The Backsliders are an alternative-traditional country-rock band. Chip Robinson teamed up with Steve Howell to form the band as a duo in 1991 in Athens, GA. The remaining members had all joined the group by 1994, and the group disbanded in 1999. They reunited in late 2012.
Band members
*Chip Robinson - vocals, guitar
*Stephen Howell - guitar, vocals
*Greg Rice - keyboards
*Danny Kurtz - bass
*Jeff Dennis - drums
Discography
*1996 ''From Raleigh, North Carolina''
*1997 ''Throwin' Rocks at the Moon'' - (produced by
Dwight Yoakam
Dwight David Yoakam (born October 23, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter, actor, and film director. He first achieved mainstream attention in 1986 with the release of his debut album '' Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.''. Yoakam had considerab ...
’s longtime guitarist,
Pete Anderson
Pete Anderson is an American guitarist, music producer, arranger and songwriter.
Anderson is most known for his guitar work with, and critically acclaimed production of, country music star Dwight Yoakam from 1984 through 2002, a partnership th ...
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- # 1 on the
Americana Music Association, Americana radio chart
*1999 ''Southern Lines'' - (produced by
Eric Ambel
Eric "Roscoe" Ambel (Born August 20, 1957) is a New York City–based guitarist and record producer, originally from Batavia, Illinois.
He has worked with a wide range of artists including Nils Lofgren, The Brandos, Steve Earle, the Yayhoos, ...
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*2014 ''Raleighwood'' (EP) - named after a tour slogan and sign erected over the ruins of
The Brewery, a bar where the band got its start.
[from an interview with Steve Howell o]
episode 203 of the Americana Music Show
published August 18, 2014
Other
*1997 ''Crash Course'' - various artists – track # 6 "My Baby's Gone"
*1998 ''The Songs Of Dwight Yoakam: Will Sing For Food'' - various artists – track # 2 "Doin' What I Did"
*2007 ''
Bug - original motion picture soundtrack'' - various artists – track # 4 "Cowboy Boots"
See also
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Jeff Hart and the Ruins Jeff Hart and the Ruins were a four-piece Americana and alt.country-styled power pop band composed of Jeff Hart (musician), Brian Yamamoto, Symen Blumenfeld and John Flowers. After 23 years under that name, they became Jefferson Hart & The Ghosts ...
- Chip Robinson
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Son Volt
Son Volt is an American rock band formed in 1994 by Jay Farrar after the breakup of Uncle Tupelo. The band's current line-up consists of Farrar (vocals, guitar), Andrew DuPlantis (bass guitar), John Horton (guitar), Mark Patterson (drums), and Ma ...
- Brad Rice
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Tift Merritt
Tift may refer to:
Places
* Tift County, Georgia, a county in south-central Georgia, United States
People with the given name
* Tift Merritt (born 1975), American singer-songwriter
People with the surname
* Andrew Tift (born 1968), British portr ...
- Brad Rice
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Ryan Adams
David Ryan Adams (born November 5, 1974) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, artist, and poet. He has released 23 albums, as well as three studio albums as a former member of alt-country band Whiskeytown.
In 2000, Adams left ...
- Brad Rice
References
External links
The Backsliders
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