Ted Silar

 Theodore Irvin Silar, *10-08-1952 Pennsylvania
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS
2016 The Lab,  Emmaus, PA –  The Ghastly Fops (Ted Silar [vcl/keyboards/ gt], Mike Perkin [gt], Tom Walz [gt], Al Guerrero [bass], Scott Balliet [drums], Wayne "Dr. Squeeze" Leibel – [accordion], Dan McKinney [keyboards]. Producer: Mike Perkin)
G01 IS IT TRUE?
G02 WAS IT LOVE OR WAS IT MAGIC?
G03 SMACK DAB
G04 AIN'T THAT LOVIN' YOU?
G05 EVERYBODY I KNOW LOVES YOU
G06 HARDER THAN YOU THINK
G07 WE CAN ROCK AND ROLL
G08 LITTLE BIT
G09 GARDENS OF BABYLON 
G10 IT WAS LOVE
G11 SWEET DREAMS, BABY
G12 CAN'T GET A BREAK
Tracks above issued on album Harsh Fate
2016 poss. Emmaus,  PA – Ted Silar
001 RAMONA
002 CRAZY 'BOUT YOU, BABY
003 WHY SHE LOVES ME
004  PASS ROUND THE BOTTLE
005 LONG GONE
006 YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE THAT FREIGHT TRAIN
007 SWEET YOUNG THING
008 IF THERE'S ONE THING
009 ON ACCOUNT OF MY HEART
010 ALL NIGHT LONG
011 MARYANNE 
Tracks above issued on album Mos Maiorum
2016 poss. Emmaus,  PA – Ted Silar
012 ONE INNOCENT MAN
013 AFGHAN LULLABY
014 SALLY AND JOHNNY
015 CELL PHONE CALL FROM IRAQ
016 WHEN I GET RICH 
Tracks above issued on  EP One Innocent Mam
2022 Allentown, PA/ Guthrie, OK/ Nashville, TN/ Boiling Springs, SC – Ted Silar (Ted Silar [vcl/gt/ bass/ drums], Kristin Scott-Benson [banjo], Dan Dugmore [steel],  Byron Berline/  Jason Carter [fiddle])
017 WHY DO WE HAVE TO DREAM
018 THAT ONE LAST ROSE  [also remix]
019 I'M GONNA HAUL OFF AND LOVE YOU, ELENA [also remix]
020 SHE'S THE ONE
021 WHY DO WE HAVE TO DREAM 
Tracks above issued on  EP Last Rose
2023 Reading, PA/ Virginville, PA/Nashville, Tn/ Paoli, IN – Ted Silar (Ted Silar [vcl/gt/ bass/ drums], Ron Stewart [banjo], Dan Dugmore/ Buck Reid [steel],  Jason Carter [fiddle])
022 FANCY MEETIN’ YOU
023 AND SHE JUST LAUGHED
024 LONELY DRIVER
025 SNAPSHOT OF YOU
026 THIS OLD HEART
027 THE LAST TIME
028 WHEN I LEFT THE BARROOM 
Tracks above issued on  EP Sundown Trace
2025 unknown – Ted Silar
029 A LONELY HEART
030 I KNOW
031 I'LL BE A MONKEY'S UNCLE
032 WHEREVER YOU MIGHT GO
033 INCONSTANT LOVER
034 BABY COM' 'ERE
035 SUMMER TWILIGHT
036 LIFE REALLY ISN'T SUCH A TRAGEDY
037 WAS IT LOVE (OR WAS IT MAGIC)?
038 AFTER ALL
039 WILL YOU GET REAL?
040 SONG FOR STRING QUARTET
041 IT HURTS
042 HARVEST MOON
043 WON'T YOU?
044 SUMMER OF THE GREAT BLUE HERON
045 SUMMER'S END
046 THE LIFE I SHOULD HAVE LED
047 NUCLEAR BLUES 
2025 [live] unknown – Ted Silar
04701 I WANTED LOVE FOR CHRISTMAS Jazzes
2026 unknown – Ted Silar
048 THIS YEAR (WE SHALL MEET AT THE OLD CORRAL) Sundown Trace (2026)




ALBUMS
Ted Silar ? Harsh Fate: Is It True?; Was It Love or Was It Magic?; Smack Dab; Ain't That Lovin' You?; Everybody I Know Loves You; Harder Than You Think; We Can Rock and Roll; Little Bit; Gardens of Babylon ; It Was Love; Sweet Dreams, Baby; Can't Get a Break  - 01-17  The Ghastly Fops
Ted Silar ? Mos Maiorum:  Ramona;  Crazy 'Bout You, Baby;  Why She Loves Me;  Pass Round the Bottle;  Long Gone;  You've Got to Take That Freight Train;  Sweet Young Thing;  If There's One Thing;  On Account of My Heart;  All Night Long, Maryanne – 14-01-17
Ted Silar ? Jazzes:  A Lonely Heart;  I Know;  I'll Be a Monkey's Uncle;  Wherever You Might Go;  Inconstant Lover; . Baby Com' 'ere;  Summer Twilight;  Life Really Isn't Such a Tragedy;  Was It Love (Or Was It Magic)?;  After All;  Will You Get Real?;  Song for String Quartet;  It Hurts;  I Wanted Love for Christmas (Live);  Harvest Moon;  Won't You?;  Summer of the Great Blue Heron;  Summer's End;  The Life I Should Have Led;  Nuclear Blues – 18-07-26 (jazz album)
Ted Silar ? Sundown Trace: Fancy Meetin' You (w.  Jason Carter and Dan Dugmore); And She Just Laughed (w.  Jason Carter and Dan Dugmore);Lonely Driver (w.  Jason Carter and Ron Stewart); A Snapshot of You (w.  Jason Carter and Buck Reid); This Old Heart (w. Jason Carter and Buck Reid); The Last Time (w. Jason Carter and Buck Reid); When I Left the Barroom; This Year (We Shall Meet at the Old Corral)  – 11-09-26 (reissue of 2023 EP with bonus track)

EPs
Ted Silar ? One Innocent Man:  One Innocent Man;  Afghan Lullaby;  Sally and Johnny;  Cell Phone Call from Iraq;  When I Get Rich – 14-01-17
Ted Silar ? Last Rose:  Why Do We Have to Dream;  That One Last Rose;  I'm Gonna Haul off and Love You, Elena;  She's the One (w. Jason Carter, Kristin Scott Benson);  Why Do We Have to Dream; That One Last Rose (Mix 2); I'm Gonna Haul off and Love You, Elena (Mix 2) – 30-12-22 with Byron Berline, Dan Dugmore
Ted Silar ? Sundown Trace: Fancy Meetin’ You;  And She Just Laughed;  Lonely Driver; Snapshot of You; This Old Heart; The Last Time;  When I Left the Barroom - 11-23