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For the baseball player, see Dallas Green.
City and Colour

Dallas Green (born September 29, 1980) is a Juno Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter and musician, known for his work as guitarist and singer for the post-hardcore band Alexisonfire and his folk side project, City and Colour.

Dallas Green's name

Green confirmed, during an interview at the 2008 NXNE festival with DJ Dave Bookman of Toronto's CFNY-FM, that he was indeed named after the famous major league pitcher/manager of the same name. He stated that although he was born on Sep 29, 1980, he had gone without a name at first. His mother was considering naming him Graham-Todd Green, but his father had bet on Philadelphia Phillies during the 1980 World Series that October and, after the team won, his parents decided on the name Dallas.[1]

Coincidentally, at the 2008 CASBY Awards held on October 22, Bookman presented Green with the award for Favourite New Indie Release for the City and Colour album, Bring Me Your Love;[2] this happened to be the very same night that the Phillies were taking on Tampa Bay Rays in the first game of the 2008 World Series. The Phillies would go on to win the series, making it their first World Series victory since 1980, the year of Dallas's birth.

Career

Before joining Alexisonfire, Green was in a band called Helicon Blue, producing several songs before breaking up. The three piece band also featured Marce Lanteigne on bass and vocal, and Nicholas Osczypko on drums. The band recorded a self-titled release with Greg Below from Distort Entertainment, who also recorded a second record with the band which included; My Last Breath, Sunder, Greater Victory & Perpetual Healing.

Dallas began playing with Alexisonfire in late 2001. Since then, they have released four albums (Alexisonfire, Watch Out!, Crisis) and "Old Crows/Young Cardinals", along with several EPs. His melodic and piercing vocal range often brings a large presence in most of the band's songs.

In 2003 he appeared (along with George Petit) on Jude the Obscure's album "The Coldest Winter", doing additional vocals on 3 songs.

One of the first appearances of Green outside of Alexisonfire is on Neverending White Lights' collaborative album Act 1: Goodbye Friends of the Heavenly Bodies, released in 2005. He contributed vocals to the song "The Grace". Green provided additional vocals on the track "INRihab" with Every Time I Die as well as on the track "Black Albino Bones" with Fucked Up on their second full length album, The Chemistry of Common Life.

City and Colour's first music video, "Save Your Scissors", from the now gold-rated album Sometimes, was released on January 17, 2006, featuring some of his best friends, band mates and favourite places in his hometown, St. Catharines, Ontario. The second video, "Comin' Home", went number one on MuchMoreMusic's video countdown.

City and Colour also released a live CD/DVD entitled Live on March 6, 2007 which includes two different live performances and a special performance with Ron Sexsmith. A limited edition has also been released at the same time. It included a USB key with footage from MMVA and Much on Demand performances[3].

On February 12, 2008, Green released a new full-length studio album entitled Bring Me Your Love under the moniker City and Colour. It was published under the label of Dine Alone Records. The music video for the first single, "Waiting...", was released on January 24, 2008. On June 6, 2008, "Sleeping Sickness", the second single for the album, was issued and on June 27, a music video was made by Montreal-based director Vincent Morisset[4][5]. This second single also features The Tragically Hip's Gordon Downie's vocals in the second verse.

Bravo! aired an hour-long City & Colour performance as a band for their Live at the Concert Hall... series on August 26, 2008. The performance included interviews, several songs from his latest album, Bring Me Your Love, and also a few songs from Dallas' debut, Sometimes, where he included his backing band into the songs.

In May 2009, Dallas appeared on CBC Radio's Q for an interview with Jian Ghomeshi, as well as a solo performance of three songs; "Body in a Box" and "Waiting..." from the album Bring Me Your Love, as well as "Comin' Home" from his debut album Sometimes.

Personal life

As well as singing and playing guitar, Green is a skateboarder and has been skating since the age of 8. However, Green resists skateboarding on tour, for fear that he could injure himself. He has also stated on his live DVD that he is a fan of basketball.[6][7] He is also a self-described "hardcore fan" of former WWE wrestler, Razor Ramon as well as a fan of Mike Holmes, the star of home renovation show Holmes on Homes[8].

He has reportedly been dating MuchMusic VJ, Leah Miller since at least 2006.[9][10] In 2008 it was reported that the couple were living together.[11] The couple married during a private ceremony at their home in Toronto on New Year's Eve 2008.[12]

Discography

City and Colour

Studio albums and EPs

Date of
Release 		Title Label
2004 The Death of Me (EP) Dine Alone Records
2005 Missing EP Dine Alone Records
2005 Sometimes Dine Alone Records
2008 Bring Me Your Love Vagrant Records/Dine Alone Records
2008 The MySpace Transmissions (EP) Vagrant Records/Dine Alone Records

Live albums

Date of Release Title Record label
2007 Live Dine Alone Records

Alexisonfire

Studio albums and EPs

Date of release Title Record label Certifications
2002 Alexisonfire Distort Entertainment Gold (Canada)[13]
2004 Watch Out! Distort Entertainment Platinum (Canada)[14]
2006 Crisis Distort Entertainment Platinum (Canada)[15]
2009 Old Crows / Young Cardinals Dine Alone Records

Guest Appearances

Studio albums and EPs

Date of Release Band Title Record label
2005 Straight Reads The Line Lets Get Nuts Verona Records
2005 Neverending White Lights Act 1: Goodbye Friends of the Heavenly Bodies Ocean Records Canada / Maple Music Nationwide
2007 The Dear & Departed Something Quite Peculiar Science Records
2007 Every Time I Die The Big Dirty Ferret Records
2008 Fucked Up The Chemistry of Common Life Matador Records
2009 Lights Action Welcome to the New Cold World Colt Signals
2009 DL Incognito Fight This Crazy Records

Equipment

  • Schecter Tempest Custom - Given to Casey Baker formerly of Sleeper Set Sail
  • Fender Telecaster Plus
  • Gibson ES-335 1965
  • Gibson ES-355
  • Gibson SG
  • Gibson ES-333
  • Epiphone Dot Super
  • Takamine Jumbo Acoustic-Electric
  • Norman ST68 CW Acoustic-Electric
  • Marshall Jcm 2000 DSL100 modded head
  • Orange AD140 head
  • Orange rockerverb 100 head
  • Morris Custom Head (by Glen Morris)
  • Morris Custom Guitar Cab (by Glen Morris)
  • Orange 4x12 cab
  • BOSS Bass chorus pedal
  • BOSS RV-3 Digital Reverb/Delay reverb pedal (2)
  • BOSS chromatic tuner
  • DigiTech DigiDelay Pedal
  • Line 6 DL4 and MM4
  • 12-52 gauge strings.
  • 1989 vintage Martin 0017 Acoustic Guitar

References

  1. ^ Dallas's interview at the 2008 NXNE festival on June 18, 2008, courtesy of nowtoronto.com Last accessed Nov 16,2008
  2. ^ List of 2008 Casby Award winners on edge.ca Last accessed Nov 16, 2008
  3. ^ http://www.mymerchtable.com/store/product.php?productid=16363&cat=367&page=1
  4. ^ http://www.dinealonerecords.com/releases/view/27
  5. ^ Official Sleeping Sickness Music Video on Dine Alone Records channel
  6. ^ http://www.optimumimpact.co.uk/index.php?p=5&id=106 Retrieved 16 June 2007
  7. ^ Dallas Green: An Introspective Look Retrieved 22 April 2008
  8. ^ YouTube - Alexisonfire love Holmes on Homes
  9. ^ Eisen, Hailey, "Leah Miller: Why this MuchMusic maverick shuns the fast life for family, friends and her grandmothers coconut cookies", Post City Magazine, Dec 2006 Last accessed Jan 3, 2008
  10. ^ Zekas, Rita, "STORE GAZING: For young veejay, it's simply glam", Toronto Star, Jun 9, 2007 Last accessed Jan 3, 2008
  11. ^ Towie, Brian, "The two sides of Dallas Green: Alexisonfire guitarist enjoys solo success", Metro News, Jan 25, 2008 Last accessed Jan 3, 2008
  12. ^ chartattack.com.
  13. ^ CRIA Gold and Platinum Certifications for October 2005. Canadian Recording Industry Association (October 2005). Retrieved on September 22, 2007.
  14. ^ CRIA Gold and Platinum Certifications for April 2007. Canadian Recording Industry Association (April 2007). Retrieved on September 22, 2007.
  15. ^ CRIA Gold and Platinum Certifications for May 2007. Canadian Recording Industry Association (May 2007). Retrieved on September 22, 2007.

See also

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