Monday, June 5, 2023

Michelle Billingsley

 By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2020 Narwhal Studios, 1644 Honor St., Wicker Park, Chicago, IL - Michelle Billingsley (Michelle Billingsley [vcl/gt], Matt Brown [ac gt/banjo/ fiddle], Brian Wilkie [el gt/steel], Ethan Jodziewicz [bass/ bass gt], Aaron Smith [bass],  Brian Deck [drums], Jason Stein [bas clarinet],  Amanda Healan, Samantha K. Mills, Wild Earp [bck vcl])
001 PORTIA
002 WHEN WILL YOU LEARN
003 MOM JEANS
004 ONCE IN A WHILE
005 KANGAROO COURT
006 GASLIGHTING
007 DRINK 'TIL I'M PRETTY
008 SHE'S GONE
009 AFTERNOON IN TRIPLET
010 THEN I REMEMBER
Tracks above issued on album Not The Marrying King
2022 poss. Chicago, IL – Michelle Billingsley
011 I LOVE THE WAY HE SAYS HE’S SORRY
012 NEAT WHISKEY
013 SENSE OF SMELL
014 BAD CASE OF THE BLUES
015 CHAMPAGNE TOAST
016 TROUBLE WALKIN‘
017 HIM AND HER AND ME
018 TENNESSEE WALTZ
019 BOTH SIDES OF LONELY
020 WICHITA
021 JOSHUA
tracks above issued on album Both Sides of Lonely

ALBUMS
Western Myth ? Not The Marrying King:
Portia; When Will You Learn; Mom Jeans; Once in a While; Kangaroo Court; Gaslighting; Drink 'Til I'm Pretty; She's Gone; Afternoon in Triplet; Then I Remember – 12-06-20
Western Myth ? Both Sides Of Lonely: I Love The Way He Says He’s Sorry; Neat Whiskey; Sense Of Smell; Bad Case Of The Blues; Champagne Toast; Trouble Walkin‘; Him and Her and Me; Tennessee Waltz; Both Sides Of Lonely; Wichita; Joshua – 02-06-23




Bristol Mountain Bluegrass / Bristol Brothers

 2nd version
By Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS

31 December 1979 [live] Bristol Mountain Ski Lodge, Canandaigua, NY – Bristol Mountain Bluegrass (Ron Springer [vcl/gt], Tex Ehmann [banjo], Dean Roets [mandolin],  Butch Hurrin [vcl/bass],  Bruce King [vcl/fiddle]. Producer: Jes Saris)
00001 BLACK MOUNTAIN RAG RS-115
00002 JUST AN OLD GENT RS-115
00003 BLACK DIAMOND RS-115
00004 CHARMIN' BETSY RS-115
00005 SALLY GOODWIN RS-115
00006 BILL BAILEY RS-115
00007 RAWHIDE RS-115
00008 LIVE AND LET LIVE RS-115
00009 TURKEY IN THE STRAW RS-115
00010 HOT CORN COLD CORN RS-115
00011 OLD JOE CLARK RS-115
00012 LIFE'S RAILWAY TO HEAVEN RS-115
16 November 1980/13 March 1981 Dynamic Studios, Rochester, NY – Bristol Mountain Bluegrass (Don Springer [gt], Doug Bartlett, Richard Hood [banjo], Dean Roets [mandolin], Butch Hurrin [bass], Bruce King [fiddle]. Producer: Don Springer)
001 MY BRISTOL MOUNTAIN HOME Dynamic DRC-130
002 POTTER'S WHEEL Dynamic DRC-130
003 OVER THE HILL Dynamic DRC-130
004 A FLOWER ON THE MOUNTAIN Dynamic DRC-130
005 YELLOW JACKET Dynamic DRC-130
006 YOU WERE THERE WITH ANOTHER Dynamic DRC-130
007 I WENT TO CHURCH Dynamic DRC-130
008 LONG, LONESOME ROAD Dynamic DRC-130
009 MIDNIGHT GETAWAY Dynamic DRC-130
010 FAR AWAY AND LONELY Dynamic DRC-130
011 BLUERIDGE CABIN HOME Dynamic DRC-130
012 BEAUMONT RAG Dynamic DRC-130
013 SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD Dynamic DRC-130
014 NOAH Dynamic DRC-130
ca. early 1982 Dynamic Studios, Rochester, NY – Bristol Mountain Bluegrass (Don Springer [gt], Richard Hood [banjo], Doug Bartlet [mandolin/2nd fiddle], Butch Hurrin [bass], Bruce King [fiddle]. Producer: Don Springer)
015 ALLALEE Revonah RS-512
016 MY LITTLE GEORGIA ROSE Revonah RS-512
017 LOST INDIAN Revonah RS-512
018 CAROLINA Revonah RS-512
019 ARMADILLO BREAKDOWN Revonah RS-512
020 EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW Revonah RS-512
021 WHOSE SHOULDER WILL YOU CRY ON Revonah RS-512
022 LITTLE WHITE WASHED CHIMNEY Revonah RS-512
023 THE VOICE OF MY LORD Revonah RS-512
024 B&D BREAKDOWN Revonah RS-512
025 PARADISE Revonah RS-512
026 LONG JOURNEY HO Revonah RS-512
ca. 1983 Bias Recording, 5400 Carolina Place, Springfield, VA  – Bristol Mountain Bluegrass (Don Springer [gt], Richard Hood [banjo], Butch Hurrin [bass], Doug Bartlett [fiddle/ mandolin]. Producer: J. Taylor Montfort)
027 SATURDAY NIGHT Revonah RS-937
028 SHARECROPPER'S SON Revonah RS-937
029 COLD GRAY WALLS Revonah RS-937
030 MY LORD MY SAVIOR Revonah RS-937
031 PATTI LYNN Revonah RS-937
032 BLUEGRASS LULLABY Revonah RS-937
033 WALKING WITH YOU Revonah RS-937
034 SOMEBODY'S WAITING FOR ME Revonah RS-937
035 THE FLOOD OF '72 Revonah RS-937
036 RIDING THAT MIDNIGHT TRAIN Revonah RS-937
037 TWO WRONGS Revonah RS-937
038 GONE HOME Revonah RS-937
1996 Red Dog Studios, Phelps, NY - Bristol Brothers (Don Springer, Richard Hood)
B01 MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA DRK-142
B02 BLACK EYED SUZIE DRK-142
B03 RILEY & SPENSER DRK-142
B04 SWEET MOUNTAIN LAUREL DRK-142
B05 HOMESTEAD ON THE FARM DRK-142
B06 MEMORY WALTZ DRK-142
B07 THE BALLAD OF CAROLINA DAVE DRK-142
B08 ROSE OF SHARON DRK-142
B09 FORK RIDGE DRK-142
B10 DEAR OLD SOUTHERN HOME DRK-142
B11 RIDING DOWN THE CANYON DRK-142
B12 EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW DRK-142
B13 GROUNDHOG DRK-142
B14 MYRTLE DRK-142
B15 DEEP RIVER BLUES DRK-142
B16 UNCLE WILL DRK-142
B17 PAPER & BOW DRK-142
1996 Unknown - Bristol Brothers (Don Springer, Richard Hood)
B18 SMOKEY MOUNTAIN RAG DRK-155
B19 CLOSER TO THE MILL DRK-155
B20 NO HOME BLUES DRK-155
B21 FADED COAT OF BLUE DRK-155
B22 GOLDSMITH MAID AND MORGAN RATTLER DRK-155
B23 SUGAR IN THE GOURD DRK-155
B24 BACK TOGETHER DRK-155
B25 O MY LITTLE DARLIN' DRK-155
B26 WRECK OF THE NUMBER NINE DRK-155
B27 BLACKLEY CREEK DRK-155
B28 THE VOICE OF MY LORD DRK-155
B29 CHARLIE, HE'S A GOOD OLD MAN DRK-155
B30 FLOWER IN THE WILDWOOD DRK-155
B31 GREEN WILLOWS DRK-155
B32 HONEY PIE 2 DRK-155
ca 2008 unknown - Bristol Mountain Bluegrass (Don Springer [gt], Doug Bartlett, Richard Hood, Perry Cleveland [mandolin], Mike Cloonan [banjo], Norm Darling [bass],
039 SWEET BLUE EYED DARLING DRK-2905
040 AGES AND AGES AGO DRK-2905
041 COLD GRAY WALLS DRK-2905
042 ANOTHER WALK WITH BROTHER DRK-2905
043 GRIDLEY BLUES DRK-2905
044 FADED COAT OF BLUE DRK-2905
045 TRAVELIN’ THIS LONESOME ROAD DRK-2905
046 PAPER AND BOW DRK-2905
047 WHO WILL SING FOR ME DRK-2905
048 IT TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE DRK-2905
049 OLD LOVE AFFAIR DRK-2905
050 WHY ME? DRK-2905
051 BLUEGRASS LULLABY DRK-2905
052 LEHIGH VALLEY FLYER DRK-2905

ALBUMS
Lids Of America RS-115 Live At The Mountain
: Black Mountain Rag; Just An Old Gent; Black Diamond; Charmin' Betsy; Sally Goodwin; Bill Bailey; Rawhide; Live And Let Live; Turkey In The Straw; Hot Corn Cold Corn; Old Joe Clark; Life's Railway To Heaven - 80
Dynamic DRC-130 My Bristol Mountain Home: My Bristol Mountain Home; Potter's Wheel; Over the Hill; A Flower On The Mountain; Yellow Jacke; You Were There With Another; I Went To Church; Long, Lonesome Road; Midnight Getaway; Far Away And Lonely; Blueridge Cabin Home; Beaumont Rag; Sitting On Top Of The World; Noah – 81 (reissued on Bristol Mountain Bluegrass 2209-CD in 2006)
Revonah RS-512 Darling Allalee: Allalee; My Little Georgia Rose; Lost Indian; Carolina; Armadillo Breakdown; Every Knee Shall Bow; Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On; Little White Washed Chimney; The Voice of My Lord; B&D Breakdown; Paradise; Long Journey Ho – 82 (reissued on Bristol Mountain Bluegrass 2205-CD in 2006)
Revonah RS-937 Saturday Night: Saturday Night; Sharecropper's Son; Cold Gray Walls; My Lord My Savior; Patti Lynn; Bluegrass Lullaby; Walking With You; Somebody's Waiting For Me; Flood Of '72; Riding That Midnight Train; Two Wrongs; Gone Home - 83 (reissued on Bristol Mountain Bluegrass 2210-CD in 2006)
Bristol Mountain Bluegrass DRK-142 Old Style: Marching Through Georgia; Black Eyed Suzie; Riley and Spenser; Sweet Mountain Laurel; Homestead On The Farm; Memory Waltz; The Ballad Of Carolina Dave; Rose Of Sharon; Fork Ridge; Dear Old Southern Home; Riding Down The Canyon; Every Knee Shall Bow; Groundhog; Myrtle; Deep River Blues; Uncle Will; Paper and Bow – 96 Bristol Brothers
Bristol Mountain Bluegrass DRK-155 Cornbread Willie: Smokey Mountain Rag; Closer to the Mill; No Home Blues; Faded Coat of Blue; Goldsmith Maid and Morgan Rattler; Sugar in the Gourd; Back Together; O My Little Darlin'; Wreck of the Number Nine; Blackley Creek; The Voice of My Lord; Charlie, He's a Good Old Man; Flower in the Wildwood; Green Willows; Honey Pie 2 – 02-97 Bristol Brothers
Bristol Mountain Bluegrass DRK-2905 Another Walk With Brother: Sweet Blue Eyed Darling; Ages and Ages Ago; Cold Gray Walls;Another Walk With Brother; Gridley Blues;Faded Coat of Blue;Travelin’ This Lonesome Road; Paper and Bow; Who Will Sing For Me;It Takes One To Know One; Old Love Affair; Why Me?; Bluegrass Lullaby; Lehigh Valley Flyer – 01-09-09




Boxcar Radio

 By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2015 unknown, GA – Boxcar Radio
001 GONE AWAY
002 THE GREENEST EYES
003 AT THE CROSSROADS AGAIN
004 SAINT OF JOSHUA TREE
005 HAUNTED BY YOU
006 DRINKING BY MYSELF
Tracks above issued on EP Boxcar Radio
2018 unknown, GA – Boxcar Radio (Rod Bond [], Mark Ever [gt], Jeff Hall [bass], Don Olsen [drums], + Scott Patton, Ryan Taylor and Amanda Grapes)
007 WATCHING TRAINS
008 BROKEN HEART
009 OLD MINING TOWN
010 INSIGNIFICANT
011 COUNTRY ROAD
012 JANUARY
Tracks above issued on EP Derailed
2022 unknown, GA – Boxcar Radio
013 REFLECTING
014 NO REGRETS
015 SOUVENIRS
016 LUCKIEST GUY
017 THE DEVIL'S CUT
018 ONE HIT SONG
019 BIRD
tracks above issued on EP The Devil’s Cut

EPs
Cosmic West ? Boxcar Radio: Gone Away; The Greenest Eyes; At the Crossroads Again; Saint of Joshua Tree; Haunted by You; Drinking by Myself - 15-10-15
Cosmic West ? Derailed: Watching Trains; Broken Heart; Old Mining Town; Insignificant; Country Road; January - 16-11-18
Boxcar Radio ? The Devil's Cut:  Reflecting;  No Regrets;  Souvenirs;  Luckiest Guy;  The Devil's Cut;  One Hit Song;  Bird – 21-07-22




Chase Brady

 By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2003 unknown, OH – Chase Brady
001 GARLAND GROVE
002 BE CAREFUL HOW YOU SAY GOODBYE
003 OUT OF THE RAIN
004 THE ONE YOU LEFT BEHIND
005 WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?
006 HOW CAN I CALL THIS HOME?
007 THE POWER OF O
008 DOIN' WELL
009 I WONDER WHAT HE'D SAY
010 SOMEONE IS WAITING
011 JULIANNA
012 HEARTBEAT OF THE WORDS
013 DON'T COME BACK
014 I THOUGHT I KNEW YOU
015 SOUTHBOUND GREYHOUND
016 POLLY IN THE PARK
tracks above issued on album Heartbeat Of The Words
2012 unknown, OH – Chase Brady
017 MY OWN GHOST
018 JULIANNA
019 GOOD AND GONE
020 DINKY DAO
021 HEARTBEAT OF THE WORDS
022 YOU ARE NOT ALONE
023 REUNION
024 WATER IS WIDE
025 WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME?
026 SOLDIER BOY
027 ARE YOU HAPPY, BABY?
028 PIONEERS OF TWILIGHT
029 CIRCLIN'
030 LIFE BEGINS AT SUNSET
031 NOWHERE IN SIGHT
tracks above issued on album Circles
2014 unknown, OH – Chase Brady
032 HORIZON BOUND
033 CELEBRITY WORSHIP
034 A BIGGER PIECE OF HER HEART
035 DANCE OF THE FAIRYDIDDLES
036 HEARTBEAT OF THE WORDS
037 ROLLING INTO THE FIRE
038 MY BABY LOVES ME FOR MY MONEY
039 IF I COULD BE WITH YOU AGAIN
040 JESUS OF WALL STREET
041 THE VIEW FROM REBECCA'S WINDOW
tracks above issued on album Into The Fire
2015 unknown, OH – Chase Brady
042 A BIT FURTHER ON
043 SANDY SAYS
044 BILLY MARSHALL'S BRIDE
045 HOUSE AT THE END OF THE ROAD
046 WALKIN' FLOORS
047 THE BLUES ON VACATION
048 STATE OF MIND
049 SERENDIPITY
050 TIME TO DECIDE
051 LIARS, CHEATS AND BUMS
052 LILY OF THE WEST
053 WHERE I'M SUPPOSED TO BE
tracks above issued on album A Bit Further On
2018  unknown, OH – Chase Brady (Chase Brady [vcl/various instruments] + Sara Gibson [cello], Jess Ica Kuohn [hmny vcl])
054 DO IT FOR THE DOIN'
055 GYPSY WIND
056 DON'T KNOW NOTHIN' 'BOUT LOVE
057 HOME FROM THESE TROUBLED SEAS
058 SLIGHT BRIGHT
059 MUSIC IN YOUR HEAD
060 THIS RAT
061 CRUISING FOR A FALL
062 DESPARATE GAME
063 FOR A WHILE
064 OXYMORONIC
065 THICK AND THIN
066 JUST CHILL
tracks above issued on album Do It For The Doin‘
2020 unknown, OH – Chase Brady
067 SINGING SONGS FOR STRANGERS
068 NO WAY TO STOP THE RAIN
069 PORT IN A STORM
070 ROLLING INTO THE FIRE (UPDATED)
071 JULIANNA
072 COUNTRY DRIFTER
073 TAKE ME BACK TO MARS
074 IF I COME BACK HOME AGAIN
075 WHAT HAPPENED TO US?
076 SHOTGUN WEDDING
077 I'VE BEEN AROUND
078 THE ONE YOU LEFT BEHIND  
tracks above issued on album Singing Song For Strangers
2022 unknown, OH – Chase Brady
079 MOLLY SANG THE BLUES
080 PARDON ME AND THE RAIN
081 HEART IN ASHES
082 MIDNIGHT DANCE
083 GETTING OLD IS GETTING OLD
084 NOT SAFE
085 NIGHTS LIKE THIS
086 MUY BIEN IN MEXICO
087 TREES AND BIRDS
tracks above issued on album Molly’s Blues



ALBUMS
Chase Brady ? Heartbeat of the Words
: Garland Grove; Be Careful How You Say Goodbye; Out of the Rain; The One You Left Behind; What Were You Thinking?; How Can I Call This Home?; The Power of O; Doin' Well; I Wonder What He'd Say; Someone is Waiting; Julianna; Heartbeat of the Words; Don't Come Back; I Thought I Knew You; Southbound Greyhound; Polly in the Park – 31-01-04
Chase Brady ? Circles: My Own Ghost; Julianna; Good and Gone; Dinky Dao; Heartbeat of the Words; You Are Not Alone; Reunion; Water Is Wide; What Have You Done to Me?; Soldier Boy; Are You Happy, Baby?; Pioneers of Twilight; Circlin'; Life Begins At Sunset; Nowhere in Sight - 12-09-12
Chase Brady ? Into the Fire: Horizon Bound; Celebrity Worship; A Bigger Piece of Her Heart; Dance of the Fairydiddles; Heartbeat of the Words; Rolling Into the Fire; My Baby Loves Me for My Money; If I Could Be With You Again; Jesus of Wall Street; The View from Rebecca's Window - 29-04-15
Chase Brady ? A Bit Further On: A Bit Further On; Sandy Says; Billy Marshall's Bride; House At the End of the Road; Walkin' Floors; The Blues On Vacation; State of Mind; Serendipity; Time to Decide; Liars, Cheats and Bums; Lily of the West; Where I'm Supposed to Be - 28-11-15
Chase Brady ? Do It For The Doin‘: Do It For The Doin' ; Gypsy Wind; Don't Know Nothin' 'Bout Love; Home From These Troubled Seas; Slight Bright; Music In Your Head; This Rat; Cruising For A Fall; Desparate Game; For A While; Oxymoronic; Thick And Thin; Just Chill – 12-12-18
Chase Brady ? Singing Songs For Strangers: Singing Songs For Strangers; No Way To Stop The Rain; Port In A Storm; Rolling Into The Fire (updated); Julianna; Country Drifter; Take Me Back To Mars; If I Come Back Home Again; What Happened To Us?; Shotgun Wedding; I've Been Around; The One You Left Behind  – 30-11-20
Chase Brady ? Molly’s Blues: Molly Sang The Blues; Pardon Me And The Rain; Heart In Ashes; Midnight Dance; Getting Old Is Getting Old; Not Safe; Nights Like This; Muy Bien In Mexico; Trees And Birds – 01-12-22