Dean Owens

 2nd version
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS Also member of The Felsons
2001 Lochside cottage, the Highlands of Scotland, UK – Dean Owens (Dean Owens [vcl/gt],  Kevin McGuire [bass])
001 STRANGERS AGAIN DRO 100 EPRCD 002  
002 CHAMELEON DRO 100  
003 NEW MEXICO DRO 100  EPRCD 002
004 TIL THE TIDE BRINGS YOU HOME AGAIN DRO 100  
005 ON THE EDGE DRO 100  
006 THE DEATH OF ME DRO 100  
007 TO THE LAST SUNSET DRO 100  
008 I'M PRETENDING YOU DON'T LOVE ME ANYMORE DRO 100  
009 IT'S NOT LOVE DRO 100  
010 STOP DRO 100  
011 ANYTHING DRO 100   
012 DROMA DRO 100  
2003 March/April 2003 Edinburgh, UK  Dean Owens, *w. Karine Polwart
013 MY TOWN VERTCD 065 BWCD 4002 EPRCD 002
014 DESERT SONG VERTCD 065 BWCD 4002
015 IT’S NOT LOVE VERTCD 065 BWCD 4002
016 NORTHERN LIGHTS VERTCD 065 BWCD 4002
017  LIFE AND BEAUTY VERTCD 065 BWCD 4002
018 THIS FEELING VERTCD 065 BWCD 4002
019 BLUE DECEMBER VERTCD 065  BWCD 4002
020 THE OTHER SIDE OF DAWN VERTCD 065 BWCD 4002
021 SHAKESPEARE’S COUNTY VERTCD 065 BWCD 4002
022 STRANGERS AGAIN* VERTCD 065  BWCD 4002
023 DON’T COME RUNNING VERTCD 065   BWCD 4002
024 MY TOWN: REPRISE VERTCD 065  BWCD 4002
025 LAST LULLABY VERTCD 065 BWCD 4002
2003 Edinburgh, UK – Dean Owens
026 ANYTHING [single version]  BWCD 4002
2003 [live] unknown – Dean Owens
02601 BLUE DECEMBER BWCD 4002
02602 NEW MEXICO BWCD 4002
2008 Paradise Productions, Nashville, TN – Dean Owens (Dean Owens [vcl/ac gt/harmonica],  Will Kimbrough [gt/banjo/ mandolin], Al Perkins [dobro/steel], Robert Reynolds/  Kevin McGuire [bass/bck vcl],  Paul Deakin [drums/vibraphone], Jen Gunderman [keyboards/ accordion],  Jeff Coffin [sax],  Thad Cockrell [bck vcl]. Producer: Elijah Shaw)
027 SAND IN MY SHOES Navigator 16   
028 JUST ANOTHER SUNDAY Navigator 16  
029 YEARS AGO Navigator 16   
030 RAINING IN GLASGOW Navigator 16   EPRCD 002
031 BETH ON THE TRAMPOLINE Navigator 16   
032 MAN FROM LEITH Navigator 16 EPRCD 002  
033 ADRIFT Navigator 16  
034 HALLELUJAH Navigator 16  
035 MISS YOU CA Navigator 16  
036 WHISKY HEARTS Navigator 16 EPRCD 002
036a MAY Deluxe version
037b NOTHING TO LOSE Deluxe version
037c LEAVING TO REMAIN Deluxe version
2011 New York and New Jersey – Dean Owens (Dean Owens [vcl/gt], Dave Derby [gt/ keyboards/ bass/ hmny vcl], Sean Eden [gt], Rainy Orteca [bass], Ray Ketchem [drums/ keyboards]], Kendall Jane Meade, Renee LeBue [bck vcl] +  The Nashville Three [-1]: Audley Freed [el gt], James Haggerty [bass], Jen Gunderman [keyboards].
Producer: Ray Ketchem, Dave Derby and Dean Owens)
037 DESERT STAR Songboy SBOY 001   
038 NO ONE’S A FAILURE Songboy SBOY 001   
039 THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY Songboy SBOY 001  
040 SPRINGTIME -1 Songboy SBOY 001   
041 LOST TIME Songboy SBOY 001  EPRCD 002  
042 BABY FIREWORKS Songboy SBOY 001  EPRCD 002
043 SNOWGLOBE Songboy SBOY 001   
044 SOLO (VALENTINE NYC) -1 Songboy SBOY 001   
045 WANDER ON Songboy SBOY 001  
046 NEW YORK HUMMINGBIRD Songboy SBOY 001  
2012 Elba Studios, Glasgow, UK – Dean Owens (Dean Owens [vcl/ harmonica],  Will Kimbrough [gt/mandolin/ banjo/ bck vcl], Kevin McGuire [bass], Marianne Campbell [fiddle] + Stuart Nisbet [el gt]. Producer: Dean Owens)
047 NO EXPECTATIONS DRMFR 013  
048 A LITTLE AT A TIME DRMFR 013   [stripped back version:] DRMFR 013
049 I STILL MISS SOMEONE DRMFR 013 EP I Still Miss Someone
050 GIVE MY LOVE TO ROSE DRMFR 013   
051 DELIA’S GONE DRMFR 013  
052 WAYFARING STRANGER DRMFR 013  
053 FLESH AND BLOOD DRMFR 013   
054 WITHOUT LOVE DRMFR 013   
055 SUNDAY MORNING COMING DOWN DRMFR 013  
056 COCAINE CAROLINA DRMFR 013  
057 GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY DRMFR 013  
058 THE NIGHT JOHNNY CASH PLAYED SAN QUENTIN DRMFR 013  EPRCD 002
059 I WALK THE LINE DRMFR 013   
2012 unknown – Dean Owens
060 VIRGINIA NORTH
061 FOLSOM PRISON BLUES
062 LOVE'S BEEN GOOD TO ME
Tracks above issued on EP I Still Miss Someone
2014 unknown – Dean Owens
063 THE CLOSER TO HOME
064 SEED THE ROSES
065 FORGOTTEN SHADOWS
066 LOST TIME
Tracks above issued on EP No Man’s Land
2014 Mr Lemons Studio, Nashville TN – Dean Owens. *w. Kim Richey (Dean Owens [vcl/gt], The Seasiders: Will Kimbrough [gt/ mandolin/ mandola/ bck vcl], Neilson Hubbard [bass/ ac gt/ piano/ keyboards/ percussion/ vibes/ bck vcl], Evan Hutching [drums/percussion], Jen Gunderman [piano/organ/ accordion/ harmonium] + Michael Renee [bass], Eamon McLoughlin [violin], David Hnry [cello], Joshua Britt [bck vcl] + Suzy Bogguss [gust vcl-1], Heather Donegan [guest vcl-2]. Producer:Neilson Hubbard)
067 DORA -2 DRMFR 018 DRMFR 019 EPRCD 002
068 CLOSER TO HOME DRMFR 018 DRMFR 019 EPRCD 002
069 EVERGREEN* DRMFR 018 DRMFR 019  EPRCD 002
070 KIDS (1979) DRMFR 018 DRMFR 019
071 VIRGINIA STREET DRMFR 018 DRMFR 019 EPRCD 002
072 IT COULD BE WORSE DRMFR 018 DRMFR 019
073 UP ON THE HILL DRMFR 018 DRMFR 019  EPRCD 002
074 VALENTINE’S DAY IN NEW YORK DRMFR 018 DRMFR 019  
075 DAYS WITHOUT YOU DRMFR -2 018 DRMFR 019
076 SALLY’S SONG (I DREAMED OF MICHAEL MARRA) DRMFR 018 DRMFR 019  
077 THE ONLY ONE DRMFR 018 DRMFR 019  
078 IT COULD BE WORSE (REPRISE) DRMFR 018 DRMFR 019
079 I’M PRETENDING I DON’T LOVE YOU ANYMORE -1 DRMFR 018 DRMFR 019
Poss. From sessions above:
080 ALISON WONDERLAND DRMFR 019  
081 COTTON SNOW DRMFR 019  Single File
082 FORGOTTEN SHADOWS  DRMFR 019  
083 KEEP ME IN YOUR HEART DRMFR 019
March 2016 The Slate Room, Pencaitland, Scotland, UK – Dean Owens (+ Stuart Nisbett, Kevin McGuire. Producer: Dean Owens)
084 SETTIN’ THE WOODS ON FIRE
085 THERE’S A TEAR IN MY BEER
086 MY BUCKET’S GOT A HOLE IN IT
087 ALONE AND FORSAKEN
088 I SAW THE LIGHT
089 RAMBLIN’ MAN
090 I WON’T BE HOME NO MORE
091 LOST HIGHWAY
092 CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR
093 WHY DON’T YOU LOVE ME
094 I’M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY
095 CELEBRATE THE LIFE
Tracks above issued on album Settin’ The Woods On Fire (Songs I Learned From Hank)
2016 The Slate Room, Rencaitland, UK – Redwood Mountain (Dean Owens [vcl/gt], Amy Geddes [vcl/fiddle] + Kevin McGuire [bass/piano]. Producer: Dean Owens)
R01 KATY CRUEL
R02  GET ALONG HOME CINDY
R03 RUN BOYS RUN
R04 ON THE RANGE OF THE BUFFALO
R05 THE TWO DAVIES WALTZ
R06 EAST VIRGINIA
R07 RAILROAD MAN
R08 I LOVE MY LOVE
R09  RYE WHISKEY
R10  FARE THEE WELL O HONEY
R11 AMANG THE BRAES O GALLOWA
R12 TAKE IT EASY, BUT TAKE IT
Tracks above issued on album Redwood Mountain
2017 Mr Lemons Studio, Nashville TN – Dean Owens (Den Owens [vcl/gt] + The Southern Swamp Orchestra: Will Kimbrough [gt/ banjo/ mandolin/ bass/ piano/ bck vcl],
Dean Marold [ bass], Evan Hutchings [drums/percussion], Neilson Hubbard [drums/ bass/ piano], + Joshua Britt [mandolin], Danny Mitchell [piano/ organ/ keyboards/ trumpet], Kira Small, Audrey Spillman Hubbard, Worry Dolls [hmny vcl].  Producer: Neilson Hubbard)
096 THE LAST SONG ATH 97020 EPRCD 002
097 SOUTHERN WIND ATH 97020 EPRCD 002
098 ELVIS WAS MY BROTHER ATH 97020 EPRCD 002
099 WHEN THE WHISKY’S NOT ENOUGH ATH 97020
100 BAD NEWS ATH 97020
101 NO WAY AROUND IT ATH 97020
102 LOUISVILLE LIP ATH 97020
103 ANYTHING HELPS ATH 97020
104 MOTHER ATH 97020
105 FAMOUS LAST WORDS ATH 97020
106 MADEIRA STREET ATH 97020
107 LOVE PREVAILS  ATH 97020
Tracks above issued on album Southern Wind
2018 La Plaza Bianca, Echo Canyon /Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM - Buffalo Blood (Dean Owens, Neilson Hubbard, Joshua Britt, Audrey Spillman. Producer: Neilson Hubbard)
B01 TEN KILLER FERRY LAKE EPRLP 001   
B02 I’M ALIVE EPRLP 001   
B03 RESERVATIONS EPRLP 001   
B04 BENEATH THE GOLDEN SKY EPRLP 001   
B05 DAUGHTER OF THE SUN EPRLP 001   
B06 BUFFALO BLOOD EPRLP 001   
B07 WHITE RIVER EPRLP 001   
B08 COMANCHE MOON EPRLP 001  
B09 CARRY THE FEATHER EPRLP 001  
B10 GHOSTS OF WILD HORSES EPRLP 001
B11 WAR AMONG THE NATIONS EPRLP 001   
B12 BONES EPRLP 001   
B13 LAND OF BROKEN PROMISES EPRLP 001  
B14 BUFFALO THUNDER EPRLP 001  
B15 VANISHING WORLD EPRLP 001   
2014-2019 unknown – Dean Owens, *with Oscar Mukherjee
108 TO WHERE THE HEART IS
109 LET THE DAY IN*
110 HOPE
111 TEN MILES TO SATURDAY NIGHT
112 RISE
113 JULIE'S MOON
Tracks above issued on EP Single File
2019 [demo sessions] unknown – Dean Owens
11301 LA LOMITA  La Lomita El Tiradito
11302 THE HOPELESS GHOSTS La Lomita El Tiradito
January 2020 Wavelab Recording Studio, Tucson, AZ – Dean Owens, with with Joey Burns, John Convertino [-1], Gaby Moreno [-2], Grant-Lee Phillips [-3]  (+ Jacob Valenzuela, Naim Amor, Paul Niehaus and Kevin McGuire)
114 NEW MEXICO  -1 Desert Trilogy 1 EPRCD 004
115 HERE COMES PAUL NEWMAN Desert Trilogy 1  EPRCD 004
116 ARIZONA EPRCD 004
117 COMPANERA EPRCD 004
118 THE BARBED WIRE'S STILL WEEPING EPRCD 004
119 LA LOMITA EPRCD 004 La Lomita
120 WE NEED US EPRCD 004
121 SUMMER IN YOUR EYES EPRCD 004
122 AFTER THE RAIN EPRCD 004
123  LAND OF THE HUMMINGBIRD -2 Desert Trilogy 2 EPRCD 004
124 THE HOPELESS GHOSTS -3 Desert Trilogy 3 EPRCD 004
May 2020 home recordings – Dean Owens (Dean Owens [vcl/gt/ harmonica]
125 LOST TO ROCK 'N' ROLL
126 ARMS OF LOVE
127 NO ONE'S A FAILURE
128 LIKE THE BUFFALO
129 I'M ALIVE
130 SAND IN MY SHOES
131 RAINING IN GLASGOW
132 SUNDAY
133 SPIRIT OF US
Tracks above issued on album Genuine Lonesome (Volume 1]
2020 unknown, UK – Dean Owens (Dean Owens [vcl/ac gt/ whistling],
John Convertino [drums], Tom Collison [keyboards/ mellotron/ bass/slide gt]. Producer: Dean Owens)
134 A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES digital single [rel/ Oct. 2]
2020 home recordings– Dean Owens
135 RIVERLINE El Tiradito
136 TOMBSTONE ROSE El Tiradito
Tracks above issued on EP The Burning Heart (The Desert Trilogy EPs, Vol 1):
2020 home recordings– Dean Owens
137 DOLINA El Tiradito
138 ASHES AND DUST El Tiradito
139 SHE WAS A RAVEN El Tiradito
Tracks above issued on EP Sand And Blood (The Desert Trilogy EPs, Vol 2
2020  home recordings– Dean Owens
140 MOTHER ROAD El Tiradito
141 EVEN WHEN I'M GONE El Tiradito
142 THE END El Tiradito
Tracks above issued on EP Ghosts (The Desert Trilogy EPs, Vol 3)
2021 The Slate Room, Rencaitland, UK [vcl]/Nashville, TN – Dean Owens (Dean Owens [vcl/gt], Jim Maving [gt/mandolin], Will Kimbrough [gt/mandolin/ hmny vcl], Amy Geddes [fiddle/hmny vcl], Thomas Collison [piano/ bass/ drums])
143 DANCIN’ ON digital single [rel. June 4]
2022 unknown – Dean Owens
144 WEEPING SKULLS La Lomita El Tiradito
2022 Tucson, AZ – Dean Owens
145 EL TIRADITO
146 A BULLET AND A SILVER COIN
147 CANYON WITHOUT A NAME
148 HOW THE WEST WAS STOLEN
149 THE RAIN THAT NEVER LANDS
150 THE FINAL RIDE
151 RIDE THE HANGING ROAD
tracks above issued on album El Tiradito
2023. Slate Room Studios, East Lothian, Scotland, UK – Dean Owens (Dean Owens [vcl/ac gt/ whistling], Scotty Huff [brass]. Producer: Dean Owens) [overdub sessions: Skinny Elephant Studio, East Nashville, TN: Will Kimbrough [various instruments [bck vcl], Neilson Hubbard [drums/ percussion/ piano/ keyboards/ bck vcl]. Producer: Neilson Hubbard)
152 HILLS OF HOME
153 PURE MAGIC
154 SOMETIME
155 STARING AT THE LID
156 BOXING SHORTS
157 GREAT SONG
158 IN MY DREAMS
159 DALRY CEMETERY
160 BUFFALO RIVER
161  FRIEND
162 PICTURES
tracks above issued on abum Pictures





ALBUMS
Droma [UK] DRO 100 The Droma Tapes: Strangers Again; Chameleon; New Mexico; Til The Tide Brings You Home Again; On The Edge; The Death Of Me; To The Last Sunset; I'm Pretending You Don't Love Me Anymore; It's Not Love; Stop; Anything; Droma  - 16-07-01
Vertical [UK] VERTCD 065 My Town:  My Town;  Desert Song; It’s Not Love;  Northern Lights;  Life and Beauty;  This Feeling; Blue December; The Other Side of Dawn; Shakespeare’s County; Strangers Again (ft Karine Polwart); Don’t Come Running;  My Town: Reprise;  Last Lullaby – 26-03-04 (Australian issue on Blue Wren BWCD 4002 contains additional tracks: Anything; Blue December [live]; New Mexico [live])
Navigator [UK] 16LP/16 Whisky Hearts:  Sand In My Shoes;  Just Another Sunday; Years Ago;  Raining In Glasgow;  Beth On The Trampoline;  Man From Leith;  Adrift; Hallelujah; Miss You CA; Whisky Hearts (Owens) – 15-09-08  (reissued in March 2024 with bonus tracks: May; Nothing To Lose; Leaving To Remain)
Songboy [UK] SBOY 001CD New York Hummingbird:  Desert Star;  No One’s A Failure;  The One That Got Away;  Springtime;  Lost Time;  Baby Fireworks;  Snowglobe;  Solo (Valentine NYC);  Wander On; New York Hummingbird – 26-03-12
Drumfire [UK] DRMFR 013 Cash Back (Songs I Learned From Johnny):  No Expectations;  A Little At A Time;  I Still Miss Someone; Give My Love To Rose;  Delia’s Gone; Wayfaring Stranger;  Flesh And Blood;  Without Love;  Sunday Morning Coming Down;  Cocaine Carolina; Girl From The North Country; The Night Johnny Cash Played San Quentin;  I Walk The Line;  A Little At A Time (stripped back version)– 05-11-12
Drumfire [UK] DRMFR 018 Into the Sea: Dora; Closer To Home;  Evergreen (featuring Kim Richey);  Kids (1979); Virginia Street; It Could Be Worse; Up On The Hill;  Valentine’s Day In New York;  Days Without You; Sally’s Song (I Dreamed Of Michael Marra);  The Only One;  It Could Be Worse (Reprise);  I’m Pretending I Don’t Love You Anymore (Bonus Track) – 11-05-15 (reissued in 09-2016 as Deluxe edition on DRMFR 019 with bonus tracks:  Alison Wonderland;  Cotton Snow;  Forgotten Shadows;  Keep Me In Your Heart)
Dean Owens [UK] no # Settin’ The Woods On Fire (Songs I Learned From Hank):  Settin’ The Woods On Fire; There’s A Tear In My Beer; My Bucket’s Got A Hole In It;  Alone And Forsaken;  I Saw The Light;  Ramblin’ Man;  I Won’t Be Home No More;  Lost Highway;  California Zephyr;  Why Don’t You Love Me;  I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry;  Celebrate The Life – 02-08-16
Dean Owens  [UK] no # Redwood Mountain:  Katy Cruel;  Get Along Home Cindy;  Run Boys Run;  On the Range of the Buffalo; The Two Davies Waltz;  East Virginia;  Railroad Man; I Love My Love;  Rye Whiskey;  Fare Thee Well O Honey;  Amang the Braes O Gallowa; Take It Easy, but Take It – 27-04-17 w. Amy Geddes as Redwood Mountain
At The Helm [UK] ATH 97020 Southern Wind: The Last Song;  Southern Wind;  Elvis Was My Brother; When The Whisky’s Not Enough;  Bad News; No Way Around It;  Louisville Lip; . Anything Helps; Mother;  Famous Last Words; Madeira Street;  Love Prevails – 16-02-18
Eel Pie [UK] EPRLP 001 Buffalo Blood: Ten Killer Ferry Lake;  I’m Alive;  Reservations;  Beneath the Golden Sky;  Daughter of the Sun;  Buffalo Blood;  White River;  Comanche Moon; Carry the Feather; Ghosts of Wild Horses; War Among the Nations;  Bones;  Land of Broken Promises; Buffalo Thunder; Vanishing World - 25-01-19 Buffalo Blood
Dean Owens [UK] ? Genuine Lonesome (volume 1): Lost to Rock 'n' Roll; Arms Of Love; No One's A Failure; Like The Buffalo; I'm Alive; Sand In My Shoes; Raining In Glasgow; Sunday; Spirit Of Us – 05-06-20
Eel Pie [UK] ERPLP/ERPCD 002 The Man From Leith/ The Best Of Dean Owens: Man From Leith; My Town; Up On The Hill; Strangers Again; New Mexico; Virginia Street; Elvis Was My Brother; Baby Fireworks; Evergreen; Dora; Soutern Wine; The Night Johnny Cash Played San Quentin; Whiskey Hearts; Closer To Home; Raining In Glasgow; The Last Song; Lost Time – 20-03-20 (sampler)
Eel Pie [UK] EPRLP/EPRCD 004 Sinner’s Shrine: Arizona; The Hopeless Ghosts; New Mexico; Companera; Here Comes Paul Newman; The Barbed Wire's Still Weeping; La Lomita; Land Of The Hummingbird; We Need Us; Summer In Your Eyes; After The Rain – 18-02-22

Continental Record Service [UK] CSCCD 1198  El Tiradito (The Curse of Sinner's Shrine):  Mother Road;  Dolina (Sand and Blood); Ashes and Dust; Tombstone Rose;  Riverline;  She Was A Raven; Even When I'm Gone; The End; La Lomita (Home demo);  The Hopeless Ghosts (Home demo);  El Tiradito; A Bullet And A Silver Coin; Canyon Without A Name; How The West Was Stolen;  The Rain That Never Lands;  The Final Ride; Weeping Skulls;  Ride The Hanging Road – 12-05-23 (double)

Songboy [UK] ? Pictures: Hills Of Home; Pure Magic;  Sometime;  Staring At The Lid;  Boxing Shorts;  Great Song;  In My Dreams;  Dalry Cemetery;  Buffalo River;  Friend;  Pictures – 03-11-23 Dean Owens with Neilson Hubbard and Will Kimbrough

EPs
Drumfire [UK] no # I Still Miss Someone:  I Still Miss Someone; Virginia North; Folsom Prison Blues ; Love's Been Good To Me – 28-10-13
Drumfire [UK] no # No Man’s Land: The Closer to Home; Seed the Roses; Forgotten Shadows; Lost Time  – 10-11-14
Dean Owens [UK} ? Single File: To Where The Heart Is;  Let The Day In (w. Oscar Mukherjee); Hope; Ten Miles To Saturday Night; Cotton Snow (w. Dave Coleman); Rise;  Julie's Moon - 07-08-20
Dean Owens [UK] ? The Burning Heart (The Desert Trilogy EPs, Vol 1): New Mexico (Feat Joey Burns and John Convertino); Here Comes Paul Newman; Riverline; Tombstone Rose – 05-03-21
Dean Owens [UK] ? Sand And Blood (The Desert Trilogy EPs, Vol 2): Land Of The Hummingbird (Ft Gaby Moreno); Dolina; Ashes and Dust; She Was A Raven – 07-05-21
Dean Owens [UK] ? Ghosts (The Desert Trilogy EPs, Vol 3): The Hopeless Ghosts (Ft Grant-Lee Phillips); Mother Road; Even When I'm Gone; The End – 03-09-21
Dean Owens [UK] La Lomita: La Lomita; Weeping Skulls; La Lomita [Home Demo]; The Hopeless Ghosts [Home Demo] – 29-10-22