Friday, February 13, 2026

John Driskell Hopkins

 *03-05-1971 San Antonio, TX
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS
also member of Zac Brown Band,  
1996 unknown, GA – Brighter Shade
B01 BABBLE BSR 001
B02 SECURITY BSR 001 
B03 UNION BSR 001 
B04 DREAMIN’ BSR 001 
B05 LAZY MAN BSR 001 
B06 PIN BSR 001 
B07 PRAY FOR STRENGTH BSR 001 
B08 DELIVER ME BSR 001
B09 TRUTH BSR 001 
B10 DJ BSR 001 
2001 Brighter Shade Studio, Atlanta, GA – Brighter Shade (John Driskell Hopkins [vcl/gt], Andy Birdsall [vcl/gt], Wilder Embry [bass gt], John Woodward /Eric Sanders [drums], Damian Cartier [keyboards])
B11 DIVE BSR 002 
B12 TIME IN MOTION BSR 002 
B13 OPTION BSR 002 
B14 RELUCTANCE BSR 002 
B15 DAYLIGHT BSR 002 
B16 SERMON BSR 002 
B17 DIVINE IGNORANCE BSR 002 
B18 WHISPERS BSR 002 
B19 TOMORROW BSR 002
B20 BREAKDOWN BSR 002 
B21 CLOSER TO THE BOTTOM BSR 002
2012 Brighter Shade Studios, Atlanta, GA/ Crossroads Studios, Arden, NC/ Southern Grounds Studio, Nashville, TN/ Southern Ground Studio, Smyra, GA - John Driskell Hopkins and Balsam Range, with Jerry Douglas [-1], Zac Brown [-2], Tony Trischka [-3], Joey + Rory [-4], Levi Lowrey [-5] (John Driskell Hopkins [vcl/gt], Caleb Smith [vcl/gt], Darren Nicholson [mandolin], Marc Pruett [banjo], Tim Surrett [vcl/bass/dobro], Buddy Melton [vcl/fidle]. Producer: Balsam Range, John Driscoll Hopkins)
001 RUNAWAY TRAIN -1  Brighter Shade 0855-2
002 I WILL LAY ME DOWN -2 Brighter Shade 0855-2
003 DAYLIGHT -3 Brighter Shade 0855-2
004 BYE BABY GOODBYE -4 Brighter Shade 0855-2
005 SHE DON'T LOVE ME TODAY Brighter Shade 0855-2
006 BE MY GIRL Brighter Shade 0855-2
007 THE DEVIL LIVES IN A MASON JAR Brighter Shade 0855-2
008 HOW COULD I? -5 Brighter Shade 0855-2
009 IT'S NOT OK Brighter Shade 0855-2
010 THE GRASS DON'T GET NO GREENER Brighter Shade 0855-2
011 DJ Brighter Shade 0855-2
012 SHADY BALD BREAKDOWNE Brighter Shade 0855-2
2015 or sooner Atlanta, GA – John Driskell Hopkins, with Dappled Grays [-1], Balsam Rabge [-2], Brighter Shade [-3]
013 MELE KALIKIMAKA -1 BSR 005 
014 WHAT CHILD IS THIS? -2  BSR 005  [with Atlanta Pop Orchestra [overdub]:] BSR 005
015 O HOLY NIGHT -3 BSR 005 
016 ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH BSR 005 
2015 Atlanta, GA – John Driskell Hopkins with Atlanta Pop Orchestra, with Indigo Girls [-1], Kaure Bell Bundy [-2],
017 AWAY IN A MANGER BSR 005 
018 DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR? -1 BSR 005 
019 O HOLY NIGHT BSR 005 
020 SILVER BELLS BSR 005 
021 BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE -2 BSR 005 
022 BLUE CHRISTMAS BSR 005 
023 THE CHRISTMAS SONG BSR 005 
024 YOU'RE A MEAN ONE, MR. GRINCH / WELCOME CHRISTMAS BSR 005
025 CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE BSR 005 
026 SILENT NIGHT BSR 005 
027 HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS BSR 005 
2017 Atlanta, GA - John Driskell Hopkins  with Joe Gransden Big Band, with Bela Fleck [-1], Aife O’ Donovan [-2], Joe Gransden [-3], Clay Cook [-4], Daniel De Los Reyes [-5]
028 SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
029 GRANDMA GOT RUN OVER BY A REINDEER -1
030 RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER
031 SANTA BABY -2
032 I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS -3
033 HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS -4
034 HAPPY HOLIDAY / THE HOLIDAY SEASON
035 SING A KRIS KRINGLE JINGLE
036 DONDE ESTA SANTA CLAUS -5
037 ZAT YOU, SANTA CLAUS
038 JOLLY OLD SAINT NICHOLAS
039 THE MAN WITH THE BAG
Tracks above issued on album You Better Watch Out
2018 unknown, GA – Bloody Wolves of Venice (John Driskell Hopkins [vcl/gt], Mark Dannels [gt], Mick Murphy [gt], Greg Lee [bass gt], Mike Rizzi [drums])
W01 BABY!
W02 REVELATION
W03 I'VE GOT YOU NOW
W04 I REMAIN
W05 SMITTEN
Tracks above issued on EP The Revelation
2019 poss. Atlanta, GA – John  Driskell Hopkins with ATL Collective
040 HAPPY SEASONS
041 SOMEDAY AT CHRISTMAS
042 THAT SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS
043 CHRISTMAS IS
044 MERRY CHRISTMAS, BABY
045 SOULFUL CHRISTMAS
046 MAY EVERY DAY BE CHRISTMAS
047 PURPLE SNOWFLAKES
048 THIS CHRISTMAS
049 GIVE LOVE ON CHRISTMAS DAY
050 SWEET LITTLE JESUS BOY
051 LITTLE DRUMMER BOY
Tracks above issued on album Our Finest Gifts
2019 Brighter Shade Studios, Atlanta, GA – John Driskell Hopkins, with Emily Saliers [-1], Coy Bowles [-2]
052 GOOD MORNING, BELIEVERS! -1
053 8 TRACKS IN DADDY'S CADILLAC
054 I KNOW WORRIES
055 I HATE TO SEE GOOD WHISKEY GO TO WASTE
056 LONESOME HIGH -2
057 I DECIDED TO LIVE
058 MISSING YOU ALL, ALL THE TIME
059 CLOSE ENOUGH
060 REBEL ROAD
061 ALL GROWN UP
062 HUMAN
063 THROW ME FROM THE MOUNTAIN 
Tracks above issued on album Lonesome High
2023 unknown, GA – John Driskell Hopkins and Yacht Rock Revue, with Debby Boone [-1], Nicholas Nespodziani [-2], Peter Olson [-3], Amos Lee [-4], Lily Faith Hopkins [-5]
064 SNOW -1
065 THE WONDERFUL WHITE WORLD OF WINTER
066 FROSTY THE SNOWMAN
067 SLEIGH RIDE -2-3
068 WHITE CHRISTMAS -4
069 SNOWFALL
070 MARSHMALLOW WORLD
071 LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW!
072 WINTER WONDERLAND
073 I'VE GOT MY LOVE TO KEEP ME WARM
074 LET IT GO -5
075 IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER  
2024  unknown, GA – John Driskell Hopkins
076 EACH OTHER  digital single [rel. Nov. 13]
2025  unknown, GA – John Driskell Hopkins  with Clay Cook
077 I LOVE YOU FOREVER  digital single [rel. May 12]



ALBUMS
Magnolia 07 BSR 001 Brighter Shade:
Babble; Security; Union; Dreamin’; Lazy Man; Spin; Pray For Strength; Deliver Me; Truth; DJ - 96 Brighter Shade
Magnolia 07 BSR 002 Divine Ignorance: Dive; Time In Motion; Option; Reluctance; Daylight; Sermon; Divine Ignorance; Whispers; Tomorrow; Breakdown; Closer to the Bottom -  10-11-01 Brighter Shade
Brighter Shade 0855-2 Daylight: Runaway Train (feat. Jerry Douglas); I Will Lay Me Down (feat. Zac Brown); Daylight (feat. Tony Trischka); Bye Baby Goodbye (feat. Joey + Rory); She Don't Love Me Today; Be My Girl;  The Devil Lives in a Mason Jar; How Could I? (feat. Levi Lowrey); It's Not Ok;  The Grass Don't Get No Greener;  Dj;  Shady Bald Breakdowne - 16-10-12 w. Balsam Range
Brighter Shade  L-26126-M-A[2lps]/BRS 005 In The Spirit: A Celebration of Holidays: Away in a Manger; Do You Hear What I Hear? (W. Indigo Girls); O Holy Night; What Child Is This? (w Balsam Range); Silver Bells; Baby, It's Cold Outside (w Laura Bell Bundy); Blue Christmas; The Christmas Song; You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch / Welcome Christmas; Christmas Time Is Here; Silent Night; Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas; [lp and Deluxe verson bonus tracks: Mele Kalikimaka (w. Dappled Grays); What Child Is This? (w. Balsam Range) ; O Holy Night (w.Brighter Shade); Angels We Have Heard On High – 13-11-15 w. Atlanta Pop Orchestra
Brighter Shade ? You Better Watch Out: Santa Claus Is Coming to Town; Grandma Got Run over by a Reindeer (w Bèla Fleck); Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer; Santa Baby (w Aoife O'donovan); I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (w Joe Gransden); Here Comes Santa Claus (w Clay Cook); Happy Holiday / The Holiday Season; Sing a Kris Kringle Jingle; Donde Esta Santa Claus (w. Daniel De Los Reyes); Zat You, Santa Claus; Jolly Old Saint Nicholas; The Man With the Bag – 24-11-17 w.The Joe Gransden Big Band
John Driskell Hopkins ? Our Finest Gifts:  Happy Seasons;  Someday at Christmas;  That Spirit of Christmas;  Christmas Is;  Merry Christmas, Baby;  Soulful Christmas; May Every Day Be Christmas;  Purple Snowflakes;  This Christmas;  Give Love on Christmas Day;  Sweet Little Jesus Boy;  Little Drummer Boy – 15-11-19 w. ATL Collective
John Driskell Hopkins ? Lonesome High:  Good Morning, Believers! (w. Emily Saliers); 8 Tracks in Daddy's Cadillac;  I Know Worries; I Hate to See Good Whiskey Go to Waste; Lonesome High (w. Coy Bowles);  I Decided to Live;  Missing You All, All the Time;  Close Enough;  Rebel Road;  All Grown Up;  Human;  Throw Me from the Mountain -  19-02-21
John Driskell Hopkins ? Let’s Get Frosty:  Snow (w. Debby Boone);  The Wonderful White World Of Winter;  Frosty The Snowman; Sleigh Ride (w. Nicholas Niespodziani, Peter Olson);  White Christmas (w.  Amos Lee);  Snowfall;  Marshmallow World;  Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!;  Winter Wonderland;  I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm;  Let It Go (w. Lily Faith Hopkins);  In The Bleak Midwinter  - 28-11-23 w. Yacht Rock Revue

EPs
Brighter Shade ? The Revelation: Baby!; Revelation; I've Got You Now; I Remain; Smitten – 25-01-19 Bloody Wolves of Venice



Logan Michael

 *02-06-2001 North Attleboro, MA
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2020 unknown – Logan Michael
001 BEAT UP CHEVY digital single [rel. Nov. 1]
002 STILL HAVE MY HEART digital single [rel.   Dec. 12]
2021  unknown – Logan Michael
003 LET THE WHISKEY TALK  digital single [rel.  Apr. 10]
004 CLOSURE IN THIS BAR  digital single [rel.  May 22]
005 ANGEL WINGS digital single [rel.  June 26]
006 SHE’S GETTING MARRIED  digital single [rel. Sept. 18]
007 2 HEARTS MAKE A HOME digital single [rel.   Oct. 30]
2021  unknown – Logan Michael  (Producer: Logan Michael)
008 WELCOME TO THE SHIT SHOW
009 RUNNING BACK TO YOU
010 WASTED TIME
011 NEXT TO ME
012 TOXIC HEART 
Tracks above issued on EP Toxic Heart
2022 poss. No Boundaries Studios, North Kingstown, RI – Logan Michael,   *with Kidd G (Producer: Christopher Piquette, Bonnie Dymond)
013 RIGHT NOW
014 FOUND YOU
015 OLD FRIEND
016 BURNIN OUT*
017 ONLY TOOK ONE
018 30 THOUSAND FEET (I AIN'T)
019 LONELY LIKE I AM Home
020 LEAVE ME ALONE Home
021 BLOOD, SWEAT, AND BEERS*
Tracks above issued on album Hope For Tomorrow
2022 poss. No Boundaries Studios, North Kingstown, RI – Logan Michael (Producer: Christopher Piquette)
022 HOME
023 WHISKEY SERENADE
024 ANOTHER GO 
Tracks above issued on EP Home
2023  unknown – Logan Michael
025 I HATE COUNTRY MUSIC  digital single [rel. June 30]
026 HOPELESS digital single [rel. Aug. 11]
027 BREAKING POINT (FU) digital single [rel.  Oct. 13]/Here’s To The End
2023  unknown – Logan Michael
028 DRUNK FOR CHRISTMAS  digital single [rel. Dec.18]
029 DRUNK FOR CHRISTMAS (INSTRUMENTAL digital single [rel.   Dec. 18]
2024  unknown – Logan Michael
030 YOU FOUND ME   digital single The Covers [rel. Feb. 16]
031 TEENAGE DIRTBAG  digital single The Covers [rel. Feb. 16]
2024  unknown – Logan Michael
032 SAID AND DONE digital single [rel.  Apr. 19]
033 HAVE A NICE DAY digital single [rel.  Aug. 23]
2024   unknown – Logan Michael with Avery Roberson
034 WHISKEY PROBLEM digital single [rel.   Nov. 23]
2025  unknown – Logan Michael
035 I MET THIS GIRL digital single [rel. June 27]/Here’s To The End
2025 [live]  unknown – Logan Michael
03501 BREAKING POINT (FU)  digital single [rel.   July 11]
2025  unknown – Logan Michael
036 MAKE IT digital single [rel.  July 25]
2025  unknown – Logan Michael (Producer: Logan Michael, Chris Piquette)
037 MEMORY LANE
038 LOVE ME THAT WAY
039 I MET GOD YESTERDAY
040 MY LAST NAME
041 LEAVE
042 HERE'S TO THE END
043 WHEN DO I GET MINE
044 CAROLINE
045 HAUNTED  
Tracks above issued on album Here’s To The End
2025  unknown – Logan Michael
046 LOSING YOU  digital single [rel. Dec. 19]



ALBUMS
Logan Michael ? Hope for Tomorrow:
  Right Now;  Found You;  Old Friend;  Burnin Out (w. Kidd G);  Only Took One;  30 Thousand Feet (I Ain't);  Lonely Like I Am;  Leave Me Alone;  Blood, Sweat, and Beers (w. Kidd G) – 21-10-22
Rebel Music ? Here's to the End:  Memory Lane;  Breaking Point (F U);   Love Me That Way; I Met God Yesterday;  My Last Name;  Leave;  I Met This Girl;  Here's to the End;  When Do I Get Mine;  Caroline; Haunted  - 13-02-26


EPs
Logan Michael ? Toxic Heart:  Welcome To The Shit Show;  Running Back To You;  Wasted Time;  Next To Me;  Toxic Heart – 12-02-22
Open Shift Distribution ? Home: Home;  Leave Me Alone;  Lonely Like I Am;  Whiskey Serenade;  Another Go – 07-04-23



Tyler Halverson

 *South Dakota
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2021 unknown – Tyler Halverson
001 BEER GARDEN BABY digital single [rel. Feb. 12]
002 MAC MILLER  digital single [rel. March 19]
2021 unknown – Tyler Halverson
003 CODIGO GO GO digital single [rel. Aug. 6]
004 ’94 CAMARO digital single [rel. Dec. 10] / 
2022 unknown – Tyler Halverson with Kylie Frey
005 YOUR BAR NOW digital single [rel.  May 6]
2023 unknown – Tyler Halverson
006 HER digital single [rel. May 5]
007 CUT YOU LOOSE digital single [rel. June 9]
008 RUN WILD  digital single [rel. July 14]
009 AS THEY DID digital single [rel. Aug. 18]
010 YELLA ROSE digital single [rel. Sept. 22]
2023 unknown – Tyler Halverson
011 CHRISTMAS BY MYSELF  digital single [rel. Oct. 20]
2023  unknown – Tyler Halverson, *with Carter Faith (Tyler Halverson [vcl/gt], Seth Taylor [gt], Shaun Richardson [el gt], Gregg Garner/Calvin Knowles [bass], Aksel Coe [drums], Joshua Blaylock [keyboards], Collin Nash. Ashley Monroe [bck vcl]. Producer: Eddie Spear)
012 TIFFANY BLUE*  Pt 1  Western Amerijuana (album)
013 TAKES 8 Pt 1  Western Amerijuana (album)
014 ANYBODY BUT YOU Pt 1  Western Amerijuana (album)
015 GOOD GRACES Pt 1  Western Amerijuana (album)
016 FLY OVER ME ANGEL Pt 1 Western Amerijuana (album)
017 CLOSER Pt 2  Western Amerijuana (album)
018 BEATIN’ AROUND THE BAR Pt 2 Western Amerijuana (album)  
019 NOBODY’S EVERYTHING Pt 2  Western Amerijuana (album)
020 CLOWN IN A BARREL Pt 2  Western Amerijuana (album)
021 DELRAY Pt 2   
022 ’94 CAMARO (TAKE TWO) Pt 2  Western Amerijuana (album)
023 HER (TA KE TWO) Pt 2 Western Amerijuana (album)  
Tracks above issued on EPs Western Amerijuana (Pt.1,Pt. 2)
2024 unknown – Tyler Halverson [soundtrack Twisters: The Album]
024 NEW LOOP  digital single [rel. July 19]/Western Amerijuana (album)
2025 Amber Sound, Hermitage, TN – Tyler Halverson with Parker McCollum [-1], Wade Forster (Tyler Halverson [vcl/gt], Austin Adams [ac/el gt/keyboards/bck vcl], Gary Stanton [el gt/bck vcl], Eddy Dunlap [steel], Ryan Youmans [bass], Matt King [drums], Producer: Tyler Halverson, Ryan Youmans and Gary Stanton)
025 MORE HEARTS THAN HORSES
026 BEER GARDEN BABY -1
027 8 SECOND HIGH
028 FORT WORTH LOSING
029 SMOKE YOU OUT
030 IN DEFENSE OF DRINKING
031 LIKE THE RODEO -2
032 COWBOY BABIES
033 OLD MEN, YOUNGER WOMEN
034 THE DREAMER
035 SON, BROTHER, BELIEVER 
Tracks above issued on album In Defense of Drinking


ALBUMS
Atlantic 75678604577 Western Amerijuana:
Takes 8;  Anybody But You;  New Loop; Tiffany Blue (w. Carter Faith);  Fly Over Me Angel; Clown In A Barrel; Closer;  Beatin’ Around the Bar;  Nobody’s Everything; Good Graces; Her (take 2); ’94 Camaro (Take Two) – 25-10-24
Big Hit Hereford ? In Defense of Drinking:  More Hearts Than Horses;  Beer Garden Baby (W.  Parker McCollum; 8 Second High;  Fort Worth Losing;  Smoke You Out;  In Defense of Drinking; Like the Rodeo (W. Wade Forster; Cowboy Babies;  Old Men, Younger Women;  The Dreamer;  Son, Brother, Believer – 13-02-26


EPs
Atlantic 075678608797 Western Amerijuana (Pt. 1):  Tiffany Blue (w. Carter Faith);  Takes 8;  Anybody But You;  Good Graces;  Fly Over Me Angel – 19-04-24 
Atlantic ? Western Amerijuana (Pt. 2):  Closer;  Beatin’ Around the Bar;  Nobody’s Everything;  Clown In A Barrel;  Delray;  ’94 Camaro (Take Two);  Her (Take Two) – 25-10-24 



Clay Street Unit

 By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2022 [1 day] Denver, CO – Clay Street Unit
001 1200 MILES
002 TIRED OF BEING TIRED
003 COST OF LIVING
004 WEIGHT OF THE WORLD
Tracks above issued on EP A Mighty Fine Evening
2023 unknown, CO – Clay Sreet Unit
005 ENGINE TROUBLE digital single [rel. Jan. 26, 2024]
2025 Denver, CO – Clay Street Unit,  *with Lindsay Lou (Sam Walker [vcl/gt],  Scottie Bolin [mandolin], Jack Cline [banjo], Brad Larrison [steel)], Jack Kotrba [bass], Brendan Lamb [drums]. Producer: Chris Pandolfi)
006 NOTHING ELSE MATTERS
007 DRIVE
008 LET'S GET STONED
009 WHERE HAVE YOU GONE?
010 CHOCTAW COUNTY*
011 ONE LAST TIME
012 VIRGINIA
013 LEFT UNSAID
014 FREIGHTLINE BLUES
015 ROLLIN’
016 WAY OVER YONDER
Tracks above issued on album Sin and Squalor



ALBUMS
Clay Street ? Sin and Squalor
:  Nothing Else Matters;  Drive;  Let's Get Stoned;  Where Have You Gone?;  Choctaw County (w. Lindsay Lou);  One Last Time;  Virginia;  Left Unsaid;  Freightline Blues;  Rollin’;  Way Over Yonder – 13-02-26

EPs
Clay Street ? A Mighty Fine Evening:  1200 Miles;  Tired of Being Tired;  Cost of Living;  Weight of the World – 21-10-22