Greg Brown Discography

 

Hacklebarney (1974) (with Dick Pinney)

   LP: Mountain Railroad Records #52774
  1. My Pa, He Came Home As Quiet As the Evening GB
  2. Hacklebarney GB (not to be confused with "Hacklebarney Tune")
  3. On New Year's Day GB
  4. Bad Roads in Spring GB
  5. The Last Shepherd GB
  6. Tornado GB
  7. Dickens DP
  8. Dancing Round and Round - GB
  9. Even Ozzie and Harriet Get the Blues DP
  10. Walk Me 'round Your Garden DP
  11. Driftin' GB/DP
  12. How Black the Fields GB
[Hacklebarney cover]
 

44 & 66 (1980)

   LP: Brown Street Music
   LP: Red House 02 (1984 re-issue)
   CD: Red House 02
  1. 44 & 66
  2. Don't You Think Too Much
  3. Bozo's in Love Again
  4. Twenty or So
  5. Ring around the Moon
  6. Downtown
  7. People Hide Their Love
  8. Lullaby at the Edge of Town
  9. Early
  10. Beatniks Gonna Rise Again
  11. Coming into You (on Brown Street Music LP and Red House CD)
[44 & 66 cover]
 

Iowa Waltz (1981)

   LP: Brown Street Music
   LP: Red House 01 (1984 re-issue)
   CD: Red House 01
   Produced by Greg Brown and Steven Henke
  1. The Iowa Waltz
  2. Mississippi Serenade
  3. Counting Feedcaps
  4. Grand Junction
  5. Out in the Country
  6. Walking the Beans
  7. My Home in the Sky
  8. King Corn
  9. Daughters
  10. Four Wet Pigs
  11. The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home
[Iowa Waltz cover]
 

One Night... (1983)

   LP: Coffeehouse Extempore 1
   CD: Red House __ (1999)
   Recorded October 8-9, 1982
  1. Dream On
  2. Canned Goods
  3. Every Street in Town
  4. Flat Stuff
  5. Downtown
  6. Heart of My Country (CD bonus track)
  7. Butane Lighter Blues (CD bonus track)
  8. Banjo Moon (CD bonus track)
  9. Waiting
  10. Ships (CD bonus track)
  11. You Don't Really Get Me, Babe
  12. On Records the Sound Just Fades Away
  13. Love Is a Chain
  14. Ella Mae
  15. All the Little Places around the Town (CD bonus track)
  16. Never Shine Sun
 
 

In the Dark with You (1985)

   Red House 08
   Produced by Bob Feldman and Greg Brown
  1. Who Woulda Thunk It?
  2. In the Dark with You
  3. Help Me Make It through This Funky Day
  4. I Slept All Night by My Lover
  5. Where Do the Wild Geese Go?
  6. Good Morning Coffee
  7. All the Money's Gone
  8. Letters from Europe
  9. Just a Bum
  10. Who Do You Think You're Fooling?
  11. People with Bad Luck (CD bonus track)
  12. In the Water (CD bonus track)
[In the Dark with You cover]
 

Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1986)

   Red House 14
   Poems of William Blake set to music by Greg Brown
   Produced by Bob Feldman and Greg Brown
  1. Introduction
  2. The Lamb
  3. Infant Joy
  4. The Chimney Sweeper
  5. The Ecchoing Green
  6. Night
  7. On Another's Sorrow
  8. The Tyger
  9. The Angel
  10. The Garden of Love
  11. Infant Sorrow
  12. Holy Thursday
  13. Ah! Sun-flower
  14. The Little Vagabond
  15. A Poison Tree
  16. London
[Songs of Innocence and of Experience cover]
 

One More Goodnight Kiss (1988)

   Red House 23
   Produced by Greg Brown and Bob Feldman
  1. One More Goodnight Kiss
  2. Say a Little Prayer
  3. Mississippi Moon
  4. Cheapest Kind
  5. Canned Goods
  6. I Can't Get Used to It
  7. Rooty Toot Toot for the Moon
  8. Walking Down to Casey's
  9. Speed Trap Boogie
  10. Our Little Town
  11. Wash My Eyes
[One More Goodnight Kiss cover]
 

One Big Town (1989)

   Red House 28
   Produced by Greg Brown and Bo Ramsey
  1. The Way They Get Themselves Up
  2. The Monkey
  3. One Cool Remove
  4. Back Home Again
  5. Just Live
  6. One Big Town
  7. Lotsa Kindsa Money
  8. Things Go On
  9. America Will Eat You
  10. Tell Me It's Gonna Be Alright
[One Big Town cover]
 

Down in There (1990)

   Red House 35
   Produced by Bo Ramsey
  1. If I Had Known
  2. Hillbilly Girl
  3. A Little Place in the Country
  4. Worrisome Years
  5. Hacklebarney Tune
  6. Poor Backslider
  7. Fooled Me Once
  8. Band of Gold
  9. All Day Rain
  10. You Are a Flower
[Down in There cover]
 

Dream Café (1992)

   Red House 47
   Produced by Greg Brown and Bob Feldman
  1. Just by Myself
  2. Sleeper
  3. I Don't Know That Guy
  4. So Hard
  5. You Can Watch Me
  6. Dream Café
  7. You Drive Me Crazy
  8. Spring Wind
  9. Nice When It Rains
  10. Laughing River
  11. No Place Away
  12. I Don't Want to Be the One
[Dream Cafe cover]
 

Friend of Mine (1993) (with Bill Morrissey)

   Philo 1151
  1. Ain't Life a Brook (Ferron)
  2. Little Red Rooster (Willie Dixon)
  3. He Was a Friend of Mine (traditional)
  4. Memphis, Tennessee (Chuck Berry)
  5. The Road (Danny O'Keefe)
  6. You Can't Always Get What You Want (Jagger-Richards)
  7. Duncan and Brady (traditional)
  8. Tom Dula (Frank Profitt)
  9. Summer Wages (Ian Tyson)
  10. I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive (Hank Williams & F. Rose)
  11. Fishing With Bill (Greg Brown)
  12. Baby, Please Don't Go (traditional)
[Friend of Mine cover]
 

Bathtub Blues (1993)

   Red House 42
   Produced by Greg Brown
  1. I See the Moon (intro.)
  2. Late Night Radio
  3. Bathtub Blues
  4. Payday (Mississippi John Hurt)
  5. So Long, You Old Tooth
  6. Green Leaf
  7. Young Robin
  8. Down at the Sea Hotel
  9. Shake Sugaree (Elizabeth Cotten)
  10. Flabbergabbie
  11. I Remember When
  12. Four Wet Pigs
  13. Monsters and Giants
  14. Two Little Boys
  15. You Might as Well Go to Sleep
  16. I See the Moon
[Bathtub Blues cover]
 

The Poet Game (1994)

   Red House 68
   Produced by Greg Brown, Bo Ramsey, and Bob Feldman
  1. Brand New '64 Dodge
  2. Boomtown
  3. The Poet Game
  4. Ballingall Hotel
  5. One Wrong Turn
  6. Jesus and Elvis
  7. Sadness
  8. Lately
  9. Lord, I Have Made You a Place in My Heart
  10. My New Book
  11. Driftless
  12. Here in the Going, Going, Gone
[The Poet Game cover]
 

The Live One (1995)

   Red House 78
   Recorded June, 1994
  1. Just by Myself
  2. Billy from the Hills
  3. Boomtown
  4. Spring Wind
  5. Laughing River
  6. You Drive Me Crazy
  7. Canned Goods
  8. I Don't Want to Have a Nice Day
  9. Brand New '64 Dodge
  10. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning (Richard Thompson)
  11. One More Goodnight Kiss
  12. Moondance (Van Morrison)
[The Live One cover]
 

Further In (1996)

   Red House 88
  1. Small Dark Movie
  2. Think about You
  3. Two Little Feet
  4. Hey, Baby, Hey
  5. China
  6. Where Is Maria?
  7. If You Don't Get It at Home
  8. You Can Always Come to Me
  9. Someday When We're Both Alone
  10. Not High
  11. Further In
  12. If I Ever Do See You Again
[Further In cover]
 

Slant Six Mind (1997)

   Red House 98
  1. Whatever It Was
  2. Loneliness House
  3. Mose Allison Played Here
  4. Spring and All
  5. Vivid
  6. Dusty Woods
  7. Billy from the Hills
  8. Speaking in Tongues
  9. Enough
  10. Hurts So Nice
  11. Wild Like a Sonny Boy
  12. Down at the Mill
  13. Why Don't You Just Go Home?
[Slant Six Mind cover]
 

Solid Heart (1999)

Solid Heart is a special limited-edition CD for the benefit of the In Harmony project in Corvallis, Oregon. The 2000 release has two songs, "Solid Heart" and "Build a Little Village," from the Prairie Home Companion radio broadcast of May 15, 1999.
  1. I Must Be in Oregon
  2. Solid Heart (different versions on 1999 and 2000 releases)
  3. If You Don't Get It at Home
  4. Famous Friends (initial release, 1999)
    Build a Little Village (second release, 2000)
  5. Winter Rain
  6. Further In
  7. Lullaby
  8. She Moved through the Fair
  9. If I Had Known
  10. Vivid
  11. Pound It on Down
  12. This Blue
  13. A Grown Woman (A Woman Like Me) (performed by Kate MacKenzie)
  14. Don't Tread on Me (performed by Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer)
  15. When I Go (performed by Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer)
  16. You Got to Move (with Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer)
  17. Ring around the Moon
[Solid Heart cover]
 

Covenant (2000)

   Red House 148
  1. 'Cept You and Me, Babe
  2. Rexroth's Daughter
  3. Real Good Friend
  4. Blues Go Walking
  5. Waiting on You
  6. Living in a Prayer
  7. Dream City
  8. Lullaby
  9. Blue Car
  10. Walkin' Daddy
  11. Pretty One More Time
  12. Marriage Chant (hidden track)
[Covenant cover]
 

Over and Under (2000)

   Trailer 20
  1. River Will Take You
  2. Mattie Price
  3. Summer Evening
  4. Why Do You Even Say That?
  5. Shit Out of Luck
  6. Beyond the Sunset (trad.)
  7. Fairfield
  8. Almost Out of Gas
  9. Betty Ann
  10. 857-5413
  11. Your Town Now
  12. Dear Wrinkled Face
  13. InaBell Sale
  14. Like a Dog
[Over and Under cover]
 

Down in the Valley: Barn Aid Benefit Concert (2001)

CD also features Charlie Parr & Mikkel Beckmen and Jeff White & The Front Porch.
  1. Billy from the Hills
  2. Ella Mae
  3. The Way My Baby Calls My Name
  4. Hillbilly Girl
  5. Verona Road
  6. Summer Evening
  7. Like a Dog
  8. Kind-Hearted Woman Blues (Robert Johnson) (with Charlie Parr)
  9. Down in the Valley (traditional) (with Charlie Parr & Mikkel Beckmen)
  10. Last Fair Deal Goin' Down (Robert Johnson) (with Charlie Parr & Mikkel Beckmen)
  11. Twelve Gates to the City (Reverend Gary Davis) with Charlie Parr & Mikkel Beckmen)
[BarnAid cover]
 

Milk of the Moon (2002)

   Red House 168
  1. Lull It By
  2. A Little Excited
  3. Let Me Be Your Gigolo
  4. Smell of Coffee
  5. Milk of the Moon
  6. Mud
  7. Ashamed of Our Love
  8. Steady Love
  9. The Moon Is Nearly Full
  10. Telling Stories
  11. Never So Far
  12. Oh You
[Milk of the Moon cover]
 

Live at the Black Sheep (2003)
with Pete Heitzman, Garnet Rogers, and Karen Savoca

   Alcove 31503
  1. Last Fair Deal (R. Johnson) [Greg sings lead]
  2. Nowhere to Go (K. Savoca) [Karen sings lead]
  3. I Still Miss Someone (J. Cash & R. Cash, Jr.) [Garnet sings lead]
  4. Milk of the Moon (G. Brown) [Greg sings lead]
  5. Between Girl and Gone (K. Savoca) [Karen sings lead]
  6. In the Wind (G. Rogers) [Garnet sings lead]
  7. Little Satchel (trad.) [Greg sings lead]
  8. Same All Over (K. Savoca) [Karen sings lead]
  9. Who Could Have Known (G. Rogers) [Garnet sings lead]
  10. Summer Lightning (G. Rogers) [Greg sings lead]
  11. Bittersweet (K. Savoca) [Karen sings lead]
  12. Beulah Land (trad.) [Garnet sings lead]
  13. Goodnight, Irene (Huddie Ledbetter) [Greg sings lead]
[Live at the Black Sheep cover]
 

If I Had Known: Essential Recordings, 1980-1996 (2003)

   Red House 171
  1. If I Had Known
  2. Worrisome Years
  3. Laughing River
  4. Canned Goods
  5. Who Would Thunk It?
  6. The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home
  7. Ella Mae
  8. Our Little Town
  9. Good Morning Coffee
  10. Downtown
  11. You Drive Me Crazy
  12. Spring Wind
  13. The Poet Game
  14. Where Is Maria?
  15. Boomtown
  16. Two Little Feet
  17. Driftless

The package also includes a DVD of the documentary Hacklebarney Tunes.

[If I Had Known cover]
 

Honey in the Lion's Head (2004)

   Trailer 35
   Produced by Greg Brown and Bo Ramsey
  1. Railroad Bill
  2. I Believe I'll Go Back Home
  3. Who Killed Cock Robin?
  4. Old Smokey
  5. The Foggy Foggy Dew
  6. Down in the Valley
  7. Ain't No One Like You
  8. Green Grows the Laurel
  9. I Don't Want Your Millions, Mister
  10. I Never Will Marry
  11. Samson
  12. Jacob's Ladder
[Honey in the Lion's Head cover]
 

In the Hills of California: Live from the Kate Wolf Music Festival 1997-2003 (2004)

(with Nina Gerber, Pete Heitzman, Karen Savoca, Garnet Rogers, Bill Griffin, Dave Moore, and Shawn Colvin)
   Red House 180
  1. For All
  2. Wash My Eyes
  3. Never So Far
  4. The Way My Baby Calls My Name
  5. Spring and All
  6. Slow Flood
  7. InaBell Sale
  8. Tequila and Me
  9. China
  10. Introduction to "Kate's Guitar"
  11. Kate's Guitar
  12. Say a Little Prayer
  13. You Really Got a Hold on Me
  14. I Want My Country Back
  15. I Shall Not Be Moved
  16. Two Little Feet
  17. Introduction To "Lord, I Have Made You A Place In My Heart"
  18. Lord, I Have Made You A Place In My Heart
  19. Poet Game
  20. Think about You
  21. Where Is Maria?
  22. Lullaby
  23. Almost Out of Gas
  24. Livin' in a Prayer
  25. Introduction to "Mose Allison Played Here"
  26. Mose Allison Played Here
  27. Rexroth's Daughter
  28. Vivid
  29. Kind Hearted Woman Blues
  30. Just by Myself
  31. Your Town Now
  32. Don't Let Me Down
[In the Hills of California cover]
 

The Evening Call (2006)

   Red House 198
  1. Joy Tears
  2. Evening Call
  3. Cold & Dark & Wet
  4. Bucket
  5. Mighty Sweet Watermelon
  6. Treat Each Other Right
  7. Eugene
  8. Coneville Slough
  9. Kokomo
  10. Pound It On Down
  11. Skinny Days
  12. Whippoorwill
[The Evening Call cover]
 

Yellow Dog (2007)

   Earthwork Music EWA-CD001
  1. intro
  2. Cold & Dark & Wet
  3. Dream Café
  4. Better Days
  5. Conesville Slough
  6. Oily Boys
  7. All of Those Things
  8. Canned Goods
  9. "Pitchin' In..."
  10. Laughing River
  11. Please Don't Talk about Me When I'm Gone
[Yellow Dog cover]
 

Live from the Big Top (2007)

  1. intro
  2. One Wrong Turn
  3. Skinny Days
  4. Nothin' in Ramblin'
  5. Laughing River
  6. Billy from the Hills
  7. My Home in the Sky
  8. InaBell Sale
  9. A Little You
  10. Hacklebarney Tune
  11. Blue Car
  12. The Way My Baby Calls My Name
  13. Treat Each Other Right
  14. No Place Away ["Hallelujah Anyway"]
[Live from the Big Top cover]
 

Dream City: Essential Recordings Vol. 2, 1997-2006 (2009)

   Red House 218
  1. Dream City
  2. Rexroth's Daughter
  3. Evening Call
  4. Vivid
  5. Whatever It Was
  6. Your Town Now
  7. Lull It By
  8. Joy Tears
  9. Samson
  10. Summer Evening
  11. Blue Car
  12. Living in a Prayer
  13. Mattie Price
  14. Kokomo
  15. Never So Far
  16. Why Don't You Just Go Home?
  17. Lull It By (unreleased alternate version)
  18. Verona Road (unreleased studio track)
  19. Gallery (unreleased studio track)
  20. Christmas Song (unreleased track, recorded live)
[Dream City cover]
 

Freak Flag (2011)

   YepRoc
  1. Someday House
  2. Where Are You Going When You're Gone?
  3. Rain and Snow
  4. Freak Flag
  5. Lovinest One
  6. I Don't Know Anybody in This Town
  7. Flat Stuff
  8. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
  9. Let the Mystery Be (Iris Dement)
  10. Remember the Sun (Pieta Brown)
  11. Tenderhearted Child
[Freak Flag cover]
 

Hymns to What Is Left (2012)

   Sawdust Records (700261918952)
  1. Arkansas
  2. Besham's Bokerie
  3. Bones, Bones
  4. Brand New Angel
  5. Now That I'm My Grampa
  6. All of Those Things
  7. Fatboy Blues
  8. I Could Just Cry
  9. Hymns to What Is Left
  10. Good to You
  11. On the Levee
  12. Hangin' Man
  13. End of the Party
  14. Earth Is a Woman
 

Songs on compilations

Appearances on others' recordings

Songs on soundtracks

Note: The songs in Flirting with Disaster are by a different Greg Brown!

 
Thanks to Doug Ashford for information on some compilation albums.

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