Carl Bentley

*McDowell, KY

2nd version

by Praguefrank

SESSIONS fragments only

2010 Lightning Struck Studios, Clayton, IN  – Carl Bentley (Carl Bentley [vcl/ac gt], Phil Elmore [gt/hmny vcl], Joe Clymer [steel], Shawn Bryant [bass gt], Bobby Keller [dums], Tommy Henson [fiddle])

COUNTRY BOY FRIDAY NIGHT

KENTUCKY HIGHWAY

FOUR BALD TIRES AND A RADIO

LIFE OF AN OUTLAW

THE BOTTLES MY ONLY FRIEND

THE MAN IN BLACK

IT'S TOO EARLY

FORBIDDEN LAND

THE RAMBLER

ALL I NEED IS YOU

tracks above issued on album Country Boy Friday Night

2012 Lightning Struck Studios, Clayton, IN – Carl Bentley (Carl Bentley  [vcl/ac gt],  Josh Coffey [banjo/bck vcl],  Darrel Duety [mandolin],  Donnie Anderson [mandolin-1],  George Bell  [bass fiddle], Cody Baue [fiddle])
SARO JANE

DIRT ROADS AND GOOD TIMES

LONE GONE

SING ME BACK HOME

MIDNIGHT TRAIN

OLE JOE CLARK

FLOYD COUNTY MINES

THE OLD FAMILY FAMILY

TRAIN 45 -1

WORRIED MAN BLUES

NINE POUND HAMMER

GLORY HALELEUJAH

Tracks above issued on album Dirt Road and Good Times

2022 unknown – Carl Bentley (Carl Bentley [vcl/gt], Rick Hayes [mandolin/ bass], Clay Hess [banjo], Tim Crouch [fiddle], Ronni Stewart [tnr vcl])
THESE OLE BLUES
TRAINS DONT RUN HERE ANYMORE
WHERE THE SUN NEVER SHINES
 TENNESEE TRUCK DRIVING MAN
GOD BLESS A SOLDIER
STICKS AND STONES
WHERE THE CORN DONT GROW
GONNA CATCH A TRAIN
CLOSING MAINSTREET DOWN
LONELY TOMBS
OLD NEWS TO YOU
PIKE COUNTY JAIL
tracks above issued on album Carl Bentley

2023 Hayes Productions, Goshen, OH– Carl Bentley (Carl Bentley [vcl/gt], Rick Hayes [mandolin],  Rick Hayes [bass],  Tim Crouch [fiddle])
IRAQ digital single [rel. Oct. 6]
+ more unknown tracks for album These Are Mine
2024 unknown – The Carl Bentley Band (Carl Bentley [ld vcl/gt],  Josh Coffey [baritone vcl/banjo], Jon Crouch [mandolin],  Caleb Garrett [tnr vcl/bass] + Ron Stewart [fiddle})
FREIGHT TRAIN CARRY ME HOME
 NEW BRAND OF MISERY
FLOYD COUNTY MINES
HAND ME DOWN MY WALKING CANE
GRANDPA'S MOONSHINE
BACK TO THE BARROOMS AGAIN
90 DEGREES IN DALLAS
 I WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN
 JOHNSON COUNTY LINE
I'VE LIVED A LOT IN MY TIME
TENNESSEE BORDER
Tracks above issued on album New Brand of Misery

ALBUMS

Carl Bentley ? Music Man: (tracks unknown) – 07

Carl Bentley ? Saturday Night and Sunday Morning: (tracks unknown) - 08

Stormy Tuesday Prod. ? (UPC 884501521413) Country Boy Friday Night:Country Boy Friday Night; Kentucky Highway; Four Bald Tires and a Radio; Life of an Outlaw; Bottles My Only Friend; Man in Black; It's Too Early; Forbidden Land; Rambler; All I Need is You – 22-04-11

Lightning Struck ? Dirt Roads and Good Times: Saro Jane; Dirt Roads and Good Times; Lone Gone; Sing Me Back Home; Midnight Train; Ole Joe Clark; Floyd County Mines; The Old Family Family; Train 45; Worried Man Blues; Nine Pound Hammer; Glory Haleleujah – 21-11-12

Carl Bentley ? Carl Bentley: These Ole Blues; Trains Dont Run Here Anymore;  Where the Sun Never Shines;  Tennesee Truck Driving Man;  God Bless a Soldier;  Sticks and Stones;  Where the Corn Dont Grow;  Gonna Catch a Train;  Closing Mainstreet Down;  Lonely Tombs;  Old News to You;  Pike County Jail – 09-12-22
Carl Bentley ? These Are Mine: (tracks unknown) – 23 (poss. unissued)
Carl Bentley ?  New Brand of Misery:  Freight Train Carry Me Home;  New Brand of Misery;  Floyd County Mines; Hand Me Down My Walking Cane;  Grandpa's Moonshine;  Back to the Barrooms Again; 90 Degrees in Dallas;  I Want to Go to Heaven;  Johnson County Line;  I've Lived a Lot in My Time;  Tennessee Border – 01-01-25