Illustrated Art Thieme discography

source: Front cover of Folk-Legacy FSI-90 (letters removed by Stefan Wirz)
photographer: Sandy Paton Art Thieme
b. July 9, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois
d. May 26, 2015 in Crystal Lake, McHenry County, Illinois
discography
source: Front cover of Kicking Mule KM 150; photographer: Rick Harty

#	year of release	title / label / notes
1	1973	Get Folked - Live At Charlotte's Web - Simply Flowers - Ron Nigrini - McBride Argyle Station Furnished Rooms - Tom Dundee - Motherlode - Dick Pinney - Sundown - Art Thieme - Steel Bridge - Susan & Richard Thomas - You've Got A Hold On Me - Ron Crick - Dibna - Rose Hip String Band - Sad Songs - Tom Dundee - New Boots - Mark Henley - She's My School - Dick Pinney - Life Saver - Dave 'Snaker' Ray - Song For The Birds - Mark Henley - Soldiers - Ron Nigrini - Wide Open Spaces - Art Thieme rec. May 23 - 27, 1973 at Charlotte's Web, Rockford, IL; prod. by Steven Powers Mountain Railroad GF1 (US 1973)
2	1977	Art Thieme: Outright Bold-Faced Lies - The Cottage Cheese Story - Sally Ann - Faretheewell Titanic - The Great Turtle Drive - Billy Venero - Scotland The Brave - The State Of Illinois - Here's To You Rounders - The Cowboy's Barbara Allen - Blue Mountain - The Split Dog - Railroad Blues And Nine Pound Hammer rec. live in concert at the Old Town School Of Folk Music by ED Denson notes by Emily Friedman and Art Thieme Kicking Mule KM 150 (US 1977) Kicking Mule Records discography
3	1980	Art Thieme: Songs Of The Heartland - Hanging Of Charlie Birger - Down By The Embarass - Death Of Robin Hood - Cow That Committed Suicide - Been All Around This World - Kansas Cyclone - Night Rider's Lament - Shanty Boy On The Big Eau Claire - What Did The Deep Blue Say - Red Iron Ore - Walkie In The Parlor - In 1845 - Rock River Valley - Red River Valley rec. at Birdland Studio, Chicago; prod. by Emily Friedman notes by Art Thieme Kicking Mule KM 148 (US 1980) Kicking Mule Records discography
4	1982	A Simply Folk Sampler - Up In Wisconsin - Lou & Peter Berryman - Prairie Life - Northern Light - Pinery Boy - Art Thieme # - I Wish I Had Someone To Love Me - Sally Rogers, Claudia Schmidt - Old Joe Hardly The Beggarman - Hardly Brothers - Santy Anno - Gilmour Brothers [sic] - Broom Of The Cowdenknowes - Dan Keding, Roxanne Neat - Star Of The County Down - Wild Oats - I'm A Little Cookie - Larry Penn - Miles To Go - Jan Marra, w/ Bob Douglas, Peter Ostroushko - "simply Folk" Theme - Bruce Burnside # rec. May 8, 1982 in Ashland, WI; Art Thieme, voc, g notes by Becca Pulliam, Judy Woodward & Tom Martin Erickson Wisconsin Public Radio 41061 (US 1982) = Simply Folk Sampler Vol. 1 (cassette without #) (US 1990)
5	1982	Anne & Jan Hills-Burda: The Panic Is On - Long Time Travelin' - The Water Is Wide & Wild Geese - Dear Companion - Mole In The Ground - Rambler Gambler - Don't Let Your Deal Go Down - While You Sleep - Over The Mountain - Hush Little Baby / Father's Lullabye - The Panic Is On Anne Hills, vocals, guitar, banjo, autoharp Jan Burda, vocals, guitar, banjo Fred Campeau, vocals, guitar, banjo Paul Breidenbach, dobro Stuart Rosenberg, mandolin John Jensen, string bass Peggy Compton, vocals Art Thieme and Jan Marra, vocals Hogeye 001 (US 1982)
6	1983	Art Thieme: That's The Ticket - The Hobo's Last Ride @ youtube - Getting In The Cows @ youtube - Cotton-Eyed Joe @ youtube - Uncle Eph / The Great Raccoon Hunt @ youtube - The Keweenaw Light @ youtube - The Soo Line (Fire In The Jackpine) @ youtube - Me And Jimmy Rodgers @ youtube - Dobie Bill @ youtube - The Big Combine @ youtube - That's The Ticket @ youtube - Zack, The Mormon Engineer @ youtube - The Santa Fe Trail @ youtube - East Texas Red @ youtube - Shake Sugaree @ youtube rec. by Sandy Paton photos by Sandy Paton 11-pp. booklet by Sandy Paton and Art Thieme Folk-Legacy FSI-90 (US 1983) = Folk-Legacy C-90 (cassette) = Folk-Legacy CD-90
7	1986	Art Thieme: On the Wilderness Road - The Shining Birch Tree @ youtube - The Pinery Boy @ youtube - The Bullhead Boat @ youtube - Red River Shore @ youtube - The Spinning Mills Of Home @ youtube - Sundown @ youtube - The Master Of The Sheepfold @ youtube - Bibble-a-la-doo @ youtube - Down In The Arkansas @ youtube - Portland County Jail @ youtube - Wabash Cannonball @ youtube - Mister Garfield @ youtube - On The Wilderness Road @ youtube rec. by Sandy Paton cover photo by Sandy Paton notes by Judy Woodward, Tom Martin-Erickson and Art Thieme 8-pp. booklet with song lyrics and background information Folk-Legacy FSI-105 (US 1986) = Folk-Legacy C-105 (cassette) = Folk-Legacy CD-105
8	1988	Art Thieme: On The River - Mike Fink's Bet - Stackerlee - Bayou Sara - The Julia Belle Swain Blues - Lost Jimmy Whalen - What Does The Deep Sea Say - Goin' To Cairo - The Lake Of Ponchartrain - Waterbound - The Embarrass - The BIG Catfish - The Shanty Boy - Rock River Valley Folk-Legacy C-527 (US 1988) (cassette)
9	1990	Simply Folk Sampler Vol. 2 - Forward Hey - Lou & Peter Berryman - The River Song - Northern Light - Reincarnation - Robbie Clement - Gettin' In The Cows - Robbie Clement - Cold Pizza For Breakfast - Girl's Night Out - Lizzie Lindsay - Tom Dahill - Kringeller Fran Siljansnas - Wiscandia - Rocking Trout Commercial - Clay Riness - June Apple - Lost Nation String Band - By and By - Art Thieme - Scots Wha Hae - The Jacobeats - Seattle's Song - Warren Nelson and Lost Nation String Band - Flute Song - Michael Jones - Starlight On The Rails - Skip Jones, Analee Scully - Run, Kate Shelly, Run - Larry Penn - Hogeye / Bull At The Wagon / Rattletrap String Band - Shady Grove - Ten Year Two Step (aka "Simply Folk's Happy 10th Anniversary Song") - Tom Clinton-McCausland, Bruce O'Brien rec. during the 10th Anniversary concert tour; prod. by Marv Nonn and Tom Martin-Erickson Wisconsin Public Radio 2240-CD (US 1990) = cassette without #
10	1992	Anne Hills: Don't Panic@ youtube (full CD playlist) - Long Time Travelin' - The Water Is Wide & Wild Geese (Tyson) - Dear Companion (Ritchie) - Mole In The Ground - Rambler Gambler - Don't Let Your Deal Go Down - While You Sleep (Hills) - Over The Mountain - Hush Little Baby / Father's Lullaby (Hills) - The Panic Is On - Two Of A Kind (Ims) - Rusty Old Red River (T Henderson) - Hound Dog (J Smith & Lee) - Donna From Mobile (M Smith) - Rye, New Hampshire (A Calhoun) - The Last Day Of Pompeii (M Smith) - Don't Explain (Holiday & Herzog Jr) - John's Wife (A Calhoun) - East Kentucky Mountains (T Henderson) - Johnson (T Paxton) - A Shadow Crossing The Land (Hills) Flying Fish CD 608 Two albums on one CD previously issued on the Hogeye label: The Panic Is On (1982) and Don't Explain (1984)
11	~1995	Art Thieme Live At Winfield - The Golden Vanity - Mr. Rabbit & Turkey In The Straw - Guabi, Guabi - Landlady's Daughter - Cottage Cheese Story - Molly & Tenbrooks - Portland County Jail - Great Turtle Drive - Eighty Acres (Jerry Rau) - Talkin' Dust Bowl Blues (Woody Guthrie) - Cement Mason Story - The State of Illinois - State of Arkansas - Thanksgiving Eve (Bob Franke) - Banjo Medley Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring What Does The Deep Sea Say? Old Joe Clark Miserlou Tammy The Bells Of St. Mary's Joe Clark - Chivalrous Shark rec. September 1984 live at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas by KHCC-KHCD Radio Walnut Valley Festival cassette ART01 Walnut Valley Festival at Winfield, Kansas 1979 poster 1986 poster 1990 poster 1994 poster
12	1998	Art Thieme: The Older I Get, The Better I Was - Red Iron One - Jerry, Go & Oil That Car - A Lock & Dam Tale - In & Around Nashville - A Lumber Camp Tale - The Pokegama Bear - The Great Silkie Of Sule Skerry - The Master Of The Sheepfold - Why White Men Cannot See Cleary - Bye & Bye - A Ghostly Tale - A North Country Tragedy - Robin Hood's Death - Way Down The Road - Tennessee Stud - Walkie In The Parlor - Fair Margaret & Sweet William - Betty & Dupree's Blues - In 1975 - Is Your Lamps Gone Out? - Cowboy's Barbara Allen - A Handful Of Songs Waterbug CD 45 (US 1998)
13	1999	Independent Artists Sampler '99 - Falling From Grace - Susan McClelland - Bye and Bye - Art Thieme - Captain Grant - William Pint, Felicia Dale - You're Not Alone - Ariane Lydon - One Kind Word - Geoff Bartley - Wavelength - Sloan Wainwright - La Petite Mort, or The Story - Erin McKeown of Estelle's Funeral, Recounted - Roads In Disrepair - Andrew Calhoun - Everywhere I Am - Gina Forsyth - Annual Menhaden - Kate MacLeod - Buskers - Colum Sands - Reels: John McKenna's - Barry Kerr Dowd's No. 9 - Alberto's Song - Rosemary Woods - On Top Of Fool's Hill - Michael Jerling - Some Loves - Mary Melena - The River Where She Sleeps - Dave Carter, Tracy Grammer - Sleep Now - Kate McDonnell - Good To Be Home - Ben Sands - Deja vu - Les Barker Waterbug CD no # (US 1999)
14	2006	Art Thieme LIVE: Chicago Town & Points West - Chicago Town Blues @ youtube - Wreck Of The Tennessee Gravy Train @ youtube - Diamond Jo @ youtube - Jim Bridger And The Winter Of 1830 @ youtube - Sioux Indians @ youtube - When I Was A Cowboy / Roy & Trigger @ youtube - Stealin' @ youtube - A Scottish Soldier @ youtube - Lazy Bones @ youtube - Groundhog @ youtube - The Hills Of Roane County @ youtube - Molly Darling / Mary Charlotte Anne McGhee @ youtube - The Biggest Whatever @ youtube - San Antonio Rose @ youtube - Soho On Saturday Night / No More Booze @ youtube - Hard Times In The Mill / A Dollar Ain't A Dollar Anymore @ youtube - I'm Gonna Leave Old Texas Now @ youtube "A delightful collection of songs and stories drawn from a large inventory of Art's live performances" Folk-Legacy CD 135 (US 2006)

Sources:
- own record collection
- www.folklegacy.com
- www.folklib.net
- www.allmusic.com
- Ebay auctions
- various other internet sources

thanks to Maggie Dwyer for additional info

from back cover of 'Get Folked - Live At Charlotte's Web'

Art Thieme @ Mudcat Cafe
Obituary @ the Chicago Tribune

Art Thieme @ Mudcat Cafe Obituary @ the Chicago Tribune

Art Thieme @ Mudcat Cafe
Obituary @ the Chicago Tribune