Title: No Man's Land       Artist: Don Richmond

Desription:

It's here - it's out, it's done! No Man's Land is Don's first new singer-songwriter CD since A Lot in Common came out in 1995. (His instrumental CD Instrument was released in 1999.) From Don -

"No Man's Land is centered around a group of songs that are sort of 'landscape' songs - songs that talk about things inspired by the land, particularly my home in the San Luis Valley. In the song No Man's Land, it is specifically the landscape around the Colorado - New Mexico border, some of the most outwardly barren and forbidding land around. It has a particular draw and fascination for me, and evokes a strong feeling of ancient history and timelessness."

The graphic design work for the CD was done by Kris Gosar from Gosar Design of Monte Vista, Colorado, with the help of Michael Bennett, one of Kris's students at Adam's State College. Kris also contributed a painting of Don that is the front cover image for the CD.

Other songs on No Man's Land touch on a variety of topics - love songs, political and social commentary, growth and life in general. Check out the full liner notes here -

Songs:

I Like It That Way, Ordinary Things, I Don't Want to Say Too Much, No Borders,  No Man's Land, Read the Signs, That's Why You Come Home, They Think That You Can't Tell, Wide Open, Born at the Finish Line, Each and Every Person

Title: Instrument          Artist: Don Richmond

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

Title: A Lot in Common       Artist: Don Richmond

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.

Title: Story                Artist: Don Richmond

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

Title: Mirage              Artist: Don Richmond

Description:

This is Don's first solo album, released (cassette only) in 1989. 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:

High Lonesome, Flying After You, I Can't Let You Go, Horn of the Moon, Be Waiting, Down in the Valley, Mirage, Woman By the Fire, Me and Chico, Cathedral, Heaven, Amalia

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