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Portland, United States (1994 – present)
Richmond Fontaine is a four-piece alt country band based in Portland, OR.
The band was formed in 1994 by guitarist / lead vocalist Willy Vlautin and bass player Dave Harding at the Portland Meadows horse race track. Known for Vlautin’s incredibly rich and evocative lyrics, several of Richmond Fontaine’s songs relate to horse racing specifically and gambling generally. This is largely an artifact of Vlautin’s upbringing in Reno, Nevada, a place that is heavily referenced in his lyrics, along with Portland, the U.S. Western states in general and occasionally Mexico. Vlautin is also an acclaimed novelist, having written two respected books, The Motel Life and Northline. As a fiction writer, he is often compared to Raymond Carver and Charles Bukowski while his lyrical style is inspired by the narrative style of Australian artist Paul Kelly. Musically, Richmond Fontaine have cited influences such as Gram Parsons, X (U.S. band), Green on Red and Dave Alvin and they are often regarded as part of the rock alt.country movement that includes bands such as Drive-By Truckers, Slobberbone, Grand Champeen, The Damnations and others.
For reasons of touring patterns and heavy support of the high brow music press in the UK, Richmond Fontaine have been more successful in Europe than the US.
The band was formed in 1994 by guitarist / lead vocalist Willy Vlautin and bass player Dave Harding at the Portland Meadows horse race track. Known for Vlautin’s incredibly rich and evocative lyrics, several of Richmond Fontaine’s songs relate to horse racing specifically and gambling generally. This is largely an artifact of Vlautin’s upbringing in Reno, Nevada, a place that is heavily referenced in his lyrics, along with Portland, the U.S. Western states in general and occasionally Mexico. Vlautin is also an acclaimed novelist, having written two respected books, The Motel Life and Northline. As a fiction writer, he is often compared to Raymond Carver and Charles Bukowski while his lyrical style is inspired by the narrative style of Australian artist Paul Kelly. Musically, Richmond Fontaine have cited influences such as Gram Parsons, X (U.S. band), Green on Red and Dave Alvin and they are often regarded as part of the rock alt.country movement that includes bands such as Drive-By Truckers, Slobberbone, Grand Champeen, The Damnations and others.
For reasons of touring patterns and heavy support of the high brow music press in the UK, Richmond Fontaine have been more successful in Europe than the US.
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Thirteen Cities
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Post to Wire
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Live at the Doug Fir Lounge
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Winnemucca
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Post to Wire
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Barely Losing
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Ballad of Dan Fanta
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Westward Ho
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The Kid from Belmont Street
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The Warehouse Life
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El Tiradito
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Polaroid
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Moving Back Home #2
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Shoutbox
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theyshootmusic wrote:
http://theyshootmusic.at/posts/Richmond_Fontaine - Acoustic offstage videos with RICHMOND FONTAINE performing "The Boyfriends" & "We Used To Think The Freeway Sounded Like A River" on a sunny October afternoon in Vienna
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SpazyB wrote:
You are champions.
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PaulyB52 wrote:
Not that I'm obsessed or anything, but I've seen them live 6 times and have every album, even including Whiskey, Painkillers etc. and don't understand why they are so undiscovered. But then again maybe I'm a bit smug cos I have! As I keep telling them at gigs, they should get a slot on Jools Hollands 'Later' show on the BBC.
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Kacun wrote:
Great show yesterday in Zagreb!!
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mau_1999 wrote:
One of the best albums 2009
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mho7276501 wrote:
excellent new album, so many great tracks!!
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listentoSCQ wrote:
Richmond Fontaine's new album is fantastic. Album review can be read here, for those interested: http://theskeletoncrewquarterly.blogspot.com/2009/09/we-used-to-think-freeway-sounded-like.html
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FutureGods wrote:
COLIN MACINTYRE (AKA MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY) - NEW ALBUM 'ISLAND' OUT NOW IN EUROPE & USA & CANADA!! US/ UK TOUR DATES OCTOBER 2009 http://www.itunes.com/colinmacintyre http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=11184154276 **** Clash **** Daily Mirror **** Mojo **** The Times Album of the Week: Daily Mirror/Sunday Mail/Daily Record USA Tues 6th Oct : NEW YORK The Living Room (8pm) Thur 8th Oct: BROOKLYN Union Hall UK 15th Oct EDINBURGH The Voodoo Rooms 16th Oct GLASGOW Stereo 18th Oct INVERNESS Hootenanny 19th Oct SHEFFIELD Leadmill 20th Oct BRISTOL The Thekla 21st Oct LONDON The Lexington (Fleur-de-Lys Club) 22nd Oct MANCHESTER Night & Day 23rd Oct NOTTINGHAM Rescue Rooms 27th Oct BRIGHTON Latest Music Bar 28th Oct BIRMINGHAM Glee Club 29th Oct MINEHEAD (Somerset) The Hobbyhorse 6th Nov LIVERPOOL Zanzibar (Liverpool Music Week) Ticket & info details and join mailing list! : http://www.colinmacintyre.com
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RagingRED wrote:
TWO ALONE!
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neonbedlite wrote:
Can anyone shed any light on why Capsized is the most listened to track? Is it on a comp or a soundtrack or something?
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The_Cole_Train wrote:
New album is brilliant.
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mightywhite wrote:
loving the new album, and they are coming to my home town in oct yes!!
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trackaghost wrote:
The new album is great
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TomStillBelieve wrote:
Just confirmed Willy is playing at our club night on Friday. We're super excited, can't wait! http://www.last.fm/event/1141312 If anyone is around Brixton and at a loose end, it's going to be a great night!
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dustcakeboy wrote:
Free legal download of the new single here: http://richmondfontaine.bandcamp.com/track/you-can-move-back-here
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DeadManSaloon wrote:
New album! We Used To Think The Freeway Sounded Like A River, August 17th! http://www.nme.com/news/richmond-fontaine/45107
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mephisto_dark wrote:
Just posted a podcast featuring Richmond Fontaine. Have a listen: http://is.gd/srjn
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farrasiname wrote:
debe ser el agua que beben en Portland. Que los hace así.
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oneyedcat wrote:
They're great live. Vlautin relaxes at the end and chats away! His books are great. They make me happy even though the songs are so dark.
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alexisvos wrote:
alt.country indie style from Holland http://www.last.fm/music/Grapes+of+Grain/It+Slowly+Fades
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Feb
14
Richmond Fontaine
Cafe Mono, Oslo, Norway
1 shout
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Feb
15
Richmond Fontaine
Bonden Bar, Stockholm, Sweden
2 shouts
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Feb
20
Richmond Fontaine
Gleis 22, Münster, Germany
1 shout
| 1 attendee
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