John Herdt Discography
To hear selected tunes from these albums and more check out my Music page.
ICE WATER (2024)
1. Ice Water
2. Jamboree
3. Freeze
4. Carousel Pony
5. Monsters In Love
6. Stained Glass
7. Train Stories
8. Blackbeard’s Mirror
9. Alright Already
10. Making Time
11. New Year
12. Highway Was a River
John Herdt: Guitars, bass, keyboards and drum programming
DESERT RADIO (2022)
1. Alien Planet
2. Not So Long Ago
3. Addenbrooke
4. Cant Not Dance
5. Montrose County Line
6. Cuchulainn
7. Neon or Not
8. Going Dark
9. Another Door Opens
10. Riff Raff
11. Singularity
12. Desert Radio
John Herdt: Guitars, bass, keyboards and drum programming
PLACES WE LOVED (2019)
1. Delena Alley
2. Country Home
3. Shotgun Willy
4. Reality Check
5. We Can Make It
6. Dirt Road to Delta
7. Paradox Valley
8. Places We Loved
9. Meanwhile
10. Six Mile
11. As Far as the Eye Can See
12. Sunrise at Sterling
John Herdt: Guitar, keyboards, bass
Wally Z: Drums
THE WINTER CANDLE (2017)
1. Billie From Biloxi
2. Breakfast With Babbitt
3. Lester Makes Good
4. New Sheriff
5. Old Paint
6. Santa Fe
7. Second Nature
8. Shaken Not Stirred
9. Spanky Was a Dreamer
10. The Caper
11. The Winter Candle
12. To the Far Hill
John Herdt: Guitar, bass, drum programming
HORIZON MILES (2013)
1. Edge Walking
2. In the Moment
3. Because I Said So
4. Ten Paces
5. Wicked Rag Doll
6. Easy As She Goes
7. Funky Skunk
8. Horizon Miles
9. Finished for the Last Time
10. Alter Ego
11. Eleven Eleven
12. Until We Meet Again
John Herdt: Guitar
Wally Z: Drums
David Givens: Bass
Ron Cameron: Vocals on 5 and 12
OCTOBER SKY (2011)
1. Busted
2. October Sky
3. Not Nearly So Bad
4. Sock Monkey
5. See The Other Side
6. Unicorn Rodeo
7. Crying Shame
8. Wishful Thinking
9. Freedom Walk
10. Sonoran Sunset
11. In For A Penny
12. That’s Cool
John Herdt: Guitars, bass, percussion
Wally Z: Drums, vocals
Tommy Stephenson: Keyboards on 1
SHADOW FADES AWAY (2009)
1. Light My Way
2. Mr. Marshall
3. Licorice
4. Three Riders
5. Love Garage
6. Pick Me Up
7. Rock Dust
8. Jack Death
9. Leaving In September
10. Losing It
11. I Feel No Pain
12. Shadow Fades Away
13. Spoke Too Soon
14. Wistful
John Herdt: Guitars, bass, harmonica
Wally Z: Drums, vocals
ACROSS THE BORDER (2006)
1. Eleventh Hour
2. The Messenger
3. Less I Know
4. The Touch
5. Too Many Hands
6. Baby Blues
7. Save Yourself
8. Across the Border
9. Rum Runner
10. Home Sick Lilly
11. Sundown Couldn’t Help
12. Funkicide
John Herdt: Guitars, bass, harmonica, vocals
Wally Z: Drums, percussion, vocals
GATHER (2004)
1. Mountain Town
2. Comatose
3. Brass Ball Concert Hall
4. I’ll Just Make You Cry
5. Hit It
6. Valentino
7. Never Never
8. One More Chance
9. Twilight
10. Rude Bayou
11. With Then Without You
12. Goodbye
John Herdt: All instruments, vocals, drum programming
Bobby Berge: Drums on 1, 3, 4, 7 and 11
Wally Z: Drums on 5, 9 and 10
MADHOUSE (2002)
1. Next Train to Heaven
2. Art Rock
3. Automotive Bulb
4. Gettin’ Betta
5. Taxi Ride
6. Sexual Tiger
7. Impersonations
8. Blue One
9. Confucius
10. Rapaccini’s Daughter
11. Rocking Girl
12. Rude Bayou
13. French Cafe
14. Thurmon’s Blues
15. Back Off Baby
16. More the Fool I
John Herdt: Guitar, vocals
Dave Marsh: Bass 2, 8, 11
Dave Zimmerman: Drums 2, 8, 11
Larry Cardenas: Bass 4, 12
Jeff Ritter: Drums 4
Ken Lark: Drums 12
Randy George: Bass 9
Dan Lile: Drums 9
INNUENDO (2000)
1. Your Heart Beats Free for Me
2. Something Don’t Feel Right
3. Melt Away
4. Fool Come Around
5. Eleven Ways From Sunday
6. Spinner
7. Sinister Plan
8. El Romantico
9. Party It Up Till Armageddon
10. Toss It Off
11. If Nothing Else
John Herdt: All instruments, vocals, drum programming
Larry Blackburn: Drums on “Eleven Ways From Sunday”
WIDE OPEN SPACES (1999)
1. Little Story
2. Reckoning
3. Gina’s Black Boots
4. Eye of the Beholder
5. Wide Open Spaces
6. Nothing Like Forever
7. Day at the Fair
8. 16th Street
9. Storage Unit of Love
10. You Never Know
11. Buzz Factor
12. Antigua
13. Crash Dive
14. Hope Springs Eternal
John Herdt: All instruments, vocals, drum programming
Dan Lile: Drums on 2 and 13
Dick Ramada: Vocals on 4
SIDELONG GLANCE (1997)
1. Believe Me
2. You Call It
3. Still Waters
4. You’re the One
5. Serious Jones
6. Question of Time
7. Country Boy Gone to Town
8. Phantom Organa
9. Take That
10. Dangerous
11. Poudre Canyon
12. Stealing Second
13. Over My Head
14. Believe Me (Reprise)
15. Tiger Stripes
John Herdt: All instruments, vocals, drum programming
Sean Hedgecock: Second guitar on 9 and 10
MIRAGE LIVE IN EVERGREEN 1984
1. Zip City
2. Jake
3. The Mash
4. Moon Tune
5. Country Jam
6. Dr. Matrix
7. Animal Behavior
8. Hambone Express
9. Synthetic Men
10. Put It This Way (Colosseum II cover)
11. Hot Pursuit
12. Nawlins
John Herdt: Guitar
Steve VanDewater: Guitar
Paul Molnar: Bass
Mike Mixter: Drums
CD released 1998
CHAPARRAL (1996)
1. Moon Tune
2. ’32 Ford
3. Zip City (combined live versions)
4. Slipstream
5. I’ve Been Thinking
6. Fathoms
7. Blues Jam From 1980
8. Ace in the Hole
9. Going Postal
10. Donna Didn’t Say Goodbye
11. Road’s Fork
12. Jake ’89
13. El Romantico
14. I Can’t Tell You, Baby
15. Boys Night Out
All instruments, vocals and drum programming by John Herdt except for contributions on some tunes which are listed in the booklet.
RIP CITY (1995)
1. Fell Into the Flood
2. Anything to Say
3. Shouldn’t Be So Happy
4. If Nothing Else
5. Got Onto Me
6. Stallionette
7. I Can’t See the Light
8. Air Reality
9. I Can’t Complain
10. I Ought to Believe
11. Antigua
12. If It Wasn’t for the Longing
13. Prairie Wind
John Herdt: All instruments, vocals, drum programming
Dan Lile: Drums on 5, 8, 10 and 12
END OF THE TALE (1994)
Hand made cassettes for friends only. Some tracks appeared on my first CD, Rip City, in 1995.
SIDE A:
1. If It Wasn’t for the Longing
2. I Ought to Believe
3. Air Reality
4. Got Onto Me
5. Dangerous Dan
6. I Can’t Complain
7. Dastardly Derrick
SIDE B
1. Jake ’94
2. Crash Dive
3. Over My Head
4. Esther’s #7
5. Reckoning
6. Trance Formation
John Herdt: Guitars, vocals, bass, harmonica, drum programming
Dan Lile: Drums A1, A2, A3, A4
ROULETTE (1993)
Hand made cassettes for friends only.
SIDE A:
1. Slipstream
2. Key Mariah, Part I
3. Who’s to Say
4. Don’t Know How to Love
5. No Sweat Solo
6. Looking for RJ
7. Fathoms
SIDE B
1. Afterburn
2. Acoustic Blues Jam
3. Hope Springs Eternal
4. The Spy
5. Key Mariah, Part II
6. Roulette
7. The Deep of Winter
John Herdt: Guitars, vocals, bass, drum programming
Steve VanDewater: Second guitar B2, B7
Dan Lile: Drums A2
Larry Blackburn: Drums B6
SOLITAIRE (1992)
Hand made cassettes for friends only.
SIDE A:
1. Just a Question of Time
2. Bijou Pleasurette (Michael Schenker cover)
3. Blues Jam 1980
4. Prairie Wind
5. Rappaccini’s Daughter
6. Rude Bayou
7. Voice o’ Doom Pt. 1
8. Jake
9. Voice o’ Doom Pt. 2
SIDE B
1. Stealing Second
2. Poudre Canyon
3. Teeth Dreams
4. Duel
5. If Nothing Else
6. Put It This Way (Gary Moore/Colosseum II cover)
John Herdt: Guitars, vocals, bass, drum programming
OTHER RECORDINGS FEATURING JOHN HERDT
CAROL HAHN
INTO THE NIGHT single (2009). I played lead guitar on radio edit and club mix versions of Wesley King’s remix of Carol’s 1983 hit.
THE BOBBY BERGE PROJECT LIVE AT THE 2006 TOMMY BOLIN MUSIC FESTIVAL
Recorded live at the 2006 Tommy Bolin Music Festival in Sioux City, Iowa. Drums: Bobby Berge, Vocals: David Hare, Guitar and Vocals: Gary Gunderson, Guitar: John Herdt, Bass: Sam Irish, Baritone Sax: David Napier.
THE BOBBY BERGE BAND LIVE AT THE 2002 TOMMY BOLIN MUSIC FESTIVAL
Recorded live at the 2002 Tommy Bolin Music Festival in Sioux City, Iowa, featuring the music of Tommy Bolin exclusively. Drums: Bobby Berge, Vocals: David Hare, Guitar: John Herdt, Bass: Sam Irish, Baritone Sax: David Napier, Alto Sax: John Birch.
WITH THE KOOKS
JOEL’S BIRTHDAY PARTY album (2002). Played all of the electric guitar parts.
WITH THE TUNESMITHS
LIVE AT MISHAWAKA album (2000). Played second guitar on a live club recording.
WITH THE MNEMONIST ORCHESTRA (later known as Mnemonists, then Biota)
MNEMONIST ORCHESTRA DYS 01 (1979). Wrote and played all of the electric guitar parts.
SOME ATTRIBUTES OF A LIVING SYSTEM (1980). Wrote and played electric guitar parts on some of the material.