Rod Gator (Melancon)

 Rod Melancon, *Louisiana
by Praguefrank
SESSIONS
2013 unknown – Rod Melancon [Rod Gator  on reissue]  (Rod Melancon [vcl/gt], Brian Wheelan [gt/ percussion/ keyboards],  Ben Reddell [bass],  Dale Daniel [drums],  Lee Pardini [keyboards], Andy Creighton [vcl])
001 DUCK FESTIVAL QUEEN
002 MARELLA
003 CURVE LOUNGE
004 SOUTH LOUISIAN'
005 MAD TALKIN' MAN
006 DREAMER
007 WANNA GO FOR A RIDE
008 CUSHING AVENUE
009 DIFFERENT MAN
010 FEATHERS
Tracks above issued on album Parish Lines
2015 unknown – Rod Gator
011 PERRY Southern Gothic
012 DWAYNE AND ME Southern Gothic
013 A MAN LIKE ME SHOULDN'T OWN A GUN
014 THE LIGHTS OF CARENCRO Southern Gothic
015 BY HER SIDE
Tracks above issued on EP LA 14
2017 unknown  – Rod Gator (Producer: Brian Whelan)
016 WITH THE DEVIL
017 PROMISES
018 REDHEAD
019 PRAYING FOR LIGHT
020 MARY LOU
021 DIFFERENT MAN
022 OUTSKIRTS OF YOU
Tracks above issued on album Southern Gothic
2017 poss. Austin, TX – Rod Gator
023 GRATEFUL FOR CHRISTMAS digital single [rel. Dec. 1]
2018 Electrix Deluxe Recorders, Austin, TX – Rod Gator (Producer: Adtian Quesada, Will Walden)
024 PINKVILLE
025 GOIN' OUT WEST
026 WESTGATE
027 REHABILITATION
028 CORPUS CHRISTI CARWASH
029 THE HEARTBREAKERS
030 LORD KNOWS
031 MANIC DEPRESSION
032 57 CHANNELS
033 COBRA
Tracks above issued on album Pinkville
2021 poss. Electrix Deluxe Recorders, Austin, TX – Rod Gator (Producer: Adrian Quesada,  Will Walden)
034 AUGUST 29
035 MERMENTAU BRIDGE
036 CHICKENHAWK
037 OUT HERE IN ECHO PARK
038 YOUR GOODBYE
039 FOR LOUISIANA
040 IDLE HANDS
041 STAYING IN TIME
Tracks above issued on album For Louisiana
2021  Austin, TX – Rod Gator (Rod Gator [vcl], Will Walden [all instruments].  Producer: Will Walden)
042 EVERYTIME digital single [rel. Feb. 11, 2022]
2022 poss. Austin, TX – Rod Gator
043 INTRO
044 CONQUEROR
045 FREIGHT TRAIN
046 HOUSE OF THE DEVIL
047 THE BEAST OF SLIDELL
048 BORN IN THE OCTAGON
049 TOUCHED BY FIRE
050 IN THE NIGHT
Tracks above issued on EP Conqueror

ALBUMS
Medina River no # Parish Lines:  Duck Festival Queen;  Marella;  Curve Lounge;  South Louisian';  Mad Talkin' Man;  Dreamer;  Wanna Go for a Ride;  Cushing Avenue;  Different Man;  Feathers – 13 (reissued on Blue Elan in March 2014)
Blue Elan BER 1025 Southern Gothic:  With the Devil;  Perry;  Lights of Carencro;  Dwayne and Me;  Promises;  Redhead;  Praying for Light;  Mary Lou;  Different Man;  Outskirts of You – 16-06-17
Blue Elan BER 1120 Pinkville:  Pinkville;  Goin' Out West;  Westgate;  Rehabilitation;  Corpus Christi Carwash;  The Heartbreakers;  Lord Knows;  Manic Depression;  57 Channels;  Cobra – 05-04-19
Blue Elan BER 1362 For Louisiana:  August 29;  Mermentau Bridge;  Chickenhawk;  Out Here in Echo Park;  Your Goodbye;  For Louisiana;  Idle Hands;  Staying in Time – 17-09-21

EPs
Blue Elan no # LA-14:  Perry;  Dwayne and Me;  A Man Like Me Shouldn't Own a Gun;  The Lights of Carencro;  By Her Side – 22-04-16
Cajun Justice ? Conqueror:  Intro;  Conqueror;  Freight Train;  House of the Devil;  The Beast of Slidell;  Born in the Octagon;  Touched by Fire;  In the Night – 22-09-23