Re: listing of rock songs w/mando
I don't know how this thread has slipped under my radar. Thanks to ellebrille for starting this, then disappearing, and bigbike for bringing it back, and thanks to Niles for his massive contrributions - both the lists he found and the recordings by a certain Mr. Hokkanen that might have escaped others' notice. 
I've taken some time to compile the various lists, add in subsequent posters' suggestions, plus some of my own, and standardize the list for easier reading. I've organized the list alphabetically by musician and then alphabetically by song title. I've maintained this order while restoring musician's names to conversational normalcy. For example, no one talks about Winter, Johnny - it's Johnny Winter, and it's in the W's. Jethro Tull is in the J's - it's the name of a band, not a person in the band. I've standardized punctuation, capitalization, and alphabetization, using the Leonard Maltin method - this method ignores punctuation and word breaks, so Dr. John follows The Doors, as "dr" is the way his name appears, despite it being a contraction of "doctor," which precedes "doors" alphabetically. That's just the way I do. Also, I capitalize every word in a title - sorry, NY Times stylists. Also, since the thread title mentions "rock", I'm assuming that bluegrass and country are out as well as jazz and blues, while rock and pop are in. I don't think folk belongs either, so as far as I'm concerned, sorry, Amy Ray. Besides, no one has suggested an actual song by name - that's the bottom line for inclusion.
I've left out duplications, suggestions from people that weren't actual songs ("so and so use mandolin on such and such an album" isn't much help), album titles (this is a list of songs), and editorial comments. As far as I'm concerned, since it took two years and 57 posts to get to "Friend of the Devil"
- thanks, Steve O - no contributors are entitled to use the phrase "I can't believe no one's said ..." You've forfeited that privilege.
I also excluded a balalaika reference, but retained a few mandola citations. I've left in the Townshend/Lane songs for now, but I would appreciate it if anyone could determine whether they feature mandolin or ukulele.
I'm taking people at their word, by and large, as I don't know a lot of these songs and even musicians and am sure not about to research them, as I've put in a few hours on this and that's too much already. If someone says there is mandolin on "Safety Dance," OK fine, but I'm not going to suffer through it to confirm this. Same with that song by Poison. I've removed some duplications and some that didn't jive with my memory. For instance, if someone is sure there is mandolin on Bruce Springsteen's version of "Atlantic City," OK, put it back in, but whoever said that may be confusing it with The Band's version.
Following are my additions. Blue Rodeo has been mentioned, but here are some more from one of my favorite albums, "Five Days In July." I know they have plenty more, but this is the only one of their albums I have with me. Also, Jimmy Ryan has been mentioned - no songs specifically, so he's not on the list - but he is represented here by his work with Blood Oranges and Cheri Knight. I don't have any of Levon Helm's albums at hand, but I am sure there is plenty of mandolin on them, so if anyone has them please add those songs. Same with Sting's new album. I have to look further into the recordings by Lucinda Williams and Tom Petty, as I think some of their songs that sound like they feature mandolin actually have half-scale twelve-strings.
Finally, there are lots of songs missing from this list. I know there's more mandolin in Dan Hicks' recordings, and there are also musicians who have come along since this list was started, like The Ditty Bops and Katzenjammer. But I don't have their albums, so if anyone does, please add their songs. I think this list is supposed to be just studio recordings, too. Oh, yeah, and this list is already nearly twice the 10,000 character limit, so it may be soon that it will have to be broken into three parts!
Blood Oranges - Bridges
Blood Oranges - Halfway 'Round the World
Blood Oranges - Handle Breaks
Blood Oranges - Hinges
Blood Oranges - Sally
Blood Oranges - This Old Town
Blood Oranges - Titanic
Blue Rodeo - It Hasn't Hit Me Yet
Blue Rodeo - Cynthia
Blue Rodeo - English Bay
Deni Bonet - Die For Me
George Harrison - Gone Troppo
Levon Helm - Tennessee Jed
Cheri Knight - All Blue
Cheri Knight - Dar Glasgow
Cheri Knight - Northeast Kingdom
Cheri Knight - Rose In The Vine
Cheri Knight - Sweetheart
Seal and Crofts - Diamond Girl
Seal and Crofts - Ridin' Thumb
Sting - Soul Cake
THE LIST (SO FAR) - PART 1
Aerosmith - Crazy
Aerosmith - Kings And Queens
The Band - Atlantic City
The Band - Evangeline
The Band - The Last Waltz
The Band - Rag Mama Rag
The Band - Rockin Chair
The Band - When I Paint My Masterpiece
Big Country - The Seer
The Blasters - Little Honey
Blind Melon - Walk
Blood Oranges - Bridges
Blood Oranges - Halfway 'Round the World
Blood Oranges - Handle Breaks
Blood Oranges - Hinges
Blood Oranges - Sally
Blood Oranges - This Old Town
Blood Oranges - Titanic
Blue Rodeo - Cynthia
Blue Rodeo - English Bay
Blue Rodeo - Hasn't Hit Me Yet
Blue Rodeo - Up On That Cloud
Deni Bonet - Die For Me
Bonzo Dog Band - Bad Blood
Brass Monkey - Da Floo'er O' Taft /The Lass O' Paties Mill
Brass Monkey - George's Son
Brass Monkey - Jolly Bold Robber
Brass Monkey - The Maid And The Palmer
Brass Monkey - The Rose Lawn Quadrille
Brass Monkey - Waterman's Hornpipe
Kate Bush - Army Dreamers
Kate Bush - Kashka From Baghdad
Kate Bush - Oh To Be In Love
Kate Bush - Reaching Out
Kate Bush - Suspended in Gaffa
Kate Bush - Wow
Butterfield Blues Band - In My Own Dream
The Byrds - Ballad Of Easy Rider
The Byrds - Draft Morning
The Byrds - Path Of Victory
The Byrds - Truck Stop Girl
The Byrds - You All Look Alike
Can - Laugh Till You Cry Live Till You Die
Captain Beefheart - Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles
Carbon Leaf - American Tale
Carbon Leaf - Crazy Train
Carbon Leaf - Home
Carbon Leaf - Ordinary Eyes
Carbon Leaf - To My Soul
Martin Carthy - The Friar In The Well
Martin Carthy - Jolly Tinker
Martin Carthy - Old Horse
Carthy/Swarbrick - And A Begging I Will Go
Carthy/Swarbrick - Banks of The Sweet Primroses
Carthy/Swarbrick - Boomfield Hill
Carthy/Swarbrick - Bows of London
Carthy/Swarbrick - Brand Band Music
Carthy/Swarbrick - The Irish Washerwoman/The Ash Plant
Carthy/Swarbrick - Lovely Joan
Carthy/Swarbrick - The New Mown Hay
Carthy/Swarbrick - Poor Murdered Woman
Carthy/Swarbrick - The Ride In The Creel
Carthy/Swarbrick - The Sheep Stealer
Carthy/Swarbrick - Two Butchers
Carthy/Swarbrick - The Wife Of the Soldier
Eric Clapton - Lonely Stranger
Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home
Ry Cooder - Ax Sweet Mama
Ry Cooder - Billy The Kid
Ry Cooder - Boomer's Story
Ry Cooder - Bourgeois Blues
Ry Cooder - Chloe
Ry Cooder - Denomination Blues
Ry Cooder - Down In Missisissppi
Ry Cooder - Fool For A Cigarette/Feelin' Good
Ry Cooder - Goin To Brownsville
Ry Cooder - Hey Porter
Ry Cooder - I Got Mine
Ry Cooder - It's All Over Now
Ry Cooder - Look At Granny
Ry Cooder - Money Honey
Ry Cooder - President Kennedy
Ry Cooder - Viola Lee Blues
Elvis Costello - Little Palaces
Elvis Costello - They'll Never Take Her Love From Me
Crash Test Dummies - I Don't Care That You Don't Mind
Charlie Daniels Band - Uneasy Rider
Death Cab For Cutie - Soul Meet Body
The Doors - Runnin' Blue
Dr. John - Danse Fambeaux
Dr. John - Danse Kolinda Ba - Doom
Dr. John - I Walk On Gilded Splinters
Dr. John - Loup Garoo
The Eagles - Hollywood Waltz
The Eagles - Journey of the Sorcerer
The Eagles - Lyin' Eyes
The Eagles - Midnight Flyer
The Eagles - Saturday Night
The Eagles - Tequila Sunrise
Steve Earle - Billy and Bonnie
Steve Earle - Copperhead Road
Steve Earle - Dominick Street
Steve Earle - Paddy on the Beat
Steve Earle - Sara's Angel
Eva Trout - Marshlands of Revival
Fairport Convention - Angel Delight
Fairport Convention - Babbacombe Lee
Fairport Convention - Big William
Fairport Convention - Bonny Black Hare
Fairport Convention - Brilliancy Medley/Cherokee Shuffle
Fairport Convention - Cuckoo's Nest/Hardiman The Fiddler/ Papa Stoor
Fairport Convention - Flatback Caper
Fairport Convention - John Lee
Fairport Convention - Million Dollar Bash
Fairport Convention - Poor Will And The Jolly Hangman
Fairport Convention - Rosie Peggy's Pub
Fairport Convention - Sailor's Alphabet
Fairport Convention - St. Ninian's Isle/Trumpet Hornpipe
Fairport Convention - Sickness & Diseases
Fairport Convention - Sir William Gower
Fairport Convention - Little Did I Think
Fairport Convention - Wake Up John
Fairport Convention - White Dress
Flatirons - Three Crosses
Sue Foley - Give It To Me
Rory Gallagher - Brute Force and Ignorance
Rory Gallagher - Going To My Home Town
Rory Gallagher - I'm Not Surprised
Rory Gallagher - Leaving Town Blues
Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
Grateful Dead - Friend of the Devil
Grateful Dead - Ripple
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