Monday, October 20, 2025

Tyron Benoit

 *Houma, LA
by Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2021 New Orleans, LA – Tyron Benoit
001 JUST LIKE HEAVEN
002 WAITIN' ON FRIDAY
003 ONE MORE TEQUILA  [Esplanade mix:] digital single
004 GOING BACK THAT WAY
005 KEEP IT TOGETHER
006 WHO'S GONNA CATCH YOU
007 RIGHT NOW
008 GOOD THING
009 LITTLE BIT LONGER
010 BAYOUSIDE 
Tracks above issued on album Waitin’ On Friday
June 2022 [live] New Orleas, LA – Tyron  Benoit
01001 GOING BACK THAT WAY
01002 KEEP IT TOGETHER
01003 FEELS LIKE HOME 
Tracks above issued on EP Tyron Benoit  (Live Session, New Orleans, LA 2022)
2024 unknown – Tyron Benoit
011 LUCKY ONE digital single [rel. Nov. 1]
2025 New Orleans, LA – Tyron Benoit (Tyron Benoit [vcl/gt/ accordion], Shane Theriot [gt/dobro], Donald Markowitz [bass/ keyboards/ gt], Doug Belote [drums/percussion], Andrea Zonn, Sam Craft [violin],  Alexis Marceaux, Kate Markowitz, Denny McCormick [bck vcl].
Producer: Donald Markowitz)
012 START AGAIN
013 RAINING IN KENTUCKY
014 FEELS LIKE HOME
015 SPENT
016 TROUBLE AGAIN
017 TWO FACES
018 LOUISIANA TIME
019 BOGUE CHITTO RIVER BLUES
020 WALKING DAY
021 NORWEGIAN WOOD  
Tracks above issued on album Mid-City

ALBUMS

Tyron Benoit ? Waitin' on Friday:  Just Like Heaven;  Waitin' on Friday;  One More Tequila;  Going Back That Way;  Keep It Together;  Who's Gonna Catch You;  Right Now;  Good Thing;  Little Bit Longer;  Bayouside – 27-05-22
Edgewater/Specter 25005 Mid-City:  Start Again;  Raining in Kentucky;  Feels Like Home; Spent;  Trouble Again;  Two Faces;  Louisiana Time;  Bogue Chitto River Blues;  Walking Day; Norwegian Wood  – 26-09-25

EPs
Tyron Benoit ? Tyron Benoit:  Just Like Heaven;  Keep It Together;  One More Tequila; Bayouside – 19-11-21 (all tracks reissued on album Waitin’ On Friday)
Jam in the Van no #  Jam In The Van-Tyron Benoit  (Live Session, New Orleans, LA 2022):  Going Back That Way;  Keep It Together;  Feels Like Home – 01-08-22




Ken Mellons

 Kenneth Edward "Ken" Mellons,*10-07- 1965 Kingsport, TN
4th version
By Praguefrank, Vaclav Zpatecka, Brent Emanuel
SESSIONS

ca February 1994 Woodland Digital, Nashville, TN – Ken Mellons (Ken Mellons [vcl],  Bobby All/ Billy Joe Walker, Jr. [ac gt], Brent Mason/ Mike Elloitt [el gt], John Hughey [steel], Glenn Worf [bass], Lonnie Wilson [drums], Hank Singer [fiddle], 
Steve Nathan [keyboards], Richie McDono [work whistle], John Wesley Ryles, Carl Jackson, Dennis Wilson, Curtis Young, Doug Clements, Tony Phipps, Hurshel Wiginton [bck vcl]. Producer: Jerry Cupit)
001 JUKEBOX JUNKIE Elektra 34-77579 34-78066/EK-53746 [dance mix] D2-77759
002 I CAN BRING HER BACK 34-77764/EK-53746
003 LOOKING IN THE SAME DIRECTION 34-77390/EK-53746
004 THE PLEASURE'S ALL MINE 34-77579/EK-53746
005 WORKING FOR THE WEEKEND 34-77861/EK-53746 [3 remixes:] ESK 7027
006 SEVEN LONELY DAYS 34-77390/EK-53746
007 KEEPING IT COUNTRY 34-77861/EK-53746
008 LEARNING TO LIVE WITHOUT YOU EK-53746
009 HONKY TONK TEACHERS 34-77764/EK-53746
010 DOCTOR JESUS EK-53746
1994 Nashvile,  TN – Ken Mellons
011 IF I WERE YOU
1994 unknown – Ken Mellons
012 FUEL TO THE FIRE 
Tracks above issued on v.a. album Nascar Runnin‘ Wide Open
ca July 1995 Nashville, TN - Ken Mellons, *and George Jones (Brent Rowan [gt], Reggie Young [gt], Gary Hayes [gt], Joe Khoury [gt], Bobby All [gt], John Hughey [steel/dobro], Al Perkins [dobro], Tom Robb [bass], Paul Leim/Milton Sledge [drums], Hank Singer [fiddle/mandolin], Hargus Robbins/John Hobbs/Jamie Whiting [piano], Rick Hughes/Mark Janese [jaw harp] + John Wesley Ryles, Terry Smith, Billy Smith, Carl Jackson, Allen Frizzell, Dennis Wilson [bck vcl]. Producer: Jerry Cupit)
013 DON'T MAKE ME HAVE TO COME IN THERE EK-66965
014 I WENT CRAZY FOR AWHILE EK-66965
015 RUB-A-DUBBIN' 34-78066/EK-66965
016 WHERE FOREVER BEGINS EK-66965
017 HE'LL NEVER BE A LAWYER* EK-66965
018 STRANGER IN YOUR EYES 34-78240/EK-66965
019 MEMORY REMOVER 34-78240/EK-66965
020 HE AIN'T EVEN COULD YET EK-66965
021 EVER READY EK-66965
022 WITH HIS HANDS EK-66965
Ca 2000 Nashville, TN – Ken Melloms
023 I‘M NOT HOMELESS Curb D2 77973
CURB D2-77973 WINGS OF A DOVE (2000)
ca late 2000 Nashville, TN – Ken Mellons (Producer: Jerry Cupit)
024 SHAME ON ME D2-77759
025 HOME TEAM D2-77759
026 FARMER'S DAUGHTER D2-77759 
027 LADIES NIGHT D2-77759 
028 CAN YOU FEEL IT D2-77759 
029 DOWN TO A CRAWL D2-77759 
030 BUNDLE OF NERVES D2-77759 
031 WAS IT AS GOOD FOR YOU D2-77759 
032 COOL AS YOU D2-77759
Ca 2001 unknown – Ken Mellons
033 BELIEVE D2-78722
CURB D2-78722 WINGS OF A DOVE VOL. 2 (2001)
2002 Nashville, TN – Ken Mellons (Producer: Jerry Cupit)
034 MR. D.J.  Curb CURBD 1707
2002 Nashville, TN – Ken Mellons
035 I CAN'T KICK MY COUNTRY WB 48292-2
WARNER BROTHERS 48392-2 INSIDE TRAXX (2002)
ca Spring 2004 Station West, Nashville, TN – Ken Mellons,* and George Jones (Ken Mellons [vcl], Bill Hullett [ac gt], Brent Mason [el gt], Earl Scruggs/ Carl Jackson [banjo], Scotty Sanders [steel], ? [bass], Steve Turner/ Owen Hale [drums], Glen Duncan / Larry Franklin [fiddle], Gordon Mote [keyboards], John Wesley Riles, George Jones, Terry Eldridge, Larry Cordle, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Vince Gill, Wes Hightower, Liana Manis [bck vcl]. roducer: Ken Mellons, John Northrup)
036 SMACK DAB Home HR 2003-1 JWIWTD
037 JUST WHAT I'M WANTIN' TO DO Home HR 2003-1 JWIWTD
038 PAINT ME A BIRMINGHAM Home HR 2003-1 JWIWTD
039 CLIMB MY TREE Home HR 2003-1 JWIWTD
040 INTERSTATE GYPSY Home HR 2003-1 JWIWTD
041 YOU CAN MAKE MY HEART BELIEVE Home HR 2003-1 JWIWTD
042 SWEET Home HR 2003-1 JWIWTD
043 ALL I NEED IS A BRIDGE Home HR 2003-1 JWIWTD
044 SINGLE AGAIN Home HR 2003-1 JWIWTD
045 ANY TIME ANY PLACE Home HR 2003-1 JWIWTD
046 INSTITUTE OF HONKY TONKS* Home HR 2003-1 JWIWTD
047 IF I'VE LEARNED ANYTHING AT ALL Home HR 2003-1 JWIWTD
JWIWTD – also on album Just What I'm Wantin' to Do
2007 Nashville, TN – Ken Mellons
048 DAYDREAMS ABOUT NIGHT THINGS
2009 [demo session] unknown – Ken Mallons
04801 TELL KRISTY I LOVE HER
2009 The Cole Mine Smyrna, TN/ Adventure Studios Hermitage, TN/ Stone Hill Studios Mt. Juliet, TN/ River Track Studios Fort Gay, WV/Highland Recording Studios, Murfreesboro, TN – Ken Mellons (Ken Mellons [vcl], Cody Kilby [gt], Adam Steffey [mandolin], Ron Stewart [banjo], Rob Ickes [dobro], Darrin Vincent [bass/bck vcl], Joe Caverlee [fiddle], Vince Gill, Larry Cordle, Dale Ann Bradley, Steve Gulley and Sonya Isaacs [bck vcl])
049 RURAL ROUTE
050 BLUE WIND
051 MEMORY REMOVER
052 I'M JUST A HOUSE
053 TENNESSEE RIDGE RUNNER
054 STILL THEY CALL ME LOVE
045 TAKE IT LIKE A MAN
056 A COLD ONE CAN'T CURE
057 TENNESSEE
058 DON'T NEGLECT THE ROSE
059 STILL BRAND NEW
060 KING OF ALL KINGS
tracks above issued on album Rural Route
2011 [demo session ] unknown – Ken Mellons (Ken Mellons [vcl/gt])
06101 I‘M ALMOST ME AGAIN
06102 SIDEWAYS 
2012 or sooner unknown - Ken Mellons
062 ONE'S A COUPLE Just What I'm Wantin' to Do
Tracks above issued on album Just What I'm Wantin' to Do
2013 [demo session] unknown – Ken Mellons
06201 WOULD THESE ARMS BE IN YOUR WAY
2013 unknown - Ken Mellons
063 PERFECT PLACE FOR THE BLUES
064 I CAN'T KICK MY COUNTRY
065 MR. DJ
066 WHEN IT COMES TO LOSING YOU
067 LOVE DON'T WORK THAT WAY
068 BIG ON ME
069 THE HURT IS HEALIN'
070 SUN ALWAYS SHINES
071 JUST WHAT LOVE CAN DO
072 ALWAYS, SOMETIMES
073 MAYBE NEVER
074 LEARNIN' TO LIVE WITH ME
075 REST IN PEACE
Tracks above issued on album Perfect Place For The Blues
2014 [sessions for Throwback] unknown – Kevin Moon faturing Ken Mellons
076 HONKY-TONK TEACHERS Dirt Road
2014 [sessions for The Next move] unknown – Phil Leadbetter and Ken Mellons
077 I’M A MODERN DAY INTERSTATE GYPSY Pinecastle




ALBUMS
Epic EK-53746 Ken Mellons: Jukebox Junkie; I Can Bring Her Back; Looking In The Same Direction; The Pleasure's All Mine; Working For The Weekend; Seven Lonely Days; Keeping It Country; Learning To Live Without You; Honky Tonk Teachers; Doctor Jesus – 23-08-94
Epic EK-66965 Where Forever Begins: Don't Make Me Have To Come In There; I Went Crazy For Awhile; Rub-A-Dubbin'; Where Forever Begins; He'll Never Be A Lawyer; Stranger In Your Eyes; Memory Remover; He Ain't Even Could Yet; Ever Ready; With His Hands – 14-11-95
Curb D2-77759 The Best Of Ken Mellons: Jukebox Junkie [dance mix]; Shame On Me; Home Team; Farmer's Daughter; Ladies Night; Can You Feel It; Down To A Crawl; Bundle Of Nerves; Was It As Good For You; Cool As You – 03-04-01
Home HR-2003-1 Sweet: Smack Dab; Just What I'm Wantin' To Do; Paint Me A Birmingham; Climb My Tree; Interstate Gypsy; You Can Make My Heart Believe; Sweet; All I Need Is A Bridge; Single Again; Any Time Any Place; Institute Of Honky Tonks; If I've Learned Anything At All – 10-08-04
Jukebox Junkie no # (UPC 0707541263290) Rural Route: Rural Route; Blue wind; Memory Remover; I'm Just a House; Tennessee ridge Runner; Still They Call Me Love; Take It Like a Man; A Cold One Can't Cure; Tennessee; Don't Neglect the Rose; Still Brand New; King of All Kings – 12-10-10
Jukebox Junkie  no # (UPC888174871691) Just What I'm Wantin' to Do: One's a Couple; Just What I'm Wantin' to Do; Sweet; Paint Me a Birmingham; Smack Dab; You Can't Make My Heart Believe; Climb My Tree; Interstate Gypsy; All I Need Is a Bridge; Single Again; Any Time, Any Place; Institute of Honky Tonks;  If I've Learned Anything At – 12-06-12 (reissue of HR 2003-1 with one added track)
Jukebox Junkie no # Perfect Place For The Blues: I Can't Kick My Country; Perfect Place For The Blues; Mr. DJ; When It Comes To Losing You; Love Don't Work That Way; Big On Me; The Hurt Is Healin'; Sun Always Shines; Just What Love Can Do; Always, Sometimes, Maybe Never; Learnin' To Live With Me;     Rest In Peace – 20 (originally scheduled for release in 2013, postponned)
Ken Mellons ? Jukebox Junkie Live: I Can't Kick My Country;  Workin' for the Weekend; - Bundle of Nerves; Rub a Dubbin' ;  I Can Bring Her Back; Honk If You Honky Tonk; Coconut Suntan Lotion;  Ever Ready;  Jukebox Junkie / Tennessee Volunteer Junkie – 25-03-22 (unknown recording info, not in sessions)

EPs
Epic ESK-7027 Workin' For The Weekend (Special Dance Mix Sampler): Workin' For The Weekend (Dance Mix); Workin' For The Weekend (Edited Dance Mix); Workin' For The Weekend (Beat Mix) – 95 (promo)

SINGLES
Epic (1994-95) 
34-77390 Lookin' In The Same Direction / Seven Lonely Days - 29-03-94
34-77579 Jukebox Junkie / Pleasure's All Mine - 19-07-94
34-77764 I Can Bring Her Back / Honky Tonk Teachers - 06-12-94
34-77861 Workin' For The Weekend / Keeping It Country - 21-03-95
34-78066 Rub-A-Dubbin' / Jukebox Junkie -10-10-95
34-78240 Stranger In Your Eyes / Memory Remover - 02-96
Curb
D 1443 Ladie’s Night – 98 (promo, CD)
CURBD 1707 Mr. DJ – 02 (promo, CD)
Home
No # Climb My Tree – 03


Unfaithful Servants

 By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2019 Shawnigan Lake Studios,  Vancouver Island, BC, CAN – The Unfaithful Servants (Producer: The Unfaithful Servants)
001 DELIVER ME
002 EVERYTHING I'VE KNOWN
003 MAGIC # 9
004 FRIENDS
005 TAKE MY ARM
006 HARD HARD
007 BARRACUDA
008 SHE'LL NEVER BE MINE
009 BE FORGIVEN
010 BIG WAVE
011 RAMBLIN' MAN 
Tracks above issued on album The Unfaithful Servants
2025 Down To Earth, ?, BC, CAN – The Unfaithful Servants (Dylan Stone [ac gt], Jesse Cobb [mandolin], Mark Johnson [bass], Quin Etheridge-Pedden [fiddle]. Produce: Adrian Dolan)
012 ENDLESS HIGHWAY
013 NEVER LEAVE YOU AGAIN
014 THE GRASS IS ALWAYS BLUER
015 REAL TO TOUCH
016 FALLEN ANGEL
017 ADELINE
018 THE RIVER
019 BIG SHOTS
020 NEGATIVITY
021 MORE THAN LOVERS
022 BURIED IN THE SNOW
Tracks above issued on album Fallen Angel

ALBUMS
Servants [CAN] ? The Unfaithful Servants:
  Deliver Me;  Everything I've Known;  Magic # 9;  Friends;  Take My Arm;  Hard Hard;  Barracuda;  She'll Never Be Mine;  Be Forgiven;  Big Wave;  Ramblin' Man – 25-06-19
Servants [CAN] ? Fallen Angel:  Endless Highway;  Never Leave You Again;  The Grass is Always Bluer;  Real to Touch;  Fallen Angel;  Adeline;  The River;  Big Shots;  Negativity;  More Than Lovers;  Buried in the Snow – 17-10-25



California Slim

Bob Rowe, *Ridgefield, WA, +17-01-1991
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

1981 Santa Cruz, CA – California Slim and Friends  (California Slim [vcl/gt/ harmonica], Patrick Rowe [ac gt], Karen Quick [bass], Noreen Tumminello [fiddle])
001 CITY STREETS Slim 101  
002 ON THE MALL Slim 101  
003 SALTY DOG Slim 101  
004 T FOR TEXAS Slim 101  
005 MILK COW BLUES Slim 101  
006 CRAWDAD SONGS Slim 101 
007 PRISONER'S SONG Slim 101  
008 STRAWBERRY ROAN Slim 101  
009 JOHN HENRY Slim 101  
010 CONVICT AND THE ROSE Slim 101  
011 MULE SKINNER BLUES Slim 101  
012 CARELESS LOVE Slim 101  
013 SWEET GEORGIA BROWN Slim 101  
014 THE BUM SONG Slim 101  
015 BANKS OF THE OHIO Slim 101  
016 YOU ARE THE ONE ROSE Slim 101  
017 BALLAD OF MT. ST. HELENS Slim 101  
1982 Santa Cruz, CA – California Slim and Friends (California Slim [vcl/gt/ harmonica/whistle], Patrick Rowe [ac gt], Mark McCornack [banjo], Steve Larkin [bass], Noreen Tumminello [fiddle])
018 A TIME AGO Slim 102
019 LOOKY LOOKY YONDER Slim 102 
020 DOWN IN A COAL MINE Slim 102 
021 JOHN HENRY Slim 102 
022 BRAZOS RIVER Slim 102
023 CASEY JONES Slim 102 
024 OLD SETTLER'S SONG Slim 102 
025 LUCKY LINDY! Slim 102 
026 THE TRAMP ON THE STREET Slim 102 
027 THE BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN Slim 102 
028 WAITIN' FOR A TRAIN Slim 102 
029 WABASH CANNONBALL Slim 102
030 WHEN YOU'RE DOWN AND OUT Slim 102 
031 WRECK ON THE HIGHWAY Slim 102 
032 JEREMIAH O'BRIEN Slim 102 
033 LOVESICK BLUES Slim 102
034 WHO CARES? Slim SR-102/102
035 THE MEDFLY BLUES  SR 102
1984 Santa Cruz, CA – California Slim (California Slim [vcl/gt/ harmonica/ Kazoo], Patrick Rowe [vcl/gt], Mark Monroe [dobro], Bill Charman [bass], Easy Marc [fiddle], Gary Lamb [piano])
036 DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES Slim 103 
037 GIRL OF MY DREAMS Slim 103 
038 RAMONE Slim 103 
039 DON’T YOU LEAVE ME Slim 103 
040 SEE IF I CARE Slim 103
041 TROUBLE IN MIND Slim 103 
042 AUTUMN LEAVES Slim 103 
043 BOTTLE OF WINE Slim 103 
044 SILVER DOLLAR AND A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND Slim 103 
045 LOVESICK BLUES Slim 103 
046 SOME ENCHANTED EVENING Slim 103 
047 MY BROWN-EYED JEAN Slim 103 
048 SAN ANTONIO ROSE Slim 103 
049 LA VIENEN ROSE AND LA GOULANTE DE PAUYRE Slim 103 
050 SALLY, LET YOR BANGS HAND DOWN Slim 103
051 OLD ROOSTER BLUES Slim 103 
052 YOU ARE THE ONE ROSE THAT’S LEFT IN MY HEART Slim 103 
053 JEAN Slim 103  



ALBUMS
Slim 101 On The Mall:
City Streets; On The Mall; Salty Dog; T For Texas; Milk Cow Blues; Crawdad Songs; Prisoner's Song; Strawberry Roan; John Henry; Convict And The Rose; Mule Skinner Blues; Careless Love; Sweet Georgia Brown; The Bum Song; Banks Of The Ohio; You Are The One Rose; Ballad Of Mt. St. Helens – 81 and Friends
Slim 102 A Time Ago...: A Time Ago; Looky Looky Yonder; Down In A Coal Mine; John Henry; Brazos River; Casey Jones; Old Settler's Song; Lucky Lindy!; The Tramp On The Street; The Big Rock Candy Mountain; Waitin' For A Train; Wabash Cannonball; When You're Down And Out; Wreck On The Highway; Jeremiah O'Brien; Lovesick Blues; Who Cares? – 82 and Friends
Slim 103 Wine, Women, Roses And You: Days of Wine and Roses; Girl Of My Dreams; Ramone; Don’t You Leave Me; See If I Care; Trouble In Mind; Autumn Leaves; Bottle Of Wine; Silver Dollar And A Good Man Is Hard to find; Lovesick Blues; Some Enchanted Evening; My Brown-Eyed Jean; San Antonio Rose; La vienen Rose and La Goulante de Pauyre; Sally, Let Yor Bangs Hand Down; Old Rooster Blues; You Are The One Rose That’s Left In My Heart; Jean – 84?


SINGLES
Slim
SR 102 The Medfly Blues / Who Cares 82