Chris Rowan
Lori Rowan
(Peter Rowan ) – on The Rowans albums
By Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli
SESSIONS
7 October 1971 Wally Heider Recording, Inc., 6373 Selma
Ave., Hollywood, CA – The Rowan Brothers (Lorin Rowan [vcl/gt/mandolin],
Christopher Rowan [vcl/gt/piano], Buddy Emmons/ Jerry Garcia [steel], David
Diadern [mandolin/keyboards], Bill Kreutzmann/ John Douglas [drums], Richard
Greene [violin], Dick Fenner [cello], Bill Elliot [keyboards], Beverly Bellows [harp], Jack Bonus
[flutex/sax], The Ed Bogas Strings)
001 HICKORY DAY Columbia 45-45856/KC-31297
17 November 1971 Wally Heider Recording, Inc., 6373 Selma
Ave., Hollywood, CA – The Rowan Brothers (Lorin Rowan [vcl/gt/mandolin],
Christopher Rowan [vcl/gt/piano], Buddy Emmons/ Jerry Garcia [steel], David
Diadern [mandolin/keyboards], Bill Kreutzmann/ John Douglas [drums], Richard
Greene [violin], Dick Fenner [cello], Bill Elliot [keyboards], Beverly Bellows [harp], Jack Bonus
[flutex/sax], The Ed Bogas Strings)
002 LADY OF LAUGHTER Columbia 45-45728/KC-31297
October 1971-March 1972 Wally Heider Recording, Inc., 6373 Selma Ave.,
Hollywood, CA – The Rowan Brothers (Lorin Rowan [vcl/gt/mandolin], Christopher
Rowan [vcl/gt/piano], Buddy Emmons/ Jerry Garcia [steel], David Diadern
[mandolin/keyboards], Bill Kreutzmann/ John Douglas [drums], Richard Greene
[violin], Dick Fenner [cello], Bill Elliot [keyboards], Beverly Bellows [harp], Jack Bonus
[flutex/sax], The Ed Bogas Strings)
003 BEST YOU CAN Columbia KC-31297
004 ONE MORE TIME Columbia KC-31297
005 LAY ME DOWN Columbia KC-31297
006 WIZARD Columbia KC-31297
007 MAMA DON'T YOU CRY Columbia KC-31297
008 GOLD Columbia KC-31297
009 LOVE WILL CONQUER Columbia KC-31297
010 SINGIN' SONG Columbia KC-31297
2 February 1972 Wally Heider Recording, Inc., 6373 Selma
Ave., Hollywood, CA – The Rowan Brothers (Lorin Rowan [vcl/gt/mandolin],
Christopher Rowan [vcl/gt/piano], Buddy Emmons/ Jerry Garcia [steel], David
Diadern [mandolin/keyboards], Bill Kreutzmann/ John Douglas [drums], Richard
Greene [violin], Dick Fenner [cello], Bill Elliot [keyboards], Beverly Bellows [harp], Jack Bonus
[flutex/sax], The Ed Bogas Strings)
011 ALL TOGETHER Columbia 4-45728/KC-31297
5 March 1972 Wally Heider Recording, Inc., 6373 Selma Ave., Hollywood, CA – The
Rowan Brothers (Lorin Rowan [vcl/gt/mandolin], Christopher Rowan
[vcl/gt/piano], Buddy Emmons/ Jerry Garcia [steel], David Diadern
[mandolin/keyboards], Bill Kreutzmann/ John Douglas [drums], Richard Greene
[violin], Dick Fenner [cello], Bill Elliot [keyboards], Beverly Bellows [harp], Jack Bonus
[flutex/sax], The Ed Bogas Strings)
012 MOVE ON DOWN Columbia 4-45876/KC-31297
1972 poss. Wally Heider Recording, Inc., 6373 Selma Ave., Hollywood, CA – Chris
and Lorin Rowan (Chris Rowan [vcl/gt/piano], Lorin Rowan [vcl/gt/piano], David
Grisman [mandolin/ piano/ organ], Jerry Garcia [steel], Billy Wolf [bass], Bill
Kreutzmann [drums], Gregg Dewey [drums],
Ed Bogus [strings], Bill Elliott [piano])
013 LIVIN' THE LIFE Appaloosa AP 011 Bos 1578
014 CLIMBING UP THE MOUNTAIN Appaloosa AP 011 Bos 1578
015 WAITING IN THE GARDEN Appaloosa AP 011 Bos 1578
016 OUTSIDE, CLOVER AND CHEESE Appaloosa AP 011
017 PEACE AND HAPPINESS Appaloosa AP 011 Bos 1578
018 GUARDIAN ANGEL Appaloosa AP 011 Bos 1578
019 HEAVENS TO BETSY Appaloosa AP 011
020 FEEL THE SPIRIT Appaloosa AP 011 Bos 1578
021 FREE Appaloosa AP 011
Bos 1578
022 RUN TO THE WIND Appaloosa AP 011 Bos 1578
023 DON'T YOU WORRY Appaloosa AP 011 Bos 1578
Probably from sessions above:
024 IT GROWS AND GROWS Bos Music 1578
025 ALL IN THE WAY SHE MOVES Bos Music 1578
026 SPEEDWAY DRIVER Bos Music 1578
027 IF I ONLY COULD Bos Music 1578
028 CAN'T STOP LOVIN' YOU Bos Music 1578
029 LAURA MY LOVE Bos Music 1578
030 ONLY YOU Bos Music 1578
031 AFTER ALL IS SAID AND DONE Bos Music 1578
ca late 1974 poss. Wally Heider Recording, Inc., 6373 Selma Ave., Hollywood, CA
– The Rowans (Peter Rowan
[vcl/gt/mandolin/mandola/ mandocello/tabla/tamboura], Chris Rowan
[vcl/gt/flute/keyboards], Lorin Rowan [vcl/gt/piano/sound effects], David Hayes
[bass], Russ Kunkel [drums], Jack Bonus [flute/sax]. Producers: The Rowans,
Gordon Anderson, Joe Carroll, Richard Podolor)
032 TAKE IT AS IT COMES Elektra E-45281/7E-1038
033 MIDNIGHT MOONLIGHT Elektra
7E-1038
034 ME LOVING YOU Elektra
7E-1038
035 OLD SILVER Elektra
7E-1038
036 THUNDER ON THE MOUNTAIN Elektra E-45281/7E-1038
037 BEGGAR IN BLUE JEANS Elektra
E-45308/7E-1038
038 DO RIGHT Elektra
7E-1038
039 MAN WOMAN Elektra
7E-1038
040 PIECES ON THE GROUND Elektra
7E-1038
041 HERE TODAY GONE TOMORROW Elektra E-45308/7E-1038
1975 Wally Heider Recording, Inc., 6373 Selma Ave., Hollywood, CA – The Rowans
(Peter Rowan [vcl/gt/mandolin], Chris Rowan [vcl/gt/ piano], Lorin Rowan
[vcl/gt], Joe Carroll/ Peter Walsh [bass], Wally Drogas / K. Dudley Glanz / Jim
Hodder / Mark Stein [drums], Richard
Greene [violin], Bill Elliott [organ/ piano])
042 OOH MY LOVE Elektra E-45376/7E-1073
043 LOVE IS Elektra
7E-1073
044 TIRED HANDS Elektra E-45347/7E-1073
045 IF I ONLY COULD Elektra E-45347/7E-1073
046 NO DESAMINES AMOR (DON'T DISAPPOINT LOVE) Elektra
7E-1073
047 YA BA DA BA Elektra
7E-1073
048 FIRE DRAGON Elektra
7E-1073
049 MONGOLIAN SWAMP/ALL THE KING'S MEN Elektra
E-45376/7E-1073
050 JOAQUIN MURRIETA Elektra
7E-1073
051 SWORD OF FAITH SOLDIER OF THE CROSS Elektra
7E-1073
1976 poss. Wally Heider Recording, Inc., 6373 Selma Ave., Hollywood, CA – The
Rowans, * and Stephen Grapelli (Peter Rowan [vcl/gt/mandolin], Chris Rowan
[vcl/gt/ piano], Lorin Rowan [vcl/gt], Stephne Busfield [gt], Glen Deardorff
[gt/violin], Joe Carroll / Ralph Carter [bass],
Peter Barshay [bass/ drums], Brad Bilhorn /
Keith Glanz / Lee Carlton
[drums], Glenn Cronkhite [percussion], Stephane Grappelli [violin-1], Daniel
Kobialka [violin], Terry Adams [cello], Susan Bates [viola], Nancy Ellis [viola],
Brian Cooke [piano], Bob Hogins [keyboards])
052 BEST OF FRIENDS Elektra 7E-1114
053 GIVE YA GOOD LOVIN' Elektra
7E-1114
054 HOO DOO LOVE Elektra 7E-1114
055 LOVE'S SECRET SIGHS Elektra
7E-1114
056 DON'T SAY GOODBYE* -1 Elektra
7E-1114
057 LOVELIGHT Elektra 7E-1114
058 NEW HORIZONS Elektra 7E-1114
059 MAKIN' IT EASY Elektra 7E-1114
060 CALLE MUSIC Elektra 7E-1114
1993 Cedar Creek Studios, Austin, TX/Hyde Street, San
Francisco, CA – Peter Rowan and The
Rowan Brothers (Peter Rowan [vcl/gt], Chris Rowan [vcl/gt], Lorin Rowan [vcl/gt/mandolin],
Sally Van Meter [gt/dobro], Cindy Cashdollar [gt/steel/dobro], Viktor Krauss
[ac bass], Kester Smith [percussion].
Producer: Peter Rowan)
061 TREE ON A HILL Sugar Hill SH-CD-3823
062 MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW Sugar Hill SH-CD-3823
063 DARLIN' PAL OF MINE Sugar Hill SH-CD-3823
064 NO LONESOME TUNE Sugar Hill SH-CD-3823
065 RYE WHISKEY Sugar Hill SH-CD-3823
066 FAIR AND TENDER LADIES Sugar Hill SH-CD-3823
067 FAITH, LOVE AND DEVOTION Sugar Hill SH-CD-3823
068 LONG TIME Sugar Hill SH-CD-3823
069 LONE PILGRIM Sugar Hill SH-CD-3823
070 I'LL BE THERE Sugar Hill SH-CD-3823
071 MARY MAGDALENE Sugar Hill SH-CD-3823
2002 Nashville, TN – Rowan Brothers (Peter Rowan [vcl/gt/mandola/spoons], Chris
Rowan [vcl/gt], Lorin Rowan [vcl/gt] + Joe Reyes [gt], Sergio Lara [gt], Tom
Mitchell [banjo], Sam Bush [mandolin], Jerry Douglas [dobro], Tim O'Brien
[bozouki], Russell Bond / Bill Amatneek/ Dave Grant / Roy Huskey, Jr./ Bryn
Bright / Edgar Meyer [bass], Larry Attamanuik / Ethan Turner [drums], Dick Bright
[violin], Flaco Jiménez / Mookie Siegel [accordion])
072 CRAZY PEOPLE There! HMNH-70005
073 NOTHIN' PERSONAL There! HMNH-70005
074 RED ROCKIN' CHAIR There! HMNH-70005
075 PRETTY SENORITA There! HMNH-70005
076 DON'T PICK THE BLOSSOM BEFORE THE FLOWER GROWS There! HMNH-70005
077 FREE MEXICAN AIRFORCE There! HMNH-70005
078 THAT'S ALRIGHT There! HMNH-70005
079 IN 1999 There! HMNH-70005
080 SHOPPIN' FEET There! HMNH-70005
081 AIN'T NOTHIN' LIKE A FAMILY There! HMNH-70005
2004 unknown – The Rowan Brothers (Chris Rowan –[vcl/gt/ piano/ synthesizer],
Lorin Rowan [bvl/gt/ mandolin/ piano/ trilogy bass], Barry Sless [el gt/steel],
Rob Ickes [dobro], Sally Van Meter [dobro],David Grisman [mandolin], Phil Lesh /
Robin Sylvester [bass], Tim Emmons / Bill Amatneek [bass], Eric McCann [drum
programming], Brent Rampone [drums], James Henry [congas/ percussion], Michael
Spiro [congas], Richard Greene [fiddle], Dick Bright [violin], Doug Harman [cello],
Mookie Siegel [piano/accordion])
082 CIRCLE OF FRIENDS Bos Music 1578
083 HEART OF A WOMAN Bos Music 1578
084 PATHWAYS Bos Music 1578
085 BURN IT ON DOWN Bos Music 1578
086 COLD WAR Bos Music 1578
087 I'LL BE THERE Bos Music 1578
088 AS MUCH AS I DO Bos Music 1578
089 ARMS OF THE ONE I LOVE Bos Music 1578
090 DON'T FORGET Bos Music 1578
091 RUNNIN' WILD Bos Music 1578
092 LONELY NIGHTS Bos Music 1578
093 SWIMS WITH DOLPHINS Bos Music 1578
094 HOW I THINK OF YOU Bos Music 1578
095 ANGELINA Bos Music 1578
096 CHILDISH LOVE Bos Music 1578
097 SOLDIER'S CROSS Bos Music 1578
098 CIRCLE OF FRIENDS (INSTRUMENTAL REPRISE) Bos Music 1578
ALBUMS
Columbia KC-31297 The Rowan Brothers: Hickory Day; All
Together; Best You Can; One More Time; Lay Me Down; Wizard; Mama Don't You Cry;
Gold; Love Will Conquer; Lady Of Laughter; Move On Down; Singin' Song – 09-72
Rowan Brothers
Asylum 7E-1038 The Rowans: Take It As It Comes;
Midnight-Moonlight; Me Loving You; Old Silver; Thunder On The Mountain; Beggar
In Blue Jeans; Do Right; Man-Woman; Pieces On The Ground; Here Today, Gone
Tomorrow – 75 Rowans (reissued in 2002 on CCM-265-2)
Asylum 7E-1073 Sibling Rivalry: Ooh My Love; Love Is; Tired Hands; If I Only
Could; No Desanimes Amor (Don't Disappoint Love); Ya Ba Da Ba; Fire Dragon;
Mongolian Swamp - King's Men; Joaquin Murrieta; Sword Of Faith - Soldier Of The
Cross – 76 Rowans (reissued on CCM 423-2 in 2004)
Asylum 7E-1114 Jubilation: Best Of Friends; Give Ya Good Lovin'; Hoo Doo Love;
Love's Secret Sighs; Don't Say Goodbye; Lovelight; New Horizons; Makin' It
Easy; Calle Music – 77 Rowans (reissued on CCM 423-2 in 2004)
Appaloosa [ITA] AP 011 Livin‘ The Life: Livin' The
Life; Climbing Up The Mountain; Waiting
In The Garden; Outside, Clover And
Cheese; Peace And Happiness; Guardian Angel; Heavens To Betsy; Feel The Spirit;
Free; Run To The Wind; Don't You Worry -
29-10-80 Chris and Lorin Rowan
Sugar Hill SHCD-3823 Tree On The Hill: Tree On A Hill; Man
Of Constant Sorrow; Little Darlin' Pal Of Mine; No Lonesome Tune; Rye Whiskey;
Fair And Tender Ladies; Faith, Love And Devotion; Long Time; Lone Pilgrim; I'll
Be There; Mary Magdalene – 94 w. Peter Rowan
There! 70005 Crazy People: Crazy People; Nothin' Personal;
Red Rockin' Chair; Pretty Senorita; Don't Pick The Blossom Before The Flower
Grows; Free Mexican Airforce; That's Alright (Long Time); In 1999; Shoppin'
Feet; Ain't Nothin' Like A Family – 02 Rowan Brothers (reissued on Evangeline
(UK) GEL 4050)
BOS Music 1578 Now And Then: Circle Of Friends; Heart Of A Woman; Pathways;
Burn It On Down; Cold War; I'll Be There; As Much As I Do; Arms Of The One I
Love; Don't Forget; Runnin' Wild; Lonely Nights; Swims With Dolphins; How I
Think Of You; Angelina; Childish Love; Soldier's Cross; Circle Of Friends
(instrumental reprise); Free; Run To The Wind; Climbing Up The Mountain; Don't
You Worry; It Grows And Grows; Waiting In The Garden; All In The Way She Moves;
Speedway Driver; If I Only Could; Livin' The Life; Guardian Angel; Can't Stop
Lovin' You; Feel The Spirit; Peace And Happiness; Laura My Love; Only You;
After All Is Said And Done – 09-04 Chris and Lorin Rowan
SINGLES
Columbia (The Rowan brothers)
4-45728 All Together / Lady Of Laughter - 10-72
4-45856 Hickory Day / Move On Down - 05-73
SINGLES
Asylum (The
Rowans)
E 45281 Take It As It Comes / Thunder On The Mountain - 09-75
E 45308 Beggar In Blue Jeans / Here Today Gone Tomorrow - 03-76
E 45347 If I Only Could / Tired Hands - 09-76
E 45376 Ooh My Love / Mongolian Swamp-All The King's Men - 77
