Music

A sampling of music that Greg has played on or produced is below, with comments and songwriter credits. Click song title for a full-length mp3.

Runaway Truck Ramp

From "Yellow" 1997

Amarillo To Gold Hill (mp3)
Pete Fiori and Lee Johnson sing, I play bouzouki.

Into the Wild (mp3)
Inspired by Jon Krakauer's book. I sing and play bouzouki.

Yellow Guy (mp3)
A classic RTR instrumental.

From "Chateau Fever" 2000

Snowin' in the Mountains (mp3)
Pete sings lead, Pete Wernick on banjo. I play mandolin and take the flatpick guitar break. Written in Idaho.

Flatfooted (mp3)
Cheers everybody, especially Michigan Mike.

(All songs by Greg Schochet)

I produced all of the following, and played where noted.

Sally Shuffield

From "Ties That Bind" 2001 all songs by Sally Shuffield

Smilin' Back at Me (mp3)
I play mando and acoustic guitar, and that's Ed Caner on fiddle.

To Linger in the Trees (mp3)
One of my favorite of Sally's songs...mando and guitar.

www.sallyshuffield.com

Single Malt Band

Self-titled, 2002

New John Henry (mp3) - (Jefferson Hamer)
Tony Furtado on banjo, and Hamer's playing my Collings.

Damned Occupation (mp3) - (Jordan Moretti)

I played some bouzouki elsewhere on the record, as well as one Telecaster lick, 3 words of vocals, the banjo-mandolin and my shoes.

www.singlemaltband.com

Buckskin Stallion

From "Blue Ribbon Buzz" 2003

Christ on a Crutch (mp3) - (Troy Schoenfelder)
Acoustic and Telecaster

Jack of Diamonds (mp3) - (Traditional)
I played acoustic guitar. Also features Sally Van Meter on Weissenborn, Ben Lively on fiddle and Jay Elliott on shoebox.

Blue Ribbon Buzz (mp3) - (Troy Schoenfelder)
Acoustic and Telecaster. As fine a paean to PBR as ever's been penned.

www.buckskinstallionmusic.org

Justin Hoffenberg

From "Sounds of the Wood" 2004-2005

Gotta Travel On (mp3) - (Traditional)
I play mando, and that's Brad Folk from Open Road singing.

Billy the Kid (mp3) - (Traditional - I learned it from Ry Cooder)
I play acoustic and sing this one. Todd Livingston plays the deranged dobro solo.

Who's Sorry Now (mp3)
I play a Gibson L-7 prototype acoustic archtop, and that's Noam Pikelny on the banjo.

www.justinhoffenberg.com

Jake Schepps

From "Expedition" 2005

Bluff's Collar (mp3) - (Jake Schepps)
I play mandolin, with Gabe Witcher on fiddle, Ross Martin on guitar and Eric Thorin on bass.

When I'm 64 (mp3) - (Lennon-McCartney)
I play archtop guitar and mandolin.

The Narrows (mp3) - (Jake Schepps)
One of Jake's coolest tunes - we used to do it in RTR. He let me work up the head on mandolin. Check out Ivan Rosenberg's "weirdest licks" on dobro.

www.jakeschepps.com

Sally Shuffield

From "Something in the Water" 2005

Tennessee (mp3) - (Sally Shuffield)
I play electric and acoustic guitar.

Arkansas River Flow (mp3) - (Sally Shuffield)
Mandolin and acoustic guitar.

Rapunzel (mp3) - (Sally Shuffield)
Electric and acoustic guitar.

Sun on the Pines (mp3) - (Sally Shuffield)
I did most of the recording for this one at Dos Cacahuates Studio in Nederland, aka my living room. I play mandolin, electric, acoustic and tenor guitar. That's Sally's sister Alice with the cool harmony vocals.

www.sallyshuffield.com