Saturday, July 9, 2022

Mike Craver

 Phillip Michael Craver, *North Carolina
2nd version
by Praguefrank
SESSIONS
see also Red Clay Ramblers
July/October 1979 ACME Recording Studios, Chicago, IL – Jim Watson Mike Craver, Tommy Thompson
001 WHILE THE BAND WAS PLAYING DIXIE Flying Fish FF-219
002 STERN OLD BACHELOR Flying Fish FF-219
003 WINDING STREAM Flying Fish FF-219
004 WAYWORN TRAVELER Flying Fish FF-219
005 MEETING IN THE AIR Flying Fish FF-219
006 I AIN'T GONNA WORK TOMORROW Flying Fish FF-219
007 ONE LITTLE WORLD Flying Fish FF-219
008 LULA WALLS Flying Fish FF-219
009 ARE YOU TIRED OF ME MY DARLING? Flying Fish FF-219
010 GIVE ME THE ROSES Flying Fish FF-219
011 WHEN THE ROSES BLOOM IN DIXIELAND Flying Fish FF-219
January 1980 TGS Studios, Chapel Hill, NC - Jim Watson Mike Craver, Tommy Thompson
012 ANCHORED IN LOVE Flying Fish FF-219
013 SCHOOLHOUSE ON THE HILL Flying Fish FF-219
014 DIXIE DARLING Flying Fish FF-219
1983 ACME Studios, Chicago, IL/TGS Studios, Chapel Hill, NC - Mike Craver (Lyles West [bass], Barney Pilgrim [violin], Triona Ni Dhomhnailll [clavinet], + Jim Watson, Bevan Murphy, Peter Anlyan, Michael Rasfeld)
015 FISHING FOR AMOUR FF-330
016 WOOLLY SHEEPSONG FF-330
017 WHEN YOU'RE LYING AWAKE FF-330
018 ALWAYS LEAVE 'EM LAUGHIN' WHEN YOU SAY GOODBYE/LIFE'S A FUNNY PROPOSITION AFTER ALL FF-330
019 MYTHIC TIMES FF-330
020 THE FRENCH PARATROOPER FF-330
021 COME AGAIN! SWEET LOVE DOTH NOW INVITE FF-330
022 PARISIAN PIERROT FF-330
023 SPOONYLAND FF-330
024 COUNCILHOUSE IN GABORONE FF-330
025 BACK IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD FF-330
026 OLD MISTER SOUL*
027 SECRETS IN THE SAND*
028 THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT*
029 JIM*
*only on CD-R reissue
1999 unknown Mike Craver [piano, guitars, keys, vocals]
030 A WAGONER'S LAD Sapsucker 2323
031 BLACK RANDY Sapsucker 2323
032 WAITING FOR THE COMING STORM Sapsucker 2323
033 LITTLE BROWN BAT Sapsucker 2323
034 DEWBERRY PLACE Sapsucker 2323
035 DOWN AT THE CROSSROADS Sapsucker 2323
036 FREDDY Sapsucker 2323
037 SOLDIER IN THE RAIN Sapsucker 2323
038 IN THE BOTTOM OF THE LEADVILLE MINE Sapsucker 2323
039 LORD GREGORY/BIG TREE LODGE Sapsucker 2323
040 JUDY Sapsucker 2323
041 ONE DAY WHEN NOW IS GONE Sapsucker 2323
2002 unknown - Mike Craver
042 DIAMOND LIL Sapcucker
043 KALAMAZOO Sapcucker
044 DEAR MISTER GERSHWIN Sapcucker
045 RHODE ISLAND IS FAMOUS FOR YOU Sapcucker
046 THAT WICKY WACKY HULA HULA HONKA WONKA HONOLULU HAWAIIAN HONEY OF MINE Sapcucker
047 CIMMARON CYCLINE Sapcucker
048 ARGONNE WOOD Sapcucker
049 EDWIN Sapcucker
050 I'M YELLOW Sapcucker
051 SHINING DOWN Sapcucker
052 WHEN I WAS A LITTLE WEE BABE Sapcucker
053 EVERYONE'S GONE TO THE MOON Sapcucker
054 WATSON COME HERE I WANT YOU Sapcucker
Tracks above issued on album Shining Down
Mike Craver recorded after 2002, some info in albums list
2006 unknown – Mike Craver, with Clyde Edgerton [-1] (Mike Craver [gt/ keyboards],  Clyde Edgerton [banjo-1])
055 LUNCH AT THE PICCADILLY Sapsucker 2327
056 HOW DO YOU TELL 'EM THEY CAN'T DRIVE NO MORE- 1 Sapsucker 2327  
057 HOLDIN' AUNT LIL WHILE SHE HOLDS THE HOSE -1 Sapsucker 2327  
058 HOW DOES A GLASS EYE WORK? Sapsucker 2327  
059 TALKIN' SHOES BLUES -1 Sapsucker 2327  
060 CLARA'S SONG Sapsucker 2327  
061 HOME IS WHERE THE HEART STAYS -1 Sapsucker 2327  
2012 Rubber Room, Chapel Hill, NC - Craver, Hicks, Watson, Newberry (Mike Craver [vcl/piano], Joe Newberry [vcl/banjo], Jim Watson [vcl/mandolin/ bass],  Bill Hicks [vcl/fiddle].
Producer: CHW +N and Jerry Brown)
062 SALLY ANN
063 KISS ME QUICK
064 MISSOURI BORDERLAND
065 THE MAN FROM TENNESSEE
066 I'M GETTING READY TO GO
067 HOW DOES A GLASS EYE WORK?
068 UNCLE CHARLIE'S REVENGE
069 MY OLD COTTAGE HOME
070 SHIP IN THE CLOUDS / RED FOX
071 IN THE SHADOW OF THE PINES
072 LOWE BONNIE
073 PINEY MOUNTAINS
074 TYING TEN KNOTS IN THE DEVIL'S TAIL
075 YOU'VE BEEN A FRIEND TO ME
076 TEXAS GALS
Tracks above issued on album You’ve Been A Friend To Me
2013 unknown – Mike Craver (Mike Craver [vcl/all instruments])
077 BEAUTIFUL BIBULOUS BABYLON
078 THE BALLAD OF FREDERICK FOSDICK
079 THE MORTICIAN FROM MORDEN MANITOBA
080 THE BALLAD OF DEADWOOD DAN
081 SUMMERVILLE, COLORADO
082 THERE'S A HOLE IN YOUR TIGHTS
083 OH WHAT A GOLDEN DREAM
084 WHAT LADIES LOVE
085 THE NIGHT I MET MISS B.
086 THE DAME OF CAMELLIAS
087 THE GIRL IN THE GEM SALOON
088 ODE TO MYSTERIOUS DAVE MATHER
089 WHEN IT'S RHUBARB TIME IN ORANGEVILLE
090 THE GHOST IN THE THEATRE
091 STUFFED PEOPLE
092 RAILROADING ON THE GREAT I. C.
093 YESTERYEAR
Tracks above issued on album Bosh and Moonshine
2020 unknown – Mike Craver (Mike Craver [vcl/gt/ piano/ keyboards])
094 FIVE LITTLE SINNERS
095 WHEN I WAS A LITTLE WEE BABE
096 GOOD TIME GIRL
098 THE WAYWARD SISTER
099 IT'S THE ACTOR'S LIFE FOR ME
100 THE BALLAD OF FANNIE MAE GARRETTSON
101 SIMON PETER
102 I AIN'T DEAD YET
103 A BELL JAR IN WASHINGTON SQUARE
104 I'LL GET YOU COMING AND GOING
105 I'M GOING TO JOIN THE FOREIGN LEGION
106 THE BALLAD OF MYSTERIOUS DAVE MATHER
107 FROM AUSTIN TO ABILENE
108 GOODBYE BIG JIM
109 MY HEART BELONGS IN ILLINOIS
110 WHEN YOU SHUFFLE OFF THIS MORTAL COIL
111 ASENALOOGAH
112 ALAS I'M A POOR LITTLE WOODPECKER
113 I'M A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE
114 FESTER IN THE WESTERN SUN
115 THE GREAT CIMARRON CYCLONE
Tracks above issued on album Mould’s Undertaking

ALBUMS
Flying Fish FF-219 Meeting In The Air – Songs Of The Carter Family
: Anchored In Love; While The Band Was Playing Dixie; Stern Old Bachelor; Winding Stream; Schoolhouse On The Hill; Wayworn Traveler; Meeting In The Air; I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow; One Little World; Dixie Darling; Lula Walls; Are You Tired Of Me My Darling?; Give Me The Roses; When The Roses Bloom In Dixieland – 80 (reissued in 2004 on Sapsucker 2326)
Flying Fish FF-330 Fishing For Amour: Fishing For Amour; Wooly Sheepsong; When You're Lying Awake; Always Leave 'Em Laughing When You Say Goodbye/Life's a Very Funny Proposition After All; Mythic Times; The French Paratrooper; Come Again; Sweet Love Doth Now Invite; Parisian Pierrot; Spoonlyland; Councilhouse in Gabarone; Back In Your Own Backyard - 84 (reissued on private CD-R with bonus tracks Old Mister Soul; Secrets in the Sand; The Way You Look Tonight; Jim)
Sapsucker  2323 Wagoner's Lad: A Wagoner's Lad; Black Randy; Waiting for the Coming Storm; Little Brown Bat; Dewberry Place; Down at the Crossroads; Freddy; Soldier in the Rain; In the Bottom of the Leadville Mine; Lord Gregory/Big Tree Lodge; Judy; One Day When Now Is Gone - 99
Sapsucker  ? Shining Down: Diamond Lil; Kalamazoo; Dear Mister Gershwin; Rhode Island Is Famous for You; That Wicky Wacky Hula Hula Honka Wonka Honolulu Hawaiian Honey of Mine; Cimmaron Cycline; Argonne Wood; Edwin; I'm Yellow; Shining Down; When I Was A Little Wee Babe; Everyone's Gone to the Moon; Watson – 02
Sapsucker  2327 Lunch At The Piccadilly: Lunch at the Piccadilly; Fat From Shame [Clyde Edgerton]; How Do You Tell 'Em They Can't Drive No More (with ClydeEdgerton); Safety Patrol [Clyde Edgerton]; Holdin' Aunt Lil While She Holds the Hose (w. Clyde Edgerton); How Does a Glass Eye Work?; Baloney Bacon and Beer [Clyde Edgerton]; Talkin' Shoes Blues (with Clyde Edgerton); Clara's Song; Home Is Where the Heart Stays (w. Clyde Edgerton); Ain't Got No Problems [Clyde Edgerton] - 06
Barker no # You’ve Been A Friend To Me: Sally Ann; Kiss Me Quick; Missouri Borderland; The Man From Tennessee; I'm Getting Ready To Go; How Does A Glass Eye Work?; Uncle Charlie's Revenge; My Old Cottage Home; Ship In The Clouds / Red Fox; In The Shadow Of The Pines; Lowe Bonnie; Piney Mountains; Tying Ten Knots In The Devil's Tail; You've Been A Friend To Me; Texas Gals – 12 Craver, Hicks, Watson, Newberry
Sapsucker  ? (UPC685117232928) Bosh And Moonshine: Beautiful Bibulous Babylon; The Ballad of Frederick Fosdick; The Mortician from Morden Manitoba; The Ballad of Deadwood Dan; Summerville, Colorado; There's a Hole in Your Tights; Oh What a Golden Dream; What Ladies Love; The Night I Met Miss B.; The Dame of Camellias; The Girl in the Gem Saloon; Ode to Mysterious Dave Mather; When It's Rhubarb Time in Orangeville; The Ghost in the Theatre; Stuffed People; Railroading On the Great I. C.; Yesteryear – 13
Sapsucker ? Mould's Undertaking: Five Little Sinners;  When I Was a Little Wee Babe;  Good Time Girl;  The Wayward Sister;  It's the Actor's Life for Me;  The Ballad of Fannie Mae Garrettson;  Simon Peter;  I Ain't Dead Yet;  A Bell Jar in Washington Square;  I'll Get You Coming and Going;  I'm Going to Join the Foreign Legion;  The Ballad of Mysterious Dave Mather;  From Austin to Abilene;  Goodbye Big Jim;  My Heart Belongs in Illinois;  When You Shuffle Off This Mortal Coil;  Asenaloogah;  Alas I'm a Poor Little Woodpecker;  I'm a Little More Comfortable;  Fester in the Western Sun;  The Great Cimarron Cyclone - 02-10-20


Musicals - Original casts (not in sessions)
DRG SBL 12594 Oil City Symphony: The Original Cast Recording: Count Your Blessings; Czardas; A Classical Selection: Anvil Chorus; A Popular Selection: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida; Ohio Afternooon; Baby, It's Cold Outside; The Hokey Pokey; Beaver Ball At The Bug Club; Beehive Polka; A Patriotic Fantasy; Dizzy Fingers; Getting Acquainted; Iris; The End Of The World; Dear Miss Reeves; Coaxing The Piano; Bus Ride; In The Sweet Bye And Bye; My Ol' Kentucky Rock And Roll Home    ; Exodus – 88 with Mark Hardwick, Debra Monk, Mary Murfitt
Varese Sarabande 302 065 604-2 Radio Gals 1995 Original Cast: Sunrise Melody; Aviatrix Love Song; Horehound Compound; Kittens In The Snow; The Tranquil Boxwood; When It's Sweetpea Time In Georgia; Dear Mr. Gershwin; Fairies In My Mother's Flower Garden; Horehound Compound II; A Fireside, A Pipe And A Pet; Edna, The Elephant Girl; Royal Radio; Buster, He's A Hot Dog Now    ; Weather Song; Old Gals; Why Did You Make Me Love You?; That Wicky Wacky Hula Hula Honka Wonka Honolulu Hawaiian Honey Of Mine; A Gal's Got To Do What A Gal's Got To Do; Horehound III / Whispering Pines; Wedding Of The Flowers; Queenie, Take Me Home With You; Sign Off – 95 w. Mark Hardwick

Nonmusical albums:
Sapsucker? The Bible Salesman:  - 09 w. Clyde Edgerton


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