The Transmissionary Six was actually the songwriting team of Terri Moeller and Paul Austin, the former a longtime drummer of
The Walkabouts
The Walkabouts were an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington in 1984. The core members were vocalist Carla Torgerson and vocalist and songwriter Chris Eckman. Although the rest of the line-up changed occasionally, for most of the time ...
, the latter a founding member of the
Willard Grant Conspiracy
Willard Grant Conspiracy (WGC) was an alt-country band based originally in Boston, Massachusetts and later near Palmdale, California, U.S.. The band operated as a collective, with vocalist and songwriter Robert Fisher the only permanent member t ...
. Between 2002 and 2013 the band - lead vocalist Moeller and guitarist Austin, augmented by a rotating cast of supporting musicians - released six albums, appeared on numerous compilations, and toured worldwide several times. The group's output is neatly summed up in a best-of release, "Songs 2002-2012". The Transmissionary Six still play locally on occasion in their hometown of Seattle, for the most part on an impromptu and low-key basis.
American musical duos
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