Recorded live by Mark Nevers at the Beech House on John Hiatt's equipment (after John canceled a session) and Hank Tilbury at Wrensong Studios (owned by the inventor of the Rubik's Cube), Pan American Flash was voted the #5 country cd of the 1990s by Amazon.com. With the great Kenny Vaughn on lead guitar and Jason Carter of the Del McCourey Band on fiddle. The only recording of the famed Tootsie's Orchid Lounge group. First issued on Dixiefrog Records in France in 1996, Pan was released in the US on Checkered Past in 1998 and is now available exclusively through iTunes and the WPA Ballclub.
Monterey
Loser's Way to Get Along
Living, Forgiving
13 Nights
Born to Wait
Sage Advice
Your Red Wagon
Jackson, TN
Harper's Ferry Blues
Sundown Is A Lonesome Time
I'm Your Daddy Now
Baby I Ain't Gotta Do That No More
Down Hill & Shady
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Recorded live at George Bradfute's Tone Chaparel in East Nashville and at Wrensong Studios with Hank Tilbury. The debut of bassist Dennis Crouch and Mr. Bradfute on baritone guitar and featuring the harmony and fiddle of Raymond McClain (from Jim & Jesse's Virginia Boys), Deanna Varagona (Lambchop) and Ranger Doug of Rider's In the Sky. PB is joined by old Boston mates the Bag Boys and Paul Nieahus raises the dust on a cover of the Webb Pierce classic "Drifting Texas Sand". Wire was released in the US on Checkered Past in 1998 and is now available exclusively through iTunes and the WPA Ballclub.
Winner's CIrcle
Drifting Texas Sand
Rosa Lee
I Am Here
Borrowed & Broke (with the Bag Boys)
Percy Lynn's Run
Some of These Days
Ring the Bell
I Turned A Corner
This Time Next Year
When You Go Wrong
Disciple
Waiting For McCourey
Long Tall Glass of Water (with Ranger Doug)
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Recorded live at George Bradfute's Tone Chaperal and arranged with bassist Dennis Crouch, Blue Notes was inspired by Tennessee bassist Jimmy Blanton's duets with Duke Ellington as well as the re-emergence of Cuban musicians Ruben Gonzalez and Ibrahim Ferrrer. Blue Notes was voted one of 2000's Top 10 country and pop cds by Amazon.com and hailed by the BBC's Bob Harris as 'a classic'. Featuring Scott Chase of Lambchop along with poet Tom House and guitarist Richard Bennett (Mark Knopfler, Neil Diamond). Released in the US on Merge, Blue Notes is now available exclusively through iTunes and the WPA Ballclub.
Willpower
Forever Yours
Isolda
Long Distance Call
Tonight, Tonight
How Do I Know
Hard Woman Blues
Hitting Bottom
Oh My Darling
Carter Cain
Foolish Things the Lonely Do
Head Over Heels
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Last of My Kind was inspired by the characters in Tony Earley's debut novel Jim the Boy which was a NY Times Bestseller. James McMurtry wrote a script for a tv adaptation of the novel which was to include the album as a soundtrack but the film never went into production. The album was recorded and peformed by PB at Pan American Sound and debuted at the Southern Festival of Books in October 2001 and at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul Minnesoata for Minnesota Public Radio.
Aliceville Rag
Up On the Mountain
Living Up To the Man You See In Me
Harvey Hartsell
Goin' to the Carnival
Electricity
Mama Shoo'd the Blackbirds
Country Boys in a City Alley
Sun Don't Shine
Polio
Amos' Blues
Last of My Kind
Nightjar
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Fool For Love is a kind of companion album to Blue Notes. Blue Notes begins at sunset, Fool For Love begins at sunrise. Recorded at Pan American Sound and Tone Chaperal. "Life of A Fool" was heard in David Croninberg's History of Violence and "Sparks Fly Out" was featured in the HBO series, True Blood. Featuring the debut of fiddle and steel great Fats Kaplin along with Lambchop organist Tony Crow, drummer (and songwriter) Phil Lee, and guitarist Richard Bennett. Horn and string arrangements by George Bradfute.
Lovesick Blues Boy
Bad Girl She Used to Be
Life of A Fool
Deserted Love
C'est le Moment
Call My Name
Time to Cry
Sparks Fly Out
Moments of Weakness
Last Time I Fell
Heart Like Railroad Steel
My Last Match
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East To West was recorded at British Grove Studios in the Chiswick neighborhood of London around the corner from the original Decca studios where the Beatles auditioned in 1962. The album was written shortly after the attacks on September 11th and the writing reflects the pervailing mood of ambivelance and reflection. Mark Knopfler joins in on guitar for "Before the Bells", Tim O'Brien performs "I Will Wait For You" and "Last Dream of Will Keene" and PB duets with Dr. Ralph Stanley on the Stanley Brothers classic "Little Glass of Wine". While on tour with Dr. Ralph and Laura Cantrell in the UK, PB met the great BBC dj John Peel which inspired one of the album's standout tracks. Jen Gunderman makes her debut on electric piano, the great Kelly Hogan sings harmony, and Richard Bennett returns to solo on "When I'm In Love" and play tres on 'Conte Hondo.'
Montreal
When I'm In Love
I Will Wait For You
Before the Bells
John Peel
December Sparklers
Last Dream Will Keene
Wander
Daddy Rhythm Guitar
Little Glass of Wine
I'm A Takin' It Home
Conte Hondo
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