Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Courtney Hartman



By Praguefrank
SESSIONS
2016 Pipe Dream Ranch, Del Norte, CO / eTown Studios, Boulder, CO - Courtney Hartman (Courtney Hartman [vcl/gt/ banjo], Mark Schatz [bass], Michael John Mckee [drums], Taylor Ashton [hmny vcl], Producer: Courtney Hartman, Jacob Blumberg)
001 WHEN YOU SEE THE MORNING
002 NOTHING WE SAY
003 CUMBERLAND GAP
004 NOAH
005 HIDE AND SEEK
006 TAKE ME BACK COLORADO
Tracks above issued on EP Nothing We Say
Early 2017 [2 days] Fort Worth, TX – Courtney Hartman and Robert Ellis (Courtney Hartman [vcl/gt], Robert Ellis [vcl/gt]. Producer: Josh Block)
007 OLD TIME RIVER MAN  RFA 002
008 THEM WAY LONG TIME AGO TIMES  RFA 002  
009 GENTLE ON MY MIND  RFA 002  
010 RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF FALLING FOR YOU  RFA 002
011 HERE I AM IN LOVE AGAIN  RFA 002  
012 HOWARD HUGHES BLUES  RFA 002  
013 MORNING BUGLE  RFA 002  
014 DELTA QUEEN WALTZ  RFA 002
015 UP ON THE HILL WHERE THEY DO THE BOOGIE  RFA 002  
016 WE DID OUR BEST  RFA 002  
2018 unknown – Courtney Hartman and Taylor Ashton (Courtney Hartman [vcl/gt], Taylor Ashton [vcl/banjo]. Producer: Jacob Blumberg)
017 WAYSIDE  DIRT-CD-0089
018 MEADOWLARK  DIRT-CD-0089
019 BEEN ON YOUR SIDE  DIRT-CD-0089
020 FIRST OF US  DIRT-CD-0089
021 WHICH WILL  DIRT-CD-0089
022 LOVING HANDS  DIRT-CD-0089
023 DEAD TO ME  DIRT-CD-0089
024 BETTER  DIRT-CD-0089
025 NATURE OF US  DIRT-CD-0089
026 HOLD STILL  DIRT-CD-0089
027 NEIGHBORHOOD NAME  DIRT-CD-0089
028 LIZA  DIRT-CD-0089
2019 unknown – Courtney Hartman (Courtney Hartman [vcl/gt/ piano/ fiddle/shaker], Jacob Blumberg [gt/piano/ el bass/ shaker/hmny vcl])
029 CLOSE AT MY SIDE digital single [rel. March 23]
2019 Figure 8 Recording, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, New York City/ Mason Jar Music, ?/ Hive, Eau Claore, WI – Courtney Hartman, *with Bill Frissell (Courtney Hartman [vcl/gt], Bill Frisell [gt], ht] – Ethan Jodziewicz [bass], Hannah Fidler [el bass], Shahzad Ismaily [el bass/synthesizer], Jason Burger [drums/percussion], Johanna Amaya [percussion], Russell Durham [violin/ viola],  – Colin Stokes [cello], Sam Reider  [piano/ organ], Arthur Amidon [trumpet], Doug Wieselman [clarinet/sax], Aaron Roche, Anaïs Mitchell, Sam Amidon [hmny vcl]. Producer: Courtney Hartman)
030 HOLLOW
031 JANUARY FIRST
032 JANUARY THIRD
033 BELFRY
034 TOO MUCH
035 WON'T BE SATISFIED
036 NEGLECT*
037 KOYAANISQATSI
038 FINIS TERRAE
039 HERE'S TO THE ONES
Tracks above issued on album Ready Reckoner
2019 unknown – Kristel Axel with Courtney Hartman, Shane Leonard, J.E. Sunde
040 WEIGHTLESS HEART digital single [rel. Nov. 14]
2021 The Barn On Glade, Loveland, CO – Courtney Hartman (Courtney Hartman [vcl/gt/bass/ violin/ organelle/casio/ percussion], Simon Chrisman [hammered dulcimer-1],
Shane Leonard [drums-2], Jason Burger [drums-3], Tobias Banks [percussion-4],
Jesse Hartman [percussion-5], Russell Durham [violin-6], John Dehaven [trumpet-7],
Gregory Alan Isakov [hmny vcl])
041 BRIGHT AT MY BACK -5
042 MOONTALK -4
043 WANDERING
044 HOME REMEDY -6-7-8
045 MARROW -1-2
046 WHEN I WAKE -2
047 HIDEAWAY
048 HAVE WE LANDED -3-7
049 TURNING -6
Tracks above issued on album Glade
2025 The hive. Eau Claire, WI – Courtney Hartman (Courtney Hartman [vcl/gt], Andrew Marlin [gt/hmny vcl], Ben Lester [steel/piano/ synthesizer], Zoe Guigueno /Jeremy Boettche [bass], S. Carey [drums/percussion/piano/ synthesizer/hmny vcl], Shane Leonard [drums/percussion], Emily Frantz [fiddle/hmny vcl], Russell Durham [violin/strings arr.], Kaitlyn Raitz [cello],Phil Cook [piano], John DeHaven [trumpet], Tift Merritt, Sarah Elstran, Sarah Krueger, Phoebe Hunt, Rachel Sermanni. Liz Eldridge, Ruth Ungar, Michaela Anne [hmny vcl]. Producer: Courtney Hartman)
050 SOFTENING
051 GROWING
052 HONEY, HONEY
053 WITH YOU
054 BRIGHT EYE
055 COMPANION
056 EVERYTHING AT ONCE
057 LIKE A WOMAN
058 INSIDE OUTSIDEL
059 CAN YOU SEE
060 HINDSIGHT
061 TO CARRY YOU
062 SOFTENING AGAIN 
Tracks above issued on album With You
May 2025 home recordings at garden shed – Courtney Hartman (Producer:  Courtney Hartman, Shane Leonard)
063 SOFTENING
064 GROWING
065 HONEY, HONEY
066 WITH YOU
067 BRIGHT EYE
068 COMPANION
069 EVERYTHING AT ONCE
070 LIKE A WOMAN 
071 INSIDE OUTSIDE
072 CAN YOU SEE
073 MAMA HELP ME
074 HINDSIGHT
075 TO CARRY YOU
Tracks above issued on acoustic album With You: From the Garden Shed






ALBUMS
Refuge Foundation for the Arts RFA 002 Dear John: Old Time River Man; Them Way Long Time Ago Times; Gentle on My Mind; Right in the Middle of Falling for You; Here I Am in Love Again; Howard Hughes Blues; Morning Bugle; Delta Queen Waltz; Up on the Hill Where They Do the Boogie; We Did Our Best – 08-12-17 w. Robert Ellis
Free Dirt  DIRT-LP-0089/DIRT-CD-0089 Been on Your Side: Wayside; Meadowlark; Been on Your Side; First of Us; Which Will; Loving Hands; Dead to Me; Better; Nature of Us; Hold Still; Neighborhood Name; Liza – 31-08-18  w. Taylor Ashton
Reckoner no # Ready Reckoner: Hollow; January First; January Third; Belfry; Too Much; Won't Be Satisfied; Neglect (feat. Bill Frisell); Koyaanisqatsi; Finis Terrae; Here's to the Ones – 14-06-19
Reckoner ? Glade: Bright At My Back; Moontalk; Wandering; Home Remedy; Marrow; When I Wake; Hideaway; Have We Landed; Turning - 05-11-21
Courtney Hartman ? With You: Softening; Growing; Honey, Honey; With You; Bright Eye; Companion; Everything at Once; Like a Woman; Inside Outsidel; Can You See; Hindsight; To Carry You; Softening Again – 14-11-25
Courtney Hartman ? With You: From the Garden Shed:  Softening; Growing; Honey, Honey; With You; Bright Eye; Companion; Everything At Once; Like A Woman; Inside Outside; Can You See; Mama Help Me; Hindsight; To Carry You – 12-06-26 (acoustic album)


EPs
Courtney Hartman ? Nothing We Say: When You See the Morning; Nothing We Say; Cumberland Gap; Noah; Hide and Seek; Take Me Back Colorado – 30-09-16





Brooklyn Cowboys



By Praguefrank
SESSIONS
24 September 24, 1998/16 January 1999 Masterlink Studio, Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Cowboys (Walter Egan [vcl/gt], Joy Lynn White [vcl/ac gt], Redd Volkaert [gt], Buddy Cage [steel], Fredro Perry [drums], Vassar Clements [fiddle], Michael Webb [keyboards], Brian Waldschlager [vcl])
001 YOU AND I THE JULY MOON  Leaps LCD 1101  
002 JUKEBOX GIRL  Leaps LCD 1101  
003 BOUNDLESS LOVE  Leaps LCD 1101  
004 CALIFORN'  Leaps LCD 1101  
005 REACHIN' FOR THE SKY  Leaps LCD 1101  
006 WISHFUL DRINKING  Leaps LCD 1101  
007 HEARTS ON FIRE  Leaps LCD 1101  
008 CAROLINA CALYPSO  Leaps LCD 1101  
009 LEARN HOW TO LOVE ME  Leaps LCD 1101  
010 EXQUISITE TORTURE  Leaps LCD 1101  
011 (I'M A) BURNING BRIDGE  Leaps LCD 1101  
012 HEADING FOR HOME  Leaps LCD 1101  
013 WHAT THE??!!!  Leaps LCD 1101  
2001 Blue Planet Studios, Nashville, TN/  The Star Community Bar, Atlanta, GA – Brooklyn Cowboys (Walter Egan [vcl/el gt], Brian Waldschlager [vcl/gt], Buddy Cage [steel], Fredro Perry [drums], Michael Webb [keyboards/bck vcl])   Composer, Drums, Executive Producer,
014 THE OTHER MAN IN BLACK (THE BALLAD OF DALE EARNHARDT)  Leaps LCD 1102
015 RIGHT NOW  Leaps LCD 1102
016 YOU MUST BE FROM NASHVILLE  Leaps LCD 1102
017 LEARN HOW TO LOVE ME  Leaps LCD 1102
018 REACHIN' FOR THE SKY  Leaps LCD 1102
019 untitled track Leaps LCD 1102
October 2001 Masterlink Studio, Nashville, TN  Danger Studio, New York City – Brooklyn Cowboys (Walter Egan [vcl/gt], Van Manakas [gt], Buddy Cage [steel], David Roe [bass], Fredro Perry [drums], Hoot Hester / Kenny Sears [fiddle], Michael Webb [keybiards/ gt/ mandolin/ bck vcl], Lona Heid, Joy Lynn White [vcl])
020 I WAS WRONG  Leaps LCD 1104
021 TRICK PONIES  Leaps LCD 1104
022 DODGING BULLETS  Leaps LCD 1104
023 HEY JUANICA  Leaps LCD 1104
024 TROUBLE WITH A CAPITAL T  Leaps LCD 1104
025 THE CITY IS DIFFERENT (WITHOUT YOU IN IT)  Leaps LCD 1104
026 MY HEART'S IN DENIAL (THE 12 STEP 2 STEP)  Leaps LCD 1104
027 RITA  Leaps LCD 1104
028 SOMEONE YOU CAN LIVE WITH  Leaps LCD 1104
029 I STAND ACCUSED  Leaps LCD 1104
030 THE GIFT  Leaps LCD 1104
031 YOU NEVER QUIT ON ME  Leaps LCD 1104
032 WAYCROSS STABLES  Leaps LCD 1104
033 WHAT YOU CALL LOVE  Leaps LCD 1104  


ALBUMS
Leaps LCD 1101 Doin' Time On Planet Earth: You and I the July Moon; Jukebox Girl; Boundless Love; Californ'; Reachin' for the Sky; Wishful Drinking; Hearts On Fire; Carolina Calypso; Learn How to Love Me; Exquisite Torture; (I'm A) Burning Bridge; Heading for Home; What the??!!! – 28-03-00
Leaps LCD 1104 Dodging Bullets: I Was Wrong; Trick Ponies; Dodging Bullets; Hey Juanica; Trouble With a Capital T; The City Is Different (Without You in It); My Heart's in Denial (The 12 Step 2 Step); Rita; Someone You Can Live With; I Stand Accused; The Gift; You Never Quit On Me; Waycross Stables; What You Call Love – 10-09-02

EPs
Leaps LCD 1102-BC The Other Man In Black -The Ballad of Dale Earnhardt: The Other Man In Black (the Ballad of Dale Earnhardt); Right Now; You Must Be from Nashville; Learn How to Love Me; Reachin' for the Sky; untitled hidden tracks – 12-02-02






Monday, September 3, 2018

Bluegrass Little Bits



By Praguefrank
SESSIONS
1975 Central Sound Studio, Auborndale, FL – Bluegrass Little Bits (Keith Tew [vcl/gt], Gilbert Hancock [banjo],Clint Dockery [vcl/mandolin/ fiddle], Tammy Dockery [vcl/bass]. Producer: Leonard Neecham)
001 LISTENING TO THE RAIN Eagle ER-B-603  
002 GEORGIA PINEY WOODS Eagle ER-B-603  
003 RAWHIDE Eagle ER-B-603  
004 DIXIELAND Eagle ER-B-603  
005 DUELING BANJOS Eagle ER-B-603  
006 WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN Eagle ER-B-603  
007 FOX ON THE RUN Eagle ER-B-603  
008 ROCK SALT AND NAILS Eagle ER-B-603  
009 FOGGY MOUNTAIN SPECIAL Eagle ER-B-603  
010 STORMY HORIZONS Eagle ER-B-603  
011 ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL Eagle ER-B-603  
012 COAT OF MANY COLORS Eagle ER-B-603  
1976 Central Sound Studio, Auborndale, FL – Bluegrass Little Bits (Keith Tew [vcl/gt], Gilbert Hancock [banjo],Clint Dockery [vcl/mandolin/ fiddle], Tammy Dockery [vcl/bass]. Producer: Leonard Neecham)
013 OLD TRAIN CSS 302
014 DEAR ONE CSS 302
015 HICKORY WIND CSS 302
016 REUBEN'S TRAIN CSS 302
017 RUBY CSS 302
018 SALLY ANN CSS 302
019 BOGALUSA CSS 302
020 BLUEGRASS MELODY CSS 302
021 TEN DEGREES CSS 302
022 EARL'S BREAKDOWN CSS 302
023 PEARL, PEARL, PEARL CSS 302
024 BLACK MOUNTAIN RAG CSS 302
1979 Central Sound Studio, Auborndale, FL – Bluegrass Little Bits (Larry 'Bunky' Jackson [vcl/gt], Gilbert Hancock [banjo],Clint Dockery [vcl/mandolin/ fiddle], Tammy Dockery [vcl/bass]. Producer: Leonard Neecham)
025 ROCKY TOP Eagle CSS 293  
026 ARKANSAS Eagle CSS 293
027 HOME SWEET HOME Eagle CSS 293  
028 JIMMY BROWN Eagle CSS 293  
029 OLD JOE CLARK Eagle CSS 293  
030 BAPTISM OF JESSE TAYLOR Eagle CSS 293  
031 SLEW FOOT Eagle CSS 293  
032 THE CUCKOO BIRD Eagle CSS 293  
033 CRIPPLE CREEK Eagle CSS 293  
034 MAMA DON'T ALLOW Eagle CSS 293  
035 BILE THEM CABBAGE DOWN Eagle CSS 293  
036 EZEKIAL SAW THE WHEEL Eagle CSS 293  


ALBUMS
Eagle ER-B-603 On Our Way: Listening To The Rain;  Georgia Piney Woods;  Rawhide;  Dixieland;  Dueling Banjos;  Will The Circle Be Unbroken;  Fox On The Run;  Rock Salt And Nails;  Foggy Mountain Special;  Stormy Horizons;  Orange Blossom Special;  Coat Of Many Colors – 75
Central Sound Studios CSS 372 On Stage Favorites:  Old Train;  Dear One;  Hickory Wind; Reuben's Train;  Ruby;  Sally Ann;  Bogalusa;  Bluegrass Melody;  Ten Degrees;  Earl's Breakdown;  Pearl, Pearl, Pearl;  Black Mountain Rag – 76
Eagle CSS 293 A Little Bit Of Bluegrass:  Rocky Top;  Arkansas; Home Sweet Home;  Jimmy Brown;  Old Joe Clark;  Baptism Of Jesse Taylor;  Slew Foot;  The Cuckoo Bird;  Cripple Creek;  Mama Don't Allow;  Bile Them Cabbage Down;  Ezekial Saw The Wheel - 79

James Ellis (and The Jealous Guys)


By Praguefrank
SESSIONS
July-September 2017 Union Street Studios, 277 Union St, Brunswick West, Melbourne, VIC, AUS -   James Ellis and the Jealous Guys (James Ellis [vcl/ac gt], Tim Baker [el gt], Steve Veale [steel/bck vcl], Alex O’Gorman [bass], Luke Brennan [drums], Kelly Day [bck vcl]) [overdub sessions: August 2017 Soundpark, melbourne, AUS: Joe Cope [piano])
001 HAVE YOU EVER SEEN HER
002 NO SECOND CHANCE
003 DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M GOING
004 WEST TEXAS GIRL
005 XMAS LIGHTS
006 THE BUSH COMPANIONS
007 VALENTINE'S DAY
008 DON'T GO DOWN TO THE WATER DADDY
009 THE LIGHT OF THE MOON
010 PACKING UP MY BAGS
Tracks above issued on album It Ain't Texas (But It Ain't Bad)
2020 Soundpark, Northcote,VIC, AUS – James Ellis And The Jalous Guys (Producer:  Micah Hulscher and Alex Munoz)
011 SIXTEEN HOURS
012 THE SUN WILL RISE AGAIN
013 A LITTLE SOUL
014 I'M A FOOL (TO THINK THAT YOU STILL CARE)
015 TAKE ME BACK IN TIME
016 FOREVER CLOSE
017 RECORDS WITH OUR FRIENDS
018 A TINY GRAIN OF SAND
019 A THOUSAND TEARS
020 TOM'S CAFE
021 WANDERING MAN
Tracks above issued on album Country Lion
2024 Creative Workshop, Nashville, TN – James Ellis (James Ellis [vcl/rh gt], Craig Smith [ac/el gt], Chris Scruggs [el gt/fretted dobro/ steel], Brett Resnick [steel], Alec Newnam [bass], Tim Baker [tic tac bass], Nate Felty [drums/congas/ tambourine], Fats Kaplin [fiddle/ harmonica/mandolin/ banjo], Micah Hulscher [piano/ vibraphone], Lillie Mae Rische, Frank Rische [hmy vcl]. Producer: Micah Hulscher )
022 I DON'T DANCE WALTZES
023 LONELY, SAD AND BLUE
024 I WISH THAT I WAS HONKY TONKIN'
025 HAPPY BIRTHDAY SONGS
026 NOBODY BLUES
027 DON’T DRINK ALL BY YOURSELF (IF YOU CAN’T BE DRUNK ALONE)
028 TODAY IS JUST ANOTHER DAY
029 IT’S ALWAYS YOU WHO’S ON MY MIND
030 I'M DREAMING OF HER ALWAYS
031 A GOOD WOMAN IS NEVER HARD TO FIND
032 THE PARTY MIGHT BE OVER  
Tracks above issued on album The Party Might Be Over

 



ALBUMS
Blind Date [AUS] no # It Ain't Texas (But It Ain't Bad): Have You Ever Seen Her; No Second Chance;  Don't Know Where I'm Going; West Texas Girl; Xmas Lights;  The Bush Companions; Valentine's Day; Don't Go Down to the Water Daddy; The Light of the Moon; Packing up My Bags – 29-06-18
James Ellis [AUS] ? Country Lion: Sixteen Hours; The Sun Will Rise Again; A Little Soul; I'm A Fool (To Think That You Still Care); Take Me Back In Time; Forever Close; Records With Our Friends; A Tiny Grain Of Sand; A Thousand Tears; Tom's Cafe; Wandering Man  – 16-10-20
James Ellis [AUS] ? The Party Might Be Over:   I Don't Dance Waltzes;   Lonely, Sad and Blue;  I Wish That I Was Honky Tonkin';  Happy Birthday Songs;  Nobody Blues;  Don’t Drink All by Yourself (If You Can’t Be Drunk Alone);  Today Is Just Another Day;  It’s Always You Who’s on My Mind;  I'm Dreaming of Her Always;  A Good Woman Is Never Hard to Find; The Party Might Be Over  – 08-11-24