Artist : Source Victoria

• Artist : Visqueen
• Album : Message To Garcia
• Released & Label : 2009 Local 638 Records
• Credits : to come soon, Jon says he’s all over it
• Audio sample & Download at eMusic

• Artist : Reubens Accomplice
• Album : Sons Of Men
• Released & Label : 2009
• Credits : Jon played on various tracks but he can’t remember which or what with
• Buy at Reubens Accomplice – buy now and get a 5 free downloads

• Artist : Neko Case
• Album : Middle Cyclone
• Released & Label : 2009 Anti
• Download at eMusic
• Free MP3 download
  • “Middle Cyclone“
  • “People Got A Lotta Nerve” (click to download)

• Artist : Farewell Review
• Album : Farewell Review
• Released & Label : 2008 Twenty Eleven Recordings / Orphan Ears Music ’08
• Credits : Engineer, Mixer, Pedal Steel, Accordian, Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar, Percussion, Vocals

• Artist : Chris Mills
• Album : Living In The Aftermath
• Released & Label : 2008 Ernest Jennings Record Co.
• Credits : Pedal Steel, Banjo, Hawaiian Guitar
• Audio sample & Download at eMusic

• Artist : Colorstore
• Album : When We Float the River
• Released : 2006
• Credits : plays on the track “Elephants Wear Cheap Perfume”
• Buy it from Stinkweeds Records

• Artist : Neko Case
• Album : Live From Austin, Tx – Austin City Limits DVD
• Released : 2006
• Credits : Guitar, Pedal Steel, Hawaiian Lap Steel & Banjo

• Artist : Norm Pratt
• Album : Color Blind
• Released & Label : 2006 Perfect Circle Records
• Credits : Pedal Steel
• Audio sample : Return Me

• Artist : LUCA
• Album : Sick Of Love
• Released & Label : 2006 Funzalo Records
• Credits : Pedal Steel, Hawaiian Lap Steel & Banjo
• Audio sample & Download at eMusic

• Artist : Neko Case
• Album : Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
• Released & Label : 2006 Anti
• Credits : Banjo & Hawaiian Guitar
• Audio sample & Download at eMusic

Artist : Trophy Husbands

• Artist : Tammy Patrick
• Album : The White Album
• Released & Label : 2000 Rustic Records
• Credits : Pedal Steel
• Download at eMusic.com

• Artist : The Waco Brothers
• Album : Electric Waco Chair
• Released & Label : 2000 Bloodshot Records
• Credits : Hawaiian Guitar
• Audio sample & Download at eMusic

• Artist : Sally Timms & Jon Langford
• Album : Songs of False Hope and High Values
• Released & Label : 2000 Bloodshot
• Credits : Banjo, hawaiian guitar, mandolin and backing vocals
• Audio sample & Download at eMusic

• Artist : Kelly Hogan
• Album : Beneath the Country Underdog
• Released & Label : 2000 Bloodshot Records
• Credits : Pedal Steel
• Audio sample & Download at eMusic

• Artist : Old 97s
• Album : Fight Songs
• Released & Label : 1999 Elektra Entertainment
• Credits : Steel guitar
• Audio sample :
• Lonely Holiday : Windows Media :: Real Audio

• Artist : Sally Timms
• Album : Cowboy Sally’s Twilight Laments for Lost Buckaroos
• Released & Label : 1999 Bloodshot Records
• Credits : Vocals, Hawaiian Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin, Pedal Steel
• Audio sample & Download at eMusic

• Artist : Grievous Angels
• Album : Miles On The Rail
• Released & Label : 1998 Bloodshot
• Credits : Pedal steel, banjo, Hawaiian guitar, lap steel, mandolin, vocals
• Audio sample & Download at eMusic

• Artist : The Sleepwalkers
• Album : The Man In The Moon
• Released & Label : 1998 Hayden’s Ferry Records
• Credits : Pedal steel guitar

• Artist : Earl C. Whitehead & Grievous Angels
• Album : New City of Sin
• Released & Label : 1997 Bloodshot Records
• Credits : Hawaiian Guitar, Resonator, Banjo, Mandolin, Pedal Steel
• Audio sample & Download at eMusic

• Artist : Suicide Kings
• Album : Suicide Kings
• Released & Label : 1997 Rattle Records
• Credits : Pedal Steel

• Artist : Old 97s
• Album : Too Far To Care
• Released & Label : 1997 Elektra Entertainment
• Credits : Pedal steel, banjo
• Audio sample :
• W. TX Teardrops : Windows Media :: Real Audio

• Artist : Old 97s
• Album : Nothing To Attract You (EP)
• Released & Label : 1999 Elektra Entertainment

• Artist : Volebeats
• Album : Maggot Brain (single)
• Released & Label : 1997 Bloodshot Records

• Artist : Earl C. Whitehead & Grievous Angels
• Album : Angels and Inbreds
• Released & Label : 1995 Bloodshot Records
• Credits : Hawaiian Guitar, Mandolin, Pedal Steel
• Audio sample & Download at eMusic

• Artist : Norm Pratt
• Album : Watermark
• Released & Label : 1995 Watermark

• Artist : John Savoy
• Album : Hog Fiddle Blues
• Released & Label : 1995 Hog Fiddle

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It’s becoming apparent: if you sing and have any amount of musical taste, you’ll probably want Jon Rauhouse backing you up on guitar. Which begs the question: does this guy ever slow down? The answer is apparently not.

“Hawaiian Guitar Expedition” is what happens when Rauhouse decides to take a “vacation.” Shirking the aforementioned responsibilities, holed up in a tiny cabin on the Northwest corner of Washington State and goofing off with some music pals, the guitar maestro puts a proverbial grass skirt around a half-dozen new instrumentals. From the John Fahey-goes-to-a-luau inspired “Dusty Canal” to the introspective “Jen’s Tenor,” to the otherworldly “Sweet for Hawaiian Guitar & Saw,” this is music-making at its finest. Rauhouse flavors the rest of this disc with some of his best-loved tracks from his solo recordings. The result? Pure instrumental bliss. No, not the John Tesh/Zamfir kind, the good, pass-me-a-mai-tai kind.
Jason Verlinde of Seattle

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Track List

1. Million Dollar Mermaid
2. Dusty Canal
3. Hula Blues
4. Jen’s Tenor
5. Homie’s Parade
6. Sweet for Hawaiian Guitar & Saw
7. Hamma Hamma Hula^*
8. Swingin’ Elephant Graveyard
9. Blue Grouse
10. Moa Lei’ a ‘i
11. Desert Luau
12. Aloha’oe

Audio Clips
^*Bloodshot Records

• Songs #1,3,5 appeared previously on Jon Rauhouse’s Steel Guitar Air Show
• Songs #7,8,10 appeared previously on Jon Rauhouse’s Steel Guitar Rodeo
• Song #2 Appeared previously as a hidden track on 2 Hours From Anywhere

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Here’s a video JR sent me of himself with Norm Pratt on a show called “Backstage Pass” way back in 1984.

Also up on YouTube is the video of Jon with Billy Bragg and Diona Davies performing Lowell George’s song “Willin’” at SxSW 2006.

Color Blind was recorded, mixed, and enineered by Norm at his studio, “the Adobe” in Cave Creek, Arizona. It features Norm on guitar, mandolin, piano, bass, and vocals.

Joined once again with Jon Rauhouse on pedal steel, Color Blind, also features long time Arizona favorites Bob Meighan and Dick Furlow of The Bob Meighan Band.

Available from Perfect Circle Records (which Norm co-founded), you can also download some MP3 samples from the disc to check it out – Perfect Circle Records