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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 ...
Vlautin first found success as the lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter in alt-country group Richmond Fontaine. [2] They recorded eleven studio albums and toured extensively in Europe, where they have a particularly strong following, as well as in Australia and the US, before splitting in 2016. Vlautin is currently a member of The Delines. [3]
Also, the alt-country band Richmond Fontaine have a tribute song to the band, called "The Gits". Punk rock band 7 Year Bitch, who were good friends and briefly label mates of The Gits, named their 1994 album ¡Viva Zapata! in tribute to Mia Zapata. The album cover also featured a painting by artist Scott Musgrove featuring Zapata wearing bullet ...
Few music moments are as thrilling as Spears’s opening salvo on her defiant 2007 album, Blackout, which turned a series of personal (and highly publicised) issues into one of her greatest works ...
The group jumped to major label Sire before the 1985 release of Tim, but despite a growing fanbase and several rock radio hits, never reached the commercial heights of contemporaries such as R.E.M ...
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The Delines were formed when singer Amy Boone was touring with Richmond Fontaine and singing the female parts from that band's 2003 album, Post to Wire, which had been performed by her sister Deborah Kelly. [2] Kelly and Boone had been in the Texas band the Damnations. [3]
The band's first three albums influenced contemporary roots rock artists such as Richmond Fontaine and Whiskeytown. [68] [69] Uncle Tupelo's usage of distorted guitars to play a style of music that was known for its earnestness became a lasting trend in 1990s modern rock. [70] Jason Ankeny wrote in AllMusic that: [1]