Tom Jans "The Eyes Of An Only Child" (1975) -Contemporary Folk / Country Rock-

Label : CBS, Inc.

 Side 1

01 - Gotta Move° (Tom Jans & Lowell George)
02 - Once Before I Die (Tom Jans)
03 - Where Did All Did All My Good Friends Go? (Tom Jans)
04 - Inside Of You (Tom Jans)
05 - Struggle In Darkness (Tom Jans)

Side 2

01 - Out Of Hand (Tom Jans & J. Barry)
02 - The Lonesome Way Back When (Tom Jans)
03 - Lonely Brother (Tom Jans)
04 - Directions And Connections (Tom Jans)
05 - The Eyes Of An Only Child (Tom Jans)


Produced by John Haeny & Tom Jans
Executive Producer : Lowell George
Engineered by John Haeny 

Sunset Sound

Musicians :
Piano : Tom Jans, Bill Payne

Bass : Colin Cameron, Chuck Rainey

Acoustic Guitars : Fred Tackett, Tom Jans, Lowell George, Jesse Ed Davis

Electric Guitars : Fred Tackett, Tom Jans, David Lindley, Jery McGee

Slide : David Lindley

Drums : Jeff Porcaro, Jim Keltner, Harvey Mason

Background vocals : Valerie Carter, Lovely Hardy, Herb Pedersen

Organ : Mike Utley

Congas : Sam Clayton

"Struggle In Darkness" / Arr. & Moog by Bill Payne

Engineered by George Massenburg°

Sound Factory West

Ass. Engineer : Paul Black

Tom Jans "Dark Blonde" (1976) -Contemporary Folk / Soft Rock-

  

 Label : CBS, Inc.

 Side 1

01 - Ready To Roll (Tom Jans)
02 - Why Don't You Love Me (Tom Jans & Scott Shelby)
03 - Bluer Than You (Tom Jans)
04 - Fineline (Tom Jans)
05 - Distant Cannon Fire (Tom Jans)

Side 2

01 - Young Man In Troubel (Tom Jans)
02 - Rosarita (Tom Jans)
03 - Back On My Feet Again (Tom Jans)
04 - Starlight (Tom Jans)


Kelly Shanahan : Drums

Kerry Hatch : Bass, Vocals

Jerry Swallow : Guitars, Slide Acoustic

Scott Shelly : Guitars, Slide, Piano

Tom Jans : Guitar, Piano

Produced by Joe Wissert
Engineer : Tom Perry

"Dark Blonde"... many brought a special madness which gave strength...

Rhythm & grace was provided bye one Fred Tackett on Guitar

David Paich & Mike Utley played Piano & Organ on "Distant Cannon Fire" & "Why Don't You Love Me" met Moog & Arp were brought to a fineline by Bill Payne & Ernie Watts played Sax on "Why Don't You Love Me"

Valerie Carter sang tongue-in-cheeh

Nick DeCaro did the Strings for "Starlight"

Mimi Farina & Tom Jans "Take Heart" (1971) -Folk Rock / Contemporary Folk-

Label : A&M Records

 1

01 - Carolina (Tom Jans)
02 - Charlotte (Mimi Farina)
03 - Kings And Queens (Mimi Farina & Tom Jans)
04 - The Great White Horse (Buck Owens & Leanne Scott)
05 - Reach Out (For Chris Ross) (Mimi Farina)

2

01 - Madman (Mimi Farina & Tom Jans)
02 - In The Quiet Morning (For Janis Joplin) (Mimi Farina)
03 - Letter To Jesus (Mimi Farina)
04 - After The Sugar Harvest (Mimi Farina & Tom Jans)
05 - No Need To Be Lonely (Tom Jans)


Produced by Michael Jackson
Engineer : Henry Lewy 


1

01 - Carolina

Tom Jans : Guitar & Vocal
Mimi Farina : Guitar & Vocal
Craig Doerge : Piano
Jim Keltner : Drums
Leland 'Lee' Sklar : Electric Bass

02 - Charlotte

Mimi Farina : Guitar & Vocal
Tom Jans : Guitar
Emil Richards : Percussion
Leland 'Lee' Sklar : Electric Bass
Edgar Lusgarten : Cello

03 - Kings And Queens

Mimi Farina : Guitar & Vocal
Tom Jans : Guitar & Vocal
Craig Doerge : Piano
Russ Kunkel : Drums
Leland 'Lee' Sklar : Electric Bass

04 - The Great White Horse

Mimi Farina : Guitar & Vocal
Tom Jans : Guitar & Vocal
Sneaky Pete Kleinow : Pedal Steel Guitar
Leland 'Lee' Sklar : Electric Bass

05 - Reach Out (For Chris Ross)

Mimi Farina : Guitar & Vocal
Tom Jans : Guitar & Vocal
Leland 'Lee' Sklar : Electric Bass
Craig Doerge : Piano & Organ

2

01 - Madman

Mimi Farina : Guitar & Vocal
Tom Jans : Guitar & Vocal
Craig Doerge : Piano
Jim Keltner : Drums & Percussion
Leland 'Lee' Sklar : Electric Bass
Emil Richards : Tambourine

02 - In The Quiet Morning (For Janis Joplin)

Mimi Farina : Guitar & Vocal
Tom Jans : Guitar & Vocal
Craig Doerge : Piano
Leland 'Lee' Sklar : Electric Bass

03 - Letter To Jesus

Mimi Farina : Guitar & Vocal
Tom Jans : Guitar & Vocal
Craig Doerge : Piano
Jim Keltner : Drums
Leland 'Lee' Sklar : Electric Bass

04 - After The Sugar Harvest

Mimi Farina : Guitar
Tom Jans : Guitar

05 - No Need To Be Lonely

Tom Jans : Guitar & Vocal
Mimi Farina : Guitar & Vocal
Craig Doerge : Acoustic & Electric Piano
Edgar Lusgarten : Cello
Leland 'Lee' Sklar : Electric Bass
Russ Kunkel : Drums

Tom Jans "Champion" (1982) -Westcoast Rock-

 Label : CBS, Inc. / Pony Canyon Stereo

 Side One

01 - When The Rebel Comes Home (Tom Jans)
02 - There's A Champion On My Side (Tom Jans, K. Oda & Don Grusin)
03 - I Miss Your Harmony (Tom Jans & Richard Kerr)
04 - Chambers Of The Heart (Tom Jans)
05 - Working Out (Tom Jans)

Side Two

01 - Cool (Tom Jans & Don Grusin)
02 - Southern Belle (Tom Jans, Bill Wray & Valerie Carter)
03 - Lost In Your Eyes (Tom Jans & Scott Shelly)
04 - Visions (Tom Jans)
05 - Mother's Eye (Tom Jans)


Produced by Don Grusin
Executive Producer : Toshi Endo
Engineers : Gary Skardina, Al Schmitt, Rick Ruggeri (Tracks 01-04 & Tracks 07-09), Joseph Laux (Tracks 01, 05 & Tracks 07-09), Steve Williams (Piano & Strings on Tracks 02-05) & Don Murray (Overdub Engineering)
Principal Recording & Mixing at Music Grinder Studio, Los Angeles, Calif.
Additional Recording at Sound Lab, Los Angeles, Calif., Groupe IV, Hollywood, Calif. & Yamaha Studios, Glendale, Calif.
Additional Mixing at Cherokee Studio Hollywood, Calif. 

All Lead vocals by Tom Jans
Arrangements by Don Grusin
"Chambers Of The Heart" Arranged by Tom Jans & Bill Payne

Side One

01 - When The Rebel Comes Home

Keyboards : Don Grusin
Bass Guitar : Leland 'Lee' Sklar
Drums : Carlos Vega
Guitars : Fred Tackett & Lee Ritenour
Percussion : Steve Forman
Background vocals : Jeff Osborne, Richard Kerr & Kate Markowitz

02 - There's A Champion On My Side

Keyboards : Don Grusin
Bass Guitar : Ken Wild
Drums : Carlos Vega
Guitars : Fred Tackett & Lee Ritenour
Sax : Ernie Watts

03 - I Miss Your Harmony

Piano : Richard Kerr
Bass Guitar : Bob Glaub
Drums : Carlos Vega
Acoustic Guitar : Fred Tackett  
Synthesizers : Don Grusin
Percussion : Steve Forman
Background vocals : Jeff Osborne & Kate Markowitz

04 - Chambers Of The Heart

Keyboards : Bill Payne
Bass Guitar : David Hungate
Acoustic Guitars : Fred Tackett & Tom Jans
Electric Guitar : Paul Barrere
Drums : Jeff Porcaro
Strings : Steve Porcaro
Percussion : Jeff Porcaro
Background vocals : Valerie Carter
Concert Master : Sid Sharp
Track Recorded by Al Schmitt

05 - Working Out

Keyboards : Don Grusin
Bass Guitar : Leland 'Lee' Sklar
Drums : Carlos Vega
Guitars : Fred Tackett
Lead Guitar : Lee Ritenour
Background vocals : Jeff Osborne, Richard Kerr & Kate Markowitz

Side Two

01 - Cool

Keyboards : Don Grusin
Bass Guitar : Ken Wild
Drums : Carlos Vega
Guitars : Fred Tackett
Sax : Ernie Watts
Background vocals : Jeff Osborne, Richard Kerr & Kate Markowitz 

02 - Southern Belle

Keyboards : Don Grusin
Bass Guitar : Leland 'Lee' Sklar
Drums : Carlos Vega
Acoustic Guitars : Fred Tackett & Tom Jans
Slide Guitar : Fred Tackett
Percussion : Steve Forman
Background vocals : Kate Markowitz & Tom Jans
Crickets, Whippe Will & Mourning Dove : The Ten Boys

03 - Lost In Your Eyes

Bass Guitar : Ken Wild
Drums : Carlos Vega
Acoustic Guitar : Fred Tackett
Synthesizers : Don Grusin
Background vocals : Tom Jans

04 - Visions

Keyboards : Bill Payne
Bass Guitar : David Hungate
Drums : Jeff Porcaro
Acoustic Guitars : Fred Tackett & Tom Jans
Electric Guitars : Paul Barrere & Steve Lukather
Synthesizer : Steve Porcaro
Percussion : Victor Feldman
Background vocals : Jeff Osborne, Richard Kerr & Kate Markowitz
Track Recorded by Al Schmitt & Rick Ruggeri

05 - Mother's Eye

Keyboards : Don Grusin
Background vocals : Kate Markowitz 
Concert Master : Jerry Vinci
Acoustic Guitar : Lee Ritenour

Tom Jans "Tom Jans" (1974) -Country Rock / Contemporary Folk-

Label : A&M Records

 1

01 - Margarita (Tom Jans)
02 - Old Time Feeling (Tom Jans)
03 - Tender Memory (Tom Jans)
04 - Slippin' Away (Troy Seals)
05 - Green River (Tom Jans)

2

01 - Blue Sky Rider (Tom Jans)
02 - Loving Arms (Tom Jans)
03 - Free And Easy (Tom Jans)
04 - Meet Me At The Border? (Jackie DeShannon)
05 - Hart's Island (Tom Jans)


Produced by Mentor Williams, Third Son Productions for T.J. Productions
Strings Arranged by Mike Leech
Background vocals : Mentor Williams
Recorded at Quadrafonics Studios, Nashvlille, Tennessee
Engineered by Gene Eichelberger
Mastered at A&M Records, Los Angeles by Bernie Grundman & Mentor Williams


1

01 - Margarita

Tom Jans : Piano
Lonnie Mack, Troy Seals : Acoustic Guitars
Reggie Young : Electric Guitar
David Briggs : Organ
Mike Leech : Bass
Kenny Malone : Drums & Vibes

02 - Old Time Feeling

Tom Jans : Guitar
Lonnie Mack, Troy Seals : Acoustic Guitar
Reggie Young : Electric Guitar
David Briggs : Piano
Mike Leech : Bass
Kenny Malone : Drums

03 - Tender Memory

Tom Jans, Lonnie Mack : Acoustic Guitars
Reggie Young : Electric Guitar
Weldon Myrick : Steel Guitar
Mike Leech : Bass
Kenny Malone : Drums
David Briggs : Organ

04 - Slippin' Away

Lentor Williams, Lonnie Mack : Acoustic Guitars
Reggie Young : Electric Guitar
Weldon Myrick : Steel Guitar
David Briggs : Piano
Mike Leech : Bass
Kenny Malone : Drums

05 - Green River

Tom Jans, Lonnie Mack, Troy Seals : Acoustic Guitars
Reggie Young : Electric Guitar
David Briggs : Electric Piano
Mike Leech : Bass
Kenny Malone : Drums

2

01 - Blue Sky Rider

Tom Jans : Piano
David Briggs : Organ
Lonnie Mack, Troy Seals : Acoustic Guitars
Mike Leech : Bass
Kenny Malone : Drums
Weldon Myrick : Steel Guitar

02 - Loving Arms

Tom Jans, Troy Seals : Acoustic Guitars
Reggie Young : Electric Guitar
Weldon Myrick : Steel Guitar
Mike Leech : Bass
David Briggs : Organ & Piano
Kenny Malone : Drums

03 - Free And Easy

Tom Jans, Troy Seals, Lonnie Mack : Acoustic Guitars
Reggie Young : Electric Guitar
Norm Rea : Saxophone
David Briggs : Piano
Kenny Malone : Drums
Mike Leech : Bass

04 - Meet Me At The Border?

Tom Jans, Lonnie Mack, Troy Seals : Acoustic Guitars
Reggie Young : Sitar
Kenny Malone : Drums & Percussion
Mike Leech : Bass
David Briggs : Piano

05 - Hart's Island

Tom Jans, Troy Seals, Reggie Young, Lonnie Mack : Acoustic Guitars
Weldon Myrick : Dobro
David Briggs : Electric Piano
Kenny Malone : Percussion & Bells
Mike Leech : Bass