Friday, January 9, 2026

Jim Hardin

 
*North Carolina
By Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS 

1960 unknown – Jim Hardin and The Musical Erupters
001 SO 752 MEXICALA ROSE Volcano 100 
002 SO 753 HIGH STEPPING WOMAN Volcano 100 /WLP 8871 Bb-CD-55186
COLLECTOR WLP 8871 LOT OF ROCKIN' (NED, 1980); BUFFALO BOP Bb-CD 55186 ROCKABILLY WILDLIFE (GER, 2007)
1961 unknown - Jim Hardin 
003 S1233 MOUNTAIN GIRL Rush 2001
004 S1234 STAY AWAY FROM MY ANGEL   Rush 2001
1962 unknown - Jim Hardin 
005 KB 2814A BLUE EYES JD 1006
006 KB 2814B IT'S A SHAME  JD 1007





SINGLES
Volcano (1960) and The Musical Erupters
100 Mexicala Rose / High Stepping Woman - 60
Rush (1961)                                   
2001  Mountain Girl / Stay Away From My Angel - 61    
Jim Dandy (1962)
JD-1006 Blue Eyes / It's A Shame  - 62











Matt King

 *28-09-1966 Asheville, NC
2nd version
by Praguefrank, Lennart Gustavsson
SESSIONS

ca Spring 1997 Soundshop Studio, 1307 Division St., Nashville, TN/Woodland Sound Studio, 1011 Woodland St., Nashville, TN – Matt King (Matt King [vcl], Kenny Mims [gt/mandolin], Brent Rowan [gt], Jerry Douglas [dobro], Aubrey Haynie [mandolin/fiddle], Bruce Bouton/Buck Reid [steel], Bob Ray, Michael Rhodes [bass], Shannon Forrest/Craig Krampf [drums], Larry Franklin [fiddle], Dennis Wage [piano] + Daisy Dern, Chuck Glass, Gary Morris, John Wesley Ryles, Curtis Young [bck vcl]. Producer: Gary Morris)
001 A WOMAN'S TEARS Atlantic 7-84101/82981-2 
002 FIVE O' CLOCK HERO Atlantic 7-84101 7-84160/82981-2 
003 I WROTE THE BOOK Atlantic 82981-2 
004 A WOMAN LIKE YOU Atlantic 82981-2 
005 PRAY FOR HARDWOOD Atlantic 82981-2 
006 SEPTEMBER RAIN Atlantic 7-84160/82981-2 
007 BACK TO THE RIVER Atlantic 82981-2 
008 A PERFECT MISTAKE Atlantic 82981-2 
009 STOMPIN' GROUND Atlantic 82981-2 
010 DESTINY Atlantic 82981-2 
011 ROOTS Atlantic 82981-2 
ca Spring 1999 The Tracking Room, 2 Music Circle East, Nashville, TN/ Emerald Sound Studio, 1033 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Matt King (Matt King [vcl], Verlon Thompson [ac gt], Biff Watson [ac gt], Billy Joe Walker Jr [ac gt/dobro], Brent Mason [el gt], Buddy Emmons/ Paul Franklin/ Sonny Garrish/Robby Turner [steel], Glenn Worf [bass], Joe Chemay [bass gt], Eddie Bayers [drums/percussion], Glen Duncan/ Andrea Zorin/Aubrey Haynie [fiddle], Pat Coil /John Jarvis/ Matt Rollings [keyboards], James Horn [sax], Patty Loveless, Alison Krauss, Liana Manis, John Wesley Ryles, Dennis Wilson, Wes Hightower, Curtis Young [bck vcl]. Producer: Billy Joe Walker Jr) [overdub sessions: Our Place Studio, Nashville, TM]
012 HARD COUNTY Atlantic 83194-2 
013 FROM YOUR KNEES Atlantic 83194-2 
014 BURYING BONES BY THE DOZEN Atlantic 83194-2 
015 I WILL COME BACK AGAIN Atlantic 83194-2 
016 SWEET PERFUME Atlantic 83194-2 
017 A MAN CAN DREAM, CAN'T HE Atlantic 83194-2 
018 MEMORIES, FIDDLES AND SONGS Atlantic 83194-2 
019 THE ANGELS ARE CRYIN' AGAIN Atlantic 83194-2 
020 RUB IT IN Atlantic 83194-2 
021 ONE DOOR DOWN Atlantic 83194-2
2002 [sessions for A tribute to the legendary Webb Pierce] Curb Studios, Nashville, TN – Matt King (Matt King [vcl], Kenny Vaugh [ac gt], Pat Bergeson [el gt], Steve Fishell [steel], Mark Webb [tic tac gt], Rob Price [bass], Bob Mummert [drums], Hoot Hester, Kenny Sears [fiddle], Chris Nole [piano]. Producer: Gail Davies)
022 EVEN THO  Audio Ent. AUD-CD-8146
2003 poss. Nashville, TN – Matt King
023 PROLOGUE
024 SHANTY TOWN
025 ZEKE'S WHEEL
026 BRING ME SOME WATER
027 AMERICAN DREAM
028 STUMBLIN' BLOCK
029 LIKE COMING HOME
030 EDEN'S APPLE
031 THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE
032 BEFORE IT'S GONE
033 SACRED
034 HARDLUCK ROAD
035 EPILOGUE 
Tracks above issued on album Don’t Tread On Me
2004 unknown – Matt King
036 ALRIGHT NOW
037 HELL'S KITCHEN
038 WICKED LOVE
039 SUGAR MOON
040 I'M NOT BITTER
041 TRYING HARD TO MATTER
042 SILVERTONE
043 I'VE GOT A SHOTGUN
044 JENNY WITH A CHAINSAW
045 GOD BLESS THE HOBO 
Tracks above issued on album Road Kill
2007 Tragedy/Tragedy, Nashville, TN / 16 Tons Studio, Nashville, TN – Matt King (Matt King [vcl/gt/ mandolin], Dan Cohen [gt],  Elio Giordano [bass], Paul Deakin [drums/percussion/ banjo], Jay Joyce [piano/ bass/ gt],  Jaime Steger [bck vcl]. Producer: Jay Joyce)
046 SHANTY TOWN K 300106   
047 CURSING THE OHIO K 300106   
048 PRELUDE TO APATHY K 300106   
049 AMERICAN DREAM K 300106   
050 THE MOUNTAIN K 300106   
051 GRAVEYARD SHIFT K 300106   
052 SILVERTONE K 300106   
053 RABBIT'S FOOT K 300106   
054 EDEN'S APPLE K 300106  
055 HELL'S KITCHEN K 300106   
056 BRISTOL K 300106   
057 WAITING AT THE BOTTOM K 300106 
Ca 2010 unknown – Matt King and The Cutters
058 MULBERRY STREET
059 ROCKABYE THE CRADLE
060 ZEKE'S WHEEL
061 BLOOD RIVER
062 BIG SHOT 
Tracks above issued on EP Matt King and The Cutters
Ca 2010 Our Place Studios, Nashville, TN – Matt King
063 WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN
064 WHISTLE IN THE DARK
065 BRING ME SOME WATER
066 BEFORE IT'S GONE
067 NOBODY'S SINGIN'
068 STAY A WHILE
069 LIKE COMING HOME
070 ATLAS SHRUGGED
071 CIRCLING THE DRAIN
072 SAME RIVER TWICE
073 1928 
Tracks above issued on album Raw
2012 Big Bicycle, ? / Sputnik Sound, Nashville, TN – Matt King (Matt King [vcl/ gt/ strings], Dan Cohen [gt], Phillip Lammonds [mandolin/ gt], Brandy Zdan [steel], Brian Hinchliffe [bass], Jerry Roe [drums],  Heidi Newfield [harmonica], Morgan Myles [bck vcl]. Producer: Matt King)
074 APPLES AND ORPHANS
075 BACK TO BALTIMORE
076 HENHOUSE
077 BOILERMAKER
078 JASMINE AND GYPSIES
079 THEY ALL KNOW I'M HERE
080 MERCURY IN THE WATER
081 SHOTGUN
082 JUNKMAN
083 ATLAS SHRUGGED
084 HARDLUCK ROAD 
Tracks above issued on album Apples and Orphans
2021 Nashville, TN – Matt King with Ray Wylie Hubbard and Heidi Newfield
085 MIDNIGHT OIL AND HOLY WATER  digital single [rel. June 2]


ALBUMS
Atlantic 82981-2 Five O' Clock Hero:
A Woman's Tears; Five O' Clock Hero; I Wrote The Book; A Woman Like You; Pray For Hardwood; September Rain; Back To The River; A Perfect Mistake; Stompin' Ground; Destiny; Roots – 16-09-97
Atlantic 83194-2 Hard Country: Hard County; From Your Knees; Burying Bones By The Dozen; I Will Come Back Again; Sweet Perfume; A Man Can Dream, Can't He; Memories, Fiddles And Songs; The Angels Are Cryin' Again; Rub It In; One Door Down – 06-07-99
Third Ear 2003 Don't Tread On Me: Prologue; Shanty Town; Zeke's Wheel; Bring Me Some Water; American Dream; Stumblin' Block; Like Coming Home; Eden's Apple; The Best Things In Life; Before It's Gone; Sacred; Hardluck Road; Epilogue – 03
Third Ear no #  Road Kill: Alright Now; Hell's Kitchen; Wicked Love; Sugar Moon; I'm Not Bitter; Trying Hard To Matter; Silvertone; I've Got A Shotgun; Jenny With A Chainsaw; God Bless The Hobo - 04
Montage Music Group  MMG-K-300106 Rube:  Shanty Town;  Cursing the Ohio;  Prelude to Apathy;  American Dream;  The Mountain;  Graveyard Shift;  Silvertone;  Rabbit's Foot;  Eden's Apple;  Hell's Kitchen;  Bristol;  Waiting at the Bottom – 05-02-08
Big Bicycle no # Raw:   We Take Care Of Our Own;  Whistle in the Dark;  Bring Me Some Water;  Before It's Gone;  Nobody's Singin';  Stay A While; Like Coming Home;  Atlas Shrugged;  Circling The Drain;  Same River Twice;  1928 – 13-07-10
Imperium GKR 001[lp]/Big Bicycle no #[cd]: Apples And Orphans: Apples And Orphans; Back To Baltimore; Henhouse; Boilermaker; Jasmine And Gypsies; They All Know I'm Here; Mercury In The Water; Shotgun; Junkman; Atlas Shrugged; Hardluck Road - 12

EPs
Big Bicycle ? Matt King and the Cutters:  Mulberry Street;  Rockabye The Cradle;  Zeke's Wheel;  Blood River;  Big Shot – 13-07-10

SINGLES
Atlantic 
PRCD 8257 A Woman Like You – 97 (CD, promo)
PRCD 8358 I Wrote The Book – 97 (CD, promo) 
7-84101 Woman's Tears / Five O' Clock Hero - 31-03-98
7-84160 Five O' Clock Hero / September Rain - 21-07-98
PRCD 8902 From Your Knees – 10-05-99 (CD, promo)
PRCD 9049 Rub It In – 99 (CD, promo)


Changing Time Band

 
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

1980 [live] V.F.W. Post # 3492, Fairfield, AL – The Changing Time Band (Junior Pierce [vcl/rh gt], Ned Bibb [vcl/ld gt], Charles Wilson [steel], Paul Brammer [vcl/bass gt], Wayne Barnett [drums])
0001 HONKY TONK
0002 THE GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME
0003 MAYBELINE
0004 LAST DATE
0005 MOVE IT ON OVER
0006 I’VE ALWAYS BEEN CRAZY
0007 IN THE MOOD
0008 PLEASE DON’T BURY ME IN THE COLD COLD GROUND
0009 CAN I SLEEP IN YOUR ARMS TONIGHT LADY
00010 A DIFFERENT KIND OF FLOWER
00011 CRAZY
00012 JAILHOUSE ROCK
00013 FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWN 
Tracks above issued on album Almost Alive


ALBUMS
Prestige Production 80-113 Almost Alive:
Honky Tonk; The Green Green Grass Of Home; Maybeline; Last Date; Move It On Over; I’ve Always Been Crazy; In The Mood; Please Don’t Bury Me In The Cold Cold Ground; Can I Sleep In Your Arms Tonight Lady; A Different Kind Of Flower; Crazy; Jailhouse Rock; Foggy Mountain Breakdown - 80

Empty Bottles Broken Hearts

 
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2008 unknown, NOR – Empty Bottles Broken Hearts 
001 STONE COLD MOUNTAIN A55 001  
002 LOSING MYSELF OVER YOU A55 001 
003 POOR OLD SAM A55 001  
2010 unknown, NOR – Empty Bottles Broken Hearts 
004 I FALL APART A55 002  
005 ONE HAND ROUND THE BOTTLE (ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE) A55 002
006 SLEEPY EYES A55 002  
2010 unknown, NOR – Empty Bottles Broken Hearts 
007 FALLEN STAR digital single [rel. Nov. 6]
2010 Crystal Canyon Studios, Oslo, NOR – Empty Bottles Broken Hearts (Agnes Maria Rokkan [vcl], Helge Tveit [ld vcl/gt/ drums/ mandolin], Vegard Skorpen [vcl/ac gt], Vegard Urne [ac/el gt/lap steel bck vcl], Lars Arne Lindland ac/el gt/ steel], Yngve Oma [bass], Helene Lund-Johansen [fiddle/bck vcl])
008 AIN'T GOT TIME BDRCD 092  
009 WAYWARD HEART BDRCD 092 
010 I JUST CAN'T SEEM TO GET UP OFF THE FLOOR (ANYMORE) BDRCD 092  
011 BIG GIRL (IN ALL THE RIGHT PLACES) BDRCD 092  
012 WHY DID YOU HAVE TO LOOK THIS WAY TONIGHT BDRCD 092  
013 ONE HAND ROUND THE BOTTLE (AND ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE) BDRCD 092  
014 COLD SIDE OF THE BED BDRCD 092  
015 LEAVE ME FOR GOOD BDRCD 092  
016 I FALL APART BDRCD 092  
017 OH RITA! BDRCD 092  
2012 unknown, NOR – Empty Bottles Broken Hearts 
018 HOW CAN YOU BE SO CLOSE (AND SO FAR AWAY) BDR 7003
019 THE STRIP BDR 7003
020 ANN MARIE BDR 7003
2012 unknown, NOR – Empty Bottles Broken Hearts 
021 EVERYBODY'S DREAMING OF CHRISTMAS (BUT I'M JUST DREAMING OF YOU) A55 004  
022 I WON'T DECORATE YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE A55 004  
2015 unknown, NOR – Empty Bottles Broken Hearts 
023 WINTER CAME EARLY (WHEN YOU CAME TOO LATE) A55 005  /AP 011
024 HEARTBREAK BOOGIE A55 005 
025 HE AIN'T YOU A55 005 
2015 Lindland Family Cabin,  Innbjoa, NOR – Empty Bottles Broken Hearts (Helge Tveit [ld vcl/gt/ drums/ mandolin], Vegard Skorpen [ac/el gt/ bck vcl], Lars Arne Lindland ac/el gt/ steel], Yngve Oma [bass], Helene Lund-Johansen [fiddle/bck vcl])
026 DON'T HIDE YOUR TEARS AP011 
027 THE OTHER SIDE OF LOVE AP011 
028 THE ONLY THING HARDER THAN LOVING YOU (WAS LETTING YOU GO) AP011     
029 THE STRIP AP011 
030 HOW CAN YOU BE SO CLOSE (AND SO FAR AWAY) AP011 
031 PLEASE WIPE MY TEARS AP011 
032 BETWEEN YOUR HEART AND A HARD PLACE AP011 
033 WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO AP011 
034 WHO'S TO BLAME (FOR MY HEART) AP011  


ALBUMS
Big Deeper [NOR] BDRLP/BDRCD 092 Here's Empty Bottles Broken Hearts
: Ain't Got Time; Wayward Heart; I Just Can't Seem To Get Up Off The Floor (Anymore); Big Girl (In All The Right Places); Why Did You Have To Look This Way Tonight; One Hand Round The Bottle (And One Foot In The Grave); Cold Side Of The Bed; Leave Me For Good; I Fall Apart; Oh Rita! – 06-05-11
Apollon [NOR] AP011LP/CD Too Little Too Late: Winter Came Early (When You Came Too Late); Don't Hide Your Tears; The Other Side Of Love; The Only Thing Harder Than Loving You (Was Letting You Go);     The Strip; How Can You Be So Close (And So Far Away); Please Wipe My Tears; Between Your Heart And A Hard Place; What Do I Have To Do; Who's To Blame (For My Heart) - 08-04-16


EPs
A-55 [NOR] A55 001 Stone Cold Mountain: Stone Cold Mountain / Losing Myself Over You; Poor Old Sam – 12-12-08
A-55 [NOR] A55 002 I Fall Apart: I Fall Apart / One Hand Round The Bottle (One Foot In The Grave); Sleepy Eyes – 09-04-10
A-55 [NOR] no #/ Big Deeper [NOR] BDR 7003  How Can You Be So Close (And So Far Away): How Can You Be So Close (And So Far Away) / The Strip; Ann Marie – 13-10-12
A55 [NOR] A55 005 Winter Came Early (When You Came Too Late): Winter Came Early (When You Came Too Late) / Heartbreak Boogie; He Ain't You – 23-10-15


SINGLES
A-55 [NOR]
A55 004 Everybody's Dreaming Of Christmas (But I'm Just Dreaming Of You) / I Won't Decorate Your Christmas Tree – 08-12-12