*29-06-1948 Bridgeport, CT
3rd version
by Praguefrank, Michal Gololobov, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS see also Commander Cody, Twangbangers, also
member of Moonlighters, recorded with Nick Lowe
1991 unknown – Austin De Lone and Bill Kirchen
001 BIG BIG FUN
1993 Big Mo Studios, Wheaton, MD/Wally Cleaver’s Recording, Fredericksburg, VA - Bill Kirchen and Too Much Fun (Bill Kirchen [vcl/gt/bass], Jeff Sarli [bass/tambourine/ hmny vcl], Dave Elliot [drums/hmny vcl] + Buddy Charleton [steel], Peter Bonta [accordion/piano], Mitch Collins [organ/piano], Louise Kirchen [hmny vcl]. Producer: Too Much Fun, Ed Eastridge) [ovetdub sessions: Hit and Run, Rockville, MD]
002 BOTTLE BABY BOOGIE Black Top 1109 Demon CD-725
003 TOMBSTONE EVERY MILE Black Top 1109 Demon CD-725
004 ROCKABILLY FUNERAL Black Top 1109 Demon CD-725
005 FOOL ON A STOOL Black Top 1109 Demon CD-725
006 ONE WOMAN MAN Black Top 1109 Demon CD-725
007 LOVIN' CAJUN STYLE Black Top 1109 Demon CD-725
008 THINK IT OVER Black Top 1109 Demon CD-725
009 LOVER'S ROCK Black Top 1109 Demon CD-725
010 COOL LOVIN' BABY Black Top 1109 Demon CD-725
011 SECRETS OF LOVE Black Top 1109 Demon CD-725
012 TELL ME THE REASON Black Top 1109 Demon CD-725
013 WITHOUT LOVE Black Top 1109 Demon CD-725
014 ALL TORE UP Black Top 1109 Demon CD-725
015 HOLE IN MY PIROGUE Demon CD-725
ca May 1995 Wally Cleaver’s Recording, 2200 Airport Ave., Fredericksburg, VA -
Bill Kirchen (Bill Kirchen [vcl/gt/ trombone/six-string bass], Johnny Castle
[vcl/bass/shaker], Jack O'Dell [drums/ tambourine/ Cajun spoons/bck vcl], +
Peter Bonta [ac gt/ accordion/ piano/ Wurlitzer electric piano/ Hammond B-3
organ/bck vcl], Jeff Covert [slide gt], Buddy Charleton [steel], Austin de Lone
[piano], Chris Watling [sax], Alan MacEwen [trumpet]. Producer: Ed Eastridge)
016 WOMB TO THE TOMB Black Top 1130
017 WHICH CAME FIRST Black Top 1130
018 DON'T BE TRUE Black Top 1130
019 HAVE LOVE WILL TRAVEL Black Top 1130
020 HIGH SNAKES IN DEEP WATER Black Top 1130
021 SWINGIN' TEARDROPS Black Top 1130
022 WHO'S THAT WHO Black Top 1130
023 RED CAJUN GIRL Black Top 1130
024 I HEARD THE HIGHWAY Black Top 1130
025 NITRO EXPRESS Black Top 1130
026 THE HEART IS A MUSCLE Black Top 1130
027 WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH THE MILL? Black Top 1130
028 SWING FEVER Black Top 1130
029 I DON'T LIKE TO WORK Black Top 1130
21/23 February 1997 [live] Globe Theater, Berlin, MD - Bill Kirchen (Bill
Kirchen [vcl/gt], Johnny Castle [bass], Jack O¢ Dell [drums]. Producer: Peter
Bonta and Bill Kirchen)
02901 BIG MACK'S OFF THE BLOCKS Hightone HCD-8085
02902 LOOKING AT THE WORLD THROUGH A WINDSHIELD Hightone HCD-8085 HCD-8186
02903 TOO MUCH FUN Hightone HCD-8085
02904 HOT ROD LINCOLN Hightone HCD-8085 HCD-8186
02905 SECRETS OF LOVE Hightone HCD-8085
02906 COLD COUNTRY BLUES Hightone HCD-8085
02907 SOMETIMES I THINK Hightone HCD-8085
02908 SWING FEVER Hightone HCD-8085
02909 WOMB TO THE TOMB Hightone HCD-8085 HCD-8186
02910 TELL ME THE REASON Hightone HCD-8085
02911 ROCKIN' OVER CHINA Hightone HCD-8085
02912 FINGER Hightone HCD-8085
January 1999 Actiondale Studio, Annandale, VA/ Groovetown
USA, Washington DC/ Tommy Detamore's Cherry Ridge Studio, Floresville, TX –
Bill Kirchen (Bill Kirchen [vcl/gt/ trombone], Louise Kirchen [vcl], Tommy
Detamore [gt/steel], Austin DeLone [gt/ piano/ organ], Clay Blaker [ac gt],
Johnny Castle [bass], Jack O'Dell [drums], Bobby Flores [fiddle], Flaco Jiménez
[accordion], Lewis Bustos [sax/horns], Al Gomez [horns], Audio Mixers: Austin
DeLone; Tommy Detamore. Liner Note Author: Bill Kirchen. Producer: Austin
DeLone)
030 GIRLFRIEND Hightone HCD-8100
031 FLY ON YOUR JACKET Hightone HCD-8100
032 RAISE A RUCKUS Hightone HCD-8100
033 MAN IN THE BOTTOM OF THE WELL Hightone HCD-8100
034 LITTLE BITTY RECORD Hightone HCD-8100 HCD-8186
035 BIG HAT/NO CATTLE Hightone HCD-8100
036 FLIP FLOP Hightone HCD-8100
037 DREAMWORLD Hightone HCD-8100
038 LET THE FIRE BURN OUT Hightone HCD-8100
039 SHE'S A YUM YUM Hightone HCD-8100
040 MY HEART HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN Hightone HCD-8100
041 LIVIN' DANGEROUSLY Hightone HCD-8100
042 TRUE LOVER'S THE TREASURE Hightone HCD-8100
043 INTERSTATE Hightone HCD-8100
2001 The Site, Marin County, CA/Wally Cleaver's, Fredericksburg, VA/Cherry
Ridge, Floresville, TX/Rose Studios, Bowie, MD - Bill Kirchen (Bill Kirchen
[vcl/gt], Peter Bonta [gt/piano], Jeff Covert [gt/bck vcl], Blackie Farrell
[gt], Bobby Black/Tommy Detamore [steel], Austin De Lone [piano/vibraphone],
Johnny Castle [bass/bck vcl], Jack O'Dell [drums/bck vcl]. Producer: Bill
Kirchen)
044 TRUCK STOP AT THE END OF THE WORLD Hightone HCD-8138 HCD-8186
045 QUIT FEELIN' SORRY FOR YOU Hightone HCD-8138
046 ROLL TRUCK ROLL Hightone HCD-8138
047 DIM LIGHTS THICK SMOKE Hightone HCD-8138 HCD-8186
048 ONE MORE HOUR OF BLUES Hightone HCD-8138
049 TRYIN' TO TURN HER MEMORY OFF Hightone HCD-8138
050 HILLBILLY TRUCK DRIVIN' MAN Hightone HCD-8138
051 TIED TO THE WHEEL Hightone HCD-8138
052 PRISON BAND Hightone HCD-8138
053 POULTRY IN MOTION Hightone HCD-8138
054 HOW MOUNTAIN GIRLS CAN LOVE Hightone HCD-8138
055 JUST LIKE TOM THUMB'S BLUES Hightone HCD-8138 HCD-8186
2002 unknown – Bill Kirchen
056 HOLLYWOOD CITY
057 PITTSBURGH STEALERS
058 IS ANYBODY GOIN' TO SAN ANTONE
059 CALIFORNIA COTTON FIELDS
060 STREETS OF BALTIMORE
061 THE PROMISED LAND
062 BUCKAROO
063 DETROIT DIESEL
064 MIDNIGHT IN MEMPHIS
065 SLEEPWALK
066 EIGHT MORE MILES TO LOUISVILLE
067 GUITAR BOOGIE SHUFFLE
Tracks above issued on album Dieselbilly Road Trip
2003 [sessions fot Guitarland] unknown – Joel Hamilton and
Bill Kirchen
068 TENNESSEE
2006 Specific Sound, London, UK - Bill Kirchen (Bill Kirchen
[vl/gt], Paul Riley [bass gt], Robert Trehern [drums], Austin DeLone
[keyboards/bck vcl], + Sarah Carroll, Phil McCleod, Suzannah Espie, Trish
Anderson [cello] + Nick Lowe [bck vcl] + Chris Gaffney [vcl], Dave Gonzales
[vcl] Cindy Cashdollar [steel], Danny Levin [fiddle])
069 HAMMER OF THE HONKY-TONK GODS Proper American PRPACD 105 LMCD 208
070 ROCKS INTO SAND Proper American PRPACD 105 LMCD 208
071 GET A LITTLE GONER Proper American PRPACD 105 LMCD 208
072 SKID ROW IN MY MIND Proper American PRPACD 105 LMCD 208
073 WORKING MAN Proper American PRPACD 105 LMCD 208
074 SOUL CRUISIN' Proper American PRPACD 105 LMCD 208
075 TRUTH BE TOLD Proper American PRPACD 105 LMCD 208
076 DEVIL WITH THE BLUE DRESS Proper American PRPACD 105 LMCD 208
077 ONE MORE DAY Proper American PRPACD 105 LMCD 208
078 HEART OF GOLD Proper American PRPACD 105 LMCD 208
079 IF IT'S REALLY GOT TO BE THIS WAY Proper American PRPACD 105 LMCD 208
2006 unknown – Austin De Longe and Bill Kirchen
080 LET’S
ROCK
2008 [live] unknown – Bill Kirchen
08001 HOT ROD LINCOLN
2009 Anne and Herbert's Hit Shack, Lottsburg, VA/ Charlie
Irwin's, Austin, TX/ Collar City Sound, Troy, NY/ Fur Peace Ranch, Pomeroy, OH/
Goldtop Studio, London, UK/ M and P Productions, Owings, MD/ Red Hill,
Charlottesville, VA/ Specific Sound, London, UK;/ Studio D, Sausalito, CA/ The
Warehouse Studio, Vancouver, BC/ Yellow Teapot, San Francisco, CA – Bill
Kirchen (Bill Kirchen [vcl/gt], Austin DeLone [vcl/ac gt/ piano/ el piano/
organ], Dan Hicks [vcl/ac gt], Blackie Farrell [vcl/ac gt], Jack O'Dell [vcl/drums],
Chris O'Connell, Nick Lowe, Paul Carrack, Elvis Costello, Maria Muldaur [vcl],
Peter Bonta [mandolin/ accordion], Paul Riley [bass gt/ bck vcl], Norton
Buffalo [harmonica], Commander Cody [piano], Lisa Best, Bucky Lindsey, Louise
Kirchen [bck vcl])
081 BUMP WOOD PRPACD 011 LMCD 208
082 SHELLY'S WINTER LOVE PRPACD 011 LMCD 208
083 MAN IN THE BOTTOM OF THE WELL PRPACD 011 LMCD 208
084 I DON'T WORK THAT CHEAP PRPACD 011 LMCD 208
085 TIME WILL TELL THE STORY PRPACD 011 LMCD 208
086 HUSBANDS AND WIVES PRPACD 011 LMCD 208
087 OPEN RANGE PRPACD 011 LMCD 208
088 ARKANSAS DIAMOND PRPACD 011 LMCD 208
089 WORD TO THE WISE PRPACD 011 LMCD 208
090 AIN'T GOT TIME FOR THE BLUES PRPACD 011 LMCD 208
091 VALLEY OF THE MOON PRPACD 011 LMCD 208
2011 Cinderella Studios, Nashville, TN – The Carpenter Ants
and Bill Kirchen (Michael Lipton [gt], Ted Harrison [bass], Jupiter Little
[drums], Charlie Tee [vcl/sax] + Bill Kirchen [gt], Jerry Douglas [pobro], Russ
Hicks [steel], John Deaderick [keyboards])
C01 I'M GONNA BE A WHEEL SOMEDAY
C02 LITTLE BITTY CITY (CHARLESTON W-V-A)
C03 NOBODY CAN TURN ME AROUND
C04 THE MUSIC'S HOT
C05 THEY WANT YOUR MONKEY
C06 FAITH, TRUST AND LOVE
C07 WHICHA WAY DID IT GO
C08 BUMBLEBEE
C09 LING-TING-TONG
C10 ANTS IN YOUR PANTS
C11 IT'S A BLESSING
C12 MOONSHINE
C13 HE SAVED MY SOUL
C14 THIS WORLD IS NOT MY HOME
Tracks above issued on album Ants and Uncles
2013 unknown – Yvette Landry and Bill Kirchen
092 THIS HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
093 WHAT IN THE HELL THEY DID BACK THEN
2013 Specific Sound, London, UK/ Treehouse Productions,
Austin, TX – Bill Kirchen ( Bill Kirchen [vcl/gt], Maurice Cridlin [el bass],
Jack O'Dell [drums/ percussion], Austin DeLone [piano/organ]. Producer: Paul Riley, Bill Kirchen)
094 TOO MUCH FUN Proper 112 LMCD 208
095 TELL ME THE REASON Proper 112 LMCD 208
096 DOWN TO SEEDS AND STEMS AGAIN Proper 112 LMCD 208
097 SEMI-TRUCK Proper 112 LMCD 208
098 ROCKABILLY FUNERAL Proper 112 LMCD 208
099 WOMB TO THE TOMB Proper 112 LMCD 208
100 FLIP FLOP Proper 112 LMCD 208
101 SWING FEVER Proper 112 LMCD 208
102 IT TAKES A LOT TO LAUGH, IT TAKES A TRAIN TO CRY Proper
112 LMCD 208
103 TRUCK STOP AT THE END OF THE WORLD Proper 112 LMCD 208
104 MAMA HATED DIESELS Proper 112 LMCD 208
105 HOT ROD LINCOLN Proper 112 LMCD 208
106 TALKIN' ABOUT CHICKEN Proper 112 LMCD 208
2013 and sooner – Bill Kirchen and Austin De Lone [-1], Butch
Hancock [-2],
107 THINK IT FOVER -1 LMCD 208
108 OXBLOOD -2 LMCD 208
109 THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN‘ -1 LMCD 208
2016 M + P Studio, Austin, TX/ Studio D, Sausalito, CA/ The
Site, Marin County, CA. – Bill Kirchen and Austin De Lone
110 OXBLOOD Red House RHRCD
296
111 THINK
IT OVER Red House RHRCD 296
112 WARM
AND TENDER LOVE Red House RHRCD 296
113 NO NEED
FOR KNOCKING Red House RHRCD 296
114 ALL
TORE UP Red House RHRCD 296
115 ALREADY
WALKING Red House RHRCD 296
116 BACK IN
THE DAY Red House RHRCD 296
117 SOMEBODY'S
GOING HOME Red House RHRCD 296
118 THE
TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN' Red House RHRCD 296
119 LOSING
HANDS*
120 SMOKE,
SMOKE, SMOKE (THAT CIGARETTE)*
121 HOUNDS
OF THE BAKERSFIELD Red House RHRCD 296
122 WINE,
WINE, WINE Red House RHRCD 296
123 LET'S
ROCK Red House RHRCD 296
*bonus
tracks on 2017 reissue
ALBUMS
Demon [UK] CD-725 Tombstone Every Mile: Bottle Baby Boogie; Tombstone Every
Mile; Rockabilly Funeral; Fool On A Stool; One Woman Man; Lovin' Cajun Style;
Think It Over; Lover's Rock; Cool Lovin' Baby; Secrets Of Love; Hole In My Pirogue*;
Tell Me The Reason; Without Love; All Tore Up - 93 (US issue on Blacktop
BT-1109 in 1994, with *omited)
Black Top BT-1130 Have Love, Will Travel: Womb To The Tomb; Which Came
First; Don't Be True; Have Love Will Travel; High Snakes In Deep Water;
Swingin' Teardrops; Who's That Who; Red Cajun Girl; I Heard The Highway; Nitro
Express; The Heart Is A Muscle; What's The Matter With The Mill; Swing Fever; I
Don't Like To Work – 19-03-96
Hightone HCD-8085 Hot Rod Lincoln Live !: Big Mack's Off The Blocks;
Looking At The World Through A Windshield; Too Much Fun; Hot Rod Lincon;
Secrets Of Love; Cold Country Blues; Sometimes I Think; Swing Fever; Womb To
The Tomb; Tell Me The Reason; Rockin' Over China; The Finger – 16-09-97
Hightone HCD-8100 Raise A Ruckus: Girlfriend; Fly On Your Jacket; Raise
A Ruckus; Man In The Bottom Of The Well; Little Bitty Record; Big Hat - No
Cattle; Flip Flop; Dreamworld; Let The Fire Burn Out; She's A Yum Yum; My Heart
Has A Mind Of Its Own; Livin' Dangerously; True Love's The Treasure; Interstate
– 20-04-99
Hightone HCD-8138 Tied To The Wheel: Truck Stop At The End Of The World;
Quit Feelin' Sorry For You; Roll Truck Roll; Dim Lights, Thick Smoke; One More
Hour Of Blues; Tryin' To Turn Her Memory Off; Hillbilly Truck Driving Man; Tied
To The Wheel; Prison Band; Poultry In Motion; How Mountain Girls Can Love; Just
Like Tom Thumb's Blues – 21-08-01
Cracker Barrel no # Dieselbilly
Road Trip: Hollywood City; Pittsburgh Stealers; Is Anybody Goin' To San
Antone; California Cotton Fields; Streets Of Baltimore; The Promised Land; Buckaroo;
Detroit Diesel; Midnight In Memphis; Sleepwalk; Eight More Miles To Louisville;
Guitar Boogie Shuffle – 13-12-02
Hightone HCD-8186 King Of Dieselbilly: Classic Kirchen: Hot
Rod Lincoln Truck Stop At The End Of The World; Looking At The World Throuh A
Windshield; Rocket In My Pocket (With The Twangbangers); Dim Lights, Thick
Smoke; Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues; Rockabilly Funeral (With The Twangbangers);
Little Bitty Record; Womb To The Tomb; Hot Rod Lincoln (With The Twangbangers)
- 25-10-05 (Sampler)
Proper American PRPACD 105 Hammer Of The Honky-Tonk Gods: Hammer Of The
Honky-Tonk Gods; Rocks Into Sand; Get A Little Goner; Skid Row In My Mind;
Working Man; Soul Cruisin'; Truth Be Told; Devil With The Blue Dress; One More
Day; Heart Of Gold; If It's Really Got To Be This Way - 30-01-07
Proper American PRPACD
011 Word To The Wise: Bump Wood; Shelly's Winter Love; Man in the Bottom of
the Well; I Don't Work That Cheap; Time Will Tell the Story; Husbands And
Wives; Open Range; Arkansas Diamond; Word to the Wise; Ain't Got Time For the
Blues; Valley of the Moon – 25-05-10 (UK issue on Proper 700138)
Alpo ? (UPC884501656207)
Ants And Uncles: I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday; Little Bitty City (Charleston
W-V-A); Nobody Can Turn Me Around; The
Music's Hot; They Want Your Monkey; Faith, Trust and Love; Whicha Way Did It Go; Bumblebee;
Ling-Ting-Tong; Ants in Your
Pants; It's a Blessing; Moonshine;
He Saved My Soul; This World Is
Not My Home - 05-01-12 w. Carpenter Ants
Proper American PRPACD
112 Seeds And Stems: Too Much Fun; Tell Me The Reason; Down to Seeds and
Stems Again; Semi-Truck; Rockabilly Funeral; Womb To The Tomb; Flip Flop; Swing
Fever; It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry; Truck Stop at the End
of the World; Mama Hated Diesels; Hot Rod Lincoln; Talkin' About Chicken
-18-06-13
Red House RHR-CD-296
Transatlaticana: Hounds of
the Bakersfield; Wine, Wine, Wine; Let's Rock;
Oxblood; Think It Over; Warm and Tender Love; No Need for Knocking; All Tore Up;
Already Walking; Back in the Day;
Somebody's Going Home; The Times
They Are a-Changin' – 26-08-16 w. Austin DeLone (reissued in 2017 onThe Last
Music Co. with bonus tracks Losing Hand;
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette))
Last
Music Company LMCD 208 The Proper Years: Hammer Of The Honky-Tonk Gods (With Nick Lowe
And Geraint Watkins);Rocks Into Sand (With Nick Lowe And Geraint Watkins); Get
A Little Goner (With Nick Lowe And Geraint Watkins); Skid Row In My Mind (With
Nick Lowe And Geraint Watkins); Working Man (With Nick Lowe And Geraint
Watkins); Soul Cruisin (With Nick Lowe And Geraint Watkins); Truth Be Told
(With Nick Lowe And Geraint Watkins); Devil With The Blue Dress; One More Day
(With Nick Lowe And Geraint Watkins); Heart Of Gold (With Nick Lowe And Geraint
Watkins); If Its Really Got To Be This Way (With Nick Lowe And Geraint Watkins);
Bump Wood; Shellys Winter Love (With Paul Carrack And Nick Lowe); Man In The
Bottom Of The Well (With Elvis Costello); I Dont Work That Cheap (With
Commander Cody); Time Will Tell The Story; Husbands
And Wives (With Chris O'connell); Open Range (With Blackie Farrell); Arkansas
Diamond; Word To The Wise (With Dan Hicks); Aint Got Time For The Blues (With
Maria Muldaur); Valley Of The Moon (With Norton Buffalo); Too Much Fun; Tell Me
The Reason; Down To
Seeds And Stems; Semi-Truck; Rockabilly Funeral; Womb To The Tomb; Flip Flop; Swing
Fever; It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry; Truck Stop At The End
Of The World; Mama Hated Diesels; Hot Rod Lincoln; Talkin About Chicken; Think
It Over (With Austin De Lone)*; Oxblood (With Butch Hancock)*; The Times They
Are A-Changin (With Austin De Lone)* – 24-07-20 (double. Reissued of 3 albums +
*bonus tracks)
SINGLES
Proper [UK]
PRPSD101 Shelly’s Winter Love – 10 w. Nick Lowe, Paul
Carrack
