# Tom Russell discography

Tom Russell is an American singer-songwriter. His discography consists of 29 studio albums, 3 live albums, 11 compilations, 3 videos, 3 EPs, 9 singles and 1 tribute album. In addition, his compositions have been featured on a number of albums by other artists.

## Studio recordings

| Year | Album | Label | Notes |
| 1976 | Ring of Bone | Demo / End Of The Trail | with Patricia Hardin |
| 1978 | Wax Museum | Demo / End Of The Trail | with Patricia Hardin |
| 1984 | Heart on a Sleeve | Edsel | |
| 1987 | Road to Bayamon | Philo | Tom Russell Band |
| 1989 | Poor Man's Dream | Philo | Tom Russell Band |
| 1991 | Hurricane Season | Philo | Tom Russell Band |
| 1991 | Cowboy Real | Philo | |
| 1993 | Box of Visions | Philo | |
| 1993 | Hillbilly Voodoo | Stony Plain | with Barrence Whitfield |
| 1994 | Cowboy Mambo | ESD | with Barrence Whitfield |
| 1995 | The Rose of the San Joaquin | HighTone / Shout! | |
| 1997 | The Long Way Around | HighTone | |
| 1997 | Song of the West | HighTone | |
| 1999 | The Man from God Knows Where | HighTone | |
| 2000 | All Around These Northern Towns | Norske Gram | Tom Russell Band - released in Norway |
| 2001 | Borderland | HighTone / Shout! | |
| 2003 | Modern Art | HighTone / Shout! | |
| 2004 | Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs | HighTone / Shout! | |
| 2005 | Hotwalker | HighTone / Shout! | |
| 2006 | Love and Fear | HighTone / Shout! | |
| 2009 | One to the Heart, One to the Head | Scarlet Letter / Scarlet Letter Records | with Gretchen Peters |
| 2009 | Blood and Candle Smoke | Shout! | |
| 2011 | Mesabi | Shout! | |
| 2014 | Midway To Bayamon | lost tapes 1985-87 plus a 1992 live track |
| 2015 | The Rose of Roscrae | |
| 2017 | Play One More: The Songs of Ian & Sylvia | True North | With two bonus tracks performed by Ian & Sylvia |
| 2017 | Folk Hotel | Frontera | Also a book with lyrics, art, and short stories. |
| 2018 | Old Songs Yet To Sing | Frontera | Early classics re-recorded with guitarist Andrew Hardin. |
| 2019 | October in the Railroad Earth | Frontera | Release date: March 15, 2019. |

## Live albums

| Year | Album | Label | Notes |
| 2007 | Lost Angels Of Lyon | Frontera | Tom Russell band recorded May 18th, 1987 in Lyon France |
| 2013 | Aztec Jazz | Frontera | with The Norwegian Wind Ensemble |

## Compilation albums

| Year | Album | Label | Notes |
| 1993 | Beyond St. Olav's Gate 1979 - 1992 | Round Tower | culled from albums released between 1979 and 1992 |
| 1996 | Tom Russell & Patricia Hardin: The Early Years | Edsel | |
| 2002 | Museum of Memories 1972–2002 | Dark Angel / Village | Previously unreleased rarities |
| 2005 | Raw Vision: The Tom Russell Band 1984-1994 | Philo | |
| 2008 | Veterans Day: The Tom Russell Anthology | HighTone / Shout! | |
| 2010 | Cowboy'd All To Hell | Frontera | |
| 2013 | Museum of Memories Vol. 2 (1973–2013) | Frontera | Previously unreleased rarities |
| 2014 | Tonight We Ride | Frontera | |
| 2014 | The Western Years | Rockbeat | culled from albums released between 1999 and 2006 |
| 2015 | Hilly Voodoo & Cowboy Mambo | Rockbeat | with Barrence Whitfield - compilation of two albums plus bonus tracks |
| 2016 | Gunpowder Sunsets: The Tom Russell Anthology 2 | Frontera | |

## Videos

| Year | Title | Label | Notes |
| 2005 | Hearts on the Line | Hightone | documents 2004 cross-Canada train trip and performances |
| 2008 | Mano a Mano | Canyon Productions | documents songwriting workshop with Ian Tyson at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada |
| 2011 | Don't Look Down | Frontera | documentary by Tom and Nadine Russell and Eric Temple |

## EPs

| Year | Album | Label | Tracks |
| 2004 | Tonight We Ride | HighTone | "Tonight We Ride" / "Old Cheyenne" / "John Wesley Harding" / "Osceola's Last Words" / "Crucifix In A Death Hand / Carmelita" |
| 2006 | The Pugilist At 59 | HighTone | "The Pugilist At 59" / "Stealing Electricity" / "Ash Wednesday" / "Red Dirt Girl" / "Tower Of Song" |
| 2006 | Who's Gonna Build Your Wall? | HighTone | "Who's Gonna Build Your Wall?" / "California Snow" / "Across The Borderline" / "What We Talk About, When We Talk About Love" / "The Other Side Of Crazy" |

## Singles

| Year | Single | CAN Country | Album | Label |
| 1982 | "Gallo De Cielo" / "Wise Blood" | — | — | End Of The Trail |
| 1986 | "Road to Bayamon" / "Shut Out The Light" | — | — | End Of The Trail |
| 1988 | "Home Before Dark" / "I'm On Fire" | 83 | Road to Bayamon | Philo |
| 1989 | "Walkin' on the Moon" | 62 | Poor Man's Dream | Philo |
| 1990 | "Blue Wing" | 36 | Poor Man's Dream | Philo |
| 1990 | "Heart of a Working Man" | 48 | Poor Man's Dream | Philo |
| 1991 | "Spanish Burgundy" | 48 | Poor Man's Dream | Philo |
| 1991 | "Claude Dallas" / "St. Olav's Gate" | 48 | Cowboy Real | Sonet |
| 1992 | "Black Pearl" | 35 | Hurricane Season | Philo |

## Guest singles

| Year | Single | Artist | CAN Country | Album |
| 1990 | "Thrown to the Wolves" | Sylvia Tyson | 43 | You Were on My Mind |

## Tribute albums

| Year | Album | Label | Notes |
| 2007 | The Wounded Heart of America | HighTone / Shout! | |

## As primary artist/contributor

* 1994: various artists- Tulare Dust: A Songwriters' Tribute to Merle Haggard (HighTone) - track 1, "Tulare Dust / They're Tearin' The Labor Camps Down" (reissued in 2014 with bonus concert disc)
* 2000: various artists - Seka ["Sister"] Vol. 2 (Twah!) - track 10, "Veteran's Day"
* 2003: various artists - Kerrville Folk Festival: Early Years 1972-1981 (Silverwolf) track 5-13, "Second Time Around" and track 6-07, "Joshua Tree" (both with Patricia Hardin)
* 2003: various artists- Kerrville Folk Festival Highlights (Silverwolf) - track 2, "Mineral Wells"
* 2005: various artists - KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 13 (KGSR) - track 1-04, "Tonight We Ride"
* 2006: various artists - A Case for Case: A Tribute to the Songs of Peter Case (Hungry For Music) - track 1-04, "A Little Wind (Could Blow Me Away)"
* 2007: various artists - The Gift: A Tribute To Ian Tyson (Stony Plain) - track 10, "Old Cheyenne"
* 2009: various artists - Man of Somebody's Dreams, A Tribute to Chris Gaffney (Yep Roc) - track 6, "If Daddy Don't Sing Danny Boy"
* 2010: various artists - KPIG Greatest Hits Vol. 3 (Quilted Fish) - track 2, "Blue Wing" (with Dave Alvin)

## As composer
### 1979–1995

* 1979: A Grain Of Salt - High Energy Grass (Hi Spot) - track 3, "Leprechaun Reel" (co-written with Gary Smith)
* 1986: Nanci Griffith - The Last of the True Believers (Philo) - track 3, "St. Olav's Gate"
* 1987: Ian Tyson - Cowboyography (Sugar Hill) - track 1, "Navajo Rug"; track 6, "Claude Dallas"
* 1988: Nanci Griffith - Little Love Affairs (MCA) - track 9, "Outbound Plane"
* 1989: Sylvia Tyson - You Were On My Mind (Stony Plain) - track 4, "Walking On The Moon" (co-written with Katy Moffatt) and track 5, "Thrown To The Wolves" (co-written with Sylvia Tyson)
* 1990: Desert Rose Band - Pages of Life (MCA) - track 3, "Missing You" (co-written with Chris Hillman and Richard Sellars)
* 1990: Suzanne Klee - California Blue (Baur Music) - track 3, "Walkin' On The Moon" (co-written with Katy Moffat)
* 1995: Peter Case - Torn Again (Vanguard) - track 7, "A Little Wind (Could Blow Me Away)" (co-written with Peter Case)
* 1995: Any Old Time - Crossing (Dara) - track 13, "Saint Olav's Gate"
* 1995: The Hitchin' Post - Roadmap (Glitterhouse) - track 11, "One And One"
* 1995: Quartette - Work Of The Heart (Denon) - track 10, "Street Of The Mariachi" (co-written with Sylvia Tyson)

### 1996 – present

* 1996: Bob Neuwirth - Look Up (Watermelon) - track 5, "Beyond The Blues" (co-written with Peter Case and Bob Neuwirth)
* 1996: Katy Moffatt and Kate Brislin - Sleepless Nights (Rounder) - track 11, "I'll Take The Blame" (co-written with Katy Moffatt)
* 1998: Dave Alvin - Blackjack David (HighTone) - track 4, "California Snow" (co-written with Dave Alvin)
* 1999: Ramblin' Jack Elliott - The Long Ride (HighTone) - track 8, "The Sky Above And The Mud Below"
* 2001: Suzy Bogguss - Live At Caffe Milano (Loyal Dutchess) - track 12, "Outbound Plane" (co-written with Nanci Griffith)
* 2002: Dave Alvin and the Guilty Men - Out in California (HighTone) - track 1, "Out In California" and track 2, "Haley's Comet" (both songs co-written with Dave Alvin)
* 2004: Dave Alvin - Ashgrove (Yep Roc) - track 2, "Rio Grande" (co-written with Dave Alvin)
* 2005: Chris Hillman - The Other Side (Sovereign Artists) - track 11, "Missing You" (co-written with Chris Hillman and Richard Sellers)
* 2005: Dave Alvin and the Guilty Men - The Great American Music Galaxy (Yep Roc) - track 12, "Out In California" (co-written with Dave Alvin)
* 2006: Dave Alvin - West of the West (Yep Roc) - track 9, "Between The Cracks" (co-written with Dave Alvin)
* 2011: Dead Rock West - Bright Morning Stars (Red River) - track 4, "Beyond the Blues" (co-written with Bob Neuwirth and Peter Case)
* 2012: Gretchen Peters - Hello Cruel World (Proper / Scarlet Letter) - track 2, "Saint Francis" (co-written with Gretchen Peters)
* 2012: Marley's Ghost - Jubilee (Sage Arts) - track 9, "Hank and Audrey" (co-written with Katy Moffatt)
* 2015: Ian Tyson - Carnero Vaquero (Stony Plain) - track 9, "Wolves No Longer Sing" (co-written with Ian Tyson)

## As producer

* 1993: Katy Moffatt - The Greatest Show On Earth (Philo)
* 1994: Sylvia Tyson - Gypsy Cadillac (Round Tower)

## Also appears on

* 1972: Sailcat - Motorcycle Mama (Elektra) - banjo