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A) Apaches of Paris (Austin 1994)- Fireman's Daughter(original print sold out, copies available) $10.00
I sold my CAR to pay to make this CD when our “money guy” backed out at the last minute. I can remember loading my laundry on an Austin City Bus to get to the laundromat and trying to bring my groceries home on a BICYCLE! Worth it though! This is a great documentation of wonderful friends and vibrant rockin’ music!

Recorded Live at the Saxon Pub and Steamboat. Juileann Banks - Vocals Ac Guitar, Paul LeMond - Electric Guitar, Jimmy Nutt - Bass, Dave Boyle - Piano and Organ, Justin Hess - Drums, Danny Thompson - Percussion.
Tracks - Fireman’s Daughter, Last Chance Café, Always Taking, It’s Going to Rain, Color Blind, Hide and See, Warm, Kneel Down and Pray, For the Love of Pete, Grits Ain’t Groceries, Downtown, Love Is Strange, All You Need, Soul Addiction.

B) Gold (Live on Austin UT Radio 1996) - $12.00
There is one studio cut on this that the Apaches did with me, Insomnia. It is the first cut and one of my favorite tunes that I have ever written. The rest are Paul and I live on the radio. Apaches had agreed to break up and try other things after a 5 year run with no record deal. We were trying to wing it acoustic and 3 pc. (Not easy after rockin’ with the Apaches for so long!) Danny was supposed to play percussion, but had to back out due to illness at the last minute. The late Mambo (John Traynor) agreed to do it with no rehearsal and having never heard the tunes. He does a great job (as only our legendary Mambo could) even on the tambourine solos!
Tracks - Insomnia, Gold, Nothing Short of Suicide, David’s Dog, Words, Love Is Strange, Widow the Wind, Last Chance Café, Warm, Ports, Fireman’s Daughter.

C) Sweet Magnolia (Austin 2000) - $5.00
This is a four song EP that I produced with an eye on “getting a songwriters deal” in Nashville. I felt it was pure country sounding, and since at the time Dixie Chicks were hot and I had some great connections and appointments set up through Austin contacts, I thought I was going to kick major *****! They sent me packing, spanked me soundly and told me I was writing “Texas....not Country”! Just goes to show you...write and produce for yourself with a sound that makes YOU happy. I love these tunes, but the feel of the production is very country....ahem...I mean Texas!
Julieann - Vox, Percussion, Ac Guitar, Ron Welch - Guitars, Nick Travis - Bass, Eddie Cantu - Drums, Riley Osbourn - Piano and Organ, Jim Loessberg - Steel Guitar, Champ Hood - Fiddle, Mike Cross - Backing Vox
Tracks - Honey Hung The Moon, Sweet Magnolia, Every Girl Needs a Good Broom, Words.


D) Magazine and Race (Muscle Shoals AL, Fame Studio 2004) $15.00
Named after a street corner in New Orleans. The sight of an old orphanage and an unwed mothers home. The title track deals with such issues. I hope it survived the hurricanes! Uncanny that the song mentions rising water, guilt and forgiveness. I trekked to and from Alabama many times to get this one done. My first full length studio CD and first time to record with all studio musicians. Interesting take. I love these tunes and would like a chance to record them rough and live sometime! The last track Jimmy and I almost scratched because we just couldnt get happy with the sound. The studio guys were long gone back to Nashville so as a last ditch effort to save the track we tried a take with me playing the guitars and Jimmy banging on bronze plant holders turned upside down and finally got close to the sound we were looking for! It always cracks me up when someone says it’s their favorite song on the CD!
Musicians - Julieann - Vox, washboard!, acoustic guitar, Larry Byrom - Acoustic and electric guitar, slide, wurlitzer. Jeff King - electric guitar, bazooki and banjo. David Hood - Bass. Roger Guth - drums, cajon, percussion. Reese Wynans - Hammond and Wurlitzer organ, piano. Hassell Teekell - accordion. James LeBlanc, Gary Nichols - B Vox.
Tracks - Magazine and Race, Solid Ground, The Danger of Thinking, Arizona Lonely, Waltzing on Water, Sea of Dreams, No Such Thing As Love, I Just Missed You, Somewhere in South Austin, Gravity Trains.

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