Mike Compton is an American bluegrass mandolin player. In addition to his solo albums and recordings with the Nashville Bluegrass Band and John Hartford, he has been featured as a performer and collaborator on numerous albums by other artists.
Note: this discography does not include compilations or collections of previously released material.
Solo
2005: "Mandotasting" (Cartwright Music) 2011: Rotten Taters (self-released)
Collaborations
1989: Climbing The Walls (Rounder 0280) with David Grier
2006: Stomp (Acoustic Disk B000E8N8OI) with David Long
2011: The Gathering (Sycamore Road) with Rhiannon Giddens, Laurelyn Dossett, Joe Newberry, Jason Sypher - mandolin 2013: Live: Compton & Newberry (self-released) with Joe Newberry 2017: Gallop to Georgia: Mike Compton and Norman Blake Play the Tunes of Narmour & Smith (self-released) with Norman Blake
As a member of the Nashville Bluegrass Band
1986: Idle Time (Rounder 0232) 1985: My Native Home (Rounder 0212) 1987: To Be His Child (Rounder 0242) 2004: 20 Year Blues (Sugar Hill SHCD-3959)
With John Hartford
1996: Wild Hog in the Red Brush (Rounder 0392) 1996: No End of Love (Small Dog A-Barking SD-696CD) 1998: The Speed of the Old Long Bow (Rounder 0438) 1999: Good Old Boys (Rounder 0462) 2001: Hamilton Ironworks (Rounder 0442) 2002: Live from Mounta in Stage (Blue Plate SHCD-3959)
As sideman
1977 - 1999
1977: Hubert Davis and the Season Travelers - Harvest (RHD) - mandolin
1978: Hubert Davis and the Season Travelers - Mixin' It Up (RHD) - mandolin
1986: Hazel Dickens - It's Hard To Tell the Singer From the Song (Rounder 0226) 1988: Doc Watson - Arthel 'Doc' Watson: Portrait (Sugar Hill) - harmony vocals 1988: David Grisman - Home Is Where the Heart Is (Rounder) - mandolin 1988: Peter Rowan and the Nashville Bluegrass Band - New Moon Rising (Sugar Hill) - baritone vocals, mandolin, mandola 1995: Bill Evans - Native & Fine (Rounder) - mandolin 1995: James King - Lonesome and Then Some (Rounder) - mandolin 1995: David Grier - Lone Soldier (Rounder) 1995: Butch Robbins - Grounded Centered Focused (Hay Holler) 1995: Mark Schatz - Brand New Old Tyme Way (Rounder) 1996: Chris Jones - Blinded by the Rose (Munich) 1996: various artists - True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe (Sugar Hill) - mandolin 1996: Billy and Terry Smith - Bill Monroe Tribute (K-Tel) - mandolin 1997: Jimmy Campbell: Pieces Of Time (Red Clay) - mandolin 1997: Barry and Holly Tashian - Harmony (Rounder) - mandolin 1997: Aubrey Haynie - Doin' My Time (Sugar Hill) 1997: David Grier - Panorama (Rounder) 1997: various artists - Songs of the Louvin Brothers (Easydisc) - mandolin 1999: Chris Jones - Follow Your Heart (Rebel) - Mandolin, tenor guitar