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Canadian country group, formed in King City, Ontario, in 1974, active to 1978, and then re-formed in 1982.

Formed as a trio in 1974 by Russell deCarle (vocals) and Keith Glass (guitar), formerly of the bluegrass group King City Slickers, joined by Dennis Delorme (pedal-steel guitar). This lineup that toured extensively and became favourites on the central Canada festival circuit, but released no recordings before breaking up in 1978.

The group reunited in 1982, joined by Joan Besen (vocals/keyboards), John P. Allen (fiddle/mandolin), and John Adames (drums). Drummer Bruce Moffet, formerly of the Corey Hart band, replaced Adames in 1986. Bohdan Hluszko became drummer in 1996, replaced by Charlie Cooley, formerly of Manteca (2), in 1998. The band went on hiatus in the early 2000s, returning with a new album 2006 that included John Adames on drums and percussion. At some point since they again went into indefinite hiatus, although various members continue to record and tour on their own.

ALBUMS


Prairie Oyster
One Kiss
2006, CD, Album, Open Road Recordings
Prairie Oyster
String Of Pearls - A Greatest Hits Collection
2000
Prairie Oyster
Canadian Sunrise
1998, CD, Single, Promo, Vik Recordings
Prairie Oyster
Past & Present
1998, CD, Comp, Promo, Vik Recordings, BMG Music Canada, ,
Country
Prairie Oyster
What Is This.... (5 Views Of Prairie Oyster)
1998, CD, Promo, Smplr, Vik Recordings
Prairie Oyster
What Is This Country
1998
Prairie Oyster
She Won't Be Lonely Long
1997, CD, Single, Promo, Arista
Prairie Oyster
Unbelievable Love
1996, CD, Single, Arista
Prairie Oyster
One Way Track
1996
Prairie Oyster
Blue Plate Special
1996, ,
Country
Prairie Oyster
Only One Moon
1995, CD, Single, Arista
Prairie Oyster
Such A Lonely One
1995, CD, Single, Promo, Arista
Prairie Oyster
Only One Moon
1994,
Prairie Oyster
One Precious Love
1991, 7", Single, RCA
Prairie Oyster With Russell deCarle
The Complete Prairie Oyster Radio Show (Everybody Knows)
1991, CD, Promo, BMG, RCA
Prairie Oyster
Will I Do (Till The Real Thing Comes Along)
1991
Prairie Oyster
Everybody Knows
1991, ,
Country
Prairie Oyster
Meet Me On The Corner
1990, 12", Single, Promo, RCA
Prairie Oyster
Goodbye, So Long, Hello
1990
Prairie Oyster
I Don't Hurt Anymore / But You Said
1990, ,
Country
Prairie Oyster
Different Kind Of Fire
1990
Prairie Oyster
You Got Away / Other Side Of Town
1987, 7", Single, Stony Plain Records
Prairie Oyster
(Will I Do) Till The Real Thing Comes Along / I'm Learning
1986, 7", Single, Stony Plain Records
Prairie Oyster
Man In The Moon
1986, 7", Single, Stony Plain Records
Prairie Oyster
Oyster Tracks
1986,
Prairie Oyster
Give It A Little More Time / Juke Joint Johnny
1984, 7", Single, 16th Avenue Records (2)
Prairie Oyster
Play Me Some Honky Tonk Music / Other Side Of Town
7", Single, Stony Plain Records
Prairie Oyster
Rain Rain
7", 16th Avenue Records (2)

APPEARANCES +


Cris Cuddy
Keep The Change / Nowhere Town
2003, 2xCD, Album, Vanishing Castle
Various
Country Heat 2000
1999, CD, Comp, S/Edition, BMG International
Willie P. Bennett
Heartstrings
1998, CD, Album, Bnatural Records
Libbi Bosworth
Outskirts Of You
1997, CD, Album, Freedom Records (9)
Various
Live From Dollar Bill's - Bootlegger's Legacy - Volume 2
2017, 4xCD, Dollar Bill's Apex Group,
Various
New Country Collection
2007, 3xCD, Comp, Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH, ,
Country
Various
Super 20 Super Country
2003, CD, Comp, Camden, ,
Country
Various
Country Club
2002, 2xCD, Comp, Copy Prot., Dig, BMG Ariola Media GmbH, ,
Country/Pop Rock/Country Rock
Various
Bound For Movin' On
2001, 2xCD, Comp, Ariola, ,
Country
Various
Country Heat 2001
2000, CD, Comp, Ariola, BMG Music Canada, ,
Country
Various
BMG Country Radio Compilation #5 - May 2000
2000, CD, Comp, Promo, BMG Music Canada, BMG Music Canada, ,
Country/Acoustic
Various
Promo Only Country Radio: July 2000
2000, CD, Comp, Promo, Promo Only
Various
The Brand New Twang
1999, CD, Comp, Promo, BMG Music Canada, Vik Recordings, RCA, Arista Nashville, ,
Country
Various
BMG Country Radio Compilation #65 - August 1999
1999, CD, Comp, Promo, BMG Music Canada, BMG Music Canada
Various
BMG Country Radio Compilation #63 - May 1999
1999, CD, Comp, Promo, BMG Music Canada, BMG Music Canada
Various
BMG Country Radio Compilation #67 - October 1999
1999, CD, Comp, Promo, BMG Music Canada, BMG Music Canada
Various
BMG Country Radio Compilation #61 - January 1999
1999, CD, Comp, Promo, BMG Music Canada, BMG Music Canada
Various
Country Heat 2000
1999, Cass, Comp, Ariola, BMG Music Canada, ,
Country
Various
Mr Music Country 1/98
1998, CD, Comp, Mr Music
Various
Country Heat 1998
1998, CD, Comp, BMG, Ariola
Various
Music City USA '98
1998, CD, Comp, BMG, ,
Country
Various
BMG Pop Promo CD Compilation #46 (October 1998)
1998, CD, Comp, M/Print, Promo, BMG Music Canada, ,
Country Rock/Ballad/Soft Rock/Pop Rock/Folk Rock/Europop/Contemporary R&B/RnB/Swing/Progressive House/Conscious/Power Pop/Alternative Rock/Hard Rock/Glam
Various
Country Heat 1998
1998, Cass, Comp, Ariola,
Various
BMG Country Radio Compilation #58 - October 1998
1998, CD, Comp, Promo, BMG Music Canada, BMG Music Canada
Various
Mr Music Country 8/97
1997, CD, Comp, Mr Music
Various
The Frontier Of Country (Volume Six)
1997, CD, Comp, Promo, Rounder Records
Various
The CMT/Maple Leaf Foods Fans' Choice Award
1997, CD, Comp, Promo, Canadian Country Music Association, ,
Country
Various
NFS Country Singles For Radio 37
1997, CD, Promo, Smplr, NFS (2)
Various
I'm with ViK
1997, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Vik Recordings
Various
CMT - Collection '97
1997, ,
Country
Various
That's Country My Friend!
1996, CD, Comp, Ariola, Marlboro Country Music, ,
Country
Various
20 Years Of Stony Plain
1996, 2xCD, Comp + Box, Stony Plain Records,
Various
BMG Sonic Boom (There Are No Sound Barriers)
1996, CD, Comp, Promo, BMG, BMG Music Canada Inc., ,
Blues Rock/Alternative Rock/Contemporary R&B/Ballad/Neo Soul/Euro House/Pop Rock/Chanson/Future Jazz/Conscious
Various
Warner Music Canada Promotional CD - Volume 288 - June 1996
1996, CD, Comp, Promo, Warner Music Canada, ,
Country/Soundtrack/Alternative Rock/Synth-pop/Contemporary R&B/Comedy/Reggae-Pop/Pop Rock/Soft Rock/Pop Rap/Eurodance/House
Various
BMG Country Radio Compilation # 42
1996, CD, Comp, Promo, BMG Music Canada INC.,
Various
NMT 82
1996, CD, Comp, Promo, Not On Label
Various
The Best Of Country Heat
1996, ,
Country
Various
Compact! 5+6/95
1995, CD, Comp, Promo, Ariola
Various
BMG Presents Hits On Video - Sommer/Herbst´95
1995, VHS, Promo, PAL, BMG, ,
Pop Rock/Electro/Synth-pop
Various
The 1995 Juno Awards Collection
1995, 2xCD, Comp, Promo, Canadian Academy Of Recording Arts And Sciences, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canadian Controlled Media Communications, ,
Soft Rock/Pop Rock/Alternative Rock/Country/Smooth Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Contemporary R&B/Euro House/Dancehall/Heavy Metal/Calypso/Gospel/Religious/Celtic/African/Modern Classical
Various
Today's Most Requested Country Love Songs '95
1995, CD, Comp, Quality
Various
Viva Nashvegas
1995, CD, Promo, Smplr, BMG Distribution
Various
The Greatest Music Herd Volume Thirty-One
1995, CD, Comp, Promo, BMG Music Canada Inc.
Various
The Greatest Music Herd Volume Thirty-Three
1995, CD, Comp, Promo, BMG Music Canada Inc., BMG
Various
The Greatest Music Herd Volume Thirty-Four
1995, CD, Comp, Promo, BMG Music Canada Inc., BMG
Various
Compact! 09/95
1995, CD, Comp, Promo, Ariola, ,
Electro
Various
du Maurier Concert Stage
1995, 3xCD, Album, Comp, du Maurier Ltd., du Maurier Ltd., du Maurier Ltd.
Various
Today's Country Gold '95
1995, CD, Comp, Quality Music (2), ,
Country
Various
Y105 Young Country
1995, CD, Comp, Promo, Arista, RCA Records Label, BNA Entertainment, BMG Music Canada INC., Musique BMG Du Canada Inc.
Various
Love Is… Reflections On Life And Love
1995, ,
Ballad/Soft Rock/Soul/Synth-pop/Country
Various
Country Heat 5
1995
Various
BMG Pop Promo CD Volume 67 (May 1994)
1994, CD, Comp, Promo, BMG, ,
Europop
Various
Today's Most Requested Country Love Songs '94
1994, Cass, Comp, Dol, Quality Music (2), ,
Country
Various
BMG Pop Promo CD - Volume 65 - March 1994
1994, CD, Comp, Promo, BMG Music Canada Inc., ,
Country/Contemporary R&B/Dance-pop/Smooth Jazz/Pop Rock/New Jack Swing/Blues Rock/Indie Rock/Soundtrack/Garage House
Various
The Greatest Music Herd Volume Twenty-Five
1994, CD, Comp, Promo, BMG, BMG Music Canada Inc., ,
Country
Various
The Greatest Music Herd Volume Twenty-Eight
1994, CD, Comp, Promo, BMG, BMG Music Canada Inc.
Various
RADIOLAND Your Country Connection
1994, Cass, Promo, Smplr, BMG Music Canada INC.
Various
Today's Most Requested Country Love Song's 94
1994, CD, Comp, Quality Music (2)
Various
Country Heat 4
1994, ,
Country
Various
Today's Country Gold '94
1994
Various
Huge Hits & Outrageous Opportunities
1993, 2xCD, Comp, Promo, BMG Canada, BMG, BMG, ,
Country/Breakbeat/Soul/Soft Rock/Folk Rock/Euro House/Country Rock/Smooth Jazz/House/Dance-pop/Europop/Ragga/Folk/Blues Rock/Chicago Blues/Dub/Roots Reggae/Hard Rock/Indie Rock/Ragga HipHop/Soul-Jazz/Swing
Various
Super Country '93
1993, CD, Album, Comp, Quality Music (2),
Various
Country Heat 3
1993
Various
The Greatest Music Herd ● One Hit After Anudder!
1993, ,
Country
Various
The BMG Collection 1992 Volume 1
1992, 3xCD, Comp, BMG Distribution,
Various
Artists On The Move
1992, CD, Comp, BMG, ,
Folk Rock/Country/Indie Rock/Alternative Rock/House/RnB/Swing/New Jack Swing
Various
The Greatest Music Herd - Volume Eleven
1992, CD, Comp, Promo, BMG
Various
HitDisc 934A
1992, CD, Promo, Smplr, TM Century, ,
Country
Various
1992 Juno Collection - The Night Canadian Music Comes Home
1992, 2xCD, Comp, Promo, Not On Label, ,
Acoustic/Country
Various
The Greatest Music Herd Volume Nine
1992, CD, Comp, Promo, BMG
Various
The Greatest Music Herd Volume Fourteen
1992, CD, Comp, Promo, BMG, ,
Country
Various
Catalogue Is Not Old Hat - BMG In-Store Sampler
1992, 2xCD, Comp, BMG Music
Various
More Country Heat
1992
Various
Mr Music Country 7•92
1992, ,
Country
Various
Country Moo-vers
1992
Various
All Star Christmas
1992
Various
BMG Mainstream Compilation Video
1991, VHS, Comp, Promo, NTSC, Not On Label, ,
Alternative Rock/Pop Rock/Blues Rock/Country/Pop Rap/RnB/Swing/Hip Hop/Hard Rock/Synth-pop
Various
BMG Pop Promo Volume 12
1991, CD, Comp, Promo, BMG Music Canada
Various
RCA Single Releases 1991 Vol.2
1991, CD, Single, Promo, RCA
Various
Collected Works - 15 Years Of Stony Plain Music
1991, 2xCD, Comp, Stony Plain Records,
Various
BMG Fall/Winter Line Up 1991 Sampler CD
1991, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, BMG, ,
Hard Rock/Techno/Pop Rock/Blues Rock/Country/Synth-pop/Pop Rap/Jazzdance/Dance-pop/Hip-House
Various
The Greatest Music Herd Volume Five
1991, CD, Comp, Promo, BMG
Various
HitDisc 918A
1991, CD, Smplr, TM Century
Various
Juno Awards Twentieth Anniversary (The Official 1991 Collection)
1991, 2xCD, Comp, Promo, Not On Label, ,
Indie Rock/Soft Rock/Pop Rock/Blues Rock/Country/Country Rock/Baroque/Folk Rock/Hard Rock/Modern/Story/Dance-pop/Prog Rock/Contemporary Jazz/Hip-House/Calypso/Roots Reggae
Various
Lassoes 'N Spurs CD Comp. #10 - January 1991
1991, CD, Comp, Promo, BMG Music Canada Inc.
Various
Dedicated To Excellence
1991, CD, Comp, Promo, BMG
Various
Country Heat
1991
Various
The Greatest Music Herd
1991
Various
ET Country February 1990
1990, VHS, Comp, Promo, ETV Network
Various
BMG Promo CD Volume 1 (1990)
1990, CD, Comp, Promo, BMG Music Canada
Various
Lassoes 'N Spurs (Volume One)
1990, Cass, Comp, Promo, Country 105 CKRY FM
Various
The Best Of Today's Country - CISN FM 104
1990, Cass, Comp, Promo, RCA, BMG Music
Various
Lassoes 'N Spurs Recapping The Hits
1990, Cass, Comp, Promo, RCA
Various
Lassoes 'N Spurs - Volume One
1990, CD, Promo, Smplr, BMG Music Canada INC., ,
Country
Various
Lassoes N Spurs Volume Three
1990, CD, Promo, Smplr, Cou, Lassoes 'N Spurs (2), BMG Music Canada INC.
Various
Home For The Holidays
1990
Various
A Season Of Harmony
1990
Various
Real Country
1988
Various
The Juno Awards Collection 1987
1987, CD, Album, Promo, Not On Label, ,
Pop Rock/Soft Rock/Country Rock/Country/Synth-pop/Ballad/Dance-pop/Contemporary R&B/Reggae/Classical/Modern/Romantic
Various
The Juno Awards Collection 1986
1986, CD, Comp, Promo, Juno Awards
Various
Birthday Present - The 10th Anniversary Stony Plain Sampler
1986, 2xLP, Comp, Smplr, Stony Plain Records,
Various
Power Vision - Amerikanische Nacht
CD, Comp, BMG, Marlboro Country Music, ,
Country
Various
640 CFGM Country: Canada's Hottest Tracks
Cass, Comp, 640 CFGM Country,
Various
This Is Your Country
Cass, Comp, Promo, Dol, Canadian Country Music Association