Arvel Stricklin Discography
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1960 - 45rpm single - "Crazy Baby" b/w "Gratefully" by the Coppertones. Lebill label. Recorded Clifford Herring Studio in Fort Worth, Texas, Bob Sullivan, engineer, producer Maj. Bill Smith. Stricklin plays rhythm guitar. NO PHOTO AVAILABLE
1961 - 12" vinyl LP - "Jam Session with Arvel Stricklin and the KnightBeats"
Live blues peformances recorded in Fort Worth nightclubs: Fortune Room; Stork Club. Manco Recording Studio label, unknown small quantity issued. An acetate copy with mislabeled/hand made prototype jacket, courtesy of the Cisneros Collection, is the only known example. Stricklin on guitar and vocal.
JAM SESSION with the KNIGHTBEATS
1962 - 12" vinyl LP - "KB Invades the Colonial Club" Live blues recorded in East Fort Worth's Colonial Club. Clifford Herring Studio label - unknown small quantity issued. An acetate with hand made prototype jacket is the only known example. Stricklin on guitar and vocal. NO PHOTO AVAILABLE
1962 - 45rpm single - "The Slop" by the KnightBeats b/w "Sack O' Woe" Manco label - unknown issue. 1 known example, from Stricklin Collection. Rare recording with Stricklin playing tenor sax on "The Slop" and guitar on "Sack O' Woe". THE SLOP
1963 - 45rpm single - "Let's Stop Wasting Time" by Ron Williams b/w "So Fine". Ty Tex records #TT-123 - Stricklin plays electric bass on both tracks. LET'S STOP WASTING TIME
1964 - 45rpm single - "Poor Little Lamb" by Ron Williams b/w Hey! Little Pearl" Pastel Records #P-404 - Stricklin plays lead guitar and Hammond organ. HEY LITTLE PEARL
1964 - 45rpm single - "Big Boy Pete" by Ron Williams b/w "Runaway" Austin Records #A-321 - Stricklin plays lead guitar. BIG BOY PETE
1965 - 45rpm single - "I Found My Love"  b/w" Chop Fooey" -  by Stu Harris. Brownfield Records #BF-1036 - Stricklin plays lead guitar and "chinese banjo". I FOUND MY LOVE
1966 - 45rpm single - "Lose Your Money" by Wilshire Express b/w "Carla" Austin Records #A-322 - Stricklin plays lead guitar. LOSE YOUR MONEY
1967 - 45rpm single - "Seasons of the Witch" by The Neurotic Sheep b/w "I'm Free" Bofuz Records #BF-1117 - Stricklin plays lead guitar. SEASONS OF THE WITCH
1975 - 45rpm single - "Hello Honey" b/w "Grandpa Brownloe's Hammer" by Cowboy Robt. Bob and the Cowtown Queens, a group inspired by the 70's Texas Progressive Country Scare. . Texas Records label #CRB101 - Stricklin plays lead guitar both sides, lead vocal on "Brownloe's Hammer". HELLO HONEY
1977 - 8-track cartridge album - "The Band Brothers 1" - Compilation of live recordings. Blues-Rock, 3 originals and 9 covers. Stricken-Missle Tapes initial release.  Stricklin plays lead guitar, vocal on some tracks. bandbros8trk2.jpg (16524 bytes)
1989 - Cassette album - "The Hank Hankshaw Show"  Produced by Hank Hankshaw at Buffalo Sound in Fort Worth. Self release. Stricklin plays lead, rhythm guitar, vocal on "Postman Ringin". THE HANK HANKSHAW SHOW
1991- Cassette album - "John Guthrie, 10 in a row" - Recorded in Austin, Texas, Steve Mendell producing. SJM Productions label # 1029 - Stricklin plays lead guitar. 10 IN A ROW
1993 - Cassette Album - "Arvel Stricklin, Hard Luck Soul", 12 songs. Self-release, Arvel Music #AM931 - Stricklin on lead guitar and vocal. HARD LUCK SOUL
1995 - CD "Arvel Stricklin, ALL NIGHT WORKER"  Produced by Arvel Stricklin. ASM Records #951 - Stricklin, guitars and vocal on all tracks. Limited Edition of 2000. anwpic1a.jpg (15306 bytes)
1998 - CD "The Cellar Tapes, Vol. 1" - Compliation of live recordings from the Cellar club, 1965 - 1979. ASM Records #981 - Stricklin plays lead guitar, vocal on some tracks. newcellarcd1.jpg (16258 bytes)
2005 - CD "SMOOOTH BLUES - Stricklin with Frank Hailey on Piano.   All  blues recordings, performances, Stricklin, guitar and vocal.  Artist self-release CD, Limited Edition of 1000. arvfrankcd1.jpg (17397 bytes)
2006 - CD "Hankshaw" - Rollicking Country-fried BluesRock on steroids, from the earthy "Biker Chicken" to the "Girl from Outer Space. Hot Stuff, try this at home! Hankshaw Records initial release. www.hankhankshaw.com
Stricklin plays lead/ slide guitar on seven of the 11 tracks.
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