The seminal alt-country band Uncle Tupelo seemed poised on the verge of a major commercial breakthrough in 1994 when, to the surprise of many (including his bandmates), Jay Farrar quit the band to form Son Volt, in which he wouldn't have to share his creative vision with another songwriter. Son Volt's first album, 1995's Trace, was a beautiful and striking set of songs whose emotional power and soulful resonance suggested Farrar had made a shrewd choice in going out on his own. Macromedia flash mx 2004 free download torrent downloader. Then a funny thing happened -- Son Volt made two more albums that were solid and heartfelt but nowhere near as satisfying as Trace, and in 2000 Farrar put the group on hiatus, preferring to record and tour under his own name with a shifting set of musicians. In whittling Son Volt's history down to one disc and 20 songs, one might expect that A Retrospective: 1995-2000 would play to the genuine strengths of their body of work, but instead this compilation does as much to point to the group's flaws. A Retrospective peaks with its first four tracks -- three songs from Trace and a duet with Kelly Willis on Townes Van Zandt's 'Rex's Blues,' recorded for a benefit compilation. From that point on, much as Son Volt's second album got stuck in a mid-tempo rut that it never quite escaped, A Retrospective captures the sound of Farrar calling up the same beautifully sad late night vibe over and over again, with only the occasional rocker happening along to break the monotony (and anyone who saw Son Volt live knows they were a band who could rock out powerfully when the mood struck them) and Mike Heidorn, Jim Boquist, and Dave Boquist struggling to add weight and muscle to Farrar's increasingly similar songs. Fans will doubtless be drawn by the wealth of rare and unreleased material included (including a pair of home-recorded demos, some hard to find covers, and live radio recordings), but while there are a few glorious moments on A Retrospective, too much of this collection captures the sound of a major artist stuck in third gear, and that's certainly not the way this disc needed to sound. (Ironically, a new Son Volt album, Okemah and the Melody of Riot, was released two months after this compilation appeared, though Farrar was the only member of the original lineup to participate in Son Volt 2.0.)

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Son Volt is an American alternative rock and alternative country band, formed by Jay Farrar in 1994 after the breakup of Uncle Tupelo.

• 1History
• 3Members
• 4Discography

History[edit]

The group formed after Farrar met Jim and Dave Boquist during the final Uncle Tupelo tour. Together with former Uncle Tupelo drummer Mike Heidorn, the band rehearsed and recorded in the Minneapolis area in late 1994. The group performed its first concert at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis on June 16, 1995. While half of the band was rooted in the Minneapolis area, Farrar and Heidorn lived in the St. Louis area, and the band used both cities as bases for its operations during the first couple of years.

Early albums[edit]

Son Volt's first album, Trace, met with critical acclaim and topped many 'best-of' lists in 1995, despite not being a large commercial success. Two follow-up albums (1997's Straightaways and 1998's Wide Swing Tremolo) continued in the same vein. A Retrospective: 1995-2000, released in 2005, gathered highlights from this era, along with previously unreleased recordings.

Hiatus and return[edit]

Farrar announced a hiatus from Son Volt after their 1999 tour. Beginning in 2001, Jay Farrar released several solo efforts that postponed further releases from Son Volt. Farrar reformed with the original members of Son Volt to record a song for a tribute album for Alejandro Escovedo. The sessions reportedly went so well that Farrar and the other band members intended to record once again in the autumn of 2004. Just prior to the sessions, however, Farrar and the other band members abruptly ended negotiations.^[1] Farrar formed a new version of the band with a different line-up and released an album on Transmit Sound/Sony Legacy, Okemah and the Melody of Riot,^[2] in 2005. 2006 saw the release of a live DVD, Six String Belief, which was recorded at The Orange Peel in Asheville, NC. In 2007 the band released a studio album called The Search. American Central Dust followed, released by Rounder Records on July 7, 2009. Honky Tonk was released March 5, 2013 also by Rounder Records. A large scale tour followed the release of the album.^[3] On February 17, 2017, the band released Notes of Blue on Farrar's label, Transmit Sound.

On December 12, 2018, the band's ninth studio album, Union, was announced for a March 29, 2019 release on Farrar's Transmit Music label and distributed by Thirty Tigers Records. ^[4]

Musical style[edit]

Son Volt's music ranges from quiet folk/country ballads reminiscent of Bob Dylan's John Wesley Harding, to barhouse rockers in the spirit of Neil Young with Crazy Horse. Often considered a staple band of the alternative country movement, their music is perhaps better described as genre-spanning traditional American music.^{[by whom?]}

Members[edit]

Current members^[5][edit]

• Jay Farrar (guitar, harmonica, piano, vocals), formerly of Uncle Tupelo
• Mark Patterson (drums)
• Chris Frame (guitar)
• Mark Spencer (keyboards, steel guitar, bass), formerly of Blood Oranges
• Andrew Duplantis (bass guitar)

Former members[edit]

• Mike Heidorn (drums), formerly of Uncle Tupelo (Original member of Son Volt)
• Dave Boquist (banjo, fiddle, guitar, lap steel) (Original member of Son Volt)
• Jim Boquist (bass guitar, backing vocals) (Original member of Son Volt)
• Eric Heywood (mandolin, pedal steel)
• Brad Rice (guitar on Okemah and the Melody of Riot, The Search)
• Derry deBorja (keyboards on The Search)
• Chris Masterson (guitar on American Central Dust)
• Gary Hunt (guitar, mandolin, steel guitar on Honky Tonk)
• Dave Bryson (drums on Okemah and the Melody of Riot, The Search, American Central Dust, Honky Tonk)
• Jason Kardong (pedal steel on Notes of Blue)
• Jacob Edwards (drums on Notes of Blue)

Discography[edit]

Albums[edit]

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Compliations[edit]

• A Retrospective: 1995-2000 (2005), Warner Bros. Records/Rhino

Singles[edit]

• Drown (1995) #10 US Mainstream Rock Tracks, #25 US Modern Rock Tracks

References[edit]

1. ^Jake Brown. 'Son Volt Reforms and Returns to the Studio'. Glorious Noise. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
2. ^Author Interviews. 'Son Volt Is Back: 'Okemah and the Melody of Riot' : World Cafe'. NPR. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
3. ^'Official Son Volt site'. SonVolt.net. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
4. ^https://www.musicnewsnet.com/2018/12/son-volt-to-release-9th-studio-album-union-on-329.html
5. ^Brock Thiessen. 'Son Volt Return with New Album 'Notes of Blue''. Exclaim!. Retrieved 2016-11-25.

External links[edit]

• Short story review of The Search at The Wheel's Still In Spin
• Features and CD reviews of Son Volt at the Country Standard Time web site