Don has released 5 solo recording projects as well as the 2004 release with The Rifters, 3 CDs with Hired Hands and 4 with his old group Tumbleweed (for The Rifters, Hired Hands or Tumbleweed stuff go to www.howlindogrecords.com). To order any of these (Don Richmond) CDs or tapes, you can go to the howlin' dog records web store (with shopping cart and credit card and all that) or just send send an e-mail to DonRichmond@worldnet.att.net with your mailing address and the selections you want. We'll send you your order with a statement, and you can send us a check in return. The price is $15 for each CD or $10 per cassette (Mirage only), plus $2 shipping per order (any number of tapes or CDs). You can also mail in your order to: Howlin' Dog Records, P.O. Box 825 Alamosa CO 81101, enclosing a check or your credit card info. Thanks so much for your interest.

Instrument

Description:

This release (1999) from Don is a bit of a departure from his earlier singer-songwriter style releases in that Instrument is completely instrumental. It is a collection of all original acoustic tunes displaying Don's expertise on guitar, mandolin, banjo, fiddle, Weissenborn slide, and banjeaurine. Many of the songs are in a traditional fiddle tune structure, although there are a few departures into alternate forms and time signatures, as well as some beautiful slow tunes. It's fun stuff - great traveling music.

Songs:

Sea Turtle, Night Lightning, Homecoming, Muleshoe, Lowbow, Sea the World, Flatbed T, Tea for Breakfast, Candlelight, Overdale, The Hunter, Remembrance, Burst

A Lot in Common

Description:

This is Don's third solo recording, released in May of 1995. It continues in the folk vein, with a few deviations toward blues, island, and rock along the way. Themes of social and personal growth run through several of the songs. Don gathered players from Hired Hands and some of his old Tumbleweed bandmates, along with several other of the region's finest players to record A Lot in Common.

Songs:

Miracle, Only Be With Me, Waverly, We Ain't Turning Around, Broken Things, If You Know What I Mean, A Lot in Common, Song of Life, I Got My Own, How Deep They Run, Call of the Wild, Is There Really Someone, Island of Peace.

Story

Description:

This is Don's second solo recording, released in 1992. Story continues primarily in the acoustic direction and features thirteen of Don's excellent and thoughtful compositions. Justin Mitchell of The Rocky Mountain News said of Story, "Don Richmond's sensitive, smooth singing and songwriting pack a disarming punch, going down like good bourbon in Rocky Mountain Spring water. Like his song says, his is a story worth the telling."

Songs:

Daddy Said, Shine For Me, Can't Be Denied, Blue Sky Day, Somewhere, I Can Already Tell, I Might Have Felt Better, Story Worth the Telling, Gonna Come After You, Let There Be No More Doubt, Hellos and Goodbyes, Gather Round the Fire, Lost in This Love

Mirage (click to go to the page featuring the 2005 Mirage CD re-release)

Description:

This is Don's first solo album, released (cassette only) in 1989, and re-released on CD in 2005. It contains twelve of  his original songs and ventures in a definite acoustic folk-bluegrass direction, although the electric guitar and steel make a contribution.

Songs:

Address: Don Richmond P.O. Box 825 Alamosa CO 81101

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