Goodnight, Texas is an American
folk rock
Folk rock is a hybrid music genre that combines the elements of folk and rock music, which arose in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom in the mid-1960s. In the U.S., folk rock emerged from the folk music revival. Performers suc ...
band named after the town of
Goodnight, Texas, the geographic midpoint between the working locations of songwriters Avi Vinocur (formerly of
The Stone Foxes
The Stone Foxes is an American rock and roll band based in San Francisco, California, United States.
History
The Stone Foxes originated in the foothills of California's Central Valley where founding members Aaron Mort and brothers Spence Koehler ...
) in
San Francisco
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and Patrick Dyer Wolf in
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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. The band has performed in the tiny town of Goodnight three times as of 2017.
Career
The group's debut album ''A Long Life of Living'' was released October 2, 2012 via Tallest Man Records. On the day before its international release, the band hand delivered
CD copies of their debut album to every citizen in Goodnight. The album received praise from press and the blogosphere, garnering comparisons to such diverse acts as
Levon Helm
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,
Bruce Springsteen
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,
Elliott Smith
Steven Paul Smith (August 6, 1969 – October 21, 2003), known professionally as Elliott Smith, was an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Smith was born in Omaha, Nebraska, raised primarily in Texas, and lived much of hi ...
and
Punch Brothers. Their single, "Jesse Got Trapped In a Coal Mine," premiered on the renowned folk music site ''American Songwriter'' in August 2012. A performance of the song premiered exclusively on BAMM.TV shortly thereafter.
On April 26, 2017, Goodnight, Texas sang the National Anthem for the
San Francisco Giants
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game against the
LA Dodgers
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. The band's song "The Railroad" was featured in the 2018 "Carry The West" worldwide ad campaign for
Coors Banquet
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The first Coors brew ...
beer with voiceover by actor
Sam Elliott. Goodnight, Texas' "The Railroad" is the theme song for the podcast ''Dead Man Talking'' by AudioBoom.
On November 3, 2018 singer/mandolinist Vinocur appeared live with
Metallica
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at their All Within My Hands Foundation benefit concert at the Masonic Theater in San Francisco, California handling backing vocals, mandolin, and guitar throughout the whole set. The show was released worldwide by Blackened Recordings in February 2019.
On September 6 and 8, 2019 Vinocur appeared live with Metallica singing backing vocals for their "S&M2" performances with the
San Francisco Symphony
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on the opening night of the new
Chase Center in San Francisco. The subsequent film of the performances was released three weeks later in movie theaters around the world.
Goodnight, Texas' song "The Railroad" was featured for 2 minutes straight in the opening scenes of the first episode of
Netflix
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's #1 hit show ''
Tiger King
The tiger (''Panthera tigris'') is the largest living cat species and a member of the genus ''Panthera''. It is most recognisable for its dark vertical stripes on orange fur with a white underside. An apex predator, it primarily preys on un ...
'', released in March 2020. The show was streamed 34 million times in 10 days.
On August 12, 2020, Vinocur appeared with Metallica singing backing vocals on the song "All Within My Hands" on ''The
Howard Stern Show'' to promote their upcoming ''S&M2'' album. Being introduced by the band, Vinocur joked that he was there to take lunch orders, but actually sing backing vocals. Stern responded, "Look at you, Avi, hangin' with Metallica, singing backing vocals! Don't fuck up." After the song, Stern quipped "Boy is that beautiful, boys. Metallica featuring Avi. The good news is Avi can sing. The bad news is, the band's lunch is ready and he's got to go pick it up."
In September 2021, Blackened Recordings released Goodnight, Texas' cover of the Metallica song "Of Wolf and Man" as part of ''
The Metallica Blacklist'' charity tribute album. The song debuted at #1 on Amazon's Country charts, as well as #3 in overall sales of New Releases.
Discography
References
External links
*{{Official website, http://www.hiwearegoodnighttexashowareyou.com/
YouTube
2010 establishments in the United States
Musical groups established in 2010
American folk rock groups