Chris Gantry

Christopher Cedzich, *29-12-1942 Queens, New York City

4th version

by Praguefrank, Bill Daniels
SESSIONS
1964 Nashville, TN – Chris Gantry
001 THIS OLD HOUSE JED 0007
002 HARLOW JED 0007
ca 24 February 1966 RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Chris Gantry
003 TPA4-0635 NASHVILLE MEMORIES, NO. 1 RCA 47-8908
004 TPA4-0636 CHARMING NE'ER DO WELL 47-8908
February 1968 Fred Foster Sound Studio, 319 17th Ave. North, Nashville, TN – Chris Gantry (Producer: Fred Foster, Jim Malloy)
005 G2W-2247 DREAMS OF THE EVERYDAY HOUSEWIFE 45-1072/SLP-18100
006 G2W-2248 LOUISVILLE - NASHVILLE SOUTGBOUND TRAIN 45-1087/ SLP-18100
007 A STRANGER I'VE KNOWN A LONG TIME SLP-18100
008 G2W-2250 JAMAICA AVENUE 45-1087/ SLP-18100
009 SUNDOWN MARY SLP-18100
010 G2W-2252 DAD, I NEVER SAW YOU CRY 45-1072/ SLP-18100
011 IF ONLY SHE HAD STAYED SLP-18100
012 MEXICO RAIN SLP-18100
013 TENNESSEE ME SLP-18100
014 ATLANTA GEORGIA STRAY SLP-18100
January 1969 Fred Foster Sound Studio, 319 17th Ave. North, Nashville, TN – Chris Gantry (Producer: Fred Foster, Jim Malloy)
015 H1W-2486 ALLEGHENY 45-1124
016 H1W-2487 BAD TIME 45-1124
early 1970 poss. Memphis, TN – Chris Gantry (Chris Gantry [vcl/ac gt], George Turner [el gt], Tim Drummond [bass], Lee Shively/ Karl Himmel [drums], Andy McMahon [piano], The Memphis American Group [bck vcl]. Producer: Fred Foster, Chris Gantry)
017 SOUP DUCK Magic Carpet MCS-16000
018 EAR Magic Carpet MCS-16000
019 NASHVILLE JACK MAGIC Magic Carpet MCS-16000
020 ALLEGHENY Magic Carpet MCS-16000
021 PENTAGON BYE GONE Magic Carpet MCS-16000
022 THE PATENT LEATHER BOOGIE MAN Magic Carpet MCS-16000
023 DOWN Magic Carpet MCS-16000
024 BONE Magic Carpet MCS-16000
025 FAMILY Magic Carpet MCS-16000
026 FLASHLIGHT Magic Carpet MCS-16000
1973 House Of Cash, Hendersonville, TN - Chris Gantry

027 AWAY AWAY Drag City 686

028 DIFFERENT Drag City 686  

029 TEAR Drag City 686  

030 DREAMIN' OF A LEAVIN' TRAIN Drag City 686

031 SADDEST SONG EVER SUNG Drag City 686  

032 FLOWER OF THE MOUNTAIN Drag City 686  

033 HATRED FOR FEENY Drag City 686  

034 CLAIR OH CLAIR Drag City 686  

035 OOBABALAP Drag City 686  

036 THE LIZARD Drag City 686  

037 SEE YA AROUND Drag City 686  

ca. September 1974 Ray Stevens Sound Laboratory, Nasville, TN/ Wuafrafonic Sound Studios, Nashvolle, TN – Chris Gantry (Chris Gantry [vcl/ac gt], Jerry Smith [ac gt/el gt/ dobro/bck vcl], Harold Bradley [ac gt], Billy Crane [el gt], Jos Graves [dobro], Weldon Myrick [steel], Jack Williams/Stu Keathley [bass], Kenneth Buttrey/ Jerry Carrigan [drums], Johnny Gimble/ Tommy Jackson/ Vassar Clements [fiddle], David bBriggs/ Andy McMahen [piano], Eddie Rabbitt, Staphanie WoolMaetin Katahan, Carl Garoderzky
038 HARMONY DOSD-2017
039 COME AND LIE DOWN DOSD-2017
040 CHILDREN DOSD-2017
041 LONG AGO AND ONCE UPON A TIME DOSD-2017
042 28635 EAGLE (FOR JOHN R. CASH) DOA-17570/DOSD-2017
043 RAINBOW DOSD-2017
044 ON THE ROAD (FOR KEROUAC) DOSD-2017
045 OVER AND OVER DOSD-2017
ca. September 1974 Ray Stevens Sound Laboratory, Nasville, TN – Chris Gantry
046 28658 ROCK AND ROLL HEALTH FOOD NUT DOA-17594/DOSD-2017
ca. November 1974 Ray Stevens Sound Laboratory, Nasville, TN – Chris Gantry
047 28733 SAYING GOODBYE WITHOUT SAYING HELLO DOA-17594/DOSD-2017
048 28734 LILY OF THE VALLEY DOA-17570/DOSD-2017
May 1976 Nasville, TN – Chris Gantry (Producer: Gerald Bentley Smith)
049 29155 TORN BETWEEN TEQUILA AND THE CROSS DOA-17641
050 29156 ATLANTA, GEORGIA STRAY DOA-17641

unknown info Nashville, TN – Chris Gantry (Producer: Bob Monrgomery)

DINING CARS AND COACHERS r.m.i. NO. 230

ATLANTA GEORGIA STRAY r.m.i. NO. 230

Chris Gantry recorded after 1976, some info in albums list


ALBUMS
Monument SLP-18100 Introspection: Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife; Sundown Mary; If Only She Had Stayed; Mexico Rain; Tennessee Me; Jamaica Avenue; Louisville-Nashville Southbound Train; A Stranger I've Known A Long Time; Atlanta Georgia Stray; Dad I Never Saw You Cry – 07-68
Magic Carpet MCS-16000 Motor Mouth: Soup Duck; Ear; Nashville Jack Magic; Allegheny; Pentagon Bye Gone; The Patent Leather Boogie Man; Down; Bone; Family; Flashlight – 04-70 (MX: A4F-102/3)
ABC/Dot DOSD-2017 Chris Gantry: Harmony; Lily Of The Valley; Come And Lie Down; Children; Long Ago And Once Upon A Time; Rainbow; On The Road (For Kerouac); Eagle (For John R. Cash); Saying Goodbye Without Saying Hello; Over And Over; Rock And Roll Health Food Nut – 23-05-75

Diadem ? Psalms of The Palms: (tracks unknown) - 09-07-93

Chris Gantry ? Next Time I Play Carnegie Hall:  (tracks unknown) – 08

Lamon ? Gantry Rides Again:  Hands;  Little Town Of Dreams;  Rest Easy;  Wasted;   Condemned;  Outlaw;  I Got A Gun;  Stolen;  This Room;   Hey Algernon;  Old Outlaw Boy;  Gypsy Stars; Stolen Again – 17-02-15

Chris Gantry ? Nashville Rhapsody: The Ghost of Music Row; Downpour; Arguin' with the Wind; Hey Algernon; Masterpiece; Searching; Belmont Blvd.; Here We Go Again; Oh Mama; Bloody Town of Thieves; Forever There; Givers and Takers; The Old Songwriter; Room Full of People; Epitaph in C Flat – 05-05-16

Drag City CD-DC-686 At the House of Cash: Away Away; Different; Tear; Dreamin' of a Leavin' Train; Saddest Song Ever Sung; Flower of the Mountain; Hatred For Feeny; Clair Oh Clair; Oobabalap; The Lizard; See Ya Around – 17-11-17

Drag City CD-DC-723 Nashlantis: Life Well Lived; Where’s the Woman?; Wasted; Box of Crayons; Vince; Angel of Crazy; Closer Than the Air; The Climb; Broken; Say Sorry Later; I Cry Quietly – 26-07-19

SteadyBoy ? The Outlaw Bible:  Alleys and Kings;  Outlaw;  Lester and Chance;  Diamond Boots; The Rhinestone Gang;  Turn Your Back;  Ghost of Music Row;  Rebel Road;  The Narrow Path;  Drink It Straight;  Wasted;  Second Half First;  The Way Life Is;  Ghost Train Blues  – 06-09-24

 

EPs

Lamon ? Live At The Filming Station: Handshake;  Hey Algernon;  Poison;  Here Comes The Captain;  Outlaw;  Second Half First;  Ol' Songwriter;  Searching – 14-10-14

SINGLES
JED Int. (1964)
0007 This Old House / Harlow - 64
RCA Victor (1966)
47-8908 Nashville Memoirs No. 1 / Charming Ne'er-Do-Well - 08-66
Monument (1967-69)
45-1072 Dad, I Never saw You Cry / Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife – 04-68
45-1087 Jamaica Avenue / Louisville – Nashville Soutgbound Train – 05-68
45-1124 Allegheny / Bad Time - 12-68
Dot (1975-1976)
DOA-17570 Lily Of The Valley / Eagle (For John R. Cash) - 08-75
DOA-17594 Rock 'N' Roll Health Food Nut / Say Goodbye Without Saying Hello - 11-75
DOA-17641 Torn Between Tequila And The Cross / Atlanta, Georgia Stray – 30-06-76

r.m.i.

No. 230 Dining Cars And Coachers / Atlanta Georgia Stray – 7-?

Petersens

By Praguefrank

SESSIONS

2014 DigiGrass Studio, Ozark, MO  – The Petersens

001 IF WISHES WERE HORSES

002 JOLENE

003 DADDY'S GOT A GUN

004 BLUE

005 BORN TO FLY

006 BEAR TRACKS

007 IF I COULD ONLY LEARN TO YODEL

008 FINALLY GOING HOME

009 WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY

010 PARDON ME

011 WISHING WELL BLUES

Tracks above issued on album Finally Going Home

2017 DigiGrass Studio, Ozark, MO – The Petersens (Katie Petersen [vcl/fiddle], Ellen Petersen [vcl/banjo],  Matthew Petersen [vcl],  Julianne Petersen [vcl] + John Chapman [gt],  Jeremy Chapman [mandolin], Jason Chapman [bass]. Producer: John Chapman)

012 THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND BECKY

013 GOOD DAY TO BE MISSING YOU

014 IT'S OVER

015 CALIFORNIA COTTONFIELDS

016 SHE'S GOT YOU

017 SHENANDOAH

018 PRODIGAL SON

019 FIELDS OF GOLD

020 WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD INSIDE

021 THE RING SONG

022 CALIFORNIA

Tracks above issued on album Shenandoah

2019 Digigrass Studios, Ozark, MO – The Petersens (Producer:  John Chapman)

023 SWEET BEULAH LAND

024 I AM THE MAN, THOMAS

025 I KNOW WHO HOLDS TOMORROW

026 WADE IN THE WATER

027 FAR SIDE BANKS OF JORDAN

028 ALL MY TEARS (BE WASHED AWAY)

029 WALK OVER GOD'S HEAVEN

030 WALKING IN JERUSALEM

031 MORE THAN A NAME ON A WALL

Tracks above issued on album Homesick For A Country

2019 [live] The Little Opry Theatre, 3562 Shepherd of the Hills Expy, Branson, MO  - The Petersens

03101 PRODIGAL SON  Homesick For A Country

2019 Chapmans studio, Ozark, MO/Digigrass, Ozark, MO – The Petersens
032 NO ROOTS digital single [rel. Sept. 20]/Live Sessions 1
033 JOLENE digital single [rel. Sept. 20]/ Live Sessions 1
034 HIGH SIERRA digital single [rel. Sept.25]/ Live Sessions 1
035 GENTLE ON MY MIND digital single [rel. Nov. 1]/ Live Sessions 1
2020 [live]  various locations in Ozarks  – The Petersens

03501 FARTHER ALONG
03502 CAROLINA IN THE PINES
03503 WHEN YOU SAY NOTHING AT ALL
03504 MOMENTS
03505 BLUE
03506 NEAR THE CROSS
03507 CALIFORNIA
Tracks above issued on album Live Sessions vol. 1
2020 [live] various locations in Ozarks  – The Petersens (Matt Petersen [vcl/gt], Julianne Petersen [vcl/mandolin], Emmett Franz [vcl/dobro], Ellen Petersen Haygood  [vcl/banjo], Karen Petersen [bass], Katie Petersen [vcl/fiddle])
03508 TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS
03509 AMARILLO BY MORNING
03510 YOU CAN'T MAKE OLD FRIENDS
03511 RED HEADED STRANGER
03512 FIELDS OF GOLD
03513 YOU'RE STILL THE ONE
03514 SMOKY MOUNTAIN RAIN
03515 SOUTHERN NIGHTS
03516 CAROLINA IN MY MIND
03517 I FEEL THE BLUES MOVING IN
03518 LANDSLIDE
03519 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
Tracks above issued on album Live Sessions vol. 2
February-March 2020 DigiGrass, Ozark, MO/ Summer 2020 Haxton Road, ?, AR – The Petersens (Julianne Petersen [vcl], Matt Petersen [vcl/gt],  Ellen Petersen Haygood [vcl/banjo], Jeremy Chapman [mandolin], Emmett Franz [vcl/dobro], Karen Petersen [bass],  Marshall Richardson [Christmas bells], Katie Petersen [vcl/fiddle])
036 CHRISTMAS TIME'S A-COMIN'
037 GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN
038 SANTA TRAIN / SLEIGH RIDE
039 I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
040 MELE KALIKIMAKA
041 I HEARD THE BELLS
042 O COME O COME EMMANUEL
043 COME THOU LONG EXPECTED JESUS
044 JOY TO THE WORLD
045 WHAT CHILD IS THIS
046 SILENT NIGHT
047 GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN
048 ALL GLORY BE TO CHRIST
Tracks above issued on album Christmas with The Petersens
2021? [live] various locations in Ozarks  – The Petersens (Matt Petersen [vcl/gt], Julianne Petersen [vcl/mandolin], Emmett Franz [vcl/dobro], Ellen Petersen Haygood  [vcl/banjo], Karen Petersen [bass], Katie Petersen [vcl/fiddle])
04801 STEEL RAILS
04802 MAMMA MIA
04803 TOP OF THE WORLD
04804 SWALLOWTAIL JIG
04805 THE SCIENTIST
04806 FALLING FOR YOU
04807 PASS ME NOT, O GENTLE SAVIOR
04808  IT'S OVER
04809 THE WAY I AM
04810 I WANT IT THAT WAY
04811 BACK HOME AGAIN
Tracks above issued on album Live Sessions vol. 3
2021? [live] various locations in Ozarks  – The Petersens
04812 DREAMS
04813 GO TELL JOHN
04814  I'M GONNA MISS HER
04815  COME YE SINNERS / MUSICAL PRIEST
04816 MAY BABY
04817 TULSA TIME
04818 WAYFARING STRANGER
04819  VIVA LA VIDA
04820 HEY, GRANDPA
04821  BE THOU MY VISION
04822 ROCKY TOP
04823 THE THANKSGIVING SONG
Tracks above issued on album Live Sessions vol. 4
2022 unknown – The Petersens (Julianne Petersen [vcl], Jon Petersen [gt], Matt Petersen [gt],  Ellen Petersen [banjo],Emmett Franz [dobro], Karen Petersen [bass], Katie Petersen [fiddle]. Producer: Emmett Franz)
049 MY OZARK MOUNTAIN HOME
050 HERE COMES THE SUN
051 DOWN TO THE RIVER TO PRAY
052 WILD MOUNTAIN THYME
053 ANNIE'S SONG
054 IT RAINS EVERYWHERE I GO
055 WAYFARING STRANGER
056 TILL THE RIVERS ALL RUN DRY
057  SUMMER WIND
058 THE CRAWDAD SONG
059 IN YOU CAME
060 TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS
061 AMAZING GRACE
tracks above issued on album My Ozark Mountain Home
2023 unknown – The Petersens
062 O COME, ALL YE FAITHFUL
063 IF WE MAKE IT THROUGH DECEMBER
064 (EVERYBODY'S WAITING FOR) THE MAN WITH THE BAG
065 HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS
066  O HOLY NIGHT
067 JESUS, KING OF HEAVEN
068  SILVER BELLS
069 LUKE 2
070 MARY, DID YOU KNOW?
071 (THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE) HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
072 WE DON'T NEED ANYTHING THIS YEAR
073 FROSTY THE SNOWMAN
074 WHAT ARE YOU DOING NEW YEARS EVE?
tracks above issued on album We Don’t Need Anything This Year
2024 unknown – The Petersens
075 MORNINGSIDE
076 WRONG SIDE OF TOMORROW
077 DOWN THAT DIRT ROAD
078 THUNDER RIDGE
079 THE OLD CHURCHYARD
Tracks above issued on EP The Greenest Grass

ALBUMS

The Petersens ? (UPC191061779735) Finally Going Home:  If Wishes Were Horses;  Jolene; Daddy's Got a Gun;  Blue;  Born to Fly;  Bear Tracks;  If I Could Only Learn to Yodel;  Finally Going Home;  What a Beautiful Day;  Pardon Me;  Wishing Well Blues – 05-14

The Petersens ? (UPC191924432623) Shenandoah: The Ballad of John and Becky;  Good Day to Be Missing You; It's Over;  California Cottonfields;  She's Got You;  Shenandoah;  Prodigal Son;  Fields of Gold  ;  With the Spirit of the Lord Inside;  The Ring Song;  California – 22-10-17

The Petersens ? (UPC194171520358) Homesick for a Country: Sweet Beulah Land; I Am the Man, Thomas; I Know Who Holds Tomorrow; Wade in the Water; Far Side Banks of Jordan; All My Tears (Be Washed Away); Walk over God's Heaven; Walking in Jerusalem; More Than a Name on a Wall; Prodigal Son (Live) – 09-08-19

The Petersens ? Live Sessions, vol. 1: Jolene; Gentle on My Mind; High Sierra ; Farther Along; Carolina in the Pines; When You Say Nothing at All; Moments; No Roots; Blue; Near the Cross; California – 18-08-20
The Petersens ? Live Sessions, vol. 2: Take Me Home, Country Roads; Amarillo by Morning; You Can't Make Old Friends; Red Headed Stranger; Fields of Gold; You're Still the One; Smoky Mountain Rain; Southern Nights; Carolina in My Mind; I Feel the Blues Moving In; Landslide; Bohemian Rhapsody – 20-10-20
The Petersens ? Christmas with the Petersens: Christmas Time's a-Comin'; God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; Santa Train / Sleigh Ride; I'll Be Home for Christmas; Mele Kalikimaka; I Heard the Bells; O Come O Come Emmanuel; Come Thou Long Expected Jesus; Joy to the World; What Child Is This; Silent Night; Go Tell It on the Mountain; All Glory Be to Christ – 06-11-20
The Petersens ?  Live Sessions, Vol. 03:  Steel Rails;  Mamma Mia; Top Of The World; Swallowtail Jig; The Scientist;  Falling For You; Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior;  It's Over;  The Way I Am; I Want It That Way;  Back Home Again  – 14-09-21
The Petersens ?  Live Sessions, Vol. 04: Dreams; Go Tell John;  I'm Gonna Miss Her;  Come Ye Sinners / Musical Priest; May Baby;  Tulsa Time;  Wayfaring Stranger;  Viva La Vida; Hey, Grandpa;  Be Thou My Vision;  Rocky Top; The Thanksgiving Song – 19-11-21
The Petersens ? My Ozark Mountain Home:  My Ozark Mountain Home;  Here Comes the Sun;  Down to the River to Pray;  Wild Mountain Thyme;  Annie's Song;  It Rains Everywhere I Go;  Wayfaring Stranger;  Till the Rivers All Run Dry;  Summer Wind;  The Crawdad Song;  In You Came;  Take Me Home, Country Roads;  Amazing Grace – 18-11-22
The Petersens ? We Don't Need Anything This Year: . O Come, All Ye Faithful;  If We Make It Through December; (Everybody's Waiting for) the Man With the Bag;  Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas;  O Holy Night; Jesus, King of Heaven;  Silver Bells;  Luke 2; Mary, Did You Know?; (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays; We Don't Need Anything This Year;  Frosty the Snowman;  What Are You Doing New Years Eve? – 31-10-23


EPs
The Petersens ? The Greenest Grass: Morningside; Wrong Side of Tomorrow;  Down That Dirt Road; Thunder Ridge;  The Old Churchyard – 09-08-24