Joe Sun

By Praguefrank, Wolf-Ruediger Sommer, Mario Manciotti
SESSIONS
ca February 1978 Nashville, TN – Joe Sun (Producer: Brien Fisher)
001 OLD FLAMES (CAN'T HOLD A CANDLE TO YOU) Ovation OV 1107/OV-1734 E1-60189
002 (HOME AWAY FROM HOME) I'LL FIND IT WHERE I CAN Ovation OV 1107 OV-1152/OV-1743 E1-60189
ca July 1978 Nashville, TN – Joe Sun (Producer: Brien Fisher)
003 BLUE RIBBON BLUES OV-1122/OV-1734 E1-60189
004 I CAME ON BUSINESS FOR THE KING OV-1734 [alt.] OV-1122
005 BORN TOO LATE OV-1734
006 OZARK MOUNTAIN LULLABY OV-1734
007 MIDNIGHT TRAIN OF MEMORIES OV-1117 7-69954/OV-1734 E1-60189
008 HIGH AND DRY OV-1117/OV-1734 E1-60189
009 THIS BODY THAT I CALL MY HOME OV-1734
010 THAT EVIL CHILD OV-1734
000 (NARRATION) DANNY DILL AND MARIJOHN WILKIN OV-1734
011 LONG BLACK VEIL OV-1734 E1-60189
ca May 1979 Wax Works Studio, Nashville, TN – Joe Sun (Joe Sun [vcl], Gregg Galbraith [gt], Fred Carter Jr, [gt], Don Schlitz [ac gt], Fred Newell [gt] Sonny Garrish [steel/dobro], Jack Ross [bass], Richard J. Cross [bass], Jerry Kroon [drums/percussion], Ron Oates [keyboards/leader], Jo-El Sonnier [accordion], The Cates, Shotgun, Suzee Waters, Lea Jane, Phoebe King, Curtis Young [bck vcl]. Producer: Brien Fisher)
012 SHOTGUN RIDER OV-1141/OV-1743 E1-60189
013 OUT OF YOUR MIND OV-1137/OV-1743 E1-60189
014 A LITTLE BIT OF PUSH OV-1141/OV-1743
015 MYSTERIES OF LIFE (MY FIRST TRUCKIN' SONG) OV-1137/OV-1743
016 I'M STILL CRAZY ABOUT YOU OV-1127/OV-1743
017 ONE TIMERS OV-1743
ca May 1979 LSI Studio, Nashville, TN – Joe Sun (Joe Sun [vcl], Gregg Galbraith [gt], Fred Carter Jr, [gt], Don Schlitz [ac gt], Fred Newell [gt/gizmotron-1], Sonny Garrish [steel/dobro], Jack Ross [bass], Richard J. Cross [bass], Jerry Kroon [drums/percussion], Ron Oates [keyboards/leader], Jo-El Sonnier [accordion], The Cates, Shotgun, Suzee Waters, Lea Jane, Phoebe King, Curtis Young [bck vcl]. Producer: Brien Fisher)
018 OUT AMONG THE STARS -1 OV-1743
019 I'D RATHER GO ON HURTIN' O OV 1127/OV-1743
020 WHY YOU BEEN GONE SO LONG OV-1743
ca October 1979 Nashville, TN – Sheila Andrews & Joe Sun
021 WHAT I HAD WITH YOU OV 1138/OV-1738
OVATION OV-1738 SHEILA ANDREWS - LOVE ME LIKE A WOMAN (1980)
ca May 1980 Nashville, TN – Joe Sun & Shotgun (Producer: Brien Fisher)
022 READY FOR THE TIMES TO GET BETTER OV 1152/OV-1755
023 MY SWEET LOVE AIN'T AROUND OV-1755
024 WE'RE ALL A BUNCH OF OUTLAWS IN OUR MIND OV-1755
025 PLEASE PULL AWAY FROM ME OV-1755
026 BOTTOM LINE OV 1152/OV-1755
027 I'D BETTER GO HOME (WHILE I STILL GOT A HOME) OV-1755
028 LONESOME RAININ' CITY OV-1755
029 BOMBED, BOOZED AND BUSTED OV 1152/OV-1755 E1-60189
030 ALABAMA ROSE OV-1755
031 HOBO ON A FREIGHT TRAIN TO HEAVEN OV-1755
032 HONKY TONKIN' OV-1755
033 KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR OV-1755
1980 or 1981 unknown – Joe Sun & Shotgun
034 FOLSOM PRISON BLUES Intercord INT 145.046
035 THE ELLA B Intercord INT 145.046
036 BREAK MY MIND Intercord INT 145.046
037 ENDLESS SLEEP Intercord INT 145.046
038 LITTLE OLD WINE DRINKER ME Intercord INT 145.046
039 WHAT’S LEFT OF ME WILL NEVER BE RIGHT Intercord INT 145.046
040 ROCK, SALT AND NAILS Intercord INT 145.046
041 KANSAS CITY Intercord INT 145.046
042 STORMS OF LIFE Intercord INT 145.046
042a I AIN'T NOTHIN' BUDDY BUT DRUNK Intercord INT 145.046
Ovation leased recordings above to German Intercord
1981 Nashville, TN – Joe Sun & Shotgun
043 SILENT NIGHT E-47229 E-47232/5E-554
044 ON THE WINGS OF MY VICTORY E-47229
1981 Nashville, TN – Joe Sun & Shotgun (Producer: Brien Fisher)
045 I AIN'T HONKY TONKIN' NO MORE Elektra E 47467/E1-60010
046 SLOW MOVIN' FREIGHT TRAIN Elektra E1-60010
047 STEPPING OUT BLUES Elektra E1-60010
048 FRAULEIN Elektra E 47467 /E1-60010
049 WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN Elektra E1-60010
050 GIMME SOME LOVIN' Elektra E1-60010
051 TAKE THE TIME TO FALL Elektra E1-60010
052 LIVIN' OUTSIDE OF THE LAW Elektra E1-60010
053 HOLED UP IN SOME HONKY TONK Elektra E 47417/E1-60010
054 BOYS IN THE BACK OF THE BUS Elektra E 47417/E1-60010 81
Summer 1982 Nashville, TN – Joe Sun & Shotgun (Producer: Brien Fisher)
055 YOU MAKE ME WANT TO SING 7-69954 / E1-60189
Spring 1984 Glaser Sound Studio, 916 9th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Joe Sun
056 BAD FOR ME AMI-1319/Sonet SNTF-922 DFG-8403
057 NO ONE SAID IT WAS GONNA BE EASY Sonet SNTF-922
058 EVERYONE IN SWEDEN Sonet SNTF-922
059 WHY WOULD I WANT TO FORGET AMI-1321
1984 Riverside Recordings, London, UK – Joe Sun & Solar Systém (Producer: Kenny Denton)
060 THE DARK SIDE OF TOWN Sonet SNTF-922
061 PEEL, ARKANSAS Sonet SNTF-922
062 THE LIGHT THAT SHINES THE BRIGHTEST Sonet SNTF-922
063 IT DON'T TAKE MUCH (ODE TO TEASER) Sonet SNTF-922
064 THE NEXT MOTEL Sonet SNTF-922
065 THE SUN NEVER SETS Sonet SNTF-922
066 WHO IN THE HELL ARE THEY (SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE) Sonet SNTF-922
067 THROW ME A LINE Sonet SNTF-922 DFG-8403CD
068 SIMPLE SING-A-LONG COUNTRY SONG Sonet SNTF-922
1985 unknown – Joe Sun
069 WEST TEXAS WIND AMI-1324/DFG-8403CD
1988 unknown – Joe Sun
070 TWILIGHT ZONE Dixie Frog DFG-8403CD CD-8205
071 COOL AS THE CLAY Dixie Frog DFG-8403CD
072 WHAT TIME CAN DO Dixie Frog DFG-8403CD
073 HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN Dixie Frog DFG-8403CD
074 COULD I STAY WITH YOU TONIGHT Dixie Frog DFG-8403CD Crazy Music CD-9205
075 TEARIN' UP MY TICKETS TO TULSA Dixie Frog DFG-8403CD
076 ALMOST OVER THE LINE Dixie Frog DFG-8403CD
ca 1989 unknown – Joe Sun
077 HANK AND BOGART STILL LIVE Dixie Frog DFG-8418CD Crazy Music CD-9205
078 A PART OF ME MISSIN' YOU Dixie Frog DFG-8418CD
079 DOREEN Dixie Frog DFG-8418CD Crazy Music CD-9205
080 SLOW MOTION Dixie Frog DFG-8418CD Crazy Music CD-9205
081 SOUND OF THE SOUTH BEING BORN Dixie Frog DFG-8418CD
082 CHASIN' RAINBOWS Dixie Frog DFG-8418CD
083 MAXINE Dixie Frog DFG-8418CD
084 GAS AND FOOD EXIT OFF I-24 Dixie Frog DFG-8418CD
085 JIMMY 55 Dixie Frog DFG-8418CD
086 WATERMELON TIME IN GEORGIA Dixie Frog DFG-8418CD
087 BURNING MEMORIES Dixie Frog DFG-8418CD
088 GOOD LOVIN' BAD Dixie Frog DFG-8418CD
089 BALLAD OF THUNDER ROAD Dixie Frog DFG-8418CD
ca 1990 unknown – Joe Sun
090 WONDERING WHAT THE GIRLS DO Dixie Frog DFG-8423CD
091 HONKY TONK HANGIN' ROUND Dixie Frog DFG-8423CD
092 SAVANNAH IS BLUE Dixie Frog DFG-8423CD Crazy Music CD-9205
093 OUT ON THE ROAD Dixie Frog DFG-8423CD Crazy Music CD-9205
094 BREAKIN' IT Dixie Frog DFG-8423CD
095 UP ON THE HILL Dixie Frog DFG-8423CD Crazy Music CD-9205
096 OPERATOR OPERATOR Dixie Frog DFG-8423CD
097 AS IF I DIDN'T KNOW Dixie Frog DFG-8423CD
098 THE DAY THE PRESIDENT DIED Dixie Frog DFG-8423CD
099 HITTIN' THAT OL' HIGHWAY Dixie Frog DFG-8423CD
100 LOVE WITHOUT WALLS Dixie Frog DFG-8423CD
1992 unknown – Joe Sun
101 DIXIE AND ME Crazy Music CD-9203
102 BLOW THE STARS OUT OF THE SKY Crazy Music CD-9203
103 JESUS WAS A REAL MAN Crazy Music CD-9203
104 THE ANIMAL SONG Crazy Music CD-9203
105 GET MY SHIP TOGETHER Crazy Music CD-9203
106 LUCKY Crazy Music CD-9203
107 SOME OLD MEMORY Crazy Music CD-9203 CD-9205
108 LADY WHO PLAYS THE ORGAN Crazy Music CD-9203
109 SO EASY TO HOLD Crazy Music CD-9203
110 I'VE NEVER BEEN TO HEAVEN Crazy Music CD-9203
111 THE CITY Crazy Music CD-9203
112 OH MA Crazy Music CD-9203
113 WHEN THE SHIT HITS THE FAN Crazy Music CD-9203
1993 unknown – Joe Sun
114 YOU SURE TOOK MY TIME Crazy Music CD-9205
115 ONE TEAR AT A TIME Crazy Music CD-9205
116 REMEMBER ME Crazy Music CD-9205
ca 1997 unknown – Joe Sun
117 TONIGHT THE BOTTLE LET ME DOWN Dixie Frog DFG-8472
118 HEARTBREAK SALOON Dixie Frog DFG-8472
119 SOME LUCKY STARDUST Dixie Frog DFG-8472
120 HEARTS OF GOLD Dixie Frog DFG-8472
121 HONKY TONK HELL Dixie Frog DFG-8472
122 BIRMINGHAM IN THE RAIN Dixie Frog DFG-8472
123 JOHNNY B GOODE Dixie Frog DFG-8472
124 BETTER YESTERDAY Dixie Frog DFG-8472
125 STEPPIN' STONES Dixie Frog DFG-8472
126 THE HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN Dixie Frog DFG-8472
127 TEARIN' UP MY TICKET TO TULSA Dixie Frog DFG-8472
128 HONKY TONKIN' THIS WORLD ROUND Dixie Frog DFG-8472
129 DANCIN' TOO MUCH Dixie Frog DFG-8472
130 ROLL ON BIG RIVER Dixie Frog DFG-8472
131 FOREVER YOUNG Dixie Frog DFG-8472


ALBUMS
Ovation OV-1734 Old Flames (Can't Hold A Candle To You): Old Falmes (Can't Hold A Candle To You); Blue Ribbon Blues; I Came On Business For The King; Born Too Late; Ozark Mountain Lullaby; Midnight Train Of Memories; High And Dry; This Body That I Call My Home; That Evil Child; (Narration) Danny Dill And Marijohn Wilkin; Long Black Veil – 10-78
Ovation OV-1743 Out Of Your Mind: Out Among The Stars; Shotgun Rider; Out Of Your Mind; (Home Away From Home) I'll Find It Where I Can; A Little Bit Of Push; I'd Rather Go On Hurtin'; Mysteries Of Life (My First Truckin' Song); Why You Been Gone So Long; I'm Still Crazy About You; One Timers – 18-08-79
Ovation OV-1755 Livin' On Honky Tonk Time: Ready For The Times To Get Better; My Sweet Love Ain't Around; We're All A Bunch Of Outlaws In Our Mind; Please Pull Away From Me; Bottom Line; I'd Better Go Home (While I Still Got A Home); Lonesome Rainin' City; Bombed, Boozed And Busted; Alabama Rose; Hobo On A Freight Train To Heaven; Honky Tonkin'; Knockin' On Heaven's Door – 10-80 w. Shotgun
Elektra E1-60010 Ain't Honky Tonkin' No More: I Ain't Honky Tonkin' No More; Slow Movin' Freight Train; Stepping Out Blues; Fraulein; Will The Circle Be Unbroken; Gimme Some Lovin'; Take The Time To Fall; Livin' Outside Of The Law; Holed Up In Some Honky Tonk; Boys In The Back Of The Bus – 81
Intercord [GER] INT-145.046 Storms Of Life: Storms Of Love; I Ain't Nothin' Buddy But Drunk; Folsom Prison Blues; The Ella B; Break My Mind; Endless Sleep; Little Old Winde Drinker Me; What’s Left Of Me Will Never Be Right; Rock. Salt And Nails; Kansas City; Endless Sleep - 81
Asylum 60189 Best Of Joe Sun: Old Flames (Can’t Hold A Candle To You); (Home Away From Home) I’ll Find It Where I Can; Midnight Train Of Memories; Shotgun Rider; Long Black Veil; You Want To Make Me Sing*; High And Dry; The Blue Ribbon Blues; Out Of Your Mind; Bombed, Boozed And Busted – 06-82 (*previously unissued on album)
Sonet [UK] SNTF-922 The Sun Never Sets: The Dark Side Of Town; Peel, Arkansas; The Light That Shines The Brightest; It Don't Take Much (Ode To Teaser); The Next Motel; The Sun Never Sets; Bad For Me; No One Said It Was Gonna Be Easy; Who In The Hell Are They (Somewhere Down The Line); Throw Me A Line; Simple Sing-A-Long Country Song; Everyone In Sweden – 84 w. The Solar
Dixie Frog [FRA] DFG-8403CD Twilight Zone: Twilight Zone; Bad For Me; Cool As The Clay; What Time Can Do; Highway To Heaven; Could I Stay With You Tonight; Throw Me A Line; West Texas Wind; Tearin' Up My Tickets To Tulsa; Almost Over The Line – 88
Dixie Frog [FRA] DFG-8418CD Hank Bogart Still Lives: Hank And Bogart Still Live; A Part Of Me Missin' You; Doreen; Slow Motion; Sound Of The South Being Born; Chasin' Rainbows; Maxine; Gas And Food Exit Off I-24; Jimmy 55; Watermelon Time In Georgia; Burning Memories; Good Lovin' Bad; Ballad Of Thunder Road – 89
Dixie Frog [FRA] DFG-8423CD Out On The Road: Wondering What The Girls Do; Honky Tonk Hangin' Round; Savannah Is Blue; Out On The Road; Breakin' It; Up On The Hill; Operator Operator; As If I Didn't Know; The Day The President Died; Hittin' That Ol' Highway; Love Without Walls – 91
Crazy Music [AUT] CD-9203 Dixie And Me: Dixie And Me; Blow The Stars Out Of The Sky; Jesus Was A Real Man; The Animal Song; Get My Ship Together; Lucky; Some Old Memory;Lady Who Plays The Organ; So Easy To Hold;. I've Never Been To Heaven; The City; Oh Ma; When The Shit Hits The Fan - 92
Crazy Music [AUT] CD-9205 Some Old Memories 1988-1993: Some Old Memory; Doreen; Twilight Zone; Savannah Is Blue; You Sure Took My Time; Slow Motion; Up On The Hill; Hank And Bogart Still Live; Could I Stay With You Tonight; One Tear At A Time; Out On The Road; Remember Me – 93
Dixie Frog [FRA] DFGCD-8472 Heartbreak Saloon: Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down; Heartbreak Saloon; Some Lucky Stardust; Hearts Of Gold; Honky Tonk Hell; Birmingham In The Rain; Johnny B Goode; Better Yesterday; Steppin' Stones; House Of The Rising Sun; Tearin' Up My Ticket To Tulsa; Honky Tonkin' This World Round; Dancin' Too Much; Roll On Big River; Forever Young – 98

SINGLES
Ovation (1978-80)
OV 1107 Old Flames (Can't Hold A Candle To You) / (Home Away From Home) I'll Find It Where I Can - 05-78
OV 1117 High And Dry / Midnight Train Of Memories - 10-78
OV 1122 I Came On Business For A King / Blue Ribbon Blues -02-79
OV 1127 I'd Rather Go On Hurtin' / I'm Still Crazy About You - 07-79
OV 1137 Out Of My Mind / Mysteries Of Life - 11-79
OV 1138 What I Had With You / [Sheila Andrews:] Gotta Get Back The Feeling - 12-79 w. Sheila Andrews
OV 1141 Shotgun Rider / Little Bit Of Push - 02-80
OV 1152 Bombed, Boozed, And Busted / (Home Away From Home) I'll Find It Where I Can - 07-80
OV 1162 Ready For Times To Get Better / Bottom Line - 11-80
Elektra (1981-82)
E-47229 Silent Night / On The Wings Of My Victory - 11-81
E-47232 (Helen Cornelius:) O Holy Night / Silent Night – 11-81
E 47417 Holed Up In Some Honky Tonk / Boys In The Back Of The Bus - 02-82
E 47467 Fraulein / I Ain't Honky Tonkin' No More - 05-82
7-69954 You Make Me Want To Sing / Midnght Train Of Memories - 09-82
AMI
AMI-1319 Bad For Me / ? - 06-84
AMI-1321 Why Would I Want To Forget / ? - 12-84
AMI-1324 West Texas Wind / ? - 85