John Crooke - lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion
Mike Kennerly - drums, percussion
Rodney Lanier - keyboards, pedal steel guitar
Mike Mitschele - bass guitar, bass synth, programming
History
After discovering a cassette copy of R.E.M.'s Fables of the Reconstruction, John Crooke was inspired to form a band with his cousin Dave Burris, and two long-time friends, Mike Kennerly and Mike Mitschele. After touring for six months, Jolene was spotted at a show in Nashville and signed to Memphis-based independent labelArdent Records, where they recorded their debut LP, Hell's Half Acre, released in 1996.
Jolene signed with the major label Sire Records eighteen months later. With Sire, they released their second LP In The Gloaming in 1998. The band expanded to a five-piece during this time, with the addition of multi-instrumentalist Rodney Lanier.
jolene, band, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, jolene, band, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Jolene band news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message Jolene was an alternative rock band based in North Carolina often described as alt country JoleneOriginNorth Carolina United StatesGenresRockYears active1995 2001LabelsBlue Rose Records Sire WEA Records Ardent RecordsMembersDave Burris John Crooke Mike Kennerly Rodney Lanier Mike Mitschele Contents 1 Members 2 History 3 Discography 4 References 5 External linksMembers EditDave Burris guitar backing vocals keyboards John Crooke lead vocals guitar keyboards percussion Mike Kennerly drums percussion Rodney Lanier keyboards pedal steel guitar Mike Mitschele bass guitar bass synth programmingHistory EditAfter discovering a cassette copy of R E M s Fables of the Reconstruction John Crooke was inspired to form a band with his cousin Dave Burris and two long time friends Mike Kennerly and Mike Mitschele After touring for six months Jolene was spotted at a show in Nashville and signed to Memphis based independent label Ardent Records where they recorded their debut LP Hell s Half Acre released in 1996 Jolene signed with the major label Sire Records eighteen months later With Sire they released their second LP In The Gloaming in 1998 The band expanded to a five piece during this time with the addition of multi instrumentalist Rodney Lanier In 1998 Jolene supported Hootie amp the Blowfish on their final UK tour playing the last show on October 31 at the Shepherd s Bush Empire London In 1999 Jolene joined Blue Rose Records and released two albums on that label John Crooke and Dave Burris are currently involved with the LA based band Lamps Lanier died on December 9 2011 from cancer at the age of 44 1 Discography EditYear Title Label1996 Hell s Half Acre Ardent1998 In The Gloaming Sire Records1998 Acoustic Cafe Sire Records2000 Antic Ocean Blue Rose Records2002 The Pretty Dive Blue Rose RecordsReferences Edit Thedeadrockstarsclub com Archived 2015 08 18 at the Wayback Machine accessed December 11 2011External links EditJolene s record label website in German Profile of In The Gloaming by Rolling Stone This article about a United States alternative rock band is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jolene band amp oldid 1039510183, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
