Matthew Check

*Newton, PA
by Praguefrank
SESSIONS  
April-June 2008 Newtown. PA/  Brooklyn, New York City – Matthew Check (Matthew Check [vcl/ac gt],  Jonathan Check [el bass], David Chapman [drums],  Greg Barbone [piano/keyboards], Producer: Matthew Check)
001 BROTHER BROTHER
002 JOSIE
003 BACK TO SLEEP
004 PIERCE IT THROUGH
005 THE AMAZING WORTH
006 AT LEAST FOR NOW
Tracks above issued on EP The Amazing Worth
2013 poss. New York City - Shira Lissek and Matt Check (+ Jordan Shapiro, Adam Moss, Jacob Tilove,  Max Johnson + Noah Solomon and Juliana Riccardi [bck vcl])
007 YEDID NEFESH
008 SHIRU LADONAI
009  ROM'MU
010 MIZMOR L'DAVID
011 LKHA DODI
012 BARCHU
013 SHMA
014 V'AHAVTA
015 MI KAMOCHA
016 HASHKIVENU
017 SHALOM RAV
018  BLUEGRASS KABBALAT SHABBAT SUITE
Tracks above issued on album The Bluegrass Kabbalat Shabbat Experience
November 2013  Lunchbox Studios, Queens, New York City – Matthew Check, *with Joanie Leeds (Matthew Check [vcl/ac gt], Jonathan Check [el gt], Jason Sypher [bass gt], Nick D‘ Agostino [drums], Greg Barbone [piano/keyboards],  Alec Gross [harmonica]. Producer: Matthew Check)
019 COUPLE OF REASONS*
020 LOVELY TO HAVE MET YOU
021 FURTHER AND FURTHER
022 ON MY MIND*
023 JOSIE REVISITED*
024 SOMETIMES A WOMAN
Tracks above issued on EP The November Album
Spring, summer and fall 2020  Harmony Way Studios, Newtown, PA/ StudioWorks,  Manhattan, New York City/  Conveyor Studios, Brooklyn, New York City – Matthew Check (Matthew Check [vcl/gt/ bass/ harmonica/piano], Robinlee Garber [vcl], Justin Camerer [steel],  Glenn Grossman [drums], Alexandrina Boyanova [violin], Valeriva Sholokhova [cello],  Shy Kedmi [piano], Jordan Shapiro [piano/keyboards],  Drew Vandewinckel [sax], Gail Check [clapping})
025 BACK IN 99
026 OLD FASHIONED
027 WALK AWAY
028 THE CONDESA QUEEN
029 REFUA
030 CAME INTO THE ROOM
031 GOOD OLD JONAH
032 COME AROUND
033 ALL THAT I HOPED FOR
Tracks above issued on album The Condesa Queen
July 2021 Conveyor Studios in Brooklyn, New York City – Matthew Check (Matthew Check [vcl/ac gt], Justin Camerer [steel], Jason Borisoff [el gt/bass gt], Glenn Grossman [drums],  Brian Gelfand [piano]. Producer: Matthew Check)
034 TATTOO
035 OKAY WITH IT
036 THE LAST SONG
Tracks above issued on EP The Bridgeford Sessions
12 August/4 November 2021 [live] Rockwood Music Hall Stage 3, 185 Orchard St, Manhattan, New York City – Matthew Check (Matthew Check [vcl/ac gt],  Jessica Futran [vcl], Jonathan Check [el gt],  Ann Klein [el gt],  Tony Tino [bass gt], Glenn Grossman [drums], Brian Gelfand [piano/keyboards])
03601 BACK IN 99
03602 COME AROUND
03603 BACK TO SLEEP
03604  JOSIE
03605 SOMETIMES A WOMAN
03606 SISTERS
03607 COUPLE OF REASONS
03608 THE LAST SONG
Tracks above issued on EP Live At Rockwood Music Hall
February-April 2022 The Stable Studios of Finnlandia, Nashville, TN – Matthew Check, *with Miss Tess ( Matthew Check [vcl/ac gt/ banjo], Thomas Bryan Eaton [gt/ steel/ dobro/ mandolin/ vcl], Eric Frey [el bass], Glenn Grossman [drums], John Pahmer [piano]. Producer: Thomas Bryan Eaton)
037 THE VERY BEGINNING
038 OLD WOODEN FLOOR
039 PRETTY MAMA
040 THE WAY THAT YOU ARE*
041 WHAT A FATHER WOULD DO (ABSALOM)
042 THE SHAPE IT APPEARS
043 BECAUSE YOU CAN
Tracks above issued on EP Without A Throne
8 March 2022 [live] Conveyor, New York City/ 12 November 2022 [live] Brooklyn Music Kitchen, New York City – Matthew Check (Matthew Check [vcl/ac gt/ banjo], Thomas Bryan Eaton [vcl/gt/ steel/ dobro/ mandolin], Jonathan Check [gt], Tony Tino [bass gt], Glenn Grossman [percussion],  Mike Dimeo [piano], Miss Tess [vcl])
04301 ON MY MIND
04302 TATTOO
04303 DEAD FLOWERS
04304 OKAY WITH IT
04305 THE WAY THAT YOU ARE
04306 BACK IN 99
Tracks above issued on album Live in 2022
24 August 2022 [live] The Bitter End, New York City – Matthew Check (Matthew Check [vcl/ac gt], Thomas Bryan Eaton [vcl/gt/ steel/ dobro/ mandolin], Tony Tino [bass gt], Glenn Grossman [percussion],  Mike Dimeo [piano])
04307 OKAY WITH IT
04308 THE WAY THAT YOU ARE
04309 OLD WOODEN FLOOR
04310 WHAT A FATHER WOULD DO (ABSALOM) Live In 2022
04311 THE CONDESA QUEEN
04312  FURTHER AND FURTHER Live In 2022
04313 ON MY MIND
04314 THE VERY BEGINNING
04315 SHAPE IT APPEARS
04316 COUPLE OF REASONS
Tracks above issued on album Live @ The Bitter End


ALBUMS
Matthew Check ? The Bluegrass Kabbalat Shabbat Experience:  Yedid Nefesh;  Shiru Ladonai;  Rom'mu;  Mizmor L'david;  Lkha Dodi;  Barchu;  Shma;  V'ahavta;  Mi Kamocha; Hashkivenu;  Shalom Rav;  Bluegrass Kabbalat Shabbat Suite – 10-04-14 w. Cantor Shira Lissek
Matthew Check ? The Condesa Queen: Back in 99;  Old Fashioned;  Walk Away; The Condesa Queen;  Refua;  Came into the Room;  Good Old Jonah; Come Around; All That I Hoped For – 11-12-20
Matthew Check ?  Live in 2022 (Live): On My Mind; Tattoo; Further and Further;  Dead Flowers;  Okay With It;  The Way That You Are;  What a Father Would Do (Absalom);  Back in 99 -02-06-23
Matthew Check ? Live @ The Bitter End:  Okay With It;  The Way That You Are;  Old Wooden Floor;  What a Father Would Do (Absalom);  The Condesa Queen;  Further and Further;  On My Mind;  The Very Beginning; Shape It Appears;  Couple of Reasons  – 24-08-23


EPs
Matthew Check ? The November Album:  Couple of Reasons (w. Joanie Leeds);  Lovely to Have Met You;  Further and Further;  On My Mind (w. Joanie Leeds);  Josie Revisited (w. Joanie Leeds);  Sometimes a Woman – 17-04-21
Matthew Check ? The Amazing Worth:  Brother Brother;  Josie;  Back to Sleep;  Pierce It Through;  The Amazing Worth;  At Least for Now – 13-08-21
Matthew Check ? The Bridgeford Sessions:  Tattoo;  Okay with It;  The Last Song – 11-03-22
Matthew Check ? Live At Rockwood Music Hall:  Back in 99;  Come Around;  Back to Sleep;  Josie;  Sometimes a Woman;  Sisters; Couple of Reasons;  The Last Song – 20-05-22
Matthew Check ? Without a Throne:  The Very Beginning;  Old Wooden Floor;  Pretty Mama; The Way That You Are (with Miss Tess);  What a Father Would Do (Absalom);  The Shape It Appears; Because You Can – 30-09-22

Glen Smith (hillbilly)

 By Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
1960’s Independence, VA –  Glen Smith, Wade Ward, w. *Fields Ward (Glen Smith [fiddle], Wade Ward [banjo],  Fields Ward [vcl*/gt]
001 FLY AROUND MY PRETTY LITTLE MISS Folkways  FW-3832  
002 SOLDIER'S JOY Folkways  FW-3832  FS 3811
003 RAGTIME ANNIE Folkways  FW-3832
004 DON’T LET YOUR DEAL GO DOWN*  Folkways  FW-3832
005 JOHN HARDY*  Folkways  FW-3832 LP 757 CO 2718 CO 6001
006 TRAIN ON THE ISLAND* Folkways  FW-3832
007 JESSE JAMES* Folkways  FW-3832
FOLKWAYS FS 3811 TRADITIONAL MUSIC FROM GRAYSON AND CARROLL COUNTIES (1962); COUNTRY LP 757 CLAWHAMMER BANJO VOL.3 (1978); COUNTY CO-2718 CLAWHAMMER BANJO VOL.3 (2004); COUNTY CO-6001 LEGENDS OF OLDTIME MUSIC (2015, 4CD)
1960’s Galax, VA –  Glen Smith and Wade Ward (Glen Smith [fiddle], Wade Ward [banjo])
007 WALKIN' IN THE PARLOR Folkways  FW-3832  
008 SALLY GOODIN‘ Folkways  FW-3832  
009 JOHN LOVER IS GONE Folkways  FW-3832  
010 SALLY ANN Folkways  FW-3832
1960’s Woodlawn, VA –  Glen Smith and Wade Ward (Glen Smith [fiddle], Wade Ward [banjo])
011 JENNY PUT THE KETTLE ON [POLLY PUT THE KETTLE ON*] Folkways  FW-3832  FS 3811*
1960’s Woodlawn, VA –  Glen Smith and William Marshall  (Glen Smith [banjo], William Marshall [banjo]
012 CINDY Folkways  FW-3832 FS 3811
1960’s Hillsville, VA – Glen Smith and Spud Gravely  (Glen Smith [fiddle], Spud Gravely [vcl/gt]
013 SKIP TO MY LOU  Folkways  FW-3832
014 COTTON EYED JOHN  Folkways  FW-3832
015 PIG IN A PEN Folkways FW-3832
1960s unknown – Glen Smith, *and Wade Ward
016 FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN FS 3811
017 LITTLE LOVE FS 3811
018 MISSISSIPPI SAWYER FS 3811
019 HELL AMONG THE YEARLINGS FS 3811
020 JOHNSON BOYS FS 3811
021 LITTLE BIRDIE LP 757 CO 2718
022 ARKANSAS TRAVELER* CO-6001
023 SOURWOOD MOUNTAIN CO-2717
024 GOING DOWN THE ROAD CO-2717
025 SUGAR HILL LP 757 CO 2718
026 GOING BACK TO GEORGIA CO-2718
COUNTY CO-2717 CLAWHAMMER BANJO VOL.2 (2004)
6 April 1969 [live-45th annual Old Time Fiddlers Convention] Union Grove, NC - Glen Smith, *with Blue Ridge Mountain Boys
02601 FORTUNE* SS 3  CO-2717
02602 NEW RIVER TRAIN SS 3
UNION GROVE SS-3 MORE GOODIES FROM THE HILLS: 45TH FIDDLERS CONVENTION, UNION GROVE, N.C. (1970)



ALBUMS
Folkways  FW-3832  Bluegrass From the Blue Ridge: A Half Century of Change: Country Band Music of Virginia: [Wade Ward and Glen Smith :] Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss; Walkin' in the Parlor; Jenny Put the Kettle On; Soldier's Joy; Sally Goodin‘; John Lover Is Gone; [William Marshall and Glen Smith:] Cindy; [Wade Ward and Glen Smith :] Sally Ann;  [Wade and Fields  Ward and Glen Smith :]  Don't Let Your Deal Go Down; [Wade Ward and Glen Smith :] Ragtime Annie; Uncle Charlie Higgins, Cliff Caraco, Kelly Lundy:] Paddy on the Turnpike; [Spud Gravely and Glen Smith:] Skip to My Lou; [Wade and Fields  Ward and Glen Smith :] John Hardy; [Spud Gravely and Glen Smith:] Cotton Eyed Joe; [Wade and Fields  Ward and Glen Smith :] Train on the Island; [Bruce Mastin, Kyle Cole, and Dale Poe:] Eighth Day of January; [Wade and Fields  Ward and Glen Smith :] Jesse James; [The Bluegrass Buddies:] Walkin' in My Sleep; [Glen Neaves, Jessie Neaves, Ted Lundy:] Banks of the Ohio; [The Bluegrass Buddies:] Old Joe Clark - 67

Welton Lane

 2nd version
by Praguefrank
SESSIONS
1966 unknown – Welton Lane (Producer: Charles Maglinger)
001 SO 3539 THAT'S HIM Top-Spin 109
002 SO 3540 PRAYER IS THE KEY 109
ca 3 September 1967 Nashville, TN – Welton Lane (Producer: Paul Fetter)
003 ZAFX 6709031 VIETNAM LETTER Exlusive 2318
004 ZAFX 6709032 BILL BAILY 2318
ca 11 October 1967 Nashville, TN – Welton Lane (Producer: Paul Fetter)
005 ZAFX-6710116 HUMPTY DUMPTY Exclusive 2321
006 ZAFX-6710117 SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY  Exclusive 2321
early 1971 Nashville, TN – Welton Lane,  (Producer: Kelso Herston)
007 WHEN STRANGERS SAY GOODBYE Epic 5-10719
008 I JUST GOT TIRED OF BEING POOR Epic 5-10719
ca September 1971 Nashville, TN – Welton Lane, sr. (Producer: Kelso Herston)
009 EARLY MORNING SADNESS OF THE RAIN 5-10789
010 HOUR BEFORE DAWN  5-10789
011 AFRAID I'LL WANT TO LOVE HER ONE MORE TIME 5-10841
012 SWEET APPLE WINE  5-10841
1975 unknown - Welton Lane (Producer: Gary S. Paxton)
013 45-GSP-1101A  LONG TALL TEXAN 45-GSP-1101
014 45-GSP-1101B I WOULDN'T GIVE YOU UP FOR HER 45-GSP-1101
1970s? Nashville, TN – Welton Lane (Producer: Spider Rich)
015 T107 MISSISSIPPI RAINSTORM T 205
016 T108 WALK BY MY SIDE T 205

SINGLES
Twin-Spin (1966)
109 That's Him / Prayer Is The Key - 66
Exclusive (1967)
2318 Vietnam Letter / Bill Baily - 67
2321 Humpty Dumpty / Sentimental Journey - 67
Epic (1971)
5-10719 When Strangers Say Goodbye / I Just Got Tired Of Being Poor – 31-03-71 (rev. May 1)
5-10789 Early Morning Sadness Of The Rain / Hour Before Dawn – 22-09-71      
5-10841 Afraid I'll Want To Love Her One More Time / Sweet Apple Wine – 29-02-72 (rev. March 11)
Gary S. Paxton Records and Tapes 19750
45-GSP-1101 Long Tall Texan / I Wouldn't Give You Up For Her – 75
True
T 205 Mississippi Rainstorm / Walk By My Side

Theo and Brenna

 by Praguefrank
SESSIONS  
2018 The Butcher Shoppe, Nashville, TN – Theo and Brenna
001 WHEN YOU GO
002 HIGHER THAN THE WALL
003 WHY AM I IN LOVE AGAIN
004 OLD ELMER
005 THE LITTLE GHOST
006 RIVER OF LIFE
007 THE OLD RUGGED CROSS
Tracks above issued on EP When You Go
2020 unknown – Theo and Brenna
008 LET US BREATHE AGAIN  digital single [rel. Sept. 25]
2021 unknown - Charla Peterson with Theo and Brenna
009 DARLIN‘ digital single [rel.May 21]
2021 unknown – Theo and Brenna
010 WORK ON CHRISTMAS  digital single [rel Nov. 23]
2022 unknown – Theo and Brenna (Theo MacMillan [vcl/gt], Brenna MacMillan [vcl/banjo], Mary Meyer [vcl/mandolin], Evan Winsor [bass], Maddie Denton [fiddle], + Jake Stargel, [gt-1], Harry Clark [mandolin-2], Mike Bub [bass])
011 I CAN HEAR KENTUCKY CALLING ME
012 DREAMS FOR SALE -1
013 BE MY BABY
014 GONE HUNTING
015 MERCY SO TENDER
016 KODACHROME -2
017 OLD 33
018 IT IS FOR LOVE
019 WILDFLOWERS IN EDEN -3
020 RED DIRT GIRL
021 BURN DOWN THE SUN
022 SEND ME YOUR LOVE

ALBUMS
Mountain Fever ? Dreams for Sale:  I Can Hear Kentucky Calling Me;  Dreams for Sale;  Be My Baby;  Gone Hunting;  Mercy so Tender;  Kodachrome;  Old 33;  It Is for Love;  Wildflowers in Eden;  Red Dirt Girl;  Burn Down the Sun;  Send Me Your Love – 28-10-22

EPs
Theo and Brenna No #  When You Go:  When You Go;  Higher Than the Wall;  Why Am I in Love Again;  Old Elmer;  The Little Ghost;  River of Life;  The Old Rugged Cross – 31-03-19