Saturday, March 14, 2026

Sterling Elza

 *2004 Texas
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2023 Panhandle House, Denton, TX – Sterling Elza, *with Treaty Oak Revival (Producer: Erik Herbst)
001 OVER AND OVER
002 WHY SHOULD I
003 FRAMED
004 NEXT WEEK
005 MEMORIES
006 HAPPY
007 WOKE UP AGAIN
008 RED LIGHT
009 THROW AWAY*
010 RUN
011 HEAVEN HILL
012 SIMPLER DAYS 
Tracks above issued on album Simpler Days
2024 unknown – Mac Hankins and The Moonlighters with Sterling Elza
013 PREDICTABLE digital single [rel. May17]
2024 poss. Panhandle House, Denton, TX – Sterling Elza , *with Dylan Wheeler
014 MIDNIGHT FRIENDS
015 YEAH
016 HAPPY NEVER AFTER
017 LONELY*
018 LIE TO YOU
019 INCOMPLETE
020 NOBODY ELSE
Tracks above issued on album Simpler Days Deluxe
2024 [live] unknown – Sterling Elza
02001  I'VE BEEN BORED  Simpler Days Deluxe
2025 [live] unknown – Sterling Elza
02002 RED LIGHT
02003 MIDNIGHT FRIENDS
02004 NEXT WEEK
Tracks above issued on EP Sterling Elza (Jam In The Van)
2025 unknown – LECADE with Sterling Elza
021 HOPE IT KILLS ME digital single [rel. March 28]
2025 unknown – Sterling Elza With Giovannie and The Hired Guns
022 NEVER GONNA QUIT  digital single [rel. Dec. 4]
2025 poss. Nashville, TN – Sterling Elza (Sterling Elza [vcl], Nathan Keeterle [gt/ bass], Jerry Roie/Grady Saxman [drums], Riley Thomas, Dan Pollarin [bck vcl]. Producer:  Nathan Hanna, Andrew Baylis)
023 PICK YOUR REASON
024 WASTED
025 TEMPORARY SANITY
026 HAPPY PILLS
027 RACE
Tracks above issued on EP Bag Of Bones




ALBUMS
Alamo ? Simpler Days
:  Over and Over;  Why Should I;  Framed;  Next Week;  Memories; Happy; Woke Up Again;  Red Light;  Throw Away (W. Treaty Oak Revival);  Run;  Heaven Hill;  Simpler Days – 01-08-24 (reissued on 13-06-25 as Deluxe version with bonus tracks:  Midnight Friends;  Yeah;  Happy Never After;  Lonely (w. Dylan Wheeler);  I've Been Bored [live];  Lie to You;  Incomplete;  Nobody Else)



EPs
Jam In The Van no # Sterling Elza: Red Light; Midnight Friends; Next Week – 19-09-25
Santa Anna ? Bag of Bones:  Pick Your Reason;  Wasted; Temporary Sanity;  Happy Pills; . Race – 05-03-26


Velvet Rodeo

 Leah Dana, *North Carolina
Bryan McCoury, *North Carolina

by Praguefrank
SESSIONS  

2020 unknown, NC? – Velvet Rodeo
001 STORM
002 ONE TOO MANY
003 IF ONLY YOU KNEW Back In The Saddle
004 MOVING ON
005 GHOST TOWN Neon Reason
tracks above issued on EP Ghost Town
2022 Nashville, TN – Velvet Rodeo
006 BRIDGES THAT I'VE BURNED Neon Reason
007 WASTED ON YOU Neon Reason
008 DIFFERENT LIFE Neon Reason
009 HIGH HEEL ON THE PEDAL Neon Reason
010 BIG NEWS IN A SMALL TOWN Neon Reason
011 IF I'M BEING HONEST Neon Reason
012 NEON REASON Neon Reason
013 BACK IN THE SADDLE Neon Reason
014 CERVEZA SUMMER Neon Reason
015 HIS BEST WORK Neon Reason
tracks above issued on album Back In The Saddle
2024 unknown – Ashlie Amber with Velvet Rodeo
017 HIGH HEEL ON THE PEDAL digital single [rel. May 10]
2025 Nashville, TN – Velvet Rodeo
018 STILL UNDER FIRE  digital single [rel. Nov. 11]
019 HEARTSTRINGS digital single [rel. Feb. 13]
2026 Nashville, TN – Velvet Rodeo
020 RIDING ON RUNNING AWAY  Neon Reason

ALBUMS
Velvet Rodeo ? Back in the Saddle
:  Bridges That I've Burned;  Wasted On You;  Different Life;  High Heel On The Pedal;  Big News In A Small Town;  If I'm Being Honest;  Neon Reason;  Back In The Saddle;  Cerveza Summer;  His Best Work;  If Only You Knew – 05-05-23
Epifonic ? Neon Reason: Back in the Saddle; Big News (In a Small Town); Different Life; Bridges That I’ve Burned; Neon Reason; If I’m Being Honest; Ghost Town; Cerveza Summer; High Heel on the Pedal; His Best Work; Wasted on You; Riding or Running Away – 27-03-26 

EPs

Velvet Rodeo ? Ghost Town:  Storm;  One Too Many;  If Only You Knew;  Moving On;  Ghost Town – 01-10-20







L. B. Siler

 
*26-07-1932 Verne, KY
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

1974 Jalyn Recording Studios, 1806  Brown St., Dayton, PH - L. B. Siler And The Round Mountain Boys (L.B. Siler  [vcl/banjo], Vernon Wheeler [[vcl/gt], Leslie Wheeler [vcl/mandolin],  Dale Braden [vcl/bass], Bill Holmes [vcl/fiddle]. Producer: Jack Lynch)
001 ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL 45-373/ JLP-156 
002 HAVE YOU LOST ALL THE LOVE YOU HAD FOR ME? JLP-156  
003 ON MY WAY BACK TO THE OLD HOME JLP-156 
004 BLUE RIDGE CABIN HOME JLP-156  
005 GOLD RUSH JLP-156  
006 JOHN HARDY JLP-156  
007 BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY JLP-156 
008 WON'T YOU LET ME BE YOUR FRIEND? 45-373/JLP-156 
009 SOMEONE TOOK MY PLACE WITH YOU JLP-156  
010 SOMEBODY TOUCHED ME JLP-156
1979 poss. Programme Audio Studio, 102 E. Main, Greenfield, OH -  L. B. Siler And The Round Mtn. Boys 
011 IF THAT'S THE WAY YOU FEEL Programme Audio 031680 
012 ANOTHER NIGHT Programme Audio 031680
013 JOHNSON'S GRAY MULE Programme Audio 031680
014 I JUST THINK I'LL GO AWAY Programme Audio 031680
015 A FEW MORE SEASONS Programme Audio 031680
016 I HEAR THE CHOO-CHOO COMIN' Programme Audio 031680
017 BLACK EYED SUSIE Programme Audio 031680 
018 FREEBORN MAN Programme Audio 031680 
019 I'LL BREAK OUT AGAIN TONIGHT Programme Audio 031680 
020 DRY GULCH Programme Audio 031680 
021 DEATH COME CREEPIN' INTO MY ROOM Programme Audio 031680  



ALBUMS
Jalyn JLP-156 The Good Sounds Of Bluegrass:
Orange Blossom Special; Have You Lost All The Love You Had For Me?; On My Way Back To The Old Home; Blue Ridge Cabin Home; Gold Rush; John Hardy; Blue Moon Of Kentucky; Won't You Let Me Be Your Friend?; Someone Took My Place With You; Somebody Touched Me - 74  (MX: Rite 33723/4; reissued in 2026 on Good Time Records)
Programme Audio 031680 If That's The Way You Feel: If That's The Way You Feel; Another Night; Johnson's Gray Mule; I Just Think I'll Go Away; A Few More Seasons; I Hear The Choo-Choo Comin'; Black Eyed Susie; Freeborn Man; I'll Break Out Again Tonight; Dry Gulch; Death Come Creepin' Into My Room – ca 16-03-80 (MX: SO 16408/9)

SINGLES
Jalyn
45-373 Orange Blossom Special / Won't You Let Me Be Your Friend - 74









Cosgrove Rushing

 Lance Cosgrove
Ben Rushing,

By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

1996 home studio, ?, CA – Cosgrove Rushing (Lance Cosgrove [vcl/gt/keyboards],  Ben Rushing [drums/bck vcl + unknown musicians)
001 BBQ COUNTRY STYLE
002 MUSTANG '65
003 NORTH TO BAKERSFIELD
004 WALKIN' SHOES
005 OPENING THAT DOOR
006 HEY LITTLE SISTER
007 I DON'T FEEL LIKE TALKIN'
008 AT THE END OF ERICA'S DAY
009 WHEN YOU WAKE UP I'LL BE GONE
010 SAIL ON
011 PICKET FENCE
012 RADIO FLYER
013 GOIN' HONKY TONKIN'
014 LIFE'S TOO SHORT FOR THAT
015 THE RICKI LAKE SHOW 
Tracks above issued on album North To Bakersfield
1997 home studio, ?, CA – Cosgrove Rushing (Lance Cosgrove [vcl/gt/keyboards],  Ben Rushing [drums/bck vcl + unknown musicians)
016 RAINING IN BAKERSFIELD
017 A FEW MORE YEARS
018 COME ROCK ME NOW
019 IN YOUR LITTLE GIRL'S EYES
020 PICKIN' FRIENDS
021 I'LL BE HITTI'N THE ROAD
022 I'VE BEEN HURT BY YOU
023 RODEO SONG
024 I WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING
025 LONESOME PINE
026 THESE TEARS ON ME
027 PRIMER GRAY
028 A HEARTACHE TEN MILES WIDE
Tracks above issued on album Raining In Bakersfield
2000 Lancaster, CA - Cosgrove Rushing (Lance Cosgrove [vcl/gt/keyboards],  Ben Rushing [drums/bck vcl + unknown musicians)
029 CAROLINA RAIN
030 MONTANA MOONLIGHT
031 TRY'N TO DRINK IT RIGHT
032 WEST OF LARAMIE
033 THE HARDEST THING
034 FOREVER AIN'T AS LONG AS IT USED TO BE
035 THE KEY
036 GLAD TO BE ALIVE
037 THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY
038 THE RODEO IS COMING TO TOWN
039 THE STORY OF HAZEL AND HAJALMER
040 THE C.M.A
041 THE HIDEAWAY
042 WHISKEY IN MY GLASS
043 DELILAH
044 BARTENDER DON'T LET ME FALL
045 THE LONGER I LIVE THE SMARTER MY DADDY GETS
046 HOT ROD FRANK
047 RED HEAD GIRL
048 THE HONKY TONKS ARE ALL GONE 
Tracks above issued on album Night and Day
2003 [live] unknown – Cosgrove Rushing
04801 RAINING IN BAKERSFIELD digital single [rel. May 11, 2005]
2023? Unknown, CA – Cosgrove Rushing
049 MARIE LAVEAU digital single [rel. Aug. 25]
050 HOME  digital single [rel. Aug. 25]

ALBUMS
CozRush no # North To Bakersfield
: BBQ Country Style; Mustang '65; North to Bakersfield; Walkin' Shoes; Opening That Door; Hey Little Sister; I Don't Feel Like Talkin'; At The End of Erica's Day; When You Wake Up I'll Be Gone; Sail On; Picket Fence; Radio Flyer; Goin' Honky Tonkin'; Life's Too Short For That; The Ricki Lake Show – 06-96
CozRush no # (UPC 643782432128) Raining In Bakersfield: Raining in Bakersfield; A Few More Years; Come Rock Me Now; In Your Little Girl's Eyes; Pickin' Friends; I'll Be Hitti'n The Road; I've Been Hurt By You; Rodeo Song; I Wouldn't Change a Thing; Lonesome Pine; These Tears on Me; Primer Gray; A Heartache Ten Miles Wide – 06-97
CozRush no # Night And Day: Carolina Rain; Montana Moonlight; Try'n To Drink It Right; West of Laramie; The Hardest Thing; Forever Ain't As Long As It Used To Be; The Key; Glad to Be Alive; The One That Got Away; The Rodeo Is Coming To Town; The Story of Hazel and Hajalmer; The C.M.A; The Hideaway; Whiskey in My Glass; Delilah; Bartender Don't Let Me Fall; The Longer I Live The Smarter My Daddy Gets; Hot Rod Frank; Red Head Girl; The Honky Tonks Are All Gone – 15-06-00 (double)


Friday, March 13, 2026

Kimball Superstars / Balloons

 By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2011 unknown, WA – The Balloons
Unknown tracks for unknown album
2016 Snowhouse, Seattle, WA – The Balloons (Matt Kimball [vcl/various instruments], + Eddy Dunlap [steel], Aaron Patterson [bass], Chris Mathews, Jr. [drums]) [overdub sessions: Up In The Studio Studios, Tacoma, WA]
013 MAXINE
014 WHEN MARY CALLS
015 BETTER TIMES THAN THESE
016 EVERYBODY'S GONE
017 KYLE B
018 SETTLE THE SCORE
019 ALWAYS WONDERING
020 DARK BIRTHDAY
021 TO SLEEP
022 STAN 
Tracks above issued on album Moonbeams Whatever
2019 unknown, WA – The Kimball Superstars (Matt Kimball [vcl/gt/ bass], Danny Hasboun [el gt/ lap steel/ drums], Casey Catherwood [drums])
023 BACK AND FORTH
024 HOLDING ON
025 DIDN'T I TELL YOU
026 WELL RUN DRY
027 OLD FAMOUS MISERY
028 YOU CAN'T KNOW WHAT'S TRUE
029 TELL ME WHAT TO DO
030 WE COULD GET TOGETHER
031 WHEN WILL YOU DREAM
032 ONLY STAR IN THE SKY
033 ONLY YOU LOST
034 WHAT'S THE USE IN THAT
Tracks above issued on album Feeling Blue But Better
2020 Diamond Hilltop Studios, Tacoma, WA - The Kimball Superstars (Matt Kimball [vcl/ac gt/ bass], Danny Hasboun [gt/ steel/ drums], Julia Mullen Gordon [vcl])
035 WALKING THE FLOOR OVER YOU
036 HAVE YOU EVER BEEN LONELY (HAVE YOU EVER BEEN BLUE)
037 LET'S SAY GOODBYE LIKE WE SAID HELLO
038 I'M MUCH TOO SCARED TO ASK
Tracks above issued On ep The Kimball Superstars Sing Ernest Tubb's Favorites
2024 unknown, WA – The Kimball Superstars 
039 LISTEN TO CHRISTMASTIME  digital single
2025  Joonior Studios, ?, WA  - The Kimball Superstars (Matt Kimball [vcl/ac gt], Danny Hasboun [el gt/ steel], Andrew Crane [bass], Harry Marcoe [drums]. Producer: Matt Kimball) [overdub sessions: Diamond Hilltop Studios, Tacoma, WA]
040 DOWN TO NEEDING NOTHING
041 HERE'S TO THE MEMORY
042 ANNA
043 KILLING TIME
044 NO HAPPINESS ALONE
045 PRAYER FOR DOG
046 KISS YOU HELLO
047 IF ONLY YOU CRIED TOO
048 ALWAYS WONDERING
049 THINKING MAN'S PLIGHT
050 THE COWBOY AND HIS LITTLE DOG  
Tracks above issued on album Here’s To The Memory





ALBUMS
The Balloons ? unknown album: (tracks unknown) - 12
The Balloons ? Moonbeams Whatever: Maxine; When Mary Calls; Better Times Than These; Everybody's Gone; Kyle B; Settle The Score; Always Wondering; Dark Birthday; To Sleep; Stan   - 17-01-17
Kimball Superstars ? Feeling Blue But Better: Back and Forth; Holding On; Didn't I Tell You; Well Run Dry; Old Famous Misery; You Can't Know What's True; Tell Me What to Do; We Could Get Together; When Will You Dream; Only Star in the Sky; Only You Lost; What's the Use in That – 07-08-20
Holly Roll ? Here’s To The Memory: Down To Needing Nothing; Here's To The Memory; Anna; Killing Time; No Happiness Alone; Prayer For Dog; Kiss You Hello; If Only You Cried Too; Always Wondering; Thinking Man's Plight; The Cowboy and His Little Dog – 13-03-26 

EPs
Kimball Superstars ? The Kimball Superstars Sing Ernest Tubb's Favorites: Walking The Floor Over You; Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue); Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello; I'm Much Too Scared To Ask – 20-03-21
    
    




Dark Hollow

  Xander Hitzig 
Nicole Olney

By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2020 Fitting Room Studio, Woodland Hills, CA – Desert Hollow  ( Xander Hitzig [vcl/gt/ fiddle/banjo],  Nicole Olney [vcl/gt], David Olney [banjolele/kazoo], Johnny Hawthorn [steel], James “Hutch” Hutchinson/Adriene Isom [bass], Matt Lucich [drums/percussion]. Producer: Steven Berns)
001 THIRSTY
002 I CAN'T WAIT FOR SUMMER
003 LOOK AT THOSE BIRDS
004 TAKE ME BACK TO NOWHERE
005 MARY
Tracks above issued On EP Thirsty
2024 [3 days] Backlit Buddha Studios, Maui, HI – Desert Hollow (Xander Hitzig [vcl/gt/ fiddle/banjo],  Nicole Olney [vcl/gt], Matt Del Olmo [el gt/ banjo/ lap steel],  James "Hutch" Hutchinson [bass], Kiah Abendroth [trumpet/ flugelhorn],  + Lukas Nelson [ld gt/bck vcl]. Producer: Kevin Garland)
006 EASY FEELIN'
007 SYCAMORE TREE
008 FINGERPICKIN' IN THE MOONLIGHT
009 PARACHUTE
010 SPIRIT ON A LEASH
011 HERE AIN'T MY HOME
012 PITBULLS AND PIGS
013 TWO-TIMIN' TWO-STEPPER
014 THAT ROAD'S MY FRIEND
015  WAY TOO HIGH
016  REFRIGERATOR BLUES 
+ 3 unknown unissued tracks
Tracks above issued on album Music For The Folks

Note: according to some info they recorded 17  tracks in 2021 at Root Cellar Studio, Kula, Maui, HI. No details known


ALBUMS
 Desert Hollow ? Music for the Folks: 
Easy Feelin'; Sycamore Tree; Fingerpickin' in the Moonlight;  Parachute;  Spirit on a Leash;  Here Ain't My Home;  Pitbulls and Pigs;  Two-Timin' Two-Stepper;  That Road's My Friend;  Way Too High;  Refrigerator Blues – 30-01-26

EPs
Mule Kick ? Thirsty: Thirsty; I Can't Wait for Summer; Look at Those Birds; Take Me Back to Nowhere; Mary – 14-05-21 




Dolores Smiley

 *14-11-1929, +26-07-1996
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

1964 Nashville, TN – Dolores Smiley with Buddy Emmons and The Nuggeteers (Producer: Jack Logan)
001 R4KM-2030 DON'T COME NEAR ME (OR YOU'LL CATCH THE BLUES) NR-211
002 R4KM-2031 LEAVING BY REQUEST NR-211
1964 Nashville, TN – Dolores Smiley (Producer: Jack Logan)
003 SoN 9721 I FELL SO HARD I BROKE NR-225
004 SoN 9722 EVERYTHING TURNED BLUE NR-225
1967 Nashville, TN – Dolores Smiley (Producer: John Capps)
005 776a DOWN TOWN TIGER K-Ark 776
006 776B MAMA, ARE YOU GONNA HELP ME HURT 776




SINGLES
Nugget (1964)
NR-211 Don't Come Near Me (Or You'll Catch The Blues) / Leaving By Request - 64
NR-225 I Fell So Hard I Broke / Everything Turned Blue - 64
K-Ark (1967)
776 Down Town Tiger / Mama, Are You Gonna Help Me Hurt – 67