Monday, April 1, 2024

Squirrel Butter

 by Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2009 Rusty Shack Studios, Seattle WA – Squirrel Butter (Charmaine Slaven [vcl/gt],  Charlie Beck [vcl/ banjo/ fiddle])
001 GINSENG BLUES
002 MUDDY CREEK
003 TAKE ME BACK
004 THE QUAIL IS A PRETTY BIRD
005 ONION TOPS AND TURNIP GREENS
006 SOUTHERN JACK
007 BONAPART CROSSING THE ALPS
008 GOING ACROSS THE SEA
009 HARD TIMES
010 AVALON QUICKSTEP
011 DYING BED
012 BLACK ANNIE
013 BANKS OF THE OHIO
014 BIG-EYED RABBIT
015 PLUM BRANDY
016 MOTHER'S LOVE
Tracks above issued on album Renderings
2010 unknown – Squirrel Butter, with WB Reid [-1], John Hurd [-2] ((Charmaine Slaven [vcl/gt],  Charlie Beck [vcl/ banjo/ fiddle])
017 HONEY, ALLOW ME ONE MORE CHANCE
018 BAPTIST SHOUT
019 GOOD LUCK SOUL -1-2
020 TURKEY IN THE PEA PATCH
021 LOOK WHO'S LISTENING NOW -1-2
022 WHISKEY AND WINE
023 OLD SKEDADDALINK
024 BLUE-EYED ELAINE -2
025 GAL FROM BALTIMORE -2
026 FARMER'S DAUGHTER
027 KNOXVILLE RAG -2
028 WALKING THE FLOOR -2
029 SHADY GROVE
030 NATIVE HOME
031 BANJO CLOG/YOU DON'T KNOW MY DARLING -1
032 LITTLE KITCHEN WALTZ -1-2
033 HIGHWAY HOME -1-2
Tracks above issued on album Banjo Clog
2014 unknown – Squirrel Butter
034 MAMA’S COOKING digital single [rel. Apr. 1]
2015 home recordings – Squirrel Butter (Charmaine Slaven [vcl/gt],  Charlie Beck [vcl/ banjo/ fiddle])
035 LOST IN THE WOODS
036 NEW BOSTON HORNPIPE
037 FEED MY SHEEP
038 ROGGLE HOLLER
039 CABIN IN THE PINES
040 DAVENPORT
041 LONESOME FOR YOU
042 MARY AND JOHN
043 REUBEN
044 POOR GIRL'S STORY
045 CORNSTALK FIDDLE AND A SHOESTRING BOW
046 TENNESSEE DOG
047 I DECLARE
048 GOT A LITTLE HOME TO GO TO
049 ROSEWOOD CASKET
050 FAR IN THE MOUNTAIN / MISSISSIPPI SAWYER
051 WHOLE HEAP OF HORSES
052 LITTLE STREAM OF WHISKEY
Tracks above issued on album Chestnuts
2016 unknown – Squirrel Butter (Charmaine Slaven [vcl/gt],  Charlie Beck [vcl/ banjo/ fiddle] + Eric Eagle, Mark Graham, Ben Hunter, John Hurd, Pete Martin, WB Reid,  Matt Weiner)
053 PAPER LIFE BOATS
054 SWEETER ON THE VINE
055 SULLIVAN'S HOLLOW
056 CRANE OPERATOR
057 ALL DONE NOW
058 PARDON ME WHERE ARE YOU
059 YOU'RE GETTING BETTER
060 FLORIDA BLUES
061 EVENING SHADOWS
062 NEVER MISS MISSING YOU
063 FRANKLIN BLUES
064 ROLLING RIVER
065 SHORTEST DAY OF THE YEAR
Tracks above issued on album Kiss The Cook
2022 unknown – Squirrel Butter (Charmaine Slaven [vcl/gt/fiddle],  Charlie Beck [vcl/ banjo/ gt/fiddle], Matt Weiner [bass/hmny vcl])
066 WHIPPOORWILL SONG
067 FREIGHT TRAIN MAMA
068 POND CREEK
069 I JUST HAD TO LET YOU KNOW
070 PRETTY LITTLE SHOES / CLUCK OLD HEN
071 WAGONER'S LAD
072 MAMA NEVER PLAYED
073 GREENBACK DOLLY-O
074 GREY GOOSE
075 ROSE DI MAGGIO
076 MR. MOON
077 ROSES IN THE MORNING
078 NOBODY CARES
079 WALTZ FOR CHARMY
080 WISHING BLUES
081 TIED UP IN KNOTS
082 IRISH WALTZ
083 RAILROAD DOG
Tracks above issued on album Hazelnut


ALBUMS
Squirrel Butter no # Renderings
:  Ginseng Blues;  Muddy Creek;  Take Me Back;  The Quail is a Pretty Bird;  Onion Tops and Turnip Greens;  Southern Jack;  Bonapart Crossing the Alps;  Going Across the Sea;  Hard Times;  Avalon Quickstep;  Dying Bed;  Black Annie;  Banks of the Ohio;  Big-Eyed Rabbit;  Plum Brandy;  Mother's Love – 12-06-09
Squirrel Butter no # Banjo Clog:  Honey, Allow Me One More Chance; Baptist Shout; Good Luck Soul (w, WB Reid, John Hurd); Turkey in the Pea Patch; Look Who's Listening Now (w. WB Reid and John Hurd);  Whiskey and Wine; Old Skedaddalink; Blue-Eyed Elaine
(w. John Hurd);  Gal From Baltimore (w. John Hurd); Farmer's Daughter; Knoxville Rag (w. John Hurd);  Walking the Floor (w. John Hurd);  Shady Grove; Native Home; Banjo Clog/You Don't Know My Darling (w. WB Reid);  Little Kitchen Waltz (w. WB Reid, John Hurd);  Highway Home (w. WB Reid, John Hurd – 01-03-11
Squirrel Butter no # Chestnuts:  Lost in the Woods; New Boston Hornpipe;  Feed My Sheep;  Roggle Holler;  Cabin in the Pines;  Davenport; Lonesome for You;  Mary and John;  Reuben;  Poor Girl's Story;  Cornstalk Fiddle and a Shoestring Bow;  Tennessee Dog;  I Declare;  Got a Little Home to Go To;  Rosewood Casket;  Far in the Mountain / Mississippi Sawyer;  Whole Heap of Horses;  Little Stream of Whiskey – 19-07-15
Squirrel Butter no # Kiss the Cook:  Paper Life Boats;  Sweeter on the Vine;  Sullivan's Hollow;  Crane Operator;  All Done Now;  Pardon Me;  Where Are You;  You're Getting Better;  Florida Blues;  Evening Shadows;  Never Miss Missing You;  Franklin Blues;  Rolling River;  Shortest Day of the Year – 09-11-16
Old Time Tiki Parlour TIKI 027 Hazelnut:  Whippoorwill Song;  Freight Train Mama;  Pond Creek;  I Just Had to Let You Know;  Pretty Little Shoes / Cluck Old Hen;  Wagoner's Lad;  Mama Never Played;  Greenback Dolly-O;  Grey Goose;  Rose Di Maggio;  Mr. Moon;  Roses in the Morning;  Nobody Cares;  Waltz for Charmy;  Wishing Blues;  Tied up in Knots;  Irish Waltz;  Railroad Dog – 22-07-22

Josh Ross

 *27-05-1996 Waterdown, ON, CAN
by Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2019 unknown – Josh Ross
001 IF YOU WERE A SONG digital single [rel. Aug. 30]
2020 unknown – Josh Ross
002 BORN WITH A BOYFRIEND
003 CHEVY
004 LIPS TOUCH THE BOTTLE
005 LOVE NEVER LOOKED LIKE US
006 DO WHAT YOU LOVE
Tracks above issued on album Do What You Love
2021 unknown – Josh Ross
007 TALL BOYS digital single [rel. June 18]
2021 unknown – Josh Ross
008 BEFORE I LOVED YOU digital single [rel. Nov. 19]
009 FIRST TASTE OF GONE digital single [rel. Feb. 11, 2022]
2022  [live] Nashville, TN – Josh Ross
00901 FIRST TASTE OF GONE
00902 ON A DIFFERENT NIGHT
00903 IRIS
Tracks above issued on EP Live Sessions
2022 unknown – Josh Ross (Producer: Matt Geroux)
010 ON A DIFFERENT NIGHT digital single [rel. July 15]
2022 unknown – Josh Ross  (Producer: Matt Geroux)
011 TROUBLE digital single [rel. Jan. 4, 2023]/Complicated
2023 unknown – Josh Ross
012 RED FLAGS digital single [rel. March 31]
013 AIN’T DOIN’ JACK digital single [rel. July 14]
2023 [live] Nashville, TN – Josh Ross
01301 TROUBLE digital single [rel. Aug. 18]
2023 unknown – Josh Ross
014 TROUBLE (PIANO VERSION) digital single [rel. Oct. 27]
16 September 2023 [live-2023 CCMA Awards] Hamilton, ON, CAN – Josh Ross
01401 TROUBLE
2023 unknown – Josh Ross
015 SINGLE AGAIN
016 TELL ME A LIE
017 TRUCK GIRL
018 COMPLICATED
019 SHE DON’T SMOKE
020 BURN BACK
021 MATCHING TATTOOS
Tracks above issued on EP Complicated


EPs

Core Ent. [CAN] ? Do What You Love:  Born With A Boyfriend;  Chevy;  Lips Touch The Bottle;  Love Never Looked Like Us;  Do What You Love – 20-11-20
Core Ent. [CAN] ? Live Sessions:  First Taste of Gone;  On A Different Night;  Iris – 11-11-22
Core Ent. [CAN] ? Complicated:  Single Again;  Tell Me A Lie;  Truck Girl;  Complicated; She Don’t Smoke;  Trouble;  Burn Back;  Matching Tattoos  - 29-03-24    


Milly Raccoon

 by Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2015 Lethe Lounge, New York City – Milly Raccoon (Milly Raccoon [vcl/fiddle] + unknown musicians)
001 SECRET DRAGON
002 TRAVELING KIND
003 ASTRAL PROJECTION POLSKA
004 ANOTHER CUP OF TEA
005 LADY CANDIDA
006 COCK IN THE HENHOUSE
007 VAMPYRA!
008 THE SATURN RETURN OF THE HILL COUNTRY WITCHES
009 GENDER-BENDIN' BABY
Tracks above issued on album Intimates ad Hosiery
2015 Bunny Friend Studio,  New Orleans, LA – Milly Raccoon
010 THE TIDES WILL TURN Intimates and Hosiery
2017 Bunny Friend Studio,  New Orleans, LA – Milly Raccoon
011 THE POWER OF PRAYER
012 HOT POTATO
013 SOUTHERN NIGHTS
014 THE FINE ART OF TAKIN' IT SLOW
015 PINCH HITTER BLUES
016 HAPPY FOREVER
017 LE CHIEN DE LA MONTAGNE
018 HEY THERE LITTLE MAIL LADY
019 LIFE SHARKS
020 ANOTHER ANIMAL
Tracks above issued on album You’re In Country country
2019 and sooner unknown – Milly Raccoon
021 THIS ANCIENT LOVE
022 MUSIC MEN
023 INSOMNIAC'S LULLABY
024 LITTLE BUNNY
025 NO BUYING TIME (ANIMAL ALIEN)
026 NOTHING TO HIDE
027 OFFERING TO THE FAE
Tracks above issued on EP Hidden Songs and Haunting Dreams
2021 OurVinyl Studio, Nashville, TN – Nick Shoulders with Milly Raccoon
028 AFTER HOURS digital single [rel. March 23]
029 TURN ON THE DARK digital single [rel. May 6]
030 MISS’IPPI digital single [rel. May 26]
031 RATHER LOW digital single [rel. June 23]
Tracks above issued on EP OurVinyl Sessions
2023 poss. Nashville, TN – Molly Raccoon
032 THE FINE ART OF TAKIN' IT SLOW
033 WALK DOWN THE STAIRS
034 PERSÉPHONE LA ROUSSE
035 LAS ABUELITAS DEL ARCOÍRIS
036 THIS ANCIENT LOVE
037 OFFERING TO THE FAE
038 THAT GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME
039 FIDDLER'S PRAYER
040 I'M GONNA FEED YOU
041 COMPLICATED GIFTS
Tracks above issued on album Frankincense and Myrrh


ALBUMS
Milly Raccoon ? Intimates and Hosiery:
  Secret Dragon;  Traveling Kind;  Astral Projection Polska;  Another Cup of Tea;  Lady Candida;  The Tides Will Turn;  Cock in the Henhouse;  Vampyra!;  The Saturn Return of the Hill Country Witches;  Gender-Bendin' Baby – 03-09-15
Milly Raccoon no # You're in Country Country:  The Power of Prayer;  Hot Potato;  Southern Nights;  The Fine Art of Takin' It Slow;  Pinch Hitter Blues;  Happy Forever;  Le Chien de la Montagne;  Hey There Little Mail Lady;  Life Sharks;  Another Animal – 24-04-18
Milly Raccoon ? Frankincense and Myrrh:  The Fine Art of Takin' it Slow;  Walk Down the Stairs;  Perséphone la Rousse;  Las Abuelitas del Arcoíris;  This Ancient Love;  Offering to the Fae;  That Girl I Left Behind Me;  Fiddler's Prayer;  I'm Gonna Feed You;  Complicated Gifts – 07-07-23

EPs
Milly Raccoon ? Hidden Songs and Haunting Dreams : This Ancient Love; Music Men ; Insomniac's Lullaby; Little Bunny; No Buying Time (Animal Alien); Nothing to Hide; Offering to the Fae   - 05-09-19
OurVinyl ? Our Vinyl Sessions: After Hours; Turn On The Dark; Miss’ippi; Rather Low  – 23-06-21 w. Nick Shoulders



Michael Gay / Almighty American

 Michael Martin Gay, *Denver, CO
by Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2017 Studio 65,Ham Lake, MN/ Hot Dad Labs, Minneapolis, MN – Almighty American (Michael Martin Gay [vcl/various instruments], Andrew Schibilla [el gt], Josh Braun [steel], Beck Nebel [bass gt], Joel Bowers [drums], Danny O’Brien [percussion]. Producer: Danny O’Brien)
A01 DEAD STARS
A02  BUS BRAKES
A03 THE ONLY EYES I CARE ABOUT
A04 READING MINDS
A05 I DIDN'T KNOW
A06 IN THE QUIET
A07 LAW OF CLUB AND FANG
A08 PASSING TIME
A09 NEON CATACOMB
A10 WILD, YOUNG, FREE
Tracks above issued on album Somewhere Ride
January 2020 Electric Nature, Nashville, TN [tracks]/ Hot Dog Labs, Minneapolis, MN [vocals] – Michael Gay (Michael Gay [vcl/ac gt/ piano/ harmonica/ percussion], John James Tourville [ac/el gt/ dobro/ fiddle/ mandolin/ steel/ Wurlitzer/percussion], Philip Christensen [bass gt/hmny vcl], Nate Wedan [drums/percussion]. Producer: John James Tourville)
001.ENJOY THE RIDE RPRCD 02  
002 SLEEPER CAB RPRCD 02
003 GOOD ENOUGH RPRCD 02  
004 MAKE IT RIGHT RPRCD 02  
005 BORN TO FIX RPRCD 02
006 YOU CAN RUN RPRCD 02  
007 TWO CUPS OF COFFEE RPRCD 02  
008 BEAUTIFUL BASTARD RPRCD 02  
009 ONLY HEAVEN KNOWS RPRCD 02  
010 YOUNGER MAN'S GAME RPRCD 02
2020 poss. Minneapolis, MN – Michael Gay (Michael Gay [vcl/percussion], John James Tourville [ac/el gt/ dobro/ fiddle/steel], Philip Christensen [bass gt], Nate Wedan [drums/percussion]. Producer: John James Tourville)
011 GOOD NIGHT digital single [rel/ Jan. 15, 2021]
012 LONG, COLD WINTER digital single [rel/ Jan. 15, 2021]
20 May 2023 [live] The Terminal Bar, 409 E Hennepin Ave,  Minneapolis, MN – Michael Gay and His Dang Band (Michael Gay [vcl/gt], AJ Srubas [steel], Daniel Stewart [bass gt/hmny vcl], Matthew Decker [drums])
01201 GOOD NIGHT
01202 LONG, COLD WINTER
01203 BUS BRAKES
01204 ENJOY THE RIDE
01205 PASSING TIME
01206 GETS ME HOME
01207 THE ONLY EYES I CARE ABOUT
01208 BORN TO FIX
01209 MAKE IT RIGHT
01210 IN THE QUIET
01211 SWEATY, OLD HOG
01212 SWING SHIFT
01213 SLEEPER CAB
Tracks above issued on album Live From A Dive



ALBUMS
Radical North Music ? Somewhere Ride:
Dead Stars; Bus Brakes; The Only Eyes I Care About; Reading Minds; I Didn't Know; In the Quiet; Law of Club and Fang; Passing Time; Neon Catacomb; Wild, Young, Free  - 30-06-17 Almighty American
Roadsie Pie RPRLP/RPRCD 02 Make It Right: .Enjoy the Ride; Sleeper Cab; Good Enough; Make It Right; Born to Fix; You Can Run; Two Cups of Coffee; Beautiful Bastard; Only Heaven Knows; Younger Man's Game - 18-06-21
Roadside Pie ? Live From A Dive: Good Night; Long, Cold Winter; Bus Brakes; Enjoy the Ride; Passing Time; Gets me Home; The Only Eyes I Care About; Born to Fix; Make it Right; In the Quiet; Sweaty, Old Hog; Swing Shift; Sleeper Cab - 22-03-24
    

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