Pinto Bennett

 Fred Bennett, *20-05-1948. Amer, IA, +29-06-21
by Praguefrank
SESSIONS  
Ca 1984 Horizon Recording Studio, Eagle, ID – Pinto Bennett and The Famous Hotel Cowboys (Pinto Bennett [vcl./rh gt], David Lyle Evans [vcl/ac gt], Sergio Webb [vcl/ld gt], Rob Matson [vcl/ld gt], Johnny Shoes [mandolin], Jake Hoffman [dobro], Brian Davies/ Sam Rothwell [steel], Jim Lemmon/  Boyd Wilson [vcl/bass gt],  Joe Dow [drums/hmny vcl],  K.W. Turnbow [drums], Teddy Ray Jones [fiddle],  Bruce Laven [keyboards],  The Chasers, Billy Braun [vcl]. Producer: K. W. Turnbow)
001 WOOD AND STEEL PTLP 003
002 WINNEMUCCA PTLP 003
003 BAD GIRL PTLP 003
004 FIRST DOOR TO THE WRONG PTLP 003
005 HARD CORE COWBOY PTLP 003
006 HONKY TONK ASSHOLE PTLP 003
007 TWO WALTZING MICE PTLP 003
008 DREAM LOVER PTLP 003
009 WINE ME UP PTLP 003
010 OL' BLUE PTLP 003
011 JACK TARR (THE SAILOR) PTLP 003
1985 Horizon Recording Studio, Eagle, ID - Pinto Bennett and The Famous Hotel Cowboys (Pinto Bennett [vcl./rh gt],  Sergio Webb [vcl/gt], Rob Matson [vcl/gt], Jim Lemmon [vcl/bass gt],  Joe Dow [vcl/drums],  Barbarita [bck vcl]. Producer: The Famous Motel Cowboys)
012 YOU CARED ENOUGH TO LIE PTLP 007
013 I AIN'T IN IT FOR THE MONEY PTLP 007
014 TRUE LOVIN' DADDY PTLP 007
015 NO SWEAT PTLP 007
016 STRANGER IN THE MIRROR PTLP 007
017 LIVIN' AND DYIN' FOR LOVE PTLP 007
018 PRAIRIE BLUES PTLP 007
019 PEACEFUL WOMAN PTLP 007
020 THE BALLAD OF HAI-SING (OR FAR EAST, MAN) PTLP 007
021 DIFFERENT WAYS TO SING THE BLUES PTLP 007
022 PURE QUILL PTLP 007  
Ca 1986 Sun Valley Audio, Ketchum, ID - Pinto Bennett (Pinto Bennett [vcl/rh gt],  Paul Hale [ac gt], ls, Trumpet, Producer – Rob Matson [gt/ trumpet/ bck vcl],  Kenny Saunders [dobro],  Jake Hoffman [steel], Jim Lemmon [bass gt], K.W. Turnbow [drums],  Teddy Ray Jones [fiddle], Steve Eaton [keyboards/ gt/ harmonica],  Midnight Choir, Lyle Evans [bck vcl]. Producer: Rob Matson)
023 VALUABLE TIME SR 0009
024 SHELTER SR 0009
025 PARDNER I KNOW SR 0009
026 MORE OR LESS SR 0009
027 MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS (BAR) SR 0009
028 CAROLINA MORNIN'S SR 0009
029 ONLY IN MY DREAMS SR 0009
030 SHE ALMOST REMINDS ME OF YOU SR 0009
031 SHE WOULDN'T TAKE NOTHIN' FROM ME SR 0009
032 WHAT THE HELL AM I DOIN' HERE? SR 0009
1990 unknown - Pinto Bennett and The Famous Hotel Cowboys
033 ONE MORE RIVER
034 RAVAGES OF TIME
035 NASTY HABIT
036 THE BALLAD OF ELANO DE LEON
037 SOMEWHERE IN TIME
038 SOME PEOPLE'S KIDS
039 IDAHO COWBOY
040 RIDE AWAY
041 BEST FOREVER YET; TRUCKSTOP
042 BIG BLACK WINGS
Tracks above issued on album Ravages of Time
1992 [live] Joe’s Village Inn, Nashville, TN – Pinto Bennett
04201 INTRODUCTION
04202 WINNEMUCCA
04203 I HANG AROUND HERE SOMETIMES
04204 FIRST DOOR TO THE WRONG
04205 HARD CORE COWBOY
04206 I COULDN'T FEEL ANY WORSE IF I TRIED
04207 TELL 'ER WHERE TO GO
04208 HONKY TONK CHRISTMAS
04209 PLAIN OL' FASHIONED CHEATIN'
04210 TWO WALTZING MICE
04211 MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS
04212 VALUABLE TIME
04213 HONKY TONK ASSHOLE
Tracks above issued on album Trailer Court Christmas
1993 unknown – Pinto Bennett
043 PINTO BENNETT SHE WROTE
044 NEXT YEAR BETTER
045 SHE THE RED RIVER VALLEY
046 LITTLE BLOSSOM
047 I DON'T THINK A DAY GOES BY (THAT I DON'T THINK OF YOU)
048  PICKIN' UP CANS
049 BENT OVER BACKWARDS
050 I'VE DONE EVERYTHING I COULD DO WRONG
051 LIKE A BIRD ON A WIRE
052 WINTER OF LOVE
053 SHE'S GONE
054 IT DON'T WORK THAT WAY
055 SLEEPIN' IN MY OWN ARMS TONIGHT
056 WINE OVER MATTER
057 COUNT THE REASONS I'LL BE GONE
058 EVERY TIME I GET THE BLUES
059 HARD TIMES
060 ELKO
061VUELTA VUELTA VUELTA
Tracks above issued on album Side Channels
2005 unknown – Trip Pinto
T01 A PARRALLAX VIEW
T02 WHAT'S ONE MEM'RY (MORE OR LESS)
T03 BALLAD OF EL VASCO (DEVIL'S RIGHT HAND)
T04 DROWNIN' IN THE SHALLOWS
T05 A TIGER IS A TIGER
T06 BLUE MONDAY BLUE
T07 DON'T IRK MY QUILL
T08 SDB
T09 UPWARD ANGEL
T10 CHINA BIRD
T11 HEART OF DARKNESS
T12 NOTHIN' IN RETURN
Tracks above issued on album Parallax View
2005 (and sooner?) unknpwn – Pinto Bennett
062 PRAIRIE BLUES ALPB 76812
063 LOSER AFTER ALL ALPB 76812
064 MAMMA I WANT TO MARRY A COWBOY ALPB 76812
065 THELMA ALPB 76812
066 ALICE AT THE PALACE ALPB 76812
067 GOODBYE JANETTE ALPB 76812
068 ANOTHER COLD DAY IN HELL ALPB 76812
069 I'M STILL HERE ALPB 76812
070 THE GRINGO'S ARMS ALPB 76812
071 LOSS ALPB 76812
072 PARTING OF THE WAYS ALPB 76812
073 NO MATTER HOW MUCH IT HURTS ALPB 76812
074 ONLY SENTIMENTAL IN MY BRAIN ALPB 76812
075 TROUBLE AROUND ALPB 76812
076 THREE ALPB 76812
077 PLAYING IT WRONG ALPB 76812
078 CHRISTMAS ALONE ALPB 76812
2009 unknown – Pinto Bennett
079 SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY
080 'BOUT AS MUCH
081 HAND FULL OF ASHES
082 THE CHUCKOO
083 EVERYTHING'S JAKE
084 HELLO...GOODBYE
085 BANDY, THE RODEO CLOWN
086 LORD I NEED SOMEBODY BAD TONIGHT
087 PAID IN FULL
088 STREETS OF LAREDO
089 WALK OF SHAME
090 YOU HOLD THE WHEEL
091 RIDE AWAY
092 NEXT YEAR, BETTER
093 RED RIVER VALLEY
094 TENNESSEE BLUES
Tracks above issued on album Experience
2009 unknown – Pinto Bennett
095 TALE THAT IS TOLD / PSALM 90
096 JEHOVAH TSIDKENU / KJV
097 SONG OF DEGREES / SONG PSALMS
098 ECHOES FROM PARADISE
099 GOOD AND FAITHFUL / EPH 6
100 THANK GOD FOR JESUS
101 FOREVER'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME
102 YESTERDAY TODAY AND FOREVER / HEB 13
103 STILL / ISAIAH 9-12-21
104 NEW SONG / ISAIAH 42-10-14
Tracks above issued on album Echoes From Paradise
2012 unknown – Pinto Bennett
105 WRITTEN IN MY HEART
106 SEND ME
107 PURE HEART
108 A WORLD WITHOUT END AMEN
109 HEART OF DARKNESS
110 KNOWIN' TROUBLE
111 DROWNIN IN THE SHALLOWS
112 TRANSFORMATION BLUES
113 FOOLISH WISDOM AND THE POWER OF GOD
114 BACK SOON AND KEEP LOOKIN' UP
115 A POLISHED SILVER SUNSET SONG
Tracks above issued on album Back Soon
2018 Audio Lab, Boise, ID – Pinto Bennett (Pinto Bennett [vcl/ac gt], Steve Fulton [ac gt/ accordion/ banjo/ piano], Dale Wilson [el gt], Jerry Miller [el gt], Brett Dewey [vcl/mandolin], Jake Hoffman [steel], Bill Parsons [bass], Jason Beek [drums],  Eilen Jewell [vcl]. Producer: Jason Beek)
116 DON'T GET ME STARTED
117 OLD TIMER
118 COSTUME JEWELRY
119 I LIKE SINGIN' THE BLUES IN A HONKY TONK SONG
120 IT'S CRYIN' TIME AGAIN SO WINE ME UP
121 I NEEDED A LOT
122 LADY WISDOM
123 THE BAND PLAYS SONGS I WISH I COULD FORGET
124 CRESPO
125 OLD DOG
Tracks above issued on album The Last Saturday Night




ALBUMS
PT [UK]  PTLP 003 Big In Winnemucca: Wood And Steel; Winnemucca; Bad Girl; First Door To The Wrong; Hard Core Cowboy; Honky Tonk Asshole; Two Waltzing Mice; Dream Lover; Wine Me Up; Ol' Blue; Jack Tarr (The Sailor) - 85 with the Famous Motel Cowboys
PT [UK]  PTLP 007 Pure Quill: You Cared Enough To Lie; I Ain't In It For The Money; True Lovin' Daddy; No Sweat; Stranger In The Mirror; Livin' And Dyin' For Love; Prairie Blues; Peaceful Woman; The Ballad Of Hai-Sing (Or Far East, Man); Different Ways To Sing The Blues; Pure Quill – 85 with the Famous Motel Cowboys
Sheepeaters SR 0009 Famous Motel Cowboy Songs : Valuable Time; Shelter; Pardner I Know; More Or Less; Midnight At The Oasis (Bar); Carolina Mornin's; Only In My Dreams; She Almost Reminds Me Of You; She Wouldn't Take Nothin' From Me; What The Hell Am I Doin' Here?.- 86 (UK issue on PT PTLP 001 in 1988)
FMC ?  Ravages of Time: One More River; Ravages of Time; Nasty Habit; The Ballad of Elano De Leon; Somewhere in Time; Some People's Kids; Idaho Cowboy; Ride Away; Best Forever Yet; Truckstop; Big Black Wings – 10-07-90 with the Famous Motal Cowboys (reissued in 1992 on Hitsound 90155)
Motel Cowboy Music ? A Trailer Court Christmas: Introduction; Winnemucca; I Hang Around Here Sometimes; First Door to the Wrong; Hard Core Cowboy; I Couldn't Feel Any Worse If I Tried; Tell 'Er Where to Go; Honky Tonk Christmas; Plain Ol' Fashioned Cheatin'; Two Waltzing Mice; Midnight at the Oasis; Valuable Time; Honky Tonk Asshole – 11-92
FMC ? Side Channels: Pinto Bennett She Wrote;  Next Year Better;  She The Red River Valley; Little Blossom;  I Don't Think A Day Goes By (That I Don't Think Of You);  Pickin' Up Cans;  Bent Over Backwards;  I've Done Everything I Could Do Wrong;  Like A Bird On A Wire;  Winter Of Love; She's Gone;  It Don't Work That Way;  Sleepin' In My Own Arms Tonight; Wine Over Matter ;  Count The Reasons I'll Be Gone;  Every Time I Get The Blues;  Hard Times; Elko; Vuelta Vuelta Vuelta -  93
FMC ? Parallax View: A Parrallax View; What's One Mem'ry (more or less); Ballad of El Vasco (Devil's Right Hand); Drownin' In The Shallows; A Tiger Is A Tiger; Blue Monday Blue; Don't Irk My Quill; SDB; Upward Angel; China Bird; Heart Of Darkness; Nothin' In Return  - 21-11-05  Trip Pinto
FMC ALPB 76812 Dig We Must 1973-2005: Prairie Blues; Loser After All; Mamma I Want To Marry A Cowboy; Thelma; Alice At The Palace; Goodbye Janette; Another Cold Day In Hell; I'm Still Here; The Gringo's Arms; Loss; Parting Of The Ways; No Matter How Much It Hurts; Only Sentimental In My Brain; Trouble Around; Three; Playing It Wrong; Christmas Alone – 10-07-06
Uncle Buck ? Experience…: Sentimental Journey; 'Bout As Much; Hand Full Of Ashes; The Chuckoo; Everything's Jake; Hello...Goodbye; Bandy, The Rodeo Clown; Lord I Need Somebody Bad Tonight; Paid In Full; Streets Of Laredo; Walk Of Shame; You Hold The Wheel; Ride Away; Next Year, Better; Red River Valley; Tennessee Blues - 03-07-09
FMC ? Echoes From Paradise: Tale That Is Told / Psalm 90;  Jehovah Tsidkenu / Kjv; .  Song Of Degrees / Song Psalms;  Echoes From Paradise;  Good And Faithful / Eph 6;  Thank God For Jesus;  Forever's Just A Matter Of Time;  Yesterday Today And Forever / Heb 13;   Still / Isaiah 9-12-21;  New Song / Isaiah 42-10-14 – 24-05-10
FMC ? Back Soon: Written in My Heart; Send Me;  Pure Heart;  A World Without End Amen; Heart of Darkness; Knowin' Trouble; Drownin in the Shallows; Transformation Blues; Foolish Wisdom and the Power of God;  Back Soon and Keep Lookin' Up; A Polished Silver Sunset Song - 23-05-12
Mess Around 2018 The Last Saturday Night: Don't Get Me Started; Old Timer; Costume Jewelry; I Like Singin' the Blues in a Honky Tonk Song; It's Cryin' Time Again so Wine Me Up; I Needed a Lot; Lady Wisdom; The Band Plays Songs I Wish I Could Forget; Crespo; Old Dog – 07-12-18

SINGLES
PT
PTLP 01 Famous Motel Songs:  California Mornin's / More Or Less – 88 (UK issue|)