By Praguefrank,
Vaclav Zpatecka
SESSIONS
1989 poss. Chicago, IL – Freakwater (Catherine Ann Irwin
[vcl/gt], Janet Beveridge Bean [vcl/gt/ bongos], Wink O'Bannon [slide gt], John Spiegal [gt/ steel], Dave Gay [bass], Dan Scanlon [violin], Peter Searcy [cello])
001 MINER SONG Amoeba A 007
002 CHILDISH LOVE Amoeba A 007
003 LONESOME SOUND Amoeba A 007
004 FAMILY TRADITION Amoeba A 007
005 THE GREAT TITANIC Amoeba A 007
006 BLUE EYES Amoeba A 007
007 THE BALLAD OF FREAKWATER Amoeba A 007
008 A MILE AWAY Amoeba A 007
009 ALBERT C. SAMSON Amoeba A 007
010 UNTITLED Amoeba A 007
1990 poss. Chicago, IL – Freakwater (Janet Beveridge Bean [vcl/gt/
percussion], Catherine Ann Irwin [vcl/gt], Jon Alexander Spiegel [slide gt/
steel/ banjo/ dobro], John Rice [steel/mandolin/ fiddle], David Gay [bass])
011 A SONG YOU COULD CRY FOR Amoeba CDA 009
012 GREAT POTENTIAL Amoeba CDA 009
013 RANK STRANGERS Amoeba CDA 009
014 BLOOD AND FIRE Amoeba CDA 009
015 SELFISHNESS IN MAN Amoeba CDA 009
016 FILL MY THERMOS Amoeba CDA 009
017 YOU'RE STILL ON MY MIND Amoeba CDA 009
018 YOUR GODDAMN MOUTH 1 ¼ York no #/Amoeba CDA 009
019 LITTLE GIRL AND THE DREADFUL SNAKE Amoeba CDA 009
020 CRATCHES ON THE DOOR Amoeba CDA 009
021 WILD AND BLUE Amoeba CDA 009
022 ANNABELLE LEE Amoeba CDA 009
023 DARK AS A DUNGEON Amoeba CDA 009
024 WAR PIG 1 ¼ York
no #
1992 Idful Music, Chicago, IL – Freakwater (Janet Bean [vl/ gt/percussion], Catherine
Erwin [vcl/gt], Brian Dunn [gt], Lisa Marsicek [manolin/fiddle], Dave Gay [bass].
Producer: Brad Wood, Freakwater)
025 MY OLD DRUNK FRIEND THRILL 009/010
026 PUT MY LITTLE SHOES AWAY THRILL 010
027 FORGETTABLE SONG THRILL 010
028 CRAZY MAN THRILL 010
029 PALE HORSE THRILL 010
030 YOU MAKE ME THRILL 010
031 YOU'VE NEVER BEEN THIS FAR BEFORE THRILL 010
032 DREAM GIRL THRILL 010
033 SLEEPING ON HOLD THRILL 010
034 AMELIA EARHART THRILL 010
035 ARE YOU READY THRILL 010
036 LULLABY THRILL 010
037 KENTUCKY THRILL 009
6 June 1994 [live] Kulturkeller, Fulda, GER –
Freakwater (Janet Bean [vl/
gt/percussion], Catherine Erwin [vcl/gt], Bob Egan [steel/ dobro/ mandolin],
Dave Gay [bass])
03701 A SONG YOU COULD CRY FOR Glitterhouse GRCD 376
03702 ARE YOU READY Glitterhouse GRCD 376
03703 DREAM GIRL Glitterhouse GRCD 376
03704 CHILDISH LOVE Glitterhouse GRCD 376
03705 BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN Glitterhouse GRCD
376
03706 MY OLD DRUNK FRIEND Glitterhouse GRCD 376
03707 DREADFUL SNAKE Glitterhouse GRCD 376
03708 KENTUCKY Glitterhouse GRCD 376
03709 FORGETTABLE SONG Glitterhouse GRCD 376
03710 RANK STRANGERS Glitterhouse GRCD 376
03711 CRAZY MAN Glitterhouse GRCD 376
03712 PUT MY LITTLE SHOES AWAY Glitterhouse GRCD 376
03713 LULLABY Glitterhouse GRCD 376
03714 COUNT ME OUT Glitterhouse GRCD 376
1995 [soundtrack Half-Cocked] unknown – Freakwater
038 DRUNK FRIEND
May 1995 Idful Music, Chicago, IL – Freakwater (Janet
Beveridge Bean [vcl/gt/ percussion],
Catherine Irwin [vcl/gt], Bob Egan [National gt], David Wayne Gay
[bass], Popahna Brandes [cello], Brad
Wood [recorder], + Floss [el gt/fiddle], Poppy Brandes [cello], Joe Tech
[piano])
039 GRAVITY THRILL 022
040 SMOKING DADDY THRILL 022
041 GONE TO STAY THRILL 022
042 LITTLE BLACK TRAIN THRILL 022
043 WAITRESS SONG THRILL 022
044 MY ONE DESIRE THRILL 022
045 WHITE ROSE THRILL 022
046 OUT OF THIS WORLD THRILL 022
047 KENTUCKY HOUSE THRILL 022
048 HERO/HEROINE THRILL 022
049 UGLY MAN THRILL 022
050 BURYING GERALDINE THRILL 022
051 SOUTH OF CINCINNATI THRILL 027
052 COUNT ME OUT THRILL 027
June 1997 Uber Studios, Chicago, IL – Freakwater (Catherine
Ann Irwin [vcl/gt],, Janet Beveridge Bean [vcl/gt], Max Konrad Johnston [vcl/gt/ fiddle/banjo/
mandolin/ dobro], Bob Egan [steel], David
Wayne Gay [bass], Brendan Burke [snare drum], Joel Batty [fiddle])
053 PICTURE IN MY MIND THRILL 047
054 LOUISVILLE LIP THRILL 047
055 TWISTED WIRE THRILL 047
056 WASHED IN THE BLOOD THRILL 047
057 BINDING TWINE THRILL 047
058 ONE BIG UNION THRILL 047
059 HARLAN THRILL 047
060 JESUS YEAR THRILL 047
061 SCAMP THRILL 047
062 LORRAINE THRILL 047
063 SLOWRIDE THRILL 047
064 HEAVEN THRILL 047
065 FLAT HAND THRILL 047
January 1999 Uber Studios, Chicago, IL – Freakwater
(Catherine Ann Irwin [vcl/gt],, Janet Beveridge Bean [vcl/gt], Eric Heywood [el
gt], John Spiegel [dobro/ mandolin],
David Wayne Gay [bass], Steve Gopulding [drums], Joel Batty [violin/ fiddle],
Fred Lonberg-Holm [cello], Jeff Jacobs [organ])
066 GOOD FOR NOTHING THRILL 066
067 CLOAK OF FROGS THRILL 066
068 SICK, SICK, SICK THRILL 066
069 JUST LIKE YOU THRILL 066
070 CHEAP WATCH THRILL 066
071 MY HISTORY THRILL 066
072 WHEN THE LEAVES BEGIN TO FALL THRILL 066
073 WRITTEN IN GOLD THRILL 066
074 DOG GONE WRONG THRILL 066
075 QUEEN BEE THRILL 066
076 RAISED SKIN THRILL 066
077 ALL LIFE LONG THRILL 066
078 HELLBOUND THRILL 078
079 LORRAINE THRILL 078
2002 [soundtrack The Slaughter Rule] unknown - Freakwater
080 WHEN I STOP DREAMING
Bloodshot BS 087
2005 4 Deuces, Chicago, IL – Freakwater (Janet Beveridge
Bean [vcl/gt], Catherine Irwin [vcl/gt], Tim Rutili [vcl/gt/baritone ukulele/
piano/ pump organ], Jim Becker [vcl/el gt/ violin/ piano/ organ], James
Elkington [el gt], John Spiegel [lap
steel/ dobro], Jacob Smith [piano], Graeme Gibson [organ], Ben Massarella [drums/
percussion], Joe Adamik [clarinet/ bass clarinet/ horns/ piano/ drums/
percussion], Evelyn Weston [musical saw])
081 RIGHT BROTHERS THRILL 150
082 CRICKET VERSUS ANT THRILL 150
083 BUCKET OF OIL THRILL 150
084 SO STRANGE THRILL 150
085 LOSERVILLE THRILL 150
086 CATHY ANN THRILL 150
087 DOUBLE CLUTCH THRILL 150
088 SAP THRILL 150
089 JACK THE KNIFE THRILL 150
090 JEWEL THRILL 150
091 UPSIDE DOWN THRILL 150
092 HI HO SILVER THRILL 150
25 January 2013 [live] Barking Legs Theatre, Chattanooga TN –
Freakwater
09201 MY OLD DRUNK FRIEND
09202 PUT MY LITTLE SHOES AWAY
09203 FORGETTABLE SONG
09204 CRAZY MAN
09205 PALE HORSE / PALE RIDER
09206 YOU MAKE ME
09207 YOU'VE NEVER BEEN THIS FAR BEFORE
09208 DREAM GIRL
09209 SLEEPING ON HOLD
09210 AMELIA EARHART
09211 ARE YOU READY?
09212 LULLABY
09213 PICTURE IN MY MIND
09214 LOUISVILLE LIP
09215 CLOAK OF FROGS
09216 ONE BIG UNION
Tracks above issued n album Live In Chattanooga
2015 Lala Land, Louisville, KY – Freakwater (Catherine Irwin
[vcl/ gt/ banjo], Janet Beveridge Bean [vcl/ gt/ mandola], Jonathan Glen Wood [vcl/el
gt/ Moog], Evan Patterson [gt], Morgan
Geer [el gt], James Elkington [mandola],
Anna Krippenstaple [vcl/violin],
Warren Ellis [violin/ alto flute], Sarah Balliet [cello],
Anthony Fossaluzza [el piano/ organ], Neal Argabright [pump organ/drums])
093 WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT Bloodshot BS 235
094 THE ASP AND THE ALBATROSS Bloodshot BS 237/BS 235
095 BOLSHEVIK AND BOLLWEEVIL Bloodshot BS 235
096 DOWN WILL COME BABY Bloodshot BS 235
097 FALLS OF SLEEP Bloodshot BS 235
098 TAKE ME WITH YOU Bloodshot BS 235
099 VELVETEEN MATADOR Bloodshot BS 235
100 SKINNY KNEE BONE Bloodshot BS 235
101 NUMBER ONE WITH A BULLET Bloodshot BS 235
102 MEMORY VENDOR Bloodshot BS 235
103 MISSIONFIELD Bloodshot BS 235
104 GHOST SONG Bloodshot BS 235
105 FULLERENE BS 237
ALBUMS
Amoeba A 007
Freakwater: Miner Song; Childish
Love; Lonesome Sound; Family Tradition; The Great Titanic; Blue Eyes; The
Ballad of Freakwater; A Mile Away; Albert C. Samson; Untitled - 89
Amoeba CDA 009
Dancing Under Water: A Song You Could Cry For; Great Potential; Rank Strangers;
Blood and Fire; Selfishness in Man; Fill My Thermos; You're Still on My Mind;
Your Goddamn Mouth; Little Girl and the Dreadful Snake; Scratches on the Door;
Wild and Blue; Annabelle Lee; Dark as a Dungeon – 15-06-91 (reissued in 1997 on
Thrill Jockcy THRILL 040)
Thrill Jockey THRILL
010-2 Feels Like The Third Time: My Old Drunk Friend; Put My Little Shoes
Away; Forgettable Song; Crazy Man; Pale Horse; You Make Me; You've Never Been
This Far Before; Dream Girl; Sleeping On Hold; Amelia Earhart; Are You Ready;
Lullaby – 01-09-93
Glitterhouse [GER]
GRCD 376 June 6, 1994: A Song You Could Cry For; Are You Ready; Dream Girl; Childish Love;
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain; My Old Drunk Friend; Dreadful Snake; Kentucky;
Forgettable Song; Rank Strangers; Crazy Man; Put My Little Shoes Away; Lullaby;
Count Me Out - 95
Thrill Jockey THRILL
022 Old Paint: Gravity; Smoking Daddy; Gone to Stay; Little Black Train;
Waitress Song; My One Desire; White Rose; Out of this World; Kentucky House;
Hero/Heroine; Ugly Man; Burying Geraldine – 10-10-95
Thrill Jockey THRILL
047 Springtime: Picture in My Mind; Louisville Lip; Twisted Wire; Washed in
the Blood; Binding Twine; One Big Union; Harlan; Jesus Year; Scamp; Lorraine;
Slowride; Heaven; Flat Hand – 20-01-98
Thrill Jockey THRILL
066 End Time: Good for Nothing; Cloak of Frogs; Sick, Sick, Sick; Just Like
You; Cheap Watch; My History; When the Leaves Begin to Fall; Written in Gold;
Dog Gone Wrong; Queen Bee; Raised Skin; All Life Long – 07-09-99
Thrill Jockey THRILL 150
Thinking Of You: Right Brothers; Cricket Versus Ant; Bucket of
Oil; So Strange; Loserville; Cathy Ann; Double Clutch; Sap; Jack the Knife;
Jewel; Upside Down; Hi Ho Silver – 13-09-05
Freakwater no #
Live In Chattanooga: My Old Drunk
Friend; Put My Little Shoes Away;
Forgettable Song; Crazy Man; Pale Horse / Pale Rider; You Make Me; You've Never
Been This Far Before; Dream Girl; Sleeping On Hold; Amelia Earhart; Are You
Ready?; Lullaby; Picture In My Mind; Louisville Lip; Cloak Of Frogs; One Big
Union - 13
Bloodshot BS 235
LP/BS 235 Scheherazade: What the
People Want; The Asp and the Albatross; Bolshevik and Bollweevil; Down Will
Come Baby; Falls of Sleep; Take Me With You; Velveteen Matador; Skinny Knee
Bone; Number One With a Bullet; Memory Vendor; Missionfield; Ghost Song –
05-02-16
SINGLES
1 1/4 York
No # Your
Goddamned Mouth / War Pigs – 90
Thrill Jockey
THRILL 009 My Old Drunk Friend / Kentucky - 93
THRILL 027 South Of Cincinnati / Count Me Out – 95
THRILL 078 Hellbound / Lorraine – 99
Bloodshot
BS 237 The Asp And The Albatross / Fullerene - 15