Karen Staley

*Weirton, WV

By Praguefrank, Michal Gololobov

SESSIONS  

ca. November 1987 Sound Stage Studio, 10 Music Circle South, Nashville, TN - Karen Staley (Producer: Jimmy Bowen and Karen Staley)
001 MC-24726 OH, LONESOME ME MCA-53247
002 MC-24727 TAKE KE ME BACK TO THE COUNTRY MCA-53247

ca. December 1987 Sound Stage Studio, 10 Music Circle South, Nashville, TN - Karen Staley (Karen Staley [vcl], Billy Joe Walker Jr. [gt], Larry Byrom [gt], Paul Franklin [dobro/steel],  Dave Pomeroy [bass], Steve Turner [drums], Terry McMillan [percussion], Mark O‘ Connor [fiddle/mandolin], Matt Rollings [piano/Hammond B3 organ]. Producer: Tony Brown and Karen Staley)
003 MC-24926 KEEP WALKIN' ON MCA-53470/ MCAD-42112
004 HE THINKS HE'S JAMES DEAN MCAD-42112
005 WILDEST DREAMS MCAD-42112
006 LOOKS LIKE RAIN MCA-53632/MCAD-42112
007 ONLY THE HEART MCAD-42112
Sunmer 1988 Emerald Sound Studio, 1033 16th Ave., Nashville, TN - Karen Staley (Karen Staley [vcl], Pat Flynn [ac gt], Bela Fleck [banjo], Bruce Bouton [dobro/steel], Mike Brignardello [bass], Eddie Bayers [drums], Jonathan Yudkin [fiddle], Matt Rollings [piano].  Producer: Jimmy Bowen and Karen Staley)
008 MC-27161 SO GOOD TO BE IN LOVE MCA-53470/MCAD-42112
009 TUMBLEWEED MCAD-42112
010 GIVE ME ONE GOOD REASON MCAD-42112
011 THAT'S NOT THE KIND OF LOVE I NEED TONIGHT MCAD-42112
012 MC-28424* NOW AND THEN MCAD-42112 [ed*:] MCA-53632
ca. December 1990 Digital Recorders, Nashville, TN/ The Music Mill, 1710 Roy Acuff Place, Nashville, TN - Lee Greenwood and Karen Staley (Steve Gibson [gt], Paul Franklin [steel], Michael Rhodes/Bob Wray [bass], Eddie Bayers/Paul Leim [drums], Rob Hajacos [fiddle], Gary Smith [piano], Matt Rollings [piano/synthesizer], David Innis/Mike Lawler [synthesizers] + Vicki Hampton, Chris Rodriguez, Curtis Young [bck vcl]. Producer: Jerry Crutchfield)
013 84936 I'M NOT MISSIN' ANYTHING Capitol CDP 7-95541-2
Summer 1998 Hound's Ear Studio, Liepers Fork, TN/House Of Blues, Memphis, TN/Midtown T, Nashville, TN/The Sound Emporium, Nashville, TN/Woodland Digital, Nashville, TN - Karen Staley (Anita Cochran [vcl/el gt], Deanna Bryant [vcl], Annie Price [vcl], Earl Whitehill [vcl], Alison Prestwood [vcl], Stephony Smith [vcl], Biff Watson [ac gt],Vince Gill [el gt/bck vcl], Jimmy Olander [el gt], Kenny Greenberg [el gt], Steuart Smith [el gt], Tom Britt [el gt] Pam Gadd [banjo], Shannon Forrest/Chad Cromwell [drums], Eric Darken [percussion], Larry Franklin/Aubrey Haynie [fiddle], Fats Kaplan [accordion], Mike Rojas [piano] + The A-Strings + Neil Thrasher, Patty Loveless, Trace Adkins, Woody Wright, Liana Manis, Melody Crittendon [bck vcl].Producer: Karen Staley, Justin Niebank, Mike D.Clute)
014 FEARLESS Warner 9 47150-2
015 THAT'S THE BAD THING ABOUT A GOOD MEMORY Warner 9 47150-2
016 HINDSIGHT IS 20/20 Warner 9 47150-2
017 SOMEBODY'S CHILD Warner 7-17142/9 47150-2
018 CROSS THE BATTLELINE Warner 9 47150-2
019 CAN'T GET ENUFF Warner 9 47150-2
020 BREAKING ALL THE RULES Warner 7-17142/ 9 47150-2
021 HALF OVER YOU Warner 9 47150-2
022 WICKED WAYS Warner 9 47150-2
023 WITH YOU Warner 9 47150-2
024 GOD IS IN CONTROL Warner 9 47150-2
Karen Staley recorded after 1998, some info in albums list

ALBUMS
MCA MCA/MCAD-42112 Wildest Dreams: So Good To Be In Love; Tumbleweed; Give Me One Good Reason; That's Not The Kind Of Love I Need Tonight; Now And Then; He Thinks He's James Dean; Wildest Dreams; Looks Like Rain; Only The Heart; Keep Walkin' On - 09-01-89
Warner Brothers 9 47150-2 Fearless: Fearless; That's The Bad Thing About A Good Memory; Hindsight Is 20/20; Somebody's Child; Cross The Battleline; Can't Get Enuff; Breaking All The Rules; Half Over You; Wicked Ways; With You; God Is In Control - 17-11-98
Hobo Lizard ? Out Of The Park: The Hits: Keeper of the Stars; On a Night Like This; Half Over You; Take Me As I Am; Let's Go to Vegas; Every Time I Cry; The More I Learn; Just Enuff Rope; A Face in the Crowd; Every Other Memory; Across the Miles; The Devil and Me; Now and Then; You Do or You Don't; Keep Walkin' On - 03
Hobo Lizard ? Phoenix Rising: I'll Leave My Heart in Tennessee; 1 2 3; Don't Quit; Just Me and the Moon; Everytime; I'll Show You; Women and Children First; The Real Me; Party of One; 'Til Your Well Runs Dry; Every Other Memory; 'Cause You Love Me; Where Have You Been All Of My Life; Phoenix; Blind Date - 03
Hobo Lizard ? The Story Of My Life: Love in Any Language; The Truth Will Set You Free; Across the Miles; Temporarily Insane; Run Run (Run); Now and Then; Still a Dog; Make Room for Daddy;What've I Gotta Do; Don't Feel Like Love to Me; No Tears; Now I Can Say Goodbye; When I Was Young; Love To Come My Way; The Story of My Life - 03
Hobo Lizard ? Farther Along: I've Got a Mansion Just Over the Hill Top; Have Thine Own Way, Lord; The Old Rugged Cross; The Solid Rock; Just a Little Talk with Jesus; Softly And Tenderly; In the Sweet By and By; What a Friend We Have in Jesus; In the Garden; Peace in the Valley; Great is Thy Faithfulness; Holy, Holy, Holy; Farther Along; Psalm 46 / A Mighty Fortress; How Great Thou Art - 03
Hobo Lizard ? Me And Mahalia: Walk Over God's Heaven; Come On Children Let's Sing; Satisfied Mind; You Better Get Ready; Keep Walkin' On; Born Again, Again; Peace in the Valley; Keep Your Hand on the Plow; Where Could I Go; The Old Rugged Cross; You Must be Born Again; Jordan; Trouble of the World; God is in Control - 03
Hobo Lizard ? Free To Be: I Believe In Love; Lay It All On The Line;That's Until I See You; Bettin' Against The Stars; One Last Night;Because Of You; One In A Billion Broken Hearts; Be Kind Enough To Be Cruel; I Wish It Were You; Just Say Something; Free To Be; Until I See You; I Believe In Love - 03

SINGLES
MCA (1987-88)
MCA-53247 Oh, Lonesome Me / Take Me Back To The Country - 01-88
MCA-53470 So Good To Be In Love / Keep Walkin' On -12-88
MCA-53632 Now And Then / Looks Like Rain - 04-89
Warner Brothers (1998)
7-17142 Somebody's Child / Breaking All The Rules - 27-10-98