Lonesome and Then Some, James King's second Rounder album, was released in 1995 — recorded at Big Mo Recording Studio in Kensington, Maryland with Dudley Connell on harmony vocals and guitar, Tom Adams on banjo, David McLaughlin on guitar, and Marshall Wilborn on bass, produced by Ken Irwin. The program drew on the country and bluegrass songbook King had been building his repertoire from — Hazel Dickens's A Few Old Memories, Sharon Higgins's Crazy Heart, Vince Gill's When I Call Your Name reframed as a bluegrass classic, plus material by Ernest Tubb and George Jones. The album consolidated King's standing as one of the foremost traditional-leaning bluegrass singers of his generation, building on his Wango debut a decade earlier.
Tracklist
- 1 Crazy Heart alt version 2:32
- 2 Indecision 2:41
- 3 A Few Old Memories alt version 4:04
- 4 One Way Ticket To The Blues 3:27
- 5 (When The Phone Don't Ring) It'll Be Me 2:18
- 6 I Beg To You 2:53
- 7 Lovesick And Sorrow 2:22
- 8 When I Call Your Name 3:23
- 9 The Wall 3:02
- 10 Letters Have No Arms 3:00
- 11 Whispering Waters 2:25
- 12 Message For Peace 3:51
- 13 Dim Lights, Thick Smoke alt version