Richmond Fontaine was an American four-piece rock and alternative country band, based in Portland, Oregon. They were active between 1994 and 2016 and recorded eleven studio albums, four live albums and two EPs.
Formed in 1994, Richmond Fontaine started touring the Pacific Northwest live circuit to support their first three albums released on Cavity Search Records. Gradually gaining attention in the UK and Europe the band began regularly touring there. Most of the core musicians and producer J. D. Foster have worked together for a decade, and produced several albums. The band is named after an American expat, "a burned out hippy", who helped bassist Dave Harding when his car was stuck in the desert in the Baja California Peninsula.[7]
Richmond Fontaine first gained exposure outside the United States through a song that was included on a Vinyl Junkie Records 'Loose' compilation[4] released in the UK. This was followed by the band's self-released fourth album, Winnemucca. The band signed with Decor Records in Europe during 2003 with their next two releases proving pivotal to the band's success. Both were made "Albums of the Month" in influential magazine, Uncut, which named both their fifth album Post to Wire (2004) and sixth The Fitzgerald (2005) "masterpieces".[8][9] U.S. critics have been generally complimentary but have also cited the band's musical similarity to Uncle Tupelo.[10][11]
The band's 2007 album, Thirteen Cities, received positive reviews across Europe.[9] This was followed by We Used to Think the Freeway Sounded Like a River in August 2009,[12]The High Country in September 2011 and You Can't Go Back If There's Nothing To Go Back To in March 2016.
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Lead singer and songwriter Vlautin is also a novelist, with five books published since his debut, The Motel Life, in 2006. He formed new group The Delines, along with fellow Richmond Fontaine members Freddy Trujillo and Sean Oldham, in 2014.[13]
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Richmond Fontaine was an American four piece rock and alternative country band based in Portland Oregon They were active between 1994 and 2016 and recorded eleven studio albums four live albums and two EPs Richmond FontaineBackground informationOriginPortland Oregon U S GenresRock Alternative country punk rock first three albums Years active1994 2016LabelsCavity Search Decor Records Fluff And Gravy RecordsPast membersWilly VlautinFreddy TrujilloSean OldhamDan EcclesDave HardingPaul BrainardJoe DavisStuart GastonMatt Gilley Underpinned by lead singer and songwriter Willy Vlautin s lyrics Richmond Fontaine songs often evoke imagery of Reno Nevada Portland the Western United States and Mexico while telling stories in a style that critics have compared to Raymond Carver 1 2 3 The group has cited influences such as Gram Parsons X 4 Green on Red 5 and Dave Alvin 6 Contents 1 History 2 Other projects 3 Members 4 Selected discography 5 References 6 External linksHistory editFormed in 1994 Richmond Fontaine started touring the Pacific Northwest live circuit to support their first three albums released on Cavity Search Records Gradually gaining attention in the UK and Europe the band began regularly touring there Most of the core musicians and producer J D Foster have worked together for a decade and produced several albums The band is named after an American expat a burned out hippy who helped bassist Dave Harding when his car was stuck in the desert in the Baja California Peninsula 7 Richmond Fontaine first gained exposure outside the United States through a song that was included on a Vinyl Junkie Records Loose compilation 4 released in the UK This was followed by the band s self released fourth album Winnemucca The band signed with Decor Records in Europe during 2003 with their next two releases proving pivotal to the band s success Both were made Albums of the Month in influential magazine Uncut which named both their fifth album Post to Wire 2004 and sixth The Fitzgerald 2005 masterpieces 8 9 U S critics have been generally complimentary but have also cited the band s musical similarity to Uncle Tupelo 10 11 The band s 2007 album Thirteen Cities received positive reviews across Europe 9 This was followed by We Used to Think the Freeway Sounded Like a River in August 2009 12 The High Country in September 2011 and You Can t Go Back If There s Nothing To Go Back To in March 2016 Other projects editLead singer and songwriter Vlautin is also a novelist with five books published since his debut The Motel Life in 2006 He formed new group The Delines along with fellow Richmond Fontaine members Freddy Trujillo and Sean Oldham in 2014 13 Members editWilly Vlautin vocals acoustic and electric guitars Freddy Trujillo bass vocals Sean Oldham drums percussion vibes vocals Dan Eccles lead guitar Dave Harding bass guitars vocals Paul Brainard pedal steel guitar piano electric guitar vibes acoustic guitar Trumpet vocals Joe Davis drums Stuart Gaston drums Matt Gilley drums one live performance in 1997 Selected discography editStudio albums Safety 1996 Miles From 1997 Lost Son 1999 Winnemucca 2002 Post to Wire 2003 The Fitzgerald 2005 Obliteration by Time 2006 Thirteen Cities 2007 We Used to Think the Freeway Sounded Like a River 2009 The High Country 2011 UK Albums Chart peak No 115 14 You Can t Go Back If There s Nothing To Go Back To 2016 UK Albums Chart peak No 65 UK Country Chart peak No 1 Don t Skip Out On Me 2018 Instrumental soundtrack to the Willy Vlautin book of the same name 2018 References edit Archived copy Archived from the original on 2006 10 25 Retrieved 2006 12 10 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Archived copy Archived from the original on 2006 10 25 Retrieved 2006 12 10 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link allmusic Miles From gt Overview a b Interview Richmond Fontaine Willy Vlautin by Stav Sherez Cwas hinah com Inkblotmagazine Resources and Information 1 inkblotmagazine com Willy Vlautin interview on the official website of writer Laura Hird Archived from the original on 2007 10 07 Retrieved 2006 12 10 Vlautin Willy 2008 PS Northline Harper Perennial pp 4 ISBN 978 0 06 145652 7 Richmond Fontaine Uncut co uk a b Richmond Fontaine Thirteen Cities Review Zwebsite Uncut co uk Archived from the original on December 19 2007 Kasten Roy Richmond Fontaine Riverfront Times Richmond Fontaine Lost Son Pitchfork Record Review Archived from the original on 2008 05 26 Retrieved 2007 11 19 Richmond Fontaine announce new album and tour NME COM NME Archived from the original on 2016 03 04 Retrieved 2020 04 21 Richmond Fontaine We re ending the band while we all still like each other The Independent 2016 10 19 Retrieved 2020 11 25 Chart statistics TXT Zobbel de Retrieved 2020 04 03 External links editOfficial website Richmond Fontaine Myspace Page Retrieved from https en wikipedia org 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