Bobby Charles

Bobby CharlesIt's not an extensive discography, but it is a confusing one that prompts a departure from the normal practice elsewhere in these pages. 

The biographical details have, I think, been quite adequately covered in the R.I.P. 

Studio Albums:

1972 Bobby Charles (Bearsville, his first full-length album co-produced by Rick Danko with session players including The Band, Dr. John, David Sanborn, and Amos Garrett)

1987 Clean Water (Europe-only, Lil' Cajun, Secrets, Love In The Worse Degree, Cowboys And Indians, But I Do, Clean Water, Eyes, Lil' Sister, Party Town, Le Champs Elysee)

1988 Small Town Talk (reissue of Bobby Charles)

1995 Wish You Were Here Right Now (sessions from 1992-1993 and selections from a 1984 jam session at Willie Nelson's studio. Session players include Neil Young, Fats Domino, and Sonny Landreth. Not Ready Yet, The Jealous Kind, See You Later, Alligator, I Want to Be the OnePromises, Promises (The Truth Will Set You Free), Walking to New Orleans, The Mardi Gras Song. I Remember When feat: Willie Nelson, Ambushin' Bastard, Peanut, I Don't See Me, Wish You Were Here Right Now)

1998 Secrets of the Heart (reissued as part of Last Train to Memphis bonus disc without the fifteen and a half minute interview and Happy Birthday, Fats Domino)

2004 Last Train to Memphis (2CD set with the first CD's 15 tracks combining recent recordings, with older  tracks remixed and issued for the first time. The second CD's 18 tracks are drawn from  Wish You Were Here Right Now, Secrets Of The Heart and Clean Water)

2008 Homemade Songs 

Timeless


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