Little Montana Records
Together in the mid '90s, Greg Llewellyn and Jason Powell started releasing homemade cassette tapes of their various bands and recording projects and freely passed them out with "free love" as their motto. Based out of Bloomington and Indianapolis Indiana, they started releasing CDs in the late '90s when home digital recording became affordable and scribed "unauthorized reproduction is highly encouraged" on the back of each release. Most of the releases on Little Montana Records feature either Greg or Jason or both. Some of the bands are FM Fiction, Heretical.Symphonic (formerly known as Muzzleloader), $100 Handgun, The Olympic Hopefuls, Hello Cowboy, Jim Canyon, Seria Mau, Shepherd To Lost Sheep, Hell Is A Terrible Place Where Fire Is., and The Momma's Boys.
FM Fiction, Heretical.Symphonic, Muzzleloader, $100 Handgun, and The Olympic Hopefuls each have their own pages here on Musical Family Tree.
Albums
17 songs
Hello Cowboy's Moon Music was the first CD released on Little Montana Records in 2001. It was written, recorded, and produced by Jason Powell on a 4-track. Jason also records music as Jim Canyon and was in the bands The Olympic Hopefuls and $100 Handgun.
11 songs
Hello Cowboy is Jason Powell who wrote, performed, recorded, and produced the album in Lowell, Indiana at the Little Montana Compound. Guest musicians include: Greg Llewellyn who co-wrote and played keyboard and bass on "Big Sky Country" and co-wrote and played guitar on "Men Of Steel". Gordon Rundle co-wrote and played guitar on "Big Sky Country", played bass on "Lucky One", played guitar and bass on "It's A Little Overwhelming When The World Has Thrown You Away", and also played bass on "Laugh Alone". Dan Hein played drums on "Lucky One" and drums on "Laugh Alone". Hello Cowboy's third album "Life In A Peaceful New World" was originally released on CD on Little Montana Records in 2002. Jason also records as Jim Canyon and was in the bands The Olympic Hopefuls and $100 Handgun.
13 songs
"It seemed as though the music had stopped, and just as suddenly, started up again. But this time the rhythm to which we danced was set by the beat of our hearts, for now the only music that reached our ears was the music made by two people falling in love."
Jim Canyon is Jason Powell who wrote and recorded the album "The Right Kind Of Guy", except "Wolves In The City" co-written with Geyser Hendrix and the song "Bartender's Blues" which was written by James Taylor. Album produced by Greg Llewellyn. "Bartender's Blues" features Ron Hatch on additional guitar and also features backing vocals by Geyser Hendrix and Greg Llewellyn. Jim Canyon's "The Right Kind Of Guy" was originally released on CD on Little Montana Records in 2009. Jason also records as Hello Cowboy and was in the bands The Olympic Hopefuls and $100 Handgun.
14 songs
Seria Mau is Mark Edwards who wrote, performed, recorded, and produced the album "Metal Phantoms". Released on Little Montana Records in 2012.
Mark is also in Heretical.Symphonic, which was known previously as Muzzleloader
16 songs
Seria Mau is Mark Edwards who wrote, performed, recorded, and produced the album "The Two-Step Rangers". Released on Little Montana Records in 2011.
Mark is also in Heretical.Symphonic, which was known previously as Muzzleloader