The Greenhornes
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The Greenhornes are an American garage rock
band from Cincinnati
, Ohio
, formed in 1996 by vocalist/guitarist Craig Fox
, bass guitarist Jack Lawrence
and drummer Patrick Keeler
. They released their debut album Gun For You
in 1999, followed by a self-titled album
in 2001. A third studio album, Dual Mono
, was released in 2002, with the band taking a small hiatus. The Greenhornes returned in 2005 to release a new EP
, East Grand Blues
, and a compilation
album, Sewed Soles
. During this time, Lawrence and Keeler formed The Raconteurs
with Detroit musicians and personal friends Jack White
and Brendan Benson
, leaving very few performances and interaction with Fox. In 2010, the band reunited once again to record a studio album, Four Stars, their first in eight years.
, (20 miles west of Cincinnati) called Us and Them, self-releasing a four-track tape. Originally a five piece that included guitarist Brian Olive (who later departed to play with the Toledo
-based Soledad Brothers under the alias Oliver Henry) and keyboardist Jared McKinney, The Greenhornes debuted in 1998, issuing their first bit of music on a single, "The End of the Night" backed with "No More," released by Deary Me Records. The following year they released their first full-length album, Gun For You
. A self-titled LP followed in 2001. 2002's Dual Mono
came after the departure of Olive and McKinney and included guitarist and vocalist Eric Stein, currently guitarist and vocalist of The Griefs. By 2003, the band was down to Fox, Lawrence, and Keeler. 2005 saw the release of East Grand Blues
, an EP for V2 Records
, which was produced by Detroit musician Brendan Benson
. It was quickly followed by the compilation Sewed Soles
. The band's collaboration with Holly Golightly
, "There Is an End", was the theme song of Jim Jarmusch
's 2005 film, Broken Flowers
.
Throughout their career, the Greenhornes have toured almost constantly, only taking breaks when the musicians have worked on other projects.
Lawrence and Keeler, along with Detroit musician and producer Dave Feeny, were in the Do-Whaters, the band formed and led by Jack White
of The White Stripes
for Loretta Lynn
's 2004 album Van Lear Rose
. Lawrence and Keeler spent all of 2006 at work in The Raconteurs
with Benson and White. Lawrence is also the banjo and autoharp player for the Detroit band Blanche
, which also includes Feeny, and plays bass in The Dead Weather
, a band that includes Alison Mosshart
(The Kills
), Jack White and Dean Fertita
(The Waxwings
). Recently, Fox, McKinney, and Olive have been playing together in a new, still-untitled band in and around Cincinnati.
The song "Can't Stand It" was featured in the episode Pie-O-My during season 4 of The Sopranos. The Greenhornes have also contributed the song "Pattern Skies" to the PS2
/Xbox
video game Destroy All Humans! 2
. The group are confirmed to play the ATP New York 2010
music festival in Monticello, New York, in September 2010 at the request of film director Jim Jarmusch
.
Four Stars, the band's fourth studio album was released on November 9, 2010.
A seven-song 12" record of demos and outtakes from the recording of the East Grand Blues EP was released as a part of the vault package no. 6 from Third Man Records
. This album is not available for purchase in stores, and only a limited number of pressings were made.
Touring members and guest musicians
Former members
Extended plays
Compilations
Demos/Outtakes albums
Garage rock
Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. During the 1960s, it was not recognized as a separate music genre and had no specific name...
band from Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...
, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
, formed in 1996 by vocalist/guitarist Craig Fox
Craig Fox (musician)
Craig James Fox is an American rock musician from West Harrison, Indiana, best known as the lead singer and guitarist for the Cincinnati band The Greenhornes...
, bass guitarist Jack Lawrence
Jack Lawrence (bassist)
"Little" Jack Lawrence is a musician from Covington, Kentucky, currently living in Nashville, Tennessee.- Career :Lawrence plays bass guitar in The Raconteurs, The Greenhornes and The Dead Weather, as well as the autoharp and banjo in Blanche...
and drummer Patrick Keeler
Patrick Keeler
Patrick Keeler is an American rock music drummer from Cincinnati, who best known for playing in The Greenhornes and The Raconteurs. He plays with both traditional and matched grips.-Recording career:...
. They released their debut album Gun For You
Gun for You
Gun For You is the debut album by The Greenhornes. It was released in 1999.-Track listing:All tracks written by The Greenhornes, except where noted.# "The End of the Night" - 1:53# "No More" - 2:24# "Good Times" - 2:13...
in 1999, followed by a self-titled album
The Greenhornes (album)
The Greenhornes is the eponymous second album by The Greenhornes.-Track listing:All songs written by The Greenhornes.# Can't Stand It – 3:21# Shadow of Grief - 2:50# Stay Away Girl – 3:36# Inside Looking Out – 3:33# It's My Soul – 2:59...
in 2001. A third studio album, Dual Mono
Dual Mono
Dual Mono is the third album by The Greenhornes, released on October 15, 2002.-Track listing:All songs by The Greenhornes, except where noted.# "Satisfy My Mind"# "The Way It's Meant to Be"# "Three Faint Calls"# "It Returns"# "Hard Times"...
, was released in 2002, with the band taking a small hiatus. The Greenhornes returned in 2005 to release a new EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
, East Grand Blues
East Grand Blues
East Grand Blues is an EP by The Greenhornes.- Track listing :#"I'm Going Away" – 2:55#"Shelter of Your Arms" – 4:51#"At Night" – 2:24#"Pattern Skies" – 2:14#"Shine Like the Sun" – 2:18-Personnel:...
, and a compilation
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
album, Sewed Soles
Sewed Soles
-Music video:A low budget music video was produced for "There Is An End." The video featured the British singer-songwriter Holly Golightly.-See also:* The Raconteurs* Albums produced by Jack White* East Grand Blues...
. During this time, Lawrence and Keeler formed The Raconteurs
The Raconteurs
The Raconteurs is an American rock band that was formed in Detroit, Michigan, featuring four members known for other musical projects: Jack White , Brendan Benson , Jack Lawrence , and Patrick Keeler .-Formation:The...
with Detroit musicians and personal friends Jack White
Jack White (musician)
Jack White , often credited as Jack White III, is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and occasional actor...
and Brendan Benson
Brendan Benson
Brendan Benson is an American musician and songwriter. He sings and plays guitar, bass guitar, keyboard, and drums. He has released four solo albums and is a member of the band The Raconteurs....
, leaving very few performances and interaction with Fox. In 2010, the band reunited once again to record a studio album, Four Stars, their first in eight years.
Biography
The Greenhornes started life as a high school band based in Dearborn County, IndianaDearborn County, Indiana
Dearborn County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 50,047. It is part of the Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky metropolitan area. The county seat is Lawrenceburg.-History:...
, (20 miles west of Cincinnati) called Us and Them, self-releasing a four-track tape. Originally a five piece that included guitarist Brian Olive (who later departed to play with the Toledo
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan...
-based Soledad Brothers under the alias Oliver Henry) and keyboardist Jared McKinney, The Greenhornes debuted in 1998, issuing their first bit of music on a single, "The End of the Night" backed with "No More," released by Deary Me Records. The following year they released their first full-length album, Gun For You
Gun for You
Gun For You is the debut album by The Greenhornes. It was released in 1999.-Track listing:All tracks written by The Greenhornes, except where noted.# "The End of the Night" - 1:53# "No More" - 2:24# "Good Times" - 2:13...
. A self-titled LP followed in 2001. 2002's Dual Mono
Dual Mono
Dual Mono is the third album by The Greenhornes, released on October 15, 2002.-Track listing:All songs by The Greenhornes, except where noted.# "Satisfy My Mind"# "The Way It's Meant to Be"# "Three Faint Calls"# "It Returns"# "Hard Times"...
came after the departure of Olive and McKinney and included guitarist and vocalist Eric Stein, currently guitarist and vocalist of The Griefs. By 2003, the band was down to Fox, Lawrence, and Keeler. 2005 saw the release of East Grand Blues
East Grand Blues
East Grand Blues is an EP by The Greenhornes.- Track listing :#"I'm Going Away" – 2:55#"Shelter of Your Arms" – 4:51#"At Night" – 2:24#"Pattern Skies" – 2:14#"Shine Like the Sun" – 2:18-Personnel:...
, an EP for V2 Records
V2 Records
V2 Records is a record label that is owned by Universal Music Group as of October 2007. The label was founded in 1996 by Richard Branson, five years after he sold Virgin Records to EMI....
, which was produced by Detroit musician Brendan Benson
Brendan Benson
Brendan Benson is an American musician and songwriter. He sings and plays guitar, bass guitar, keyboard, and drums. He has released four solo albums and is a member of the band The Raconteurs....
. It was quickly followed by the compilation Sewed Soles
Sewed Soles
-Music video:A low budget music video was produced for "There Is An End." The video featured the British singer-songwriter Holly Golightly.-See also:* The Raconteurs* Albums produced by Jack White* East Grand Blues...
. The band's collaboration with Holly Golightly
Holly Golightly
Holly Golightly is a British singer-songwriter. Her mother christened her after the protagonist in Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's. Her musical style ranges from garage rock to R&B.-Musical career:...
, "There Is an End", was the theme song of Jim Jarmusch
Jim Jarmusch
James R. "Jim" Jarmusch is an American independent film director, screenwriter, actor, producer, editor and composer. Jarmusch has been a major proponent of independent cinema, particularly during the 1980s and 1990s.-Early life:...
's 2005 film, Broken Flowers
Broken Flowers
Broken Flowers is a 2005 French/American comedy-drama film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch and produced by Jon Kilik and Stacey Smith. The film focuses on an aging "Don Juan" who embarks on a cross-country journey to track down four of his former lovers after receiving an anonymous letter...
.
Throughout their career, the Greenhornes have toured almost constantly, only taking breaks when the musicians have worked on other projects.
Lawrence and Keeler, along with Detroit musician and producer Dave Feeny, were in the Do-Whaters, the band formed and led by Jack White
Jack White (musician)
Jack White , often credited as Jack White III, is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and occasional actor...
of The White Stripes
The White Stripes
The White Stripes was an American rock band, formed in 1997 in Detroit, Michigan. The group consisted of the songwriter Jack White and drummer Meg White . Jack and Meg White were previously married to each other, but are now divorced...
for Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn is an American country music singer-songwriter, author and philanthropist. Born in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky to a coal miner father, Lynn married at 13 years old, was a mother soon after, and moved to Washington with her husband, Oliver Lynn. Their marriage was sometimes tumultuous; he...
's 2004 album Van Lear Rose
Van Lear Rose
-Personnel:*Loretta Lynn - vocals, guitar*Dave Feeny - pedal guitar, steel guitar, dobro, percussion, background vocals*Patrick Keeler - drums, percussion, background vocals*Jack Lawrence - bass, percussion, background vocals...
. Lawrence and Keeler spent all of 2006 at work in The Raconteurs
The Raconteurs
The Raconteurs is an American rock band that was formed in Detroit, Michigan, featuring four members known for other musical projects: Jack White , Brendan Benson , Jack Lawrence , and Patrick Keeler .-Formation:The...
with Benson and White. Lawrence is also the banjo and autoharp player for the Detroit band Blanche
Blanche (band)
Blanche is an American alternative country band from Detroit, Michigan. Their music is based in Americana, early country, and folk blues, with a touch of haunting Southern Gothic stylings and garage rock mentality. Blanche is known for wearing vintage fashion of the early to mid-20th century.The...
, which also includes Feeny, and plays bass in The Dead Weather
The Dead Weather
The Dead Weather is an American alternative rock supergroup, formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 2009. Composed of Alison Mosshart , Jack White , Dean Fertita and Jack Lawrence , The Dead Weather debuted at the opening of Third Man Records' Nashville...
, a band that includes Alison Mosshart
Alison Mosshart
Alison Nicole Mosshart is an American singer, songwriter and occasional model best known as the lead vocalist for the indie rock band The Kills and blues rock band The Dead Weather. She started her musical career in 1995 with the Florida punk rock band Discount which disbanded in 2000...
(The Kills
The Kills
The Kills is a rock band formed by American singer Alison Mosshart and British guitarist Jamie Hince . Their first three albums, Keep On Your Mean Side, No Wow, and Midnight Boom, have garnered much critical praise...
), Jack White and Dean Fertita
Dean Fertita
Dean Fertita is an American rock musician and multi-instrumentalist. Fertita was the lead singer and guitarist of The Waxwings from the band's formation in 1997 to its breakup in 2005...
(The Waxwings
The Waxwings
The Waxwings are a rock band from Detroit, Michigan, United States, formed in 1997.The band's lineup consists of Dean Fertita on vocals and guitar, James Edmunds on drums and percussion, and Kevin Peyok on bass guitar...
). Recently, Fox, McKinney, and Olive have been playing together in a new, still-untitled band in and around Cincinnati.
The song "Can't Stand It" was featured in the episode Pie-O-My during season 4 of The Sopranos. The Greenhornes have also contributed the song "Pattern Skies" to the PS2
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
/Xbox
Xbox
The Xbox is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Microsoft. It was released on November 15, 2001 in North America, February 22, 2002 in Japan, and March 14, 2002 in Australia and Europe and is the predecessor to the Xbox 360. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console...
video game Destroy All Humans! 2
Destroy All Humans! 2
Destroy All Humans! 2 is a video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox consoles and is the sequel to Destroy All Humans!. It was released on October 17, 2006, in North America. It marks the last game in the series to be developed by Pandemic Studios...
. The group are confirmed to play the ATP New York 2010
All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)
All Tomorrow's Parties is a music festival which takes place at Camber Sands holiday camp in East Sussex and Butlin's holiday camp in Minehead, Somerset, England....
music festival in Monticello, New York, in September 2010 at the request of film director Jim Jarmusch
Jim Jarmusch
James R. "Jim" Jarmusch is an American independent film director, screenwriter, actor, producer, editor and composer. Jarmusch has been a major proponent of independent cinema, particularly during the 1980s and 1990s.-Early life:...
.
Four Stars, the band's fourth studio album was released on November 9, 2010.
A seven-song 12" record of demos and outtakes from the recording of the East Grand Blues EP was released as a part of the vault package no. 6 from Third Man Records
Third Man Records
Third Man Records is an independent record label founded by Jack White in Detroit, Michigan, in 2001. Third Man established its first physical location — a combination record store, performance venue, and headquarters for the label — in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2009.-History:Jack White founded...
. This album is not available for purchase in stores, and only a limited number of pressings were made.
Members
- Craig FoxCraig Fox (musician)Craig James Fox is an American rock musician from West Harrison, Indiana, best known as the lead singer and guitarist for the Cincinnati band The Greenhornes...
- lead vocals, guitar (1996–present) - Jack LawrenceJack Lawrence (bassist)"Little" Jack Lawrence is a musician from Covington, Kentucky, currently living in Nashville, Tennessee.- Career :Lawrence plays bass guitar in The Raconteurs, The Greenhornes and The Dead Weather, as well as the autoharp and banjo in Blanche...
- bass guitar (1996–present) - Patrick KeelerPatrick KeelerPatrick Keeler is an American rock music drummer from Cincinnati, who best known for playing in The Greenhornes and The Raconteurs. He plays with both traditional and matched grips.-Recording career:...
- drums, percussion (1996–present)
Touring members and guest musicians
- Mark Watrous (2010) – keyboards, guitar, vocals
Former members
- Brian Olive - guitars (1996–2000)
- Jared McKinney - keyboards (1996–2001)
- Eric Stein - guitars (2000–2002)
Discography
Studio albums- Gun For YouGun for YouGun For You is the debut album by The Greenhornes. It was released in 1999.-Track listing:All tracks written by The Greenhornes, except where noted.# "The End of the Night" - 1:53# "No More" - 2:24# "Good Times" - 2:13...
(1999) - The GreenhornesThe Greenhornes (album)The Greenhornes is the eponymous second album by The Greenhornes.-Track listing:All songs written by The Greenhornes.# Can't Stand It – 3:21# Shadow of Grief - 2:50# Stay Away Girl – 3:36# Inside Looking Out – 3:33# It's My Soul – 2:59...
(2001) - Dual MonoDual MonoDual Mono is the third album by The Greenhornes, released on October 15, 2002.-Track listing:All songs by The Greenhornes, except where noted.# "Satisfy My Mind"# "The Way It's Meant to Be"# "Three Faint Calls"# "It Returns"# "Hard Times"...
(2002) - Four Stars (2010)
Extended plays
- East Grand BluesEast Grand BluesEast Grand Blues is an EP by The Greenhornes.- Track listing :#"I'm Going Away" – 2:55#"Shelter of Your Arms" – 4:51#"At Night" – 2:24#"Pattern Skies" – 2:14#"Shine Like the Sun" – 2:18-Personnel:...
EPExtended playAn EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
(2005)
Compilations
- Sewed SolesSewed Soles-Music video:A low budget music video was produced for "There Is An End." The video featured the British singer-songwriter Holly Golightly.-See also:* The Raconteurs* Albums produced by Jack White* East Grand Blues...
(2005)
Demos/Outtakes albums
- Boscobel Blues (2010)