Saturday, February 21, 2026

Tim Shelton Syndicate

 By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

Late 2021 Ben’s Den Studio, Hendersonville, TN – The Tim Shelton Syndicate, with Vince Gill [-1], Sonya Isaccs Yeary [-2] (Tim Shelton [ld vcl/gt], Avery Welter [vcl/gt], Jr. Williams [vcl/banjo/gt], Joe Booher [vcl/mandolin], Sam Lauderbaug [bass], +   Jenee Fleenor [fiddle]. Producer: Ben Isaacs)
001 ELI AND NANCY TSS 101   
002 TENNESSEE -1 TSS 101   
003 I AIN'T GOT NO WOMAN TSS 101   
004 DIANE TSS 101   
005 MIDDLE AGE CRAZY TSS 101   
006 SUMMERS' END -2 TSS 101   
007 KILLIN' IN GRIFFIN TSS 101   
008 SOMEWHERE ELSE TSS 101   
009 ROVING GAMBLER TSS 101   
010 MEDICINE SPRINGS TSS 101   
011 I AM THE MAN THOMAS TSS 101  
2024 unknown, TN – The Tim Shelton Syndicate
012 BAD ENOUGH  digital single [rel. Oct. 4]
013 HONEY, WON’T YOU CALL ME digital single [rel. Nov. 15]

ALBUMS
10.26 Records  1026R-0019/TSS 101 The Tim Shelton Syndicate:
  Eli and Nancy;  Tennessee (w.Vince Gill);  I Ain't Got No Woman;  Diane;  Middle Age Crazy;  Summers' End (with Sonya Isaacs Yary);  Killin' in Griffin;  Somewhere Else;  Roving Gambler;  Medicine Springs;  I Am the Man Thomas – 20-05-22

Colin Stephens

 *Nacogdoches, TX
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2022 unknown – Cole Stephens
001 I COULD USE SOME RAIN digital single [rel. Apr. 2]
002 BONFIRE digital single [rel. Apr. 2]
2022 unknown – Cole Stephens
003 FALLING APART digital single [rel.  Oct. 7]
2023 unknown – Cole Stephens
004 THIS TIME AROUND  digital single [rel. Feb. 2]
005 COME HOME TOO SOON  digital single [rel. March 3]
006 GOOD OLE DAYS digital single [rel. March 30]
007 PINE TREE GREEN digital single [rel. Apr. 27]
008 AIN’T ENOUGH BEER digital single [rel. May 25]
2023 unknown – Cole Stephens
009 LONG HAIRED COUNTRY BOY digital single [rel.  Oct. 6]
2024 unknown – Cole Stephens
010 FRIDAY NIGHT digital single [rel. Apr. 12]
2024 unknown – Cole Stephens
011 WELCOME TO MY WORLD digital single [rel. Oct. 25]/Yesterday’s News
012 HOLLYWOOD digital single [rel. Nov. 15]
013 SPIN digital single [rel. Jan. 24, 2025]/Yesterday’s News
2025 Farmland Studios, Nashville, TN – Cole Stephens (Cole Stephens [vcl], Heath Perritt [rh gt/ drums/bck vcl],   Christopher Samuel [rh gt/ld gt], Ryan Kief/ Jody Cameron [steel],   Sean Clifton / Paul Engelking [bass gt] + unknown musicians.  Producer: Heath Perritt)
014 YESTERDAY'S NEWS
015 AIN'T WORTH THE FIGHT
016 UP TO ME
017 BETTER THAN EVER
018 TAKE ME HOME
019 LIQUORED UP
020 WEST OF YOU
021 BAD TATTOO
022 QUEEN OF TEXAS 
Tracks above issued on album Yesterday’s News


ALBUMS
Crosswinds ?  (UPC888174404746) Yesterday's News:
  Yesterday's News;  Ain't Worth the Fight;  Up to Me;  Better Than Ever;  Take Me Home;  Liquored Up;  Spin;  West of You;  Bad Tattoo;  Welcome to My World;  Queen of Texas – 20-02-26




Lightning Stills

 Craig Fort
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

April-October 2020 poss. Omaha, NE – Lightning Stills (Craig Fort [vcl/rh gt], Mike Friedman [ld gt/steel/ hmny vcl], Christopher Kelley [bass], Darren Broderick [dryms])
001 MY BABY WAS DRUNK
002 NOSE BOOZE BLUES
003 BARS AND COP CARS
004 SHOT OF BROWN
005 IT’S ALL A WARSH 
Tracks above issued on EP Sings His Songs
2020 poss. Omaha, NE – Lightning Stills and Junkyard Dan (Craig Fort [vcl/rh gt], Junkyard Dan [vcl/bass], Mike Friedman [ld gt/steel/ Hammond B3], Darren Broderick [drums])
006 PASSED OUT ON THE BAR digital single [rel. Jan. 2021]
2021 poss. Omaha, NE – Lightning Stills (Craig Fort [vcl/rh gt], Tom May [ld gt],  Mike Friedman [steel], Junkyard Dan [bass], Darren Broderick [drums])
007 PACK OF JOHNNYS  digital single [rel. Nov. 11]
2025 Make Believe Studios,  825 S 20th St, Omaha, NE - Lightning Stills (Craig Fort [vcl/gt], Tom May [gt],  Mike Friedman [gt/ steel/ keyboards/bck vcl], Dan Maxwell [bass],  Matt Baum [drums] + Javid Thunder [drums], Oliver Bates Craven [fiddle]. Producer: Lightning Stills and Ian Aeillo) 
008 GAS ME UP
009 HE'S NOT HEAVY, HE'S MY DEALER
010 DRUNKER THAN ME
011 RAMBLED OUT
012 MY MAMA WANTS A LOVE SONG
013 SPIRITS
014 WILLIE AND THE GHOST
015 CLOSED DOWN THE BAR 
Tracks above issued on EP Lightning Stills


EPs
Craig Langan ? Lightning Stills Sings His Songs: My Baby Was Drunk; Nose Booze Blues; Bars and Cop Cars; Shot of Brown; It’s All A Warsh – 04-12-20 
Max Trax ? Lightning Stills:  Gas Me Up;  He's Not Heavy, He's My Dealer;  Drunker Than Me; Rambled Out;  My Mama Wants a Love Song;  Spirits;  Willie and the Ghost;  Closed Down the Bar – 20-02-26



Nikki Nelson

 *03-01-1969 La Mesa, CA
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS
also member of Highway 101
1987 Nashville, TN – Nikki Nelson (Producer: Larry Logers)
001 U 19645 MY HEART CRACKED (BUT IT DID NOT BREAK) NA 1010 
1988 Nashville, TN – Nikki Nelson (Producer: Larry Logers)
002 U 22242 BUILDIND BACK A BRIDGE NA 1011
003 U 24415 SHOW ME (I'M FROM MISSOURI) NA 1014
1997 or sooner Nashville, TN – Nikki Nelson
004 I DON'T WANT TO FALL IN LOVE CSK 9729
005 YOU GO FIRST  CSK 9729
006 I DON'T DO FLOORS ANYMORE  CSK 9729
007 WAY TOO BLUE  CSK 9729
008 IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK  CSK 9729
009 LOVE COME BACK  CSK 9729
010 TELL IT TO MY HEART  CSK 9729
011 WHEN THE VOW BREAKS  CSK 9729
012 YOU ARE LISTENING TOO...  CSK 9729
013 VALENTINES  CSK 9729
014 4TH OF JULY  CSK 9729
015 THANKSGIVING  CSK 9729
016 CHRISTMAS / NEW YEARS  CSK 9729
1997 Nashville, TN – Nikki Nelson
017 TOO LITTLE TOO MUCH CSK 78519 / CSK 9729
018 I DON'T KNOW HOW NOT TO LOVE YOU CSK 78954  / CSK 9729
2013 Nashville, TN – Nikki Nelson
019 FROM MR. RIGHT TO MR. WRONG  digital single [rel. Feb. 19]
020 MOMMA’S WALL OF FAME digital single [rel. May 6]
021 CALL ME ON THE PHONE SOMETIME  digital single [rel. July 15]
022 LONDON  digital single/Paper Doll
023 ALL ABOUT HIM  digital single [rel. Dec. 20]
2013 [sessions for Betty Swain project] Nashville, TN – Nikki Nelson
024 SOMETHIN’S GOTTA GIVE
2013 Nashville, TN – Nikki Nelson  with Jayson Angove
025 STUCK IN MY MIND  digital single [rel. Oct. 21]
2014 Nashville, TN – Nikki Nelson
026 PAPER DOLL
027 JUST A BOY
028 SAVED ME
029 TREE HOUSE 
Tracks above issued on EP Paper Doll
2015 Nashville, TN – Nikki Nelson
030 EVERYTHING THAT'S BLUE WON'T MAKE YOU SAD
031 A LITTLE BIT OF LOVIN’
032 GIVIN’ ALL MY LOVIN’ TO YOU
033 THE FIRE OF A DADDY’S LOVE 
Tracks above issued on EP Everything That’s Blue Won’t Make You Sad
2015 Nashville, TN – Nikki Nelson
034 IT’S SIMPLY AMAZING  digital single [rel. Sept. 23]
2015 [soundtrack:Union Bound] unknown – Nikki Nelson
035 UNION BOUND  digital single [rel. Apr. 22]
2015 [sessions for Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes]  unknown – Chad Reinert with Nikki Nelson
036 ISLANDS IN THE STREAM
037 IT’S YOUR LOVE
2017 unknown – Michael Lusk with Nikki Nelson
038 MS COLBY "THE AMERICAN PICKERS SONG" digital single
2017 unknown – John Samson with Nikki Nelson
039 PUT HER MEMORY TO REST digital single
2017  Nashville, TN – Nikki Nelson
040 DARLIN’ I JUST CAN’T STAY digital single
2017 [sessions for Duets] Nashville, TN – J.K. Coltrain with Nikki Nelson
041 YOU’RE NOT THERE
042 YOU NEVER KNOW
2020 [sessions for Gypsy Rebel] Nashville, TN – Nikki Nelson, *with Michael Lusk
043 THANK YOU FOR LEAVING digital single [rel. Feb. 21]
044 I’M STACKING BRICKS digital single [rel. March 8]
045 SWEET BABY JESUS  digital single [rel. June 19]
046 CIRCLES*  digital single [rel. Apr. 5]
2020 Nashville, TN – Nikki Nelson
047 MONSTER  digital single
2020 Nashville, TN – Michael Lusk with Nikki Nelson
048 SHATTERED HALLELUJAH  digital single [ rel. March 2]
049 SUPERSTAR  digital single
2020 Nashville, TN – Nikki Nelson
050 GINGER digital single [rel. Feb. 2021]
2021 Nashville, TN – Nikki Nelson and Steve Oliver
051 CHASE ME AROUND TEXAS
052 TWO ARMS
053 AMARILLO
054 CAN’T TAKE THE TEXAS OUT OF ME
055 MONDAY NIGHT RENDEZVOUS
056 PASTURE TO PLAY IN 
Tracks above issued on EP Chase Me Around Texas
2021 Nashville, TN – Nikki Nelson
057 THAT’S HOW HEARTS ARE BROKEN digital single [rel. March 29]
058 NO TOMORROW  digital single
2021 [sessions for Classic Country II] Nashville, TN – J. K. Coltraine and Nikki Nelson
059 TIL A TEAR BECOMES A ROSE
2022 Nashville, TN – Nikki Nelson
060 WHILE THE JUKEBOX GENTLY WEEPS  digital single
061 WHY DID MY DADDY LEAVE OUR HOME TODAY digital single 
2024 [sessions for Songs of Hope] unknown - Dan Kouba with Nikki Nelson
062 SONGS OF HOPE 
2024 Unknown – Dennis Ledbetter with Nikki Nelson
063 OPPOSITE WALLS digital single [rel. March 3]
2024 Nashville, TN – Billy Gregg and Nikki Nelson
064 FUELED UP, FIRED UP, READY TO GO digital single [rel. Apr. 18]




ALBUMS
Columbia/DKC CSK 9729 Special Advance CD:
Intro; Nikki Intro / I Don't Want To Fall In Love; Nikki Intro / You Go First; Nikki Intro / I Don't Do Floors Anymore; Nikki Intro / Way Too Blue; Nikki Intro / Too Little Too Much; Nikki Intro / I Don't Know How Not To Love You; Nikki Intro / Is That Too Much To Ask; Nikki Intro / Love Come Back; Nikki Intro / Tell It To My Heart; Nikki Intro / When The Vow Breaks; "Too Little Too Much" With Single Intro Liner; "You Are Listening Too..." Generic Station Tag; "Valentines" - Generic Liner; "4th Of July" - Generic Liner; "Thanksgiving" - Generic Liner; "Christimas / New Years" - Generic Liner – 97 (promo)


EPs
Trip Jct ? Paper Doll: Paper Doll; London; Just a Boy; Saved Me; Tree House - 14
Trip Jct ? Everything That's Blue Won't Make You Sad: Everything That's Blue Won't Make You Sad; A Little Bit Of Lovin’; Givin; All My Lovin’ To You; The Fire Of A Daddy’s Love – 15-07-15
30 South Prod. ? Chase Me Around Texas: Chase Me Around  Texas; Two Arms; Amarillo; Can’t Take The Texas Out of Me; Monday Night Rendezvous; Pasture To Play In – 24-05-21 w. Steve Oliver

SINGLES
19th Avenue
NA 1010 My Heart Cracked (But It Did Not Break) / My Heart Cracked (But It Did Not Break) – 87
NA 1011 Buildind Back A Bridge / Buildind Back A Bridge – 88
NA 1014 Show Me (I'm From Missouri) / Show Me (I'm From Missouri) - 88
Columbia/DSK 
CSK 78519 Too Little Too Much – 97 (CD)
CSK 78954 I Don't Know How Not To Love You – 97 (CD)