Mike + Ruthy

 Mike Merenda
Ruthy Ungar
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS
2007 Humble Abode Music, West Hurley, NY – Mike + Ruthy (Producer: Jose Ayerve)
001 ALL THE TIME HAM 010 
002 SOMETHING'S GOT A HOLD ON ME HAM 010 
003 I'M GOING TO GET MY BABY OUTTA JAIL HAM 010 
004 SHORT WHILE HAM 010 
005 WHIMSICAL / HYSTERICAL / SUBURBAN HAM 010 
006 I'LL BE YOUR MIRROR HAM 010 
007 A HEAD IS BETTER THAN A LEG HAM 010
008 BEG AND BORROW HAM 010 
009 FOR THIS LOVE HAM 010
010 LONG WAY HOME HAM 010 
011 DIAMOND RING RAG HAM 010
012 I'LL KEEP IT WITH MINE HAM 010 
2008 Humble Abode Music, West Hurley, NY – Mike + Ruthy (+  Jay Ungar, Molly Mason, Lyn Hardy, Abby and Rosie Newton, Dominic John, Craig Santiago, Jacob Silver)
013 ANOTHER DAWN ANOTHER DAY HAM 011
014 BABY HAM 011 
015 WINDER SLIDE HAM 011 
016 SLOW TRAIN HAM 011 
017 COOPER'S HAM 011 
018 THE DOCTOR'S DOOR HAM 011 
019 WALTZ OF THE CHICKADEE HAM 011
020 DUST BOWL BLUES HAM 011
021 LITTLE WALTZ HAM 011 
022 COLD WIND (NATE'S SONG) HAM 011 
023 JUNE APPLE HAM 011 
024 HANG ME HAM 011 
2010 Dreamland Recording Studio, Hurley, NY – Mike + Ruthy [overdub sessions: Humble Abode Music, West Hurley, NY]
025 END OF TIME HAM 012 
026 COVERED HAM 012 
027 RISE HAM 012 
028 BE THE BOSS HAM 012 
029 AS MY EYES RUN WILD HAM 012
030 MILLION TO ONE HAM 012 
031 ALL THE WAY DOWN HAM 012 
032 GOODBYE HAM 012 
033 WHO'S WHO HAM 012 
034 ON THE ROAD HAM 012 
035 THAT'S WHAT I CALL LOVE HAM 012 
036 SUMMER SUN HAM 012  
2011 [live] Seattle, WA – Mike + Ruthy
03601 ROMANCE IN THE DARK
03602 ROBERT'S GRAND MARQUIS
03603 CRUTCH
03604 I WANNA GO TO MY REAL HOME
03605 SOMETHING'S GOT A HOLD ON ME
03606 I FELL OFF THE STAGE
03607 RISE
03608 I FEEL LIKE I'M MR. POTATO HEAD
03609 AS MY EYES RUN WILD
03610 NEW YORK, BOSTON, ALBANY TRIANGLE / BOB WEIR
03611 ANOTHER DAWN, ANOTHER DAY
03612 PROBABLY THE THIRD OR FOURTH TIME I'VE USED A TUNER
03613 1952 VINCENT BLACK LIGHTNING
03614 WHAT 'BON JOVI' MEANT
03615 JUNE APPLE 
Tracks above issued on album Love Live Vol. 1
23 April 2011 [live] Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall, Chicago, IL – Mike + Ruthy, *with Willy Puck Merenda and Crooked Still 
03616 WE SAW THE CUBS WIN TODAY
03617 ANOTHER DAWN, ANOTHER DAY
03618 THE LAST OF 33 SHOWS
03619 ON MY WAY HOME
03620 WE RECORDED THIS SONG WHEN THE WOOD STOVE WAS CRANKING
03621 SOMETHING'S GOT A HOLD ON ME
03622 THE DOUBLE DOOR
03623 RISE
03624 NATIONAL RESOPHONIC UKULELE
03625 FOUR BLUE WALLS
03626 THE WOODY GUTHRIE ARCHIVES
03627 MY NEW YORK CITY
03628 WHAT'S IT LIKE TO BE A DAD?
03629 SLOW TRAIN
03630 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
03631 END OF TIME
03632 WILLY, YOU GONNA PLAY!?
03633 LET ME FALL (ON MY KNEES)*
Tracks above issued on album Love Live Vol. 2
2011 Media Blitz East, Brooklyn, New HYork City – Mike + Ruthy (Mike Merenda [vcl/gt/ banjo/ harmonica/ farfisa], Ruthy Ungar [vcl/gt/ resophonic uke/  fiddle], Charlie Rose [steel], Jacob Silver [bass/Hammond B3], Robin MacMillan [drums], Aoife O’Donovan [hmny vcl-1])
037 MY NEW YORK CITY MBRC 003 
038 (BANJO + BASS DUET) MBRC 003 
039 ON MY WAY HOME MBRC 003
040 ROMANCE IN THE DARK MBRC 003 
041 TOAST MY MEMORY MBRC 003
042 OH MAMA MBRC 003
043 RAISE YOUR GLASSES HIGH -1 MBRC 003 
2014 woods near Woodstock, NY – The Mike + Ruthy Band (Mike Merenda [vcl/gt/banjo/ keyboards], Ruthy Unger [vcl/gt/fiddle/ banjo-uke], Daniel Littleton [gt/bck vcl],  Jay Ungar [violin/viola],  Professor Louie [piano], Marco Benevento [piano/Hammond B3], Chris Miller [sax], Dean Jones [trombone],  Joel Ricci [trumpet],  Amy Helm, Aoife O'Donovan, Heather Masse,  Kristin Andreassen [bck vcl])
044 BRIGHT AS YOU CAN HAM 014  
045 WORD ON THE STREET HAM 014 
046 ROCK ON LITTLE JANE HAM 014  
047 WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR HAM 014 
048 CHASIN' GOLD HAM 014  
049 FRECKLED OCEAN HAM 014  
050 THE GHOST OF RICHARD MANUEL HAM 014 
051 LEGENDS ONLY APPEAR IN BLACK AND WHITE HAM 014  
052 SIMPLE AND SOBER HAM 014 
053 GOLDEN EYE HAM 014  
054 THE FARMER HAM 014  
055 GOIN' OUT HAM 014  
056 CIGARETTE HAM 014  
057 WHEN THE SUN COMES AROUND HAM 014  
        
ALBUMS
Humble Abode Music HAM 010 The Honeymoon Agenda: All the Time; Something's Got a Hold on Me; I'm Going to Get My Baby Outta Jail; Short While; Whimsical / Hysterical / Suburban; I'll Be Your Mirror; A Head is Better than a Leg; Beg and Borrow; For this Love; Long Way Home; Diamond Ring Rag; I'll Keep It With Mine  - ca 01-08
Humble Abode Music HAM 011 Waltz of the Chickadee: Another Dawn Another Day; Baby; Winder Slide; Slow Train; Cooper's; The Doctor's Door; Waltz of the Chickadee; Dust Bowl Blues; Little Waltz; Cold Wind (Nate's Song); June Apple; Hang Me – 20-03-09
Humble Abode Music HAM 012 Million To One: End of Time; Covered; Rise; Be the Boss; As My Eyes Run Wild; Million to One; All the Way Down; Goodbye; Who's Who; On the Road; That's What I Call Love; Summer Sun  – 27-07-10
Humble Abode Music no # Love Live vol. 1 (Seattle): Romance In The Dark; Robert's Grand Marquis; Crutch;I wanna go to my real home; Something's Got a Hold On Me; I fell off the stage; Rise; I feel like I'm Mr. Potato Head; As My Eyes Run Wild; New York, Boston, Albany triangle / Bob Weir; Another Dawn, Another Day; Probably the third or fourth time I've used a tuner; 1952 Vincent Black Lightning; What 'Bon Jovi' meant; June Apple – 12-07-14 (digital)
Humble Abode Music no # Love Live vol. 2 (Chicago): We saw the Cubs win today; Another Dawn, Another Day; The last of 33 shows; On My Way Home; We recorded this song when the wood stove was cranking; Something's Got a Hold On Me; The Double Door; Rise; National Resophonic Ukulele; Four Blue Walls; The Woody Guthrie Archives; My New York City; What's it like to be a dad?; Slow Train; Arlington National Cemetery; End of Time; Willy, you gonna play!?; Let Me Fall (On My Knees) (w. Willy Puck Merenda and Crooked Still) – 12-07-14 (digital)
Humble Abode Music HAM 014 Bright As You Can: Bright As You Can; Word On the Street; Rock On Little Jane; What Are We Waiting For; Chasin' Gold; Freckled Ocean; The Ghost of Richard Manuel; Legends Only Appear in Black and White; Simple and Sober; Golden Eye; The Farmer; Goin' Out; Cigarette; When the Sun Comes Around – 02-06-15
        


EPs
Mike+Ruthy MBRC 003 The NYC EP:  My New York City; (banjo + bass duet); On My Way Home; Romance In The Dark; Toast My Memory; Oh Mama; Raise Your Glasses High  – 17-04-12