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====== Michael Hakanson-Stacy ======

Blues\\
Ware, Massachusetts, USA

===== Discography =====

| 1991 | [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2025/04/05/michael-hakanson-stacy-shake-the-dust/|Shake the Dust]] | Time & Strike Music |
| 1992 | [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2025/05/04/michael-hakanson-stacy-blues-in-the-belfry/|Blues in the Belfry]] | Time & Strike Music |
| 1993 | Salted With Fire | Time & Strike Music |
| 1993 | Bottle on My Finger... Blues to My Shoes | Time & Strike Music |
| 1994 | Lion's in the Den | Time & Strike Music |
| 1994 | News From the Corner Store | Time & Strike Music |
| 1995 | Pearls & Stones | Time & Strike Music |
| 1996 | Sanctuary Blues | Time & Strike Music |
| 1998 | This Train | Time & Strike Music |

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==== Shake the Dust ====

1991 Time & Strike Music (T&S 7771)

Michael Hakanson-Stacy - Vocals, acoustic guitars, national wooden body guitar, slide guitar, harmonicas\\
Rico Spence - Bass\\
[[Brooks Williams]] - Slide guitar on "Philco Blues" and "5 Holly Road," slide guitar and acoustic guitar on "Shake the Dust"

  - 5 Holly Road
  - Philco Blues
  - Newspaper Blues
  - Shake the Dust
  - Michael's Kind of Blues
  - Heather & Snow / Salted With Fire
  - John the Revelator
  - Just Before the Blues
  - Everybody's Got the Blues
  - Highway 41
  - Toad & The Baker
  - Mildred Gets Her New Shoes
  - Do You?
  - Brighter Maybe Later / Amanda's Lullaby

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==== Blues in the Belfry ====

1992 Time & Strike Music (T&S 7772)

Michael Hakanson-Stacy - Vocals, resonator guitar, bottleneck guitar, harmonicas\\
Arnie Fox - Harmonicas on "Blues in the Belfry," "Mean Old World," "Hardtimes," and "Bullrush Blues"

  - Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning
  - Railroad Bill's Blues
  - Blues in the Belfry
  - Dawn
  - Bullrush Blues
  - Denomination Blues
  - Exiled to Patmos (Part 1)
  - Mean Old World
  - Hardtimes
  - Pizza Blues
  - Zachary Taylor Crosses the Nueces
  - Bourgeois Blues
  - Deichytown Blues
  - Katy Did

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==== Salted With Fire ====

1993 Time & Strike Music (T&S 7773)

Michael Hakanson-Stacy - Acoustic guitar, resonator guitar

  - Angel's on Holiday
  - Heather & Snow
  - Salted With Fire
  - Galashiels to Kelso
  - Taking Refuge in Kirkhope Tower
  - The Dry Bones
  - Brighter Maybe Later / Amanda's Lullaby
  - The Ball & the Cross
  - Gone But Not Forgotten
  - Exiled to Patmos
  - Inquisition of Gerard Groote
  - Dawn
  - Waiting for the Fatted Calf
  - Zachary Taylor Crosses the Nueces
  - Katie Did

The cover notes that these are guitar instrumentals recorded live. Eight of the songs are new, the rest are different from the originals.

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==== Bottle on My Finger... Blues to My Shoes ====

1993 Time & Strike Music (T&S 7774)

Michael Hakanson-Stacy - Lead vocals, acoustic guitar, resonator guitar, harmonica\\
[[Brooks Williams]] - Acoustic guitar, backing vocals\\
Lesley Smith - Backing vocals\\
Rusty Annis - Backing vocals

  - Down to My soul
  - Atlanta Moan
  - Keep Your Lamps Trimmed & Burning
  - Watch What You're Doing
  - St Valentine's Blues
  - It Hurts Us So
  - Lake of Fire
  - Ball and the Cross
  - Civil War Song
  - New Cool Glass of Water Blues
  - Wrong Turn Blues
  - Heather and Snow
  - How 'Bout You
  - The Dry Bones
  - Shake the Dust
  - Philco Blues
  - Gone But Not Forgotten
  - John the Revelator
  - Michael's Kind of Blues
  - Amanda's Lullaby

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==== Lion's in the Den ====

1994 Time & Strike Music (T&S 7775)

Michael Hakanson-Stacy - Vocals, acoustic guitar, resonator guitar, harmonica\\
[[Brooks Williams]] - Acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar, backing vocals\\
Jeff Garfin - Drums\\
Brian Weiland - Backing vocals\\
Max Cohen - Backing vocals

  - Quabbin (4:25)
  - Slavery Chain (2:34)
  - Where Would I Be? (3:56)
  - Lion's in the Den (instrumental) (2:59)
  - Whole Night Through (3:00)
  - Letter of the Law (2:39)
  - I Belong to the Band (2:24)
  - Last Farthing (instrumental) (2:30)
  - Sing It (4:51)
  - Connecticut River Valley Blues (2:30)
  - Statesboro Blues (2:56)
  - Blue Plate Special (instrumental) (2:53)
  - Drink Deep (4:22)
  - Weakness of the Flesh (2:52)
  - Swing the Choir (instrumental) (1:53)
  - Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning (2:54)
  - Colonel Mustard (instrumental) (3:08)

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==== News From the Corner Store ====

1994 Time & Strike Music (T&S 7776)

Michael Hakanson-Stacy - Vocals, 12-string guitar, acoustic guitar, resonator guitar, mandolin, harmonica\\
Jeff Garfin - Drums\\
Rusty Annis - Backing vocals

  - Georgia 12 String (3:42)
  - Long Winter Blues (3:10)
  - Step by Step (2:59)
  - Lily on Horseback (1:20)
  - News From the Corner Store (2:48)
  - Small Talk (3:16)
  - Hard Times (3:40)
  - Dawn (2:05)
  - Shake It On Down (4:18)
  - The Rooster (3:53)
  - Education (4:20)
  - Whitingham Revisited (2:32)
  - God Don't Like It (3:02)
  - Gonna Go With Jesus (3:08)
  - Bullrush Blues (3:09)
  - G.K.'s Teetotaler's Blooze (2:19)

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==== Pearls & Stones ====

1995 Time & Strike Music (T&S 7778)

Michael Hakanson-Stacy - Lead vocals, backing vocals, resonator guitar, dobro, mandolin, harmonica\\
Rusty Annis - Backing vocals

  - Political Blues (2:42)
  - Old Boy (3:28)
  - Death of Rev. Dan (3:14)
  - I am the Light of the World (3:00)
  - Running From the Blues Police (2:10)
  - Double Shot (3:15)
  - Shout Sister Shout (2:17)
  - When the Roll is Called Up Yonder (2:47)
  - Stagolee (3:17)
  - Constantly Thinking (2:49)
  - Under My Strings (3:06)
  - Cotton Needs Pickin' (1:38)
  - I Saw the Light (2:18)
  - Farmer's Lament (2:33)
  - Casting Pearls (0:43)
  - Born to Preach the Gospel (3:11)
  - Railroad Bill's Blues (3:41)
  - Casting Stones (2:58)
  - Gallows Pole (4:58)

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==== Sanctuary Blues ====

1996 Time & Strike Music (T&S 7780)

Michael Hakanson-Stacy - Vocals, dobro, 12-string acoustic guitar, mandolin, harmonica, tiple

  - Creepin' (4:20)
  - You Drink Too Much (2:25)
  - Blues in the Belfry (2:49)
  - Pizza Blues (3:03)
  - 1944 Blues (2:45)
  - Sanctuary Blues (1:46)
  - God's Gonna Cut 'em Down (3:13)
  - Death Don't Have No Mercy (6:09)
  - Denomination Blues Part II (4:22)
  - Ring Him Up Easy (2:12)
  - Old Time Religion (2:11)
  - Delchytown Blues (2:59)
  - New Pony Blues (3:37)
  - Wiscassett Narrow Line (4:43)
  - Eutychus' Dream (3:27)

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==== This Train (Resonator Gospel Blues and Hymns) ====

1998 Time & Strike Music (T&S 7786)

Michael Hakanson-Stacy - Vocals, instruments

  - This Train (2:45)
  - Here That Whistle (3:06)
  - Over the Hill #2 (4:21)
  - Old Time Religion (2:08)
  - Box Car Bound #7 (1:28)
  - Walk in Jerusalem Just Like John (2:36)
  - Leaning on the Everlasting Arms (3:37)
  - Passing Thru (2:52)
  - Shepherd Blues (1:21)
  - Oh Mary Don’t You Weep (2:40)
  - Old Gospel Ship (3:48)
  - I Shall Not Be Moved (2:33)
  - Cakewalk Into the Kingdom (1:21)
  - Second Coming Shuffle (2:32)
  - Paul and Silas (2:37)
  - What a Friend We Have in Jesus (4:23)

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