Jeffery Wayne "Jeff" Bates, *19-09-1963 Bunker
Hill, MS
4th version
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS
1994 unknown – Jeff Bates And Southern Storm
001 COUNTRY'S MY MIDDLE NAME OK 1819
002 PULL ME OUT OF THE WATER OK 1819
003 CRYSTAL CLEAR OK 1819
004 SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME OK 1819
005 AFTER ALL OK 1819
006 CHANGE OF PACE OK 1819
007 WATCHING HIS SON GO DOWN OK 1819
008 I'VE GOT A WOMAN OK 1819
009 MAKE ME WEAK OK 1819
010 MY BOOT SCOOTIN BABY OK 1819
2003 various studios in Los Angeles, CA / Nashville, TN –
Jeff Bates (Jeff Bates [vcl], Mickey Jack Cones [vcl/bck vcl], Jeff King [gt/el
gt/slide gt], David Grissom [gt], Jimmy Yeary [gt], Michael Landau [gt], Troy
Lancaster [gt], John D. Willis [ac gt/banjo], B. James Lowry [ac gt], Larry
Beaird [ac gt], Mike Johnson/Paul Franklin [steel], Joe Spivey
[mandolin/fiddle], Lonnie Wilson [drums, tambourine], Eric Darken [percussion],
Larry Franklin/Aubrey Haynie [fiddle], Jonathan Yudkin [strings]; Gordon Mote
[piano/Wurlitzer organ/synthesizer/string synthesizer],Tony Harrell
[piano/keyboards], Jimmy Nichols [piano] + Chip Davis, Russell Terrell
[background vocals]. Producer: Kenny Beard)
011 COUNTRY ENOUGH RCA 67071-2
012 THE LOVE SONG RCA 67071-2
013 LONG SLOW KISSES RCA 67071-2
014 LOVIN' LIKE THAT RCA 67071-2
015 I WANNA MAKE YOU CRY RCA 67071-2
016 YOUR LOVIN' TALKS TO ME RCA 67071-2
017 MY MISSISSIPPI RCA 67071-2
018 ALREADY SPENT RCA 67071-2
019 RAINBOW MAN RCA 67071-2
020 MY INLAWS ARE OUTLAWS RCA 67071-2
021 THE WINGS OF MAMA(S PRAYERS RCA 67071-2
2005 Ocean Studios, Burbank, CA – Jeff Bates (Jeff Bates [vcl], Larry Beaird
[ac gt], B. James Lowry [ac gt], John D. Willis [ac gt], David Grisson [el gt],
Jeff King [el gt], Troy Lancaster [el gt], Michael Landau [el gt], Jimmy Yeary
[el gt], Mike Brignardello/Kevin Grantt/Glenn Worf [bass], Lonnie Wilson
[drums/tambourine], Eric Darken [percussion]. Producers: Kenny Beard, Scott
Hendricks, David Malloy)
022 LONG, SLOW KISSES RCA 69217-2 78801-2
023 RUB IT ON RCA 69217-2 78801-2
024 NO SHAME RCA 69217-2 78801-2
025 HANDS ON MAN RCA 78801-2
026 LEAVE THE LIGHT ON RCA 78801-2
027 THAT'LL GET YOU TEN RCA 69217-2 78801-2
028 THE WOMAN HE WALKED ON RCA 69217-2 78801-2
029 ONE SECOND CHANCE RCA 69217-2 78801-2
030 GOOD PEOPLE RCA 69217-2 78801-2
031 I CAN'T WRITE THAT 69217-2 RCA 78801-2
032 WHAT I KNOW RCA 69217-2 78801-2
033 MAMA WAS A LOT LIKE JESUS RCA 69217-2 78801-2
034 DESIGNATED DRINKER RCA 69217-2
035 BLOOD, SWEAT AND BEER 69217-2
2007 Nashville, TN – Jeff Bates (Jeff Bates [vcl], Biff Watson [gt], Jeff King
[gt], Troy Lancaster [el gt], Glen Duncan [mandolin/fiddle], Jim Hyatt, Mike
Brignardello [bass instrument], Eddie Bayers [drum], Tommy Harden [percussion],
Larry Franklin/Joe Spivey [fiddle], Jimmy Nichols [strings/synthesizer], Larry
Franklin Cones/Gordon Mote/Buddy Hyatt [piano] + Mickey Jack Cones, Aly Cutter,
Kenny Beard [bck vcl])
036 CAN'T HAVE NOTHIN' NICE Black River 9
037 LONESOME Black River 9
038 ONE THING Black River 9
039 A COUNTRY GIRL CAN Black River 9
040 RIVERBANK Black River 9
041 CHEVY DON'T LET ME DOWN Black River 9
042 DON'T HATE ME FOR LOVIN YOU Black River 9
043 MY WAVE Black River 9
044 SOMEDAYS Black River 9
045 HE WASN'T LIKE US Black River 9
046 DEAD OR ALIVE Black River 9
047 COUNTRY MAN Black River 9
048 SOMEBODY'S FALLIN' IN LOVE Black River 9
2010 Ronnie's Place Studio, Nashville, TN/ Soundstage Studios, Nashville, TN – Jeff Bates
049 THE RAPTURE Black River 30
050 LIVING STONES Black River 30
051 ONE DAY CLOSER Black River 30
052 WAYFARING STRANGER Black River 30
053 LIFES RAILWAY TO HEAVEN Black River 30
054 IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW Black River 30
2010 unknown – Jeff Bates
055 RISE UP RISE UP
digital single
2010 unknown – Jeff Bates
056 THAT’S WHAT CHRISTMAS IS digital single
Ca 2012 Nashville, TN – Jeff Bates
057 THE DARK
058 HEAD DOWN
059 THINKIN' BOUT THINGS
060 MAKIN' THE BED
061 CAREFUL WHERE YOU KISS ME
062 KISS YOU THERE
Tracks above issued on EP Love Songs
2013 Nashville, TN – Jeff bates
063 COMING HOME TO ME
064 STILL LOVE YOU (BRIANNA'S SONG)
065 CHICKTIONARY
066 FOREVER 17
067 I DON'T WANNA KNOW HOW IT FEELS
068 RADIO GIRL
069 ALL USED UP
070 MAN ENOUGH
071 MARY AND JOSEPH AND THE BABY AND ME
Tracks above issued on album Songwriter’s Series 2013
2014 Nashville, TN – Jeff Bates, *w. Loretta Lynn
072 ME AND CONWAY Black River 158
073 DON'T TAKE IT AWAY Black River 158
074 SLEEPIN' IN Black River 158
075 SHE'S GOT A SINGLE THING IN MIND Black River 158
076 IF HEAVEN HAD A PHONE Black River 158
077 I'D LOVE TO LAY YOU DOWN Black River 158
078 THAT THING WE DO Black River 158
079 THAT'S MY JOB Black River 158
080 SLOW BURN Black River 158
081 LOST IN THE FEELING Black River 158
082 HEAVEN IS A HELL OF A WOMAN Black River 158
083 AFTER THE FIRE IS GONE* Black River 158
2014 unknown – Jeff Bates
084 TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR
085 ONCE UPON A STAR
086 MARY AND JOSEPH AND THE BABY AND ME
087 THE ROAD TO BETHLEHEM
088 SHINE
089 LET ME BE FIRST
090 SHEPHERD'S LULLABY
091 HEROD THE GREAT
092 KING
Tracks above issued on album Once Upon A Star
2014 unknown – Jeff Bates
093 TROUBLEMAKER
094 IF I GET DRUNK TONIGHT
095 LEAVING TOWN
096 MEETIN MY MAKER
097 REST OF MY LIFE
098 AIN'T GOODBYE GOOD ENOUGH
099 JUDGING JUDAS
Tracks above issued on EP Troublemaker
2018 unknown – Jeff Bates and John Ritter’s Childrens Choir
100 MARY AND JOSEPH AND THE BABY AND ME
101 WHO NEEDS KINGS
102 THE ROAD THE BETHLEHEM
103 SHINE
104 SHEPHERD'S LULLABYE
105 KING
106 HAY
107 HEROD THE GREAT
108 FIRST
109 ONCE UPON A STAR
Tracks above issued on album
Mary and Joseph and The Baby And Me
2018 unknown – Jeff Bates
110 WHEN CHRISTMAS GETS A HOLD ON ME digital single [rel.
Nov. 1]
2019 unknown – Jeff Bates
111 LITTLE DRUMMER BOY digital single [rel. Nov. 25]
ALBUMS
Oakwood One OK 1819 Country's My Middle Name: Country's
My Middle Name; Pull Me out of the Water; Crystal Clear; Someone to Watch over
Me; After All; Change of Pace; Watching His Son Go Down; I've Got a Woman; Make
Me Weak; My Boot Scootin Baby – 94 with Southern Storm (remasterd and reissued
in 2019 as Country's My Middle Name - 25th Anniversary)
RCA 07863-67071-2 Rainbow Man: Country Enough; The Love Song; Long Slow
Kisses; Lovin' Like That; I Wanna Make You Cry; Your Lovin' Talks To Me; My
Mississippi; Already Spent; Rainbow Man; My Inlaws Are Outlaws; The Wings Of
Mama – 20-05-03
RCA 82876-69217-2 Good People: Good People; Designated Drinker; No
Shame; That’ll Get You Ten; The Women He Walked On; Rub It In; One Second
Chance; What I Know; I Can’t Write That; Blood, Sweat And Beer; Mama Was A Lot
Like Jesus; Long, Slow Kisses - 25-10-05 (promo version Revised issued on June
15)
RCA 82876-78801-2 Leave The Light On: Long Slow Kisses; Rub It On; No
Shame; Hands On Man; Leave The Light On; That'll Get You Ten; The Woman He
Walked On; One Second Chance; Good People; I Can't Write That; What I Know;
Mama Was A Lot Like Jesus – 11-04-06
Black River Music Group ARG A09 Jeff Bates: Can't Have Nothin' Nice;
Lonesome; One Thing; A Country Girl Can; Riverbank; Chevy Don't Let me Down;
Don't Hate Me For Lovin You; My Wave; Somedays; He Wasn't Like Us; Dead Or
Alive; Country Man; Somebody's Fallin' In Love – 08-04-08
Skydancer Ent. ? Songwriters Series
2013: Coming Home To Me; Still Love
You (Brianna's Song); Chicktionary; Forever 17;
I Don't Wanna Know How It Feels;
Radio Girl; All Used Up; Man Enough;
Mary and Joseph and The Baby and Me - 13
Black River Music Group 158 Me And Conway: Me and Conway; Don't Take It Away; Sleepin' In;
She's Got a Single Thing in Mind;
If Heaven Had a Phone; I'd Love to Lay You Down; That Thing We Do;
That's My Job; Slow Burn; Lost in the Feeling; Heaven Is a Hell of a Woman;
After the Fire Is Gone (w. Loretta Lynn) - 10-11-14
Skydancer Ent. ? Once
Upon A Star: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star; Once Upon a Star; Mary and
Joseph and the Baby and Me; The Road to Bethlehem; Shine; Let Me Be First; Shepherd's
Lullaby; Herod the Great; King -11-14
Lutz Music ?
(UPC193428058613) Mary and Joseph and The Baby And Me: Mary and Joseph and the Baby and Me; Who Needs Kings; The Road the Bethlehem; Shine;
Shepherd's Lullabye; King; Hay;
Herod the Great; First; Once Upon a Star – 11-18 w. John Ritter's Children's Choir
EPs
Black River Music Group 30 One Day Closer: The
Rapture; Living Stones; One Day Closer; Wayfaring Stranger; Lifes Railway To
Heaven; If You Could See Me Now – 15-02-11
Jeff Bates ? Love
Songs: The Dark; Head Down; Thinkin'
Bout Things; Makin' The Bed; Careful Where You Kiss Me; Kiss You There – ca 12
Skydancer Ent. ? Troublemaker: Troublemaker; If I Get Drunk Tonight;
Leaving Town; Meetin My Maker; Rest of My Life; Ain't Goodbye Good Enough;
Judging
