Blue Cactus

 By Praguefrank
SESSIONS  
2016 unknown, NC?  – Blue Cactus  (Steph Stewart [vcl/ac gt], Mario Arnez  [vcl/gt], Nick Vandenberg [vcl/ac gt/accordion/ bass/drums/ trumpet], Phil Sullivan [steel], Casey Toll [bass],  Emily Frantz [violin],  Omar Ruiz-Lopez [violin] Andrew Anagnost [cello],  Jesse Kapsha [piano/organ], Chessa Rich, Skylar Gudasz [bck vcl]. Producer: Mario Arnez, Nick Vandenberg, Steph Stewart)
001 OPENING
002 I NEVER KNEW HEARTACHE (THEN I KNEW YOU)
003 ANYMORE SOMETHING (LIKE ANYONE'S SOMEONE)
004 FROM THE BOTTLE TO THE FLOOR
005 SO RIGHT (YOU GOT LEFT)
006 FOREVER (NEVER HAPPENED FOR ME)
007 INTERLUDE
008 NOT ALONE ('TIL YOU COME HOME)
009 I CAN'T REMEMBER (TO FORGET YOU)
010 PEARL
011 YEARS ARE THE MINUTES
Tracks above issued on album Blue Ccactus
2018 unknown, NC – Blue Cactus
012 RADIOMAN digital single [rel. March 14]/Stranger Again
2019 Bedtown Studios, Goodview, VA – Blue Cactus (Steph Stewart [vcl/ac gt], Mario Arnez  [vcl/el gt], Whit Wright [steel],  Alex Bingham [bass], Gabe Anderson [drums],  James Wallace [Wurlitzer], Heather McEntire [bck vcl]. Producer: Alex Bingham and Blue Cactus)
013 QUITTIN’ AGAIN digital single [rel. Jan. 17] SCR 0003V
014 FINGER ON THE BUTTON SCR 0003V
2020 unknown – Blue Cactus
015 WINTER IS BLUE digital single [rel. Dec. 11]
2020 Bedtown Studios, Goodview, VA– Blue Cactus (Steph Stewart [vcl/ac gt], Mario Arnez  [vcl/el gt], Whit Wright [steel],  Alex Bingham [bass/ Mellotron/ synthesizer/ percussion], Gabe Anderson [drums], Daniel Faust [percussion], Joe MacPhail [Hammond B3/Wurlitzer}, Skylar Gudasz, Heather McEntire [bck vcl]. Producer: Alex Bingham and  Blue Cactus)
016 BLUE AS THE DAY
017 STRANGER AGAIN Strictly Cat SCR 012-3 (digital)
018 REBEL Strictly Cat SCR 012-3 (digital)
019 COME CLEAN
020 RODEO QUEEN
021 WORRIED MAN
022 I CAN'T TOUCH YOU
023 ENOUGH
024 SPACE COUNTRY
Tracks above issued on album Stranger Again
2022 [live] Small Pond Farm Studio,  Chapel Hill, NC – Blue Cactus (Mario Arnez [vcl/gt],  Steph Stewart [vcl/ac gt],  Casey Toll [bass], Gabe Anderson [drums], Saman Khoujinian [Wurlitzer/synthesizer]. Producer: Blue Cactus + Saman Khoujinian)
02401 THE GOLDEN AGE  digital single [rel. June 28]
2024 The Whitten Coop, Nashville, TN- Blue Cactus (Steph Stewart [vcl/ac gt/percussion], Mario Arnez [vcl/gt/ bass],  Whit Wright [steel], Russ Pahl [stee/el gt], Jonathan Beam [bass], Travis Vance [synth bass],  Taylor Floreth [drums/percussion], Ryan Connors [keyboards], Rich Ruth [synthesizers], Erin Rae, Brit Taylor [hmny vcl].  Producer: Whit Wright, Mario Arnez and Steph Stewart)
025 RESOLUTION SCR  038  
026 BITE MY TONGUE SCR  038  
027 MAKE ALL DAY SCR  038  
028 GONE SCR  038
2024 Small Pond Farm Studio,  Pittsboro, NC – Blue Cactus (Steph Stewart  [vcl/ac gt/ percussion], Mario Arnez [vcl/gt/ bass], Whit Wright [steel], Sinclair Palmer [bass/ violin], Casey Toll [bass], Joe Westerlund / Gabe Anderson [drums/ percussion], Joe MacPhail [keyboards], Saman Khoujinian [synthesizers/ keyboards], Kate Rhudy [hmny vcl].
Producer: Saman Khoujinian, Mario Arnez and Steph Stewart)
029 THIS KIND OF RAIN SCR  038
030 BELIEVER SCR  038  
031 KINGS SCR  038  
032 COUNTING THE DAYS SCR  038  
033 PAPER CUP SCR  038  



ALBUMS
Blue Cactus no # Blue Cactus:  Opening;  I Never Knew Heartache (Then I Knew You);  Anymore Something (Like Anyone's Someone);  From the Bottle to the Floor;  So Right (You Got Left);  Forever (Never Happened for Me);  Interlude;  Not Alone ('Til You Come Home); I Can't Remember (To Forget You); Pearl; Years Are the Minutes – 24-02-17
Sleepy Cat SCR 012 Stranger Again:  Blue as the Day;  Stranger Again;  Rebel;  Come Clean;  Rodeo Queen;  Worried Man;  I Can't Touch You;  Enough;  Radioman;  Space Country – 07-05-21

Sleepy Cat SCR 038 Believer: This Kind of Rain; Resolution; Bite My Tongue; Make All Day; Believer; Kings; Counting the Days; Paper Cup; Gone - 25-04-25

SINGLES
Sleepy Cat
SCR 0003V Finger On The Button / Quittin’ Again – 17-02-20
American Vinyl
No # Clearwater Park (live) [Alexa Rose] / Stranger Again (live) – 18-06-21

     

Eli West

 By Praguefrank
SESSIONS  
September 2010 Aaron Youngberg's Swingfingers Studio. Ft. Collins, CO - Cahalen Morrison and Eli West (Cahalen Morrison [vcl/banjo/mandolin/dobro/clawhammer banjo], Eli West [vcl/gt/bouzuki/clawhammer banjo], Matt Flinner [gt/mandolin/ bouzuki], Aaron Youngberg [banjo], Eric Thorin [bass], Ryan Drickey [fiddle]. Producer: Matt Flinner)
001 LOST LOVIN' GAL
002 ON GOD'S ROCKY  SHORE
003 MY LOVER, ADORNED
004 FLEETING LIKE THE DAYS
005 WEATHERVANE WALTZ
006 MY BLOODY HEART
007 CUTTING IN / WEYMANN'S LAST RUN
008 JEALOUS SEA
009 OVER THERE
010 SINCE YOU TOOK YOUR LOVE
011 WON'T BE LONG
012 KINGSFOLD
013 I'LL NOT BE A STRANGER
014 MY BLOODY HEART REPRISE
Tracks above issued on album The Holy Coming Of The Storm
2012 Aaron Youngberg's Swingfingers Studio. Ft. Collins, CO- Cahalen Morrison and Eli West
015 STONE TO SAND
016 A LADY DOES NOT OFTEN FALTER
017 ALL I CAN DO
018 LORETTA
019 OUR LADY OF THE TALL TREES
020 THE POOR COWBOY
021 POTLUCK DINNER / VICCO RETURNS FROM SPAIN
022 LIKE A STONE
023 CHURCH STREET BLUES
024 ALL FOR THE SAKE OF DAY
025 HEARTLAND SEA
026 RED PRAIRIE DAWN
Tracks above issued on album Our Lady Of The Tall Trees
2013 Aaron Youngberg's Swingfingers Studio. Ft. Collins, CO- Cahalen Morrison and Eli West (Cahalen Morrison [vcl/banjo/mandolin/dobro], Eli West [vcl/gt/bouzuki], Tim O’Brien [mandolin /bouzouki], Erin Youngberg [bass], Ryan Drickey [fiddle],  Brittany Haas [fiddle])
027 FIDDLEHEAD FERN
028 LIVIN' IN AMERICA
029 POCKET FULL OF DUST
030 ANXIOUS ROWS
031 JAMES IS OUT
032 NATURAL THING TO DO
033 DOWN IN THE LONESOME DRAW
034 RITZVILLE / STEAMBOATS ON THE SASKATCHEWAN
035 OFF THE CHAMA
036 LORENE
037 GREEN PASTURES
038 SINNER, COME HOME
039 VOICES OF EVENING
040 FIDDLEHEAD FERN REPRISE
Tracks above issued on album I'll Swing My Hammer With Both My Hands
2015 Sage Studios, Seattle, WA – Eli West (+ Bill Frisell, Anna and Elizabeth, Dori Freeman and others)
041 GIVE ME YOUR LOVE AND I'LL GIVE YOU MINE
042 YOU ASKED ME TO
043 LONESOME VALLEY
044 IF I COULD MAKE YOU MY OWN
045 THE LONE PILGRIM
046 RAINBOW MIDST LIFE'S WILLOWS
047 GIVE ME YOUR LOVE AND I'LL GIVE YOU MINE (INST)
048 YOU ASKED ME TO (INST)
049 LONESOME VALLEY (INST)
050 IF I COULD MAKE YOU MY OWN (INST)
051 THE LONE PILGRIM (INST)
052 RAINBOW MIDST LIFE'S WILLOWS (INST)
Tracks above issued on album The Both
2017 Larsville Studio, Stugudalen, Tydal, Sør-Trøndelag, NOR – Olav Mjelva and Eli West
053 VISA PISA
054 ISLE OF FRANCE
055 STOUT'S WALTZ
056 HAND TO PLAY
057 JOHN REILLY THE SHEPHARD
058 THE DOCTOR
059 WINCHELL'S FALLS
060 DON'T DRINK AND DANCE
061 FAIR MORNING HORNPIPE / BIGFOOTED MAN IN A SANDY LOT
062 THE LOVEBOAT
063 BACANOST (BACAN OOST)
064 HUGNAD (HALLING)
065 VARHOGDA
066 FIVE MINUTE SWING
Tracks above issued on album Hand To Play
2020 Rubber Room Recording Studio, 508 Estes Dr, Chapel Hill, NC – Eli West (Eli West [vcl/gt], Steph Coleman [vcl-1/shruti], Julie Fowlis [vcl-2], Andrew Marlin [gt/ mandolin], Billy Cardine [dobro] , Clint Mullican [bass], Jens Linell [tambourine], Christian Sedelmyer/  Joseph Decosimo [fiddle].  Producer: Eli West)
067 GINNY'S LITTLE LONGHORN
068 BRICK IN THE ROAD -1
069 I KNOW YOUR WANDERING HEART -2
070 TAPERED POINT OF STONE
071 CWTCH (CUTCH)
072 THE HEARTH -1
073 JOHNNY WOMBAT -1
074 HAND TO PLAY
075 TWIN BRIDGES
076 SWEET MARIE
077 ORA LEE
078 WEST FORK GALS
079 THREE LINKS OF CHAIN
Tracks above issued on album Tapered Point Of Stone

ALBUMS
Cahaleen Morrison and Eli West no # (UPC884502945454) The Holy Coming Of The Storm:  Lost Lovin' Gal;  On God's Rocky  Shore; My Lover, Adorned; Fleeting Like The Days;  Weathervane Waltz;  My Bloody Heart; Cutting In / Weymann's Last Run;  Jealous Sea; Over There; Since You Took Your Love;  Won't Be Long;  Kingsfold; I'll Not Be A Stranger; My Bloody Heart Reprise – 13-11-10 and Eli West
Cahaleen Morrison and Eli West  no # (UPC700261933184) Our Lady Of The Tall Trees:  Stone To Sand; A Lady Does Not Often Falter;  All I Can Do; Loretta; Our Lady Of The Tall Trees;  The Poor Cowboy;  Potluck Dinner / Vicco Returns From Spain;  Like A Stone;  Church Street Blues; All For The Sake Of Day; Heartland Sea; Red Prairie Dawn – 10-12
Cahaleen Morrison and Eli West  no # (UPC888174576534) I'll Swing My Hammer With Both My Hands: Fiddlehead Fern; Livin' in America; Pocket Full of Dust; Anxious Rows; James is Out; Natural Thing to Do; Down In The Lonesome Draw;Ritzville / Steamboats on the Saskatchewan; Off The Chama; Lorene; Green Pastures; Sinner, Come Home; Voices of Evening; Fiddlehead Fern Reprise – 04-02-14
Eli West no # The Both: Give Me Your Love And I'll Give You Mine; You Asked Me To; Lonesome Valley; If I Could Make You My Own; The Lone Pilgrim; Rainbow Midst Life's Willows; Give Me Your Love And I'll Give You Mine (Inst); You Asked Me To (Inst); Lonesome Valley (Inst); If I Could Make You My Own (Inst); The Lone Pilgrim (Inst); Rainbow Midst Life's Willows (Inst) – 25-02-16
Olav Mjelva And Eli West [NOR] no # Hand To Play; Visa Pisa; Isle Of France; Stout's Waltz; Hand To Play; John Reilly The Shephard; The Doctor; Winchell's Falls; Don't Drink and Dance; Fair Morning Hornpipe / Bigfooted Man In A Sandy Lot; The Loveboat; Bacanost (Bacan Oost); Hugnad (Halling); Varhogda; Five Minute Swing – 28-11-18 w. Olav Mjehla
Eli West no # Tapered Point of Stone: Ginny's Little Longhorn; Brick in the Road; I Know Your Wandering Heart; Tapered Point of Stone; Cwtch (Cutch); The Hearth; Johnny Wombat; Hand to Play; Twin Bridges; Sweet Marie; Ora Lee; West Fork Gals; Three Links of Chain – 23-04-21
    

Willis - Carlan - Quinn

by Praguefrank

SESSIONS

 1980 Playground Recording Studio, Crestview, FL – Willis – Carlan – Quinn (Danny Willis [vcl/ gt/12 str gt],  Mike Quinn [vcl/gt/ banjo], Karen Carlan [vcl/ percussion] + Dana Wilkerson [gt], Aaron Anderson [drums],  John Hall [keyboards])
001 TIN ROOF SUN 1023  
002 MIGHTY FINE WOMAN SUN 1023
003 MOUNTAIN DEW SUN 1023  
004 THIS HEART OF MINE SUN 1023  
005 ROCKY TOP SUN 1023  
006 IT'S MIGHTY DARK SUN 1023
007 UNCLE PEN SUN 1023  
008 ROLLIN' IN MY SWEET BABY'S ARMS SUN 1023  
009 COUNTRY BOY SUN 1023  
010 GEORGIA ROSE SUN 1023  


ALBUMS
Sun SUN 1023 Tin Roof: Tin Roof; Mighty Fine Woman; Mountain Dew; This Heart Of Mine; Rocky Top; It's Mighty Dark; Uncle Pen; Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms; Country Boy; Georgia Rose - 80

Voraři

 By Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS  
1994 DVH Studio, ?, CZE - Voraři  (Markéta Kovaříková [vcl], Pavel Schneider [vcl/gt], Pavel Kotík [vcl/steel], Václav Veselka [vcl/bass gt], Petr Veselka [drums], Pavel Řezníček [fiddle], Kája Říčařová [vcl/keyboards])
001 TANČÍ S DUHOU PB 0050-2
002 VRACÍM SE DOMŮ PB 0050-2
003 MÚZA PB 0050-2
004 TAM ZA 30. MÍLÍ PB 0050-2
005 TIRÁK PB 0050-2
006 KOVBOJŮV NÁŘEK PB 0050-2
007 RANCH ORANGE PB 0050-2
008 TÁHNEM NA RUMPÁL PB 0050-2
009 MY SI HRAJEME TROŠKU JINOU PB 0050-2
010 HRAJEM DÁL PB 0050-2
011 STŘÍPKY ŠTĚSTÍ PB 0050-2
013 GEJŠA PB 0050-2
014 HAPPY JE SUPER PB 0050-2  
1996 unknown, CZE - Voraři  (Markéta Kovaříková [vcl], Pavel Schneider [vcl/gt], Pavel Kotík [vcl/steel], Václav Veselka [vcl/bass gt], Petr Veselka [drums], Pavel Řezníček [fiddle], Kája Říčařová [vcl/keyboards])
015 HONKY TONKY BAR HMP 033-2  
016 PŘESTAŇ S TÍM HMP 033-2
017 BLÁZEN JSEM BYL HMP 033-2
018 HOTELOVÝ POKOJ Č. 4 HMP 033-2
019 JÁ MÁM RÁDA COUNTRY STYL HMP 033-2  
020 SEN HMP 033-2  
021 BÍDNEJ ŽIVOT HMP 033-2  
022 AŽ PŘÍŠTĚ ZAJDU K VÁM HMP 033-2
023 VÍLÍ KVIL HMP 033-2
024 NECHCI S TEBOU NIC MÍT HMP 033-2  
025 CASIE JOHNES HMP 033-2  
026 PÁNEM JE ČAS HMP 033-2  
027 UMĚT SE SMÁT HMP 033-2  
Note  there is also group Voraři from 1980s with no connection to this band (release one EP in 1981)

ALBUMS
Presston [CZE] PB 0050-2 331 Táhnem na rumpál: Tančí s duhou; Vracím se domů; Múza; Tam za 30. mílí; Tirák; Kovbojův nářek; Ranch Orange; Táhnem na rumpál; My si hrajeme trošku jinou; Hrajem dál; Střípky štěstí; Gejša; Happy je super -  94
Happy Music [CZE] HMP033-2 Honky tonk bar: Honky tonky bar;  Přestaň s tím; Blázen jsem byl;  Hotelový pokoj č. 4; Já mám ráda country styl;  Sen;  Bídnej život;  Až příště zajdu k vám; Vílí kvil;  Nechci s tebou nic mít;  Casie Johnes;  Pánem je čas;  Umět se smát -  96