Greyhounds are an American musical duo from

Austin, Texas Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the county seat, seat and largest city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and Williamson County, Texas, Williamson co ...

, consisting of keyboardist Anthony Farrell and guitarist Andrew Trube; both members share singing and songwriting duties.

History

Trube and Farrell first began playing together in 1999 after Farrell answered Trube's ad for a keyboardist in the ''

LA Weekly ''LA Weekly'' is a free weekly alternative newspaper in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1978 by Jay Levin, who served as president and editor until 1991. Voice Media Group sold the paper in late 2017 to Semanal Media LLC, whose paren ...

''. The pair toured and recorded in several places before returning to

Tyler, Texas Tyler is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the largest city and county seat of Smith County, Texas, Smith County. It is also the largest city in Northeast Texas. With a 2020 census population of 105,995, Tyler was the List of cities in Texa ...

, Trube's hometown.The Greyhounds Are a Dynamic Duo
''

Charleston City Paper This is a list of newspapers in South Carolina, United States. Current news publications The following is a list of current (print and web-based) news publications published in the U.S. state of South Carolina. Defunct 18th century Charlesto ...

'', December 14, 2011. Along the way, they wrote songs that were performed by musicians such as

Susan Tedeschi Susan Tedeschi (; born November 9, 1970) is an American singer and guitarist. A multiple Grammy Award nominee, she is a member of the Tedeschi Trucks Band, a conglomeration of her band, her husband Derek Trucks’ and other musicians. Early li ...

and

Derek Trucks Derek Trucks (born June 8, 1979) is an American guitarist, songwriter, and founder of The Derek Trucks Band. He became an official member of The Allman Brothers Band in 1999. In 2010, he formed the Tedeschi Trucks Band with his wife, blues sing ...

. The group's 2004 full-length, ''Liberty'', was written inside the historic

Liberty Hall Liberty Hall ( ga, Halla na Saoirse), in Dublin, Ireland, is the headquarters of the Services, Industrial, Professional, and Technical Union (SIPTU). Designed by Desmond Rea O'Kelly, it was completed in 1965. It was for a time the tallest b ...

in downtown Tyler, Texas by Trube, Farrell, and drummer Nick Pencis. The songs written for ''Liberty'' were then recorded at Truck Farm Studio in New Orleans, Louisiana and produced by

Stanton Moore Stanton Moore (born July 9, 1972) is an American funk, jazz, and rock drummer from New Orleans. Most widely known as a founding member of Galactic, Moore has also pursued a solo recording career (beginning with his 1998 debut ''All Kooked Out! ...

and

Robert Mercurio The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

Galactic Galactic is an American jam band from New Orleans, Louisiana. Origins and background Formed in 1994 as an octet (under the name Galactic Prophylactic) and including singer Chris Lane and guitarist Rob Gowen, the group was soon pared down to a ...

. The album features guest vocals by

Ani DiFranco Angela Maria "Ani" DiFranco (; born September 23, 1970) is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter. She has released more than 20 albums. DiFranco's music has been classified as folk rock and alternative rock, although it has additional influe ...

. The album was named ''Liberty'' as a tribute to the time spent in the theatre while composing the material for the album. Greyhounds opened the 2009 tour of ''

American Idol ''American Idol'' is an American singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller, produced by Fremantle North America and 19 Entertainment, and distributed by Fremantle North America. It aired on Fox from June 11, 2002, to Ap ...

'' winner

Taylor Hicks Taylor Reuben Hicks (born October 7, 1976) is an American singer who won the fifth season of ''American Idol'' in May 2006. Hicks got his start as a professional musician in his late teens and performed around the Southeastern United States fo ...

. In the late 2000s and early 2010s Trube and Farrell performed as part of the touring band of

JJ Grey & Mofro JJ Grey & Mofro (formerly Mofro) is an American Southern soul-Southern rock, rock band from Jacksonville, Florida. History Early career The early days of Mofro can be traced back to the mid-nineties when John Higginbotham aka "JJ Grey" and Dary ...

. In 2013, Greyhounds signed a three-album contract with the newly reconstituted

Ardent Records Ardent Records is an American record label based in Memphis, which was founded by John Fry in 1959. Ardent of the 1960s and 1970s featured pop music acts and was distributed by Stax Records from 1972 until 1975. It is best remembered today for Bi ...

. Their first release for Ardent, ''Accumulator'', was issued in April 2014. In July 2020, Greyhounds released their 8th album on Austin-based Nine Mile Records titled ''Primates''. In August 2023, Greyhounds released the album 'Greybird', a collaborative project made with Tim Crane and Sam Patlove from T Bird and the Breaks. Greybird
/ref>

Discography

*''Liberty'' (Luther Records, 2004) *''No Mas'' (Luther Records, 2009) *''Spring Training'' (2011) *''Accumulator'' (

, 2014) *''Heaven On Earth'' (

, 2015) *''Change Of Pace'' (

, 2016) *''Cheyenne Valley Drive'' (Bud's Recording Services, 2018) *''Primates'' (Nine Mile Records, 2020) *''Greybird'' (Bud's Recording Services, 2023)

References

{{Authority control Musical groups from Austin, Texas Rock music groups from Texas American soul musical groups Musical groups established in 1999 Musical duos from Texas 1999 establishments in Texas