Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Belle Plaine

 Melanie Hankewich, *Fosston, SK, CAN
by Praguefrank
SESSIONS  

2010 SoulSound Recording Studio, 1951 Toronto St, Regina, SK, CAN – Belle Plaine
001 ADVICE FROM A VICAR
002 SWAMP LULLABY
003 ALREADY GONE
004 WAYFARING STRANGER
Tracks above issued on EP Hello From Belle Plaine
2011 Edmontone Studios, Edmontone Studios, Edmonton, AB, Edmonton, AB, CAN – Belle Plaine and Jeremy Sauer (Belle Plaine [vcl],  Jeremy Sauer [piano/Wurlitzer], Peter Belec [gt], Doug Hoyer [ukulele/vibraphone],  Dan Churchill [bass],  Fred Brenton [drums], Bob Tildesley [trumpet]. Producer: Doug Organ)
005 SWEET TART
006 NOTES FROM A WAITRESS (THANKS BULGAKOV)
007 MAYBE WINTER
008 PORT ANGELES
009 VEGAS
010 WAIKIKI
011 OLD LOVE
012 LEGENDARY
013 TO THE BEST OF OUR MEMORIES
Tracks above issued on album Notes From A Waitress
14 February 2014  [live] The Artesian, 2627 13th Ave, Regina, SK – Belle Plaine (Belle Plaine  [vcl/ac gt], Chris Sleightholm [el gt], Elizabeth Curry [bass/bck vcl], Tyler Hammer [drums], Jeremy Sauer [keyboards/accordion/ bck vcl], Cheney Lambert [trumpet], Karl Valiaho [sax], Anna Rose [bck vcl])
01301 NON-HOLIDAY (INTRO TO ADVICE FROM A VICAR)
01302 ADVICE FROM A VICAR
01303 SAXOPHONE (INTRO TO SWAMP LULLABY)
01304 SWAMP LULLABY
01305 ARTISTIC INTEGRITY (INTRO TO CHRISTMAS CARD FROM A HOOKER IN MINNEAPOLIS)
01306  CHRISTMAS CARD FROM A HOOKER IN MINNEAPOLIS
01307 LUCK OF THE DRAW (INTRO TO NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU'RE DOWN AND OUT)
01308 NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU'RE DOWN AND OUT
01309 WAIKIKI
01310 ALL THE LOVES (INTRO TO GOOD HEART)
01311 GOOD HEART
01312 MOVING ON (INTRO TO FROZEN IN OBSCURITY)
01313 FROZEN IN OBSCURITY
01314 WAYFARING STRANGER
01315 DATE NIGHT (INTRO TO SUNDAY MORNIN' COMIN' DOWN)
01316 SUNDAY MORNIN' COMIN' DOWN
01317 CRASHING THROUGH
01318 CRAZY ARMS
Tracks above issued on album The Unrequited Love
2015 Studio One, 2440 Broad St, Regina,  SK – Blake Berglund an Belle Plaine (Blake Berglund [vcl/ac gt], Belle Plaine [vcl],  Bryce Lewis [el gt], Elizabeth Curry [bass], Steve Leidel [drums/tambourine], Jeremy Sauer [keyboards],  Jason Plumb [bck vcl. Producer: Belle Plaine, Blake Berglund, Jason Plumb)
014 30114 TOWN TO TOWN  OMR 71002
015 30115 SASKATCHEWAN OMR 71002
2018 Studio One, 2440 Broad St, Regina,  SK – Belle Plaine, *with Megan Nash [-1], Colter Wall [-2], Kacy Anderson [-3] (Belle Plaine [vcl/gt], Bryce Lewis [el gt], Blake Berglund [gt],  Ian Cameron [steel], Steve Palton/Elizabeth Curry [bass], Steve Leidal [drums/tambourine],  Carmeline Pretzlaw [violin], Catherine Folstad [cello], Jeremy Sauer [organ/Wurlitzer], Jason Plumb, Marie Claire Winichuk [bck vcl].Producer: Jason Plumb)
016 FOR ALL THOSE WHO I LOVE BP 180727
017 GOLDEN RING -1 BP 180727   
018 SQUARED UP BP 180727   
019 TAXES AND DEATH AND YOU BP 180727   
020 IS IT CHEATING -2 BP 180727
021 ARE WE GOOD BP 180727   
022 LAILA SADY JOHNSON WASN'T BEATEN BY NO TRAIN BP 180727  
023 RADIO DREAMS BP 180727  
024 ROCK BOTTOM -3 BP 180727
2020 Earnest Tube Recording Studio, 152 Lee St, Bristol, VA – Belle Plaine (Belle Plane [vcl/tnr gt], Bryce Lewis [ac gt], Steve Leidal [snare drum],  Blake Berglund [harmonica/bck vcl])
025 MISS THE MISSISSIPPI AND YOU ATRC 001

ALBUMS
13the Ave [CAN] 13th-1-0008 Notes From a Waitress:
  Sweet Tart;  Notes From a Waitress (Thanks Bulgakov);  Maybe Winter; Port Angeles;  Vegas;  Waikiki;  Old Love;  Legendary;  To the Best of Our Memories- 27-01-12 w. Jeremy Sauer
Belle Plaine [CAN] no # The Unrequited Love:  Non-Holiday (Intro to Advice from a Vicar); Advice from a Vicar ;  Saxophone (Intro to Swamp Lullaby);  Swamp Lullaby; Artistic Integrity (Intro to Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis);  Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis; Luck of the Draw (Intro to Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out); Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out; Waikiki;  All the Loves (Intro to Good Heart);  Good Heart;  Moving On (Intro to Frozen in Obscurity);  Frozen in Obscurity;  Wayfaring Stranger;  Date Night (Intro to Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down);  Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down;  Crashing Through;  Crazy Arms – 04-03-16
Belle Plaine [CAN] BP 180727 Malice, Mercy, Grief and Wrath:  For All Those Who I Love; Golden Ring (w. Megan Nash);  Squared Up;  Taxes and Death and You;  Is It Cheating (w. Colter Wal)l;  Are We Good;  Laila Sady Johnson Wasn't Beaten by No Train; Radio Dreams; Rock Bottom (w. Kacy Anderson) – 19-10-18




EPs
Belle Plaine [CAN] no # Hello From Belle Plaine: Advice From A Vicar; Swamp Lullaby; Already Gone; Wayfaring Stranger - 13-05-11


SINGLES
Ocranman [CAN]
OMR 71002 Town To Town / Saskatchewan – 04-09-15 w. Blake Berglund
Armadillo Tail [CAN]
ATRC 001 [Belle Plaine:] Miss The Mississippi And You / [Blake Berglund:] I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blues Eyes - 20




Kensington Hillbillys / Steve Ketchen

 by Praguefrank
SESSIONS  

2001 unknown, ON, CAN - Steve Ketchen and the Kensington Hillbillys
001 PARTY FROCK TFM-122
002 WHEN SHE WAS MINE TFM-122
003 THE WAY IT IS TFM-122
004 EMELINA TFM-122
005 BALLAD OF THE BOYD GANG TFM-122
006 YOU'VE BEEN MISTAKEN TFM-122
007 LONELY AT THE MOON TFM-122
008 TALL, TALL PINES TFM-122
009 WRITING ON THE WALL TFM-122
010 TROUBLE ON THE LINE TFM-122
011 THE DISPOSSESSED TFM-122
012 (IN THE VALLEY) OF 10,000 SMOKES TFM-122  
2004 unknown, ON, CAN - the Kensington Hillbillys
013 THE COUNTRY ROAD TFM-123
014 DAYS OF MY LIFE TFM-123  
015 BONES IN THE BACKYARD TFM-123  
016 STRAIGHT TO HELL TFM-123
017 WRECK ON THE I-95 TFM-123  
018 OH ENGINEER TFM-123
019 MEMORIES OF YOU TFM-123
020 CAT DOWN IN A WELL TFM-123  
021 THX-138 TFM-123
022 GEEZER PLONK TFM-123  
023 DYIN' (IS JUST A PART OF LIVIN') TFM-123  
024 THE SPIRIT AND THE WILL TFM-123
2008 Toronto, ON, CAN - the Kensington Hillbillys (Steve Ketchen [vcl/gt], Stu Crooked [steel], Greg Sweetland [bass], Pete Lambert [drums/bck vcl])
025 SHADOW OF A DOUBT TFM-003  
026 COWBOYS TFM-003  
027 MELODY SO DIVINE TFM-003  
028 THE EDGE TFM-003  
029 EVEN THE GOOD TIMES ARE BAD TFM-003
030 TURN AROUND AGAIN TFM-003  
031 LONELY AT THE BOTTOM TFM-003  
032 HIGHWAY OF LIFE TFM-003  
033 IT WON'T BE PRETTY TFM-003
034 TINY MINE TFM-003  
035 INDIANS TFM-003  
036 UNTITLED (BONUS) TFM-003  
2010 unknown, ON, CAN – Steve Kitchen
K01 IS IT YOU
K02THE HIGH ROAD
K03 BACK HOME AGAIN
K04 ONE MINUTE TO MIDNIGHT
K05 ALMOST 30 YEARS
K06 POST TIME
K07 SABLE
K08 SOME DAYS (ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS)
K09 ON A LONESOME NIGHT
K10 UP ON THAT RIDGE
Tracks above issued on album Dark Horse
May 2012 The Rogue and The Space, Toronto, ON, CAN – The Kensington Hillbillys (Rebel Walt [vcl/gt/ harmonica], Jimmy Cliff Jazz [gt], Combat Burke [steel], Janie George Jones [vcl/bass], Johnny Appleseed [vcl/drums/ percussion]) [all listed names are aliases]
037 LONDON CALLING TCB-101  
038 CORNER SOUL TCB-101
039 WHITE MAN IN HAMMERSMITH PALAIS TCB-101  
040 WRONG'EM BOYO TCB-101  
041 BANKROBBER TCB-101  
042 TRAIN IN VAIN TCB-101
043 CHARLIE DON'T SURF TCB-101  
044 GUNS OF BRIXTON TCB-101  
045 HITSVILLE UK TCB-101  
046 THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN TCB-101
2013 The Verge Music Lab, Toronto, ON, CAN - The Kensington Hillbillys
047 PUSH UP THE RAIN 7CBR 001
048 THE FRONT LINE 7CBR 001
049 WATER, FIRE, HEAVEN AND EARTH
050 HARM'S WAY
051 TAKE IT ON THE CHIN
Tracks above issued on EP KHB
2017 The Verge Music Lab, Toronto, ON, CAN - The Kensington Hillbillys (Steve Ketchen [vcl/gt], Mickey McCallum [gt], Ryan Rothwell [vcl/bass], Peter Lambert [vcl/drums/ percussion])
052 DOWN IN THE DIRT BDD-011  
053 MUJAHIDEEN BDD-011  
054 POLICE BRUTALITY BDD-011  
055 IN CAIRO BDD-011  
056 NULL AND VOID BDD-011  
057 SWALLOW THE PILL BDD-011  
058 THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER BDD-011  
059 THIS YOU KNOW BDD-011  
060 A SPOON THAT WON'T BEND BDD-011  
061 THE LOUDEST NOISE BDD-011
2021 Toronto, ON, CAN - The Kensington Hillbillys
062 CORNER SOUL
063 HITSVILLE UK
064 CHARLIE DON'T SURF
065 THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
Tracks above issued on EP Grove Skin Rock




ALBUMS
Three Feathers Music [CAN] TFM-123 Steve Ketchen and the Kensington Hillbillys:
Party Frock; When She Was Mine; The Way It Is; Emelina; Ballad of the Boyd Gang; You've Been Mistaken; Lonely at the Moon; Tall, Tall Pines; Writing On the Wall; Trouble On the Line; The Dispossessed; (In the Valley) Of 10,000 Smokes - 01
Three Feathers Music [CAN] TFM-123 Bones in the Backyard:  The Country Road;  Days of My Life;  Bones in the Backyard;  Straight to Hell;  Wreck on the I-95;  Oh Engineer;  Memories of You;  Cat Down in a Well;  Thx-138;  Geezer Plonk;  Dyin' (Is Just a Part of Livin');  The Spirit and the Will – 28-05-05
Three Feathers Music [CAN] TFM 003 Tecumseh:  Shadow of a Doubt;  Cowboys;  Melody So Divine;  The Edge;  Even the Good Times Are Bad;  Turn Around Again;  Lonely At the Bottom;  Highway of Life;  It Won't Be Pretty;  Tiny Mine;  Indians;  Untitled (Bonus) – 24-10-08
Steve Ketchen [CAN] ? Dark Horse: Is It You; The High Road; Back Home Again; One Minute to Midnight; Almost 30 Years; Post Time; Sable; Some Days (are Better Than Others); On a Lonesome Night; Up on That Ridge -  11-03-11 Steve Ketchen
Crooked Beat [CAN] TCB-101 The Crooked Beat:  London Calling;  Corner Soul;  White Man in Hammersmith Palais;  Wrong'em Boyo;  Bankrobber;  Train in Vain;  Charlie Don't Surf;  Guns of Brixton;  Hitsville Uk;  The Magnificent Seven – 19-07-12
Boppa Do Down [CAN] BDD-011 Belly of the Beast:  Down in the Dirt;  Mujahideen;  Police Brutality;  In Cairo;  Null and Void;  Swallow the Pill;  This, That and the Other;  This You Know;  A Spoon That Won't Bend;  The Loudest Noise – 21-12-17

     
EPs
Crooked Beat [CAN] ? KHB: Push Up The Rain; The Front Line; Water, Fire, Heaven and Earth; Harm's Way; Take It On The Chin  - 18-07-13
Kensington Hillbillys [CAN] ? Grove Skin Rock: Corner Soul; Hitsville UK; Charlie Don't Surf; The Magnificent Seven  – 25-04-21

SINGLES
Crooked Beat [CAN]
7CBR 001 Push Up The Rain / The Front Line ‎- 13


Jesse Lee Campbell

 *North Carolina
by Praguefrank
SESSIONS
  also recorded with Steve Ivey
2003 IMI Studio, Nashville, TN – Jesse Lee Campbell
001 HARD TIMES
002 CAROLINA
003 THE JONES
004 LIKE ME
005 THIS PICTURE OF YOU
006 HE IS
007 I'M GONE
008 NOW THAT YOU'RE GONE
009 DO WHAT WE DID
010 ONE TOO MANY TIMES
011 MAKE SOME NOISE
Tracks above issued on album Hard Times
2004 IMI Studio, Nashville, TN – Jesse Lee Campbell (Jesse Lee Campbell [vcl], Steve Ivey [gt/ dobro/ bck vcl], Andy Leftwich [mandolin], Richard Bailey [banjo], Charlie Chadwick [bass], Shad Cobb [fiddle]. Producer: Steve Ivey)
012 WONDERFUL WORDS OF LIFE Praise Him With Bluegrass
013 NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD Praise Him With Bluegrass
014 SOFTLY AND TENDERLY Praise Him With Bluegrass
015 WHEN I SURVEY Praise Him With Bluegrass
016 'TIS SO SWEET Praise Him With Bluegrass
017 SAVIOR LIKE A SHEPHERD Praise Him With Bluegrass
018 LILLY OF THE VALLEY Praise Him With Bluegrass
019 WHEN THE ROLL IS CALLED UP YONDER
020 COME THOU FOUNT
021 THERE IS A NAME
022 I KNOW WHOM I HAVE BELIEVED
023 TRUST AND OBEY
024 THIS IS MY FATHER'S WORLD
025 WE GATHER TOGETHER
Tracks above issued on album Bluegrass Gospel
2004 IMI Studio, Nashville, TN – Jesse Lee Campbell (Jesse Lee Campbell [vcl], Eric Paslay [hammered dulcimer]. Producer: Steve Ivey)
026 AMAZING GRACE Bluegrass Gospel
027 IT IS WELL Bluegrass Gospel
2005 IMI Studio, Nashville, TN – Jesse Lee Campbell, *and Steve Ivey
028 OH HOW I LOVE JESUS* Praise Him With Bluegrass
029 THE DOXOLOGY Praise Him With Bluegrass
Tracks above issued on IMI v/a album 50 ACAPPELLA CHRISTIAN CLASSICS (2005, 3CDs)
2006 Nashville, TN – Jesse Lee Campbell
030 ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH Madacy 52986 Praise Him With Bluegrass
031 AWAY IN A MANGER Madacy 52986
032 DECK THE HALLS Madacy 52986
033 FROSTY THE SNOWMAN Madacy 52986
MADACY 52986 MOUNTAIN TOP BLUEGRASS CHRISTMAS (2006)

ALBUMS
IMI ? Hard Times:
Hard Times; Carolina; The Jones; Like Me; This Picture of You; He Is; I'm Gone; Now That You're Gone; Do What We Did; One Too Many Times; Make Some Noise – 14-09-03
IMI ? Bluegrass Gospel:  Wonderful Words of Life;  Nothing but the Blood;  Softly and Tenderly;  When I Survey;  'Tis So Sweet;  Savior Like a Shepherd;  Lilly of the Valley; When the Roll is Called Up Yonder;  Come Thou Fount;  There is a Name;  I Know Whom I Have Believed;  Trust and Obey;  This is My Father's World;  We Gather Together;  Amazing Grace;  It is Well – 28-12-04
Countdown Media ? Praise Him with Bluegrass:  Angels We Have Heard on High ;  Lily of the Valley;  Nothing but the Blood;  Savior Like a Shepherd;  The Doxology;  Wonderful Words of Life;  Oh How I Love Jesus (w. Steve Ivey);  'Tis so Sweet; Softly and Tenderly; When I Survey – 21-08-13 (sampler)

Bradley Winfield Parker

 *30-08-1949 New Hampshire, +28-09-2020
by Praguefrank
SESSIONS  

2005 unknown - Bradley Winfield Parker
001 APPALACHIAN GOLD
002 HEAVEN'S DOOR
003 STREET RUNNER
004 ANGEL IN MY ARMS
005 BLUE ON THE MOUNTAIN
006 MEXICAN MEMORIES
007 FEELIN' THE RAIN
008 AL-I-SURVEY
009 SOMEDAY KIND OF LOVE
010 ONE BRICK SHORT
011 MORE OF A WOMAN
012 LAY IT DOWN
Tracks above issued on album Appalachian Gold
2009 unknown - Bradley Winfield Parker
013 COLD NOVEMBER NIGHT
014 FIRE UP ABOVE ME
015 I NEED YOU
016 THINK' 'BOUT YOU
017 THE MORE I TRY
018 LONG LEGS
019 HOPE FUELS THE FIRE
020 SITTIN' ON THE FRONT PORCH
021 LIVE FREE OR DIE/WHISKEY FOR BREAKFAST
022 CALL IT LOVE
023 PLAY BASEBALL
Tracks above issued on album Cold November Night
2010 Blackwater Sound, ? – Bradley Winfield Parker (Bradley Winfield Parker [vcl/gt/fiddle], Mike Bilodeau [gt], Mike Reynolds [banjo], Rob Dachowski [bass], Wayne Ferreira [drums],  Ellen Carlson [fiddle],  Ace Bailey [harmonica],  Craig Jaster [piano], Dave Worster, Suzan Shute [bck vcl]. Producer: Bradley W. Parker)
024  DONE TURNED ON
025 STREETS OF COEUR D' ALENE
026 NEED NO SHOES
027 ROAD TO ADVENTURE
028 SUNDAY MORNIN' SERENADE
029 WORK
030 CHANGE
031 WHISKEY MOUNTAIN RUNNER
032 WALTZ ACROSS NEW HAMPSHIRE
033 LET IT ROLL
034 SUNSHINE RAIN BREAKDOWN
Tracks above issued on album Done Turned On
2016 unknown - Bradley Winfield Parker
035 TRIBUTE TO MERLE digital single [rel. May 22]
2019 unknown - Bradley Winfield Parker
036 SOMETIMES digital single [rel. May 8]

ALBUMS
Bradley Winfield Parker ? (UPC 692863099828) Appalachian Gold: 
Appalachian Gold;  Heaven's Door;  Street Runner; Angel In My Arms;  Blue On The Mountain;  Mexican Memories;  Feelin' The Rain;  Al-I-Survey;  Someday Kind of Love;  One Brick Short;  More Of A Woman;  Lay It Down – 11-04-06
Bradley Winfield Parker ? Cold November Night: Cold November Night; Fire Up Above Me; I Need You; Think' 'Bout You; The More I Try; Long Legs; Hope Fuels the Fire; Sittin' On the Front Porch; Live Free Or Die/Whiskey For Breakfast; Call It Love; Play Baseball – 30-09-09
Albeit no # Done Turned On:  Done Turned On;  Streets of Coeur d' Alene;  Need No Shoes;  Road To Adventure;  Sunday Mornin' Serenade;  Work;  Change;  Whiskey Mountain Runner;  Waltz Across New Hampshire;  Let It Roll;  Sunshine Rain Breakdown – 01-07-10