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Checkered Past Records
Checkered Past Records is an American indie music record label established in May 1997 in Chicago. History The label was founded in May 1997 by Bloodshot Records co-founder Eric Babcock, Yvonne Jones, and Larry Lipson. Babcock met Jones through their shared love of the Texas-based band Killbilly, and ran Checkered Past out of Jones' and her husband's house in Irving Park. Babcock's stated motivation for starting the label stemmed in part from his desire to release "more traditional and rootsy-sounding" music by relatively little-known artists. It was also influenced by Bloodshot's refusal to release "The Neighborhood is Changing", the debut album by Tom House. He has also recalled that while he was working at Bloodshot, he was looking through dozens of albums by such artists, and was surprised that they hadn't been released locally yet. So he decided to start his own label to do so himself, starting with Tom House's album ''The Neighborhood Is Changing''. In 1999, Babcock founded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indie Music
Independent music (also commonly known as indie music or simply indie) is music that is produced independently from commercial record labels or their subsidiaries, a process that may include an autonomous, DIY ethic, do-it-yourself approach to recording and publishing. The term ''indie'' is sometimes used to describe a genre (such as indie rock and indie pop), and as a genre term, "indie" may or may not include music that is independently produced, and many independent music artists do not fall into a single, defined musical style or genre and create self-published music that can be categorized into diverse genres. The term 'indie' or 'independent music' can be traced back to as early as the 1920s after it was first used to reference independent film companies but was later used as a term to classify an independent band or record producer. Record labels Independent labels have a long history of promoting developments in popular music, stretching back to the post-war period in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Crusades
The Great Crusades are an American, Chicago, Illinois–based rock band founded in 1996. History The Great Crusades began when Brian Krumm and Brian Hunt, both of whom were then students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, started an art-pop band called the Suede Chain. The band released several albums on the Parasol Records imprint Mud Records before breaking up in 1997. Krumm then started writing new music of a very different style, influenced by such artists as Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Tom Waits, and the Replacements, and Uncle Tupelo. The result was the Great Crusades' first album under that name, 1998's ''The First Spilled Drink of the Evening''. Reviews PopMatters' Eden Miller gave the Great Crusades' second album, ''Damaged Goods'', a favorable review, writing that "While The Great Crusades aren't doing anything new musically, with the basic rock line-up complimented every now and then with some ska-inspired horns, they don't need to be. The familiarity of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Record Labels Established In 1997
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American Independent Record Labels
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Tommy Womack
Tommy Womack (born November 20, 1962 in Sturgis, Kentucky) is an American singer-songwriter and author. Career Early endeavors Womack played with the band Government Cheese from 1985 to 1992. He wrote an engaging memoir about this experience called ''Cheese Chronicles: The True Story of a Rock 'n Roll Band You Never Heard Of''. It was originally published in 1995 and its reputation grew enough to warrant multiple printings. ''Nashville Scene'' said, "his hilariously honest memoirs...have become a cult favorite among musicians both famous and unknown.". Womack later joined the Bis-quits, which released one album on Oh Boy Records in 1993. In the mid-1990s, Womack began writing songs with Jason Ringenberg of Jason & the Scorchers, a band that Womack had idolized. Looking back in 2012, Ringenberg said that he'd originally viewed Womack as a pest, but he gained respect after reading ''The Cheese Chronicles''. They co-wrote three of the first four songs on the Scorchers' 1996 album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom House (musician)
Tom House (born 1949 in Durham, North Carolina) is an American singer-songwriter and poet whose music combines elements of country, singer-songwriter, and folk. Biography House wrote hundreds of poems during the two decades before 1997. Of these, three had been included in ''The Bicentennial Edition of the Tennessee Anthology of Poetry''. From 1982 to 1988, he edited and published the journal ''raw bone'', which was known for publishing spare, brutal writing. House's first recording to be released was "The Hank Williams Memorial Myth", a spoken-word intro to the 1996 compilation album ''Nashville: The Other Side Of The Alley''. In 1997, he released his debut album, ''The Neighborhood Is Changing'', on Checkered Past Records. The album featured multiple members of Lambchop. As of 2012, he had released a total of 13 albums. Critical reception Greil Marcus wrote in '' Esquire'' that House's 1998 album ''This White Man's Burden'' was "an extraordinary collection of warnings and thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Souled American
Souled American is an American alternative country band from Chicago that was active mostly in the late-1980s and early-1990s. The band was founded in Normal, Illinois and consists of vocalists Chris Grigoroff (also guitar) and Joe Adducci (also bass) who both previously played in a ska/reggae band called ''The Uptown Rulers''. History Souled American recorded four albums for Rough Trade Records. In 1991, drummer Jamey Barnard left the band, and in 1992 the band released its fourth album (and last for Rough Trade), ''Sonny,'' eight of the ten songs on which are cover tunes. After four albums and a tour with Camper Van Beethoven, the group was met with critical acclaim and a loyal cult following. Despite this, Rough Trade folded and Souled American was left without a label. The band re-emerged in 1994 with ''Frozen'' and 1996's ''Notes Campfire'', both released on the obscure German label Moll Tonträger. Sometime after 1996, guitarist Scott Tuma also left the band leaving t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Silos
The Silos is an American rock band formed by Walter Salas-Humara and Bob Rupe in New York City, United States in 1985. History Prior to starting the Silos, Salas-Humara had been a member of The Vulgar Boatmen, and Bob Rupe was in Florida bands, The Roll N Pinz, The Cichlids, Crank and The Bobs, as well as Screaming Sneakers. The Silos put out the independently released album ''About Her Steps'' in 1986, which received a warm critical reception. The band's 1987 follow-up album, ''Cuba'', also independently released, received even more recognition. The Silos were named Best New Artist in the Rolling Stone magazine critics' poll. ''Cuba'' continues to be cited as highly influential among alternative country artists. The band subsequently signed to RCA Records and released their self-titled third album, produced by Salas-Humara and Rupe along with Peter Moore. Commonly referred to as "the bird album" or "The One With The Bird On The Cover," ''The Silos'' led to the band's netwo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Star Belgrade (band)
Red Star Belgrade was an American alternative country band, originally formed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 1994 by former music critic Bill Curry. The band's members were Curry, who was its singer and guitarist, his wife Graham Harris-Curry, who played drums, and Greg Paul, who played bass. In 1998, the band relocated from Chapel Hill to Chicago, Illinois. The band was named after the Yugoslavian football club of the same name. Red Star Belgrade's first release was the controversial 1995 song "Union, S.C.", which was written from the perspective of murderer Susan Smith and featured steel guitar playing by Ed Crawford. In 1996, they released their first studio album, ''Where the Sun Doesn't Shine''. This was followed by their second studio album, ''The Fractured Hymnal'', which was released in 1999; it was their first album released on Checkered Past Records Checkered Past Records is an American indie music record label established in May 1997 in Chicago. History The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Burch
Paul Burch is an American musician, composer, and record producer based near the Natchez Trace. Discography *''Pan-American Flash'' (1996) *''Wire to Wire'' (1998) *''Blue Notes'' (2000) *''Last of my Kind'' (2001) *''Fool for Love'' (2003) *''East to West'' (2006) *''Still Your Man'' (2009) *''WPABallclub Record Club'' (2010) (Ltd. Ed. pressing) *''Words of Love'' (2011) *''Great Chicago Fire'', with the Waco Brothers The Waco Brothers are an American alternative country, or country-punk rock, band based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. History The Waco Brothers was formed by Jon Langford of the Mekons. The group grew out of Langford's wish to play more c ... (2012) *''Fevers'' (2013) *''Meridian Rising'' (2016) *''Trovatore (Ltd. Ed. Pressing)'' (2018) *''Light Sensitive (2020) *''Origins of Departure (Ltd. Ed.) (2020) References External linksPaul Burch official website American alternative country singers American country singer-songwriters Living people Peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lonesome Bob
Lonesome Bob (aka Bob Chaney) is a country rock singer-songwriter. He was the drummer for the Ben Vaughn Combo before heading to Nashville for the country scene. His 1997 debut recording was ''Things Fall Apart''. His second album, ''Things Change'', contained the song "Where Are You Tonight". Allison Moorer Allison Moorer (born June 21, 1972) is an American singer/songwriter. She signed with MCA Nashville in 1997 and made her debut on the U.S. Billboard Country Chart with the release of her debut single, “A Soft Place To Fall,” which she co-wr ... provides backing vocals on both of these recordings and on many of these songs. References American male singers American male songwriters Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{singer-songwriter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |