John Gorka

*27-07-1958 Edison, NJ
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS
1987 London By Night Studios, Woodbridge, NJ - John Gorka (Megon McDonough [whistling], Frank Christian [gt], Timothy Pitt [gt], Mark Dann [gt], Howie Wyeth [drums], Christine Lavin/Janice Kollar [percussion/bck vcl], Robin Batteau [violin/fiddle] +Lucy Kaplansky, Shawn Colvin, Steve Gillette [bck vcl])
001 DOWNTOWN TONIGHT Red House RHR-18
002 WINTER COWS Red House RHR-18
003 BLUES PALACE Red House RHR-18
004 LOVE IS OUR CROSS TO BEAR Red House RHR-18
005 BRANCHING OUT Red House RHR-18
006 I SAW A STRANGER WITH YOUR HAIR Red House RHR-18 Legacy 81696
007 B.B. KING WAS WRONG Red House RHR-18
008 HEART UPON DEMAND Red House RHR-18
009 I KNOW Red House RHR-18
010 OUT OF MY MIND Red House RHR-18
011 LIKE MY WATCH Red House RHR-18
012 DOWN IN THE MILLTOWN Red House RHR-18
1989 London By Night Studios, Woodbridge, NJ - John Gorka (Timothy Pitt [ac gt], Bill Kollar [el gt/percussion], Frank Vignola [el gt], Elliott Randall [el gt], Chuck Loeb [el gt], Barry Mitterhoff [mandolin], Kevin Jenkins/Vic Colucci [bass], Marshal Rosenberg [bongos/conga], Janice Kollar [congas/drums/percussion/accordion/keyboards/bck vcl], Joe Ascione [bass drum], Kenny Cosek [violin], Eugene Friesen [cello], Marsha Heller [English horn] Tommy West, Claudia Schmidt [bck vcl)
013 LAND OF THE BOTTOM LINE Windham Hill WD-1089-2
014 ARMED WITH A BROKEN HEART Windham Hill WD-1089-2 Legacy 81696
015 RAVEN IN THE STORM Windham Hill WD-1089-2
016 ONE THAT GOT AWAY Windham Hill WD-1089-2
017 FULL OF LIFE Windham Hill WD-1089-2
018 STRANGER IN MY DRIVER'S SEAT Windham Hill WD-1089-2
019 SENTINEL Windham Hill WD-1089-2
020 DREAM STREET Windham Hill WD-1089-2
021 MEAN STREAK Windham Hill WD-1089-2
022 ITALIAN GIRLS Windham Hill WD-1089-2 Legacy 81696
023 JAILBIRDS IN THE BIGHOUSE Windham Hill WD-1089-2
024 PROMNIGHT IN PIGTOWN Windham Hill WD-1089-2
025 I SAW A STRANGER WITH YOUR HAIR Windham Hill WD-1089-2
026 LOVE IS OUR CROSS TO BEAR Windham Hill WD-1089-2
027 THAT'S HOW LEGENDS ARE MADE Windham Hill WD-1089-2
1990 Different Fur Recording, San Francisco, CA - John Gorka (Lyle Workman [el gt], Todd Phillips [ac bass], Michael Manring [el bass], Brian MacLeod [drums], Darol Anger [baritone violin] + Lucy Kaplansky, David Wilcox, Shawn Colvin [bck vcl] + Turtle Island String Quartet. Producer: Dawn Atkinson, Will Ackerman)
028 SILENCE High Street 72902-10309-2 Legacy 81696
029 TREASURE ISLANDS High Street 72902-10309-2
030 JACK'S CROWS High Street 72902-10309-2 Legacy 81696
031 HOUSES IN THE FIELDS High Street 72902-10309-2 Legacy 81696
032 THE MERCY OF THE WHEELS High Street 72902-10309-2
033 GOOD High Street 72902-10309-2
034 SEMPER FI High Street 72902-10309-2
035 WHERE THE BOTTLES BREAK High Street 72902-10309-2 Legacy 81696
036 NIGHT IS A WOMAN High Street 72902-10309-2
037 I'M FROM NEW JERSEY High Street 72902-10309-2 Legacy 81696
038 MY NEW NEIGHBORHOOD High Street 72902-10309-2
039 THE BALLAD OF JAMIE BEE High Street 72902-10309-2 Legacy 81696
040 YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY High Street 72902-10309-2
1992 Different Fur Recording, San Francisco, CA - John Gorka (Roy Rogers (slide gt/National steel], John Leventhal [gt], Mike Marshall [mandolin/nylon string gt], Michael Manring [fretless bass], Todd Phillips [ac bass], Rich Girard [bass], Denny Fongheiser [drums], Darol Anger [baritone violin], Richard Tee [organ], Sean Hopper [synthesizer/organ] + Cliff Eberhardt, Lucy Kaplansky, Lee Satterfield, Dawn Atkinson, Denise Mininfield, Jennifer Newell, Charlene Moore, Nanci Griffith, Tom Corwin [bck vcl])
041 LOOKING FORWARD High Street 72902-10315-2 Legacy 81696
042 BABY BLUES High Street 72902-10315-2
043 GYPSY LIFE High Street 72902-10315-2 Legacy 81696
044 VINNIE CHARLES IS FREE High Street 72902-10315-2 Legacy 81696
045 GRAVYLAND High Street 72902-10315-2
046 TEMPORARY ROAD High Street 72902-10315-2
047 ALL THAT HAMMERING High Street 72902-10315-2
048 I DON'T FEEL LIKE A TRAIN High Street 72902-10315-2
049 WHEN SHE KISSES ME High Street 72902-10315-2 Legacy 81696
050 GRAND LARCENY High Street 72902-10315-2
051 IF I COULD FORGET TO BREATHE High Street 72902-10315-2
052 CAN YOU UNDERSTAND MY JOY? High Street 72902-10315-2
053 BROWN SHIRTS High Street 72902-10315-2
19 November/10 December 1993 Imagine Sound Studios, Nashville, TN - John Gorka (John Jennings [gt/mandolin/percussion/bck vcl], Leo Kottke [gt], Jerry Douglas [dobro/vcl], Tim O'Brien [bass mandolin/bck vcl], Michael Manring/J.T. Brown/Edgar Meyer [bass], Vinnie Santoro [drums/bck vcl], Dave Mattacks [drums], Mystery Man [tambourine], Matt Rollings [piano/organ/keyboards], Barbara Santoro, Jonell Mosser, Kathy Mattea [bvck vcl])
054 GOOD NOISE High Street 72902-10325-2
055 THAT'S WHY High Street 72902-10325-2 Legacy 81696
056 CARNIVAL KNOWLEDGE (SECOND HAND FACE) High Street 72902-10325-2
057 TALK ABOUT LOVE High Street 72902-10325-2
058 BIG TIME LONESOME High Street 72902-10325-2
059 FURNITURE High Street 72902-10325-2 Legacy 81696
060 MYSTERY TO ME High Street 72902-10325-2
061 OUT OF THE VALLEY High Street 72902-10325-2
062 THOUGHTLESS BEHAVIOR High Street 72902-10325-2
063 ALWAYS GOING HOME High Street 72902-10325-2
064 FLYING RED HORSE High Street 72902-10325-2
065 UP UNTIL THEN High Street 72902-10325-2
1995 [live] unknown – John Gorka
06501 THE GYPSY LIFE Blue Plate 793264
Blue Plate 793264 LIVE FROM MOUNTAIN STAGE, VOL. 8 (1995)
1996 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN/ Bias Recording Company, Sprinmgfield, VAImagine Sound Studios, Nashville, TN – John Gorka (Lucy Kaplansky [vcl], Jennifer Kimball [vcl], John Jennings [vcl/gt/steel/piano/organ/percussion/tambourine], J.T. Brown [vcl/bass], Jonathan Carroll [vcl/piano/organ], Dean Magraw [ac gt], Duke Levine [el gt], Peter Ostroushko [mandolin/violin], Michael Manring [bass], Robbie Magruder [drums/hand drum], Dave Mattacks [drums], Robbie Magruder [drums]. Producer: John Gorka)
066 LIGHTNING'S BLUES High Street 72902-10351-2 Legacy 81696
067 BLUE CHALK High Street 72902-10351-2
068 CAN'T MAKE UP MY MIDN High Street 72902-10351-2
069 MORTAL GROOVE High Street 72902-10351-2
070 MY INVISIBLE GUN High Street 72902-10351-2
071 PART OF YOUR OWN High Street 72902-10351-2
072 TWO GOOD REASONS High Street 72902-10351-2
073 AIRSTREAM BOHEMIANS High Street 72902-10351-2
074 PARADISE ONCE High Street 72902-10351-2
075 CAMPAIGN TRAIL High Street 72902-10351-2
076 EDGAR THE PARTY MAN High Street 72902-10351-2
077 SCRAPING DIXIE High Street 72902-10351-2
1997 [sessions for What's That I Hear?: The Songs Of Phil Ochs] unknown – John Gorka
078 BRACERO Sliced Bread 71176
1997 [sessions for Where Have All The Flowers Gone: The Songs Of Pete Seeger] unknown – John Gorka
079 THE WATER IS WIDE Appleseed 1024
1998 [sessions for Treasures Left Behind: Remembering Kate Wolf ] unknown – John Gorka
080 SWEET LOVE 326 Red House RHR-114
April/June 1998 Blow-Me-Wind/Hamhill Studios, Bitter Creek, MN/Liberty Street Recording, Toronto, Ontario, CAN/Pachyderm Studio, Cannon Falls, MN - John Gorka (Lucy Kaplansky [vcl], Dean Magraw [ac gt], Peter Ostroushko [mandolin/fiddle], Michael Manring [bass], Andy Stochansky [drums/percussion], John Jennings [percussion/gt/keyboards/ac bass, drums]. Producer: John Gorka)
081 WHEN THE ICE GOES OUT Red House RHR CD-121
082 THORNY PATCH Red House RHR CD-121
083 CYPRESS TREES Red House RHR CD-121
084 WISDOM Red House RHR CD-121
085 SILVERTOWN Red House RHR CD-121
086 JANRUARY FLOOR Red House RHR CD-121
087 AMBER LEE Red House RHR CD-121
088 AFTER YESTERDAY Red House RHR CD-121
089 WHEN HE CRIES Red House RHR CD-121
090 ST. CAFFEINE Red House RHR CD-121
091 ZULY Red House RHR CD-121
092 HEROES Red House RHR CD-121
2001 The Brewhouse, Minneapolis, MN/Blow-Me-Wind/Hamhill Studios, Bitter Creek, MN - John Gorka (John Jennings [ac gt/bass], Dean Magraw [ac gt], Ani DiFranco [el tenor gt], Patty Larkin [el gt], Dirk Freymuth [el gt], Gordy Johnson [upright bass], Michael Manring [fretless el bass], Andy Stochansky [drums/percussion], Peter Ostroushko [fiddle], Rick Dworsky [piano/organ] + Mary Chapin Carpenter, Lucy Kaplansky [bck vcl]. Producers: Rob Genadek, John Gorka, Andy Stochansky)
093 WHAT WAS THAT Red House RHR CD-151
094 SAINT'S COMPLAIN Red House RHR CD-151
095 OH ABRAHAM Red House RHR CD-151
096 WHEN YOU WALK IN Red House RHR CD-151
097 SHAPE OF THE WORLD Red House RHR CD-151
098 MORNINGSIDE Red House RHR CD-151
099 WHEN I LOST MY FAITH Red House RHR CD-151
100 JOINT OF NO RETURN Red House RHR CD-151
101 LET THEN IN Red House RHR CD-151
102 OVER THERE Red House RHR CD-151
103 HANK SENIOR MOMENT Red House RHR CD-151
104 AROUND THE HOUSE Red House RHR CD-151
105 WISHERIES Red House RHR CD-151
106 PEOPLE MY AGE Red House RHR CD-151
ca 2001 [live- Fast Folk: A Community Of Singers And Songwriters] unknown – John Gorka
107 GEZA’S WAILING WAYS Folkways SF-40135
2001 [live-Nod To Bob: An Artists' Tribute To Bob Dylan On His 60th Birthday] Madison Square Garden, New York City – John Gorka
108 GIRL OF THE NORTH COUNTRY Red House RHR-154
Red House RHR-165 Old Futures Gone:
2003 Echo Bay Studios, Plymouth, MN – John Gorka (Dirk Freymuth [el gt], Dean Magraw [el gt], Jim Anton [bass], Marc Anderson [drums/percussion], JT Bates/Noah Levy [drums], Rob Genadek [tambourine], Jeff Victor [keyboards], Jim Anton, Enrique Toussaint, Lucy Kaplansky, Alice Peacock, Kathleen Johnson, Joel Sayles [bck vcl])
109 DOGS AND THUNDER Red House RHR CD-165
110 ALWAYS Red House RHR CD-165
111 LOOK THE OTHER WAY Red House RHR CD-165
112 OUTSIDE Red House RHR CD-165
113 TROUBLE AND CARE Red House RHR CD-165
114 MAKE THEM CRAZY Red House RHR CD-165
115 OLD FUTURE Red House RHR CD-165
116 LAY ME DOWN Red House RHR CD-165
117 SHAPES Red House RHR CD-165
118 SOLDIER AFTER ALL Red House RHR CD-165
119 POOR SIDE Red House RHR CD-165
120 WAR MAKES WAR Red House RHR CD-165
121 IF NOT NOW Red House RHR CD-165
122 RIVERSIDE Red House RHR CD-165
2006 Compass Records Studios, Nashville, TN/The Brewhouse, Minneapolis, MN - John Gorka (Joel Sayles [vcl/bass gt], Dirk Freymuth [gt], Dirk Freymuth [gt]. Eric Heywood, Joe Savage [pedal steel], Michael Manring [bass instrument], J.T. Bates [drums], Rob Genadek [percussion]. Jeff Victor/Tommy Barbarella [keyboards], Steve Strand [trumpet], Michael B. Nelson, [trombone],Kenny Holmen [sax], Kathleen Johnson, Lucy Kaplansky, Alice Peacock, Nanci Griffith [bck vcl])
123 CHANCE OF RAIN Red House RHR CD-194
124 BROKEN PLACE Red House RHR CD-194
125 SATELLITES Red House RHR CD-194
126 WRITING IN THE MARGINS Red House RHR CD-194
127 SNOW DON'T FALL Red House RHR CD-194
128 BLUER STATE Red House RHR CD-194
129 ARMS LENGTH Red House RHR CD-194
130 THE LOCKEEPER Red House RHR CD-194
131 I MISS EVERYONE Red House RHR CD-194
132 WHEN YOU SING Red House RHR CD-194
133 ROAD OF GOOD INTENTIONS Red House RHR CD-194
134 UNBLINDFOLD THE REFEREE Red House RHR CD-194
October 2008/June 2009 The Congress House, Austin, TX/Mark Dann Studios, New York City/John's House/The Brewhouse, Minneapolis, MN – John Gorka. Producer:John Gorka, Rob Genadek)
135 FOND KISS Red House RHR CD-223
136 WHOLE WIDE WORLD Red House RHR CD-223
137 CAN'T GET OVER IT Red House RHR CD-223
138 FRET ONE Red House RHR CD-223
139 IGNORANCE AND PRIVILEGE Red House RHR CD-223
140 UTAH Red House RHR CD-223
141 I THINK OF YOU Red House RHR CD-223
142 WHERE NO MONUMENTS STAND Red House RHR CD-223
143 NIGHT INTO DAY Red House RHR CD-223
144 FRET NOT Red House RHR CD-223
145 LIVE BY THE SWORD Red House RHR CD-223
146 TROUBLE IN MIND Red House RHR CD-223
147 THE DUTCHMAN Red House RHR CD-223
148 MR. CHAMBERS Red House RHR CD-223
149 THAT WAS THE YEAR Red House RHR CD-223
150 DIMINISHING WINDS Red House RHR CD-223

ALBUMS
Red House RHR-18 I Know: Downtown Tonight; Winter Cows; Blues Palace; Love Is Our Cross to Bear; Branching Out; I Saw a Stranger With Your Hair; B.B. King Was Wrong; Heart upon Demand; I Know; Out of My Mind; Like My Watch; Down in the Milltown – 87 (CD reissue in 1992)
Windham Hill WS-1089-2 Land Of The Bottom Line: Land Of The Bottom Line; Armed With A Broken Heart; Raven In The Storm; One That Got Away; Full Of Life; Stranger In My Driver's Seat; Sentinel; Dream Street; Mean Streak; Italian Girls; Jailbirds In The Bighouse; Promnight In Pigtown; I Saw A Stranger With Your Hair; Love Is Our Cross To Bear; That's How Legends Are Made – 01-05-90
High Street 72902-10309-2 Jack's Crows: Silence; Treasure Islands; Jack's Crows; Houses In The Fields; The Mercy Of The Wheels; Good; Semper Fi; Where The Bottles Break; Night Is A Woman; I'm From New Jersey; My New Neighborhood; The Ballad Of Jamie Bee; You're On Your Way – 09-04-01
High Street 72902-10315-2 Temporary Road: Looking Forward; Baby Blues;Gypsy Life; Vinnie Charles Is Free; Gravyland; Temporary Road; All That Hammering; I Don't Feel Like a Train;When She Kisses Me; Grand Larceny; If I Could Forget to Breathe; Can You Understand My Joy?; Brown Shirts – 25-08-92
High Street 72902-10325-2 Out Of The Valley: Good Noise; That's Why; Carnival Knowledge (Second Hand Face); Talk About Love; Bigtime Lonesome; Furniture; Mystery to Me; Out of the Valley; Thoughtless Behavior; Always Going Home; Flying Red Horse; Up Until Then – 10-05-94
High Street 72902-10351-2 Between Five And Seven: Lightning's Blues;Blue Chalk; Can't Make Up My Mind; Mortal Groove; My Invisible Gun; Part of Your Own; Two Good Reasons; Airstream Bohemians; Paradise, Once; Campaign Trail; Edgar the Party Man; Scraping Dixie – 13-08-96
Red House RHR-CD-121 After Yesterday: When the Ice Goes Out; Thorny Patch; Cypress Trees; Wisdom; Silvertown; A January Floor; Amber Lee; After Yesterday; When He Cries; St. Caffeine; Zuly; Heroes – 20-10-98
Red House RHR-CD-151 The Company You Keep: What Was That; Saint's Complain; Oh Abraham; When You Walk In; Shape Of The World; Morningside; When I Lost My Faith; Joint Of No Return; Let Then In; Over There; Hank Senior Moment; Around The House; Wisheries; People My Age - 13-03-01
Red House RHR-CD-165 Old Futures Gone: Dogs & Thunder; Always; Look the Other Way; Outside; Trouble & Care; Make Them Crazy; Old Future; Lay Me Down; Shapes; Soldier After All; Poor Side; War Makes War; If Not Now; Riverside – 23-09-03
Red House RHR-CD-194 Writing In The Margins: Chance of Rain; Broken Place; Satellites; Writing in the Margins; Snow Don't Fall; Bluer State; Arms Length; The Lockeeper; I Miss Everyone; When You Sing; Road of Good Intentions; Unblindfold the Referee – 11-07-06
Legacy 81696 Pure John Gorka: Looking Forward; Jack's Crows; Blue Chalk; I Saw a Stranger With Your Hair; Lightning's Blues; Gypsy Life; Silence; Armed With a Broken Heart ; Vinnie Charles Is Free; Where the Bottles Break; That's Why; Furniture; Houses in the Fields; When She Kisses Me; Ballad of Jamie Bee; I'm From New Jersey; Italian Girls – 27-07-06 (sampler)
Red House RHR-CD-223 So Dark You See: A Fond Kiss; Whole Wide World; Can't Get Over It; Fret One; Ignorance & Privilege; Utah; I Think of You; Where No Monuments Stand; Night into Day;. Fret Not;. Live by the Sword; Trouble in Mind; The Dutchman; Mr. Chambers; That Was the Year; Diminishing Winds – 13-10-09