Groupe Country Rock US formé en 1994. Son Volt
est composé de Andrew Duplantis, Dave Bryson, Jay Farrar et Brad Rice.
After
touring in support of their 1993 masterpiece Anodyne, the seminal
alternative country band Uncle Tupelo split up over long-simmering creative
differences between co-leaders Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy. Tweedy recruited much
of the band to form Wilco, while Farrar teamed up with original Tupelo drummer
Mike Heidorn to form Son Volt, the more tradition-minded of the two Tupelo
offshoots. Joined by brothers Jim (bass) and Dave Boquist (guitar, fiddle,
banjo, fiddle, steel guitar), the band signed to Warner Brothers and released
its debut album, Trace, in 1995. It was greeted with excellent reviews
from most critics, offering a set of stark, subtle, mostly downbeat songs that
drew from traditional country, folk, and roots rock. The single "Drown" was
successful on both college and rock radio, and the band subsequently added
unofficial fifth member Eric Heywood on mandolin and pedal steel for its second
album. 1997's Straightaways mined territory similar to Trace and
again received positive reviews, though some found Farrar's lack of creative
progression troubling. 1998's Wide Swing Tremolo was a somewhat harder-rocking
affair, but the erosion of critical support for the group continued. They ended
up on an unofficial hiatus (rumors of their breakup were denied), and Farrar
debuted as a solo artist with 2001's Sebastopol, putting the future of
Son Volt in further doubt. He continued with his solo career throughout 2002 and
2003, and in 2005 Rhino issued Retrospective: 1995-2000. But Son Volt
wasn't over. Farrar revived the nameplate in July 2005 with the issue of
Okemah and the Melody of Riot (Legacy). For the album, recorded in St.
Louis, Farrar was joined by drummer Dave Bryson, bassist Andrew DuPlantis, and
ex-Backsliders guitarist Brad Rice. Search arrived in early 2007,
followed by American Central Dust in 2009. Honky Tonk, full of pedal steel
guitars and twin fiddles, and a sort of homage to the Bakersfield country sound,
arrived early in 2013.
Talents : Jay : Guitar, Harmonica, Vocal - Brad : Guitar - Andrew : Bass, vocal - Dave : Drums
Style musical : Country Rock, Alternative Country
LOOKING AT THE WORLD THROUGH
A WINDSHIELD
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Années en activité :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 |
DISCOGRAPHY
EP
| 06/2005 | CD SONY 5205392 (IS) |
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AFTERGLOW 61 EP |
Albums
| 09/1995 | CD WARNER BROS. 46010 (US) |
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TRACE - Windfall / Live Free / Tear Stained Eye / Route / Ten Second News / Drown / Loose String / Out Of The Picture / Catching On / Too Early / Mystifies me | ||
| 04/1997 | CD WARNER BROS. 46518 (US) |
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STRAIGHTAWAYS - Caryatid Easy / Back Into Your World / Picking Up The Signal / Left A Slide / Creosote / Cemetery Savior / Last Minute Shakedown / Been Set Free / No More Parades / Way Down Watson | ||
| 10/1998 | CD WARNER BROS. 47059 (US) |
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WIDE SWING TEMOLO - Straightface / Driving The View / Jodel / Medicine Hat / Strands / Flow / Dead Man's Clothes / Right On Through / Chanty / Carry You Down / Question / Streets That Time Walks / Hanging Blue Side / Blind Hope | ||
| 05/2005 | CD WARNER BROS. / RHINO 74619 (US) |
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A RETROSPECTIVE: 1995-2000 - Drown / Windfall / Route / Rex's Blues / Looking At The World Through A Windshield / Too Early / Back Into Your World / Picking Up The Signal / I've Got To Know / Creosote / Straightface / Tulsa County / Driving The View / Ain't No More Cane / Flow / Holocaust / Tear Stained Eye / Loose String / Medicine Hat / Open All Night | ||
| 07/2005 | CD SONY 96469 (US) |
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OKEMAH AND THE MELODY OF RIOT - Bandages & Scars / Afterglow 61 / Jet Pilot / Atmosphere / Ipecac / Who / Endless War / Medication / 6 String Belief / Gramophone / Chaos Streams / World Waits For You / World Waits For You (Reprise) | ||
| 03/2007 | CD RED INK 70323 (US) |
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THE SEARCH - Slow Hearse / The Picture / Action / Underground Dream / Circadian Rhythm / Beacon Soul / The Search / Adrenaline And Heresy / Satellite / Automatic Society / Methamphetamine / L Train / Highways And Cigarettes / Phosphate Skin | ||
| 07/2007 | 2 LP 12" LEGACY 8869712883 (US) |
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ON CHANT AND STRUM :
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| 07/2009 | CD ROUNDER 613274 (US) |
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AMERICAN CENTRAL DUST - Dynamite / Down To The Wire / Roll On / Cocaine And Ashes / Dust Of Daylight / When The Wheels Don't Move / No Turning Back / Pushed Too Far / Exiles / Sultana / Strength And Doubt / Jukebox Of Steel | ||
| 0382013 | CD ROUNDER 1166191452 (US) |
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HONKY TONK - Hearts And Minds / Brick Walls / Wild Side / Down The Highway / Bakersfield / Livin' On / Tears Of Change / Angel Of The Blues / Seawall / Barricades / Shine On |
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