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Years active
  
1994–present

Website
  
Official website

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Origin
  
St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Genres
  
Alternative country, alternative rock, Blues

Labels
  
Transmit Sound/Legacy Warner Bros. Nashville

Associated acts
  
Uncle Tupelo, Blood Oranges

Members
  
Jay Farrar, Mike Heidorn, Mark Spencer

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Son Volt is an American alternative country group, formed by Jay Farrar in 1994 after the breakup of Uncle Tupelo.

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History

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The group formed after Farrar met Jim and Dave Boquist during the final Uncle Tupelo tour. Together with former Uncle Tupelo drummer Mike Heidorn, the band rehearsed and recorded in the Minneapolis area in late 1994. The group performed its first concert at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis on June 16, 1995. While half of the band was rooted in the Minneapolis area, Farrar and Heidorn lived in the St. Louis area, and the band used both cities as bases for its operations during the first couple of years.

Early albums

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Son Volt's first album, Trace, met with critical acclaim and topped many "best-of" lists in 1995, despite not being a large commercial success. Two follow-up albums (1997's Straightaways and 1998's Wide Swing Tremolo) continued in the same vein. A Retrospective: 1995-2000, released in 2005, gathered highlights from this era, along with previously unreleased recordings.

Hiatus and return

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Farrar announced a hiatus from Son Volt after their 1999 tour. Beginning in 2001, Jay Farrar released several solo efforts that postponed further releases from Son Volt. Farrar reformed with the original members of Son Volt to record a song for a tribute album for Alejandro Escovedo. The sessions reportedly went so well that Farrar and the other band members intended to record once again in the autumn of 2004. Just prior to the sessions, however, Farrar and the other band members abruptly ended negotiations. Farrar formed a new version of the band with a different line-up and released an album on Transmit Sound/Sony Legacy, Okemah and the Melody of Riot, in 2005. 2006 saw the release of a live DVD called Six String Belief, which was recorded at The Orange Peel in Asheville, NC. In 2007 the band released a studio album called The Search. American Central Dust followed, released by Rounder Records on July 7, 2009. Honky Tonk was released March 5, 2013 also by Rounder Records. A large scale tour followed the release of the album. On February 17, 2017, the band released Notes of Blue on Farrar's label, Transmit Sound.

Musical style

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Son Volt's music ranges from quiet folk/country ballads reminiscent of Bob Dylan's John Wesley Harding, to barhouse rockers in the spirit of Neil Young with Crazy Horse. Often considered a staple band of the alternative country movement, their music is perhaps better described as genre-spanning traditional American music.

Current members


  • Jay Farrar (guitar, harmonica, piano, vocals), formerly of Uncle Tupelo
  • Jacob Edwards (drums)
  • Chris Frame (guitar)
  • Mark Spencer (keyboards, steel guitar, bass), formerly of Blood Oranges
  • Andrew Duplantis (touring bass only -- appeared on Okemah and the Melody of Riot, The Search, American Central Dust)

    • Former members

  • Mike Heidorn (drums), formerly of Uncle Tupelo (Original member of Son Volt)
  • Dave Boquist (banjo, fiddle, guitar, lap steel) (Original member of Son Volt)
  • Jim Boquist (bass guitar, backing vocals) (Original member of Son Volt)
  • Eric Heywood (mandolin, pedal steel)
  • Brad Rice (guitar on Okemah and the Melody of Riot, The Search)
  • Derry deBorja (keyboards on The Search)
  • Chris Masterson (guitar on American Central Dust)
  • Gary Hunt (guitar, mandolin, steel guitar on Honky Tonk)
  • Dave Bryson (drums on Okemah and the Melody of Riot, The Search, American Central Dust, Honky Tonk)
  • Jason Kardong (pedal steel on Notes of Blue)

    • Discography

  • Trace (1995), Warner Bros. Records No. 166 (US)
  • Straightaways (1997), Warner Bros. Records No. 44 (US)
  • Wide Swing Tremolo (1998), Warner Bros. Records No. 93 (US)
  • A Retrospective: 1995-2000 (2005), Warner Bros. Records/Rhino
  • Okemah and the Melody of Riot (2005), Transmit Sounds Records/Legacy Recordings No. 89 (US)
  • The Search (March 2007), Transmit Sounds Records/Legacy Recordings No. 81 (US)
  • American Central Dust (July 2009), Rounder Records No. 44 (US)
  • Honky Tonk (March 5, 2013), Rounder Records No. 67 (US)
  • Notes of Blue (February 17, 2017), Thirty Tigers Records (US)

    • Songs

    Tear Stained EyeTrace · 1995
    WindfallTrace · 1995
    Mystifies MeTrace · 1995

    References

    Son Volt Wikipedia
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