John Statz

*Wisonsin

By Praguefrank

SESSIONS

Late 2005/early 2006 Church Ave. Studios, Oshkosh, WI – John Statz (John Statz [vcl/ac gt/ banjo/ mandolin], Mark Roethe [ac gt], Nathan Edwards [vcl/accordion]. Producer: Nathan Edwards)
001 6 AM

002 GEORGETOWN

003 PHIL THE PROPHET

004 LUCY'S SONG

005 COLD AUGUST NIGHT

006 THE ISONZO WALTZ

007 OLD PETE

008 DEEPLY SUNKEN HIGH

009 TRUE COLORS

010 LOVE CAN'T AFFORD

011 MOUNTAIN SONG

012 ONE LEFT

013 REMEMBER THE MOUNTAINS

014 DUSK CAME SLOW

015 ONE LAST THING

Tracks above issued on album Dusk Came Slow

2007 Eclectic Audio Studios, Madison, WI – John Statz (John Statz [vcl/ac gt/  banjo/ lap-steel/bass], Nic Adamany [el gt/bass], Justin Jahnke [el gt/vcl], Ben Johnson [mandolin/ el gt],

Jake Hurley [bass], Alex Boyes [timpani], Kari Bethke [violin/ vcl])

016 SONG AND DANCE MAN

017 ABSENTEE

018 SILVERTON MINES

019 EVERY OTHER TIME

020 CAN THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN

021 USELESS

022 OUR LOVE WAS MADE FOR CANADA

Tracks above issued on album Our Love Was Made For Canada

2007 Transit Recording Studios, Milwaukee, WI – John Statz (musicians similar as above)

023 LETTER FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA

024 RITE OF SPRING

Tracks above issued on album Our Love Was Made For Canada

22 April 2008 [live] Uncommon Ground, Chicago, IL – John Statz

02401 LETTER FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA

02402 COLD AUGUST NIGHT

02403 EVERY OTHER TIME;

02404 LUCY'S SONG

02405 OUR LOVE WAS MADE FOR CANADA

02406 NOBODY CAN SAY WE AREN'T LOYAL NOW

02407 BEST GIRL OF '16

02408 CHELSEA HOTEL #2

02409 ABSENTEE

02410 THE ISONZO WALTZ

02411 BALLAD FOR V AND B IN 5

02412 RITE OF SPRING

02413 SONG AND DANCE MAN

Tracks above issued on album An Evening With John Statz

November 2009/January 2010 Sommers Ave., Madison, WI [tracks], Statz Family Farmhouse, Dane, WI [drums]/ The Blast House Studios, Madison, WI [vocals] – John Statz (

John Statz [vccl/gt/ banjo/ toy keyboard], Jeremiah Nelson [el gt], Ben Johnson [el gt/ mandolin], Matt Donoghue [bass], Adam Cargin [drums], Shawn Drake [violin], Whitney Mann [vcl]. Producer: John Statz, Jeremiah Nelson)

025 THE WICHITA WALTZ

026 DISCLAIMER

027 JACKSON HOLE

028 EVERYTHING TO ME

029 GHOST TOWNS

030 BEST GIRL

031 COME DOWN

032 HOW BEST TO SURVIVE THE FLOOD AND SAVE THE GIRL

Tracks above issued on album Ghost Towns

January 2010 Budabeat Studios, Budapest, Hungary – John Statz

033 JULIJA

034 NIGHT TRAIN TO SARAJEVO – 12-08-10

Tracks above issued on album Ghost Towns

23-26 August 2011 Minstrel Recording Studios, Iowa City, IA – John Statz (John Statz [vcl/ac gt/ banjo], Bo Ramsey [vcl/el gt/ weissenborn], Jeremiah Nelson [vcl/gt/ mandolin/ lap-steel], Bob Black [banjo], Matt Donoghue [bass], Pieta Brown [vcl]. Producer: Bo Ramsey)

035 DISTANCE

036 HONEST

037 1898

038 OLD OLD FASHIONED

039 BEST INTENTIONS

040 BALTIMORE

041 TIRED OF TELEPHONES

042 GREEN MEADOWS

043 RUST BELT CITY

044 TO MY DISMAY

Tracks above issued on album Old Fashioned

5-7 January 2014 Verdant, Bellows Falls, VT – John Statz (John Statz [vcl/ac gt], Mark Spencer [el gt/steel/piano/ wurlitzer], Jeffrey Foucault [vcl/gt], Jeremy Moses Curtis [bass], Billy Conway [drums], Matt Lorenz [fiddle], Caitlin Canty [vcl]. Producer: Jeffrey Foucault)

045 TULSA

046 OLD PRO

047 HOME AT LAST

048 EXPOSURE

049 ANY TOWN WILL DO

050 AMSTERDAM IN AUTUMN

051 MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK

052 TANNENBERG

053 QUEEN OF THE PLAINS

054 TENNESSEE

055 ROADKILL ZONE

056 ONE WAY OPENS

Tracks above issued on album Tulsa

19-20 September, 27 October 2016 Silo Sounds, Denver, CO – John Statz (John Statz [vcl/ac gt], Megan Burtt [ac gt/ piano/ bells/ bck vcl], Julian Peterson [el gt/mandolin/ bck vcl], Casey Sidwell el bass], Brandon Meagher [drums/ percussion], Beth Rosbach [cello], Patrick Lee [piano/ organ/ Wurlitzer]. Producer: Megan Burtt)

057 CASHMERE WR 001

058 PHONE RINGS WR 001  

059 WE NEVER TALKED WR 001

060 INDEPENDENCE PASS WR 001  

061 RED ROSE MOTEL WR 001

062 LONG TIME WR 001  

063 WITH SOME HORSES WR 001

064 BAD MAN WR 001  

065 TELL YOURSELF THE TRUTH WR 001

066 TWO WEEKS WR 001

10-12 January 2018 John's living room, Denver, CO – John Statz (John Statz [vcl/gt/  lap-steel/ trombone/ hand drum], Nathan Edwards [vcl/el gt/ keyboard], Nathan Vignali [knee slaps], Megan Burtt [vcl]. Producer: John Statz, Nathan Edwards)

067 LONG TIME (REPRISE)

068 EX-LOVER

069 ELIZABETH

070 PRESIDENTIAL VALET

071 HIGHWAYS

072 STRONG ENOUGH

073 OLD MEN DRINKING SEAGRAM'S

074 JUST A MAN

075 WHAT WILL BE

Tracks above issued on album Darkness On The San Juans

December 2019/February 2020 Mighty Fine Studios, Denver, CO – John Statz (John Statz [vcl/gt/ trombone], Kate Hannington [vcl/el gt/piano/ Wurlitzer /Hammond B3/ clarinet/ oboe], John Macy [steel],  Jeremy Moses Curtis [vcl/bass], Billy Conway [vcl/drums], Melissa McGuinley [fiddle], Loren Dorland [Wurlitzer/vcl], Christine Palmer [vcl/ trumpet/ flugelhorn], Megan Burtt [vcl]. Producer: John Statz, Kate Hannington, Billy Conway, and Jeremy Moses Curtis)

076 RAINY DAYS IN THE U.K.

077 WHAT WOULD YOU CALL THAT?

078 TABLE IN BETWEEN US

079 QUEEN OF CLEVELAND

080 TRAVEL ON

081 ALL THE WILD

082 ORBIT

083 TAKE ME IN THE FIRST WAVE

084 MOM AND DAD

085 KANSAS CITY

086 COME IN FROM THE COLD

Tracks above issued on album Early Riser

October 2020 home recordings,  Denver, CO – John Statz (John Statz [vcl/ac gt])
087 HOME AT LAST
088 TRAVEL ON
089 RED ROSE MOTEL
090 AMSTERDAM IN AUTUMN
091 EX-LOVER
092 CASHMERE
093 WHAT WOULD YOU CALL THAT?
094 WICKED GAME
095 INDEPENDENCE PASS
096 DISTANCE
Tracks above issued on acoustic albun Grounded

ALBUMS

John Statz ? Dusk Came Slow: 6 Am; Georgetown; Phil the Prophet; Lucy's Song; Cold August Night; The Isonzo Waltz; Old Pete; Deeply Sunken High; True Colors; Love Can't Afford; Mountain Song; One Left; Remember the Mountains; Dusk Came Slow; One Last Thing – 03-02-06

John Statz ? Our Love Was Made For Canada: Song and Dance Man; Absentee; Silverton Mines; Every Other Time; Can the Circle Be Unbroken; Letter From Southeast Asia; Rite of Spring; Useless; Our Love Was Made For Canada – 07-07-07

John Statz ? An Evening With John Statz: Letter From Southeast Asia;  Cold August Night;  Every Other Time;  Lucy's Song;  Our Love Was Made For Canada;  Nobody Can Say We Aren't Loyal Now;  Best Girl of '16;  Chelsea Hotel #2;  Absentee;  The Isonzo Waltz; . Ballad for V and B in 5;  Rite of Spring;  Song and Dance Man – 30-09-08

John Statz ? Ghost Towns: Ghost Towns; The Wichita Waltz; Disclaimer; Jackson Hole; Everything To Me; Best Girl; Julija; Come Down; How Best To Survive the Flood and Save the Girl; Night Train To Sarajevo – 12-08-10

Yer Bird ? Old Fashioned: Distance; Honest; 1898; Old Old Fashioned; Best Intentions; Baltimore; Tired of Telephones; Green Meadows; Rust Belt City; To My Dismay – 24-01-12

John Statz no # Tulsa: Tulsa; Old Pro; Home At Last; Exposure; Any Town Will Do; Amsterdam in Autumn; Motion Picture Soundtrack; Tannenberg; Queen of the Plains; Tennessee; Roadkill Zone; One Way Opens – 10-03-15

Why River WR 001 The Fire Sermon: Cashmere; Phone Rings; We Never Talked; Independence Pass; Red Rose Motel; Long Time; With Some Horses; Bad Man; Tell Yourself the Truth; Two Weeks – 05-05-17

Why River no # Darkness on the San Juans: Long Time (Reprise); Ex-Lover; Elizabeth; Presidential Valet; Highways; Strong Enough; Old Men Drinking Seagram's; Just a Man; What Will Be – 11-05-18

Why River ? Early Riser: Rainy Days in the U.K.; What Would You Call That?; Table in Between Us; Queen of Cleveland; Travel On; All the Wild; Orbit; Take Me in the First Wave; Mom and Dad; Kansas City; Come in from the Cold – 01-05-20

John Statz ? Grounded: Home at Last; Travel On; Red Rose Motel; Amsterdam in Autumn; Ex-Lover; Cashmere; What Would You Call That?; Wicked Game; Independence Pass; Distance  – 20-08-21