Thursday, August 24, 2023

Al Batten

 +22-11-2016
by Praguefrank
SESSIONS  

2000 Riverside Audio, Mt. Gilead, NC – Al Batten and The Bluegrass Reunion Band (Al Batten [vcl/banjo], Dave Turnage [vcl/gt], Jimmy Cameron [vcl/mandolin], Phil Patterson [bass],  Johnny Ridge [fiddle]).
001 CALIFORNIA COTTONFIELDS
002 NEW BLACK SUIT
003 NEATH THE TREE
004 BUILDING ON SAND
005 ARE YOU TEASING ME
006 MY BABY'S GONE
007 BENEATH THE WINTER SNOW
008 DON'T LAUGH
009 STRAND FROM A YELLOW CURL
010 SING A BLUEGRASS SONG
011 I'LL NEVER CHANGE MY MIND
012 WHEN THE SAVIOR REACHED DOWN
013 SUNDOWN AND SORROW
014 MULESKINNER BLUES
015 ROCKIN' ON THE WAVES.
tracks above issued on album New Black Suit
2002 Riverside Audio, Mt. Gilead, NC – Al Batten and The Bluegrass Reunion Band (Al Batten [vcl/banjo], Dave Turnage [vcl/gt], Jimmy Cameron [vcl/mandolin], Phil Patterson [bass],  Johnny Ridge [vcl/fiddle]).
016 HELP THY BROTHER
017 HOW CAN YOU REFUSE HIM NOW
018 LET HIM LEAD YOU
019 MASTER BUILDER
020 GOING HOME
021 DON'T BE LEFT ON THE MOUNTAIN
022 LIGHT AT THE RIVER
023 CAMPING IN CANNAN'S LAND
024 IT'S NOT GOD THAT'S DEAD
025 HOME ON HIGH
026 I'M GONNA EAT AT THE WELCOME TABLE
027 WAY DOWN IN MY SOUL
028 EASTERN GATE
029 ARE YOU WASHED IN THE BLOOD
tracks above issued on album Don’t Be Left on The Mountain
2003 Riverside Audio, Mt. Gilead, NC – Al Batten (Al Batten [vcl/banjo], Dave Turnage [vcl/gt], Jimmy Cameron [vcl/mandolin], Phil Patterson [bass],  Johnny Ridge [fiddle]).
030 REUNION SHUFFLE
031 IT'S TWO O'CLOCK
032 LAUREL'S WALTZ
033 BENDING THE STRINGS
034 GREEN VALLEY WALTZ
035 I CAN'T QUIT CIGARETTES
036 ALWAYS MARRY AN UGLY GIRL
037 HAROLD'S SUPER SERVICE
038 THE DEVIL AND THE FARMER'S WIFE
039 REDNECK LOVE SONG #1
tracks above issued on album Instrumentals and Insanities
2000s Riverside Audio, Mt. Gilead, NC – Al Batten and The Bluegrass Reunion
040 SWEET BLUE-EYED DARLING
041 ON MY MIND
042 USED TO BE
043 MY HEART SKIPS A BEAT
044 THE I'LL GO STEPPING TOO
045 GIRL OF MY DREAMS
046 HEARTBREAK MOUNTAIN
047 CARROLL COUNTY ACCIDENT
048 CABIN IN CAROLINE
049 CRYING HOLY UNTO THE LORD
050 PHILADELPHIA LAWYER
051 RAGGEDY ANNE
052 HAPPY SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE
053 I KNOW YOU'RE MARRIED, BUT I LOVE YOU STILL
tracks above issued on album Bluegrass Reunion Style
2005 Riverside Audio, Mt. Gilead, NC – Al Batten and The Bluegrass Reunion
054 CHRISTMAS IN OUR HOMETOWN BCR 014
BLUE CIRCLE BCR 014 CHRISTMAS IN CAROLINA (2005)
18 February 2006 [live-13th annual Kinston Winter Bluegrass Festival] Kinston, NC - Al Batten and the Bluegrass Reunion
05401 INTRO WITH TIM WOODALL
05402 SHUCKING THE CORN
05403 I HOPE YOU'VE LEARNED
05404 WHY OH WHY DID YOU WANDER
05405 THE OLD CROSSROADS
05406 BLUEGRASS BREAKDOWN
05407 YOU COMB HER HAIR
05408 REDNECK LOVE SONG #1
05409 PRAYER BELLS FROM HEAVEN
05410 STRAND FROM A YELLOW CURL
05411 WEDDING OF THE BROOMS
05412 LEE HIGHWAY BLUES
05413 GOING BACK TO MY KENTUCKY
05414 HEARTBREAK MOUNTAIN
05415 TOO OLD TO MEND A BROKEN HEART
05416 SWEET CARRIE
05417 CHOKING THE STRINGS
05418 THREE-LEGGED DOG
05419 BITTERSWEET MEMORIES OF HOME
05420 LONESOME WITHOUT YOU
05421 DEVIL AND THE FARMER'S WIFE
05422 ROBE OF WHITE
05423 SPECIAL THANKS
05424 BLACK EYED SUSIE
tracks above issued on album Live at The Kinston Winter Bluegrass Festival
2008 Riverside Audio, Mt. Gilead, NC – Al Batten and The Bluegrass Reunion (Al Batten [vcl/banjo/ gt], Dave Turnage [vcl/gt], Mike Aldridge [vcl/mandolin],  Phil Patterson [bass], Johnny Ridge [vcl/bass/ fiddle]).
055 THEY'LL SOON PAY THE PRICE
056 HOW MANY MEN
057 AUNT DINAH'S QUILTING PARTY
058 BOOTLEG JOHN
059 IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER
060 YOU LEFT ME ALONE
061 DREAM OF A MINER'S CHILD
062 CAROLINA MOUNTAIN HOME
063 SWEETEST LOVE
064 JORDAN
065 PLEASE DON'T HONEY, PLEASE
066 HIGHWAY OF REGRET
tracks above issued on album 36 Years and Counting



ALBUMS
Al Batten no # New Black Suit:
California Cottonfields; New Black Suit; Neath The Tree; Building On Sand; Are You Teasing Me; My Baby's Gone; Beneath The Winter Snow; Don't Laugh; Strand From A Yellow Curl; Sing A Bluegrass Song; I'll Never Change My Mind; When The Savior Reached Down; Sundown And Sorrow; Muleskinner Blues; Rockin' On The Waves.- 00
Al Batten no # Don't Be Left On The Mountain:  Help Thy Brother; How Can You Refuse Him Now; Let Him Lead You; Master Builder; Going Home; Don't Be Left On The Mountain; Light At The River; Camping In Cannan's Land; It's Not God That's Dead; Home On High; I'm Gonna Eat At The Welcome Table; Way Down In My Soul; Eastern Gate; Are You Washed In The Blood - 02
Al Batten 02 Instrumentals and Insanities: Reunion Shuffle; It's Two O'clock; Laurel's Waltz; Bending The Strings; Green Valley Waltz; I Can't Quit Cigarettes; Always Marry An Ugly Girl; Harold's Super Service; The Devil And The Farmer's Wife; Redneck Love Song #1 – 03
Al Batten no #    Bluegrass / Reunion style: Sweet blue-eyed darling; On My Mind; Used To Be; My Heart Skips A Beat; The I'll Go Stepping Too; Girl Of My Dreams;  Heartbreak Mountain; Carroll County Accident; Cabin In Caroline;  Crying Holy Unto The Lord;  Philadelphia Lawyer;  Raggedy Anne;  Happy Sunny Side Of Life; I Know You're Married, But I Love You Still – 0-
Blue Circle ?  Live At The Kinston Winter Bluegrass Festival: Intro With Tim Woodall; Shucking The Corn; I Hope You've Learned; Why Oh Why Did You Wander; The Old Crossroads; Bluegrass Breakdown; You Comb Her Hair; Redneck Love Song #1; Prayer Bells From Heaven; Strand From A Yellow Curl; Wedding Of The Brooms; Lee Highway Blues; Going Back To My Kentucky; Heartbreak Mountain; Too Old To Mend A Broken Heart; Sweet Carrie; Choking The Strings; Three-Legged Dog; Bittersweet Memories Of Home; Lonesome Without You; Devil And The Farmer's Wife; Robe Of White; Special Thanks; Black Eyed Susie - 06
Al Batten no # 36 Years And Counting:  Highway Of Regret; They'll Soon Pay The Price; How Many Men; Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party; Bootleg John; If I Had My Life To Live Over; You Left Me Alone; Dream Of A Miner's Child; Carolina Mountain Home; Sweetest Love; Jordan; Please Don't Honey, Please - 08




Rod Hart

 *Beulah, MI
3rd version
By Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS

1968 poss. Prescott, AZ – Rod Hart (Producer: Bobby Myers)
001 SJW 10518 CHOKE UP ON THE EIGHT BALL Phoenix Sun PS-101 Hart 6901
002 SJW 10518 AMONG THE LONELY Phoenix Sun PS-101 Hart 6901
1969 poss. Nashville, TN – Rod Hart and The Nashville Addix (Producer: Don Balles)
003 90670A I'LL CRY TOMORROW Capitol Star Artist 90670
004 90670B BLIND VIET NAM VETERAN  90670
ca 1969 poss. Prescott, AZ – Rod Hart
005 TRUCK DRIVIN‘ CAN BE FUN  Hart 3330
possibly B-side of above
006 CRY AGAIN?  3330
ca 1969 [live] The Museum Club, Prescott,  AZ – Rod Hart and The Hustlers (Rod Hart [vcl/gt], Curt Tagger [vcl/gt/ steel], Al Heyer [vcl/bass], Tommy Madrid [vcl/drums]. Producer:  Rod Hart, Richie Albright, Buddy Wheeler)
00601 RUBEN JAMES LPS 3333
00602 I'D FIGHT THE WORLD LPS 3333
00603 PROUD MARY LPS 3333
00604 CRY AGIN LPS 3333
00605 CHOKE UP ON THE 8 BALL LPS 3333
00606 LET IT BE ME LPS 3333
00607 HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN LPS 3333
00608 CALIFORNIA BLUES LPS 3333
00609 BAD BOY LPS 3333
00610 IN ONE HEART AND OUT THE OTHER LPS 3333
00611 SHA MARIE LPS 3333  
1972 [from movie Junior Bonner] unknown, AZ – Rod Hart
007 19211 ARIZONA MORNING Hart 3334
008 19211 RODEO MAN  Hart 3334
1976 Nashville, TN – Rod Hart (Producer: Producer: Little Richie)
009 711-2636* C.B.SAVAGE Little Richie LR-1010 Plantation PL-144*/PLP-500 OMNI 124 Gusto GTV 107
010 711-2637* BETTER OFF GONE Little Richie LR-1010 Plantation PL-144*
1976 Singleton Sound Studio, 3106 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN  – Rod Hart (Producer: Producer: Leroy Duncan, Rod Hart and Shelby Singleton, Jr.)
011 BIG FANNY Plantation PLP-500
012 KNIGHT OF THE ROAD Plantation PLP-500 DCD 5298
013 OLD TOWN DRUNK Plantation PLP-500
014 GARY GRASSHOPPER AND TILLIE TADPLE Plantation PLP-500
015 IT'S MY DOG Plantation PLP-500
016 DOG-GONE IT Plantation PLP-500
017 HOOKED ON HONKY TONKS Plantation PLP-500
018 TRUCK DRIVING SON OF A GUN Plantation PLP-500 DCD 5298
019 WE TRIED Plantation PLP-500
020 CHARLIE'S MOONSHINE BAR AND GRILL Plantation PLP-500
021 ASPHALT COWBOY Plantation PLP-500 DCD 5298
DISKY DCD 5298 SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD (NED, 1993, 2CD)
late 1976 Singleton Sound Studio, 3106 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN – Rod Hart (Producer: Producer: Little Richie)
022 711-2663 SHE NEVER CRIED LIKE THAT FOR ME PL-152
late 1976 Singleton Sound Studio, 3106 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN – Rod Hart (Producer: Producer: Little Richie)
023 711-2681 ARIZONA FLASH AND CLOUDY PL-152
1978 Sound Center Studio, Prescott, AZ – Rod Hart (Producer: Producer: Rod Hart)
024 33233 MY NAME IS COUNTRY MUSIC Little Richie LR-1051
025 33233 I JUST NEED LOVIN' Little Richie LR-1051
1980 Sun-Dwyer Studio, San Bernardino, CA – Rod Hart (Producer: Rod Hart, Steven Sun, Terry Dwyer)
026 INC0009A CHICKEN OF THE COUNTY IBC 0009
1980 Sun-Dwyer Studio, San Bernardino, CA – Rod Hart (Producer: Stan Cornelius)
027 IBC0009B DO YOU KNOW WHY IBC 0009


ALBUMS
Hart LPS-3333 Rod Hart and The Hustlers Live At Don Scott's Museum Club: Ruben James; I'd Fight The World; Proud Mary; Cry Agin; Choke Up On The 8 Ball; Let It Be Me; House Of The Rising Sun; California Blues; Bad Boy; In One Heart And Out The Other; Sha Marie – 69?
Plantation PLP-500 Breakeroo!: C.B. Savage; Big Fanny; Knight Of The Road; Old Town Drunk; Gary Grasshopper And Tillie Tadple; It's My Dog / Dog-Gone It; Hooked On Honky Tonks; Truck Driving Son Of A Gun; We Tried; Charlie's Moonshine Bar And Grill; Asphalt Cowboy – 12-76

SINGLES
Phoenix Sun (1968)
PS-101 Choke Up On The Eight Ball / Among The Lonely – 09-68 (rev. Oct. 5; also on Hart 6901 in 1969)
Capitol Star Artist (1969)
90670 I'll Cry Tomorrow / Blind Viet Nam Veteran – 69
Hart (1969?-72)
3330 Truck Drivin‘ Can Be Fun / Cry Again (?) – 69?
3334 Arizona Morning/ Rodeo Man - 72
Little Richie (1976, masters leased to Plantation)
LR-1010 C.B.Savage / Better Off Gone - 76
Plantation (1976-77)
PL-144 C.B.Savage / Better Off Gone - 11-76 (reissue of Little Richie 1010, rev. Nov. 6)
PL-152 Arizona Flash And Cloudy / She Never Cried Like That For Me - 77
Little Richie (1978)
LR-1051 May Name Is Country music / I Just Need Lovin' - 78
IBC (1980)
0009 Chicken Of The County / Do You Know Why - 80



Mickey Crocker

 by Praguefrank
SESSIONS  

1978 Bingham Ranch Studio, Glenpool, OK – Mickey Crocker (Producer: Steve Ripley, Tom Russell)
001 9910-1 MORE THAN JUST AN ORDINARY MAN TSRB 003
002 9910-2 FALLIN' ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL (A TRUCKER'S PRAYER) TSRB 003
1979 Nashville, TN – Mickey Crocker  (Producer: Arthur Thomas)
003 TROUBLIN' MIND Deltron 79025  
004 WHEN THE DOPES ALL GONE Deltron 79025  
005 HARD TIME LIFE Deltron 79025  
006 YOUR MEMORY HELPS KEEP MY MIND IN MISERY Deltron 79025  
007 THE DEVIL IS WAITING Deltron 79025  
008 LADY ILEAN Deltron 79025
009 KIM Deltron 79025  
010 SOMETHING KEEPS COMING BACK TO YOU Deltron 79025  
011 COUNTRY EVENINGS Deltron 79025  
012 WHAT CAUSES HEAT Deltron 79025


ALBUMS
Deltron 79025 Hard Time Life
: Troublin' Mind; When The Dopes All Gone; Hard Time Life; Your Memory Helps Keep My Mind In Misery; The Devil Is Waiting; Lady Ilean; Kim; Something Keeps Coming Back To You; Country Evenings; What Causes Heat – 79 (MX: DRP 9934/5)

SINGLES
Tulsa (1978)
TSRB 003 More Than Just An Ordinary Man / Fallin' Asleep At The Wheel (A Trucker's Prayer) - 78
Deltron (1979)
79012 Something Keeps Me Coming Back To You / Troublin' Mind - 79

Marie Miller

Marie Graciela Miller, *09-04-1989 Dallas, TX
by Praguefrank
SESSIONS  

2005 unknown – Marie Miller
001 ON MY WAY
002 IMMERCE ME
003 MOTHER MUST BE PRAYING
004 ACCEPTED
005 OUT OF EGYPT
006 COLD
007 THE ROAD
tracks above issued on EP Marie Miller
2012 unknown – Marie Miller (Producer: Seth Jones)
008 SILENT NIGHT  Curb D 2210[cd]  digital single [rel. Nov. 13]
2013 unknown – Marie Miller (Marie Miller [vcl/mandolin], Gabe Scott [ac gt/banjo], Stu Garrard [el gt],  Tony Lucido [bass gt],  Paul Mabury [drums/percussion/ keyboards], Steven Reese [violin], Theresa Miller [harp]. Producer: Paul Mabury)
009 YOU'RE NOT ALONE Marie Miller We’re Not Alone
010 TO BE LOVED Marie Miller
011 SUCH A SHAME  We’re Not Alone
012 FALL ALONE Marie Miller We’re Not Alone
013 6'2 Marie Miller We’re Not Alone  [radio mix:] digital single [rel. Feb. 11, 2014]
014 UNCONSCIOUS Marie Miller We’re Not Alone
2016 Los Angeles, CA – Marie Miller  ([complete Letters:] Marie Miller [vcl/ac gt/ mandolin/ bouzuki], Jeff Coleman [el gt], Kris Donegan [el gt],  Jarod Evans [el gt], Taylor Johnson [el gt], Bruce Watson [gt], Chad Copelin [bass/keyboards], Matt Chamberlain / James McAlister / Jacob Schrodt [drums], Chris Reynolds [keyboards/ percussion] Eric Rosse / Ian Fitchuk [keyboards], Tess Miller [bck vcl]. Producer: Eric Rosse)
015 BOARDWALK
016 NEXT BEST THING
017 STONES YOU THROW
018 MORE
019 THE LONELY ENDS
tracks above issued on album Letterbox
2016 Nashville, TN – Marie Miller ([complete Letterbox:] Marie Miller [vcl/ac gt/ mandolin/ bouzuki], Jeff Coleman [el gt], Kris Donegan [el gt],  Jarod Evans [el gt], Taylor Johnson [el gt], Bruce Watson [gt], Chad Copelin [bass/keyboards], Matt Chamberlain / James McAlister / Jacob Schrodt [drums], Chris Reynolds [keyboards/ percussion] Eric Rosse / Ian Fitchuk [keyboards], Tess Miller [bck vcl]. Producer: Chad Capelin)
020 THIS SIDE OF PARADISE
021 LOST AT SEA
022 GLITTER GOLD
023 ANGELINE
024 STORY
025 TWO TO ONE
026 SPARKLING
tracks above issued on album Letterbox
2018 unknown – Marie Miller
027 I LOVE YOU MORE THAN CHRISTMAS SNOW digital single [rel. Nov. 30]
2018 [live-Burnin‘] unknown – Emporia State University Wind Ensamble with Maria Miller
02701 ALLELUIA! LAUDAMUS TE
2019 Nashville, TN – Marie Miller
028 BUTTERFLY COLLECTOR Butterfly Collector Wayfaring Stranger Little Dreams
029 LITTLE DREAMS Butterfly Collector Wayfaring Stranger Little Dreams
030 IMAGINARY FRIEND Butterfly Collector Wayfaring Stranger Little Dreams
031 HOMELAND Butterfly Collector  Wayfaring Stranger Little Dreams
032 WAYFARING STRANGER Wayfaring Stranger Little Dreams
033 SILENTLY WITH ME Little Dreams
034 MORE THAN WHAT I SEE Little Dreams
035 DON'T LOOK FOR GOD Little Dreams
036 BRAVE NEW STEP Little Dreams
2020 unknown - Joshua Carswell, Marie Miller, Scott Mulvahill
037 BRING A TORCH, JEANETTE, ISABELLA digital single [rel. Dec. 11]
2021 unknown – Marie Miller
038 SWEET BABY JAMES digital single [rel. July 23]
039 AT LAST digital single [rel. Nov. 12]



ALBUMS
Curb D2-79448 Letterbox:
  This Side Of Paradise;  Boardwalk;  Lost at Sea;  Next Best Thing;  Glitter Gold;  Angeline;  Story;  Two to One; Stones You Throw;  More;  Sparkling;  The Lonely Ends – 28-04-17
Marie Miller/Tone Tree no # Little Dreams:  Homeland;  Little Dreams;  Butterfly Collector;  Imaginary Friend;  Silently With Me;  Wayfaring Stranger;  More Than What I See;  Don't Look for God;  Brave New Step – 27-03-20


EPs
Marie Miller no # Marie Miller: On My Way; Immerce Me; Mother Must Be Praying; Accepted; Out Of Egypt; Cold; The Road - 05
Curb no #  Marie Miller: You're Not Alone; To Be Loved; Fall Alone;  6'2; Unconscious – 13 (promo)
Curb no #  You're Not Alone: You're Not Alone;  Such A Shame;  Fall Alone;  6'2; Unconscious – 11-06-13
Marie Miller/ Tone Tree Butterfly Collector:  Butterfly Collector;  Little Dreams;  Imaginary Friend;  Homeland – 14-02-20
Marie Miller/Tone Tree Wayfaring Stranger:  Wayfaring Stranger;  Butterfly Collector;  Little Dreams;  Imaginary Friend;  Homeland – 13-03-20