Seattle-based singer-songwriter Noah Gundersen formed the band The Courage in 2008 in Centralia, Washington. As the group's frontman, Noah Gundersen wrote songs, played guitar, and performed lead vocals for the band. Other founding members of the group included Gundersen's younger sister Abby on violin and backing vocals and three friends, Michael Porter on electric guitar, Chris Judd on bass guitar, and Keelan O'Hara on drums. The Courage would take its final form with Ivan Gunderson (of no relation to Noah and Abby) on drums and Travis Ehrenstrom on the bass guitar. [4]
Founded as a backing band for the purpose of performing Noah Gundersen's solo albums, The Courage began performing together in the Seattle area in 2008. Their initial live performance career was marked by a sold-out live performance at The Triple Door.[5][6] The live recording of the performance, Live at the Triple Door, was later released as an album under the artist name "Noah Gundersen & The Courage". This gave insight to the group's work as a pairing of Gundersen's existing solo effort with The Courage acting as a backing band of sorts. Songs on the album are mostly live renditions of songs from Noah Gundersen's solo albums, Brand New World (album) and the unreleased Saints & Liars EP.
After the group's live album was released, Noah Gundersen continued to advance in his solo career. His solo EP Saints & Liars was released in 2009 and featured his younger sister Abby on violin and backing vocals, but The Courage was not credited on the album.
With Abby Gunderson still in high school and Noah traveling to tour his solo EP, The Courage at first struggled to grow into a full-fledged band after their live album was released. Using the summer as an opportunity to collaborate more closely and transition from a backing band into a full-fledged group, Noah Gundersen & The Courage began to write and record songs for their first studio album, Fearful Bones. The album was recorded in a barn in Sisters, Oregon by Matt Lee, who mixed and produced the album, in the summer of 2010.[7]
Prior to release it was decided that the album Fearful Bones would be released under the shortened band name "The Courage" because the group was one entity - not a pairing of two artists, as it had been previously on the Live at the Triple Door album. Noah dropped his name from the title after deciding to have the entire band more incorporated in the music. He also wanted to move away from more solo, folk-oriented music, saying, "I love the sound of a band more than a solo performer. You can only have so many options as a solo performer and I’m not a big fan of loop pedals."[8]
In 2011 the group contributed a new song titled "All You Know" to Burning Building Recordings' compilation album, We Love This Comp, Vol. One.[9] The album was released on Bandcamp. Gundersen released the solo album Family, which launched his solo career, putting an unannounced but definitive end to The Courage. Gundersen's solo career continued to flourish with additional album releases in 2014 with Ledges (album) and Carry the Ghost in 2015.
The Courage have not performed together since 2011 and the band's website and Facebook page are no longer accessible.
^Richmond, Paige (2009-10-12). "Seattle News and Events | Live review: Noah Gundersen Brings Q Cafe Crowd". Seattle Weekly. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
^Richmond, Paige (2010-02-04). "Seattle News and Events | Last Night: Noah Gundersen Covers Bob Dylan, Debuts". Seattle Weekly. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
^"An Incomplete History of How Noah Gundersen Became The Courage". Seattle Weekly. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
^Bookey, Mike. "The Passionate Life: Getting philosophical (and sun tanned) with Noah Gundersen and The Courage". The Source Weekly - Bend. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
^"Burnside Distribution Corporation". www.burnsidedistribution.com. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
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singer songwriter Noah Gundersen formed the band The Courage in 2008 in Centralia Washington As the group s frontman Noah Gundersen wrote songs played guitar and performed lead vocals for the band Other founding members of the group included Gundersen s younger sister Abby on violin and backing vocals and three friends Michael Porter on electric guitar Chris Judd on bass guitar and Keelan O Hara on drums The Courage would take its final form with Ivan Gunderson of no relation to Noah and Abby on drums and Travis Ehrenstrom on the bass guitar 4 Founded as a backing band for the purpose of performing Noah Gundersen s solo albums The Courage began performing together in the Seattle area in 2008 Their initial live performance career was marked by a sold out live performance at The Triple Door 5 6 The live recording of the performance Live at the Triple Door was later released as an album under the artist name Noah Gundersen amp The Courage This gave insight to the group s work as a pairing of Gundersen s existing solo effort with The Courage acting as a backing band of sorts Songs on the album are mostly live renditions of songs from Noah Gundersen s solo albums Brand New World album and the unreleased Saints amp Liars EP After the group s live album was released Noah Gundersen continued to advance in his solo career His solo EP Saints amp Liars was released in 2009 and featured his younger sister Abby on violin and backing vocals but The Courage was not credited on the album With Abby Gunderson still in high school and Noah traveling to tour his solo EP The Courage at first struggled to grow into a full fledged band after their live album was released Using the summer as an opportunity to collaborate more closely and transition from a backing band into a full fledged group Noah Gundersen amp The Courage began to write and record songs for their first studio album Fearful Bones The album was recorded in a barn in Sisters Oregon by Matt Lee who mixed and produced the album in the summer of 2010 7 Prior to release it was decided that the album Fearful Bones would be released under the shortened band name The Courage because the group was one entity not a pairing of two artists as it had been previously on the Live at the Triple Door album Noah dropped his name from the title after deciding to have the entire band more incorporated in the music He also wanted to move away from more solo folk oriented music saying I love the sound of a band more than a solo performer You can only have so many options as a solo performer and I m not a big fan of loop pedals 8 In 2011 the group contributed a new song titled All You Know to Burning Building Recordings compilation album We Love This Comp Vol One 9 The album was released on Bandcamp Gundersen released the solo album Family which launched his solo career putting an unannounced but definitive end to The Courage Gundersen s solo career continued to flourish with additional album releases in 2014 with Ledges album and Carry the Ghost in 2015 The Courage have not performed together since 2011 and the band s website and Facebook page are no longer accessible Members editNoah Gundersen vocals guitar songwriting Abby Gundersen backing vocals violin Michael Porter guitar Chris Judd bass guitar Keelan O Hara drums Travis Ehrenstrom bass guitar Ivan Gunderson drumsDiscography editNoah Gundersen amp The Courage edit Live at the Triple Door live album as Noah Gundersen and the Courage 2008 The Courage edit Fearful Bones full length 2010 We Love This Comp Vol One compilation 2011 References edit a b Noah Gundersen enthuses college crowd at cafe show The Falcon Thefalcononline com 2009 10 14 Retrieved 2013 12 10 Noah Gundersen Last fm Retrieved 2013 12 10 Clintons ham it up Noah Gundersen sets precedent Pen amp Paige Penandpaige com 31 August 2009 Retrieved 2013 12 10 Nugget Newspaper Sisters Oregon News Events Classifieds Noah Gundersen takes stage in Sisters www nuggetnews com Retrieved 2016 12 02 Richmond Paige 2009 10 12 Seattle News and Events Live review Noah Gundersen Brings Q Cafe Crowd Seattle Weekly Retrieved 2013 12 10 Richmond Paige 2010 02 04 Seattle News and Events Last Night Noah Gundersen Covers Bob Dylan Debuts Seattle Weekly Retrieved 2013 12 10 An Incomplete History of How Noah Gundersen Became The Courage Seattle Weekly Retrieved 2016 12 02 Bookey Mike The Passionate Life Getting philosophical and sun tanned with Noah Gundersen and The Courage The Source Weekly Bend Retrieved 2016 12 02 Burnside Distribution Corporation www burnsidedistribution com Retrieved 2016 12 02 External links edithttp www billboard com artist 5862542 noah gundersen biography Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Courage amp oldid 1195784557, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
