Don Middlebrook

 by Praguefrank
SESSIONS incomplete
1982 Solid Sound, 5305 Plymouth Rd., Ann Arbor, MI – Don Middlebrook (Don Middlebrook [vcl], Brad Sweitzer [vcl/ac gt], Mark Wilson [vcl/el bass],  Kevin Meyer [vcl/drums],  Steve Starkweather [harmonica],  Nick Nelson [keyboards]. Producer: Gary Reid)
001 THUNDER Windfall 40888
002 NOW THAT I'M HERE Windfall 40888
003 WITH ME TONIGHT Windfall 40888
004 TUMBLE Windfall 40888  
1994 unknown – Living Soul and The Pearl Divers
L01 THE GIRL WITH THE CLOTHES TAG OUT LS 517  
L02 THE COMFORT ZONE LS 517
L03 SAVE ME LS 517  
L04 SMALL TOWN LOVE LS 517  
L05 THE COW SONG LS 517  
L06 HARBOR LIGHTS LS 517
L07 NICE PLACE TO VISIT LS 517  
L08 BIG WOMAN, BIG LOVE LS 517
L09 I LOVE LUCY LS 517  
L10 MY DOG LS 517  
L11 SUN TOWN LS 517  
1995 Eclipse Studio, Lansing, MI - Living Soul and The Pearl Divers
L12 I'M IN LOVE WITH AN ASTRONOMER LS 518
L13 THE TIDE IS HIGH LS 518
L14 WHAT'S UP WITH THAT?!? LS 518
L15 I WISH I OWNED AN ISLAND THAT COULD TRAVEL TO THE SEA LS 518
L16 TATTOO FOR YOU LS 518
L17 DOLPHIN DANCE LS 518
L18 THE HEAT OF THE DAY LS 518
L19 LOVE OVER THE LAKE LS 518
L20 TRAVELER'S JOURNAL LS 518
L21 MERCEDES BENZ LS 518
1996 L.A. Production, Lansing, MI - Living Soul and The Pearl Divers
L22 TAKE IT SLOW LS 519
L23 COME ON HOME LS 519
L24 A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A PEARL DIVER LS 519
L25 YOU KNEW AS WELL AS I LS 519
L26 THE LEDGEND OF MEL AND MYRTLE LS 519
L27 GOLDEN RULE LS 519
L28 THEY LOVED THE SEA LS 519
L29 ALICIA LS 519
L30 THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT GOES LS 519
Ca 2000 unknown - Living Soul and The Pearl Divers
L31 THE CHA-CHA BAND\
L32 LIVE A LITTLE, GET WET A LOT
L33 PERFECTLY OUT OF CONTROL
L34 SUNSHINE WHAMMY
L35 I CAN'T SPELL CARIBBEAN
L36 TOURIST IN HIS OWN TOWN
L37 THE SALSA DANCE
L38 MY GUITAR
L39 DANGEROUS LOVE
L40 YOU CAN GET THERE FROM HERE
L41  STORY BOOK ENDING
Tracks above issued on album I Can’t Spell Carribean
2001 unknown, MI - Don Middlebrook with Greg "Fingers" Taylor And Living Soul (Don Middlebrook [vcl/ac gt], Greg "Fingers" Taylor [harmonica], Steve Farey [el gt], Bob Grundner/ Phil Carvalho/ Steve Ewers [percussion], Sam Spurbeck, Tahmineh Gueramy [violin], Chris Corey/ Ricky Nalett [keyboards], Chad Bement [sax],  Nikki Zeeb, Suzi Novakoski [bck vcl])
005 TRAVELING MUSIC LS 400
006 SHAKE WHAT YOUR MOMMA GAME YOU LS 400
007 LIKE A RIVER SHE ROLLS LS 400
008 PLAYGROUND LS 400
009 WALKING MY BABY BACK HOME LS 400
010 HIDEAWAY LS 400
011 DRESS IT UP AND PUT IT TO MUSIC LS 400
012 GRINGO LINGO STREET LS 400
013 SAIL ON LS 400
014 DOWNLOAD LOVE LS 400
015 THAT'S WHAT LIFE IS FOR LS 400
016 BRING IT ON HURRICANE MICHELLE LS 400
017 SOMEDAYS LS 400
2002 unknown, MI – Don Middlebrook with Living Soul
018 WHO THE HELL IS BURT
019 BETTER DAYS AHEAD OF ME
020 WELCOME TO THE PLANET
021 I WISH I OWNED AN ISLAND (THAT COULD TRAVEL THE SEA)
022 JUST SAY WHEN
023 FIVE O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE
024 TATTOO FOR YOU
025 WOMEN LOVE MEN WITH FLAWS
026  WHAT'S HER NAME?
027 RUM CHUM FRIENDS
028 HARBOR LIGHTS
029 TRAVELER'S JOURNAL
Tracks above issued on album Welcome to The Planet
2003 Studio C,  Central Park Drive, Okemos, MI– Don Middlebrook with Living Soul (Don Middlebrook [vcl/gt], Toby Steele [el gt], Steve Ewers [drums], Edgar Leon [congos], Brock Napierkowski [violin], Nadja Milfait [cello], Dave Matchette, Greg Fingers Taylor [harmonica], Chad Bement [sax]. Producer: Don Middlebrook, Glen Berown, John Campbell)
030 CHANGING LANES LS 8173  
031 FLORIDA, A PERFECT DAY LS 8173  
032 SAIL AWAY LS 8173  
033 TAKE ME BACK LS 8173  
034 NO REGRETS LS 8173  
035 I DON'T WANT TO HAVE THE BLUES WITH YOU LS 8173  
036 THE GIRL WITH THE CLOTHES TAG OUT LS 8173  
037 THE WHOLE WORLD NEEDS TO BE HELD LIKE A BABY LS 8173
038 I STOLE JIMMY BUFFETT'S TV GUIDE LS 8173
039 FROZEN IN ARIZONA LS 8173
040 CHANGES LOOKING AT ME LS 8173  
041 MARCO POLO IN A CAR LS 8173
2006 unknown - Don Middlebrook with Living Soul
042 I'M STILL HERE
047 HAND IN HAND\
048 I'LL SEE YOU OUT THERE
049 THE DAY IN THE LIFE OF A PEARL DIVER
050 THE LUAU LOUNGE
051 THEY LOVED THE SEA
052 THE COW SONG
053 LET'S GO
054 SIX STRING MUSIC
055 JOEL'S SONG
056 SING ABOUT LOVE
Tracks above issued on album Boatdrink Island
2009  unknown - Don Middlebrook with Living Soul
057 LUCKYVILLE
058 OPEN BLUE WATER
059 BEACH BAR SERENADE
060 NO SHOES, NO SHIRT, NO PROBLEMS
061 THE STORY OF HOWIE AND KAY
062 THE ADVENTURES OF FLIPPER
063 FIRE AND RAIN
064 BOATDRINKS
065 IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY
066 GOODBYE TO CAPTAIN TONY
Tracks above issued on album Beach Bar Serenade
2011 unknown, MI – Don Middlebrook
067 BIKE RIDE AROUND THE ISLAND
068 WELL WASTED TIME
069 TALESPIN
070 I MAKE MUSIC WHERE THEY USED TO MAKE WAR
071 HOT TUB JUINKIE
072 BORN TO RIDE
073 SMALL TOWN LOVE
074 LIGHT UP THE NIGHT
075 FLY FLY AWAY
076 APRIL IN THE D
077 SAIL ON
078 A PIRATE LOOKS AT FORTY
Tracks above issued on album Talespin
2012-2013 unknown – Don Middlebrook with The Pearl Divers (Don Middlebrook [vcl/ac gt], The Pearl Divers (Angela Fata [vcl], Rush Clement [ld gt], Chris Corey [lkeyboards], Hank Mowery [harmonica]), Nikki Fowler [vcl], Bob Giunta [gt], Bill Slaght [bass], Bubba Grunder/Tim Thelen/ Donny B Brown [drums], Ricky Nalett [keyboards],  Greg Fingers Taylor [harmonica], Chad Bement [sax], The Motor City Horns (Mark Byerly [trumpet], Keith Kaminski [sax], John Rutherford [trombone])
079 GYPSY WISDOM
080 BEACH LIFE
081 LIVE A LITTLE, GET WET A LOT
082 YOU CAN GET THERE FROM HERE
083 EVERYONE MATTERS (ONE HUMAN FAMILY)
084 THE CHA CHA BAND
085 BIG THUNDER
086 SALSA DANCE
087 WAGON WHEEL GONE TROP ROCK
088 YOU KNEW AS WELL AS I
089 IN HER SHOES
090 ADVICE FROM AN OLD SAILOR
091 BREEZY PALMS
092 I STOLE JIMMY BUFFETT'S TV GUIDE
093 I CAN'T SPELL CARIBBEAN
Tracks above issued on album The Key West Connection
2014 LA Production, Devitt, MI – Dan Middlebrook, with  Drew Howard [-1], Angela Fata [-2], Rachel Curtis [-3], Chris Corey [-4], James Sunny Jim White [-5],  The Motor City Horns [-6], Ricky Nalett [-7],Steve Ewers [-8],Hank Mowery [-9], Hank Horton [-10],  Nikki Fowler [-11], Donny Brown [-12], Rush Clement [-13], Denny Middleton, Paulie O. [-14], Dave Matchette [-15],  Sarah Brunner [-16]
094 OUR BEACH TOWN -1
095 BIKE RIDE AROUND THE ISLAND* -2
096 BLUER SKIES DOWN THE ROAD -3
097 WELL WASTED TIME* -4
098 THE LEGEND OF SUNNY JIM -5
099 TALESPIN* -6
100 NO REGRETS -7
101 LIGHT UP THE NIGHT* -8
102 SAIL ON* -9
103 I MAKE MUSIC WHERE THEY USED TO MAKE WAR* -10
104 APRIL IN THE D* -11
105 JUST SAY WHEN -12
106 FLY FLY AWAY* -13
107 HOT TUB JUNKIE*-14
108 FLYING SOLO AGAIN -15
109 BORN TO RIDE* -15
110 HEMINGWAY GIRL -16
111 A PIRATE LOOKS AT 40*
112 NASHVILLE
113 SMALL TOWN LOVE*
114 TAILGATER’S DREAM
Tracks above issued on album Songs From Talespin Bay (overdubs* of Talespin alnbum + new tracks)
2016 unknown – Don Middlebrook
115 SHE'S NOT LOST
116 TRAVELING MUSIC
117 NEST OF PIRATES
118 HARBOR LIGHTS
119 ANNA MARIA
120 SAILOR'S RIDE
121 THE GIRL WITH THE CLOTHES TAG OUT\
122 PIRATE MOON
123 GUITAR ISLAND
124 GRINGO LINGO STREET
125 BEACH LIFE
126 SAILBOAT
127 PITCHERS AND CATCHERS
128 MY GUITAR
129 JEZEBEL
130 MARCO POLO
131 PURE TROP ROCK
132 I PAINT A WORLD
Tracks above issued on album Guitar Island
2017 unknown – Don Middlebrook
133 MEXICO BEACH Jump Start
134 I WISH I WAS AN ISLAND Jump Start
135 COMIN HOME Jump Start
136 SECOND SUMMER (MEETING OF THE MINDS) Jump Start
137 CARTWHEELS Jump Start
Tracks above issued on EP The Mexico Beach Road Trip
2019 and sooner unknown – Don Middlebrook
138 JUMP START Uncharted Waters
139 MY LIFE SONG Uncharted Waters
140 HELL OR HIGH WATER Uncharted Waters
141 IF THE WHOLE WORLD STOPS LOVING YOU Uncharted Waters
142 LUNA Uncharted Waters
143 HIDEAWAY Uncharted Waters
144 KETTLE CREEK Uncharted Waters
145 THE COMEBACK KID Uncharted Waters
Tracks above issued on album Jump Start
2020 unknown – Don Middlebrook
146 WHEN THEY BRINGING BACK… HAPPY HOUR digital single [rel. June 22]
2020 and sooner unknown – Don Middlebrook
147 WHEN JACK DANIELS SHOWS UP
148 HAPPY HOUR
149 UNCHARTED WATERS
150 BILLIE'S SONG
151 GONNA GET ME SOME
152 I'M STILL HERE
153 SOMEDAYS
154 JUST SAY WHEN
155 BLUER SKIES DOWN THE ROAD
156 FLYING SOLO AGAIN
157 HEAT OF THE DAY
Tracks above issued on album Uncharted Waters
2022 unknown – Don Middlebrook
158 LOVE OVER THE LAKE
159 FOREVER GRATEFUL
160 MAX AND BETTY
Tracks above issued on EP Forever Grateful
2022 unknown – Don Middlebrook
161 GUITAR ISLAND… MAGIC AWAITS YOU digital single [rel. Dec. 1]
162 STILL… SHAKING WHAT YOUR MAMA GAVE YOU digital single [rel. Jan. 15, 2023 unknown – Don Middlebrook
163 PERFECTLY OUT OF CONTROL  digital single [rel. Jan. 15, 2023]
2023 unknown – Don Middlebrook
164 I BELIEVE IN BEACHES BARS AND BOATS digital single [rel. Oct. 8]





ALBUMS incomplete
Big Mouth LS 517 Just Trying To Help: The Girl With the Clothes Tag Out; The Comfort Zone; Save Me; Small Town Love; The Cow Song; Harbor Lights; Nice Place To Visit; Big Woman, Big Love; I Love Lucy; My Dog; Sun Town – 08-08-94 Living Soul and The Pearl Divers
Living Soul And The Pearl Divers LS 518 What’s Up With That: I'm In Love With An Astronomer; The Tide Is High; What's Up With That?!?; I Wish I Owned An Island That Could Travel To The Sea; Tattoo For You; Dolphin Dance; The Heat Of The Day; Love Over The Lake; Traveler's Journal; Mercedes Benz – 95 Living Soul and The Pearl Divers
Living Soul And The Pearl Divers LS 519 Take It Slow: Take It Slow; Come On Home; A Day In The Life Of A Pearl Diver; You Knew As Well As I; The Ledgend Of Mel and Myrtle; Golden Rule; They Loved The Sea; Alicia; That's Just The Way It Goes  – 96 Living Soul and The Pearl Divers
Living Soul And The Pearl Divers ? I Can’t Spell Carribean: The Cha-Cha Band; Live a Little, Get Wet a Lot; Perfectly Out of Control; Sunshine Whammy; I Can't Spell Caribbean; Tourist in his Own Town; The Salsa Dance; My Guitar; Dangerous Love; You Can Get There From Here; Story Book Ending – 01 Living Soul and The Pearl Divers
Don Middlebrook LS 400 Traveling Music: Traveling Music; Shake What Your Momma Game You; Like A River She Rolls; Playground; Walking My Baby Back Home; Hideaway; Dress It Up And Put It To Music; Gringo Lingo Street; Sail On; Download Love; That's What Life Is For; Bring It On Hurricane Michelle; Somedays - 28-05-02 w. Greg "Fingers" Taylor and Living Soul
Don Middlebrook ? Welcome To The Planet:  Who The Hell Is Burt;  Better Days Ahead of Me;  Welcome To The Planet;  I Wish I Owned An Island (That Could Travel The Sea);  Just Say When;  Five O'Clock Somewhere;  Tattoo For You;  Women Love Men With Flaws;  What's Her Name?;  Rum Chum Friends;  Harbor Lights;  Traveler's Journal – 01-05-03 w. Living Soul
Don Middlebrook LS 8173 Changing Lanes:  Changing Lanes;  Florida, A Perfect Day;  Sail Away;  Take Me Back;  No Regrets;  I Don't Want to Have the Blues with You;  The Girl with the Clothes Tag Out;  The Whole World Needs to Be Held Like a Baby;  I Stole Jimmy Buffett's TV Guide;  Frozen in Arizona;  Changes Looking at Me;  Marco Polo in a Car – 03 w. Living Soul
Don Middlebrook ? Boatdrink Island:  I'm Still Here; Hand In Hand;  I'll See You Out There;  The Day In The Life Of A Pearl Diver;  The Luau Lounge;  They Loved The Sea;  The Cow Song;  Let's Go;  Six String Music;  Joel's Song;  Sing About Love – ca 12-06 w. Living Soul
Don Middlebrook ? Beach Bar Serenade:  Luckyville;  Open Blue Water;  Beach Bar Serenade;  No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems;  The Story of Howie and Kay;  The Adventures of Flipper;  Fire and Rain;  Boatdrinks;  In the Heat of the Day;  Goodbye to Captain Tony – 09
Don Middlebrook ? Talespin:  Bike Ride Around the Island;  Well Wasted Time;   Talespin;  I Make Music Where They Used to Make War; Hot Tub Juinkie; Born To Ride; Small Town Love; Light Up The Night; Fly Fly Away; April In The D; Sail On; A Pirate Looks at Forty – 10-11
Don Middlebrook ? The Key West Connection:  Gypsy Wisdom;  Beach Life;  Live a Little, Get Wet a Lot;  You Can Get There from Here;  Everyone Matters (One Human Family);  The Cha Cha Band;  Big Thunder;  Salsa Dance;  Wagon Wheel Gone Trop Rock;  You Knew as Well as I; In Her Shoes;  Advice from an Old Sailor;  Breezy Palms;  I Stole Jimmy Buffett's TV Guide;  I Can't Spell Caribbean – 30-09-13 w. Pearl Divers (poss. 15th album)
Don Middlebrook ? Songs from Talespin Bay:  Our Beach Town (w. Drew Howard);  Bike Ride Around the Island (w. Angela Fata);  Bluer Skies Down the Road (w. Rachel Curtis);  Well Wasted Time (w. Chris Corey);  The Legend of Sunny Jim (w. James Sunny Jim White);  Talespin (w. The Motor City Horns);  No Regrets (w. Ricky Nalett);  Light Up the Night (w. Steve Ewers);  Sail On (w. Hank Mowery);  I Make Music Where They Used to Make War (w. Hank Horton);  April in the D (w. Nikki Fowler);  Just Say When (w. Donny Brown);  Fly Fly Away (w. Rush Clement);  Hot Tub Junkie (w. Denny Middleton, Paulie O.);  Flying Solo Again (w. Dave Matchette);  Born to Ride (w. Dave Matchette);  Hemingway Girl (w. Sarah Brunner);  A Pirate Looks At 40;  Nashville;  Small Town Love;  Tailgater’s Dream – 05-02-15 (overdubbed Talespin album with bonus tracks)
Don Middlebrook ? Guitar Island:  She's Not Lost;  Traveling Music; Nest of Pirates;  Harbor Lights;  Anna Maria;  Sailor's Ride;  The Girl with the Clothes Tag Out;  Pirate Moon;  Guitar Island;  Gringo Lingo Street;  Beach Life;  Sailboat;  Pitchers and Catchers;  My Guitar;  Jezebel;  Marco Polo;  Pure Trop Rock;  I Paint a World – 06-10-16
Don Middlebrook ? Jump Start: Jump Start; Life Song; Hell or High Water; If the Whole World Stops Loving You; Luna; Hideaway; Kettle Creek; The Comeback Kid; Mexico Beach; I Wish I Was an Island; Cartwheel; Comin’ Home; Second Summer – MOTM – 01-20?
Don Middlebrook ? Uncharted Waters: When Jack Daniels Shows Up;  Happy Hour; Uncharted Waters;  Billie's Song;  Gonna Get Me Some;  I'm Still Here;  Somedays;  Just Say When;  Bluer Skies Down the Road;  Flying Solo Again;  Jumpstart;  My Life Song;  Hell or High Water;  If the Whole World Stopped Lovin';  Luna;  Hideaway;  Heat of the Day;  Comeback Kid;  Kettle Creek – 01-06-21


EPs
Windfall 40888 Dirt Road: Thunder; Now That I'm Here / With Me Tonight; Tumble – 01-11-82
Don Middlebrook ? The Mexico Beach Road Trip:  Mexico Beach;  I Wish I Was an Island;  Comin Home; Second Summer (Meeting of the Minds);  Cartwheels – 01-11-17
Don Middlebrook ? Forever Grateful: Love over the Lake; Forever Grateful; Max and Betty – 07-07-22