Mike O' Roark

 Michael O‘ Rourk, *10-05-1948, +2008
2nd version
by Praguefrank
SESSIONS also member of O‘ Roark Brothers
ca early 1970s unknown - Mike O'Roark and The Free Born Men (Mike O'Roark [vcl/gt],  Jody Wisecup [banjo],  Jimmy Kidd [mandolin/gt], Jeff Scott [dobro],  Mitch O'Roark [bass])
001 NORTH CAROLINA TH 1300  
002 IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS TH 1300  
003 JULY, YOU'RE A WOMAN TH 1300  
004 ROCKY MOUNTAIN MUSIC TH 1300  
005 VINCENT TH 1300  
006 EASY COME, EASY GO TH 1300  
007 DESPERADO TH 1300  
008 SWEET CAROLINE TH 1300  
009 SEA OF HEARTBREAK TH 1300  
010 TO LOVE SOMEBODY TH 1300  
1972 Big K Recording Studio, Kansas City, MO -  Mike O'Roark and The Free Born Men
011 35421 TWO LITTLE BOYS  Big K
012 35422 FREE BORN MAN  Big K
ca 1972 Big K Recording Studio, Kansas City, MO -  Mike O'Roark and The Free Born Men (Mike O'Roark [vcl/gt], Howard Rash [banjo], Don Hoglen [mandolin/fiddle], Mitch O'Roark [bass])
013 HICKORY HOLLOW'S TRAMP
014 FOUR LEAF CLOVER
015 EASY COME EASY GO
016 IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS
017 KERN COUNTY BREAKDOWN
018 LET'S ALL GO DOWN TO THE WATER
019 SEA OF HEARTBREAK
020 WIDOW JONES
021 NORTH CAROLINA
022 SILENCE OF TEARS
023 COPPER KETTLE
024 MCCORMICK'S STRING PICNIC
tracks above issued on album How Do You Like It So Far?
1974 Lemco Sound Studios, Lexington, KY - Mike O'Roark and The Free Born Men
025 RUBEN JAMES King Bluegrass KB 533  
026 ARE YOU FROM DIXIE King Bluegrass KB 533  
027 IF I LOSE King Bluegrass KB 533  
028 UNCLE HIRAM'S HORN PIPE King Bluegrass KB 533  
029 SOMEONE TO GIVE MY LOVE TO King Bluegrass KB 533  
030 LET ME LIVE King Bluegrass KB 533  
031 GWEN King Bluegrass KB 533  
032 JOPLIN DALLAS TURN AROUND King Bluegrass KB 533   
033 I'LL GO STEPPIN' TOO King Bluegrass KB 533  
034 GRANNY BEASLEY King Bluegrass KB 533  
035 MAMA TRIED King Bluegrass KB 533   
036 TWO LITTLE BOYS King Bluegrass KB 533   
1975 Lemco Sound Studios, Lexington, KY - Mike O'Roark and The Free Born Men (Mike O'Roark [vcl/gt], Dennis Stout [banjo], Ferrel Stowe [dobro], Mitch O'Roark [bass], Ricky Skaggs [fiddle/viola/mandolin/hambones], Jerry Douglas [wind whistling])
037 ANN King Bluegrass KB 547   
038 BACK IN THE COUNTRY King Bluegrass KB 547   
039 TEN DEGREES AND COLDER King Bluegrass KB 547   
040 WALKING SHOES King Bluegrass KB 547  
041 NOTHING TO IT King Bluegrass KB 547  
042 YOU CAN HAVE HER King Bluegrass KB 547  
043 PALLET ON THE FLOOR King Bluegrass KB 547  
044 CORN LIQUOR King Bluegrass KB 547  
045 KINDLY KEEP IT COUNTRY King Bluegrass KB 547  
046 ANY OLD WIND THAT BLOWS King Bluegrass KB 547  
047 AMEY King Bluegrass KB 547  
048 CANNONBALL BLUES King Bluegrass KB 547 
1977 Lemco Sound Studios, Lexington, KY - Mike O'Roark and The Free Born Men (Mike O'Roark [vcl/gt], Dennis Stout [tnr vcl/banjo/finger style gt], Mitch O'Roark – [bcl/bass], 
Tommy Bouroughs [mandolin/fiddle], Ferrell Stowe [dobro])
049 CAROLINA IN THE PINES King Bluegrass KB 563  
050 I HEARD YOU TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP King Bluegrass KB 563  
051 RIDING ON THE WIND King Bluegrass KB 563  
052 IT'S WORTH BELIEVING King Bluegrass KB 563  
053 HICKORY HOLLOW King Bluegrass KB 563  
054 WITHOUT YOU King Bluegrass KB 563  
055 SAVE THE WHALES King Bluegrass KB 563   
056 WILL YOU BE LONESOME TOO King Bluegrass KB 563  
057 ROAD MUSICIAN King Bluegrass KB 563  
058 GO MY WAY King Bluegrass KB 563   
059 FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN King Bluegrass KB 563  
1-2 July 1978 [live] Ozark Mountain Bluegrass Festival, Eminence, MO– Mike O’Roark, Mitch O’Roark and The Free Born Men (Mike O'Roark [vcl/gt], Jody Wisecupp [banjo], Mitch O'Roark [bass], Ray Hicks [emcee])
05901 INTRO Programme Audio PAS 07278  
05902 EAST BOUND AND DOWN Programme Audio PAS 07278 
05903 JULY, YOU'RE A WOMAN Programme Audio PAS 07278  
05904 THE WHEREFORE AND THE WHY Programme Audio PAS 07278 
05905 OLD RIVERS Programme Audio PAS 07278 
05906 ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL Programme Audio PAS 07278 
05907 GOOD HEARTED WOMAN Programme Audio PAS 07278  
05908 TENNESSEE STUD Programme Audio PAS 07278  
05909 SHUCKIN' THE CORN Programme Audio PAS 07278  
05910 WICHITA JAIL Programme Audio PAS 07278 
05911 REUBEN JAMES Programme Audio PAS 07278  
05912 TEXAS Programme Audio PAS 07278 


ALBUMS
Treehouse TH 1300 Colour Me Bluegrass: North Carolina; In The Good Old Days; July, You're A Woman; Rocky Mountain Music; Vincent; Easy Come, Easy Go; Desperado; Sweet Caroline; Sea Of Heartbreak; To Love Somebody – 7-
Big K no # How Do You Like It So Far?: Hickory Hollow's Tramp;  Four Leaf Clover; Easy Come Easy Go; In The Good Old Days;  Kern County Breakdown; Let's All Go Down To The Water; Sea Of Heartbreak; Widow Jones; North Carolina; Silence Of Tears;  Copper Kettle; Mccormick's String Picnic – ca 72
King Bluegrass KB 533 Pickin' With Feelin': Ruben James;  Are You From Dixie;  If I Lose;  Uncle Hiram's Horn Pipe;  Someone To Give My Love To;  Let Me Live;  Gwen;  Joplin Dallas Turn Around;  I'll Go Steppin' Too;  Granny Beasley;  Mama Tried;  Two Little Boys  - 75
King Bluegrass KB 547 Somewhere In-Between: Ann;  Back In The Country;  Ten Degrees And Colder;  Walking Shoes;  Nothing To It;  You Can Have Her;  Pallet On The Floor;  Corn Liquor;  Kindly Keep It Country;  Any Old Wind That Blows;  Amey;  Cannonball Blues - 76
King Bluegrass KB 563 Go My Way: Carolina In The Pines;  I Heard You Talking In Your Sleep;  Riding On The Wind; It's Worth Believing;  Hickory Hollow;  Without You;  Save The Whales;  Will You Be Lonesome Too;  Road Musician;  Go My Way;  Fire On The Mountain - 77
Programme Audio PAS 07278 Live: Intro;  East Bound And Down; July, You're A Woman; The Wherefore And The Why; Old Rivers; Orange Blossom Special; Good Hearted Woman; Tennessee Stud; Shuckin' The Corn; Wichita Jail; Reuben James; Texas – 79  Mike and Mitch O'Roark & The Free Born Men


SINGLES
Big K (1972)
no # Two Little Boyes / Free Born Man – 72