Hull & Larson • The Goose Is Getting Fat • Arabica CF-05

"Dakota Dave Hull and Kari Larson have created an airy celebration of strings and wood that provides relief from canine choruses of "Jingle Bells" and holiday Muzak. They intersperse gems from Finland, Ireland, and Italy with more familiar titles, and the sounds they create on ukulele, mandolin, and archtop, flattop, Weissenborn, tenor, National, and piccolo guitars range from intimate and reverential to swingy and playful. The darkly whimsical "Christmas Is Coming" is a made-to-order sequel to ‘The Nightmare before Christmas.’ (Arabica)" —Ben Elder, Acoustic Guitar Magazine

Dakota Dave Hull–guitar, Weissenbourn; Kari Larson–guitar, tenor guitar, mandolin, mandocello, ukulele

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing • Joy to the World/Deck the Halls • What Child Is This? • The Chipmunk Song • O Little Town of Bethlehem • Jingle Bells • Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle • Up On A Housetop • Good King Wenceslas/Coventry Carol/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen • Angels We Have Heard On High • Santa Claus Is Coming to Town • Away In a Manger/Silent Night • Frost and Fire • We Three Kings • It Came Upon A Midnight Clear • All Through the Night • Jolly Old St. Nick • Heinilla Harkien Kaukalon • Rudolf/Frosty • O Holy Night • Christmas Is Coming • O Come, O Come Emmanuel

Hull & Larson • Double Cappuccino • Arabica CF-03

Archtop guitars feature prominently in this first collaboration between Dakota Dave Hull (guitar) and Kari Larson (mandolin, guitar, tenor guitar). Their material includes Tin Pan Alley standards ("Blue Moon"), bluegrass-festival chestnuts ("Over the Waterfall"), world music ("Rhythmes Gitanes," "Lord Inchiquin"), and three sprightly originals ("Double Cappuccino," "Pretty Little Tune," and "Ghost Story"). The smart arrangements and classy playing evoke classic duets by Eddie Lang and Lonnie Johnson or Carl Kress and Dick McDonough, and the live and clean recording lets you hear the instruments in loving detail. (Arabica) - Russell Letson, Acoustic Guitar Magazine

Dakota Dave Hull–guitar; Kari Larson–guitar, tenor guitar, mandolin

Double Cappuccino • A Bruxa • Blue Moon • Saint Paul Revival • Ghost Story • Pretty Little Thing • Santa Morena • Erin's Waltz • Rhythmes Gitanes • Over the Waterfall • Solace • Lord Inchiquin & Vesper • First Snow

Dakota Dave Hull–guitar, ukulele, 6-string bass; Sandy Njoes–bass; Peter Ostroushko–mandolin, fiddle; Butch Thompson–piano, clarinet; Bruce Allard–trumpet; Steve Sandberg–tuba, trombone; Dan Newton–accordion; Marc Anderson–drums, percussion; Jay Johnson-timpani, whistles

New Shirt • Midlife Angel • Ghost Train Rag • Annie’s Waltz • Right or Wrong & There’ll Be Some Changes Made • Leaf Drive Waltz • Melancholy Baby • Bigtop Waltz • Peter at the White Castle • Slater’s Waltz • Taxi Rag • Appalachian Trilogy: Shady Grove/Coocoo Bird/Oh Death • Twin Ports Rag • Just a Closer Walk With Thee

Dakota Dave Hull–guitar; Cam Waters–guitar; Eric Peltoniemi–guitar; Bill Hinkley–guitar

Panhandle Rag • Mystery Waltz • Reunion Rag • When You’re Smiling • Too Good To Be True • What’s the Use • Hymn • June Apple • Iowa Girl Waltz • I’ll Never Be the Same • Leaving Buffalo • Waiting for Magill • No Such Thing (As Too Much Garlic) • Margaret’s Waltz • Itasca Rag • Chatanooga Choo Choo • Hard Times • Teague’s Deal • Antelope Rag

Dave’s legendary first solo album features the great Doc Watson!

Dakota Dave Hull–guitar; Sean Blackburn–guitar; Butch Thompson–piano; Peter Ostroushko–fiddle, mandolin; Doc Watson–guitar; Barb Montoro–bass; Mike Cass–dobro; Bob Douglas–mandolin; Bill Hinkley–guitar

Steel Guitar Rag • Blackberry Blossom • Shavin’ the Cat • Saint Anne’s Reel & Hull’s Victory • I Don’t Love Nobody • Festival Waltz • Bill Cheatham • Ragtime Annie • Midnight on the Water • Don Lohr’s Coffee • Maiden’s Prayer • Whiskey Before Breakfast • New Camptown Races

Phil Heywood: acoustic guitar on all tracks, vocals on tracks 7, 10 & 13

Hoofin' It • Backtracking • Back In Big Horizons • Slippery Slope • Lazy Eights • Country Blues Picnic • Rock Island Line • So Long John • Stompin' Tonight On the Pennsylvania/Alabama Border • I'm Going to Sit Down on the Banks of the River • Great Gray Water • Ojo • Buckets of Rain • Strange Fate • Sligo River Blues/Spanish Dance
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Cam Waters - vocals, guitar; Dakota Dave Hull - guitars; Kari Larson - mandolin; David Tousley - bass; Jim Field - washboard

Duncan and Brady • Your Fault Now • Meeting At The Crossroads • Church Bell Blues • Diamond Joe • Long John • You Got To Reap What You Sow • A Well Crafted Song • The Roving Gambler • 'Fore Day Creep • Faded To Gray • Met A Gal On Sunday • Little Red Riding Hood • Detroit Bound Blues • Downtown Blues
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Pop Wagner • Spark of LIfe
   Pop

Pop Wagner - lead vocals, fiddle and guitar; Bob Douglas - vocals and mandolin; Adam Granger - vocals and guitar; Dakota Dave Hull - flattop guitar and National steel guitar

Dance All Night With A Bottle In My Hand • Jealous Hearted Me • Goodbye Miss Liza • Frankie and Albert • Goodbye To My Stepstone • Otto Wood the Bandit • Jeraldine © Wagner • The Lone Pilgrim • The Trail to Mexico • I Took My Gal a-Walkin' • You've Been a Friend to Me • The Golden Vanity • Peach Pickin' Time in Georgia • The Danville Blues • Stop That Thing One Time for Your Daddy Now
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Cagley, Black, Schaefer and Njoes • Friends In Music
   Copper Creek CCCD0210

Bill Cagley - lead and rhythm guitar; Bob Black - banjo and 5-string resonator guitar; Tom Schaefer - fiddle; Sandy Njoes - bass

Temperance Reel/Petronella/Miss McCloud's • East Tennessee Blues • Chickadee Waltz • Fiddler's Dream • Jaybird/Green Willis • Cherokee Shuffle • Three Forks Of Sandy/Tennessee Wagoner • Pig Ankle Rag • Conesville Swamp • Chinquapin • The Road To Lisdoonvarna/Morrison's • Florida Blues New • Rigged Ship • Rose Of Ava Moore
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Clint Hoover - diatonic and chromatic harmonica; Steve Sandberg - trombone and tuba; Cam Waters - guitars and vocals; with Dakota Dave Hull, guitar; Bill Hinkley, fiddle; and Jim Field, percussion.

Papa's On The House • Top Ice Cream Man • Gillum's Windy Blues • Furniture • Man Fixin' to Die • Sad Sap Sucker • Bad Luck Blues • Crazy About You • Leavin' Home • Get Up Off That Jazzophone • Oh Lonesome Me • Darling's Dream • Bear Cat Mama • Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby) • On the Road Again
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Cam Waters - vocals, guitars, National Steel guitars; Dakota Dave Hull - 2nd guitar #7, archtop guitar #6, baritone guitar #1,9, lead guitar #11,13; Kari Larson - mandola, mandolin; Dr. Tom Schaefer - fiddle; Liz Olds - banjo; Dan "Daddy Squeeze" Newton - accordion; Bruce Allard - trumpet, cornet; Max Ray - clarinet, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone; Steve Sandberg - tuba; Marc Anderson - drums, percussion

Shoetown • Big River • High and Inside • Quinn's Hornpipe • Like Normal People Do • Your Next Boyfriend • On My Honor • Your Legs Are Too Little • Stick With Me • Then She Said • The Night Jimmy Bowden Fell Off The Wagon • Good Looking Girl Blues • Never Have Been Satisfied • Riese's Farewell
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Eric Peltoniemi • Songs o' Sad Laughter
   Aalto ARC CD 001

Eric Peltoniemi - vocals, guitars; Dakota Dave Hull - guitars; Ralph Gordon - bass; Robin Anders - percussion; Marc Anderson - percussion; John Gorka - vocals; Dick Hensold - Nothumbrian small pipes; Mag McDermott - fiddle; Dave Moore - 2-row accordion; Max Ray - saxes; Chuck Suchy - vocals on "Stiff and Bitter Wind"; Jeffrey Wilkomm - 2nd guitar on "Young Childe Waters"

Milwaukee Blues • Stiff and Bitter Wind• Western Island/The Broken Pledge • Chickens • Songs o' Sad Laughter • Young Childe Waters z• I've Got A Secret • Went to See the Gypsy • The Dens of Yarrow • La Bella Luna • Peggy Gordon • Rotten Michael

Spider John Koerner • Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Been
   Red House Records RHR CD 12

Spider John Koerner - vocals, guitar, harmonica; John "Mr. Bones" Burril - bones; Willie Murphy - bass; Peter Ostroushko - mandolin; "Chip" Taylor Smith - fiddle; Butch Thompson - piano; Tony Glover - harmonica on "Leather Winged Bat" and "Red Apple Juice"; Dakota Dave Hull - guitar on "Black Dog" and "Leather Winged Bat"

Cotton Eyed Joe • Sail Away Ladies • Acres of Clams • Black Dog • Froggie Went A-Courtin' • Old Chisholm Trail • Leather-Winged Bat • Red Apple Juice • Worried Rambler • What's a Matter With the Mill • Shenandoah • Roving Gambler • St. James Infirmary • Irene • Cotton-Eyed Joe (Reprise)
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