Son Volt

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Son Volt
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General information
Genre (s) Alternative country
founding 1994
Website http://www.sonvolt.net
Founding members
Jay Farrar
Dave Boquist
Jim Boquist
Mike Heidorn
Current occupation
Guitar, harmonica, vocals
 Jay Farrar
Bass, backing vocals
 Andrew Duplantis
guitar
 Brad Rice
Drums
 Dave Bryson
former members
Mandolin , steel guitar
 Eric Heywood

Son Volt is an independent band founded in 1994 by Jay Farrar in New Orleans , Louisiana after the band Uncle Tupelo split up . It is assigned to the Alternative Country genre . Her album Trace was voted one of the best albums of 1995 by English-language Rolling Stone .

style

The style ranges from quiet folk and country ballads , which are reminiscent of Bob Dylan's John Wesley Harding , to pub rock in the sense of Neil Young with Crazy Horse . They are often compared to the early Wilco , Jayhawks , and REM in the Automatic-for-the-People phase.

Break

Even if, according to Jay Farrar, Son Volt was able to fight for more artistic freedom with each album, the favor of the fans was inversely proportional. After their third album, the major label Warner Music Group canceled the contract due to lack of sales. Since 2001 Farrar has released various solo recordings, but stressed that Son Volt was not dissolved. In 2005 he reformed the band, but none of the former members except himself is still there. The album Okemah and the Melody of Riot was released on the independent label Transmit Sounds .

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Trace
  US 166 07/10/1995 (1 week)
Straightaways
  US 44 05/10/1997 (3 weeks)
Wide swing tremolo
  US 93 October 24, 1998 (2 weeks)
Okemah and the Melody of Riot
  US 89 07/30/2005 (2 weeks)
The Search
  US 81 03/24/2007 (1 week)
American Central Dust
  US 44 July 25, 2009 (3 weeks)
Honky Tonk
  US 67 03/23/2013 (1 week)
Notes of Blue
  US 91 03/11/2017 (1 week)
  • Trace (1995), Warner
  • Straightaways (1997), Warner
  • Wide swing tremolo (1998), Warner
  • Okemah and the Melody of Riot (2005), Transmit Sounds Records
  • The Search (2007), Transmit Sounds Records
  • American Central Dust (2009)
  • Honky Tonk (2013)
  • Notes of Blue (2017)
  • Union (2019)

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  1. ↑ Charts US

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