The Wakefields are an alt-country

Alternative country

Alternative country is a loosely defined sub-genre of country music, which includes acts that differ significantly in style from mainstream or pop country music...

 band based out of Seattle Washington that was formed in 2004 as the by-product of friendships started in previous projects. In December 2004, they released a promotional EP, and soon followed with the release of a full length CD titled Falling Down Blue.

The debut CD from The Wakefields featured, horns, tympani, Hammond Organ, pedal steel, percussion and accordion, all wrapped into a package of West Coast Americana music that would never be found in Nashville. Falling Down Blue contains twelve original songs and was recorded and produced by Seattle engineer Martin Feveyear who has worked with many great bands including The Presidents of the United States, The Minus 5

The Minus 5

The Minus 5 is an American rock band, headed by musician Scott McCaughey and featuring R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck.-Band history:Formed in 1993, McCaughey designed the Minus 5 as a pop collective, with each record the group put out featuring a new lineup...

 and The Village Green

The Village Green

The Village Green is a Portland, Oregon indie rock band, composed of lead vocalist/guitarist/composer J. Nicholas Allard and drummer/producer/back-up vocalist Jeremy Sherrer....

 indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

/country

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

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Discography

• Falling Down Blue (CD Sampler) 2004
• Hung By The Chimney - Limited Pressing - 2005
• Falling Down Blue - 2006

Members

• Jason Kardong
  Jason Kardong
  Jason Kardong is a pedal steel player based out of Seattle, Washington and is the Pedal Steel player for Sera Cahoone. Originally from outside of Moscow, Idaho, he grew up directly next door to folk artist Josh Ritter...
  
   - Vocals, Guitars, Pedal Steel
• Eric Himes - Bass, Backup vocals
• Lynn Sepeda - Drums, Percussion, Typani, Backup vocals
• Arne Chatterton - Hammond Organ, Piano, Backup vocals
• Zac Bogart - Lead Guitar

Guest musicians

• Nova Devonie - Accordion
• Billy Joe Huels - Trumpets
• Kaia Chessen - Cello
• Erica Brewer - Violin
• Martin Feveyear
  Martin Feveyear
  Martin Feveyear is a British record producer and audio engineer based in Seattle, Washington. Beginning as a singer-songwriter and musician, Feveyear soon began recording work for artists in both the UK and US before moving to Seattle at the age of 25. Together with Christian Fulghum , he opened...
  
   - Backup vocals
• Dan Tyack - Pedal Steel
• Ruby Dee
  Ruby Dee
  Ruby Dee is an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and activist, perhaps best known for co-starring in the film A Raisin in the Sun and the film American Gangster for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.-Early years:Dee was born Ruby...
  
   – Backing Vocals

Collaborations

• Jason plays lap and pedal steel with Sera Cahoone
  Sera Cahoone
  Sera Cahoone is a singer-songwriter from Seattle, Washington. Cahoone's music combines elements of both classic country-western and modern indie rock and lo-fi....
  
   and has toured with Band of Horses
  Band of Horses
  Band of Horses, originally briefly known as Horses, are an American rock band formed in 2004 in Seattle by Ben Bridwell. They have released three studio albums, the most recent and most successful of which is 2010's Grammy nominated Infinite Arms...
  
   and Mt. Egypt
  Mt. Egypt
  Mt. Egypt is the moniker for Travis Graves, an American singer-songwriter from Virginia. In 2002, skateboarding friend Jason Dill connected Graves to the label Record Collection. The following year, Mt. Egypt released his debut album, Battening the Hatches.In 2006, Mt...
  
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• Eric recorded bass on Sera Cahoone's debut CD.
• Arne played Hammond Organ on "One of these days" by West Valley Highway which was featured on the now cancelled television show Over There
  Over There
  "Over There" is a 1917 song popular with United States soldiers in both world wars.It was written by George M. Cohan during World War I. Notable early recordings include versions by Nora Bayes, Enrico Caruso, Billy Murray, and Charles King....
  
   http://www.tv.com/over-there/show/16443/summary.html.

CD Credits

• Recorded At Jupiter Studios (Seattle, WA)
• Additional Recording at Fastback Studios (Seattle, WA)
• Mastered At RFI Mastering by Rick Fisher
  Rick Fisher
  Rick Fisher is a lighting designer, known for his work with Stephen Daldry on Billy Elliot the Musical and An Inspector Calls. He is from Philadelphia and attended Dickinson College, but has been based in the UK for the last 30 years....
  
  

Influences/Sounds Like

• The Mavericks
  The Mavericks
  The Mavericks is a country music band founded in 1989 in Miami, Florida, United States. Between 1991 and 2003 they recorded six studio albums, in addition to charting 14 singles on the Billboard country charts...
  
  
• Monte Warden
• Nick Lowe
  Nick Lowe
  Nicholas Drain "Nick" Lowe , is an English singer-songwriter, musician and producer.A pivotal figure in UK pub rock, punk rock and new wave, Lowe has recorded a string of well-reviewed solo albums. Along with vocals, Lowe plays guitar, bass guitar, piano and harmonica...
  
  
• The Derailers
  The Derailers
  The Derailers are an American country music band based in Austin, Texas. They were founded by Portland, Oregon natives Tony Villanueva and Brian Hofeldt in 1994.-History:...
  
  

External links

• The Wakefields official site