Parker Brown, Go Easy

I loaded up all of my gear again and went to the same Griffin cabin to see what I could come home with and this is what stuck. I am really proud of how this album turned out and I learned a lot about myself and my music through the process. I think the whole album possesses a delicate yet powerful feeling throughout—whether it be between the heaviness and lightness of the lyrics and content or with the blend of acoustic and electric instruments.

I engineered and produced the album myself and am thankful for those that helped contribute.
Parker: basses, guitars, vocals, percussion, elec accordion
Will Honaker: mellotron
Erik Olson: piano
Trevor Krieger: violin and fiddle
Kathryn Pannell: Clarinet
Angie Langeliers: harmony vocals
Bailey Mattson: harmony vocals
Brian Oestreich: cover and single design
Monte Nickles: Mixing and mastering engineer
Front cover photo: Drew Korf
Back cover photo: Phillip Griffin

Satsang, Flowers from the Fray

I loaded up almost my whole studio and took it up to a cabin in Red Lodge and and some really special stuff happened. I engineered the project and co/produced along side Drew McManus. I also wrote the music for “Earlywood” and did some light arranging on other songs on the album. Some of my favorite musical moments happened on “Coming Together” and “Alone with You.”
The instruments I played on the album were:
upright and electric bass
electric guitar
banjo
harmonica
percussion
drums (track 3, 7, 8)

Mixed and mastered by Karl Roth

The Hellroaring

We recorded most of this EP at my home studio and it was a good first effort for the band. I am happy with how it turned out. Nick’s “Sterling City” is my favorite off of the EP, but Erik Olson contributed with his song “Home” and my song “Wonder” made the cut.
I played electric guitar
Erik Olson: piano/organ
Mike Leslie: bass
Pat Epley: drums

Mixed by Erik Olson
Mastered by Monte Nickles

Troy Owens, The Atonement of the Taboo

Troy and I had a great time recording this album together and I think it turned out really cool. Troy is a very creative individual with beautiful songs and I was happy to help make his vision come to life. It was all a blast, but a few of my favorite songs to record and play bass to were “Wyold Home” “Mountain Man,” and “Little Butterfly.”
I engineered and co produced this project and played electric bass for the album.
Troy Owens: vocals, electric and acoustic guitars
Bart John Lennon Barcak: drums
Erik Olson: organ

Mixed by Erik Olson
Mastered by Monte Nickles

Parker Brown, Mix Tape

This was a covid project that was co-produced with my talented friend Will Honaker. Most of this project was recorded at my house studio with the exception of the drums and the electric bass. I love this album and think it turned out stunningly.
Parker: vocals, acoustic and electric guitars; pedal steel, harmonica and drums on “Tiny Lite”
Will Honaker: bass, keyboards, piano, rubber bridge guitar
John Ogelby: drums
Erik Olson: organ
Karl Roth: harmony vocals
Cover art: Brian Ostreich

Mixed and mastered by Jordan Steingraber

Matt Blakeslee, Fare Thee Well

Matt Blakeslee has been one of my first friends I met when I moved to MT over twenty years ago. He’s done a lot for me such as producing my first album with me—really, with out him I don’t think it would even have happened or crossed the finish line. Matt also got me into being curious about the recording process and encouraging me along the way. He’s a really fantastic producer, songwriter, and visionary so to have him ask me to co-produce his first solo album was an honor. He and Jordan and I worked hard and came up with something that I find beautiful and I think we all grew closer in the process.

I played ran the mics, co produced, played upright bass, pedal steel, some acoustic guitar (solo on “Fare Thee Well”, and a little electric bass (I think).
Jordan Steingraber co produced and played electric guitars and some acoustics

The Bailey Band, Someone You Can See

One of my favorite parts of recording an album is getting to know the artists through the process and this album was no exception; we were able to spend a lot of time together and getting to know the band and their songs was special to me. I learned a lot through this process and am quite happy with the way the album turned out.
I engineered this project, co produced, and played upright and electric bass on the album.

Mixed and mastered by J.R. Friesen

Parker Brown, Edge of the Plains Documentary Soundtrack

This was the first project I recorded after setting up my home studio. It was a big undertaking, but I was happy to have the experience of doing a whole soundtrack for a really beautiful local project. My concept was to do mostly acoustic instrumentation and capture what I felt like was the “musical spirit” of Montana. I feel like with the big sky and open spaces, as well as the awesome stories of these Montana artists, it gives us the opportunity to feel a wider set of emotions so I tried to represent that in the music.
I played all of the instruments:
Acoustic and electric guitars
drums and percussion
electric and upright basses
banjo and mandolin

This is the trailer which wasn’t in the documentary that I produced, performed, and recorded all of the instruments for. It’s a jam.

Hair Machine

I was fortunate enough to get to record one of my best friends, Phil Griffin’s, new adventure into songwriting called Hair Machine. We did two sessions, one in 2021 and the other in 2022 so I’ll include them both. On the first release I just engineered and helped when needed and Karl Roth mixed and mastered. On the second I played some slide resonator as well as engineered the session from my home studio. Erik Olson mixed and mastered.

Eily Rae, "Seventeenth of May"

This project was super cool for me to do as Eily has been one of my students for about three years on guitar and not only that, but she wrote this song and performed it with her combo at last year’s AMP Camp AND she’s only an eighth grader! She produced this track and had her teenage brother, Max, play drums and senior, Landon, play bass on this. Everything was done by the next generation! I just ran the mics and kept the train on the tracks.
Mixed and mastered from J.R. Friesen

Some side man work I have done over the years

I played electric bass on this album and pedal steel on the song “Courage”

This was a band that Ryan Kabeary and I started together. All of these are Ryan’s awesome songs and I play bass and guitars on this recording.

I love Grant and his songwriting and I was happy to add some lap slide guitar on “14 letters” and “She Wonders” as well as pedal steel on “Daisy.” There may be more, but that was a long time ago.

Upright bass for my pal Erik’s live album!

I connected a lot with Wes’s music and was so glad I got to play upright bass for his EP.

I played upright bass on a few of Gregory’s songs and nylon string guitar on “Present and Ready”

Fun fact, this was my very first recording session and it changed my life. I may not have been as great as I thought I was, but if it weren’t for Chris Cunningham (and Brother Clay Green’s recommendation) I would never have been able to grow as a studio musician as well as meet all of these super cool artists from around the country. I played upright and electric bass on this one.

Stephen Brown and I got flown to Nashville in our very early twenties to record two songs and Steve had these up his sleeve as we’d been playing them in Tyler Burnett. We got to record with some very talented professional musicians and it was a very cool learning experience…and humbling too! Steve finally released them under his name last year in 2024 and I played guitar on the tracks and that is Steve singing.

Big Sky Trio was my first live jazz recording for upright bass and it featured original music from pianist Erik Olson and drummer Keller Paulson. My favorite track is “OJO” and “Erik and Parker Discover the Ancient Portal” haha!

I played electric and upright bass on this one at Base Camp Studio in Bozeman, MT

I played bass on this one at Base Camp Studio in Bozeman, MT

Bass and some guitar work on this one. Jeremy was awesome to work for and ended up getting me on Shaun Ray’s album. Recorded at Base Camp Studio in Bozeman

Banjo Ninja puts his heart on the line and I really enjoyed working on this project for him. I did the bass out of my home studio and possibly played harmonica.