Lori McKenna

 Lori Giroux, *22-12-1968 Stoughton, MA
4th version
by Praguefrank, Michal Gololobov
SESSIONS
1997 Melville Park Studios, Boston, MA – Lori McKenna (Lori McKenna [vcl/ac gt],  Seth Connelly [el gt/mandolin/keyboards/fretless bass/percussion], Meghan Toohey [el gt/bck vcl],  Kris Delmhorst [cello/bck vcl],  Bob Giroux [piano/bck vcl],  Susan Connelly [windchimes], Richard Giroux [bck vcl])
001 AS I AM Orchard 2497  Signature 5003
002 WHAT'S ONE MORE TIME Orchard 2497  Signature 5003 
003 PAPER WINGS and HALO Orchard 2497  Signature 5003
004 RUBY'S SHOES Orchard 2497  Signature 5003 [alt.
005 WOULD YOU LOVE ME THEN Orchard 2497   Signature 5003
006 HARDLY SPEAKING A WORD Orchard 2497   Signature 5003
007 IT'S EASY WHEN YOU SMILE Orchard 2497  Signature 5003
008 PAYING THE PRICE Orchard 2497  Signature 5003
009 SWALLOWS ME WHOLE Orchard 2497  Signature 5003
010 DON'T TELL HER Orchard 2497  Signature 5003
011 HOLY WATER Orchard 2497   Signature 5003
012 NEVER BE BACK Orchard 2497   Signature 5003
013 BORROW ME Orchard 2497
8 August 2000 [live] Boston, MA – Lori McKenna
01301 NOT IN THIS LIFE  Signature 5003
01302 JOSEPHINE Signature 5003
01303 PAPER WINGS AND HALO Signature 5003
01304 RUBY’S SHOES Signature 5003
2000/early 2001 Sherwood Forest Studios, Bedford, MA/Hi and Dry Studios, Cambridge, MA – Lori McKenna (Lori McKenna [vcl/ac gt], David "Goody" Goodrich [el gt], Seth Connelly [steel], Mike Rivard [bass instrument], Billy Beard [drums], Mike Rinquist [congas], Crit Harmon [tambourine], Joe Donnelly [percussion], Ian Kennedy [fiddle], Michael Ward-Bergeman [accordion], Bob Giroux [piano], Brad Hatfield [keyboards], McCawley Burke, Concetta Gordon, Ellis Paul, Jennifer Kimball, Kris Delmhorst, Richard Shindell, Megan Toohey [bck vcl].
017 MARS  Signature 5001 
018 NEVER DIE YOUNG  Signature 5001 
019 GOD WILL THANK YOU  Signature 5001  
020 THIS FIRE  Signature 5001  
021 FIREFLIES  Signature 5001 
022 GIRL LIKE ME  Signature 5001  
023 INSTEAD  Signature 5001  
024 PINK SWEATER  Signature 5001  
025 DESERVING SONG  Signature 5001  
026 PIECES OF ME  Signature 5001  
027 YOU ARE LOVED  Signature 5001 
17 March 2001 [11:45-23:57] home recordings, Stoughton, MA – Lori McKenna (Producer: Gabriel Unger, Lori McKenna)
028 FALTER Gyrox 003  Continental Song City CSCCD 1037
029 HOW TO BE RIGHTEOUS Gyrox 003 Continental Song City CSCCD 1037
030 BIBLE SONG Gyrox 003 Continental Song City CSCCD 1037
031 JEALOUSY Gyrox 003  Continental Song City CSCCD 1037
032 BEAUTIFUL MAN Gyrox 003  Continental Song City CSCCD 1037
033 UNFINISHED SONG #57 Gyrox 003 Continental Song City CSCCD 1037
034 DANCE WITH THE LADIES Gyrox 003  Continental Song City CSCCD 1037
035 THE OTHER BOYS Gyrox 003 Continental Song City CSCCD 1037
036 FAKE PLASTIC TREES Gyrox 003  Continental Song City CSCCD 1037
037 YOU BETTER Gyrox 003  Continental Song City CSCCD 1037
038 FEEDING THE ANGELS Gyrox 003   Continental Song City CSCCD 1037
039 AFTERNOONS Gyrox 003 Continental Song City CSCCD 1037
040 CRY FOR YOU Gyrox 003 
041 BORROW ME Gyrox 003
042 BIG DREAMS Gyrox 003
043 ABBIE IS SAD Gyrox 003 
2003 Solstice Sound Studios, 910 Boston Post Rd E in Marlborough, MA Wellspring Sound, Action, MA – Lori McKenna (Lori McKenna [vcl/ac gt], Lorne Entress [ac gt/mandoguitar/ organ/drums/percussion], Megan Toohey [ac gt/el gt], Kevin Barry [el gt/lap steel/piano/ bass gt], Duke Levine, Brian J. McKenna [el gt], Chris Haynes [piano], Joe "Sonny" Barbato [Wurlitzer organ], Shane Koss [programming]) [overdub sessions: Busterland, ?/My Generation Studio, ?/Signature Sounds Studio/The Garret ?]
044 BIBLE SONG Signature SIG 1285  
045 MR. SUNSHINE Signature SIG 1285  
046 ONE MAN Signature SIG 1285  
047 POUR Signature SIG 1285 
048 LONE STAR Signature SIG 1285 
049 STEALING KISSES Signature SIG 1285  
050 IF YOU ASK Signature SIG 1285  
051 MONDAY AFTERNOON Signature SIG 1285  
052 LEDGE Signature SIG 1285 
053 MY SWEETHEART Signature SIG 1285  
054 COWARDLY LION Signature SIG 1285 
055 SILVER BUSS Signature SIG 1285  
056 ONE KISS GOODNIGHT Signature SIG 1285
2005 [sessions for High School Reunion] unknown – Lori McKenna
057 IN YOUR EYES  American Laudromat
ca Fall 2006 Nashville, TN – Tim McGraw and Lori McKennal (Tim McGraw [vcl], Bob Minner/ Byron Gallimore [gt], Denny Hemingson/Darren Smith [el gt], John Marcus [bass], Billy Mason [drums], David Dunkley [percussion], Dean Brown [fiddle], Jeff McMahon [Hammond b-3 organ] + Greg Barnhill, Wes Hightower, Russell Terrell [bck vcl])
058 I'M WORKIN' D2-78974
2007 [sessions for Cinnamon Girl - Women Artists Cover Neil Young For Charity]  unknown – Lori McKenna
059 THE NEEDLE AND THE DAMMAGE GONE American Laudromat 12
2007 Ocean Way Nashville, 1200 17th Ave. South, Nashville,  TN – Lori McKenna (Lori McKenna [vcl/ac gt], Tom Bukovac [gt],  Darrell Scott [ac gt/ mandolin], Bryan Sutton [ac gt/ mandolin], Dan Dugmore [Dobro/steel],  Glenn Worf [bass],  Shannon Forrest [drums], Stuart Duncan [fiddle/ mandolin],  Tony Harrell [organ/ synthesizer/ piano/ harmonium/ Wurlitzer],   Byron Gallimore [synthesizer/el gt],  Kristin Wilkinson [viola], David Angell, David Davidson [violin], John Catchings [cello], Greg Barnhill, Bekka Bramlett, Byron Gallimore,     Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Buddy Miller, Kelly Willis [bck vcl]. Producer: Tim McGraw,  Byron Gallimore) [overdub sessions: Essential Sound, Nashville, TN/  Premium Recording] 
060 I KNOW YOU  Warner 44299-2   
061 UNGLAMOROUS  Warner 44299-2 
062 YOUR NEXT LOVER  Warner 44299-2  
063 I'M NOT CRAZY  Warner 44299-2 
064 FALTER  Warner 44299-2 
065 WITNESS TO YOUR LIFE  Warner 44299-2  
066 DRINKIN' PROBLEM  Warner 44299-2 
067 HOW TO SURVIVE  Warner 44299-2 
068 WRITTEN PERMISSION  Warner 44299-2  
069 CONFETTI  Warner 44299-2  
070 LEAVING THIS LIFE  Warner 44299-2 
2008 Nashville, TN – Jimmy Wayne and Lori McKenna (Jimmy Wayne [vcl/ac gt], Joe West [various instruments], Dave Pahanish [gt/banjo/mandolin/bck vcl], Biff Watson [ac gt], Scotty Sanders [steel], Jimmie Lee Sloas [bass instrument], John Richardson/Shannon Forrest [drums], Wes Hightower [bck vcl)
071 TRUE BELIEVER Valory 129002  
2010 Boy In A Hoodie Studio, ?/House Of Blues Nashville, TN/Omni Sound, Nashville, TN/ Sound Emporium, Nashville, TN/Stonehurst Studio, ?/The Racket, ?/UMPG Nashville Studio, Nashville, TN – Lori McKenna (Lori McKenna [vcl/ac gt], Pat McGrath [ac gt], J.T. Corenflos [el gt], Mike Durham [el gt], Pat McLaughlin [mandolin], John Catchings [cello], Christ Carmichael [strings], Jeff Roach [keyboards, drums, percussion], Barry Dean [keyboards, bck vcl], Eric Darken, Will Denton [drums, percussion], Jonathan Singleton, Jaime Hanna, Kim Carnes, Vicki Hampton, Walt Wilkins, Perry Coleman, Sean McConnell [bck vcl].
072 THE LUXURY OF KNOWING  Signature 72034 
073 MOST  Signature 72034  
074 IF HE TRIED  Signature 72034  
075 LORRAINE  Signature 72034 
076 YOU GET A LOVE SONG  Signature 72034  
077 ROCKET SCIENCE  Signature 72034  
078 BUY THIS TOWN  Signature 72034  
079 ALL I EVER DO  Signature 72034  
080 THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW  Signature 72034  
081 SWEET DISPOSITION  Signature 72034  
082 AMERICAN REVOLVER  Signature 72034  
083 LADDERS and PARACHUTES  Signature 72034 
084 STILL DOWN HERE  Signature 72034 
2011 [soundtrack Act of Valor: The Album] unknown – Lori McKenna
085 TWO SOLDIERS COMING HOME Relativity 70025
2012 unknown – Lori McKenna
086 ALL IT TAKES
087 WHISKEY AND CHEWING GUM
088 SOMETIMES HE DOES
089 NO HARD FEELINGS
090 HEART SHAPED BULLET HOLE
091 THIS AND THE NEXT LIFE 
Tracks above issued on EP Heart Shaped Bullet Hole
2012 [sessions for Lowe Country: The Songs of Nick Lowe] unknown – Lori McKenna
092 WHAT’S SHAKIN’ON THE HILL  Fiesta Red FR 002
2012 Middleville Studio, North Reading, MA -  Lori McKenna
093 SALT Hoodie Songs 1 
094 MY LOVE FOLLOWS YOU WHERE YOU GO Hoodie Songs 1 
095 SUSANNA Hoodie Songs 1
096 SMALLER AND SMALLER Hoodie Songs 1
097 MAKE EVERY WORD HURT Hoodie Songs 1
098 SHAKE Hoodie Songs 1
099 HOW ROMANTIC IS THAT Hoodie Songs 1
100 SHOUTING Hoodie Songs 1
101 BETTER WITH TIME Hoodie Songs 1 
102 TAKE ME WITH YOU WHEN YOU GO Hoodie Songs 1
103 LOVE CAN PUT IT BACK TOGETHER Hoodie Songs 1 
104 GROWN UP NOW Hoodie Songs 1  
12/13 March 2014 Middleville Studio, North Reading, MA – Lori McKenna, *w. Mark Erelli (Lori McKenna [vcl/ac gt],Mark Erelli [gr/ mandolin/ dobro]. Producer: Mark Erelli)
105 TIME I'VE WASTED
106 NUMBERED DOORS
107 STRANGER IN HIS KISS
108 GOD NEVER MADE ONE OF US TO BE ALONE
109 ALL A WOMAN WANTS
110 ROSE OF JERICHO
111 LOVE TO BE CRUEL FOR*
112 GOOD MARRIAGE
113 THREE KIDS NO HUSBAND
114 STARLIGHT
Tracks above issued on album Numbered Doors
2016 Low Country Sound, Nashville, TN – Lori McKenna (Lori McKenna [vcl/gt],Luke Laird [gt], Dave Cobb [gt/Mellotron], Brian Allen [bass gt], Christopher Powell [drums], Mike Webb [piano/mellotron],  Hillary Lindsey, Barry Dean,  Kristen Rogers [bck vcl]. Producer: Dave Cobb)
115 WRECK YOU CNR 010  
116 THE BIRD AND THE RIFLE CNR 010  
117 GIVING UP ON YOUR HOMETOWN CNR 010  
118 HALFWAY HOME CNR 010  
119 HUMBLE AND KIND CNR 010  
120 WE WERE COOL CNR 010  
121 OLD MEN YOUNG WOMEN CNR 010  
122 ALL THESE THINGS CNR 010  
123 ALWAYS WANT YOU CNR 010  
124 IF WHISKEY WERE A WOMAN CNR 010  
2017-2018 Nashville, TN – Lori McKenna (Lori McKenna [vcl/ac gt], Dave Cobb [gt/mellotron], Anderson East [ld gt],  Christopher McKenna [mellotron], 
Natalie Hemby, Hillary Lindsey, Kristen Rogers [bck vcl]. Producer: Dave Cobb)
125 A MOTHER NEVER RESTS
126 THE FIXER
127 PEOPLE GET OLD
128 YOUNG AND ANGRY AGAIN
129 THE TREE
130 YOU WON'T EVEN KNOW I'M GONE
131 HAPPY PEOPLE
132 YOU CAN'T BREAK A WOMAN
133 THE LOT BEHIND ST. MARY'S
134 THE WAY BACK HOME
135 LIKE PATSY WOULD 
Tracks above issued on album The Tree
2019 Sound Stage Studios, 10 Music Cir S, Nashville, TN – Lori McKenna
136 BIBLE SONG 71127
137 STEALING KISSES 71127
2020 unknown – Eliot Bronson with Lori McKenna and Natalia Zuckerman
138 EVEN THIS IS GOING TO PASS  digital single [rel. Apr. 22]
2020 RCA Victor Studio A, Nashville, TN – Lori McKenna, with Karen Fairchild, Kimberley Schlapman [-1], Hillary Lindsey, Liz Rose [-2] (Producer: Dave Cobb)
139 THIS TOWN IS A WOMAN -1
140 THE BALLADEER
141 MARIE
142 THE DREAM
143 UPHILL
144 GOOD FIGHT
145 STUCK IN HIGH SCHOOL
146 WHEN YOU'RE MY AGE
147 TWO BIRDS
148 TILL YOU'RE GROWN -2
Tracks above issued on album The Balladeer
2021 Nashville, TN – Lori McKenna (Lori McKenna [vcl], Kris Donegan [ac gt], Justin Ostrander [el gt], Eli Beaird [bass], Fred Eltringham [drums/ percussion], David Dorn [keyboards], Charles Judge [keyboards/ strings], Barry Dean [mellotron/ bck vc], Hillary Lindsey, Luke Laird [bck vcl]. Producer: Luke Laird, Barry Dean and Lori McKenna
149 CHRISTMAS WITHOUT CRYING
150 NORTH POLE
151 STILL CHRISTMAS IN NASHVILLE
152 HAIL MARY
153 GRATEFUL
154 WONDERFUL CHRISTMASTIME
Tracks above issued on EP Christmas Is Right Here
2022 home recordings, Stoughton, MA - Luke Laird, Lori McKenna, Barry Dean
155 DIAMOND RINGS AND OLD BARSTOOLS vol. 1
156 HUMBLE AND KIND vol. 1
157 AMERICAN KIDS vol. 1
158 SETTLING IN vol. 1
159 GIRL CRUSH vol. 2
160 HEARTACHE MEDICATION vol. 2
161 SO SMALL vol. 2
162 THE GOOD PARTS vol. 2
163 GIVE ME BACK MY HOMETOWN vol. 3
164 GOD'S WILL vol. 3
165 CROWDED TABLE vol. 3
166 IF I HAD KNOWN  vol. 3
Tracks above issued on EPs The Songwriter Tapes
2023 [sessions for True North Deluxe] unknown – Carolina Spence  with Lori McKenna
167 THE NEXT GOOD TIME digital single [rel. Apr. 21]/True North Deluxe; 
2023 Nashville, TN – Lori McKenna, with Hillary Lindsey [-1]
168 THE OLD WOMAN IN ME 73483CD  
169 HAPPY CHILDREN 73483CD   
170 KILLING ME -1 73483CD   
171 DAYS ARE HONEY 73483CD   
172 1988 73483CD   
173 GROWING UP 73483CD  
174 WONDER DRUG 73483CD   
175 THE TOWN IN YOUR HEART 73483CD   
176 LETTING PEOPLE DOWN 73483CD  
177 THE TUNNEL 73483CD   
Tracks above issued on album 1988
2023 Nashville, TN – Lori McKenna, with Hillary Lindsey [-1]
178 1988 (ACOUSTIC)
179 KILLING ME (ACOUSTIC) -1
180 WONDER DRUG (ACOUSTIC)
181 HAPPY CHILDREN (ACOUSTIC)
182 THE TOWN IN YOUR HEART (ACOUSTIC) -1
Tracks above issued on album 1988 Deluxe
2023 [demo session] unknown – Lori McKenna, Corey Crowder, Phil Barton
18201 GOD, MONEY AND LOVE  digital single [rel. July 25]
2023 [demo session] unknown – Lori McKenna, Liz Rose, Hollary Lindsez\
18202 DIRING BACK THERE IN MY MIND digital single [rel. July 25]
2023 unknown – Cory Asbury with Lori McKenna 
183 THE PROMISE IS THE SAME  digital single [rel. Feb. 16, 2024]
2024 unknown - Ava Liv Mabry with Lori McKenna
184 ALL JUST THE SAME  digital single [rel. Jan. 30, 2025]
2024 unknown-  Bre Kennedy and Lori McKenna
185 BEFORE I HAVE A DAUGHTER (REIMAGINED)  digital single [rel. Jan. 24, 2025]
2025 unknown – Lori McKenna  with Medium Build
186 TIED TO YOU  digital single [rel. Sept. 12]
2025 Nashville, TN – Bob Miner, Tim McGraw and Lori McKenna
187 KENTUCKY BLUEBIRD digital single [rel.  Feb. 20, 2026]
2026 unknown – Lori McKenna and David Nail
188 RIVERBANK
189 SHE KNOWS
190 FARE THEE WELL
191 THE CROWN 
Tracks above issued on EP Riverbank
2026 unknown – Noah Derksen with Lori McKenna
192 MERCY ON THE SKYLINE  digital single [rel. Apr. 16]


ALBUMS
Lori McKenna no # Paper Wings and Halo: As I Am; What's One More Time;  Paper Wings and Halo; Ruby's Shoes; Would You Love Me Then; Hardly Speaking a Word;  It's Easy When You Smile; Paying the Price; Swallows Me Whole; Don't Tell Her; Holy Water;  Never Be Back; Borrow Me - 98 (reissued in September 1999 on Orchard 2497; in 2002 reissued on Signature Sounds 5003 with added songs: Not In This Life; Josephine; Paper Wings And Halo. and Borrow Me omitted)
Catalyst Disc CAT 5001  Pieces of Me: Mars; Never Die Young; God Will Thank You; This Fire; Fireflies; Girl Like Me; Instead; Pink Sweater; Deserving Song; Pieces Of Me; You Are Loved - 04-06-01 (rissued in November 2001 as Signature Sounds 5001)
Gyrox 003 The Kitchen Tapes: Falter; How to Be Righteous; Bible Song; Jealousy; Beautiful Man; Unfinished Song #57; Dance With the Ladies; Other Boys, The; Fake Plastic Trees; You Better; Feeding the Angels; Afternoons; Cry For You; Borrow Me; Big Dreams; Abbie Is Sad – 12-03 (reissued in  2004 on Continental Song City CSCCD 1037 with last four tracks omited)
Signature Sounds SIG-1285 Bittertown: Bible Song; Mr. Sunshine; One man; Pour; Lone Star; Stealing Kisses; If You Ask; Monday Afternoon; Ledge; My Sweetheart; Cowardly Lion; Silver Buss; One Kiss Goodnight  - 11-05-04 (also on on Continental Song City CSCCD 1034, reissued in 2005 on Warner 49869-2)     
Warner Nashville 44299-2 Unglamorous: I Know You;  Unglamorous; Your Next Lover; I'm Not Crazy; Falter; Witness To Your Life; Drinkin' Problem; How To Survive; Written Permission; Confetti; Leaving This Life - 14-08-07     
Signature Sounds SIG 2034 Lorraine: Luxury Of Knowing; Most; If He Tried; Lorraine; You Get A Love Song; Rocket Science; Buy This Town; All I Ever Do; That's How You Know; Sweet Disposition; American Revolver; Ladders and Parachutes; Still Down Here- 25-01-11 
Hoodie Songs/Liz Rose 1 Massachusetts: Salt; My Love Follows You Where You Go; Susanna; Smaller and Smaller; Make Every Word Hurt; Shake; How Romantic is That; Shouting; Better With Time; Take Me With You When You Go; Love can put it back together; Grown Up Now – 23-04-13    
Hoodie Songs/Liz Rose no #  Numbered Doors: Time I've Wasted;  Numbered Doors;  Stranger In His Kiss;  God Never Made One Of Us To Be Alone;  All A Woman Wants;   Rose Of Jericho;   Love To Be Cruel For /W.Mark Erilli;  Good Marriage; Three Kids No Husband;  Starlight – 24-09-14
CN/30 Tigers CNR 010 The Bird And The Rifle: Wreck You;  The Bird and The Rifle;  Giving Up On Your Hometown;  Halfway Home;  Humble and Kind;  We Were Cool;  Old Men Young Women;  All These Things;  Always Want You;  If Whiskey Were a Woman – 29-07-16
CN 36249LP/36140CD The Tree: A Mother Never Rests; The Fixer; People Get Old; Young and Angry Again; The Tree; You Won't Even Know I'm Gone; Happy People; You Can't Break a Woman; The Lot Behind St. Mary's; The Way Back Home; Like Patsy Would - 20-07-18
CN  68091LP/67995CD The Balladeer: This Town is a Woman (w. Karen Fairchild, Kimberley Schlapman); The Balladeer; Marie; The Dream; Uphill; Good Fight; Stuck in High School; When You're My Age; Two Birds; Till You're Grown (w. Hillary Lindsey, Liz Rose) – 24-07-20
CN 73384LP/73483CD 1988:  The Old Woman In Me;  Happy Children;  Killing Me (w. Hillary Lindsey);  Days Are Honey;  1988;  Growing Up;  Wonder Drug;  The Town In Your Heart;  Letting People Down;  The Tunnel -  21-07-23 (reissued on 10-11-23 as Deluxe version with bonus tracks:  1988 (Acoustic);  Killing Me (w. Hillary Lindsey) (Acoustic);  Wonder Drug (Acoustic);  Happy Children (Acoustic); . The Town In Your Heart (w. Hillary Lindsey) (Acoustic))


EPs
Warner no # Selections from Lori McKenna: Stealing Kisses; Mr Sunshine; Unglamorous; Leaving This Life – 07 (sampler)
Warner no # Selections From Unglamorous: Unglamorous; Leaving This Life; Witness To Your Life; I Know You – 07 (promo, sampler)
Lori McKenna no # Heart Shaped Bullet Hole: All It Takes; Whiskey and Chewing Gum; Sometimes He Does; No Hard Feelings; Heart Shaped Bullet Hole; This and the Next Life - 
09-10-12
CN no # Christmas Is Right Here: Wonderful Christmastime; Christmas Without Crying; North Pole; Still Christmas in Nashville; Hail Mary; Grateful - 19-11-21
CN ? The Songwriter Tapes, Vol. 1: Diamond Rings and Old Barstools;  Humble and Kind;  American Kids;  Settling In – 03-03-23 Luke Laird, Lori McKenna, Barry Dean
CN ? The Songwriter Tapes, Vol. 2:  Girl Crush ;  Heartache Medication ; So Small;  The Good Parts  – 17-03-23 Luke Laird, Lori McKenna, Barry Dean
CN ? The Songwriter Tapes, Vol. 3:  Give Me Back My Hometown;  God's Will; Crowded Table; If I Had Known - 31-03-23 Luke Laird, Lori McKenna, Barry Dean
One Five Sound ? Riverbank:  Riverbank;  She Knows;  Fare Thee Well;  The Crown – 30-06-26 w. David Nail

SINGLES
CN
71127M  Bible Song / Stealing Kisses – 19 (limited edition, rerecordings)