What colleagues and friends are saying about
CALIFORNIA SKIES, released on July 1st, 2020:

“It’s wonderful to hear new music from the west coast maestro of Western Swing, Don Burnham. CALIFORNIA SKIES is chock full of wonderful songs and musical performances. It is particularly gratifying to hear the brilliant playing of the great Bobby Black on steel guitar.”
      —Andy Reiss, Nashville, TN
“I really love the new CD! Your voice is like a chocolate malt!
Production is excellent … players and vocals are spot on!
Great Job!”
       —Doc Stein, Battleground, WA

“ I just got it yesterday, and listened right away. Great CD, Don! Congratulations … so fun to listen to!”

      —Katherine Roddy (KFAT's "Sully")

“WONDERFUL CD!
This is your best album ever;
what a pleasure! Aloha.”
      —
Hal Glatzer, Big Island, HI
“As usual, Don’s marvelous BOLOS band features
the cool pedal steel guitar of BOBBY BLACK”

      —Mayne Smith, Richmond, CA
“Don, you still have it … really enjoying your new CD!”

      —Charlie Wallace, Santa Cruz, CA

"Don Burnham's signature laid-back Western Swing style ...
certain to please fans and newcomers alike."
      —Chuckaroo the Buckaroo, "Calling All Cowboys" KPOV
“Congratulations!. Great material; the band is wonderful!
Love the cover art too!”
      —Laurie Lewis, Berkeley, CA
“Don Burnham has assembled a group of top-notch musicians for his new CD. Going way back in time for “It Happened In Monterey” (written for the movie King of Jazz in 1930), through “Empty Saddles” from that same decade, “Fool's Paradise” (from the 1950s), on up to the title track, written by Nancy Thorwardson, Don has put together an intriguing canvas of (mostly) western themed songs, unified by their relaxed feel and instrumental virtuosity. It's just the thing to listen to while sitting around your virtual campfire!
      —Tony Marcus, Oakland, CA

“Every song is a hit!”
      —Jim Passard, Alameda, CA

“Kept me smiling the whole drive home from Sebastopol,
except when I was tearing up at The Toast.
      —Beth Berkelhammer, San Francisco, CA
“Loving your new album!”
      —Lynn Hamilton, Monterey, CA

“Wonderful!”
      —Cheryl Tanasovich, Larkspur, CA

“You've always made great records Don;
CALIFORNIA SKIES
is no exception.”
      —David Nielsen, Santa Cruz, CA

 
 
 Click the thumbnails for info about the albums:
DON BURNHAM
California Skies
CD • RR395
$20 + $7 domestic shipping = $27
$20 + $18 int’l shipping = $38

DON BURNHAM
I Dreamed Count Basie Was A Cowboy
CD • RR99
$20 + $7 domestic shipping = $27
$20 + $18 int’l shipping = $38
 
LOST WEEKEND
Harbor Lights & Cowboy Blues
CD • RR101
$20 + $7 domestic shipping = $27
$20 + $18 int’l shipping = $38
LOST WEEKEND LIVE!
Swingin’ Out West
CD • RR120
$20 + $7 domestic shipping = $27
$20 + $18 int’l shipping = $38
DON BURNHAM
Apple and Google and Gold
3-song “EP” CD • RR49
$10 + $7 domestic shipping = $17
$10 + $18 int’l shipping = $28
   
 

 

CALIFORNIA SKIES, Don’s long-awaited new album was nearly finished on March 11, 2020 at Bellboy Recording Studios. Richmond, CA, when work was paused due to the health emergency. The record was mastered in June and released on July 1, 2020.

CALIFORNIA SKIES features a dozen favorites from Don’s songbag, with swinging performances from Don’s all-star band, THE BOLOS, and special quests.

 
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Don Burnham's acclaimed album I Dreamed Count Basie Was A Cowboy charted in the top ten Western Swing albums of 2011/12 (swinginwest.com).

A dozen original Don Burnham songs are performed with contemporary Western Swing stylings by the all-star Lost Weekend posse and special guests.

 
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  DON BURNHAM
I Dreamed Count Basie Was A Cowboy (RR99)
1. Go Man, Go!
2. I Can't Two-Step Houston Out Of My Mind
3. I Dreamed Count Basie Was A Cowboy
4. Fern Frond Boogie
5. Ms Busy
6. That's What I Love About You
7. Apple and Google and Gold
8. Ex Factor
9. A Dog's Life
10. Emmett
11. I Will Never Be Your Fool
12. Driving Lesson

Musicians:
Steel GuitarBobby Black
Lead Guitar—Mark Holzinger
Rhythm Guitar—Don Burnham
Fiddle—Paul Anastasio
Piano—Shota Osabe
Bass—Bing Nathan
Drums—Rick Alegria (all tracks except #12)
Drums—Trey Sabatelli on DRIVING LESSON
Reeds—Jim Rothermel
Trumpet—Dan Barrett
Trombone—Kevin Porter
Mandolin—Bob Applebaum
Backing Vocalists:
Chris O'Connell, Bernard Peyton, Tony Marcus,
Pamela Brandon, Rick Dougherty, Sarah Duckworth Burnham,
Barbara Corff, Mylos Sonka, Bobby Black
Arrangements:
Jim Rothermel, Paul Anastasio, Don Burnham
Producer—Don Burnham
Recording/Post-Production—Joel Jaffe, Studio D, Sausalito, CA

 
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LOST WEEKEND LIVE!
Swingin’ Out West (RR120)
21 Years of Western Swing
1. Twinkle Star
2. Swingin' Out West
3. Time Changes Everything
4. Carry Me Back To The Lone Prairie
5. My Window Faces the South
6. Rose Room
7. Yearning
8. Trouble in Mind
9. Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon
10. Blues for Dixie
11. Girls Go Crazy 'Bout The Way I Walk
12. Harbor Lights
13. Caravan
14. Redwing
Steel Guitar—Bobby Black, Vance Terry
Lead Guitar—Mark Holzinger, Jimmie Rivers, Clint Strong,
Chris Grampp
Rhythm Guitar—Don Burnham
Fiddle—Paul Anastasio, Kevin Wimmer, Jeremy Cohen
Piano—Doug Harman, Shota Osabe
Bass—Bing Nathan, Steven Strauss
Drums—John Brinck, "Buffalo Bill" Maginnis, Johnnie Cuviello
Mandolin—John Reischman, Johnny Gimble
Reeds—Jim Rothermel, Phil Howe
Cornet—Bob Schulz
Trumpet—Jack Minger
Trombone— Bob Mielke, Dan Barrett
Vocalists —Don Burnham, Laurie Lewis, Rick Dougherty,
Bruce Stelter, Bobby Black, Melissa Collard, Steven Strauss
Produced by—Don Burnham

LOST WEEKEND
Harbor Lights and Cowboy Blues (RR101)
1. Cowboy Blues
2. A Maiden's Prayer
3. Baby That Sure Would Go Good
4. New Panhandle Rag
5. South
6. Harbor Lights
7. Won't You Ride in My Little Red Wagon
8. What a Little Moonlight Can Do
9. Beaumont Rag
10. Dinah
11. You're OK
12.Jesusita/Jesse Polka
13. Take the "A" Train
14. Cowboy Waltz
15. Faded Love

Fiddle—Paul Anastasio, Kevin Wimmer
Steel Guitar—Bobby Black
Rhythm Guitar—Don Burnham
Lead Guitar—Mark Holzinger
Bass—Bing Nathan
Piano—Shota Osabe
Trombone—Kevin Porter
Reeds—Jim Rothermel
Drums—Trey Sabatelli
Cornet—Bob Schulz
Featured Vocalist—Melissa Collard
Vocal performances—Don Burnham, Bob Schulz,
Tony Marcus, Bobby Black
Arrangements—Jim Rothermel, Paul Anastasio, Kevin Wimmer,
Don Burnham
Produced by—Don Burnham

  Click to read Johnny Gimble's & Rich O'Brien's album notes for HARBOR LIGHTS AND COWBOY BLUES
 

   

DON BURNHAM
Special 3-song “EP” CD:
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Apple And Google And Gold (RR49)
1. Apple And Google And Gold
2. A Dog's Life
3. Driving Lesson

 


CALIFORNIA SKIES
was recorded and mixed at Bellboy Studios, Richmond, CA, Dave Bell, engineer. The album was mastered at Studio On The Hill,
San Francisco, CA, Joel Jaffe, engineer.

   
I DREAMED COUNT BASIE WAS A COWBOY was recorded, mixed, and mastered at Studio D Recording, Sausalito, CA, Joel Jaffe engineer, except APPLE AND GOOGLE AND GOLD and A DOG’S LIFE which were recorded, mixed and mastered at Bay Records, Berkeley, CA, Bob Shumaker, Engineer.

LOST WEEKEND LIVE! recorded by Lou Judson (Intuitive Audio) and Paul Kealoha Blake (East Bay Media Center).Mixed and mastered at Studio D Recording, Sausalito CA, Joel Jaffe engineer.

HARBOR LIGHTS AND COWBOY BLUES recorded and mixed at Studio D Recording, Sausalito, CA, Joel Jaffe engineer.