Ken Mellons

Kenneth Edward "Ken" Mellons,*10-07- 1965 Kingsport, TN

3rd version

By Praguefrank, Vaclav Zpatecka, Brent Emanuel

SESSIONS
ca February 1994 Woodland Digital, Nashville, TN – Ken Mellons (Ken Mellons [vcl],  Bobby All/ Billy Joe Walker, Jr. [ac gt], Brent Mason/ Mike Elloitt [el gt], John Hughey [steel], Glenn Worf [bass], Lonnie Wilson [drums], Hank Singer [fiddle],

Steve Nathan [keyboards], Richie McDono [work whistle], John Wesley Ryles, Carl Jackson, Dennis Wilson, Curtis Young, Doug Clements, Tony Phipps, Hurshel Wiginton [bck vcl]. Producer: Jerry Cupit)
001 JUKEBOX JUNKIE Elektra 34-77579 34-78066/EK-53746 [dance mix] D2-77759
002 I CAN BRING HER BACK 34-77764/EK-53746
003 LOOKING IN THE SAME DIRECTION 34-77390/EK-53746
004 THE PLEASURE'S ALL MINE 34-77579/EK-53746
005 WORKING FOR THE WEEKEND 34-77861/EK-53746
006 SEVEN LONELY DAYS 34-77390/EK-53746
007 KEEPING IT COUNTRY 34-77861/EK-53746
008 LEARNING TO LIVE WITHOUT YOU EK-53746
009 HONKY TONK TEACHERS 34-77764/EK-53746
010 DOCTOR JESUS EK-53746

1994 Nashvile,  TN – Ken Mellons

011 IF I WERE YOU

ca July 1995 Nashville, TN - Ken Mellons, *and George Jones (Brent Rowan [gt], Reggie Young [gt], Gary Hayes [gt], Joe Khoury [gt], Bobby All [gt], John Hughey [steel/dobro], Al Perkins [dobro], Tom Robb [bass], Paul Leim/Milton Sledge [drums], Hank Singer [fiddle/mandolin], Hargus Robbins/John Hobbs/Jamie Whiting [piano], Rick Hughes/Mark Janese [jaw harp] + John Wesley Ryles, Terry Smith, Billy Smith, Carl Jackson, Allen Frizzell, Dennis Wilson [bck vcl]. Producer: Jerry Cupit)
012 DON'T MAKE ME HAVE TO COME IN THERE EK-66965
013 I WENT CRAZY FOR AWHILE EK-66965
014 RUB-A-DUBBIN' 34-78066/EK-66965
015 WHERE FOREVER BEGINS EK-66965
016 HE'LL NEVER BE A LAWYER* EK-66965
017 STRANGER IN YOUR EYES 34-78240/EK-66965
018 MEMORY REMOVER 34-78240/EK-66965
019 HE AIN'T EVEN COULD YET EK-66965
020 EVER READY EK-66965
021 WITH HIS HANDS EK-66965

Ca 2000 Nashville, TN – Ken Melloms

022 I‘M NOT HOMELESS Curb D2 77973

CURB D2-77973 WINGS OF A DOVE (2000)
ca late 2000 Nashville, TN – Ken Mellons (Producer: Jerry Cupit)
023 SHAME ON ME D2-77759
024 HOME TEAM D2-77759
025 FARMER'S DAUGHTER D2-77759
026 LADIES NIGHT D2-77759
027 CAN YOU FEEL IT D2-77759
028 DOWN TO A CRAWL D2-77759
029 BUNDLE OF NERVES D2-77759
030 WAS IT AS GOOD FOR YOU D2-77759
031 COOL AS YOU D2-77759

Ca 2001 unknown – Ken Mellons

032 BELIEVE D2-78722

CURB D2-78722 WINGS OF A DOVE VOL. 2 (2001)

2002 Nashville, TN – Ken Mellons (Producer: Jerry Cupit)

033 MR. D.J.  Curb CURBD 1707

2002 Nashville, TN – Ken Mellons

034 I CAN'T KICK MY COUNTRY WB 48292-2

WARNER BROTHERS 48392-2 INSIDE TRAXX (2002)

ca Spring 2004 Station West, Nashville, TN – Ken Mellons,* and George Jones (Ken Mellons [vcl], Bill Hullett [ac gt], Brent Mason [el gt], Earl Scruggs/ Carl Jackson [banjo], Scotty Sanders [steel], ? [bass], Steve Turner/ Owen Hale [drums], Glen Duncan / Larry Franklin [fiddle], Gordon Mote [keyboards], John Wesley Riles, George Jones, Terry Eldridge, Larry Cordle, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Vince Gill, Wes Hightower, Liana Manis [bck vcl]. roducer: Ken Mellons, John Northrup)
035 SMACK DAB Home HR 2003-1 JWIWTD
036 JUST WHAT I'M WANTIN' TO DO Home HR 2003-1 JWIWTD
037 PAINT ME A BIRMINGHAM Home HR 2003-1 JWIWTD
038 CLIMB MY TREE Home HR 2003-1 JWIWTD
039 INTERSTATE GYPSY Home HR 2003-1 JWIWTD
040 YOU CAN MAKE MY HEART BELIEVE Home HR 2003-1 JWIWTD
041 SWEET Home HR 2003-1 JWIWTD
042 ALL I NEED IS A BRIDGE Home HR 2003-1 JWIWTD
043 SINGLE AGAIN Home HR 2003-1 JWIWTD
044 ANY TIME ANY PLACE Home HR 2003-1 JWIWTD
045 INSTITUTE OF HONKY TONKS* Home HR 2003-1 JWIWTD
046 IF I'VE LEARNED ANYTHING AT ALL Home HR 2003-1 JWIWTD

JWIWTD – also on album Just What I'm Wantin' to Do

2007 Nashville, TN – Ken Mellons

047 DAYDREAMS ABOUT NIGHT THINGS

2009 Nashville, TN – Ken Mellons (Ken Mellons [vcl], Cody Kilby [gt], Adam Steffey [mandolin], Ron Stewart [banjo], Rob Ickes [dobro], Darrin Vincent [bass/bck vcl], Joe Caverlee [fiddle], Vince Gill, Larry Cordle, Dale Ann Bradley, Steve Gulley and Sonya Isaacs [bck vcl])

048 RURAL ROUTE

049 BLUE WIND

050 MEMORY REMOVER

051 I'M JUST A HOUSE

052 TENNESSEE RIDGE RUNNER

053 STILL THEY CALL ME LOVE

048 TAKE IT LIKE A MAN

055 A COLD ONE CAN'T CURE

056 TENNESSEE

057 DON'T NEGLECT THE ROSE

058 STILL BRAND NEW

059 KING OF ALL KINGS

tracks above issued on album Rural Route

2011 [demo session ] unknown – Ken Mellons (Ken Mellons [vcl/gt])

05901 I‘M ALMOST ME AGAIN

05902 SIDEWAYS

2012 or sooner unknown - Ken Mellons

060 ONE'S A COUPLE Just What I'm Wantin' to Do

Tracks above issued on album Just What I'm Wantin' to Do

2013 unknown - Ken Mellons

061 PERFECT PLACE FOR THE BLUES

More tracks for album Perfect Place For The Blues

Unknown info – Ken Mellons

WHEN IT COMES TO LOSING YOU

SUN ALWAYS SHINES

JUST WHAT LOVE CAN DO

2014 [sessions for Throwback] unknown – Kevin Moon faturing Ken Mellons

HONKY-TONK TEACHERS Dirt Road

2014 [sessions for The Next move] unknown – Phil Leadbetter and Ken Mellons

I’M A MODERN DAY INTERSTATE GYPSY Pinecastle

ALBUMS
Epic EK-53746 Ken Mellons: Jukebox Junkie; I Can Bring Her Back; Looking In The Same Direction; The Pleasure's All Mine; Working For The Weekend; Seven Lonely Days; Keeping It Country; Learning To Live Without You; Honky Tonk Teachers; Doctor Jesus – 23-08-94
Epic EK-66965 Where Forever Begins: Don't Make Me Have To Come In There; I Went Crazy For Awhile; Rub-A-Dubbin'; Where Forever Begins; He'll Never Be A Lawyer; Stranger In Your Eyes; Memory Remover; He Ain't Even Could Yet; Ever Ready; With His Hands – 14-11-95
Curb D2-77759 The Best Of Ken Mellons: Jukebox Junkie [dance mix]; Shame On Me; Home Team; Farmer's Daughter; Ladies Night; Can You Feel It; Down To A Crawl; Bundle Of Nerves; Was It As Good For You; Cool As You – 03-04-01
Home HR-2003-1 Sweet: Smack Dab; Just What I'm Wantin' To Do; Paint Me A Birmingham; Climb My Tree; Interstate Gypsy; You Can Make My Heart Believe; Sweet; All I Need Is A Bridge; Single Again; Any Time Any Place; Institute Of Honky Tonks; If I've Learned Anything At All – 10-08-04
Jukebox Junkie no # (UPC 0707541263290) Rural Route: Rural Route; Blue wind; Memory Remover; I'm Just a House; Tennessee ridge Runner; Still They Call Me Love; Take It Like a Man; A Cold One Can't Cure; Tennessee; Don't Neglect the Rose; Still Brand New; King of All Kings – 12-10-10

Jukebox Junkie  no # (UPC888174871691) Just What I'm Wantin' to Do: One's a Couple; Just What I'm Wantin' to Do; Sweet; Paint Me a Birmingham; Smack Dab; You Can't Make My Heart Believe; Climb My Tree; Interstate Gypsy; All I Need Is a Bridge; Single Again; Any Time, Any Place; Institute of Honky Tonks;  If I've Learned Anything At – 12-06-12 (reissue of HR 2003-1 with one added track)

? Perfect Place For The Blues: (tracks unknown) – 13 (probably unissued)

Ken Mellons ? Jukebox Junkie Live: I Can't Kick My Country;  Workin' for the Weekend; - Bundle of Nerves; Rub a Dubbin' ;  I Can Bring Her Back; Honk If You Honky Tonk; Coconut Suntan Lotion;  Ever Ready;  Jukebox Junkie / Tennessee Volunteer Junkie – 25-03-22 (unknown recording info, not in sessions)

SINGLES
Epic (1994-95)
34-77390 Lookin' In The Same Direction / Seven Lonely Days - 29-03-94
34-77579 Jukebox Junkie / Pleasure's All Mine - 19-07-94
34-77764 I Can Bring Her Back / Honky Tonk Teachers - 06-12-94
34-77861 Workin' For The Weekend / Keeping It Country - 21-03-95
34-78066 Rub-A-Dubbin' / Jukebox Junkie -10-10-95
34-78240 Stranger In Your Eyes / Memory Remover - 02-96

Curb

CURBD 1707 Mr. DJ – 02 (promo, CD)

2-Bit Palomino

By Praguefrank

SESSIONS

Spring 2010 Trailer Trash Studio, Houston, TX/ Sound Dog Studios, Houston, TX  – 2-Bit Palomino (Bill Ward [vcl/gt/keyboards/ bass], Peter "Ren" Renfree [vcl/gt/ bass], Andi Renfree [vcl/oercussion]. Producer: Rebn Renfree)

001 TODAY I AM A PIRATE

002 WHISTLESTOP CAFE'

003 RUN GIRL, RUN

004 COWBOYS IN DALLAS

005 LEAVIN' CALIFORNIA

006 WINGS

007 TWO BIT PALOMINO

008 ONLY DAUGHTER

009 SAVANNAH

010 SHERMAN'S CHIMNEYS

011 BOOTS AND DUST AND DIRT

012 WHEN THE FEELING'S GONE

013 THE BUFFALO GRASS

Tracks above issued on album 2-Bit Palomino

2012 Trailer Trash Studio, Houston, TX/ Sound Dog Studios, Houston, TX  – 2-Bit Palomino

014 MY OWN BACK YARD

015 ME, THE WILLOW AND THE WIND

016 THUNDER IN MY EAR

017 TULSA TEMPEST

018 GOOD MORNING TEARDROPS

019 CHURCH OF THE UNDERGROUND

020 THE DREAM

021 MARIA CONSUELO

022 COTTON DRESS

023 TONIGHT YOU BELONG TO ME

024 APPOMATTOX

025 WHERE HAVE ALL THE HEROES GONE

Tracks above issued on album Rides Again

2014 unknown – 2-Bit Palomino

026 EVERY DEAD-END ROAD Howlin Dog HDR 122

027 JUST SHY Howlin Dog HDR 122

028 NO CASTING CALLS Howlin Dog HDR 122

029 WAIT Howlin Dog HDR 122

030 COWBOY AND THE LADY Howlin Dog HDR 122

031 97 ACRES Howlin Dog HDR 122

032 FAULT LINE Howlin Dog HDR 122

033 HOME IS WHERE MY HEART ACHES Howlin Dog HDR 122

034 NO MORE HAVANA Howlin Dog HDR 122

035 NEGATIVITY Howlin Dog HDR 122

036 AT THE FAIS DO-DO Howlin Dog HDR 122

037 OLD TIMES Howlin Dog HDR 122

038 THINGS I DREAM ABOUT Howlin Dog HDR 122  

ALBUMS

SongDog ? 2-Bit Palomino: Today I am a Pirate; Whistlestop Cafe'; Run Girl, Run; Cowboys In Dallas; Leavin' California; Wings; Two Bit Palomino; Only Daughter; Savannah; Sherman's Chimneys; Boots and Dust and Dirt; When the Feeling's Gone; The Buffalo Grass – 05-10-10

SongDog ? (UPC884501815475) Rides Again: My Own Back Yard; Me, the Willow and the Wind; Thunder in My Ear; Tulsa Tempest; Good Morning Teardrops; Church of the Underground; The Dream; Maria Consuelo; Cotton Dress; Tonight You Belong To Me; Appomattox; Where Have All the Heroes Gone – 27-09-12                         

Howlin’Dog HDR 122 Things I Dream About: Every Dead-End Road; Just Shy; No Casting Calls; Wait; Cowboy And The Lady; 97 Acres; Fault Line; Home Is Where My Heart Aches; No More Havana; Negativity; At the Fais Do-Do; Old Times; Things I Dream About – 20-03-15