Thanks to the singers and performers who have recorded and/or performed their own versions of these original songs.    ( in alphabetical order by song title,  please click on song links to hear their version )

Duke w guitar.jpg (258737 bytes)  A Penny For Adeline    Duke Merrick released in 1986 on his Burnin Memories album Adeline.mp3 ....also recorded by Nicki Thoma,  Kris Karr,  The Bobby Awe Band, David Maron, Tristan Habibi  A Penny For Adeline.mp3  

Odd Jegged Jenny 001.jpg (1024608 bytes) Phil Audibert / Alex Caton ( Odd Legged Jenny Band  2006 www.oddleggedjenny.com

Bluejay    Greg Brown & Chuck Henderson

Scott Dorman 2.jpg (54798 bytes)  Bluer Than The Moon Over You     Scott Dorman  ( Co-writer )  Bluer Than The Moon Over You

Coffee For The Blues    Nicki Thoma

Delta Highway    Junior Wild   ( Kirk Kaufman, John Holtorf, Dolor Adams )

Leon.png (783094 bytes)  Diamonds Don't Mean A Thing  Leon Redbone recorded his version 1n 1986 and released it on his Red To Blue album....also covered by Joe Sampson  Diamonds By Joe Sampson.mp3, Dave Hearn (solo piano), Nicki Thoma, Julie McCloud, Kevin Lind, Jever Mountain Boys ( Alexander Hacke )

Don't Go Tellin' Mama    Chuck Henderson

Hypknosis.jpg (9811 bytes)  Fisherman   Hypknosis    ( Heather Kelly &  Kirk Kaufman )

Goodbye To The City    Tristan Habibi   Goodbye To The City.mp3

  Half My Life    Dave Moore   ( Co-writer ) released song on his Over My Shoulder CD in 1994.

How Many Times You Been Lonely    P.J. Winn & Southbound Band

If You Could See Love    Tristan Habibi   IF U COULD C LOVE.mp3

It's Late   Kris Karr, Sean Minikis,  Cheap Drinks Band

CD Cover 2.jpg (237679 bytes)  Lonesome Fiddle    John Byron Edwards Lonesome Fiddle mp3,  Nicki Thoma

Lost In A Dream    Nicki Thoma,  Jonathan Mitguard & MaryAnn Nardo

Mixed Up On You    Jan Vroman

Redbird    Julie McCloud, The Bobby Awe Band

  Redbird   Mike McElrath   2011 Released his debut CD called Keep On Drivin'.....Mike wrote ALL the songs on the CD except his two covers of my songs:   Red Bird 2 Michael McElrath.mp3   and   Riverboat.....you can hear more at www.michaelmcelrathmusic.com   

Red Guitar   Briana Adams 

Rich Girl   Junior Wild  ( Kirk Kaufman, John Holtorf, Dolor Adams )

Briana 2.jpg (714557 bytes)  Ride The Texas Wind     Briana Adams 

Riverboat      Abraham ( Abe & Jesse ) Riverboat The Grateful Hillbillies.mp3,  Greg Brown & Chuck Henderson,  The Hillbilly Soul Brothers,  Michael McElrath

Kris Karr 2.jpg (11427 bytes)  Sister Strange    Kris Karr

Somebody Write Me A Song    P.J. Winn & Southbound Band

Stone Churches    Rick and Betty Vornbrock Stone Churches 2.mp3

Tearin' My Way Home    Jeremy Ober

Jon__Mary_Ann.jpg (3899 bytes)  Tearin' My Way Home   Jon Mitguard and Mary Ann Nardo....sent me a 60th birthday CD ( 2011 ) with their versions of Tearin' My Way Home 2.mp3,   Lost In A Dream,  and Trigger Happy Pappy.    They live in San Rafael, CA now....Jon plays in many area groups on steel, harmonica and guitar.   We worked together in 1980 and '81 in a Colorado Springs based group called Out Of The Blue.  

Thank You Grandma For Saying A Prayer    Jan Vroman

The Island of Your Heart    Junior Wild   ( Kirk Kaufman, John Holtorf, Dolor Adams )

The Old Iowa Waltz    Dave Hearn  ( Composer - piano arrangement ),  Scott Dorman, Irv  Reutzel Band - Fort Dodge ( dance band arrangement by Irv Reutzel, The Harmony Brigade ( barbershop arrangement by Stu Martin performed at the Fort Museum in Fort Dodge ),  The Karl King Band  ( arrangement by Reggie Schive performed in Washington D.C. ),  The Frontier Fiddle Band 

Trigger Happy Pappy    Jonathan Mitguard & MaryAnn Nardo

When You're Down In Iowa     The Bobby Awe Band

Hypknosis.jpg (9811 bytes)  Underneath The Lilac Tree   Hipknosis    ( Heather Kelly & Kirk Kaufman )

Yankee Cowboy    Curt Green,  The Bobby Awe Band,   Tracy Ernst

Yankee Cowgirl   Julie McCloud    Yankee Cowgirl.mp3

Yellow Moon    Frank Wiewel & Junior's Motel Christmas Pickers    Yellow Moon.mp3

Kris Karr 2.jpg (11427 bytes)  You Ride That Lonely Rail    Kris Karr

Thanks to the  co-writers, musicians and performers like Matt McCrady, Debbie Smith, Denny Osburn, Dolor Adams, Bruce McCabe, Kris Karr, Bob Johnson, Chuck Henderson, Kirk Kaufman, Heather Kelly, Dan Cassady, Jon Holmes, Curtiss Klein, Dean Davis, Dave Moore, Gary Durr, Leon Redbone, Lloyd "Abe" Abraham, Jesse Abraham, Duke Merrick, Dave Moore, Dave Hearn,  Michael McElrath, Julie McCloud, David Parker,  Herb Dreasler, Brian Nelson,  Dartanyan Brown, Dave Steen, Susan Osborn, Todd Mason,  Jan Vroman,  Frank Wiewel, Kenny Putnam,  J. Remington Wilde,  Ed Blakely, Paul Reisner,  Greg Brown, Joe Sampson,  Todd Jarrell, Scott Dorman,  Brad Heck,  Kevin Lind, Junior Wilde,  Kris Karr,  Nicki Thoma,  John Edwards, Bobby Awe,  Rich Coleman, Ky Haub, Dale Eichor, John McEuen, Vassar Clements,  Tom Shadonix,  Paul Berner,  Doug Seiter, Jano Mossman, Lefty Kuehnast, Jon Mitguard & MaryAnn Nardo, Michael McElrath, Gene Cramer, Ken Jensen, Geoff Geiss, Rick Roeder, Jim Bingham, Erick Hovey, Jeff Foreman, Terry Feldott, Al Wynn, Joan Patterson, and P.J. Winn who have 

ALL breathed life into my music. 

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