# Mike Compton (musician) discography

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)
* 2011: Rotten Taters (self-released)

## 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

## As a member of the Nashville Bluegrass Band

* 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)

## With John Hartford

* 1996: Wild Hog in the Red Brush (Rounder 0392)
* 1996: No End of Love (Small Dog A-Barking SD-696CD)
* 1998: The Speed of the Old Long Bow (Rounder 0438)
* 1999: Good Old Boys (Rounder 0462)
* 2001: Hamilton Ironworks (Rounder 0442)
* 2002: Live from Mounta in Stage (Blue Plate SHCD-3959)

## As sideman
### 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 - True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe (Sugar Hill) - mandolin
* 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
* 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
* 2003: various artists - A Very Special Acoustic Christmas (Lost Highway) - mandolin on track 14, "Christmas Time at Home"
* 2003: various artists - Just Because I'm a Woman: Songs of Dolly Parton (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 - Strummin' with the Devil: The Southern Side of Van Halen (CMH) - mandolin, vocal harmony
* 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)
* 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 - Homecoming: The Bluegrass Album (Rounder) - mandolin
* 2010: John Hartford Stringband - Memories of John (Compass) - mandolin, harmony vocals
* 2010: Willie Nelson - Country Music (Rounder) - mandolin
* 2010: various artists - Southern Filibuster: The Songs of Tut Taylor (E1 Entertainment / Koch) - mandolin
* 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 - T-Bone Burnett Presents The Speaking Clock Revue: Live from the Beacon Theatre (Shout! Factory) - mandolin
* 2011: various artists - Blue Moon of Kentucky: Instrumental Tribute to Bill Monroe (Rural Rhythm) - mandolin

### 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