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Dallas Green

City and Colour is the recording alias for Juno Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter Dallas Green, who is also the guitarist and vocalist of the post-hardcore band Alexisonfire. He plays melodic acoustic and folk music and is often accompanied by a rotating number of Canadian indie rock musicians, such as Daniel Romano and Spencer Burton of Attack In Black.

History

The band name City and Colour comes from his own name: Dallas, a city, and Green, a colour. His reasoning for the name was that he felt queasy "putting the album out under the name Dallas Green".[1]

Green said that he had been writing material since he was around the age of 4.[1] Regarding the songs released on his first album, Sometimes, Green said that he had been writing material for it as early as when he was 8 years old, and finished writing songs for it in 2005.[1]

Sometimes (2005–2007)

Green performing at Edge102.1 Radio Studios in July 2005

Green began releasing City and Colour songs on the internet for fans to download. Eventually, he compiled and rewrote several of these songs to make his first album, Sometimes. The full length debut was released on November 1, 2005 to a good reception, described by one reviewer as "dynamically gentle and vulnerable".[2] The cover art was designed by Scott McEwan, in a tattoo-esque style; Green "still may decide to have some of them inked at a later point in time".[3]

Green indicated that his view that the "best music for [him] is sad music", influenced the type of songs he created. He also said that he "love[s] music to sort of escape to" and the idea of sad music that people could identify with. Green said of the album that, "a lot of those songs are written on some of the experiences I've been through and stuff and that’s just how I deal with it. I just write songs when I’m bummed out and I feel happier."[3]

Sometimes was re-released on Vagrant Records on January 13, 2009, which was first time the album was available in physical form in the United States.

Bring Me Your Love (2008–2009)

Bring Me Your Love is Dallas' second full-length album. It was released on February 12, 2008 and features a wide array of instruments not used on his previous recordings (such as harmonica, banjo, drums and lap steel) giving it a more folk-influenced sound. The album also features collaborations with other musicians, such as Canadian musician Gordon Downie of Tragically Hip on the track "Sleeping Sickness", and additional instrumentals done by Matt Sullivan and the members of Attack in Black. The lead single, "Waiting...", was released on Green's official MySpace page for the first time featuring a "making of" video. The album has also been compared with musical legend Neil Young's album Harvest, as it draws considerable influences from such artists.

The album is named after a novel by Charles Bukowski. It is also a line sung in the closing track, "As Much As I Ever Could." Green has stated in interviews that he has troubles writing a lot of his lyrics and he saw Charles Bukowski's book in a book store while on tour with Alexisonfire and adopted the title for his new album.

On September 26, 2008, City and Colour embarked on their first American tour, in support of Bring Me Your Love.[4] On the tour, the band supported Tegan and Sara along with Girl in a Coma. This tour was followed by a headlining tour of the US in January 2009, with support from William Elliott Whitmore.

In October, 2008, Dine Alone Records announced a special 2-disc limited edition of Bring Me Your Love to be released on December 2, 2008. Only 6000 copies are available; 5000 in North America and 1000 in Australia.[5] In Canada, when the record label put up the album on pre-sale on November 20, 2008, so many fans tried to pre-order it that the store's website crashed.

New album and future (2010–present)

In January 2010, City and Colour embarked on an additional US headlining tour, again supporting Bring Me Your Love, with supporting act Lissie, and an additional UK tour in June 2010, supporting P!nk, along with Butch Walker, along with a few headlining dates. On these tours, Dallas Green has performed two new songs by the titles of "Silver and Gold" and "Oh Sister", as well as a couple of never-played-before covers - "Murderer", originally by Low, and "Grinnin' In Your Face", originally by Son House.

In an interview with Alter the Press, Green has revealed that he has written a bunch of new songs and he just needs to record them for his next record, hinting on a possible early 2011 release date for his third studio album. He said that there are 15 songs that he really likes and he expects around 10 to appear on his next album.[6]

On September 2, 2010 it was announced on MTV News Canada that Dallas had been in the studio with Polaris Prize nominee Shad working on a remix of a Shad song as well as an original song to be released as a 12" vinyl single. Dallas was quoted as saying "I've always wanted to be the Mary J. Blige to somebody's Method Man".

Dallas announced at several of the shows that he put on that he was preparing to sit down and record about 10 songs for a new album set to release either late 2010, or early to mid 2011. The single set for the album is called "Oh Sister" and has been performed several times by Dallas on tour. Several rumors swirled in past months that Green's new album would be called "Fallen", but in an interview Green denied these "online fibs" saying the name of the album is his last worry and he has yet to even record the 10 or so songs he plans on putting on the record. He says he has about 15 songs he could record but would like to keep the album around 10 songs.

Band members

  • Dallas Green – lead vocals, guitar, banjo, harmonica, piano

Other band members

The following musicians have appeared as recording artists on the album Bring Me Your Love and have also toured with Dallas Green as backing musicians.

  • Spencer Burton - bass guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
  • Daniel Tavis Romano - lap steel, organ, drums, backing vocals
  • Jordan Mitchell - backing vocals
  • Casey Baker - rhythm guitar
  • Nicholas Osczypko - keyboards, percussion
  • Dylan Green - drums
  • Scott Remila - bass guitar, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Haris Cehajic - bass guitar, rhythm guitar
  • Gordon Downie - guest vocals on the track "Sleeping Sickness"

Discography

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak positions Music recording sales
US
Heat 		US
Indie 		AUS CAN
2005 Sometimes - - - -
2008 Bring Me Your Love 11 35 33 3
"-" denotes releases that did not chart

EPs/Limited Editions

Date of
Release 		Title Label
2004 Simple Songs (Demo Tape) N/A
2004 The Death of Me (EP) Dine Alone Records
2005 Missing EP Dine Alone Records
2008 Live Session EP (iTunes Exclusive) iTunes Exclusive
2008 The MySpace Transmissions Vagrant Records/Dine Alone Records/MySpace Records
2010 Live at the Verge Vagrant Records
2010 Live at the Orange Lounge EP[8] Vagrant Records/Dine Alone Records

Live albums

Date of
Release 		Title Label
2007 Live Dine Alone Records

Singles

Year Song Chart
pos. [9] 		Album
CAN
2005 "Save Your Scissors" - Sometimes
2006 "Comin' Home" -
2007 "Like Knives" - Live
2008 "Waiting..." 32 Bring Me Your Love
"Sleeping Sickness" 59
2009 "The Girl" -

Awards and nominations

2006 MuchMusic Video Awards

2008 MuchMusic Video Awards

  • Nominated for Peoples Choice: Favourite Artist for "Waiting..."

Chart magazine

  • 2006 artist of the year

2007 Juno Awards

  • Won: Alternative Album of the Year (for Sometimes)

2009 Juno Awards

  • Won: Songwriter of the Year (for "Waiting...", "Sleeping Sickness" and "The Girl")
  • Nominated: Artist of the Year

References

  1. ^ a b c Dallas Green mellows out with City and Colour
  2. ^ City and Colour - Sometimes
  3. ^ a b Dallas Green: An Introspective Look
  4. ^ City and Colour Set Out On First U.S. Tour
  5. ^ http://www.dinealonerecords.com/releases/view/36
  6. ^ http://www.alterthepress.com/2010/06/interview-city-and-colour.html
  7. ^ http://www.cria.ca/gold/1109_g.php
  8. ^ http://cityandcolour.ca/store/#Dinfo
  9. ^ City and Colour Chart Positions and Trajectories

External links

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