Mike Compton (musician) discography explained
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
- 2005: "Mandotasting" (Cartwright Music)[1]
- 2011: Rotten Taters (self-released)[2]
Collaborations
- 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
- 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)
1977 - 1999
- 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 - (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
- 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 - (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
- 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 - (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
- 2010: Elvis Costello - National Ransom (Hear Music) - mandolin, harmony vocals
- 2010: Joe Diffie - (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 - (Shout! Factory) - mandolin
- 2011: various artists - Blue Moon of Kentucky: Instrumental Tribute to Bill Monroe (Rural Rhythm) - mandolin[10]
2012 - present
- 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: Volume 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
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Mandotasting. Mandolin Cafe. June 10, 2017.
- News: Thompson. Richard. Mike Compton picks Rotten Taters. June 10, 2017. Bluegrass Today. December 13, 2011.
- News: Alden. Grant. Bill Monroe - True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe. June 10, 2017. No Depression. October 31, 1996.
- Betts. Stephen. Flashback: 'O Brother, Where Art Thou' Wins Album of the Year Grammy. June 10, 2017. Rolling Stone. March 28, 2017.
- News: Petrusich. Amanda. Jack White / Alison Krauss: Cold Mountain. June 10, 2017. Pitchfork. January 25, 2004.
- News: staff writers. Rockin' bluegrass: 'Strummin' with the Devil'. June 10, 2017. Today. July 7, 2006.
- News: Lawless. John. The Road Home – Butch Baldassari tribute CD. June 10, 2017. Bluegrass Today. May 20, 2009.
- News: McAlpin. Kirk. The John Hartford Stringband: Memories Of John. June 5, 2017. American Songwriter. June 8, 2010.
- News: Lawless. John. Southern Filibuster: A Tribute To Tut Taylor. June 9, 2017. Bluegrass Today. July 13, 2010.
- News: Hyperbolium. Various Artists - Blue Moon of Kentucky: Instrumental Tribute to Bill Monroe (Rural Rhythm, 2011). June 10, 2017. No Depression. March 19, 2011.
