MEN YOUNG WOMEN CNR 010 

122 ALL THESE THINGS CNR 010 

123 ALWAYS WANT YOU CNR 010 

124 IF WHISKEY WERE A WOMAN CNR 010  

2017-2018 Nashville, TN – Lori McKenna (Lori McKenna [vcl/ac gt], Dave Cobb [gt/mellotron], Anderson East [ld gt],  Christopher McKenna [mellotron],

Natalie Hemby, Hillary Lindsey, Kristen Rogers [bck vcl]. Producer: Dave Cobb)

125 A MOTHER NEVER RESTS

126 THE FIXER

127 PEOPLE GET OLD

128 YOUNG AND ANGRY AGAIN

129 THE TREE

130 YOU WON'T EVEN KNOW I'M GONE

131 HAPPY PEOPLE

132 YOU CAN'T BREAK A WOMAN

133 THE LOT BEHIND ST. MARY'S

134 THE WAY BACK HOME

135 LIKE PATSY WOULD

Tracks above issued on album The Tree

2020 RCA Victor Studio A, Nashville, TN – Lori McKenna, with Karen Fairchild, Kimberley Schlapman [-1], Hillary Lindsey, Liz Rose [-2] (Producer: Dave Cobb)

136 THIS TOWN IS A WOMAN -1

137 THE BALLADEER

138 MARIE

139 THE DREAM

140 UPHILL

141 GOOD FIGHT

142 STUCK IN HIGH SCHOOL

143 WHEN YOU'RE MY AGE

144 TWO BIRDS

145 TILL YOU'RE GROWN -2

Tracks above issued on album The Balladeer

2021 Nashville, TN – Lori McKenna (Lori McKenna [vcl], Kris Donegan [ac gt], Justin Ostrander [el gt], Eli Beaird [bass], Fred Eltringham [drums/ percussion], David Dorn [keyboards], Charles Judge [keyboards/ strings], Barry Dean [mellotron/ bck vc], Hillary Lindsey, Luke Laird [bck vcl]. Producer: Luke Laird, Barry Dean and Lori McKenna
146 WONDERFUL CHRISTMASTIME
147 CHRISTMAS WITHOUT CRYING
148 NORTH POLE
149 STILL CHRISTMAS IN NASHVILLE
150 HAIL MARY
151 GRATEFUL
Tracks above issued on EP Christmas Is Right Here
2022 Nashville, TN - Luke Laird, Lori McKenna, Barry Dean
152 DIAMOND RINGS AND OLD BARSTOOLS vol. 1
153 HUMBLE AND KIND vol. 1
154 AMERICAN KIDS vol. 1
155 SETTLING IN vol. 1
156 GIRL CRUSH vol. 2
157 HEARTACHE MEDICATION vol. 2
158 SO SMALL vol. 2
159 THE GOOD PARTS vol. 2
160 GIVE ME BACK MY HOMETOWN vol. 3
161 GOD'S WILL vol. 3
162 CROWDED TABLE vol. 3
163 IF I HAD KNOWN  vol. 3
2023 Nashville, TN – Lori McKenna, with Karen Fairchield and Kimberley Schlapman [-1], Hillary Lindsey, Liz Rose [-2]
164 THIS TOWN IS A WOMAN -1
165 THE BALLADEER
166 MARIE
167 THE DREAM
168 UPHILL
169 GOOD FIGHT
170 STUCK IN HIGH SCHOOL
171 WHEN YOU'RE MY AGE -2
172  TWO BIRDS
173 &LSQUOTILL YOU'RE GROWN
Tracks above issued on album 1988


 

ALBUMS

Lori McKenna no # Paper Wings and Halo: As I Am; What's One More Time;  Paper Wings and Halo; Ruby's Shoes; Would You Love Me Then; Hardly Speaking a Word;  It's Easy When You Smile; Paying the Price; Swallows Me Whole; Don't Tell Her; Holy Water;  Never Be Back; Borrow Me - 98 (reissued in September 1999 on Orchard 2497; in 2002 reissued on Signature Sounds 5003 with added songs: Not In This Life; Josephine; Paper Wings And Halo. and Borrow Me omitted)

Catalyst Disc CAT 5001  Pieces of Me: Mars; Never Die Young; God Will Thank You; This Fire; Fireflies; Girl Like Me; Instead; Pink Sweater; Deserving Song; Pieces Of Me; You Are Loved - 04-06-01 (reissued in November 2001 as Signature Sounds 5001)

Gyrox 003 The Kitchen Tapes: Falter; How to Be Righteous; Bible Song; Jealousy; Beautiful Man; Unfinished Song #57; Dance With the Ladies; Other Boys, The; Fake Plastic Trees; You Better; Feeding the Angels; Afternoons; Cry For You; Borrow Me; Big Dreams; Abbie Is Sad – 12-03 (reissued in  2004 on Continental Song City CSCCD 1037 with last four tracks omited)

Signature Sounds SIG-1285 Bittertown: Bible Song; Mr. Sunshine; One man; Pour; Lone Star; Stealing Kisses; If You Ask; Monday Afternoon; Ledge; My Sweetheart; Cowardly Lion; Silver Buss; One Kiss Goodnight  - 11-05-04 (also on on Continental Song City CSCCD 1034, reissued in 2005 on Warner 49869-2)

Warner Nashville 44299-2 Unglamorous: I Know You;  Unglamorous; Your Next Lover; I'm Not Crazy; Falter; Witness To Your Life; Drinkin' Problem; How To Survive; Written Permission; Confetti; Leaving This Life - 14-08-07       

Signature Sounds SIG 2034 Lorraine: Luxury Of Knowing; Most; If He Tried; Lorraine; You Get A Love Song; Rocket Science; Buy This Town; All I Ever Do; That's How You Know; Sweet Disposition; American Revolver; Ladders and Parachutes; Still Down Here- 25-01-11

Hoodie Songs/Liz Rose 1 Massachusetts: Salt; My Love Follows You Where You Go; Susanna; Smaller and Smaller; Make Every Word Hurt; Shake; How Romantic is That; Shouting; Better With Time; Take Me With You When You Go; Love can put it back together; Grown Up Now – 23-04-13         

Hoodie Songs/Liz Rose no #  Numbered Doors: Time I've Wasted;  Numbered Doors;  Stranger In His Kiss;  God Never Made One Of Us To Be Alone;  All A Woman Wants;   Rose Of Jericho;   Love To Be Cruel For /W.Mark Erilli;  Good Marriage; Three Kids No Husband;  Starlight – 24-09-14

CN/30 Tigers CNR 010 The Bird And The Rifle: Wreck You;  The Bird and The Rifle;  Giving Up On Your Hometown;  Halfway Home;  Humble and Kind;  We Were Cool;  Old Men Young Women;  All These Things;  Always Want You;  If Whiskey Were a Woman – 29-07-16

CN ? The Tree: A Mother Never Rests; The Fixer; People Get Old; Young and Angry Again; The Tree; You Won't Even Know I'm Gone; Happy People; You Can't Break a Woman; The Lot Behind St. Mary's; The Way Back Home; Like Patsy Would - 20-07-18

CN  68091LP/67995CD The Balladeer: This Town is a Woman (w. Karen Fairchild, Kimberley Schlapman); The Balladeer; Marie; The Dream; Uphill; Good Fight; Stuck in High School; When You're My Age; Two Birds; Till You're Grown (w. Hillary Lindsey, Liz Rose) – 24-07-20

CN 73384LP/73483CD 1988: This Town Is A Woman (feat. Karen Fairchild and Kimberly Schlapman);  The Balladeer;  Marie;  The Dream;  Uphill;  Good Fight; Stuck In High School;  When You're My Age (feat. Hillary Lindsey and Liz Rose);  Two Birds;  &lsquoTill You're Grown – 21-07-23

EPs

Lori McKenna ? Heart Shaped Bullet Hole: All It Takes; Whiskey and Chewing Gum; Sometimes He Does; No Hard Feelings; Heart Shaped Bullet Hole; This and the Next Life - 09-10-12

CN ? Christmas Is Right Here: Wonderful Christmastime; Christmas Without Crying; North Pole; Still Christmas in Nashville; Hail Mary; Grateful - 19-11-21

CN ? The Songwriter Tapes, Vol. 1: 1. Diamond Rings and Old Barstools;  Humble and Kind;  American Kids;  Settling In – 03-03-23 Luke Laird, Lori McKenna, Barry Dean
CN ? The Songwriter Tapes, Vol. 2:  Girl Crush ;  Heartache Medication ; So Small;  The Good Parts  – 17-03-23 Luke Laird, Lori McKenna, Barry Dean
CN ? The Songwriter Tapes, Vol. 3:  Give Me Back My Hometown;  God's Will; Crowded Table; If I Had Known - 31-03-23 Luke Laird, Lori McKenna, Barry Dean