John Michael Montgomery

 by Michel Ruppli, Praguefrank, Thieu van De Vorst




SESSIONS
1991 Nashville, TN – John Michael Montgomery
001 LOVE WORKING ON YOU 7-84103/83104-2
ca. July 1992 Quad Studios, 1802 Grand Ave., Nashville, TN – John Michael Montgomery (Brent Rowan/Bobby All/ Kenny Bell/Wyatt Easterling/Billy Hullett [gt], Ron Reynolds [gt/percussion], Tommy Spurlock/Sonny Garrish [steel], Gary Lunn/Willie Weeks [bass], Lonnie Wilson/Jerry Kroon/Owen Hale [drums], Rob Hajacos/Glenn Duncan [fiddle], Kirk Johnson [harmonica], Steve Nathan/Clayton Ivey [keyboards] + Michael Jones, Dennis Wilson, Michael Black, Curtis Young [bck vcl]. Producer: Doug Johnson)
002 62915* LIFE¢S A DANCE 82420-2 [remix] *7-87371
003 62946 BEERS AND BONES 7-87326/82420-2
004 WHEN YOUR BABY AIN'T AROUND 82420-2
005 LINE ON LOVE 82420-2
006 TAKING OFF THE EDGE 82420-2
007 62950 I LOVE THE WAY YOU LOVE ME 7-87371/82420-2
008 EVERYTIME I FALL (IT BREAKS HER HEART) 82420-2
009 GREAT MEMORY 82420-2
010 62953 DREAM ON TEXAS LADIES 7-87288/82420-2
011 NICKELS AND DIMES AND LOVE 82420-2
ca December 1993 Woodland Sound Studio, 1011 Woodland St., Nashville, TN – John Michael Montgomery (Steve Gibson/ Billy Joe Walker, Jr. [ac gt], Dan Huff [gt], Brent Mason [el gt], Paul Franklin [steel], Glenn Worf [bass], Lonnie Wilson [drums], Stuart Duncan [fiddle], Reese Wynans [piano/Hammond B-3], John Barlow Jarvis [Hammond B-3], Bill Cuomo [synthesizer] + John Wesley Ryles, Dennis Wilson, Harry Stinson, Mimi Nuyens, Bruce Sulfridge, John Kunz, Mike Janas [bck vcl]. Producer: Scott Hendricks)
012 BE MY BABY TONIGHT 7-87236/7 82559-2
013 FULL-TIME LOVE 7-87236/7 82559-2
014 67825 I SWEAR 7-87288/7 82559-2
015 SHE DON'T NEED A BAND TO DANCE 7 82559-2
016 ALL IN MY HEART 7 82559-2
017 FRIDAY AT FIVE 7-87248/7 82559-2
018 ROPE THE MOON 7-87248/ 82559-2
019 IF YOU'VE GOT LOVE 7-87198/7 82559-2
020 OH HOW SHE SHINES 7 82559-2
021 KICKIN' IT UP 7-87198/7 82559-2
Fall 1994 Sound Emporium, 3102 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN – John Michael Montgomery (Billy Joe Walker, Jr. [gt], Brent Mason/Dann Huff [el gt], Paul Franklin [steel], Glenn Worf [bass], Lonnie Wilson [drums], Rob Hajacos [fiddle], John Jarvis [piano], Bill Cuomo [synthesizer], Dennis Salee [sax], George Tidwell [trumpet], Barry Green [trombone] + John Wesley Ryles, Dennis Wilson, Harry Stinson [bck vcl]. Producer: Scott Hendricks)
022 COWBOY LOVE 82728-2
023 SOLD (THE GROUNDY COUNTY AUCTION INCIDENT) 7-87105/82728-2
024 I CAN LOVE YOU LIKE THAT 7-87128/82728-2
025 HIGH SCHOOL HEART 82728-2
026 JUST LIKE A RODEO 82728-2
027 HOLDIN' ON TO SOMETHING 82728-2
028 LONG AS I LIVE 82728-2
029 NO MAN'S LAND 7-87105/82728-2
030 HEAVEN SENT ME YOU 82728-2
031 IT'S WHAT I AM 82728-2
Spring 1996 The Tracking Room, 2 Music Circle East, Nashville, TN/ Masterfonics Studios, 28 Music Sq. East, Nashville TN – John Michael Monrgomery (Don Potter/Billy Joe Walker, Jr./Biff Watson [ac gt], John McFee/Dan Huff/Brent Rowan/Larry Byrom [el gt], Paul Franklin [steel], Leland Sklar/Michael Rhodes [bass], Stephen Brewster/ Eddie Bayers [drums], Glen Duncan [fiddle], Steve Nathan/Barry Beckett/Carl Marsh [keyboards],Terry McMillan [percussion/harmonica] + Dennis Wilson, Curtis Young, John Wesley Ryles, Louis Dean Nunley [bck vcl]. Producer: Czana Petocs)
032 AIN'T GOT NOTHIN' ON US 7-87044/82947-2
033 FEW CENTS SHORT 7-87019/82947-2
034 FRIENDS 7-87019/82947-2
035 LUCKY ARMS 82947-2
036 WHAT I DO THE BEST 82947-2
037 CLOUD EIGHT 7-84865/82947-2
038 I CAN PROVE YOU WRONG 82947-2
039 HOW WAS I TO KNOW 82947-2
040 PAINT THE TOWN REDNECK 82947-2
041 64146 I MISS YOU A LITTLE 7-87044 7-84865/82947-2
ca late 1997 Nashville, TN – John Michael Monrgomery (Producer: Czana Petocs)
042 ANGEL IN MY EYES 7-84103/83060-2
ca early 1998 Ocean Way Nashville, 1200 17th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN/ Masterfonics Studios, 28 Music Sq. East, Nashville TN – John Michael Monrgomery Producer: Czana Petocs & John Michael Montgomery)
043 COVER YOU IN KISSES 7-84157/83104-2
044 HOLD ON TO ME 7-84197(83104-2
045 LITTLE COWBOY'S CRY 7-84157/83104-2
046 IT GETS ME EVERY TIME 83104-2
047 I DON'T WANT THIS SONG TO END 83104-2
048 I COULDN'T DREAM 83104-2
049 YOU'RE THE TICKET 83104-2
050 I NEVER STOPPED LOVIN' YOU 83104-2
051 THIS ONE'S GONNA LEAVE A MARK 7-84197/83104-2
ca early 1999 Sound Emporium, 3102 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN – John Michael Montgomery (Darrell Scott [gt/mandolin/bck vcl], Biff Watson [ac gt], Brent Mason [el gt], Paul Franklin [el gt/steel], Sam Bush [mandolin], Jerry Douglas [dobro], Glenn Worf/Dave Pomeroy [bass], Greg Morrow [drums], Sam Bacco [percussion], Larry Franklin [fiddle], Steve Nathan [piano/organ/keyboards] + Jason Sellers, Keith Sewell, Wendy Buckner, Larry Marrs, Garth Fundis, Curtis Young, John Wesley Ryles, Dennis Wilson, Liana Manis, Rebecca Lynn Howard [bck vcl].(background vocals). Producer: Garth Fundis)
052 LOVE MADE ME DO IT 83185-2
053 HELLO L-O-V-E 83185-2
054 HOME TO YOU 83185-2
055 YOUR LOVE LINGERS ON 83185-2
056 YOU ARE 83185-2
057 SINKIN' IN 83185-2
058 HOLDING AN AMAZING LOVE 83185-2
059 WHEN YOUR ARMS WERE AROUND 83185-2
060 LOVE IS OUR BUSINESS 83185-2
061 NOTHING CATCHES JESUS BY SURPRISE 83185-2
Spring 2000 Soundshop Studio, 1307 Division St., Nashville, TN/Emerald Sound Studio, 1033 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN – John Michael Montgomery (John Willis [ac gt], Dale Oliver/J.T. Corenflos/Troy Lancaster [el gt], Paul Franklin [dobro], Scotty Sanders [steel], Tommy White [steel], Larry Paxton [bass], Chad Cromwell [drums], Larry Franklin/Glen Duncan [fiddle], Bobby Ogdin [piano], Randy McCormick [Hammond B-3 organ] + Wes Hightower, Dennis Wilson, Curtis Young, Alison Krauss, Melonie Cannon, Kim Fleming, Liana Manis, Garnet Imes [bck vcl]. Producer: Buddy Cannon, Norro Wilson, John Michael Montgomery)
062 BRAND NEW ME 7-85006/83378-2
063 BUS TO BIRMINGHAM 83378-2
064 WEEKEND SUPERSTAR 83378-2
065 THANKS FOR THE G CHORD 83378-2
066 EVEN THEN 83378-2
067 THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU 83378-2
068 THAT'S NOT HER PICTURE 83378-2
069 LITTLE GIRL 7-85006/83378-2
070 REAL LOVE 83378-2
071 I LOVE IT ALL 83378-2
2002 Nashville, TN – John Michael Montgomery (Steve Mandile [gt], Michael Spriggs [ac gt], Brent Mason/Kenny Greenberg [el gt], Chad Mullins [banjo], Paul Franklin [steel], Mike Brignardello [bass], Lonnie Wilson [drums/bck vcl], Eric Darken [percussion], Gordon Mote [strings/piano], Steve Nathan [piano/Wurlitzer piano/Hammond B-3 organ/synthesizer] + Sixwire, Chip Davis, Billy Davis, Curtis Young, John Wesley Ryles [bck vcl]. Producers: Scott Hendricks, John Michael Montgomery)
072 COUNTRY THANG Warner 48341-2
073 LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING Warner 48341-2
074 TILL NOTHING COMES BETWEEN US Warner 48341-2
075 GOT YOU TO THANK FOR THAT Warner 48341-2
076 PICTURES Warner 48341-2
077 LOVE AND ALCOHOL Warner 48341-2
078 I WANNA BE THERE Warner 48341-2
079 BELIEVE IN ME Warner 48341-2
080 IT GOES LIKE THIS Warner 48341-2
081 FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE Warner 48341-2
ca Spring 2003 Soundshop Studio, 1307 Division St., Nashville, TN/ Ocean Way Nashville, 1200 17th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN/Arrowhead Studios, Franklin, TN – John Michael Montgomery (Brent Mason [gt],Michael Spriggs [ac gt], Kenny Greenberg [el gt], Paul Franklin [steel], Glen Worf [bass], Lonnie Wilson [drums], Eric Darken [percussion], Steve Nathan [piano], Jim Horn/Steve Patrick [horns] + Curtis Young, Dennis Wilson, Cindy Walker [bck vcl]. Producers: John Michael Montgomery, John Kunz, Scott Hendricks, Csaba Petocz)
082 THE WINTER WONDERLAND Warner 48466-2
083 HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS Warner 48466-2
084 WHITE CHRISTMAS Warner 48466-2
085 SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN Warner 48466-2
086 DECEMBER 1943 Warner 48466-2
087 MY CHRISTMAS WISH Warner 48466-2
088 CHRISTMAS SONG Warner 48466-2
089 RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER Warner 48466-2
090 O HOLY NIGHT Warner 48466-2
091 DADDY'S PRAYER/JESUS LOVES ME Warner 48466-2
092 ONE DAY LESS Warner 73918-2
ca late 2003 Nashville, TN – John Michael Montgomery (Byron Gallimore [gt/horns], B. James Lowry/Biff Watson [ac gt], Brent Mason/Tom Bukovac [el gt], Mark Casstevens [banjo], Paul Franklin/Russ Pahl [stel], Glenn Worf/Michael Rhodes [bass], Lonnie Wilson [drums], Stuart Duncan/Larry Franklin [fiddle], Jellyroll Johnson [harmonica], Steve Nathan [keyboards] + Russell Terrell [bck vcl]. Producers: Byron Gallimore, John Michael Montgomery)
093 GOOD GROUND Warner 48729-2
094 LETTERS FROM HOME Warner 48729-2
095 THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT Warner 48729-2
096 LOOK AT ME NOW Warner 48729-2
097 GOES GOOD WITH BEER Warner 48729-2
098 COOL Warner 48729-2
099 IT ROCKED Warner 48729-2
100 THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING Warner 48729-2
101 BREAK THIS CHAIN Warner 48729-2
102 LITTLE DEVIL Warner 48729-2
ca Spring 2008 Ocean Way Nashville, 1200 17th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN/Dark Horse Studio, Los Angeles, CA – John Michael Montgomery
103 WHAT DID I DO Stringtown 200
104 LETS GET LOST Stringtown 200
105 IF YOU EVER WENT AWAY Stringtown 200
106 FOREVER Stringtown 200
107 WITH MY SHIRT ON Stringtown 200
108 MAD COWBOY DISEASE Stringtown 200
109 LOVING AND LETTING GO Stringtown 200
110 FLY ON Stringtown 200
111 DRUNKARDS PRAYER Stringtown 200
112 ALL IN A DAY Stringtown 200
113 BROTHERS TILL THE END Stringtown 200

ALBUMS
Atlantic 7 82420-2 Life's A Dance: Beer And Bones; Life's A Dance; When Your Baby Ain't Around; Line On Love; I Love The Way You Love Me; Taking Off The Edge; Everytime I Fall (It Breaks Her Heart); Dream On Texas Ladies; Great Memory; Nickels And Dimes And Love – 13-10-92
Atlantic 7 82559-2 Kickin' It Up: Be My Baby Tonight; Full-Time Love; I Swear; She Don't Need A Band To Dance; All In My Heart; Friday At Five; Rope The Moon; If You've Got Love; Oh How She Shines; Kickin' It Up – 11-02-94
Atlantic 7 82728-2 John Michael Montgomery: Cowboy Love; Sold (The Groundy County Auction Incident); I Can Love You Like That; High School Heart; Just Like A Rodeo; Holdin' On To Something; Long As I Live; No Man's Land; Heaven Sent Me You; It's What I Am – 31-03-95
Atlantic 82947-2 What I Do The Best: Ain't Got Nothin' On Us; Few Cents Short; Friends; Lucky Arms; What I Do The Best; Cloud Eight; I Can Prove You Wrong; How Was I To Know; Paint The Town Redneck; I Miss You A Little – 24-09-96
Atlantic 83060-2 Greatest Hits: Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident); If You've Got Love; Rope the Moon; I Love the Way You Love Me; Friends; Cowboy Love; I Miss You a Little; Beer and Bones; I Can Love You Like That; No Man's Land; Be My Baby Tonight; I Swear; Angel in My Eyes*; Life's a Dance – 13-10-97 (*previously unissued)
Atlantic 83104-2 Leave A Mark: Cover You In Kisses; Hold On To Me; Little Cowboy's Cry; It Gets Me Every Time; I Don't Want This Song To End; Love Working On You; I Couldn't Dream; You're The Ticket; I Never Stopped Lovin' You; This One's Gonna Leave A Mark – 05-05-98
Atlantic 83185-2 Home To You: Love Made Me Do It; Hello L-O-V-E; Home To You; Your Love Lingers On; You Are; Sinkin' In; Holding An Amazing Love; When Your Arms Were Around; Love Is Our Business; Nothing Catches Jesus By Surprise – 25-05-99
Atlantic 83378-2 Brand New Me: Brand New Me; Bus To Birmingham; Weekend Superstar; Thanks For The G Chord; Even Then; That's What I Like About You; That's Not Her Picture; Little Girl; Real Love; I Love It All – 26-09-00
Warner Brothers 48234-2 Love Songs: I Love the Way You Love Me; Hold On to Me; I Swear; Home to You; I Can Love You Like That; High School Heart; Holding an Amazing Love; Heaven Sent Me You; Oh How She Shines; Long as I Live – 05-02-02 (sampler)
Warner Brothers 48341-2 Pictures: Country Thang; Love Changes Everything; Till Nothing Comes Between Us; Got You To Thank For That; Pictures; Love And Alcohol; I Wanna Be There; Believe In Me; It Goes Like This; Four-Wheel Drive – 09-10-02
Warner Broters 73918-2 The Very Best Of John Michael Montgomery: Be My Baby Tonight; Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident); Life's a Dance; I Swear; The Little Girl; If You've Got Love; I Love the Way You Love Me; Cover You in Kisses; Rope the Moon; I Can Love You Like That; How Was I to Know; Hold On to Me; No Man's Land; Home to You; Friends; Angel in My Eyes; Long as I Live; 'Til Nothing Comes Between Us; Cool; One Day Less – 26-08-03 (sampler)
Warner Broters 48466-2 Mr. Snowman: The Winter Wonderland; Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas; White Christmas; Santa Claus Is Coming To Town; December 1943; My Christmas Wish; Christmas Song; Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer; O Holy Night; Daddy's Prayer/Jesus Loves Me – 07-10-03
Warner Broters 48729-2 Letters From Home: Good Ground; Letters From Home; That's What I'm Talking About; Look At Me Now; Goes Good With Beer; Cool; It Rocked; That Changes Everything; Break This Chain; Little Devil – 20-04-04
Stringtown 200 Time Flies: What Did I Do; Let's Get Lost; If You Ever Went Away; Forever; With My Shirt On; Mad Cowboy Disease; Loving and Letting Go; Fly On; Drunkard's Prayer; All in a Day; Brothers Till the End – 14-10-08

VHS

Atlantic 50656-3  Kickin‘ It Up: I Sewar; Rope The Moon; Beer And Bones; I Love The Way You Love Me; Life’s A Dance; + interviews - 94

SINGLES
Atlantic (1993-00)
7-87371 Life's A Dance / I Love The Way You Love Me - 11-03-93
7-87326 Beer And Bones / I Love The Way You Love Me - 05-08-93
7-87288 I Swear / Dream On Texas Ladies - 27-01-94
7-87248 Rope The Moon / Friday At Five - 31-03-94
7-87236 Be My Baby Tonight / Full-Time Love - 16-06-94
7-87198 If You've Got Love / Kick It Up - 27-09-94
7-87128 I Can Love You Like That / ? - 02-95
7-87105 No Man's Land / Grundy County Auction Incident - 05-09-95
7-87044 Ain't Got Nothin' For Us / I Miss You A Little - 06-96
7-87019 Friends / Few Cents Short - 24-09-96
7-84865 I Miss You A Little / Cloud 8 - 18-02-97
7-84103 Love Working On You / Angel In My Eyes - 31-03-98
7-84157 Cover You In Kisses / Little Cowboy's Cry - 07-07-98
7-84197 Hold On To Me / Leave A Mark - 06-10-98
7-85006 The Little Girl / Brand New Me - 07-00