Tom Russell is an American singer-songwriter. His discography consists of 29 studio albums, 3 live albums, 11 compilations, 3 videos, 3 EPs, 9 singles and 1 tribute album. In addition, his compositions have been featured on a number of albums by other artists.
Studio recordings Year Album Label Notes 1976 Ring of Bone Demo / End Of The Trail with Patricia Hardin 1978 Wax Museum with Patricia Hardin 1984 Heart on a Sleeve Edsel 1987 Road to Bayamon Philo Tom Russell Band 1989 Poor Man's Dream 1991 Hurricane Season Cowboy Real 1993 Box of Visions Hillbilly Voodoo Stony Plain with Barrence Whitfield 1994 Cowboy Mambo ESD 1995 The Rose of the San Joaquin HighTone / Shout! 1997 The Long Way Around HighTone Song of the West 1999 The Man from God Knows Where 2000 All Around These Northern Towns Norske Gram Tom Russell Band - released in Norway 2001 Borderland HighTone / Shout! 2003 Modern Art 2004 Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs 2005 Hotwalker 2006 Love and Fear 2009 One to the Heart, One to the Head Scarlet Letter / Scarlet Letter Records with Gretchen Peters Blood and Candle Smoke Shout! 2011 Mesabi 2014 Midway To Bayamon lost tapes 1985-87 plus a 1992 live track 2015 The Rose of Roscrae Proper 2017 Play One More: The Songs of Ian & Sylvia True North With two bonus tracks performed by Ian & Sylvia2017Folk HotelFrontera Also a book with lyrics, art, and short stories.2018Old Songs Yet To SingFrontera Early classics re-recorded with guitarist Andrew Hardin.2019October in the Railroad EarthFrontera Release date: March 15, 2019.
Live albums Year Album Label Notes 2007 Lost Angels Of Lyon Frontera Tom Russell band recorded May 18th, 1987 in Lyon France 2013 Aztec Jazz Frontera with The Norwegian Wind Ensemble
Compilation albums Year Album Label Notes 1993 Beyond St. Olav's Gate 1979 - 1992 Round Tower culled from albums released between 1979 and 1992 1996 Tom Russell & Patricia Hardin: The Early Years Edsel 2002 Museum of Memories 1972–2002 Dark Angel / Village Previously unreleased rarities 2005 Raw Vision: The Tom Russell Band 1984-1994 Philo 2008 Veterans Day: The Tom Russell Anthology HighTone / Shout! 2010 Cowboy'd All To Hell Frontera 2013 Museum of Memories Vol. 2 (1973–2013) Frontera Previously unreleased rarities2014Tonight We RideFrontera 2014 The Western Years Rockbeat culled from albums released between 1999 and 2006 2015 Hilly Voodoo & Cowboy Mambo Rockbeat with Barrence Whitfield - compilation of two albums plus bonus tracks 2016 Gunpowder Sunsets: The Tom Russell Anthology 2 Frontera
Videos Year Title Label Notes 2005 Hearts on the Line Hightone documents 2004 cross-Canada train trip and performances 2008 Mano a Mano Canyon Productions documents songwriting workshop with Ian Tyson at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada 2011 Don't Look Down Frontera documentary by Tom and Nadine Russell and Eric Temple
EPs Year Album Label Tracks 2004 Tonight We Ride HighTone "Tonight We Ride" / "Old Cheyenne" / "John Wesley Harding" / "Osceola's Last Words" / "Crucifix In A Death Hand / Carmelita" 2006 The Pugilist At 59 "The Pugilist At 59" / "Stealing Electricity" / "Ash Wednesday" / "Red Dirt Girl" / "Tower Of Song" 2006 Who's Gonna Build Your Wall? "Who's Gonna Build Your Wall?" / "California Snow" / "Across The Borderline" / "What We Talk About, When We Talk About Love" / "The Other Side Of Crazy"
Singles Year Single CAN Country Album Label 1982 "Gallo De Cielo" / "Wise Blood" — End Of The Trail 1986 "Road to Bayamon" / "Shut Out The Light" — 1988 "Home Before Dark" / "I'm On Fire" 83 Road to Bayamon Philo 1989 "Walkin' on the Moon" 62 Poor Man's Dream 1990 "Blue Wing" 36 "Heart of a Working Man" 48 1991 "Spanish Burgundy" 48 "Claude Dallas" / "St. Olav's Gate" 48 Cowboy Real Sonet 1992 "Black Pearl" 35 Hurricane Season Philo
Guest singles Year Single Artist CAN Country Album 1990 "Thrown to the Wolves" Sylvia Tyson 43 You Were on My Mind
Tribute albums Year Album Label Notes 2007 The Wounded Heart of America HighTone / Shout!
As primary artist/contributor 1994: various artists- Tulare Dust: A Songwriters' Tribute to Merle Haggard (HighTone) - track 1, "Tulare Dust / They're Tearin' The Labor Camps Down" (reissued in 2014 with bonus concert disc) 2000: various artists - Seka ["Sister"] Vol. 2 (Twah!) - track 10, "Veteran's Day" 2003: various artists - Kerrville Folk Festival: Early Years 1972-1981 (Silverwolf) track 5-13, "Second Time Around" and track 6-07, "Joshua Tree" (both with Patricia Hardin) 2003: various artists- Kerrville Folk Festival Highlights (Silverwolf) - track 2, "Mineral Wells" 2005: various artists - KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 13 (KGSR) - track 1-04, "Tonight We Ride" 2006: various artists - A Case for Case: A Tribute to the Songs of Peter Case (Hungry For Music) - track 1-04, "A Little Wind (Could Blow Me Away)" 2007: various artists - The Gift: A Tribute To Ian Tyson (Stony Plain) - track 10, "Old Cheyenne" 2009: various artists - Man of Somebody's Dreams, A Tribute to Chris Gaffney (Yep Roc) - track 6, "If Daddy Don't Sing Danny Boy" 2010: various artists - KPIG Greatest Hits Vol. 3 (Quilted Fish) - track 2, "Blue Wing" (with Dave Alvin)
As composer 1979–1995 1979: A Grain Of Salt - High Energy Grass (Hi Spot) - track 3, "Leprechaun Reel" (co-written with Gary Smith) 1986: Nanci Griffith - The Last of the True Believers (Philo) - track 3, "St. Olav's Gate" 1987: Ian Tyson - Cowboyography (Sugar Hill) - track 1, "Navajo Rug"; track 6, "Claude Dallas" 1988: Nanci Griffith - Little Love Affairs (MCA) - track 9, "Outbound Plane" 1989: Sylvia Tyson - You Were On My Mind (Stony Plain) - track 4, "Walking On The Moon" (co-written with Katy Moffatt) and track 5, "Thrown To The Wolves" (co-written with Sylvia Tyson) 1990: Desert Rose Band - Pages of Life (MCA) - track 3, "Missing You" (co-written with Chris Hillman and Richard Sellars) 1990: Suzanne Klee - California Blue (Baur Music) - track 3, "Walkin' On The Moon" (co-written with Katy Moffat) 1995: Peter Case - Torn Again (Vanguard) - track 7, "A Little Wind (Could Blow Me Away)" (co-written with Peter Case) 1995: Any Old Time - Crossing (Dara) - track 13, "Saint Olav's Gate" 1995: The Hitchin' Post - Roadmap (Glitterhouse) - track 11, "One And One" 1995: Quartette - Work Of The Heart (Denon) - track 10, "Street Of The Mariachi" (co-written with Sylvia Tyson)
1996 – present 1996: Bob Neuwirth - Look Up (Watermelon) - track 5, "Beyond The Blues" (co-written with Peter Case and Bob Neuwirth) 1996: Katy Moffatt and Kate Brislin - Sleepless Nights (Rounder) - track 11, "I'll Take The Blame" (co-written with Katy Moffatt) 1998: Dave Alvin - Blackjack David (HighTone) - track 4, "California Snow" (co-written with Dave Alvin) 1999: Ramblin' Jack Elliott - The Long Ride (HighTone) - track 8, "The Sky Above And The Mud Below" 2001: Suzy Bogguss - Live At Caffe Milano (Loyal Dutchess) - track 12, "Outbound Plane" (co-written with Nanci Griffith) 2002: Dave Alvin and the Guilty Men - Out in California (HighTone) - track 1, "Out In California" and track 2, "Haley's Comet" (both songs co-written with Dave Alvin) 2004: Dave Alvin - Ashgrove (Yep Roc) - track 2, "Rio Grande" (co-written with Dave Alvin) 2005: Chris Hillman - The Other Side (Sovereign Artists) - track 11, "Missing You" (co-written with Chris Hillman and Richard Sellers) 2005: Dave Alvin and the Guilty Men - The Great American Music Galaxy (Yep Roc) - track 12, "Out In California" (co-written with Dave Alvin) 2006: Dave Alvin - West of the West (Yep Roc) - track 9, "Between The Cracks" (co-written with Dave Alvin) 2011: Dead Rock West - Bright Morning Stars (Red River) - track 4, "Beyond the Blues" (co-written with Bob Neuwirth and Peter Case) 2012: Gretchen Peters - Hello Cruel World (Proper / Scarlet Letter) - track 2, "Saint Francis" (co-written with Gretchen Peters) 2012: Marley's Ghost - Jubilee (Sage Arts) - track 9, "Hank and Audrey" (co-written with Katy Moffatt) 2015: Ian Tyson - Carnero Vaquero (Stony Plain) - track 9, "Wolves No Longer Sing" (co-written with Ian Tyson)
As producer 1993: Katy Moffatt - The Greatest Show On Earth (Philo) 1994: Sylvia Tyson - Gypsy Cadillac (Round Tower)
Also appears on 1972: Sailcat - Motorcycle Mama (Elektra) - banjo
References
External links Official Website