The WPA Ballclub
Dennis Crouch, upright bass Jim Gray, electric bass Jen Gunderman, piano, organ, accordian, harmonium
Fats Kaplin, fiddle, steel guitar, button accordion, mandolin Justin Amaral & Tommy Perkinson, drums
WPA Bullpen
Kelly Hogan, harmony Tim O'Brien, bouzouki Richard Bennett, rhythm guitar Ranger Doug, designated yodelder
George Bradfute, baritone guitar, saxophone Paul Niehaus, steel
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Pan American Flash 1997.
Amazon.com’s #5 country album of the 90’s.
The WPA Ballclub debut
with special guest Jason Carter of the Del McCoury Band and Kenny Vaughn.
Monterey,
Loser’s Way to Get Along,
Living, Forgiving,
13 Nights,
Born to Wait,
Sage Advice,
Your Red Wagon,
Jackson, TN,
Sundown Is A Lonesome Time,
I’m Your Daddy Now,
Baby, I Ain’t Gotta Do That No More (featured in The Rookie),
Down Hill & Shady.
Produced by PB with Mark Nevers and Hank Tilbury.

Wire to Wire. 1998
Featuring the WPA Ballclub
with special guest Ranger Doug of Riders in the Sky.
Winner’s Circle (featured in HBO’s Cat House),
Rosa Lee,
Borrowed and Broke,
Percy Lynn’s Run,
Some of These Days
Ring the Bell,
I Turned A Corner,
This Time Next Year,
When You Go Wrong,
Walking to McCoury,
Long Tall Glass of Water,
and Webb Pierce’s classic Drifting Texas Sand.
Produced by PB with George Bradfute and Hank Tilbury.

Blue Notes. 2000 Featuring the WPA Ballclub
with special guests Tom House and Lambchop’s C. Scott Chase.
Willpower,
Forever Yours,
Isolda,
Long Distance Call,
Tonight, Tonight,
How Do I Know,
Hard Woman Blues,
Hitting Bottom,
Oh My Darlin’,
Carter Cain,
Foolish Things the Lonely Do,
and Flatt & Scruggs' Head Over Heels.
Produced by PB and arranged with Dennis Crouch.

Last of My Kind. 2001
Songs Inspired by Tony Earley’s debut novel, Jim the Boy.
Up On the Mountain,
Living Up To The Man You See In Me,
Harvey Hartsell’s Farm,
Electricity (featured in PBS’ The Appalachians),
Country Boys in a City Alley,
Mama Shoo’d the Blackbirds from the Trees,
Sun Don’t Shine,
Polio,
Last of My Kind,
Amos’ Blues,
Nightjar.
Produced and performed by PB.

Fool For Love. 2003
Featuring the WPA Ballclub
with special guests Tony Crow of Lambchop and Phil Lee.
Lovesick Blues Boy,
Bad Girl She Used to Be,
Life of A Fool (featured in History of Violence),
Deserted Love,
C’est Le Moment,
Call My Name,
Time To Cry,
Sparks Fly Out (featured in HBO’s True Blood),
Moments of Weakness,
Last Time I Fell,
Like Railroad Steel,
Sulfur (My Last Match).
Produced by PB. String arrangements by George Bradfute.
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East to West. 2006
Featuring the WPA Ballclub
with special guests Ralph Stanley, Mark Knopfler, Kelly Hogan, and Tim O’Brien.
Monteral,
When I’m in Love,
I Will Wait For You,
Before the Bells,
John Peel,
December Sparklers,
Last Dream of Will Keene,
Wander,
Daddy Rhythm Guitar
I’m A Takin’ It Home,
Conte Hondo,
and the Stanley Brothers' Little Glass of Wine with Ralph Stanley.
Produced by PB.

Still Your Man. 2009
Featuring the WPA Ballclub
with special guests Kelly Hogan and Tim O’Brien.
Like A Train,
Little Bells,
Honey Blue,
Still Your Man,
Down to the Blackmarket,
Ballad of Henry & Jimmy,
Vena Amore,
Waiting For Our Ship,
Lead Me On,
Fallin’,
Please Send For Me,
Paul Burch’s Rattlesnake Daddy Blues,
and Little Walter’s It Ain’t Right.
Produced by PB with Jen Gunderman and Dennis Crouch.

WPA Ballclub Record Club 2010.
Fan club only limited edition release featuring 10 A-side B-side singles performed with the WPA Ballclub. Cover art by Exene Cervenka of X

Words of Love: Songs of Buddy Holly. 2011
Featuring the WPA Ballclub
Based on Buddy Holly’s concert arrangements.
With special guests Will Kimbrough and Kenny Vaughn.
Rave On,
Not Fade Away,
Everyday,
Well...All Right,
Love’s Made A Fool Of You,
Think It Over,
It Doesn’t Matter Anymore,
Blue Days, Black Nights,
It’s So Easy,
Peggy Sue,
Wishing,
Words of Love.
Produced by PB with Dennis Crouch and Jen Gunderman.

Great Chicago Fire 2012
Recorded w/the Waco Brothers featuring
Great Chicago Fire,
Flight to Spain,
Wrong Side of Love,
Up On the Mountain,
Monterey,
and Transfusion Blues.
Produced by PB and the Waco Brothers.
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You can also hear PB on these fine albums by Vic Chesnutt, Kate Rusby, Charlie Louvin *(GRAMMY nomination), Bobby Bare, Lambchop, Candi Staton, Beverly Knight, Clem Snide, Simone White, Laura Cantrell, and Phil Lee, as well as collections by Pine Valley Cosmonauts, Ryan Adams, the Original Soundtrack to The Rookie, Merge Records, Josh Rouse, Jason Ringenberg, Jenny Toomey, Bloodshot Records, Bear Family Records, and Bobby Bare Jr.
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