By Praguefrank
SESSIONS
1986 High Tech Recorders, Portland, OR – The Riflebirds (Kate Lieuallen [vcl/ac gt], Kevin Kraft [vcl/el gt], Lee Oser [vcl/ bass gt], Kevin Jarvis [drums]. Producer: Jack Barr, The Riflebirds)
001 45-09-A DREAMING OF A KISS NCR-45-09
002 45-09-B A THOUSAND DAYS NCR-45-09
1987 Dogfish Studios, Newberg, OR – The Riflebirds (Kate Lieuallen [vcl/ac gt], Kevin Kraft [vcl/el gt], Lee Oser [vcl/ bass gt], Ken Ward [drums]. Producer: Drew Canulette, The Riflebirds)
003 ON A DAY LIKE TODAY US-45-02
004 MIGHT AS WELL STAY US-45-02
1989 Los Angeles, CA– The Riflebirds (Kate Oser [vcl/ac gt], Kevin Kraft [vcl/el gt], Lee Oser [vcl/ bass gt], Kevin Jarvis [drums], Michael Danner [keyboards].Producer: Marvin Etzioni)
005 MEMORY STREET
006 AND YOUR BIRD CAN SING
007 AFTER TODAY
008 PIECES OF TIME
009 MICHAEL
010 THE RAIN
011 MIGHT AS WELL STAY
012 DREAMING OF A KISS [alt. mix:] 2026 version
013 ALL I KNOW
Tracks above issued on album April
2025 The Sonic Boom Room, Mason, OH – The Riflebirds of Portland (Kate Oser [vcl/ac gt], Kevin Kraft [vcl/el gt], Lee Oser [vcl/ bass gt], Kevin Jarvis [drums]. Producer: Marvin Etzioni)
014 SOMETIME SOMEWHERE REGX 607
015 SHE'S NOT HERE REGX 607
016 WINDMILLS ON THE MOON REGX 607
017 MY MOURNFUL BRIDE REGX 607
018 REACH OUT (TOUCH THE DIVINE) REGX 607
019 PENGUIN REGX 607
020 IT DOESN'T MATTER MUCH TO ME REGX 607
021 YOU WIN REGX 607
022 THE LAST DAY OF YOUR LOVE REGX 607
023 WHERE DOES THE RIVER LEAD? REGX 607
For Summer 2026 planned recording of the band’s third album, The Fire Came Down.
ALBUMS
Riflebirds no # April: Memory Street; And Your Bird Can Sing; After Today; Pieces of Time; Michael; The Rain; Might as Well Stay; Dreaming of a Kiss; All I Know – 89 (cassette)
Regional REGX 607 Windmills On The Moon: Sometime Somewhere; She's Not Here; Windmills On The Moon; My Mournful Bride; Reach Out (Touch the Divine); Penguin; It Doesn't Matter Much to Me; You Win; The Last Day of Your Love; Where Does the River Lead? – 15-08-25
Regional RERR 1989.2 April: Pieces of Time; Memory Street; Dreaming of a Kiss (Alternate Mix); Michael; The Rain; After Today; All I Know; And Your Bird Can Sing; Might As Well Stay – 03-04-26 (reissue of 1989 album with alternate mix of one track and different tracks order)
SINGLES
Next Century (1986)
NCR-45-09 Dreaming Of A Kiss / A Thousand Days - 86
Ubi Sunt (1987)
US-45-02 On A Day Like Today / Might As Well Stay – 87
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Riflebirds (of Portland)
Harry Carter
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS
1956 unknown, IN – Harry Carter, Rock N Roll Apache with The Dixie Rhythmaires
001 1300A JUMP BABY JUMP MV-1300
002 1300B RHYTHM IN MY SOUL MV-1300
1958 unknown, IN – Harry Carter, Rock N Roll Apache with The Dixie Rhythmaires
003 1301A I DON'T WANT YOU MV-1301
004 1301B YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU BABY MV-1301
1958 unknown, IN – Harry Carter
005 none JUMP BABY JUMP Zap 1001
006 none IT AIN'T RIGHT Zap 1001
SINGLES
Mar-Vel' (1956-8)
MV-1300 Jump Baby Jump / Rhythm In My Soul – 11-56
MV-1301 I Don't Want You / You Made Me Love You Baby - 58
Zap (1958)
1001 Jump Baby Jump / It Ain't Right – 58
Opie Hendrix
Stephan Buchanan
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS
2000 RBI Recording, Houston, TX - Opie Hendrix and The Texas Tallboys
001 EVERYBODY BUT ME OPTT 3640 The Texas Tallboys Years
002 YOU DON'T CARE OPTT 3640 The Texas Tallboys Years
003 LONELINESS OPTT 3640 The Texas Tallboys Years
004 BALLAD OF BECKY AND JASON OPTT 3640 The Texas Tallboys Years
005 THE PRETTY ONE OPTT 3640 The Texas Tallboys Years
006 FIFTY-DOLLAR BILL OPTT 3640 The Texas Tallboys Years
007 YELLOWHAMMER OPTT 3640 The Texas Tallboys Years
008 TEXAS (BOLD AS LOVE) OPTT 3640 The Texas Tallboys Years
009 DON'T BOGART ME OPTT 3640
010 WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD OPTT 3640
011 ELVIS WAS A NAZIS OPTT 3640 The Texas Tallboys Years
Btw 2000-2003? Houston, TX - Opie Hendrix and The Texas Tallboys
012 FIRE UT UP
013 BOB
014 TOM PETTY
015 LITTLE PARTY
016 CAN'T EVEN YODEL
017 GOLFING IN GRAVY
018 BEAUTIFUL AND TRUE
019 YOU AND ME
020 SUDDENLY SUSAN
021 TEXAS LOVE
022 MY FAVORITE WAITRESS (SHE GOT BIG BOOBIES)
023 TEXAS LOVE
024 YOU DON'T CARE (SLIGHT RETURN)
025 SHOULDA KNOWN BETTER
026 THINGS GOTTA CHANGE
027 IT'S MY LIFE
028 IF I HAD A GIRL
029 THE WAY OF THE BUFFALO
Tracks above issued on album The Texas Tallboys Years (probably includes complete San Jacinto album)
2006 Houston, TX – Opie Hendrix (Producer: Opie Hendrix, Joe Omelchuck)
030 DEAD IN A DITCH
031 PU TI ERIF
032 $50 BILL
033 WEDGED
034 DADDY'S DEMON'S
035 SWEET WEAKNESS
036 NOTHIN'
037 WAY OF THE BUFFALO
038 FIRE IT UP
039 PATH LESS CHOSEN
040 THANK YOU VERY MUCH
041 TALKING TO MYSELF –
Tracks above issued on album Chupacabra
2009 Sugar Hill Recording Studio, 5626 Brock St., Houston, TX – Opie Hendrix
042 HAYES FOR HORSES
043 HEROES AND FOOLS
044 MANDOLIN RAIN
045 HURT FEELINGS
046 GIRL FROM PORTLAND
047 HERE COMES A HEARTACHE
048 THANKS JOE
049 MY AMERICA
050 BALLAD OF BECKY AND JASON
051 IT'S RAINING SOMEWHERE
052 LIFE'S LOST AND FOUND
053 APESHIT
Tracks above issued on album Camino Alto
2019 Houston, TX – Opie Hendrix (Producer: Dimitris Manno)
054 UNHAPPY PEOPLE
055 HAYS COUNTY SLOWDOWN
056 PEOPLE CHANGE
057 SHE USED TO LOVE ME
058 JEFFY
059 FAMOUS
060 WRONG
061 I STILL SING
062 A FEW KIND WORDS
063 SPIDER'S DIE
Tracks above issued on album Unhappy People
2022 unknown, TX – Opuie Hendrix
064 H-TOWN digital single [rel. July 8]
065 GRANDMA’S CHAIR digital single [rel. Nov. 24]/Monsters and Robots
2024 Signal Hill Studios, Austin, TX – Opie Hendrix (Opie Hendrix [vcl/gt], John Evans [gt/ bass/ bck vcl], W.T. Golden [steel/lap steel/ dobro], Liam Haney [bass gt], Patrick Herzfeld [drums/ mellotron/ gt/ back vcl], Patrick Kelly [drums/piano], Josh Baca [accordion], Randy Wall [keyboards/piano/ organ], Jewelz Melody, Mel Torres [bck vcl]. Producer: John Evans)
066 VIBE
067 EVERYTHING I LOVE
068 THE PRINCESS AND THE SCUMBAG
069 DON'T SAY IT
070 THINGS GOTTA CHANGE
071 ME MYSELF AND I
072 MOON HOWLIN DOG
073 COCAINE WOLF
074 A BLESSING AND A CURSE
075 GRANDMA'S CHAIR
076 SURFSIDE
Tracks above issued on album Monsters and Robots
ALBUMS
Def-Texan OPTT 3640 Smashed Hits: Everybody But Me; You Don't Care; Loneliness; Ballad Of Becky And Jason; The Pretty One; Fifty-Dollar Bill; Yellowhammer; Texas (Bold As Love); Don't Bogart Me; What A Wonderful World; Elvis Was A Nazis – 00
Def-Texan ? San Jacinto: (tracks unknoen) - 03 (note: most of tracks (or all) reissued on album The Texas Tallboy Years)
Def-Texan ? The Texas Tallboy Years: Everybody But Me; You Don't Care; Loneliness; Ballad of Becky and Jason; The Pretty One; Fifty Dollar Bill; Yellowhammer; Texas (Bold As Love); Elvis Was A Nazi; Fire Ut Up; Bob; Tom Petty; Little Party; Can't Even Yodel; Golfing In Gravy; Beautiful and True; You and Me; Suddenly Susan; Texas Love; My Favorite Waitress (She Got Big Boobies); Texas Love; You Don't Care (slight return); Shoulda Known Better; Things Gotta Change; It's My Life; If I Had A Girl; The Way Of The Buffalo - 09-05-06
Def-Texan ? Chupacabra: Dead in a Ditch; Pu Ti Erif; $50 Bill;Wedged; Daddy's Demon's; Sweet Weakness; Nothin'; Way of the Buffalo; Fire It Up; Path Less Chosen; Thank You Very Much; Talking to Myself - 06
Def-Texan 30155 Camino Alto: Hayes for Horses; Heroes and Fools; Mandolin Rain; Hurt Feelings; Girl From Portland; Here Comes a Heartache; Thanks Joe; My America; Ballad of Becky and Jason; It's Raining Somewhere; Life's Lost and Found; Apeshit - 14-05-10
OFH ? Unhappy People: Unhappy People; Hays County Slowdown; People Change; She Used to Love Me; Jeffy; Famous; Wrong; I Still Sing; A Few Kind Words; Spider's Die – 25-09-20
OFH no # Monsters and Robots: Vibe; Everything I Love; The Princess and the Scumbag; Don't Say It; Things Gotta Change; Me Myself and I; Moon Howlin Dog; Cocaine Wolf; A Blessing and a Curse; Grandma's Chair; Surfside – 08-11-24
Jay D Henley
*MtAiry, MD
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS
2004 County Q Studios, Nashville, TN – Jay D Henley (Producer: Charlie Craig)
001 TRANQUILIZERS AND PRAYER
002 EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE LOVES
003 PERFECTLY NORMAL
004 IF THIS IS LOVE I THINK I LIKE IT
005 LOVE YOU BACK TO TEXAS
006 MAMMA'S ROOM
007 STRONG
008 YOU'RE THE REASON
009 BAD REPUTATION
010 OPEN UP YOUR HEART
011 TURNED IT AROUND
012 IT'S LOVE WITHOUT A DOUBT
Tracks above issued on album Perfectly Normal)
2007 Funhouse Studio, Nashville, TN [tracks]/Row Top Studio, Nashville, TN [vocals] – Jay D Henley (Jay D. Henley [vcl], Aaron Scherz [ac gt], Robert Arthur [ac gt], Jeff King [el gt], Paul Franklin [steel], David Hungate [bass], Seth Rausch [drums], Wanda Vick [fiddle/banjo/mandolin], Buddy Hyatt [keyboards], Monty Allen [bck vcl]. Producer: Charlie Craig)
013 BIG TIME LONSOME
014 EVERYTHING'S A THING
015 THIS'LL BE A MEMORY
016 THE HIGHWAY
017 TURNED IT AROUND
018 MR RIGHT NOW
019 THING THANG THING
020 IF THINGS GO WELL
021 DEEPER
022 HONKY TONK HIDEAWAY
Tracks above issued on album his’ll Be A Memory
2007 [live] The Cancun Cantina, Hanover, MD – Jay D Henley and The StoneBroke Band (Jay D Henkey [vcl], Karen Wilkins [ac gt], Ed Clinton [ld gt], Fido Mann [steel], Ray Algeo [bass], Jerry Haebler [drums])
02201 WASTED This’ll Be A Memory
ALBUMS
Jay D Henley no # (UPC783707966328) Perfectly Normal: Tranquilizers and Prayer; Everybody Wants to be Loves; Perfectly Normal; If This is Love I Think I Like It; Love You Back to Texas; Mamma's Room; Strong; You're the Reason; Bad Reputation; Open Up Your Heart; Turned it Around; It's Love Without a Doubt - 04 (digital: 15-03-05)
Henley Black Dawg Music no # (UPC700261220277) This'll Be a Memory: Big Time Lonsome; Everything's a Thing; This'll Be a Memory; The Highway; Turned It Around; Mr Right Now; Thing Thang Thing; If Things Go Well; Deeper; Honky Tonk Hideaway; Wasted (live) - 07