Mike Compton (musician) discography

Mike Compton is an American bluegrass mandolin player. In addition to his solo albums and recordings with the Nashville Bluegrass Band and John Hartford, he has been featured as a performer and collaborator on numerous albums by other artists.

Note: this discography does not include compilations or collections of previously released material.

Solo[edit]

2005: "Mandotasting" (Cartwright Music)^[1]
2011: Rotten Taters (self-released)^[2]

Collaborations[edit]

1989: Climbing The Walls (Rounder 0280) with David Grier
2006: Stomp (Acoustic Disk B000E8N8OI) with David Long
2011: The Gathering (Sycamore Road) with Rhiannon Giddens, Laurelyn Dossett, Joe Newberry, Jason Sypher - mandolin
2013: Live: Compton & Newberry (self-released) with Joe Newberry
2017: Gallop to Georgia: Mike Compton and Norman Blake Play the Tunes of Narmour & Smith (self-released) with Norman Blake

As a member of the Nashville Bluegrass Band[edit]

1986: Idle Time (Rounder 0232)
1985: My Native Home (Rounder 0212)
1987: To Be His Child (Rounder 0242)
2004: 20 Year Blues (Sugar Hill SHCD-3959)

With John Hartford[edit]

1996: Wild Hog in the Red Brush (Rounder 0392)
1996: No End of Love (Small Dog A-Barking SD-696CD)
1998: The Speed of the Old Long Bow (Rounder 0438)
1999: Good Old Boys (Rounder 0462)
2001: Hamilton Ironworks (Rounder 0442)
2002: Live from Mounta in Stage (Blue Plate SHCD-3959)

As sideman[edit]

1977 - 1999[edit]

1977: Hubert Davis and the Season Travelers - Harvest (RHD) - mandolin
1978: Hubert Davis and the Season Travelers - Mixin' It Up (RHD) - mandolin
1986: Hazel Dickens - It's Hard To Tell the Singer From the Song (Rounder 0226)
1988: Doc Watson - Arthel 'Doc' Watson: Portrait (Sugar Hill) - harmony vocals
1988: David Grisman - Home Is Where the Heart Is (Rounder) - mandolin
1988: Peter Rowan and the Nashville Bluegrass Band - New Moon Rising (Sugar Hill) - baritone vocals, mandolin, mandola
1995: Bill Evans - Native & Fine (Rounder) - mandolin
1995: James King - Lonesome and Then Some (Rounder) - mandolin
1995: David Grier - Lone Soldier (Rounder)
1995: Butch Robbins - Grounded Centered Focused (Hay Holler)
1995: Mark Schatz - Brand New Old Tyme Way (Rounder)
1996: Chris Jones - Blinded by the Rose (Munich)
1996: various artists - True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe (Sugar Hill) - mandolin^[3]
1996: Billy and Terry Smith - Bill Monroe Tribute (K-Tel) - mandolin
1997: Jimmy Campbell: Pieces Of Time (Red Clay) - mandolin
1997: Barry and Holly Tashian - Harmony (Rounder) - mandolin
1997: Aubrey Haynie - Doin' My Time (Sugar Hill)
1997: David Grier - Panorama (Rounder)
1997: various artists - Songs of the Louvin Brothers (Easydisc) - mandolin
1999: Chris Jones - Follow Your Heart (Rebel) - Mandolin, tenor guitar

2000 - 2004[edit]

2000: Matt Combs - Devil's Box (Small Dog A-Barkin') - mandolin
2000: The Gibson Brothers - Another Night Of Waiting (Hay Holler) - mandolin
2000: Kazuhiro Inaba - Dixie Dream (Copper Creek)
2000: Chris Jones - Just A Drifter (Rebel) - mandolin
2000: various artists - Christmas Across America: Midwest (Bridge) - mandolin
2000: various artists - O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack) (Lost Highway - mandolin^[4]
2001: Bill Evans Plays Banjo (Mighty Fine)
2001: Keith Little - Distant Land to Roam (Copper Creek) - mandolin
2001: various artists - Down from the Mountain (soundtrack) (Lost Highway) - mandolin
2001: various artists - Bluegrass Mountain Style (Rounder) - mandolin
2001: various artists - A Tribute To John Hartford (Live From Mountain Stage) (Blue Plate) - mandolin
2002: Ralph Stanley - Ralph Stanley (Columbia) - mandolin
2002: Jimmy Campbell - Young Opry Fiddler (Pinecastle) - mandolin
2002: Bluegrass: The Little Grascals: Nashville's Superpickers (Naxos World) - mandolin
2002: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Volume III (Capitol) - mandolin on track 1-12, "I Know What It Means to be Lonesome"
2002: various artists - Long Journey Home: Bluegrass Songs of the Stanley Brothers (Rounder) - mandolin
2002: various artists - Telluride Bluegrass Festival: Alive at 25 (Planet Bluegrass) - mandolin
2003: David Peterson & 1946 - The Howling Blue Winds (Zion Mountain)
2003: Joe Isaacs - Dreaming of Home (Music Mill) - mandolin
2003: James Monroe - The Way I Am (CBUJ)
2003: Patty Loveless - On Your Way Home (Epic)
2003: various artists - Cold Mountain (soundtrack) (Columbia) - mandolin^[5]
2003: various artists - A Very Special Acoustic Christmas (Lost Highway) - mandolin on track 14, "Christmas Time at Home"
2003: various artists - Just Because I'm a Woman: Songs of Dolly Parton (Sugar Hill) - mandolin
2004: Shawn Camp - Live at the Station Inn (Oh Boy) - mandolin, vocals
2004: Bruce Molsky - Contented Must Be (Rounder) - mandolin
2004: various artists - Appalachian Picking Society (BMG Heritage) - mandolin

2005 - 2009[edit]

2005: various artists - Tone Poets (Acoustic Disc) - mandolin on track 5, "Jimmy Fell Off The Wagon"
2005: various artists - Flatpicking 1998 (Flatpicking Guitar Magazine) - mandolin
2005: The Woodys - Telluride to Tennessee (Rocade) - mandolin
2005: various artists - Summertime: A Bluegrass Tribute to Faith Hill (CMH) - mandolin
2006: David Peterson - In the Mountaintops to Roam (CD Baby) - mandolin
2006: Nashville Chamber Orchestra - Kid Pan Alley (Compass) - mandolin
2006: Valerie Smith and Liberty Pike - Wash Away Your Troubles (Bell Buckle) - mandolin
2006: various artists - Strummin' with the Devil: The Southern Side of Van Halen (CMH) - mandolin, vocal harmony^[6]
2007: Tony Trischka - Double Banjo Bluegrass (Rounder) - mandolin
2007: various artists - Rush of Life: Pickin' On Gavin DeGraw (CMH) - mandolin
2008: Allison Moorer - Mockingbird (New Line) - mandolin
2008: Valerie Smith and Becky Buller - Here's A Little Song (2011) - mandolin
2009: Elvis Costello - Secret, Profane & Sugarcane (Hear Music) - mandolin
2009: various artists - The Road Home: A Tribute to Butch Baldassari (SoundArt)^[7]
2009: various artists - Pickathon Roots Music Festival: Pickathon 2009 (CD Baby) - track 8, "Smith Chapel" (with David Grier)

2010 - 2011[edit]

2010: Elvis Costello - National Ransom (Hear Music) - mandolin, harmony vocals
2010: Joe Diffie - Homecoming: The Bluegrass Album (Rounder) - mandolin
2010: John Hartford Stringband - Memories of John (Compass) - mandolin, harmony vocals^[8]
2010: Willie Nelson - Country Music (Rounder) - mandolin
2010: various artists - Southern Filibuster: The Songs of Tut Taylor (E1 Entertainment / Koch) - mandolin^[9]
2011: Gregg Allman - Low Country Blues (Rounder) - mandolin, background vocals
2011: Jim Lauderdale - Reason and Rhyme: Bluegrass Songs by Robert Hunter & Jim Lauderdale (Sugar Hill) - mandolin
2011: Noam Pikelny - Beat the Devil and Carry A Rail (Compass) - mandolin on track 9, "Bob McKinney"
2011: Sleepy Man Banjo Boys - America's Music (self-released) - mandolin
2011: various artists - T-Bone Burnett Presents The Speaking Clock Revue: Live from the Beacon Theatre (Shout! Factory) - mandolin
2011: various artists - Blue Moon of Kentucky: Instrumental Tribute to Bill Monroe (Rural Rhythm) - mandolin^[10]

2012 - present[edit]

2012: Lisa Marie Presley - Storm & Grace (XIX) - mandolin
2012: Chris Brashear - Heart of the Country (CD Baby) - mandolin
2013: Jim Lauderdale - Old Time Angels (Sky Crunch) - mandolin, barritone vocals
2013: Mike Scott - Home Sweet Home: Civil War Era Songs (Rural Rhythm) - mandolin
2013: Ron Block - Walking Song (Rounder) - mandolin
2013: Dailey & Vincent - Brothers of the Highway (Rounder) - mandolin
2013: various artists - The Best of WUNC's Back Porch Music, Volume 16 (WUNC)- mandolin
2013: various artists - Sucarnochee Revue Presents Music For The New South (Silverwolf) - track 7, "Mississippi Waltz"
2014: Tony Trischka - Great Big World (Rounder) - mandolin, background vocals
2014: Jessica Stiles - Little Darlin EP (Troubadee)- mandolin
2015: Rhiannon Giddens - Tomorrow Is My Turn (Nonesuch) - Mandolin on track 1, "Last Kind Words"
2017: Casey Campbell - Mandolin Duets: Voluume One (self-released via Bandcamp) - mandolin on track 2, "Monroebillia" and track 12, "White Horse Breakdown"
2017: Ralph Stanley - Live At The Bottom Line (June 12th, 2002) (BFD) - mandolin, vocals

References[edit]

^ "Mandotasting". Mandolin Cafe. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
^ Thompson, Richard (December 13, 2011). "Mike Compton picks Rotten Taters". Bluegrass Today. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
^ Alden, Grant (October 31, 1996). "Bill Monroe - True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe". No Depression. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
^ Betts, Stephen (March 28, 2017). "Flashback: 'O Brother, Where Art Thou' Wins Album of the Year Grammy". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
^ Petrusich, Amanda (January 25, 2004). "Jack White / Alison Krauss: Cold Mountain". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
^ staff writers (July 7, 2006). "Rockin' bluegrass: 'Strummin' with the Devil'". Today. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
^ Lawless, John (May 20, 2009). "The Road Home – Butch Baldassari tribute CD". Bluegrass Today. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
^ McAlpin, Kirk (June 8, 2010). "The John Hartford Stringband: Memories Of John". American Songwriter. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
^ Lawless, John (July 13, 2010). "Southern Filibuster: A Tribute To Tut Taylor". Bluegrass Today. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
^ Hyperbolium (March 19, 2011). "Various Artists - Blue Moon of Kentucky: Instrumental Tribute to Bill Monroe (Rural Rhythm, 2011)". No Depression. Retrieved June 10, 2017.

External links[edit]

[MCD-mandotasting-1] "Mandotasting". Mandolin Cafe. Retrieved June 10, 2017.

[MCD-taters-2011-2] Thompson, Richard (December 13, 2011). "Mike Compton picks Rotten Taters". Bluegrass Today. Retrieved June 10, 2017.

[MCD-nodep-1996-3] Alden, Grant (October 31, 1996). "Bill Monroe - True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe". No Depression. Retrieved June 10, 2017.

[MCD-obrother-2017-4] Betts, Stephen (March 28, 2017). "Flashback: 'O Brother, Where Art Thou' Wins Album of the Year Grammy". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 10, 2017.

[MCD-coldmt-2004-5] Petrusich, Amanda (January 25, 2004). "Jack White / Alison Krauss: Cold Mountain". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 10, 2017.

[MCD-today-2006-6] staff writers (July 7, 2006). "Rockin' bluegrass: 'Strummin' with the Devil'". Today. Retrieved June 10, 2017.

[MCD-butch-2009-7] Lawless, John (May 20, 2009). "The Road Home – Butch Baldassari tribute CD". Bluegrass Today. Retrieved June 10, 2017.

[MCD-songwriter-2001-8] McAlpin, Kirk (June 8, 2010). "The John Hartford Stringband: Memories Of John". American Songwriter. Retrieved June 5, 2017.

[MCD-bgrasstoday-2010-9] Lawless, John (July 13, 2010). "Southern Filibuster: A Tribute To Tut Taylor". Bluegrass Today. Retrieved June 9, 2017.

[MCD-nodep-2011-10] Hyperbolium (March 19, 2011). "Various Artists - Blue Moon of Kentucky: Instrumental Tribute to Bill Monroe (Rural Rhythm, 2011)". No Depression. Retrieved June 10, 2017.

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