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Ronnie Earl and

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Ronnie Earl 
Guest appearances

1 
Bocce Boogie Live 1978

2008 TopCat Records
LLC (014172070822)

 1.     Every Day I Have The Blues   (5:25)
2.     Walters Boogie  (4:08) 
3.     Trouble In Mind   (5:29) 
4.     My Babe        (3:54) 
5.     Cold Chills     (3:40) 
6.     That's Why I'm Crying  (7:41)
7.     Bocce Boogie (4:06) 
8.     La Cucuracha  (2:48) 
9.     Sweet Black Angel  (7:20) 
10.  Baby Please Don't Go (Turn The Lamps Down Low) (4:06) 
11.  Hard Hearted Woman (4:37)
12.  Little Bitty Girl (4:36) 
13.  Don't Get Around Much Anymore (4:01) 
14.  Tell Me Why (3:52) 
15.  Breakin' With The Earle (4:53) 
Big Walter Horton - Vocals & Harp
John “Guitar Johnny” Nicholas - Vocals & Guitar
Ronnie “Youngblood” Earl - Guitar
Sugar Ray Norcia - Vocal (Every Day I Have The Blues)
Chromatic Harmonica (That’s Why I’m Cryin)
Ted Harvey - Drums
Mudcat Ward - Bass
Anthony Geraci – Piano
On this September night in 1978 some of the best blues musicians on the planet gathered to celebrate the marriage of Joan and George Nicholas and the reunion of Guitar Johnny, Big Walter and Ronnie Earl along with Sugar Ray and his great band - and about 150 of their closest friends (the Bocce Club only holds 75 people).

   
#2
Big Walter Horton/ Little Boy Blue
(1980) 
JSP JSPCD 208 CD Import                  
JSP records 1019 (England) 


 1. I Cry For You (05:31)
2. Lord Knows I Tried (07:59)
3. Country Girl (05:17)
4. Walter's Shuffle (03:38)
5. Little Boy Blue (04:55)
6. Its Not Easy (04:50)
7. Two Old Maids (04:27)
8. Whats On Your Worried Mind (07:50)
9. Walter's Swing (07:56)

Ronnie Horvath (Guitar)
Walter Horton (Vocal, Harmonica)
Michael ‘“Mudcat” Ward (Bass)
Ola Dixon (Drums)
Special guest on "Hideaway", "left-hand" Frank.
   
#3
Tip of the Top William Clarke 
(1986) 
Double Trouble DT-3016
Ronnie plays guitar on one track (A2)
Hot Dog and a Beer
-Also Hollywood Fats and Junior Watson on this record

 
   
#4
Ron Levy's / Wild Kingdom
 (1986) 
Black Top 1034

1. I Know You Know I Know (03:37) 
5. Party In Nogales (03:57) 
7. It's Hot In Here (03:32) 
8. My Heart's In Trouble (03:05) 
9. Knee Squeeze (04:05) 
   
#5
Earl King / "Glazed"
 (1986)
 Black Top 1035

1. It All Went Down The Drain (04:21) 
2. Your Love Was Never There (04:50) 
3. Everybody's Got To Cry Sometime (03:04) 
4. Love Rent (04:04) 
5. Three Can Play The Game (03:26) 
6. Iron Cupid (03:07) 
7. Somebody's Got A Tail (03:54) 
8. I Met A Stranger (03:04) 
9. Mardi Gras in New Orleans (02:58) 
10. There's Been Some Lonely, Lonely Nights (03:12) 
11. One Step Beyond Love (03:28) 

"On their new album, ''Glazed,'' Mr. King and Roomful of Blues collaborate most effectively when sticking to the basics of rhythm and blues. Mr. King's more rhythmically complex songs sound underrehearsed on the album, but at the Bottom Line the band kept up with him all the way. Mr. King and Roomful of Blues's sterling guitarist, Ronnie Earl, made a particularly formidable team. Their guitar interplay was a study in textural and dynamic subtleties, something one would like to hear more of when Roomful of Blues performs on its own."  Robert Palmer, New York Times, December 12, 1986
   
#6
Snooks Eaglin / Baby, You Can Get Your Gun 
(1987)
 Black Top 1037

2. Baby Please (03:16) 
3. Oh Sweetness (03:15) 
5. Lavinia (03:35)
   

#7
Hubert Sumlin / "Blues Party" 
(1987) 
Black Top 1036

From Amazon.com: 1987’s Blues Party was the first American solo album from Hubert Sumlin. Backed by Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters and featuring guest vocals from Mighty Sam McClain, Sumlin tears through a killer set of blues classics (Howlin’ Wolf, Willie Dixon, Earl Hooker) and newly written originals.Available here.

 1. Hidden Charms (01:55) 
2. West Side Soul (02:27) 
3. A Soul That's Been Abused (07:15) 
4. Letter To My Girlfriend (02:17) 
5. How Can You Leave Me, Little Girl? (04:46) 
6. Can't Call You No More (02:42) 
7. Blue Guitar (05:15) 
8. Down In The Bottom (02:44) 
9. Poor Me, Pour Me (02:37) 
10. Living The Blues (04:40)
   
#8
Nappy Brown 
Something Gonna Jump Out of the Bushes
(1987)
 Black Top 1039

1. Have Mercy, Mercy Baby! (03:30) 
2. Dirty Work (03:04) 
3. I'm With You All The Way (03:33) 
4. Something Gonna Jump Out The Bushes (03:24) 
5. You Mean More To Me Than Gold (03:41) 
6. Flamingo (02:57) 
7. My Jug And I (03:46) 
8. Life's Ups And Downs (02:57) 
9. Your Love Is Real (03:01) 
10. You Were A Long Time Coming (03:05) 
11. Nothing Takes The Place Of You (03:47) 
12. I'm Walking Out On You (03:32)

 
   
#9
Where Y' At? 
Jumpin' Johnny (Sansone) & The Blues Party
(1988) 
Short Stack SS1001

  1. She Said, You Said, I Said 
  2. One Thing (Come Back to Me) 
  3. Knocks Me Out (Fine, Fine, Fine) 
  4. Things are So Tough 
  5. HooDoo Party 
  6. Baby C'mon 
  7. Be For Sure 
  8. You Can't Call Me Anymore 
  9. You Go, And I'll Come With You 
10. Move Back Baby 
11. Who's That Man 
12. Blue and Lonesome 
13. You Win 
14. Same Thing Can Happen To You 
15. Cold Willie's 
16. Still My Baby 

Ronnie Earl - guitar 
She Said, You Said, I Said
Who's That Man
Blue and Lonesome
Still My Baby

Slide guitar on Cold Willie's
   
#10
Black Top Blues-A-Rama Vol. 1
(1988) 
Black Top 1044 

8. Hard Time Blues (04:11) 
9. Something On Your Mind (06:06)
   
#11
Black Top Blues-A-Rama Vol. 2 
(1988)
Black Top 1045 

1.  Lemon Daddy 
2.  Bye Bye Baby 
3.  Get to Gettin'
4. Things I Used To Do 
5. West Side Soul (03:14)   Ronnie Earl 
6. Night Flight (03:40)   Ronnie Earl 
7. Blue Monday Blues 
8. Further On Up The Road 
9. If I Had My Life To Live Over  
10. Hello Sundown 
   
#12
The Black Top Blues Single

 (1988)
 Black Top
   
#13
John Campbell / "A Man & His Blues"
 (1988) 
Crosscut Records CCD11019

1. Going to Dallas (03:36)
2. Bad night blues (04:15)
3. Bluebird (04:26)
4. Letter To My Girlfriend
5. Deep river Rag (03:01)
6. Texas Country Boy (03:10)
7. Sittin' here thinkin' (06:41)
8. Down In The Bottom (02:44) 
9. Sunnyland train (04:51)
10. White lightnin' (05:50)

This was produced by Ronnie Earl and he also joins Cambell on tracks 7 and 8, and with Campbell and the Broadcasters at the time (Portnoy, Hanson, Nulisch) on track 3
   
#14
Ron Levy's Wild Kingdom / Safari To New Orleans 
(1988)
 Black Top 1040

1. Stir The Roux With You (04:03) 
2. Life Is Like That (02:49) 
3. The Fall Guy (03:33) 
4. Bib Mamou (03:11) 
5. Coconut Milk (03:05) 
6. Mary Can't Count (03:41) 
7. Cool The Fool (04:35) 
8. The South Shall Rise Again (04:08) 
9. Carry On Our Carrying On (04:00) 
10. Nine Pound Hammer (02:50) 
11. Everybody's Gotta Cry Sometime (04:13)

Ronnie Earl plays guitar on right channel; except 1, 2, 11 
   
#15
Bobby Radcliff
Dresses Too Short
(1989) 
Black Top CD BT 1048		   1. Ugh!                                           
  2. Bonehead                                  
  3. Stick Around                             
  4. You Haven't Hurt Me                
  5. Going Home Tomorrow            
  6. Next Woman I Marry                
  7. Dresses Too Short                     
  8. Keep Loving Me Baby              
  9. Alimony Blues                           
10. Hard Road to Travel                                                    
11. Kool and the Gang                                               
 
Ronnie Earl plays rhythm guitar on #2 and #3 
First guitar solo on #2
   
#16
Black Top Blues-A-Rama Vol. 3
(1989)
Black Top 1056 

1. Theme Song And Introduction (01:42) - [1-6 with J. Davis] 
2. Next Time You See Me (02:52) 
3. Your Turn To Cry (06:16) 
4. Don't Want No Woman (03:12) 
5. When There's No Way Out (02:43) 
6. You Did Me Wrong (02:36) 
10. Introduction (00:10) -- [10-14 with Bobby Radcliff] 
11. Bonehead (03:21) 
12. Sex Machine (04:58) 
13. Bad Luck (??:??) 
14. Night Train 04:55
   
#17
Snooks Eaglin / Out of Nowhere(1989) 
Black Top 1046 

2. Lipstick Traces (03:15 
6. Mailman Blues (02:54 
9. It's Your Thing (02:30 
10. Playgirl (02:41) 
11. West Side Baby (04:37) 

 
   
#18
Black Top Blues-A-Rama Vol. 5
(1989) 
Black Top 1058

1.  Love At First Sight  -  Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters 
2.  Keep Holding On Baby -  Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters
3.  Can't Keep From Crying  - Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters
4,  I Found A New Love  - Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters
   
#19
Hubert Sumlin /Healing Feeling 
(1990)
Black Top 1053

Tracks:
1. I Don't Want to Hear About Yours
2. Healing Feeling
3. Just Like I Treat You
4. Come Back Little Girl
5. Play It Cool
6. Without a Friend Like You
7. I Don't Want No Woman
8. Blue Shadows
9. Down the Dusty Road
10. Honey Dumplings
11. Blues For Henry
"Recorded May 5 and 6, 1989, at Southlake Recording Studios in Louisiana, with two additional tracks coming from a live show at Tipitina's in New Orleans earlier in the day on May 5, the sessions were once again organized by guitarist Ronnie Earl, whose band the Broadcasters is used on most of the cuts."  Bluestown

Personnel: Hubert Sumlin (vocals, guitar)Darrell Nulisch (vocals, harmonica) James "Thunderbird" Davis (vocals)Ronnie Earl (guitar)Mark "Kaz" Kazanoff (tenor saxophone) Richard "Dickie" Reed (piano, organ)Steve Gomes (bass guitar) Per Hanson (drums)

   
#20
Black Top Blues-A-Rama: A Budget Sampler 
(1990)
Black Top BT 0028. 

10. I Want To Shout About It 
(off Peace Of Mind BT1060)
   
#21
Earl King / Sexual Telethapy
(1990)

US: Black Top BT-1052


  1. Old Mr. Bad Luck
  2. I'll Take You Back Home
  3. A Weary Silent Night
  4. Time For The Sun To Rise
  5. No One More For The Road
  6. Going Public
  7. Love Is The Way Of Life
  8. Sexual Telepathy
  9. Happy Little Nobody's Waggy Tail Dog
  10. Always A First Time
  11. Make A Better World
On tracks 2, 3, 6, and 8
The Broadcasters
Earl King - vocals & guitar
Ronnie Earl - guitar, guitar solo on track 6, second guitar on track 8
Richard "Dickie" Reed - piano, organ
Steve Gomes - bass
Per Hanson - drums
   
#22
Musical Score
Fried Green Tomatoes  
(1991)
Rooster Blues , composed and performed with Peter Wolf 
Track Listings
1.     I’ll Remember You – Grayson Hugh 
2.     What Becomes of the Brokenhearted – Paul Young
3.     Cherish (Hip Hop Version) – Jodeci
4.     Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead – Taylor Dayne
5.     Rooster Blues – Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters, Peter Wolf
6.     Barbeque Bess – Patti LaBelle
7.     If I Can Help Somebody – Aaron Hall
8.     Cool Down Yonder – Marion Williams
9.     Cherish (Movie Version) – Jodeci
10.  Ghost Train (Main Title) – Thomas Newman
11.  Visiting Ruth – Thomas Newman
12.  Charge to Keep I Have – Marion Williams 
 
#23
Black Top Blues Cocktail Party
 (1991) 

Black Top BT1066 
3. Ship's Passing In The Night (4:52)
   
#24
Mitch Woods and His Rocket 88's 
Solid Gold Cadillac
(1991)
Blind Pig 74191

Solid Gold Cadillac (1991) features a stellar lineup of special guests, including Charlie Musselwhite, The Roomful of Blues Horns, and Ronnie Earl 

1. Solid Gold Cadillac 
2. Blues Hangover 
3. Crawfishin' ~  Ronnie Earl guitar solo 
4. Pink Champagne 
5. Frosty ~ Ronnie Earl 2nd guitar solo 
6. Quiet Whiskey
7. That Will Never Do 
8. Got A New Car 
9. Better By The Dozen 
10. House Of Blue Lights 
11. 10th & Parker Blues ~ Ronnie Earl 2nd guitar solo 
   
#25
Barkin Bill Smith
Dave Specter's Bluebird Blues
(1991) 
Delmark Records DD-652 

1. Things I'd do for you 3:37
2. Tell me what's the reason 4:43
3. Bluebird Blues 5:42
4. Wind Chill 5:23
5. Get me while I'm free 4:19
6. Buzz Me 4:27
7. Lie to me 5:07
8. Railroad station blues 7:09
9. Our course is run 3:58
10. Take a little walk with me 3:17

Dave Specter is on the left channel and Ronnie Earl on the right on all tracks. Specter sound meshes well with Earl's style.
   
#26
Black Top Blues Pajama Party
(1992)

3, Bonehead Too  (Ronnie Earl and The Broadcasters)
   
#27
Blues Harmonica Spotlight
Blacktop Blues 
(1992)

 7.  My Home Is A Prison 
      Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters Featuring Sugar Ray

12. Ridin' In The Moonlight 
      Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters Featuring Kim Wilson 
   
#28
Swear To Tell The Truth
 Paul Rishell 
(1993) 
Tone Cool CDTC1148
Paul Rishell's stunning sophomore solo outing; featuring special guests Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters and "Little" Annie Raines.

Ronnie plays on three tracks: 

05. Somebody In My Home
06. Every Night About This Time
14. Do You Swear To Tell The Truth

 
   
#29
Jimmy Rogers with Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters   
(1993) European release
CrossCut Records CCD 11 033
(1994)
Bullseye Blues BB 9544

1) Okie Dokie Stomp   2:29      
2) Blues in D Natural   6:29      
3) Same Old Blues      5:34      
4) Rock This House     6:45      
5) Gold Tailed Bird              7:18      
6) Why Did You Do It?        7:13      
7) Can't Sleep for Worrying  4:55      
8) Walking by Myself          4:15      
9) Left Me With a Broken Heart  5:53      
10) Got My Mojo Working          6:09      
11) Shake Your Moneymaker    6:03      
12) You're Sweet   3:52    

European release has one additional track
 ~You Can Read My Letter But You Can't Read My Mind - 9:52 
Jimmy Rogers is one of the most important and influential figures in the history of Chicago blues. The last remaining link to such classic figures as Sonny Boy Williamson, Little Walter and Otis Spann, Jimmy helped pioneer and develop the archetypal Chicago Blues sound with his bandmate Muddy Waters from 1947 to 1954. Today he's still a leader in a vital and satisfying tradition. 

"All my career I've wanted to make a Chicago blues album. When I heard the tapes of this concert, I knew I had. . . . I will always be 
grateful to Jimmy Rogers." --Ronnie Earl 

 ". . . blues was certainly in the air as Jimmy and Ronnie took turns tearing up the frets, and everything seems to meld." --Spotlight
   
#30
Bob Margolin / Down in the Alley 
Alligator Records 
1993		   1. Boogie at Midnight     

  2. Brown Liquor                                

  3. Tough Times                                 

  4. While You're Down There            

  5. Down in the Alley                         

  6. Boston Driving Blues                 

  7. Lonesome Bedroom Blues       

  8. Baby Can't Be Found                    

  9. Big Tree Blues                               

10. Twelve Year Old Boy                   

11. Dream of Nothing                         

12. Look What You've Done             

13. Wee Wee Hours                          

14. Now Who's the Fool                     

15. Worried Life Blues                        

 

Ronnie Earl – guitar on 1, 6, 7, 12, 13
   
#31
Smoke and Mirrors 
Martin Simpson 
(1995) 
Thunderberg Records TBE5001-2 

1. Poormouth (06:26)
2. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (04:35)
4. New Kitchen Blues (03:02)
5. Hard Love (05:05)
10. Spoonfull (08:30)
11. Me & My Chauffeuer (04:42)
12. Big Road Blues (04:00)
   
#32
Rock Bottom/Too Many Bad Habits 
Double Trouble
Parsifal Records/ Belgium 3035
1995

1. Lightnin'       

2. Stompin' at the Aaheim           

3. Ramona's Blues       Ronnie Earl  (2:53)

4. Too Many Bad Habits

5. Set the Meat Outdoors  

6. My Blues      

7. Who's Been Fooling You      

8. Ice Cream Freezer     

9. Person to Person     

10. Blues for Anne B.   

11. My Mind Is Ramblin'            

12. Snake Dancin' Through God's Barnyard         

13. Hadacol Bounce                                    

14. Boozoo Stomp       

15. Close to You Baby 

 

The Artists:

Tomcat Blake                    Guitar

Steve Burdi                        Guitar

Vidar Busk                        Guitar

J.P. "Bullmoose" Coley      Bass (Acoustic)

Barry Cudda                      Piano

Ronnie Earl                       Guitar

Glenn Evans                      Drums (Snare)

T-Bone Hamilton                Bass

Big Dick Magee                 Drums (Snare)

Jungle Denny McCarthy      Drums (Snare)

Flo Mingo                          Washboard

Rock Bottom                     Harmonica, Vocals

Rose Romance                  Bass (Acoustic)

John Street                       Organ, Piano

 
   
#33
Blues Union
Joe Beard with Ronnie Earl 
(1996) 
Audioquest CD1039


 1) Lay for Me Sometime 4:41 
2) Just to Be With You 5:25  
3) Count the Days You're Gone 3:33  
4) Sinner's Prayer 7:29  
5) Sally Mae 2:58 
6) Please Don't Light the Flame 4:48  
7) Feets Out in the Hall 6:32  
8) Think 3:21  
9) Telling It Like It Is 8:26              
10) Don't Know Why 4:07  
11) Late in the Evening 3:46 

 "We (The Broadcasters) have a record out with Joe Beard and I'm very excited about that. It's called "Blues Union." Beard is a musician who is very, very important. Joe was playing in Rochester, New York, and wasn't going anywhere. So I called Audio Quest and said, 'If I play on this guy's record will you do something,? and they (label president-producer Joe Harley) said, 'Yes.' So I got a lot of pleasure out of that." (from an interview with Joseph Jordan, Southland Blues)
   
#34
So Emotional 
Michelle Wilson
(1996)
Bullseye (BB 9580)

 Ronnie plays on two tracks: 
~You're So Mean To Me.
~Long John Blues.
   
#35
I Want You To Know
 Paul Rishell & Annie Raines 
(1996) 
Tone Cool CDTC1156

Track Listing; 
1. Step it Up and Go 
2. I Want You to Know 
3. Got to Fly   Ronnie Earl, guitar 
4. Yo Yo Blues 
5. Nothin' But the Devil 
6. Ol' Heartbreak  Ronnie Earl, guitar
7. Blues for Tampa Red 
8. I Shall Not Be Moved 
9. Funny Feeling Blues 
10. Mama Talk to Your Daughter 
11. Little Dog 
12. Must Have Been the Devil   Ronnie Earl, guitar
13. Time is Like a Woman 
14. Low Down Rounder 
15. Key to the Highway 
16. John Henry 
 
#36
It Just Won't Go Away
Red Archibald & The Internationals 
(1996) 
Ronnie plays on 2 tracks
 
#37
Willie Lomax Blues Revue - Give Me Back My Teeth 
(1996)
Big Boss Records 96001

02. Blues For PeeWee
10. Pretty Baby Blues
11. Blues For Jackie Robinson

Featuring Ronnie Earl, Sam Carr, James Peterson and Rock Bottom."Smoldering guitar licks" BLUEPRINT. "Guitar fireworks showcase elegant dynamics of touch and tone...
   
#38
Blues After Hours: All Instrumental
Various Artists 
July 1997

1.     Baby Doll Blues – Ronnie Earl 
2.     They Killed Crazy Horse – Otis Grand 
3.     4811 Wadsworth (Blues for George) – Mighty Flyers 
4.     Get Down With the Blues – Tony Zamagni 
5.     Sanctified – Gene Connors
6.     Down at P.J.’s Place – David Maxwell 
7.     Blues for Al and Peggy – Mike Morgan 
8.     I’m Not Ashamed to Play the Blues – Tutu Jones 
9.     Blues for Henry – Ronnie  Earl 
10.   John Henry – Traditional  
   
#39
Blues Guitar Duels 
1997
Various Artists		 1. Girl You're Nice and Clean (Buddy Guy & Phil Guy)
2. West Side Soul (Hubert Sumlin, Ronnie Earl)
3. Corn Palace (Smokin' Joe Kubek, Bnois King)
4. You're Fine (Mike Morgan & Jim Suhler)
5. She's Gone (Phillip Walker & Otis Grand)
6. Backstroke (Ronnie Earl & Duke Robillard)
7. Full Gain (Grady Gaines & The Texas Upsetters feat. Roy Gaines and Clarence Hollimon)
8. The Wasp (Joe Coronado & The Texas Beat with Mark Pollock & Ray Jimenez)
9. Kick Out (Guitar Shorty & Otis Grand)
10. You Got to Help Me (Hubert Sumlin' & Richard Studholme)
 
#40
Bruce Katz/A Deeper Blue
Severn Records 
2004		 1.     Know it? I Wrote It!
2.     Greasy Sticks 
3.     The Dark Room 
4.     Yeah, Maybe
5.     Poptop
6.     The Stroll
7.     (Why Don’t You Jus)t Go Home!
8.     Call it Gone
9.     Slinky
10.  Stovepipe Boogie
11.  Blues in D Natural
12.  For Cliff
13.  Jump’d
Bruce Katz – Hammond B-3 Organ and Piano 
Michael Williams – guitar 
Rod Carey – bass 
Ralph Rosen – drums 
Ronnie Earl – guitar (on #4 and #11
   
#41
Blue For The Bears
2008

 Only Blues in Australia released BLUES FOR THE BEARS in support of Polar Bears International
www.polarbearsinternational.org 

  1. Join Hands - The Mason Rack Band
  2. Where The Southern Crosses The Dog - Hans Theessink
  3. Shipwrecked - Derrin Nauendorf
  4. Crow John - Ray Bonneville
  5. Faith - Steve Arvey
  6. Right As Rain - Tommy Castro
  7. Jumpin' With Stevie - Mal Eastick
  8. Hell To Pay - Tim Gaze & Rob Grosser
  9. Love Disease - Michael Burks
  10. As Long As I've Sung The Blues - Kate Meehan
  11. I Can't Wait - Pete Cornelius
  12. Feel Like Goin On - Ronnie Earl
  13. The Upsetter - Rod Piazza
  14. Tell Me Why - Duke Robillard
  15. Homegrown Sin - Fiona Boyes
  16. Long Road Ahead - 19 Twenty
  17. Where You'll Fine Me - Doug Macleod