Discography
Albums
• Criminals
& Sinners (2002)
• 1922
(2002)
• King
Earl (2004)
• Rooster
(2005)
• Backslider
(2006)
• Jubilee
(2007)
• Roustabout
(2008)
• When
the Devil Goes Blind (2010)
• Glory
in the Meeting House (2010)
• Keep
Your Hands on the Plow (2011)
• Barnswallow
(2013)
• Hollandale
(2014)
• Stumpjumper
(2015)
• Dog
(2017)
• CHARLIE
PARR (2019)
• Last
of the Better Days Ahead (2021)
Compilations
• Too Much Liquor, Not Enough Gasoline (2009)
• Cheap Wine (2011)
Vinyl Releases
• Worried Blues 7" b/w "Write Me A Few Lines" (End of
the Road Records, 2008)
• Roustabout (Misplaced Music, 2009)
• When the Devil Goes Blind (Nero's Neptune Records,
2010)
• Where You Gonna Be? 7" b/w "Stepback Cindy" (Great Pop
Supplement, 2010)
• EastMont
Syrup (Thrill Jockey, 2011)
• Glory in the Meeting House (Klang, 2011)
• Criminals & Sinners (self-released, 2011)
• Keep Your Hands on the Plow (House of Mercy
Recordings, 2011)
• King Earl (Chaperone Records, 2012)
• Barnswallow (self-released, 2013)
• What
Do You Think About Jesus 7" b/w Dosh
remix (Electric Fetus, 2013)
• Rooster (Chaperone Records, 2013)
• Last
Night I Dreamed I Saw Paul Bunyan (Chaperone Records,
2013)
• Live
at the Brewhouse (Brewhouse Records, 2013)
• Hollandale (Chaperone Records, 2014)
• Daytrotter session (Daytrotter, 2014)
• Ramblin' Bones Outlastin' You 7" (Chaperone Records,
2014)
• "Over the Red Cedar" b/w "Delia" (Red House Records, 2015)
• I
Ain't Dead Yet (Red House Records, 2016)
• Dog (Red House Records, 2017)
• CHARLIE PARR (Red House Records, 2019)
• Last of the Better Days Ahead (Smithsonian Folkways
Recordings, 2021)
Guest appearances and collaborations
• Down in the Valley: Barn Aid Benefit Concert (2001)
• "Where Does the Ice Go?" on Weightless by Bill Isles
(2001)
• "Drinking
Again" on ...The Size of Planets by Haley Bonar
(2003)
• "Waiting
So Long" on Desire by JoAnna
James (2005)
• "Wagon
Train" on Swamp Dog by Billy Southern (2007)
• "Last
Kind Word Blues," "Train
45," "Twin
Sisters" on Hobo Handshake by The Black Twig
Pickers (2008)
• "Bethlehem,"
"Jerusalem"
on Think Out Loud: Music Serving the Homeless In the Twin
Cities (2010)
• EastMont
Syrup with The Black Twig Pickers (2011)
• "Turn Your Money Green," "Rope Stretchin' Blues" on Mississippi
Roll by Jack Klatt and the Cat Singers (2012)
• "Little
Bird" on Apple in the Ocean by Mary Bue (2012)
• "Hard
Rain" on Spirit of Minneapolis by 4onthefloor
(2013)
• Ramblin' Bones Outlastin'
You with Ben Weaver (2014)
• "Wouldn't
Mind Working From Sun to Sun" on Wouldn't Mind Working
From Sun to Sun by Kyle Ollah (2016)
• "BoxKart"
on Libero by Pilote (2016)
• "Jubilee"
on Big Voice by Woodblind (2016)
• Greyhound
by Jeff Mitchell (2018)
• "The
Long Way Around" by Gaelynn Lea (2019)
• "Annie
Jones" with David Daniels (2020)
• Hobo
Radio with Brian Beatty (2021)
• "Hope"
by Soo Line Loons (2021)
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• "Super
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Compilation contributions
• "1922
Blues" (live) on Live at Beaners One Week (2002)
• "Right
Between the Eyes" on Iron Country (2003)
• "Bullfrog
Blues" on Green Fever (2003)
• "Roses
While I'm Living" (live) on Misplaced Pets (2004)
• "Who
Killed Cock Robin?," "1917"
on Who Killed Cock Robin? soundtrack (2005)
• "Henry
Lee," "Peg
and Awl," "Spike
Driver Blues," "My
Name is John Johanna" (w/ Christian McShane) on Hinah.com
Tribute to the Anothology of American Folk Music (2005)
• "Pretty
Polly" (w/ Christian McShane) on Keepsake Volume 2:
Covers (2005)
• "By
and By, I’m Going to See the King" on Artists in
Resonance Vol. II (2006)
• "To
a Scrapyard Bus Stop" on Rough Trade Shops: Singer
Songwriter 1 (2006)
• "King
Earl" (live) on Beaner's Central - One Week Live IV
(2006)
• "Blind
Willie McTell" on Duluth Does Dylan Revisited
(2006)
• "Green
Rocky Road" (w/ Emily Parr) on Concert for Kateri
(2006) and Treasure Chest (2007)
• "Just
Like Today" on Homegrown Rawk and/or Roll: Starfire's
Mix (2007)
• "Coffee's
Gone Cold" on The Lot: Echolocations Disc 6.1
(2008)
• "1922
Blues" (live) on Homegrown Silage: Foreclosure &
Eviction (2008)
• "O
Come All Ye Faithful" on The Best of the Midwest
Christmas Jam (2008)
• "Cheap
Wine" on Headwater Blues: A Sampler (2009)
• "Paul
Bunyan's Fall" on Open Strings: Early Virtuoso
Recordings From The Middle East, And New Responses (2009)
• "I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground" (live) on Music in the
Zoo Volume 5 (2009)
• "What
a Friend We Have in Jesus," "Just
Like Today" on Red Hill soundtrack (2010)
• "This
World Is Not My Home" (w/ Mike Gangloff) on Honest
Strings: A Tribute To Jack Rose (2010)
• "Wild
Bill Jones" (live), "Cheap
Wine" (live) on Old Stage Tapes (2010)
• "I
Dreamed I Saw Jesse James Last Night" (live) on Best of
the First 1,000: Highlights from Ampers.org (2010)
• "Cold
Iron" on The Oak, Ash & Thorn Project (2011)
• "Rabbit
Box" on Minnesota Remembers Vic Chesnutt (2011)
• "Where
You Gonna Be?" (live) on Local Current v.1 (2011)
• "Highway 61 Revisited" (w/ The Black-Eyed Snakes) on Another
Side of Duluth Does Dylan (2011)
• "Rocky
Raccoon" (w/ Nicholas Mrozinski) on Minnesota Beatle
Project Volume 3 (2011)
• "John
Henry" (live) on Homegrown Rawk and/or Roll: Mayor's
Mix (2011)
• "Gospel Plow" on American Buffalo (2012)
• "Mastodon"
on What's Kickin' Volume 5 (2012)
• "Migrant
Boxcar Train" on We Love to Be Free (2012)
• "Temperance
River Blues" (w/ The Murder of Crows) on
Industry.Peace.Environment.1 (2013)
• "Barnswallow"
on Bird Songs (2013)
• "Manifold"
on While No One Was Looking: Toasting 20 Years of Bloodshot
Records (2014)
• "Over the Red Cedar" and "Jubilee" on The Latsch Sessions
Vol. 1 (2014)
• "This
Old Building is Leanin'" on Voice: Songs for Those Who
Are Silenced (2015)
• "Otis
Meets the Devil" on Devil Music (2016)
• “Quinn
the Eskimo” (w/ Devil’s Flying Machine) on Bringing it
All Back to Duluth Does Dylan (2016)
• "Slim
Tall's Christmas on the Lam" on Christmas on the Lam
and Other Songs From the Season (2016)
• "I
Wonder How Long 'til I Can Change My Clothes " on Homegrown
Rawk and/or Roll: Jim Hall's Mix (2017)
• "Shake 'Em On Down" (live w/ Dave Hundrieser) on Cedar
Sessions volume 1 (2017)
• "Falcon"
(live at the Paramount Theatre) on KFAI Minneculture Mixtape
(2018)
• "Old
Dog Blue" on KUMD Live from Studio A volume 1
(2018)
• "Ain't
No Grave" (live) on IMC Volume One (2020)
• "A
Meditation for George Floyd" on Out of the Ashes
(2020)
• "To
A Scrapyard Bus Stop" (live) on Bands For Cans Volume 2
(2020)
• "Love
Is An Unraveling Bird's Nest" (live) on Live from The
Heart: The Sacred Heart Music Center Quarantine Sessions
(2022)
Miscellaneous recordings
• Sound
No Song
• "Get
On Board" : original song featured in the Minnesota History
Center's "Then Now Wow" exhibit.
• Untitled
CD
w/ T.J. Thissen and Mikkel Beckmen (1999)
• Charlie
Parr (2001)
• Traditional
& Original American Folk Music (2001)
• Live
at Satori (2014)
• The
January Thaw Series : Live at the Turf Club (2016)
• Blues
for the Caribou River Wayside
• Folk
Songs
Soundtracks
• A Good Birth (2006)
• Pedal to
the Midnight Sun (2006)
• Big
Highway (2011)
• Lost
Duluth (2012)
• Riding
the Highline (2015)