Thursday, June 2, 2016

Mike O'Roark



+20-08-2008
2nd version

by Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti

SESSIONS

1972 Big K Recording Studio, Kansas City, MO -  Mike O'Roark and The Free Born Men
001 35421 TWO LITTLE BOYS  Big K
002 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])
003 HICKORY HOLLOW'S TRAMP
004 FOUR LEAF CLOVER
005 EASY COME EASY GO
006 IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS
007 KERN COUNTY BREAKDOWN
008 LET'S ALL GO DOWN TO THE WATER
009 SEA OF HEARTBREAK
010 WIDOW JONES
011 NORTH CAROLINA
012 SILENCE OF TEARS
013 COPPER KETTLE
014 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 (Mike O'Roark [vcl/gt], Ferrel Stowe [dobro], Dennis Stout [banjo], Mitch O'Roark [bass],  Ricky Skaggs [fiddle/mandolin/ viola], Jerry "Flux" Douglas [whistle])
015 RUBEN JAMES King Bluegrass KB 533 
016 ARE YOU FROM DIXIE King Bluegrass KB 533 
017 IF I LOSE King Bluegrass KB 533 
018 UNCLE HIRAM'S HORN PIPE King Bluegrass KB 533 
019 SOMEONE TO GIVE MY LOVE TO King Bluegrass KB 533 
020 LET ME LIVE King Bluegrass KB 533 
021 GWEN King Bluegrass KB 533 
022 JOPLIN DALLAS TURN AROUND King Bluegrass KB 533  
023 I'LL GO STEPPIN' TOO King Bluegrass KB 533 
024 GRANNY BEASLEY King Bluegrass KB 533 
025 MAMA TRIED King Bluegrass KB 533  
026 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])
027 ANN King Bluegrass KB 547  
028 BACK IN THE COUNTRY King Bluegrass KB 547  
029 TEN DEGREES AND COLDER King Bluegrass KB 547  
030 WALKING SHOES King Bluegrass KB 547 
031 NOTHING TO IT King Bluegrass KB 547 
032 YOU CAN HAVE HER King Bluegrass KB 547 
033 PALLET ON THE FLOOR King Bluegrass KB 547 
034 CORN LIQUOR King Bluegrass KB 547 
035 KINDLY KEEP IT COUNTRY King Bluegrass KB 547 
036 ANY OLD WIND THAT BLOWS King Bluegrass KB 547 
037 AMEY King Bluegrass KB 547 
038 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])
039 CAROLINA IN THE PINES King Bluegrass KB 563 
040 I HEARD YOU TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP King Bluegrass KB 563 
041 RIDING ON THE WIND King Bluegrass KB 563 
042 IT'S WORTH BELIEVING King Bluegrass KB 563 
043 HICKORY HOLLOW King Bluegrass KB 563 
044 WITHOUT YOU King Bluegrass KB 563 
045 SAVE THE WHALES King Bluegrass KB 563  
046 WILL YOU BE LONESOME TOO King Bluegrass KB 563 
047 ROAD MUSICIAN King Bluegrass KB 563 
048 GO MY WAY King Bluegrass KB 563  
049 FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN King Bluegrass KB 563
Poss. 1978 unknown - Mike O'Roark and The Free Born Men
050 NORTH CAROLINA  Treehouse 1300  
051 IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS  Treehouse 1300
052 JULY, YOU'RE A WOMAN  Treehouse 1300  
053 ROCKY MOUNTAIN MUSIC  Treehouse 1300  
054 VINCENT  Treehouse 1300  
055 EASY COME/EASY GO  Treehouse 1300  
056 DESPERADO  Treehouse 1300  
057 SWEET CAROLINE  Treehouse 1300  
058 SEA OF HEARTBREAK  Treehouse 1300  
059 TO LOVE SOMEBODY  Treehouse 1300  
1979 [live] The Eminence, ? – 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
There are two more albums with unknown details – incomplete info in albums list


ALBUMS
Big K BK-11873 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 – 73
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
Treehouse 1300 Color Me Bluegrass: North Carolina; In the Good Old Days; July, You're a Woman; Rocky Mountain Music; Vincent; Easy Come/Easy Go; Deperado; Sweet Caroline; Sea of Heartbreak; To Love Somebody – 78?
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 and The Free Born Men
? You Are My Flower: Carolina in the Pines; I Heard You Talking in Your Sleep; Riding on the Wind; It's Worth Believing; Kickory Hollow; Without You; Save the Whales; Will You Be Lonesome Too; Road Musician; Go My Way; You are My Flower
? Mike O’Roark Singing Bluegrass And Country Classics: Sweet Temptation; Road To Glory Land; Nine Pound Hammer; Clayton Delaney; Roustabout; I Wonder Whhere You Are Tonight; Way Downtown; Too Many Rivers; Highway 40 Blues; Did She Mention My name; Song For Life; Dark Town Strutter’s Ball Rock Salt And Nails; Two Little Boys; Foggy Mountain Top; Cryin‘ Holy -  (posthumous issue)


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

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