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Groupe Country Rock US formé en 1994. Son Volt
est composé de Andrew Duplantis, Dave Bryson, Jay Farrar et Brad Rice.
Led by
vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter Jay Farrar, Son Volt became one of the
leading bands in the alternative country community, attracting critical praise
and an audience that was loyal if not always large. Jay Farrar first made an
impression on music fans as the co-founder, with Jeff Tweedy, of seminal
alt-country group Uncle Tupelo. After touring in support of their 1993
masterpiece Anodyne, Uncle Tupelo split up over long-simmering creative
differences between Farrar and Tweedy. Tweedy recruited much of the band's final
lineup to form Wilco, while Farrar teamed up with original Tupelo drummer Mike
Heidorn to form Son Volt, the more traditionally minded of the two Tupelo offshoots.
Joined by brothers Jim Boquist (bass) and Dave Boquist (guitar, fiddle, banjo,
fiddle, steel guitar), the band signed to Warner Bros. 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.
While Straightaways mined stylistic territory similar to Trace, it wasn't as
dynamic or engaging and not as celebrated by the press, and although 1998's Wide
Swing Tremolo was a noticeably harder-rocking affair, the erosion of critical
support for the group continued. After touring behind Wide Swing Tremolo, Son
Volt went on hiatus in 1999, though they refused to call it a breakup. Farrar debuted
as a solo artist with the 2001 album Sebastopol, and released two more solo albums in 2003 (Terroir
Blues) and 2004 (Stone,
Steel & Bright Lights).
In 2005, Rhino issued a Son
Volt collection, Retrospective:
1995-2000, which lent weight to the belief that the group had called it a
day. But Son
Volt weren't over, and Farrar revived
the nameplate in July 2005 with a new edition of the group. For the album Okemah
and the Melody of Riot, recorded in St. Louis and released by the Sony
imprint Legacy Recordings, Farrar was
joined by drummer Dave
Bryson, bassist Andrew
Duplantis, and ex-Backsliders guitarist Brad
Rice. The
Search followed in early 2007, followed by American
Central Dust in 2009, the group's first release for the venerable roots
music label Rounder Records. American
Central Dust also debuted a new Son
Volt lineup, with Farrar joined
by Chris
Masterson on guitar, Mark
Spencer on steel guitar and keyboards, and the previous rhythm section of Duplantis and Bryson. Honky
Tonk, a sort of homage to the Bakersfield country sound full of pedal steel
guitars and twin fiddles, arrived early in 2013.
In 2015, Rhino Records marked the 20th anniversary of the
release of Trace with
an expanded and remastered edition of the album, including Farrar's
original songwriting demos for the album and tracks from a Son
Volt concert recorded in New York City in February 1996. Farrar supported
the re-release with a solo tour in which he performed the album's songs in
full. Farrar reconvened Son
Volt in 2016 to record a new album, Notes
of Blue, which was released in February 2017. The album, in which the
bandmembers indulged their taste for classic blues music, was released by Farrar's
Transmit Sound label through a distribution deal with Thirty Tigers. Notes
of Blue also saw more personnel changes for Son
Volt, featuring Farrar, Spencer (this
time on bass, side guitar, and piano), fiddler Gary
Hunt, pedal steel player Jason
Kardong, and drummer Jacob
Edwards.
Talents : Jay : Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals - Brad : Guitar - Andrew : Bass, Vocals - Dave : Drums
Style musical : Country Rock, Alternative Country
Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles & EP
| 1995 | CD WARNER BROS. PRO-CD-8183 (US) (promo) | . |
Route (album version) |
| 1995 | CD WARNER BROS. PRO-CD-7825 (US) (promo) |
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Drown |
| 1996 | CD WARNER BROS. PRO-CD-8154 (US) (promo) |
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Drown (live) |
| 1997 | CD WARNER BROS. PRO-CD-6710 (US) (promo) |
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Back Into Your World |
| 1997 | CD WARNER BROS. PRCD 704 (GER) (promo) |
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Back To Your World |
| 1997 | CD WARNER BROS. PRO-CD-8854 (US) (promo) |
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Caryatid Easy (album version) |
| 1997 | CD WARNER BROS. PRO-CD-8743 (US) (promo) |
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Switchback - Back Into Your World / Tulsa County (non-album track) / Drown (live) / Going, Going, Gone (non-album track) |
| 11/1998 | CD WARNER BROS. PRO-CD-9596 (US) (promo) |
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Straightface [radio version] |
| 1998 | CD WARNER BROS. PRO-CD-9458 (US) (promo) |
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Driving The View |
| 1999 | CD WARNER BROS. PRO-CD-9601 (US) (promo) |
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Straightface EP - Straightface (radio version) / Holocaust / Last Time Around / Straightface (live) |
| 09/2005 | CD Transmit Sound JK 94830 (US) |
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AFTERGLOW 61 EP - Afterglow 61 (radio mix) / Joe Citizen Blues (live) / Bandages & Scars (live) / Medication (live) / Ipecac (live) / Gramophone (Acoustic) |
| 2005 | CD Transmit Sound ? (US) (promo) |
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Joe Citizen Blues/Jet Pilot |
| 2005 | CD Transmit Sound JSK 59680 (US) (promo) |
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Free Form Radio Advance - 5 New Songs - Afterglow 61 (radio mix) / Gramophone / Jet Pilot / Bandages & Scars (radio mix) / 6 String Belief |
| 2007 | CD Transmit Sound ? (US) (promo) |
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The Picture |
| 2007 | CD Transmit Sound 88697 07492 2 (US) (promo) |
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The Search Bonus CD - Underground Dream (live acoustic) / Highways And Cigarettes (demo) / Bandages And Scars (live at Bonnaroo 2006) |
| 2007 | CD ? (US) (promo) | . |
Underground Dream / Highway And Cigarettes / Bandages & Scars / The Pictures / Highway And Cigarettes / Cicadian Rhythm |
| 11/2017 | EP 10" Transmit Sound TS-2017-1 (US) (limited edition) |
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Ballymena - Ballymena / Dressed In White / Yellow Walls / Sultana |
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 | ||
| 09/1995 | CD WARNER BROS. 46010 (US) (promo) |
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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 | ||
| 04/1997 | CD WARNER BROS. 2-46518-AB (US) (promo) |
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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 | ||
| 1997 | CD WARNER BROS. PROPWB97/2/9362-46518-2 (GER) (promo) |
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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 | ||
| 1998 | CD WARNER BROS. 9362 47059-2 (EUR) (promo) |
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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 (Jay Farrar & Kelly Willis) / 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 Transmit Sound JK 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) | ||
| 07/2005 | 2 CD Transmit Sound ? (US) 'promo) |
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OKEMAH
AND THE MELODY OF RIOT -
Revisited On The
Road And On The Radio :
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| 07/2005 | CD + DVD Transmit Sound JN 94743 (US) |
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OKEMAH
AND THE MELODY OF RIOT :
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| 07/2005 | CD + DVD Transmit Sound JN 94994 (US) (limited edition) |
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OKEMAH
AND THE MELODY OF RIOT :
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| 2005 | CD Transmit Sound BVCM-31169 (JAP) |
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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) / Joe Citizen Blues / Exurbia / Anacostia | ||
| 2006 | CD Legacy JSK 686447 (US) (promo) |
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Selections From The DVD - 6 String Belief - Son Volt Live - Damn Shame / Feel Free / Who / Live Free / Back Into Your World / Medicine Hat / Joe Citizen Blues / Atmosphere / Picking Up The Signal / Straightface / Ipecac / Caryatid Easy / Jet Pilot / Endless War / 6 String Belief / Medication / Barstow / Driving The View / Chaos Stream / Tear Stained Eye / Windfall |
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| 03/2007 | CD Transmit Sound 88697 03232 2 (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 | ||
| 03/2007 | CD Transmit Sound ? (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 | ||
| 03/2007 | CD Transmit Sound 88697 03232 2 (US) (promo) (limited edition) |
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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 / The Search Bonus CD : Underground Dream (live acoustic) / Highways And Cigarettes (demo) / Bandages & Scars (live at Boonaroo 2006) | ||
| 03/2007 | CD + CD EP Transmit Sound 88697 03232 2 (US) (limited edition) |
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THE
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| 05/2007 | CD + CD EP Transmit Sound 88697 03232 2 (US) (limited edition) |
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THE
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| 07/2007 | 2 LP 12" Transmit Sound 8869712883 1 (US) |
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ON CHANT AND STRUM :
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| 07/2009 | CD ROUNDER 11661-3274-2 (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 | ||
| 03/2013 | CD ROUNDER 11661 9145 2 (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 | ||
| 11/2015 | 2 CD WARNER BROS. WPCR-16747 (JAP) |
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TRACE :
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| 04/2016 | 2 LP 12" WARNER BROS. 081227947576 (US) |
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Live At The Bottom Line - February 12, 1996 :
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| 02/2017 | CD Transmit Sound TS-2016-2 (US) |
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Notes Of Blue - Promise The World / Back Against The Wall / Static / Cherokee St. / The Storm / Lost Souls / Midnight / Sinking Down / Cairo And Southern / Threads And Steel |
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| 02/2017 | CD Transmit Sound TS-2016-2 (US) (limited edition) |
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Notes Of Blue - Promise The World / Back Against The Wall / Static / Cherokee St. / The Storm / Lost Souls / Midnight / Sinking Down / Cairo And Southern / Threads And Steel | ||
| 04/2018 | 2 LP 12" Transmit Sound TS-2018-3 (US) (special edition, red vinyl) |
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OKEMAH
AND THE MELODY OF RIOT :
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| 04/2018 | 2 CD Transmit Sound TS2018CD (US) (deluxe edition) |
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THE
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