Howdy Moon

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| name = Howdy Moon

| type = Album

| artist = Howdy Moon

| cover = Howdy Moon (album).jpg

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| released = 1974

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| studio = Sunset Sound Recorders, Sound Labs and Clover Recorders, Hollywood, California

| genre = Folk rock

| length = 32:42

| label = A&M

| producer = Lowell George, Robert Appère, Michael James Jackson

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{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}

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Howdy Moon was the sole album by the band Howdy Moon, released in 1974. The band included Valerie Carter, Richard Hovey and Jon Lind.

Howdy Moon was formed on the ashes of another group, RJ Fox, a vocal trio in the genre of Crosby, Stills & Nash of which Richard Hovey was the leader. In 1972 Valerie Carter also began working with the group, however, broke up shortly after. The two artists decide to continue their collaboration also involving singer-songwriter Jon Lind and giving life to Howdy Moon.

They were signed by A&M Records and played at The Troubadour. Many of the musicians from the band Little Feat are featured on the album.

After Howdy Moon disbanded, Lowell George produced Just a Stone's Throw Away, Valerie Carter's first solo album.{{cite web|last=Stegman|first=Laura|title=Valerie Carter|url=http://www.james-taylor.com/articles/jto-feature-valerie-carter/|publisher=James Taylor Online|date=September 1999}}{{cite book|last=DiMartino|first=Dave|title=Singer-Songwriters: Pop Music's Performer-Composers from A to Zevon|year=1994|publisher=Billboard Books|location=New York|isbn=978-0-8230-7629-1|pages=85–86}} The song "Cook With Honey", written by Carter, was also a minor hit for Judy Collins.{{cite web|last=Caldwell|first=Rob|title=Howdy Moon - Howdy Moon|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000532284|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=19 May 2013}}