Rick Pickren

 By Praguefrank
SESSIONS  also member of Bashful Brothers
2002 unknown – Rick Pickren (Rick Pickren [vcl/gt/banjo/ bouzouki/ harmonica/ ocarina/ jaw harp], Tom Boyd [dobro],  Drew Carson [mandolin], John Cuddihy [mandolin/ hmny vcl],  Malcolm Ruhl [ac bass], Scott Suprenant [el bass/hmny vcl],  Joel Batty [fiddle])
001 THE BALLAD OF TOM DULA BSM 202  
002 THE DAYS OF '49 BSM 202  
003 WILLIAM THE SAILOR BSM 202  
004 THE SHIP CARPENTER BSM 202  
005 I'M 72 TODAY BSM 202
006 COLUMBUS, GEORGIA BSM 202  
007 A POOR WAYFARING PILGRIM BSM 202
008 BILL THE WEAVER BSM 202
009 IN THE PIT OF SIN SET FREE BSM 202  
010 SWEET WILLIE BSM 202  
011 ROSE CONNALLY BSM 202  
012 JOHNNY SANDS BSM 202
013 THE RIVER OF LIFE BSM 202  
014 DON KELLY'S GIRL BSM 202
015 THE BONNY BAY OF BISCAYO BSM 202  
016 THE BULL FROG BSM 202  
2003 unknown – Rick Pickren (Rick Pickren [vcl/gt/ banjo/ bouzuki], Don Stiernberg [mandolin], Jim Cox [bass],  Ed Breckenfeld [drums],  Drew Carson)
017 CUDDIHY'S WALTZ
018 PLANTING BY THE MOON
019 THE SONG OF WANDERING AENGUS
020 THE SEAMAN'S PROVERB
021 KATE AND COLLEEN
022 THE SALLEY GARDENS
023 LIVVIE MAE
024 SHE ONCED LIVED HERE
025 NOBODY
026 I SHOULD'VE KNOW
027 WIND THOUGHTS
028 THERE MUST BE SOME MISTAKE
029 LOUISA
030 WALKING ON THE CLOUDS
031 HAPPINESS RUNS
Tracks above issued on album Planting By The Moon
2003 unknown – Rick Pickren (Rick Pickren [vcl/all isnrtuments]. Producer: Rick Pickren)
032 GIT ALONG LIL' DOGIES BSM 803
033 HOME ON THE RANGE BSM 803
034 BLOOD ON THE SADDLE BSM 803
035 COWBOY'S LAMENT BSM 803
036 JESSE JAMES BSM 803
037 COWBOY JACK BSM 803
038 I RIDE AN OLD PAINT BSM 803
039 DONEY GAL BSM 803
040 GAL I LEFT BEHIND ME BSM 803
041 BRAZOS RIVER BSM 803
042 I HOPE A STAR WILL FALL BSM 803
043 GOIN' BACK TO ARIZONA BSM 803
044 BURY ME BENEATH THE WILLOW BSM 803
045 RYE WHISKEY BSM 803
046 IF I COULD (I WOULD) I'D BE A COWBOY BSM 803
047 CAN I COUNT ON YO BSM 803
2004 Big Strike Music, River Forest, IL – Rick Pickren (Rick Pickren [vcl/ac gt/ mandolin/ cittern/ rain stick], Sandy Torano [el gt], Gary Bristol [bass],  Jerry Eliason [ac bass], Jim Widlowski [drums], Peter Seman [viola/ fiddle], Joel Raney [piano]. Producer: Rick Pickren)
048 THE KEEPER OF THE FLAME
049 PLANTING BY THE MOON
050 IF I COULD, I WOULD, I'D BE A COWBOY
051 FALL IN LOVE AGAIN
052 DRAG RACIN'
053 LIQUOR AND CIGARETTES
054 WHERE THE HEART WILL LEAD
055 DANCE, DANCE, DANCE
056 THE PRICE OF LOVE
057 DO YOU FOLLOW
058 I'M HAPPY NOW
059 WALK
Tracks above issued on album Walk
2004 CRC, Chicago, IL – Rick Pickren
060 WHERE THE ANGELS FLY Walk
061 CONFIDENCE Walk
2004 CRC, Chicago, IL – Rick Pickren
062 CAN I COUNT ON YOU Walk
2005 Big Strike Music, River Forest, IL – Rick Pickren (Rick Pickren [vcl/all instruments])
063 THE CALL BSM 90905
064 OLD BACH BSM 90905
065 (MY DARLING) CLEMENTINE BSM 90905
066 THE BALLAD OF ALFRED PACKER BSM 90905
067 MOLLY MAE BSM 90905
068 BURY ME NOT ON THE LONE PRAIRIE BSM 90905
069 WRANGLER'S REEL BSM 90905
070 WINDY BILL BSM 90905
071 TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA BSM 90905
072 THE DECK OF CARDS BSM 90905
073 SIERRY PETES (TYIN' KNOTS IN THE DEVIL'S TAIL) BSM 90905
074 AMERICAN TV BSM 90905
075 THE LAST WAGON BSM 90905  
2006 Big Strike Music, River Forest, IL – Rick Pickren (Rick Pickren [vcl/ gt/ banjo/ bouzouki/ harmonica], Tom Boyd [dobro/ banjo], Drew Carson [mandolin], TC Furlong [steel], Malcolm Ruhl [bass], Scott Surprenant [el bass], Ed Breckenfeld/ Bill Shafer/ Jim Widlowski [drums], Peter Seman [fiddle])
076 RUNNIN' OUT OF TRACK BSM 60106
077 WAITING FOR A TRAIN BSM 60106
078  WRECK OF THE OLD 97 BSM 60106
079 CODY AND LIL' MISSIE BSM 60106
080 MILWAUKEE BLUES BSM 60106
081 THIS TRAIN BSM 60106
082  COLE YOUNGER BSM 60106
083 900 MILES BSM 60106
084 WHO STOLE THAT TRAIN? BSM 60106
085 THE ROCK ISLAND LINE BSM 60106
086 THE HELLBOUND TRAIN BSM 60106
2006 Big Strike Music, River Forest, IL – Rick Pickren (Rick Pickren [vcl/various instruments], Bill Shafer [drums])
087 GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN
088 CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE
089 THE WEXFORD CAROL
090 IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR
091 WHAT CHILD IS THIS?
092 GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN
093 SILENT NIGHT
094 THE FIRST NOEL
095 THE MASTER'S HANDS
096 LIGHT IN THE SKY
Tracks above issued on album Lights In The Sky
2008 Big Strike Music, River Forest, IL – Rick Pickren (Rick Pickren [vcl/gt/ banjo/ ukulele/ harmonica/ bouzouki], Drew Carson [mandolin/ mandola/ dobr/ 6-string banjo], Scott Surprenant [bass/ percussion], A.J.T. Wright [melodica/ whistle]. Producer: Rick Pickren)
097 LOUISIANA: YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE BSM 30108
098 ILLINOIS: ILLINOIS BSM 30108
099 INDIANA: ON THE BANKS OF THE WABASH BSM 30108
100 FLORIDA: OLD FOLKS AT HOME BSM 30108
101 KANSAS: HOME ON THE RANGE BSM 30108
102 HAWAII: HAWAII PONOI BSM 30108
103 CONNECTICUT: YANKEE DOODLE BSM 30108
104 OHIO: BEAUTIFUL OHIO BSM 30108
105 WEST VIRGINIA: THE WEST VITGINIA HILLS BSM 30108
106 KENTUCKY : MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME BSM 30108
107 WASHINGTON: ROLL ON COLUMBIA BSM 30108
2008 unknown – Rick Pickren and Thunder Riders
108 YOU BETTER TREAT YOUR BABY RIGHT
109 A HAPPY ENDING
110 THE OTHER SIDE OF BLUE
111 EILA MAE
112 BURDEN OF SHAME
113 THE RIVER BED
114 I HOPE A STAR WILL FALL TONIGHT
115 CLOSER TO THE FLAME
116 THE BACK OF MY MIND
117 IN THE DARK OF THE NIGHT
118 HIGH BROW
119 DO YOU FOLLOW?
Tracks above issued on album Thunder Riders
2009 Big Strike Music, River Forest, IL – Rick Pickren (Rick Pickren [vcl/gt/banjo/ mandolin/ harmonica/ bouzouki/ lap steel] Tom Boyd [vcl/dobro],  Scott Suprenant [bass/ percussion], Rex Dickerson [drums/ melodica], John Rice [fiddle])
120 ARIZONA: ARIZONA MARCH SONG BSM 120109
121 NEW MEXICO: O, FAIR NEW MEXICO BSM 120109
122 MINNESOTA: HAIL! MINNESOTA BSM 120109
123 COLORADO: WHERE THE COLUMBINES GROW BSM 120109
124 ALABAMA: ALABAMA BSM 120109
125 IOWA: THE SONG OF IOWA BSM 120109
126 NORTH DAKOTA: NORTH DAKOTA HYMN BSM 120109
127 ARKANSAS: ARKANSAS BSM 120109
128 MASSACHUSETTS: ALL HAIL TO MASSACHUSETTS BSM 120109
129 MONTANA: MONTANA BSM 120109
130 TEXAS: TEXAS, OUR TEXAS BSM 120109
131 MISSISSIPPI: GO, MISSISSIPPI BSM 120109  
2011 Big Strike Music, River Forest, IL – Rick Pickren (Rick Pickren [vcl/all instruments])
132 CLAUDE DALLAS
133 CHESTNUT MARE
134 THE FARMER AND THE MOTHER LODE
135 SHAKE THE CHILL
136 KISS ME MY LOVE
137 THE RAIN IS FALLIN' DOWN
138 BETTER DAYS ARE COMIN'
139 BLACK BART
140 THE BITTER END
141 ONE GREAT MOMENT
142 JESSE
143 CHRISTMAS TIME OUT ON THE RANGE
144 THE GOOD GONE DAYS
Tracks above issued on album The Good Old Days
2012 Big Strike Music, River Forest, IL – Rick Pickren (Rick Pickren [vcl/gt/ banjo/ mandolin/ harmonica/ bouzouki/ melodica/ bass] Tom Boyd [Dobro], Rex Dickerson [drums], John Rice [fiddle])
145 ALASKA: ALASKA'S FLAG BSM 93012
146 NEW HAMPSHIRE: OLD NEW HAMPSHIRE BSM 93012
147 MARYLAND: MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND BSM 93012
148 WYOMING: WYOMING BSM 93012
149 VIRGINIA: CARRY ME BACK TO OLD VIRGINIA BSM 93012
150 SOUTH CAROLINA: CAROLINA BSM 93012
151 NEVADA: HOME MEANS NEVADA BSM 93012
152 IDAHO: HERE WE HAVE IDAHO BSM 93012
153 OREGON: OREGON, MY OREGON BSM 93012
154 TENNESSEE: WHEN IT'S IRIS TIME IN TENNESSEE BSM 93012
155 OKLAHOMA: OKLAHOMA BSM 93012
156 MISSOURI: THE MISSOURI WALTZ BSM 93012
157 WISCONSIN: ON WISCOSIN! BSM 93012
Recorded, designed, and produced by Rick Pickren.
2013 Big Strike Music, River Forest, IL – Rick Pickren (Rick Pickren [vcl/gt/  banjo/ mandolin/ bouzouki/ keyboards/ harmonica/ bass]. Tom Boyd [dobro], Rex Dickerson [drums/percussion]. Producer: Rick Pickren)
158 NORTH CAROLINA: THE OLD NORTH STATE BSM 090113
159 CALIFORNIA: I LOVE YOU, CALIFORNIA BSM 090113
160 RHODE ISLAND: RHODE ISLAND'S IT FOR ME BSM 090113
161 PENNSYLVANIA: PENNSYLVANIA BSM 090113
162 MAINE: STATE OF MAINE SONG BSM 090113
163 GEORGIA: GEORGIA BSM 090113
164 NEW JERSEY: ODE TO NEW JERSEY BSM 090113
165 SOUTH - DAKOTA: HAIL! SOUTH DAKOTA BSM 090113
166 NEBRASKA - BEAUTIFUL NEBRASKA BSM 090113  
167 VERMONT  - HAIL VERMONT BSM 090113
168 DELAWARE: OUR DELAWARE BSM 090113
169 UTAH: UTAH, WE LOVE THEE BSM 090113
170 NEW YORK: I LOVE NEW YORK BSM 090113
2014 Big Strike Music, River Forest, IL – Rick Pickren (Rick Pickren [vcl/all instruments])
171 THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER BSM 020115
172 YOU'RE A GRAND OLD FLAG BSM 020115
173 MY COUNTRY 'TIS OF THEE BSM 020115
174 THE ARMED FORCES MEDLEY BSM 020115
175 THE BALLAD OF THE GREEN BERETS BSM 020115
176 WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME BSM 020115
177 THE BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM BSM 020115
178 TRAMP, TRAMP, TRAMP BSM 020115
179 THE STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER BSM 020115
180 AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL BSM 020115
181 THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC BSM 020115
182 GOD BLESS THE U.S.A. BSM 020115
183 GOD BLESS AMERICA BSM 020115  
2016 unknown - Rick Pickren with the Cuddihy Clan (+Zach Pickren, Sky Pickren, Billy Cuddihy, Brian Cuddihy)
184 THE WILD ROVER BSM 30117
185 THE UNICORN BSM 30117
186 WHEN IRISH EYES ARE SMILING BSM 30117
187 MOUNTAIN DEW BSM 30117
188 MACNAMARA'S BAND BSM 30117
189 TOO RAH LOO RAH LOO RAL BSM 30117
190 14 DAYS BSM 30117 DANNY BOY BSM 30117
191 RUN THROUGH THE MUSTARD BSM 30117
192 SALLEY GARDENS BSM 30117
193 WHISKEY IN THE JAR BSM 30117
194 GALWAY BAY BSM 30117  
2017  unknown - Rick Pickren (Rick Pickren, Tom Boyd, Ed Breckenfeld, Billy Cuddihy, TC Furlong, John Rice, Joel Raney, Peter Seman)
195 SWINGIN' THROUGH THE SAGEBRUSH BSM 081517
196 PALE MOON ON THE PRAIRIE BSM 081517
197 GOD SAVE THE KING AND QUEEN BSM 081517
198 A COWBOY NEEDS A HORSE BSM 081517
199 CODY OF THE PONY EXPRESS BSM 081517
200 THREE CHEERS FOR A FOOL BSM 081517
201 BENEATH THE APPLE TREES BSM 081517
202 A PRAIRIE PRELUDE BSM 081517
203 RUN THROUGH THE MUSTARD BSM 081517
204 CATTLE KATE BSM 081517
205 SHOOT THE BUFFALO BSM 081517
206 MY RIFLE, MY PONY AND ME BSM 081517
207 YOU STARTED SOMETHING BSM 081517
208 SONG OF THE PIONEER BSM 081517  
Note: poss. all albums recoeded at Big Strike Music, River Forest, IL







ALBUMS
Big Strike Music BSM 202 Traditional American Folk Songs from the Warner Collection: The Ballad Of Tom Dula; The Days Of '49; William The Sailor; The Ship Carpenter; I'm 72 Today; Columbus, Georgia; A Poor Wayfaring Pilgrim; Bill The Weaver; In The Pit Of Sin Set Free; Sweet Willie; Rose Connally; Johnny Sands; The River Of Life; Don Kelly's Girl; The Bonny Bay Of Biscayo; The Bull Frog – 30-11-02
Big Strike Music ? Planting By The Moon: Cuddihy's Waltz; Planting By The Moon; The Song Of Wandering Aengus; The Seaman's Proverb; Kate And Colleen; The Salley Gardens; Livvie Mae; She Onced Lived Here; Nobody; I Should've Know; Wind Thoughts; There Must Be Some Mistake; Louisa; Walking On The Clouds; Happiness Runs - 03
Big Strike Music BSM 803 Songs From Lonesome Prairie: Git Along Lil' Dogies; Home On The Range; Blood On The Saddle; Cowboy's Lament; Jesse James; Cowboy Jack; I Ride An Old Paint; Doney Gal; Gal I Left Behind Me; Brazos River; I Hope A Star Will Fall; Goin' Back To Arizona; Bury Me Beneath The Willow; Rye Whiskey; If I Could (I Would) I'd Be A Cowboy; Can I Count On Yo – 08-03
Big Strike Music ? Walk: Where The Angels Fly; The Keeper Of The Flame; Planting By The Moon; Confidence; Can I count On You; If I Could, I Would, I'd Be A Cowboy; Fall In Love Again; Drag Racin'; Liquor and Cigarettes; Where The Heart Will Lead; Dance, Dance, Dance; The Price Of Love; Do You Follow; I'm Happy Now; Walk – 18-03-05
Big Strike Music BSM90905 More Songs From The Lonesome Prairie: The Call: The Call; Old Bach; (My Darling) Clementine; The Ballad Of Alfred Packer; Molly Mae; Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie; Wrangler's Reel; Windy Bill; Tombstone, Arizona; The Deck Of Cards; Sierry Petes (Tyin' Knots In The Devil's Tail); American TV; The Last Wagon – 09-09-05
Big Strike Music BSM 60106 Rails, Rogues And Wrecks: Runnin' Out Of Track; Waiting For A Train; Wreck Of The Old 97; Cody and Lil' Missie; Milwaukee Blues; This Train; Cole Younger; 900 Miles; Who Stole That Train?; The Rock Island Line; The Hellbound Train – 06-06
Big Strike Music ? Light In The Sky: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; Christmas Time Is Here; The Wexford Carol; It Came Upon A Midnight Clear; What Child Is This?; Go Tell It On The Mountain; Silent Night; The First Noel; The Master's Hands; Light In The Sky – 11-06
Big Strike Music BSM 30108 The State Songs Volume One:  Louisiana: You Are My Sunshine; Illinois: Illinois; Indiana: On The Banks Of The Wabash; Florida: Old Folks At Home; Kansas: Home On The Range; Hawaii: Hawaii Ponoi; Connecticut: Yankee Doodle; Ohio: Beautiful Ohio; West Virginia: The West Vitginia Hills; Kentucky : My Old Kentucky Home; Washington: Roll On Columbia – 10-03-08
Big Strike Music ? Thunder Riders: You Better Treat Your Baby Right; A Happy Ending; The Other Side of Blue; Eila Mae; Burden of Shame; The River Bed; I Hope a Star Will Fall Tonight; Closer to the Flame; The Back of My Mind; In the Dark of the Night; High Brow; Do You Follow? – 29-01-09 w. Thunder Riders
Big Strike Music BSM120109 The State Songs Volume Two:  Arizona: Arizona March Song; New Mexico: O, Fair New Mexico; Minnesota: Hail! Minnesota; Colorado: Where The Columbines Grow; Alabama: Alabama; Iowa: The Song Of Iowa; North Dakota: North Dakota Hymn; Arkansas: Arkansas; Massachusetts: All Hail To Massachusetts; Montana: Montana; Texas: Texas, Our Texas; Mississippi: Go, Mississippi – 01-12-09
Big Strike Music ? The Good Gone Days: Claude Dallas; Chestnut Mare; The Farmer and The Mother Lode; Shake the Chill; Kiss Me My Love; The Rain Is Fallin' Down; Better Days Are Comin'; Black Bart; The Bitter End; One Great Moment; Jesse; Christmas Time Out On The Range; The Good Gone Days -  17-06-11
Big Strike Music BSM93012 The State Songs Volume Three: Alaska: Alaska's Flag; New Hampshire: Old New Hampshire; Maryland: Maryland, My Maryland; Wyoming: Wyoming; Virginia: Carry Me Back To Old Virginia; South Carolina: Carolina; Nevada: Home Means Nevada; Idaho: Here We Have Idaho; Oregon: Oregon, My Oregon; Tennessee: When It's Iris Time In Tennessee; Oklahoma: Oklahoma; Missouri: The Missouri Waltz; Wisconsin: On Wiscosin! – 30-09-12
Big Strike Music BSM090113 The State Songs Volume Four:  North Carolina: The Old North State; California: I Love You, California; Rhode Island: Rhode Island's It For Me; Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania; Maine: State Of Maine Song; Georgia: Georgia; New Jersey: Ode To New Jersey; South - Dakota: Hail! South Dakota; Nebraska - Beautiful Nebraska;  Vermont  - Hail Vermont; Delaware: Our Delaware; Utah: Utah, We Love Thee; New York: I Love New York – 01-09-13
Big Strike Music BSM 020115 Liberty: Songs Of America:  The Star Spangled Banner; You're A Grand Old Flag; My Country 'Tis Of Thee; The Armed Forces Medley; The Ballad Of The Green Berets; When Johnny Comes Marching Home; The Battle Cry Of Freedom; Tramp, Tramp, Tramp; The Stars And Stripes Forever; America, The Beautiful; The Battle Hymn Of The Republic; God Bless The U.S.A.; God Bless America – 01-02-15
Big Strike Music BSM 30117 The Wild Rover: The Wild Rover; The Unicorn; When Irish Eyes Are Smiling; Mountain Dew; Macnamara's Band; Too Rah Loo Rah Loo Ral; 14 Days; Danny Boy; Run Through The Mustard; Salley Gardens; Whiskey In The Jar; Galway Bay – 03-17
Big Strike Music BSM 081517 Pale Moon On The Prairie:  Swingin' Through The Sagebrush; Pale Moon On The Prairie; God Save The King And Queen; A Cowboy Needs A Horse; Cody Of The Pony Express; Three Cheers For A Fool; Beneath The Apple Trees; A Prairie Prelude; Run Through The Mustard; Cattle Kate; Shoot The Buffalo; My Rifle, My Pony And Me; You Started Something; Song Of The Pioneer – 14-08-17