The Great Vicki Peterson Discography

*The following is a compiled list of every release Vicki Peterson has appeared on outside the Bangles.

The Psycho Sisters

1. Timberline -( S. Cowsill/V. Peterson) (1992)Not widely released, though some airplay on radio.
-b/w: This Painting(V.Peterson)

* Recorded on the S.O.L. Records label.

** Produced and arranged by Peter Holsapple.

2. Psycho Sisters (Debut Album) - The Psycho Sisters have been working on a CD for well over 15 years! The first sessions were in 1992 and the duo have done additional recording in 1996, 1998, and 2001. Rumor has it Kevin Salem was at he board for those sessions. Despite this, we only have a hint of what might be on this CD through the rare Psycho Sisters shows that have cropped up here and there. Vicki tells us NOT TO GIVE UP on a Psycho Sisters CD. We aren't, we just can't wait and wanna know when we will see it! ;)

"Double Date"

While playing in the club scene in the early 1990s. Vicki Peterson and Susan Cowsill, the Psycho Sisters would be backed up on stage by Vicki's then boyfriend Gary Eaton on guitar, and Susan Cowsill's then fiance Peter Holsapple on bass. This cool little incarnation went onstage billing themselves Double Date...er...well. because both couples were on a musical... um... Double Date.

Together with Giant Sand's drummer John Covertino, the quarted recorded two songs for the Thirteen Years of Loosing Money" box set of 45" singles - released on Granstanka Records. The two songs were "Farmer's Daughter" and "Stoned Soul Picnic." (Songs originally by Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys and songstress Laura Nyro respectively.) The two song set was recorded and produced by Vicki's brother, Dave Peterson. Incidentally, "Farmer's Daughter" would become a sometime part of the Continental Drifters shows in later years.

The Continental Drifters

Albums:

1. Nineteen Ninety Three


Label: Blue Rose Records (As of 2003) Original recording 1992/1993.
Producer: Peter Holsapple Release Date: Scheduled for May 5th

Track Listing:

1. The Mississippi - (Nuccio/Granucheau)
2. Dallas - (Eaton)
3. Side Steppn' the Fire - (Nuccio)
4. Invisible Boyfriend (Original version) - (Holsapple)
5. Here I Am - (Nuccio)
6. Match Made In Heaven - (Eaton)
7. No One Cares - (Granucheau)
8. Mr. Everything - (Eaton)
9. I Didn't Want To Lie - (Ganucheau)
10. Karen A - (Nuccio)
11. Green - (Eaton)
12. New York(Original version) - (Nuccio)
13.Let It Ride - (Eaton)

*Additional background vocals, "Match Made I Heaven", "Dallas" and "The Mississippi" by The Psycho Sisters. (Vicki Peterson and Susan Cowsill.)

Band Lineup:

Gary Eaton - Electric/Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
Ray Ganucheau - Electric Guitar, Vocals
Carlo Nuccio - Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
Mark Walton - Bass, Vocals
Peter Holsapple - Misc instruments, Vocals

*Shortly after the record was recorded, Gary Eaton and Ray Ganucheau left the band and were replaced by Vicki Peterson and Susan Cowsill. The band recorded two additional tracks, "Rain Song" and "Who We Are" in anticipation of this album being released and including Vicki and Susan. In the end, the disc was shelved and the original versions of those songs remain unreleased. (Though both would be included on the Drifters second album, Vermilion.)

2. Continental Drifters

Released: September 1994
Label: Monkey Hill Records.
Producers: The Continental Drifters
Released: September 1994 (Re-released and remastered on Razor & Tie Records Jan 15th 2001)

Track Listing:

1. Get Over It - (Walton)
2. Invisible Boyfriend - (Holsapple)
3. Highway Of The Saints - ( McLaughlin)
4. Mezzanine - (Nuccio)
5. Mixed Messages -(Peterson)
6. I Can't Make It Alone - (Goffen-King)
7. Soul Deep - (Thompson)
8. Some of Shelly's Blues - ( Nesmith)
9. New York - (Nuccio)
10. Desperate Love - ( Cowsill)
11. A Song For You - (Parsons)

Band Lineup:

Susan Cowill - Acoustic Guitar/Vocals
Peter Holsapple - Misc Instruments/Vocals
Vicki Peterson - Electric Guitar/Vocals
Carlo Nuccio - Drums,Acoustic Guitar/Vocals
Mark Walton - Bass/Vocals
Robert Mache - Electric & Acoustic, Slide Guitar/Vocals

3. Vermilion

Label: Blue Rose Records (Germany) Razor & Tie Records (USA)
Producers: The Continental Drifters
Release Date: May 18th 1998 (Germany) US release: October 1999

Track Listing:

1. The Rain Song - (Cowsill/Peterson)
2. Drifters - (Cowsill/Holsapple)
3. The Way of the World - (Cowsill/Peterson)
4. Don't Do What I Did - (Holsapple)
5. Spring Day in Ohio - (Cowsill)
6. Watermark - (Peterson)
7. I Want To Learn To Waltz With You - (Holsapple)
8. Meet Me In The Middle - (Holsapple)
9. Heart, Home - (Mache)
10. Darlin' Darlin' - (Holsapple)
11. Christopher Columbus Transcontinental Highway - (Peterson)
12. Who We Are, Where We Live - (Peterson)
13. Daddy Just Wants It To Rain - (Holsapple)
14. Anything - (Holsapple/Peterson)

Band Lineup:

Susan Cowsill - Acoustic Guitar/Vocals
Vicki Peterson - Electric & Acoustic Guitar/Vocals
Russ Broussard - Drums, Percussion, Rubboard/Vocals
Peter Holapple - Misc Instruments/Vocals
Robert Mache - Electric, Acoustic, Slide Guitar/Vocals
Mark Walton - Bass, Vocals

5. Better Day

Label: Blue Rose Records (Germany)/ Razor & Tie Records(USA)
Released: June 5th 2001

Track Listing:

1. Na Na - (V. Peterson)
2. Better Day (Tomorrow's Gonna Be) - (M. Walton)
3. Live On Love - (P. Holsapple)
4. Long Journey Home - (V. Peterson)
5. Cousin - (S. Cowsill)
6. Too Little,Too Late - (P. Holsapple)
7. Snow - (S. Cowsill)
8. That Much A Fool 0 (V. Peterson)
9. Someday - (S. Cowsill)
10. (Down By The) Great Mistake - (P. Holsapple)
11. Peaceful Waking - (S. Cowsill/R. Broussard)
12. Where Does The Time Go? - (P. Holsapple)

Band Lineup:

Susan Cowsill - Bass, Acoustic Guitar/Vocals
Vicki Peterson - Electric Guitar/Vocals
Russ Broussard - Drums, Percussion/Vocals
Robert Mache - Electric, Acoustic, Slide Guitar/Vocals
Peter Holsapple - Misc Instruments/Vocals
Mark Walton - Bass, Acoustic Guitar/Vocals

5. Listen, Listen

Released: October 2001
Record Label : Blue Rose Records(Germany)
Producers: The Continental Drifters

Track Listing:

1. Listen, Listen - (S. Denny)
2. I Want To See The Bright Lights - (R.Thompson)
3. The Poor Ditching Boy - (R.Thompson)
4. Your Gonna Need Somebody - (R. Thompson)
5. I'm A Dreamer - (S. Denny)
6. Matti Grooves (Traditional) - (Fairport Convention)
7. Meet On The Ledge - (R.Thompson)

Band Lineup: Same as on "Better Day". *Recorded November 21,1998 for a Germany Radio show.

Singles:

1. Mississippi -(Granucheau/Nuccio) - Chart Pos. (US NC) (UK NC)
b/w: Johnny Opps - (Granucheau/Nuccio) -Recorded live @ Warehouse Cafe, New Orleans 4/25/92.
* Released late 1992 off SOL Records.

Features the following lineup:

Gary Eaton, Ray Granucheau,Peter Holsapple, Carlo Nuccio, Mark Walton, with the Psycho Sisters (Vicki and Susan) as additional vocalists for "Mississippi."

2. Chris Columbus - Chart Pos. (US NC) (UK NC)
b/w: Meet On The Ledge
* Released Nov 1997 off Black Dog Records. Lineup: Vicki Peterson, Susan Cowsill, Peter Holsapple, Russ Broussard, Robert Mache, Mark Walton

Album Compilations

1. I Song For You - (1993> This early version of the Gram Parsons classics by many of the same members who would become the backbone of the Continental Drifters for almost eight years. The interesting thing about this little live gem - recorded when the Drifters opened up for Bob Dylan, it that it was credited to Peter Holsapple and Susan Cowsill with the Walking Tacos. (Including Vicki Peterson, Carlo Nuccio, Gary Eaton and Martin Phillips.)

2. I Can't Let Go - (1995) Recorded for The Hollies Tribute album, Sing Hollies In Reverse
*Issued on Eggbert Records.

Guest Shots

1. "Meet John Doe" - (1990) - Vicki does background vocals for Joe Doe's debut album.

2. "Hoodoo Gurus" - (1991) - Vicki also does background vocals on the Hoodoo Curus album Kinky.

3. "Dazzling Display" - (1991) - Vicki, along with Susan Cowsill provide background vocals for Steve Wynn.

4. "Center of The Universe" - (1992) Vicki and Susan, credited as the Psycho Sisters provide background vocals on four tracks for Tucson band Giant Sand.

5. ""Mr. Machinery Operator" - (1993) - Vicki gets involved with an 80's hair band (LOL!) Actually, she provides background vocals on a track for two for Heavy Metal band Firehouse.

6. "Massive Blur" - (1993) - Vicki does B.V. for Melissa Ferrick

7. "Real" - (1993) - Vicki joins Belinda Carlisle for her fifth full length album, providing background vocals on nearly all the songs and dueting with Carlisle on the track "Lay Down Your Arms."

8. "Adequate Desire"- (1994) - Vicki does B.V. for Michael Hall.

9. "Florescent" - (1994) - Vicki teams with Steve Wynn again for some background vocal sessions.

10. "Purge & Slouch" - (1994) - Vicki gives Giant Sand another helping hand with background vocals.

11. "Crank" - (1994) - Vicki once again teams up with the Hoodoo Gurus for B.V.

12. "Nipple" - (1995) - Vicki does B.V. for the band Water.

13. "Out of My Way" - (1996) - Vicki & Susan once again provide Psycho Sister background vocals for fellow bandmate Peter Holsapple's solo debut on two tracks, "Out of My Way" and "I Am A Tree."

14. "Eighteen Over Me" - (1997) - Vicki does background vocals for Garrison Starr, singing an almost duet backups on the alternative hit single "Superhero."

15. "In The Gloaming" - (1998) - The Psycho Sisters help fellow New Orleans rockers Jolene out in the studio with vocals.

16. "Hydrangea" - (1998) - Vicki, along with Susan Cowsill and Peter Holsapple backup Kate Jacobs.

17. "Tongue" - (2000) - Vicki contributes to John Crooke's album.

18. "Rain Song" - (2003) - Vicki and Susan provide background vocals for Houtie and The Blowfish, who cover the song on their forthcoming new CD.

Return To Vicki's Bio Page