Craig Bickhardt / Idlewheel

Craig William Bickhardt, *07-09-1954 Philadelphia, PA

By Praguefrank

SESSIONS

1983 [soundtrack Tender Mercies] unknown – Craig Bickhardt

001 22771 YOU ARE WHAT LOVE MEANS TO ME Liberty B-1518/LO 51147 SBCD 1005?

002 OVERNIGHT SENSATION Liberty B-1518/LO 51147

1986 unknown – Craig Bickhardt

003 YOU’RE THE POWER   SBCD 1005?

ca May 1987 Nashville, TN – Thom Schuyler, Fred Knobloch, Craig Bickhardt
S01 NO EASY HORSES D2-71064
S02 PEOPLE STILL FALL IN LOVE B-72100/D2-71064
S03 GIVERS AND TAKERS B-72100/D2-71064 SBCD 1005?
S04 THOSE WERE THE DAYS, THESE ARE THE NIGHTS D2-71064
S05 DOWN IN THE TRENCHES OF LOVE D2-71064
S06 THIS OLD HOUSE D2-71064
S07 THE WAY TO LOVE IS THROUGH THE HEART D2-71064
S08 YOU TAKE ME HOME D2-71064
S09 LIVING WITHOUT YOU D2-71064
S10 AMERICAN STEEL D2-71064
S11 TOO GOOD TO BE BLUE MTM B-72090
1988 Nashville, TN – Thom Schuyler, Fred Knobloch, Craig Bickhardt
S12 RIGAMAROLE B-72115
S13 MAJOR REPAIRS B-72115

1993 [sessions for Precious Child – The Story Of Christmas] Nashville, TN – Craig Bickhardt, with Kim Parent [-1]

004 ONE MORE GENERATION -1 WB 45537-2

005 ADORATION WB 45537-2  

006 PART OF HEAVEN -1 WB 45537-2  

2001 unknown – Craig Bickhardt

007 EASY FIRE SBCD 1001   

008 THE ONLY WAY I KNOW SBCD 1001 

009 SUGARCANE STREET SBCD 1001   

010 WHERE I USED TO HAVE A HEART SBCD 1001

011 PAY YOUR LOVE ON TIME SBCD 1001   

012 STILL THE VOICE SBCD 1001   

013 TROUBLED SHORES SBCD 1001   

014 ONE ROSE SBCD 1001 

015 I CAN'T TURN THE TIDE SBCD 1001   

016 DANCE WITH FATHER TIME SBCD 1001   

017 THE RANSOM SBCD 1001

018 ST. MARTIN'S SUMMER SBCD 1001    

2006 unknown – Idlewheel (Craig Bickhardt, Jack Sundrud)

I01 STAND MY GROUND SBCD 1002

I02 TWISTED, TIED AND TANGLED SBCD 1002

I03 COOL DRINK OF WATER SBCD 1002

I04 LITTLE RED REMINDERS SBCD 1002

I05 MONA LISA'S FROWN SBCD 1002

I06 GEORGIA BURNING SBCD 1002

I07 INVISIBLE HOPE SBCD 1002

I08 WHEN I TELL YOU I LOVE YOU SBCD 1002

I09 HOWL LIKE A LONESOME WIND SBCD 1002

I10 SWEET SADNESS SBCD 1002

I11 I'D MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH SBCD 1002

I12 DUST OF THIS TOWN SBCD 1002

2008 unknown – Craig Bickhardt

019 LIFE WITH THE SOUND TURNED DOWN SBCD 1003

020 CARRYING A DREAM SBCD 1003

021 BROTHER TO THE WIND SBCD 1003

022 EVEN A COWBOY CAN DREAM SBCD 1003

023 A DAY WELL SPENT SBCD 1003

024 IF HE CAME BACK AGAIN SBCD 1003

025 THIS OLD HOUSE SBCD 1003

026 LORD FRANKLIN SBCD 1003

027 THE REAL GAME SBCD 1003

028 DONALD AND JUNE SBCD 1003

029 PRAYERS FOR YOU SBCD 1003

030 WHERE IN THE WORLD SBCD 1003

2010 unknown – Craig Bickhardt

031 IN BETWEEN DANCES  digital single [rel. March 24]

1980s-2000s unknown – Craig Bickhardt

032 ON GOD’S GREEN EARTH SBCD 1005?

033 ALL THE THINGS WE'VE NEVER DONE SBCD 1005?

034 I WILL HAVE LIVED LONG ENOUGH SBCD 1005?

035 WE WILL NOT PASS THIS WAY AGAIN SBCD 1005?

036 FIND YOUR OWN WAY HOME SBCD 1005?

037 HOW LONESOME SBCD 1005?

038 WAS IT YOUTH, WAS IT MADNESS SBCD 1005?

039 DEEP IN THE GRAIN  SBCD 1005?

040 UNTASTED HONEY SBCD 1005?

041 YOU I LOVE SBCD 1005?

042 YOU TAKE ME HOME SBCD 1005?

043 IN LOVE AND OUT OF DANGER SBCD 1005?

044 THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW WHEN LOVE'S RIGHT SBCD 1005?

24 June 2011 [live] Sellersville Theater, 24 W Temple Ave, Sellersville, PA – Craig Bickhardt

04401 PRAYERS FOR YOU SBCD 1006  

04402 EVEN A COWBOY CAN DREAM SBCD 1006  

04403 THE REAL GAME SBCD 1006  

04404 DONALD AND JUNE SBCD 1006

04405 A DAY WELL SPENT  SBCD 1006  

04406 SUGARCANE STREET SBCD 1006

04407 CRAZY NIGHTINGALE SBCD 1006  

04408 MEN AND RIVERS SBCD 1006  

04409 LIFE WITH THE SOUND TURNED DOWN SBCD 1006

04410 IF HE CAME BACK AGAIN SBCD 1006  

04411 THIS OLD HOUSE SBCD 1006

04412 FROM GALWAY TO GRACELAND SBCD 1006

2013 unknown – Idlewheel (Craig Bickhardt, Jack Sundrud)

I13 STEP BETWEEN THE SHADOWS

I14 PRODIGAL'S LAMENT

I15 PEBBLE IN MY SHOE

I16 THE OLD ROOTS

I17 PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND ME

I18 THRIVE

Tracks above issued on acoustic EP The Old Roots

2013 John Mock Studio, Nashville, TN/  MorningStar Studios, East Norriton, PA – Craig Bickhardt

045 GIANT STEPS SBCD 1009

046 CRAZY NIGHTINGALE SBCD 1009

047 THE RESTLESS KIND SBCD 1009

048 IT OPENS SBCD 1009

049 STAN SBCD 1009

050 YOUNG HEARTS, WILD HORSES OR THE WIND SBCD 1009

051 WOMAN OF THE MIST SBCD 1009

052 GOURD VINE SBCD 1009

053 MOMENTARY WORLD SBCD 1009

054 I'LL KNOW WHEN YOU NEED ME SBCD 1009

055 THERE IS NO NIGHT SBCD 1009

056 GO ROUND SBCD 1009  

2015 unknown – Idlewheel (Craig Bickhardt, Jack Sundrud)

I19 LOVE IS WHERE YOU ARE

I20 THE EMPEROR'S NEW GIRL

I21 SOUL TO SOUL

I22 ALL HEAVEN BROKE LOOSE

I23 CONSTANTLY

I24 DROP THE ROCK

Tracks above issued on EP Idlewheel 3

15 February 2015 [live] Morningstar Studios, 3150 Sunset Ave, East Norriton PA – Idlewheel (Craig Bickhardt, Jack Sundrud)

I25 TWISTED, TIED AND TANGLED

I26 SO BAD

I27 PEBBLE IN MY SHOE

I28 DUST OF THIS TOWN

I29 THESE BONES

I30 IT MUST BE LOVE

I31 THE OLD ROOTS

I32 FATHER'S DAY

I33 NOONDAY SUN

I34 WE WERE ONLY YOUNG ONCE

I35 THRIVE

Tracks above issued on album Live At Morningstar

2018 unknown – Craig Birkhardt

057 STEADY AS SHE GOES SBCD 1010

058 THE WAY YOU LOVED ME SBCD 1010

059 OLD MAID'S MAN SBCD 1010

060 RACING THE BULLET SBCD 1010

061 GREENER PAST SBCD 1010

062 CHESAPEAKE BAY SBCD 1010

063 I'M SURE THE RAIN SBCD 1010

064 IT TAKES A WINDING ROAD SBCD 1010

065 WEST OF WHEREVER YOU ARE SBCD 1010

066 HOME FOR THE HARVEST SBCD 1010

067 YOU TAKE ME HOME SBCD 1010

068 ONE LITTLE LIGHT  SBCD 1010

2021-2022 Nashville, TN/ East Norriton, PA – Craig Bickhardt (Craig Bickhardt [vcl/gt], Tom Hampton [lap steel/baritone el gt], Byron House [bass], Tommy Geddes [drums],
Michael G. Ronstadt [cello], Catherine Styron Marx [grand piano/synthesizer], Pete Wasner[grand piano/Wurlitzer /Hammond B3], Bill Miller [Native American flute/gourd/war cry] ,The Harmony Singers (Aislinn Landolt, Jonell Mosser,  Tom Hampton) [bck vcl])
069 BREAKING THE BREAD  
070 ANCIENT LULLABIES
071 ENGLAND OR ME
072 EMERALD EYES
073 SHE WON'T BE YOURS ALONE
074 CHINA BLUE
075 HA'PENNY STANDUP
076 FIRE OF THE SPIRIT
077 STEAL HOME (LETTER TO CURT FLOOD)
078 HILLS OF GERONIMO
079 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT LOVE AT ALL
080 IF HOLES WERE COINS
081 I LIVE FOR THIS
082 OLD TOOLBOX
083 ONE FOR THE MOON
084 AND SO IT GOES
085 THAT'S THE WAY YOUR LOVE SHINES THROUGH
086 TREES
087 THE BOYS IN LINE
088 SONOMA
089 I CAN'T LET YOU GO
090 AIN'T IT JUST LIKE A HEART
091 LOVE WILL SHOW US HOW
092 YOUR MOTHER'S EYES
093 FAMILY TIES
094 CHILDHOOD'S END
Tracks above issued on album Outpourings

ALBUMS

MTM Music Group ST/D2-71064 No Easy Horses: No Easy Horses; People Still Fall In Love; Givers And Takers; Those Were The Days, These Are The Nights; Down In The Trenches Of Love; This Old House; The Way To Love Is Through The Heart;You Take Me Home; Living Without You; American Steel - 09-87 Schuyler, Knobloch, Birkhardt

Stone Barn SBCD 1001 Easy Fires: Easy Fire; The Only Way I Know; Sugarcane Street; Where I Used to Have a Heart; Pay Your Love on Time; Still the Voice; Troubled Shores; One Rose; I Can't Turn the Tide; Dance with Father Time; The Ransom; St. Martin's Summer – 04-12-01

Stone Barn SBCD 1002  Idlewheel: Stand My Ground; Twisted, Tied and Tangled; Cool Drink of Water; Little Red Reminders; Mona Lisa's Frown; Georgia Burning; Invisible Hope; When I Tell You I Love You; Howl Like a Lonesome Wind; Sweet Sadness; I'd Move Heaven and Earth; Dust of This Town - 06 Idlewheel

Stone Barn SBCD 1003 Brother to the Wind: Life With The Sound Turned Down;  Carrying A Dream;  Brother To The Wind;  Even A Cowboy Can Dream;  A Day Well Spent;  If He Came Back Again;  This Old House;  Lord Franklin;  The Real Game;  Donald And June;  Prayers For You;  Where In The World – 04-05-09

Stone Barn SBCD 1005? No Road Back A Retrospective: You're The Power; You Are What Love Means To Me ("Tender Mercies" Theme); Givers And Takers; On God's Green Earth; All The Things We've Never Done; I Will Have Lived Long Enough; We Will Not Pass This Way Again; Find Your Own Way Home‘ How Lonesome; Was It Youth, Was It Madness; Deep In The Grain ; Untasted Honey; You I Love; You Take Me Home; In Love And Out Of Danger; That's How You Know When Love's Right - 25-04-10

Stone Barn SBCD 1006  Live at Sellersville Theater: Prayers for You; Even a Cowboy Can Dream; The Real Game; Donald and June; A Day Well Spent ; Sugarcane Street; Crazy Nightingale; Men and Rivers; Life with the Sound Turned Down; If He Came Back Again; This Old House; From Galway to Graceland – 05-12-11

Stone Barn SBCD 1009 The More I Wonder: Giant Steps; Crazy Nightingale; The Restless Kind; It Opens; Stan; Young Hearts, Wild Horses or the Wind; Woman of the Mist; Gourd Vine; Momentary World; I'll Know When You Need Me; There Is No Night; Go Round – 10-04-14  

Stone Barn ? Live at Morningstar: Twisted, Tied and Tangled; So Bad; Pebble in My Shoe;

Dust of This Town; These Bones; It Must Be Love; The Old Roots; Father's Day; Noonday Sun; We Were Only Young Once; Thrive – 15-01-16

Stone Barn ? Roots & 3: Love Is Where You Are; Prodigal's Lament; The Emperor's New Girl; The Old Roots; Pebble in My Shoe; Soul to Soul; Step Between the Shadows; All Heaven Broke Loose; Constantly; Drop the Rock; People Like You and Me; Thrive – 23-03-18 (reissue of Old Roots and No 3)

Stone Barn SBCD 1010 Home For The Harvest: Steady as She Goes; The Way You Loved Me; Old Maid's Man; Racing the Bullet; Greener Past; Chesapeake Bay; I'm Sure the Rain; It Takes a Winding Road; West of Wherever You Are; Home for the Harvest; You Take Me Home; One Little Light - 18-08-18

Stone Barn ? Outpourings:  Breaking The Bread;  Ancient Lullabies;  England Or Me; Emerald Eyes;  She Won't Be Yours Alone;  China Blue;  Ha'penny Standup;  Fire Of The Spirit; Steal Home (Letter To Curt Flood);  Hills Of Geronimo;  I Don't Know About Love At All; If Holes Were Coins;  I Live For This; Old Toolbox;  One For The Moon; And So It Goes;  That's The Way Your Love Shines Through;  Trees ;  The Boys In Line; Sonoma; I Can't Let You Go;  Ain't It Just Like A Heart ;  Love Will Show Us How;  Your Mother's Eyes;  Family Ties;  Childhood's End  – 11-01-23 (double)

 

EPs

Stone Barn ? The Old Roots: Step Between The Shadows;  Prodigal's Lament;  Pebble In My Shoe;  The Old Roots;  People Like You And Me; Thrive – 11-09-13

Stone Barn ? Idlewheel 3: Love Is Where You Are; The Emperor's New Girl;  Soul To Soul; All Heaven Broke Loose;  Constantly;  Drop The Rock -06-15 Idlewheel

SINGLES

Liberty

P-B-1518 You Are What Love Means To Me / Overnight Sensations – 05-84

MTM

B-72090 No Easy Horses / Too Good To Be Blue – 20-07-87 as by Schuyler / Knobloch / Bickhardt
B-72100 This Old House / Living Without You – 03-11-87 as by Schuyler / Knobloch / Bickhardt
B-72099 People Still Fall In Love / Givers And Takers – 28-03-88 as by Schuyler / Knobloch / Bickhardt
B-72115 Rigamarole / Major Repairs - 10-88 as by Schuyler / Knobloch / Bickhardt