Petersburg, Florida, for possession of drugs. In August and October 2009, Carter was arrested in St. In the December 11, 1999, issue of Billboard, a marriage was announced between Carter and Seth Katz, a television executive with Sony, taking place on November 26, 1999, in Montclair, New Jersey. It includes unreleased tracks recorded during her career including 'I Got Over It', co-written by Prince. In 2018 her sister Jan Carter and her friend Kathy Kurasch assembled The Lost Tapes the first posthumous stand-alone album of previously unreleased material by Valerie Carter. The following year, in 1979, her cover of ' O-o-h Child' was featured in Matt Dillon's film debut in Over the Edge. She sang several songs in the special, including a duet with the songwriter John Sebastian of The Lovin' Spoonful fame. She was credited under the pseudonym Laurel Runn, likely inspired by living in Laurel Canyon at the time. In 1978, she performed the singing voice of the character Jan Mouse in the animated Halloween special ' The Devil and Daniel Mouse' produced by Canadian animation studio Nelvana. She worked as a writer for The Brothers Johnson on the track 'Deceiver', Earth, Wind & Fire's 'Turn It into Something Good', featured on the band's 1980 album Faces, and Cher's Black Rose band's 'Never Should've Started'. She also co-wrote 'It is One' and 'Nino' on Browne's Looking East album. Carter also co-wrote the Jackson Browne track 'Love Needs a Heart' that was featured on his 1977 album Running on Empty. Р”В¬arter wrote the song 'Cook with Honey' which was a hit for Judy Collins on her 1973 album True Stories and Other Dreams. These included Linda Ronstadt, Don Henley, Christopher Cross, Little Feat, Jackson Browne, the Outlaws and James Taylor. Other work Р”В¬arter worked as a back-up vocalist for a number of famous recording artists.

Overdubs, re-mixing, and mastering was done by Kurasch and in December 2018 'The Lost Tapes' was released on Cowboy Angel Records. They featured an array of guest artists, musicians, and composers including Prince, Lowell George, Little Feat members, Linda Ronstadt, Nicolette Larson, Steve Tyrell, David Lasley, Will Jennings, Tom Snow and more.

The tapes were largely unfinished and on all different formats from 24 track masters, 1/4' masters, ADATs, and cassette. After her death, her sister and longtime friend, Kathy Kurasch, found tapes of songs Valerie had recorded but were never released. She died from a heart attack on March 4, 2017. She followed two years later with EPs 'Find a River', Vanilla Grits, and a compilation CD 'Midnight Over Honey River'. Japan released a limited edition of this CD with an additional song by Tom Snow. Two years later she released another album ' Wild Child', and began touring with various artists primarily James Taylor, Jackson Browne, and Linda Ronstadt.Р”В¬arter then released another solo album ' The Way It Is' with guest artists including Phoebe Snow, Lyle Lovett, Edwin McCain, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, and Jackson Browne. The album was well received and garnered favorable reviews and placed her as the opening act for the Eagles in Europe. Her first solo album, ' Just A Stone's Throw Away' featured an impressive array of guests artists from the 1970's Southern California music scene including Maurice White, Lowell George, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, and Deniece Williams. He would be a mentor to her till his death in 1979 and introduced her to Jackson Browne, James Taylor, and many of the artists she would work with throughout her career. It is notable, however, for the Carter-penned song 'Cook With Honey', later a hit for Judy Collins, and for the introduction of Carter to Lowell George, who produced the next album. Though they debuted at the legendary Troubadour in Los Angeles in 1974, their one album is now fairly obscure. Valerie Carter began her career singing in coffeehouses as a teenager, she eventually became one-third of a country-folk band ' Howdy Moon'.

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