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)[1]
  • 2011: Rotten Taters (self-released)[2]

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

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[3]
  • 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[4]
  • 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[5]
  • 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[6]
  • 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)[7]
  • 2009: various artists - Pickathon Roots Music Festival: Pickathon 2009 (CD Baby) - track 8, "Smith Chapel" (with David Grier)

2010 - 2011

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: Voluume 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

References

  1. ↑ "Mandotasting". Mandolin Cafe. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
  2. ↑ Thompson, Richard (December 13, 2011). "Mike Compton picks Rotten Taters". Bluegrass Today. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
  3. ↑ Alden, Grant (October 31, 1996). "Bill Monroe - True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe". No Depression. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
  4. ↑ Betts, Stephen (March 28, 2017). "Flashback: 'O Brother, Where Art Thou' Wins Album of the Year Grammy". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
  5. ↑ Petrusich, Amanda (January 25, 2004). "Jack White / Alison Krauss: Cold Mountain". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
  6. ↑ staff writers (July 7, 2006). "Rockin' bluegrass: 'Strummin' with the Devil'". Today. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
  7. ↑ Lawless, John (May 20, 2009). "The Road Home – Butch Baldassari tribute CD". Bluegrass Today. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
  8. ↑ McAlpin, Kirk (June 8, 2010). "The John Hartford Stringband: Memories Of John". American Songwriter. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  9. ↑ Lawless, John (July 13, 2010). "Southern Filibuster: A Tribute To Tut Taylor". Bluegrass Today. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  10. ↑ Hyperbolium (March 19, 2011). "Various Artists - Blue Moon of Kentucky: Instrumental Tribute to Bill Monroe (Rural Rhythm, 2011)". No Depression. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
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