Freakwater #1:
(1989: 1st "Freakwater" LP - "first 2" were helped most immeasurably by "last 6")
Catherine Ann Irwin: vocals, guitar
Janet Beveridge Bean: guitar, vocals, bongos
John Alexander Spiegel: dobro, lapsteel, electric slide guitar
Dave Gay: upright bass
Dan Scanlon: violin
Peter Searcy: cello
Wink O'Bannon: slide acoustic guitar
James Bond: backing vocals

Freakwater #2:
(1990: 1st "Your Goddamned Mouth" single)
Catherine Ann Irwin: vocals, guitar, dulcimer
Janet Beveridge Bean: vocals, guitar
Dave Gay: upright bass
Matthew O'Bannon: slide guitar

Freakwater #3:
(1991: 2nd "Dancing Under Water" album)
Catherine Ann Irwin: guitar, vocals
Janet Beveridge Bean: guitar, vocals, percussion
Dave Gay: upright bass
John Alexander Spiegel: dobro, pedal steel, banjo, slide guitar
John Rice: fiddle, mandolin, pedal steel

Freakwater #4:
(1993: 3rd "Feels Like The Third Time" album, 2nd "My Old Drunk Friend" single)
Catherine Ann Irwin: vocals, guitar
Janet Beveridge Bean: vocals, guitar, percussion
Dave Gay: bass
Brian Dunn: fancy guitar
Lisa Marsicek: fiddle, mandolin

Freakwater #5:
(4th "Old Paint" album, 3rd "South Of Cincinnati" single, live "June 6, 1994" album, european tours (june 1994 and december 1995))
Catherine Ann Irwin: vocals, guitar
Janet Beveridge Bean: vocals, guitar, percussion
Dave Gay: bass
Bob Egan: pedal steel, national guitar, mandolin

Freakwater #6:
(5th "Springtime" album, european tour (april/may 1997))
Catherine Ann Irwin: vocals, guitar
Janet Beveridge Bean: vocals, guitar, percussion
David Wayne Gay: bass
Max Konrad Johnston: mandolin, banjo, guitar
Bob Egan: appears
Joel Batty: appera
Brendan Burke: appears
John Nickels: appears

Freakwater #7:
(european tour 2006)
Catherine Ann Irwin
Janet Beveridge Bean

David Wayne Gay's musical history
Catherine Irwin's musical history
Janet Beveridge Bean's musical history
Max Johnston's musical history

1. Your Goddamned Mouth 7" (1 1/4 York, 1990, 1 1/4 York 002)
     clear vinyl
   1. Your Goddamned Mouth (Catherine Irwin)
   2. War Pigs (Black Sabbath)
2. My Old Drunk Friend 7" (Thrill Jockey Records, 1993, Thrill-009)
   1. My Old Drunk Friend (Catherine Irwin)
   2. Kentucky (Louvin Brothers)
3. South Of Cincinnati 7" (Thrill Jockey Records, 1995, Thrill-027)
   1. South Of Cincinnati (Dwight Yoakam)
   2. Count Me Out
4. Hellbound 7" (Thrill Jockey Records, 1999, Thrill-078)
   1. Hellbound (Catherine Irwin/Janet Bean)
   2. Lorraine (rec live 4 Nov 1998) (Catherine Irwin/Janet Bean)

1. Freakwater LP (Amoeba Records, 1989, A 007)
   1. Miner Song (Catherine Irwin)
   2. Childish Love (Louvin Brothers)
   3. Lonesome Sound
   4. Family Tradition (Catherine Irwin/Janet Bean)
   5. Great Titanic (traditional)
   6. Blue Eyes (Catherine Irwin)
   7. Ballad Of Freakwater (Catherine Irwin/Janet Bean)
   8. A Mile Away (Catherine Irwin)
   9. Albert C. Samson (J. Bean)
2. Dancing Under Water CD (Amoeba Records, 1991, CDA 009)
   1. A Song You Could Cry For (Catherine Irwin)
   2. Great Potential (Catherine Irwin)
   3. Rank Strangers (Stanley Brothers)
   4. Blood And Fire (Catherine Irwin)
   5. Selfishness In Man (Leon Payne)
   6. Fill My Thermos (Catherine Irwin)
   7. You're Still On My Mind (Bo Diddley)
   8. Your Goddamn Mouth (Catherine Irwin)
   9. Little Girl And The Dreadful Snake (Bill Monroe)
   10. Scratches On The Door
   11. Wild And Blue (John Anderson)
   12. Annabelle Lee (Bob Neuwirth)
   13. Dark As A Dungeon (Merle Travis)
   14. Miner Song (Catherine Irwin)
   15. Childish Love (Louvin Brothers)
   16. Lonesome Sound
   17. Family Tradition (Catherine Irwin/Janet Bean)
   18. Great Titanic (traditional)
   19. Blue Eyes (Catherine Irwin)
   20. Ballad Of Freakwater (Catherine Irwin/Janet Bean)
   21. A Mile Away (Catherine Irwin)
   22. Albert C. Samson (J. Bean)
3. Feels Like The Third Time LP/CD (Thrill Jockey Records, 1993, Thrill-010)
   1. Drunk Friend (Catherine Irwin)
   2. Little Shoes (traditional)
   3. Forgettable Song (Catherine Irwin)
   4. Crazy Man (Louvin Brothers)
   5. Pale Horse
   6. You Make Me
   7. You've Never Been This Far Before
   8. Dream Girl (Catherine Irwin)
   9. Sleeping On Hold
   10. Amelia Earhart
   11. Are You Ready (Catherine Irwin)
4. Feels Like The Third Time LP/CD (City Slang, 1993, 04920-08/04920-26)
   1. Drunk Friend (Catherine Irwin)
   2. Little Shoes (traditional)
   3. Forgettable Song (Catherine Irwin)
   4. Crazy Man (Louvin Brothers)
   5. Pale Horse
   6. You Make Me
   7. You've Never Been This Far Before
   8. Dream Girl (Catherine Irwin)
   9. Sleeping On Hold
   10. Amelia Earhart
   11. Are You Ready (Catherine Irwin)
5. Old Paint LP/CD (Thrill Jockey Records, 1995, Thrill-022)
   1. Gravity (Freakwater)
   2. Smoking Daddy
   3. Gone To Stay (Freakwater)
   4. Little Black Train (Woody Guthrie)
   5. Waitress Song
   6. My One Desire (Dorsey Burnette)
   7. White Rose
   8. Out Of This World (Loudon Wainwright)
   9. Kentucky House
   10. Hero/Heroine (Freakwater)
   11. Ugly Man
   12. Burying Geraldine (Sean Garrison)
6. Old Paint LP/CD (City Slang, 1995, 04965-08/04965-26)
   1. Gravity (Freakwater)
   2. Smoking Daddy
   3. Gone To Stay (Freakwater)
   4. Little Black Train (Woody Guthrie)
   5. Waitress Song
   6. My One Desire (Dorsey Burnette)
   7. White Rose
   8. Out Of This World (Loudon Wainwright)
   9. Kentucky House
   10. Hero/Heroine (Freakwater)
   11. Ugly Man
   12. Burying Geraldine (Sean Garrison)
7. June 6, 1994 CD (Glitterhouse Records, 1995, GR 0376)
     recorded live, june 6, 1994, Kulturkeller, Fulda, Germany
     this is only available through mailorder
   1. A Song You Could Cry For (Catherine Irwin)
   2. Are You Ready (Catherine Irwin)
   3. Dream Girl (Catherine Irwin)
   4. Childish Love (Louvin Brothers)
   5. Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain (Willie Nelson)
   6. My Old Drunk Friend (Catherine Irwin)
   7. Dreadful Snake (Bill Monroe)
   8. Kentucky (Louvin Brothers)
   9. Forgettable Song (Catherine Irwin)
   10. Rank Strangers (Stanley Brothers)
   11. Crazy Man (Louvin Brothers)
   12. Put My Little Shoes Away (traditional)
   13. Lullaby (Catherine Irwin)
   14. Family Tradition (Catherine Irwin/Janet Bean)
8. Dancing Under Water LP/CD (Thrill Jockey Records, 1997, Thrill-040)
     rerelease
   1. A Song You Could Cry For (Catherine Irwin)
   2. Great Potential (Catherine Irwin)
   3. Rank Strangers (Stanley Brothers)
   4. Blood And Fire (Catherine Irwin)
   5. Selfishness In Man (Leon Payne)
   6. Fill My Thermos (Catherine Irwin)
   7. You're Still On My Mind (Bo Diddley)
   8. Your Goddamn Mouth (Catherine Irwin)
   9. Little Girl And The Dreadful Snake (Bill Monroe)
   10. Scratches On The Door
   11. Wild And Blue (John Anderson)
   12. Annabelle Lee (Bob Neuwirth)
   13. Dark As A Dungeon (Merle Travis)
9. Springtime LP/CD (Thrill Jockey Records, 1998, Thrill-047)
   1. Picture In My Mind
   2. Louisville Lip
   3. Twisted Wire (Sean Garrison)
   4. Washed In The Blood
   5. Binding Twine
   6. One Big OnionN>
   7. Harlan (Freakwater)
   8. Jesus Year
   9. Scamp
   10. Lorraine
   11. Slowride
   12. Heaven (Freakwater)
   13. Flat Hand (Freakwater)
10. End Time LP/CD (Thrill Jockey Records, 1999, Thrill-066)
    1. Good For Nothing
    2. Cloak Of Frogs
    3. Sick, Sick, Sick
    4. Just Like You
    5. Cheap Watch
    6. My History
    7. When The Leaves Begin To Fall
    8. Written In Gold
    9. Dog Gone Wrong
    10. Queen Bee
    11. Raised Skin
    12. All Life Long
11. Thinking Of You ... CD (Thrill Jockey Records, 2005, Thrill-150)
    1. Right Brothers
    2. Cricket Versus Ant
    3. Buckets Of Oil
    4. So Strange
    5. Loserville
    6. Cathy Ann
    7. Double Clutch
    8. Sap
    9. Jack The Knife
    10. Jewel
    11. Upside Down
    12. Hi Ho Silver

1. Keep On The Sunnyside - A Tribute To The Carter Family LP (Amoeba Records, 1993, A 012)
     other bands ? their tracks ?
   1. Broken Hearted Lover
   2. No Phone In Heaven
   3. Lover's Return
2. Keep On The Sunnyside - A Tribute To The Carter Family CD (Amoeba Records, 1993, CDA 012)
     other bands ? their tracks ?
   1. Broken Hearted Lover
   2. No Phone In Heaven
   3. Lover's Return
3. "Half-Cocked" Original Soundtrack 2xLP/CD/CS (Matador, 1995, OLE-152-1/2/4)
   1. Drunk Friend
   2. Crazy Man
4. Vinyl Junkie - Cowpunk 2xLP/CD (Vinyl Junkie, 1996, cat.no.?)
     other bands ? their tracks ?
   1. track ?
5. In Flux Us CD (Au-Go-Go, 1998, ANDA 228)
     this is a compilation of Thrill Jockey Records bands
   1. track ?
6. Howl A Farewell Compilation Of Unreleased Songs 2x10"/CD (Glitterhouse Records, year ?, GR 0352)
   1. Lullaby
7. You Are What You Shoot CD (label?, year ?, cat.no.?)
     other bands ? their tracks ?
   1. track ?

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