Tift Merritt

*08-01-1945 Houston, TX

2nd version

By Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst

SESSIONS

1998 unknown – The Carbines (Tift Merritt + unknown group members)

C01 JUKEJOINT GIRL Oil Rig

C02 COWBOY Oil Rig

1999 Jag Studios, Raleigh, NC - Two Dollar Pistols with Tift Merritt (Two Dollar Pistols: John Howie, Jr. [vcl/ac gt] Tift Merritt [vcl/ac gt], Michael Krause [el gt], Greg Readling [pedal steel], Ellen Gray [bass], David Newton [drums], Jon Kemppainen [fiddle])
001 IF ONLY YOU WERE MINE Yep Roc 2015
002 JUST SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW Yep Roc 2015
003 WE HAD IT ALL Yep Roc 2015
004 SUPPOSE TONIGHT WOULD BE OUR LAST Yep Roc 2015
005 COUNTING THE HOURS Yep Roc 2015  
006 AFRAID OF LOSING YOU AGAIN (I'M SO) Yep Roc 2015
007 ONE PAPER KID Yep Roc 2015   

2002 Sunset Sound Factory, Los Angeles, CA – Tift Merritt  (Tift Merritt [vcl/rh gt], Ethan Johns [ld gt/percussion], Greg Reading [steel/dobro/hmny vcl],  Jay Brown [bass/hmny vcl], Zeke Hutchins [drums], Benmont Tench [piano/organ].

Producer: Ethan Johns

008 TROUBLE OVER ME  Lost Highway 170273-2                       

009 VIRGINIA NO ONE CAN WARN YOU  Lost Highway 170273-2          

010 NEIGHBORHOOD  Lost Highway 170273-2                          

011 BIRD OF FREEDOM  Lost Highway 170273-2                       

012 BRAMBLE ROSE  Lost Highway 170273-2                          

013 I KNOW HIM TOO  Lost Highway 170273-2                        

014 SUNDAY  Lost Highway 170273-2                                

015 SUPPOSED TO MAKE YOU HAPPY  Lost Highway 170273-2            

016 DIAMOND SHOES  Lost Highway 170273-2                         

017 ARE YOU STILL IN LOVE WITH ME  Lost Highway 170273-2         

018 WHEN I CROSS OVER  Lost Highway 170273-2                     

2003 unknown – Tift Merritt

019 I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Lost Highway B001038-02

2004 Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA/Glenwood Place, Los Angeles, CA/M.C. Studios, Los Angeles, CA/ Sound City, Los Angeles, CA -  Tift Merritt (Tift Merritt [vcl], Mike Campbell [gt], Neal Casal [gt], Jason Sinay [gt], Don Heffington [drums], George Drakoulias [percussion], Patrick Warren [celesta/chamberlin], Darrell Leonard [horns], Joe Sublett [horns], Maxayn Lewis, Margaret Fowler, Julia Waters, Maxine Willard Waters [bck vcl]. Producer: George Drakoulias)

020 STRAY PAPER Lost Highway B0002528-02  

021 WAIT IT OUT Lost Highway B0002528-02  

022 GOOD HEARTED MAN Lost Highway B0002528-02  

023 AIN'T LOOKING CLOSELY Lost Highway B0002528-02

024 STILL PRETENDING Lost Highway B0002528-02  

025 WRITE MY TICKET Lost Highway B0002528-02

026 YOUR LOVE MADE A U-TURN Lost Highway B0002528-02  

027 PLAINEST THING Lost Highway B0002528-02

028 LATE NIGHT PILGRIM Lost Highway B0002528-02  

029 I AM YOUR TAMBOURINE Lost Highway B0002528-02

030 LAID A HIGHWAY Lost Highway B0002528-02  

031 SHADOW IN THE WAY Lost Highway B0002528-02

4 June 2005 [live-Tambourine Tour] The North Carolina Museum of Arts, Raleigh, NC – Tift Merritt (Tift Merritt [vcl/gt/piano], Brad Rice [gt], Greg Readling [pedal steel], Jay Brown [bass/hmny vcl], Zeke Hutchins [drums], Sweet Danny Eisenberg [keyboards])

03101 WRITE MY TICKET HOME

03102 YOUR LOVE MADE A U TURN

03103 AIN'T LOOKING CLOSELY

03104 LAID A HIGHWAY

03105 SUPPOSED TO MAKE YOU HAPPY

03106 NEIGHBORHOOD

03107 TAMBOURINE

03108 SHADOW IN THE WAY

03109 WHEN I CROSSOVER

tracks above issued on album Home Is Loud

20 October 2005 [live-Austin City Limits] Austin, TX – Tift Merritt (Producer: Terry Lickona)

03110 STRAY PAPER New West NW 8049 dvd

03111 VIRGINIA, NO ONE CAN WARN YOU New West NW 8049 dvd

03112 AIN’T LOOKING CLOSELY New West NW 8049 dvd

03113 STILL PRETENDING New West NW 8049 dvd

03114 SUPPOSED TO MAKE YOU HAPPY New West NW 8049 dvd

03115 GOOD HEARTED WOMAN New West NW 8049 dvd

03116 NEIGHBORHOOD New West NW 8049 dvd

03117 I AM YOUR TAMBOURINE New West NW 8049 dvd

03118 SHADOW IN THE WAY New West NW 8049 dvd

03119 WHEN I CROSS OVER New West NW 8049 dvd 
June 2006 Bench House, Nashville, TN - Charlie Louvin and Tift Merritt

032 GRAVE ON THE GREEN HILLSIDE Tompkins Square 1042
2007 Dave's Room, North Hollywood, CA – Tift Merritt (Tift Merritt [vcl], Doug Pettibone [gt], Charlie Sexton [gt], George Drakoulias [ac gt/percussion], Zeke Hutchins [drums], Patrick Warren [chamberlin], Dan Eisenberg [keyboards])
033 SOMETHING TO ME Fantasy 30455 

034 BROKEN Fantasy 30455  [solo acoustic:] FCD2-30726

035 ANOTHER COUNTRY Fantasy 30455

036 HOPES TOO HIGH Fantasy 30455 

037 MORNING IS MY DESTINATION Fantasy 30455  [alt.] i-tunes digital EP

038 KEEP YOU HAPPY Fantasy 30455

039 I KNOW WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR NOW Fantasy 30455  

040 TELL ME SOMETHING TRUE Fantasy 30455 [solo acoustic:] i-tunes digital EP

041 MY HEART IS FREE Fantasy 30455

042 TENDER BRANCH Fantasy 30455

043 MILLE TENDRESSES Fantasy 30455

044 HARDER FEELING FCD2-30726

045 WHO LOVES THE SUN FCD2-30726

046 I LIVE FOR YOU  iTunes digital EP

2008 [sessions for Songs for Sixty Five Roses] unknown – Tift Merritt

047 IT’S THE SHAME

2008 [soundtrack Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson] unknown - Tift Merritt

049 WAYWARD AND WEARY itunes digital EP

2008 unknown – Tift Merritt

049 LAST TO KNOW itunes digital EP

29 November 2008 [live] Radcliffe Centre, Buckinham, UK – Tift Merritt (Tift Merritt [vcl/gt])

05001 ANOTHER COUNTRY Fantasy 31452

05002 SOMETHING TO ME Fantasy 31452

05003 BROKEN Fantasy 31452

05004 TENDER BRANCH Fantasy 31452

05005 KEEP YOU HAPPY Fantasy 31452

05006 STRAY PAPER Fantasy 31452

05007 STILL PRETENDING Fantasy 31452

05008 TROUBLE OVER ME Fantasy 31452

05009 GOOD HEARTED MAN Fantasy 31452

05010 MORNING IS MY DESTINATION Fantasy 31452

05011 I LIVE FOR YOU Fantasy 31452

05012 DO SOMETHING GOOD Fantasy 31452

05013 TENDER BRANCH Fantasy 31452

2010 Avast Recording Company, Seattle, WA/Overdub Lane Studio, Durham, NC – Tift Merritt (Tift Merritt [vcl/gt/piano], Scott McCall [gt], Greg Leisz [gt], Zeke Hutchins [drums], Eyvid Kang [violin/viola], Gretchen Yanover [cello], Greg Readling [piano/Hammond b-3 organ], Hans Teuber [flute/clarinet/sax], Thomas Marriott [trumpet])
051 MIXTAPE Fantasy 31965  

052 ENGINE TO TURN Fantasy 31965

053 THE THINGS THAT EVERYBODY DOES Fantasy 31965

054 SIX MORE DAYS OF RAIN Fantasy 31965

055 FEEL OF THE WORLD Fantasy 31965  

056 NEVER TALK ABOUT IT Fantasy 31965

057 ALL THE REASONS WE DON'T HAVE TO FIGHT Fantasy 31965  

058 LIVE TILL YOU DIE Fantasy 31965  

059 PAPERCUT Fantasy 31965  

060 SEE YOU ON THE MOON Fantasy 31965  

061 DANNY'S SONG Fantasy 31965

062 AFTER TODAY Fantasy 31965

2012 2nd Story Sound, ?/Brooklyn Recording, Brooklyn, New York City – Tift Merritt (Tift Merritt [vcl/ac gt/piano], Eric Heywood [gt/steel/banjo], Marc Ribot [gt/ukulele], John Convertino [drums/ percussion], Rob Moose [violin], Nadia Sirota [viola], Clarice Jensen [cello])
063 TRAVELING ALONE Yep Roc YEP 2291 

064 SWEET SPOT Yep Roc YEP 2291 

065 DRIFTED APART Yep Roc YEP 2291 

066 STILL NOT HOME Yep Roc YEP 2291 

067 FEELING OF BEAUTY Yep Roc YEP 2291  

068 TOO SOON TO GO Yep Roc YEP 2291 

069 SMALL TALK RELATIONS Yep Roc YEP 2291 

070 SPRING Yep Roc YEP 2291 

071 TO MYSELF Yep Roc YEP 2291 

072 IN THE WAY Yep Roc YEP 2291  

073 MARKS Yep Roc YEP 2291   

ca 2012 New York City – Tift Merritt

073a TRAVELING ALONE YEP 2291 deluxe

073b LINGERING ON YEP 2291 deluxe

073c TRAIN SONG YEP 2291 deluxe

073d DRIFTED APART YEP 2291 deluxe

073e REAL UNDERSTANDING YEP 2291 deluxe

073f FOR FREE YEP 2291 deluxe

073g REAL GOOD ON MY OWN YEP 2291 deluxe

073h COUNTRY CEMETERY YEP 2291 deluxe

073i TO MYSELF YEP 2291 deluxe

073j SOUTHERN DOWNTOWN YEP 2291 deluxe         

6-11 June 2012 American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City – Tift Merritt and Simone Dinnerstein (Tift Merritt [vcl/gt], Simone Dinnerstein [piano])

074 ONLY IN SONGS Sony 44338 

075 NIGHT AND DREAMS Sony 44338

076 DON'T EXPLAIN Sony 44338

077 DIDO AND AENEAS: DIDO'S LAMENT Sony 44338

078 I SHALL WEEP AT NIGHT Sony 44338 

079 WAYFARING STRANGER Sony 44338

080 TRANSCRIPTION OF BACH'S PRELUDE IN B MINOR Sony 44338

081 STILL NOT HOME Sony 44338

082 I WILL GIVE MY LOVE AN APPLE Sony 44338

083 COLORS Sony 44338

084 COHEN VARIATIONS Sony 44338

085 NIGHT Sony 44338

086 FEEL OF THE WORLD Sony 44338

087 I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW Sony 44338                             

088 IN THE EVENING bonus track (digital)

089 TROUBLE bonus track (digital)

090 APRES UN REVE  bonus track (digital)

2016 unknown – Tift Merritt, *and Sam Bean

091 DUSTY OLD MAN CDYEP 2469

092 HEARTACHE IS AN UPHILL CLIMB CDYEP 2469 

093 MY BOAT CDYEP 2469

094 LOVE SOLDERS ON CDYEP 2469

095 STITCH OF THE WORLD CDYEP 2469

096 ICARUS CDYEP 2469

097 PROCLAMATION BONES CDYEP 2469

098 SOMETHING CAME OVER ME* CDYEP 2469

099 EASTERN LIGHT* CDYEP 2469

100 WAIT FOR ME* CDYEP 2469

101 DAY HE DIED* CDYEP 2469X

102 SOMETHING CAME OVER ME* [acoustic:] CDYEP 2469X

103 STITCH OF THE WORLD* [acoustic:]  CDYEP 2469X

20-21 January 2017  [live] The Historic Playmakers Theatre, 122 E Cameron Ave, Chapel Hill, NC – Tift Merritt (Tift Merritt [vcl/gt/piano], Alexandra Sauser-Moning [vcl], Eric Heywood [gt/steel])

10301 DUSTY OLD MAN

10302 MY BOAT

10303 ICARUS

10304 EASTERN LIGHT

10305 SOMETHING CAME OVER ME

10306 LOVE SOLDIERS ON

10307 TRAVELING ALONE

10308 ALL THE REASONS WE DON'T HAVE TO FIGHT

10309 FEEL OF THE WORLD

10310 ANOTHER COUNTRY

Tracks above issued on Love Soldiers On: Concert At The Historic Playmakers Theatre

 ALBUMS
Yep Roc! YEP 2015 Two Dollar Pistols with Tift Merritt: If Only You Were Mine; Just Someone I Used to Know; We Had It All;  Suppose Tonight Would Be Our Last;  Counting the Hours;  Afraid of Losing You Again (I'm So);  One Paper Kid – 26-10-99 w. Two Dollar Pistols

Lost Highway 088 170 273-2 Bramble Rose: Trouble Over Me; Virginia, No One Can Warn You; Neighborhood; Bird Of Freedom; Bramble Rose; I Know Him Too; Sunday; Supposed To Make You Happy; Diamond Shoes; Are You Still In Love With Me?; When I Cross Over – 04-06-02

Lost Highway B0002528-02 Tambourine: Stray Paper; Wait It Out; Good Hearted Man; Ain't Looking Closely;Still Pretending; Write My Ticket;Your Love Made a U-Turn; Plainest Thing; Late Night Pilgrim; I Am Your Tambourine; Laid a Highway; Shadow in the Way – 24-08-04

RCAM no # Home Is Loud: Write My Ticket Home; Your Love Made A U Turn; Ain't Looking Closely; Laid A Highway; Supposed To Make You Happy; Neighborhood; Tambourine; Shadow In The Way; When I Crossover – 30-08-05

Fantasy FCD-30455 Another Country: Something to Me;  Broken;  Another Country; Hopes Too High;  Morning Is My Destination; Keep You Happy; I Know What I'm Looking for Now; Tell Me Something True;My Heart Is Free; Tender Branch; Mille Tendresses – 26-02-08

Fantasy FAN-31452  Buckingham Solo: Another Country;  Something To Me; Broken;  Tender Branch; Keep You Happy; Stray Paper;Still Pretending;  Trouble Over Me;  Good Hearted Man; Morning Is My Destination; I live for You;  Do Something Good; Tender Branch – 18-04-09

Concord/Fantasy FAN-31965-2 See You On The Moon: Mixtape;  Engine to Turn; The Things That Everybody Does;  Six More Days of Rain; Feel of the World;  Never Talk About It;  All the Reasons We Don't Have to Fight;  Live Till You Die; Papercut;  See You on the Moon;  Danny's Song;  After Today – 31-05-10

Yep Roc! YEP-2291 Travelin‘ Alone: Traveling Alone; Sweet Spot; Drifted Apart; Still Not Home; Feeling Of Beauty;  Too Soon To Go; Small Talk Relations; Spring; To Myself; In The Way;  Marks – 02-10-12  (DELUXE edition with same number issued on Sept. 17, 2013 contains bonus album Travelin‘ Companion with acoustic tracks: Traveling Alone; Lingering On; Train Song; Drifted Apart; Real Understanding; For Free; Real Good On My Own; Country Cemetery; To Myself; Southern Downtown)

Sony Classical 88765443382 Night: Only in Songs;  Night And Dreams; Don't Explain; Dido and Aeneas: Dido's lament; I Shall Weep at Night;  Wayfaring Stranger; Transcription of Bach's Prelude in B minor;  Still not home; I Will Give My Love An Apple; Colors; Cohen Variations; Night; Feel Of The World; I Can See Clearly Now – 19-03-13 w. Simone Dinnerstein

Yep Roc! LPYEP/CDYEP 2469 Stitch Of The World: Dusty Old Man; Heartache Is An Uphill Climb;  My Boat; Love Solders On; Stitch Of The World; Icarus; Proclamation Bones; Something Came Over Me (Feat. Sam Beam); Eastern Light (Feat. Sam Beam); Wait For Me (Feat. Sam Beam) – 27-01-17 (also limited edition  CDYEP 2469X with bonus tracks: Day He Died (Feat. Sam Beam); Something Came Over Me (Acoustic) (Feat. Sam Beam); Stitch Of The World (Acoustic) (Feat. Sam Beam)

Yep Roc! No # Love Soldiers On: Concert At The Historic Playmakers Theatre:Dusty Old Man; My Boat; Icarus; Eastern Light; Something Came Over Me; Love Soldiers On; Traveling Alone; All The Reasons We Don't Have To Fight; Feel Of The World; Another Country – 10-04-20 (digital)

DVDs

New West NW 8049 Live From Austin Texas: Stray Paper; Virginia, No One Can Warn You; Ain’t Looking Closely; Still Pretending; Supposed To Make You Happy; Good Hearted Woman; Neighborhood; I Am Youe Tambourine; Shadow In the Way; When I Cross Over - 07

SINGLES

Oil Rig

Jukejoint Girl / Cowboy – 99 The Carbines

Fantasy

FCD2-30726 Another Country Barnes and Noble Exclusive Bonus Disc: Harder Feeling; Who Loves The Sun; Broken [solo acoustic] – 06

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Please Break the Silence of the Middle of the Night: Morning Is My Destination; Tell Me Something True (Solo Acoustic); I Live for You; Wayward and Weary; Last to Know – 26-09-08 (digital EP)