Michael Peterson

Michael James Peterson, *07-08-1959 Richland, WA

3rd version

By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

1985 the Music Source, Seattle, WA/George Tobin Studios, North Hollywood, CA  – Michael Peterson

001 AUTUMN FALLS Sparrow SPR 1119  

002 NAIL WITHOUT A CARPENTER Sparrow SPR 1119  

003 SPEAK SOFTLY Sparrow SPR 1119  

004 NEVER GO AWAY Sparrow SPR 1119

005 FAITH IS Sparrow SPR 1119  

006 GIVE MY BEST TO YOU Sparrow SPR 1119

007 DRAW ME NEAR Sparrow SPR 1119  

008 GIVE IT UP Sparrow SPR 1119  

009 BEYOND THE VERY BEST Sparrow SPR 1119 
ca early 1997 Emerald Sound Studio, 1033 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Michael Peterson (Michael Peterson [vcl], Biff Watson [ac gt], Darrell Scott [ac gt/mandolin], Brent Mason/Josh Leo/Dann Huff [el gt], Dan Dugmore/Scott Sanders/Paul Franklin [steel], Mike Brignardello/Craig Nelson [bass], Greg Morrow [drums], Tom Roady [percussion], Larry Franklin/Rob Hajacos [fiddle], John Hobbs [keyboards] + Max Carl, Thom Flora, Harry Stinson, Robert Ellis Orrall, Michael Black [bck vcl] + The Nashville String Machine. Producer: Robert Ellis Orrall and Josh Leo)
010 LOST IN THE SHUFFLE Reprise 7-16995 /46618-2
011 LOVE'S GREAT Reprise 46618-2
012 WHEN THE BARTENDER CRIES Reprise 46618-2 9-47715-2
013 DRINK, SWEAR, STEAL AND LIE Reprise 7-17379/46618-2 9-47715-2
014 I FINALLY PASSED THE BAR Reprise 46618-2 9-47715-2
015 FROM HERE TO ETERNITY Reprise 46618-2 9-47715-2
016 THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT THE BUFFALO Reprise 46618-2
017 TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE Reprise 46618-2 9-47715-2
018 SINCE I THOUGHT I KNEW IT ALL Reprise 46618-2
019 BY THE BOOK Reprise 46618-2
020 FOR A SONG Reprise 7-17379/46618-2

1998 Sound Emporium, Nashville, TN – Jenny Simpson and Michael Peterson (Producer: Garth Fundis, Ray Methvin)                                                       

021 GROW YOUNG WITH YOU* Mercury 538 038-2
Late1998/early 1999 Emerald Sound Studio, 1033 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN/The Sound Kitchen, 112 Seaboard Lane, Franklin, TN/Battery Studio, Nashville, TN – Michael Peterson (Michael Peterson [vcl/ac gt], Pat Buchanan [el gt], Jeff Hanna [gt/washboard], Jeff King [el gt], Josh Leo [el gt], Jerry McPherson [el gt], Brent Mason [el gt], Biff Watson [ac gt], Rob McCoury [banjo], Dan Dugmore [banjo/steel], Mike Brignardello [bass gt], Greg Morrow  [drums], Eric Darken             [percussion], Larry Franklin [fiddle], John Hobbs [keyboards/organ/ piano], Tony Harrell [piano], Rob Ellis [harmonica], Robert Ellis Orrall pharmonica], The Nashville String Machine [strings], Bekka Bramlett, Tim Buppert, Vicki Caraco, Joe Caverlee, Thomas Flora, Michael McDonald, Wendell Mobley, LeAnn Phelan [bck vcl]. Producer: Robert Ellis Orrall and Josh Leo)
022 LAUGHIN' ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK Reprise 7-16933 /47353-2 9-47715-2
023 YOU FIND LOVE WHEN YOU MAKE IT Reprise 47353-2
024 I OWE IT ALL TO YOU Reprise 47353-2 9-47715-2
025 SOMETHIN' BOUT A SUNDAY Reprise 7-16995 /47353-2 9-47715-2
026 LET ME LOVE YOU ONE MORE TIME Reprise 47353-2
027 SURE FEELS REAL GOOD Reprise 7-16933 /47353-2 9-47715-2
028 BEING HUMAN Reprise 47353-2
029 STOMP Reprise 47353-2
030 TWO OF THE LUCKY ONES Reprise 47353-2 9-47715-2
031 SLOW DANCE Reprise 47353-2
032 BEFORE ANOTHER DAY GOES BY Reprise 47353-2
2002 Nashville, TN – Michael Peterson (Michael Peterson [vcl/ac gt], Bruce Gaitsch [ac gt], James LeBlanc [ac gt], Billy Joe Walker, Jr. [ac gt], David Grissom [el gt], Brent Mason [el gt], John Jorgenson [el gt], Billy Panda [el gt], Dan Dugmore [dobro/steel], Lloyd Maines [steel], Mike Brignardello /David Hungate [bass], Greg Morrow [drums], Aubrey Haynie [fiddle], John Catchings [cello], Tony Harrell / John Jarvis /Gordon Mote/ Steve Nathan [keyboards], Kevin Adams [keyboards/bc vcl], Thomas Flora, Ron Hemby, Liana Manis, Jeffrey Steele, Shane Sutton, Neil Thrasher, Cindy Walker, D. Bergen White [bck vcl].

Producer: Blake Chancey, Kyle Lehning)

033 NO MORE LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER AGR Television AGR-2020
034 TRAVELERS PRAYER AGR Television AGR-2020
035 MODERN MAN AGR Television AGR-2020
036 IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME WELL AGR Television AGR-2020
037 ROME BURNS AGR Television AGR-2020
038 NOTHING COMPARES TO LOVING YOU AGR Television AGR-2020
039 RIGHT ABOUT NOW AGR Television AGR-2020
040 PLAY AGR Television AGR-2020
041 LET YOUR IMAGINATION RUN AWAY WITH ME AGR Television AGR-2020
042 WHAT MAKES A MAN AGR Television AGR-2020
043 LESSON IN GOODBYE AGR Television AGR-2020
044 ABOUT CAROLINE AGR Television AGR-2020
045 GOOD THING WHEN IT'S GONE AGR Television AGR-2020
046 OKLAHOMA STRAY AGR Television AGR-2020
2006 unknown – Michael Peterson (Producer: Tony Smith, Kent Wells)
047 WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH MY LIFE? Beyond Music 17122
048 DOWN ON THE FARM Beyond Music 17122
049 THE WARRIORS ANTHEM (I AM AN AMERICAN) Beyond Music 17122
050 NEWS Beyond Music 17122
051 THE PERFECT WEEKEND Beyond Music 17122
052 WHEN YOU WALK LIKE THAT Beyond Music 17122
053 I CUT MYSELF OFF AT THE PAST Beyond Music 17122
054 I HOPE THEY'RE WRONG Beyond Music 17122
055 SOMETIMES LOVE Beyond Music 17122
ca 2006 [live] unknown – Michael Peterson
05501 FROM THE GRAVE TO THE CRADLE Beyond Music 17122
Michael Peterson is still active, for later recordings see albums list. There are also early tracks issued on album Unreleased Favorites (no details known)

ALBUMS (incomplete)

Sparrow SPR 1119  Michael Peterson: Autumn Falls; Nail Without A Carpenter; Speak Softly; Never Go Away; Faith Is; Give My Best To You; Draw Me Near; Give It Up; Beyond The Very Best – 27-02-86
Reprise 9 46618-2 Michael Peterson: Lost In The Shuffle; Love's Great; When The Bartender Cries; Drink, Swear, Steal and Lie; I Finally Passed The Bar; From Here To Eternity; That's What They Said About The Buffalo; Too Good To Be True; Since I Thought I Knew It All; By The Book; For A Song – 15-07-97
Reprise 9 47353-2 Being Human: Laughin' All The Way To The Bank; You Find Love When You Make It; I Owe It All To You; Somethin' Bout A Sunday; Let Me Love You One More Time; Sure Feels Real Good; Being Human; Stomp; Two Of The Lucky Ones; Slow Dance; Before Another Day Goes By – 24-08-99
Reprise 9 47715-2 Super Hits: Drink Swear Steal And Lie; From Here To Eternity; Somethin' Bout A Sunday; I Owe It All To You; Too Good To Be True; Laughin' All The Way To The Bank; I Finally Passed The Bar; Sure Feels Real Good; When The Bartender Cries; Two Of The Lucky Ones – 16-05-00

AGR Television AGR-2020 Modern Man: No More Looking Over My Shoulder; Travelers Prayer; Modern Man; If My Memory Serves Me Well; Rome Burns; Nothing Compares To Loving You; Right About Now; Play; Let Your Imagination Run Away With Me; What Makes A Man; Lesson In Goodbye; About Caroline; Good Thing When It's Gone; Oklahoma Stray – 21-05-04 (originally scheduled for release on Monument in 2002)
Beyond Music 19122 Down On The Farm: What Should I Do With My Life?; Down On The Farm; The Warriors Anthem (I Am An American); News; The Perfect Weekend; When You Walk Like That; I Cut Myself Off At The Past; I Hope They're Wrong; Sometimes Love; From The Grave To The Cradle (Live) – 16-01-06
Michael Peterson ? In Black: Marriage Is The Leading Cause Of Divorce; If You're Willing; I Remember America; To Satisfy Me; Alcohyol Abuse; From The Word Go; Girl Of Summer; Only Time Will Tell; Price Of Admission; In Black; Stones – 15-09-07 (reissued in 2009 on Amalgamated 1047)
Beyond Music 7 96873 03136 3 Grave To The Cradle: We Found Love; I Wouldn't Do Nothing Else; Good Day For Leaving; What'll You Have; Your Watch And Your Opinion; If You Want Me; I Can't Fight Loving You; She Can't Remember And He Can't Forget; Between Going And Being Gone; From The Grave To The Cradle; Happy Father's Day Mama  - 13-06-08 (recorded in Nashville, TN)

HotDisc HD 132 Baby I'm Stickin' With You: Baby I'm Stickin' With You; Tell Me What You Got In Mind; Good Day For Leaving; Better Than Me For You; Why Didn't You Think Of This Before?; Support The Wildlife, Throw A Party; The Little We've Got (w. The Classic Imperials); News; I Hope You Know What You Are Doing; The Perfect Weekend; Freight Train- 01-05-09

Michael Peterson ? Unreleased Favorites: Welcome To Nashville; Even Whiskey Needs Drinking; Closing Time; Yours Truly; Let Your Imagination Run Away With Me; Long Hard Fall; I Can Finally Face The Music; Always; River Don’t Run [1983]; There; Your Memory Lives In me; If You Lived Here You’d Be Home By Now; He Gave Her Away; If She Only Knew – If He Only Knew (w. Michelle Poe)  – 10

Michael Peterson ? An American Life: This Old Army Hat; Ford Fairlane; (I’d Love To) Feel That Way Again; What Love Left behind; King Of The Beach; Bring‘ em Back; When It Comes To Loving You; Miss That Girl; Even If It’s Kill Me; She Can’t Remember (What he Can’t Forget)  – 11

Tate Music Group ? We Are Veterans: Wave On Old Glory, Wave On; Army Hat; Guys Like You And Me; Underdog; I Remember America; He Ain’t Heay, He’s My Brother; It’s Who We Are; You Could Hear A Pin Drop – 30-08-13 17th album

37 Records ? Drink, Swear, Steal and Lie: Lookin' for Love; Wichita Lineman; Most Beautiful Girl in the World; Boy Named Sue; Friends in Low Places; When the Bartender Cries; Mama's Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Cowboys; Drink, Swear, Steal and Lie; From Here to Eternity; Too Good to Be True; Borderline; I'm My Own Grandpa (Live) – 31-01-18

DVD

I Remember America

He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother

EPs

Michael Peterson ? You Could Hear A Pin Drop: You Could Hear A Pin Drop; I Remember America; The Warriors Anthem; I'm A Soldier; The Road Less Traveled; It's Who We Are; Little Things; Let Them In Peter - 06-11-09

SINGLES
Reprise (1997-99)
7-17379 Drink Swear Steal And Lie / For A Song - 03-97
7-16995 Somethin' 'Bout A Sunday / Lost In The Shuffle - 09-03-99
7-16933 Sure Feels Good / Laughin' All The Way To The Bank - 03-08-99

Monument (2002)

NSK 16696 Modern Man – 22-07-02