Lincoln Durham

Last updated

Lincoln Durham
Lincoln Durham Pennyfest 2017 ECRG.jpg
Lincoln Durham at Pennyfest 2017
Background information
Born Whitney, Texas, United States [1]
Genres Alternative rock, southern gothic, revival punk, psycho blues, Americana [2]
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, guitarist
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar, drums, cigar box guitars, harmonica, fiddle, banjo, mandolin
Years active2010–present
LabelsDroog Records, Rayburn Publishing, CD Baby
Website lincolndurham.com

Lincoln Durham is an American alternative rock, southern gothic, revival punk, psycho blues, Americana singer, songwriter and one-man-band musician.

Contents

History

Lincoln Durham was born in Whitney, Texas and grew up in Itasca, Texas. [1] Durham started out playing fiddle when he was four. He competed in fiddle contests in Texas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, and when he was ten, he won the Texas State Youth Fiddle Championship. [1] In high school, Durham switched to electric guitar citing Nirvana as the inspiration for a new direction. [3] After high school he took a break from music, but he returned, switching over to acoustic guitar and picking up a slide guitar style. Durham was mentored by Ray Wylie Hubbard. [1] Durham's current sound has been compared to Nick Cave, Jack White and Tom Waits. [4] [5]

Recordings

In 2010, Durham recorded an extended play album, EP, produced by Ray Wylie Hubbard and George Reiff. The EP was released on May 11, 2010, as a sneak-peek for his upcoming debut album, which was in the process of being produced, but would not be released until almost two years later. [6] [7]

Lincoln Durham's debut full-length album, The Shovel vs. the Howling Bones was released January 31, 2012 by Rayburn Publishing. [8] The album was produced by Ray Wylie Hubbard and George Reiff at George Reiff's studio, The Finishing School in Austin, Texas. [4] Durham played the majority of the instruments, including a 1929 Gibson HG22 guitar, a bird feeder, a hacksaw, and oil pans. [4] [9] Drums were performed by Rick Richards. Other guest musicians from Austin on the album were Derek O'Brien (guitar), Jeff Plankenhorn (mandolin), Bucca Allen (accordion and piano), and Idgy Vaughn (backup vocals on "Trucker's Love Song"), plus Lincoln Durham's wife, Alissa (backup vocals). [4] [10]

Durham's second album, Exodus of the Deemed Unrighteous was released on October 22, 2013, by Droog Records. [11] [12] The album was produced by George Reiff at his studio, The Finishing School in Austin, Texas, and has Rick Richards on drums again. [13]

Durham's third album, Revelations of a Mind Unraveling , was released on March 25, 2016, on Droog Records. The album was produced by George Reiff at The Finishing School in Austin, Texas. [14] [15]

Durham's fourth album, And Into Heaven Came the Night , was released on March 30, 2018, on Droog Records. The album was produced by Lincoln Durham, and recorded at The Ice Cream Factory Studios and The Crypt in Austin, Texas. [16] [17] [18]

Discography

Studio albums

YearDetails
2012 The Shovel vs. the Howling Bones
  • Released: January 31, 2012
  • Label: Lincoln Durham/Rayburn Publishing
2013 Exodus of the Deemed Unrighteous
  • Released: October 22, 2013
  • Label: Droog Records
2016 Revelations of a Mind Unraveling
  • Released: March 25, 2016
  • Label: Droog Records
2018 And Into Heaven Came the Night
  • Released: March 30, 2018
  • Label: Droog Records
2023Resurrection Thorn
  • Released: June 30, 2023
  • Label: Droog Records

Extended Play

YearDetails
2010EP
  • Released: March 20, 2010
  • Label: Lincoln Durham, CD Baby

EP extended play listing

EP
EP by
Lincoln Durham
ReleasedMarch 20, 2010 [19]
Genre Folk, blues [6] [20]
Length12:24
Label Lincoln Durham, CD Baby [21]
Producer Ray Wylie Hubbard, George Reiff [22]
Lincoln Durham chronology
EP
(2010)
The Shovel vs. the Howling Bones
(2012)

All tracks are written by Lincoln Durham [20]

No.TitleLength
1."Living This Hard"3:25
2."Georgia Lee"3:20
3."How Does a Crow Fly"2:34
4."Reckoning Lament"3:05

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Los Lonely Boys</span> American musical group

Los Lonely Boys are an American musical group from San Angelo, Texas. They play a style of music they call "Texican Rock n' Roll", combining elements of rock and roll, Texas blues, brown-eyed soul, country, and Tejano.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ray Wylie Hubbard</span> American country musician (born 1946)

Ray Wylie Hubbard is an American singer and songwriter.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gary Holt (musician)</span> American guitarist

Gary Wayne Holt is an American musician from the San Francisco Bay Area. He is the guitarist, bandleader, and main songwriter for thrash metal band Exodus and was a member of Slayer from 2011 to 2019, replacing Jeff Hanneman on a temporary guitarist due to an illness in 2011, and on a permanent guitarist after Hanneman's death in May 2013.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eamon McLoughlin</span> Country and Bluegrass musician

Eamon McLoughlin is a musician based in Nashville, Tennessee. Primarily a fiddle player, he has toured and recorded with artists in the country music, bluegrass, and Americana fields. He holds the position of Staff Fiddle player at The Grand Ole Opry, working with a diverse range of artists including Vince Gill, Nina Simone, Carly Pearce, Oak Ridge Boys and many more. Eamon performs in the (separate) touring bands of Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell. He also sings, plays mandolin, guitar, cello and viola, and can be seen performing regularly with The 50 Shades of Hay. He has received two Grammy nominations for Country Instrumental Performance as a founding member of the American bluegrass band The Greencards.

<i>Viva Terlingua</i> 1973 live album by Jerry Jeff Walker

¡Viva Terlingua! is a progressive country album by Jerry Jeff Walker and The Lost Gonzo Band. It was recorded in August 1973 at the Luckenbach Dancehall in Luckenbach, Texas, and released three months later, in November 1973, on MCA Nashville Records. The album captures Walker's strived-for "gonzo country" sound, a laid-back country base with notes of "outlaw" rock, blues, and traditional Mexican norteño and Tejano styles. The album was mostly recorded live in the dancehall without an audience over several days, but two songs were recorded live with an audience.

Cotton Mather is an American rock band from Austin, Texas, founded by Robert Harrison in 1990. Although the group started out as an experimental duo featuring guitar and cello, they evolved into a four-piece rock group with a sound centered around guitars and vocal harmonies. The group was initially active from 1990 to 2003, but returned from a nine-year hiatus in 2012 and have been active ever since. They have drawn comparisons to the Beatles, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Squeeze, and Guided by Voices. In his 2007 book, Shake Some Action, John Borack rated the Kontiki album at number 26 of his Top 200 Power Pop Albums of all time, comparing the album to Revolver-era Beatles, Big Star, and The Apples in Stereo. NME suggested Cotton Mather might be "the most exciting guitar pop band since Supergrass."

Maggie Lee Walters is an American musician living in Austin, Texas. She has released two full-length albums, Maggie Walters (2005) and Midwestern Hurricane (2008).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stephen Bruton</span>

Turner Stephen Bruton was an American actor and musician.

Tommy Alverson is a Texas Country musician from Mineral Wells, Texas. He attended and played varsity football at Itasca High School with Austin's Sam Baker. During junior college, he played guitar with James Hand, and later produced Hand's first album.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Scott H. Biram</span> American country musician

Scott H. Biram aka The Dirty Old One Man Band is an American musician whose music draws from a variety of styles, including blues, punk and outlaw country. One of the prominent musicians of the one-man band musical genre, Biram has appeared on national television shows such as NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and performed in prestigious and legendary venues such as Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, CBGB in New York City, Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, California, The Fillmore in San Francisco, California, Roxy Theater in West Hollywood, California, The Roundhouse in London, United Kingdom, and Paradiso in Amsterdam, Netherlands. His music has been featured in many American television shows and films. He has also appeared as himself in several films and documentaries. The Dirty Old One Man Band has continuously toured in the U.S., Canada, and Europe since 1998.

The Gloria Record was an American emo band from Austin, Texas, a side-project of former Mineral vocalist Chris Simpson and bassist Jeremy Gomez. The group was formed it in 1997, together with guitarist Brian Hubbard and drummer Matt Hammon. They released two EPs through Crank! A Record Company, a self-titled EP (1999) and A Lull in Traffic (2000), before issuing their debut album Start Here through Arena Rock Recording Company in 2002. While working on its follow-up, the group disbanded in May 2004.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Bright Light Social Hour</span> Rock band from Texas

The Bright Light Social Hour is an American psychedelic rock band from Austin, Texas. The band is composed of Jackie O'Brien on bass and vocals, Curtis Roush on guitar and vocals, Zac Catanzaro on drums, Mia Carruthers on keys and vocals, and Juan Alfredo Ríos on percussion.

Terry Buffalo Ware is an American guitarist and composer.

54 Seconds were an American rock band from Austin, Texas. Consisting of Spencer Gibb on vocals and guitar, J.J. Johnson on drums and vocals, Stewart Cochran on piano, synthesizer, keyboard and vocals and Glenn McGregor on bass. The band was formed after Gibb released his debut album 4-Track Mind with some musicians later joined this group.

Your Old Droog is a Ukrainian-born American rapper and producer from Brooklyn, New York. He first gained public attention in June 2014 when online rumors were circulated that his self-published debut EP was actually recorded by veteran New York rapper Nas under an alter ego, before revealing himself in August of that year as a 25-year-old Ukrainian American. His self-titled debut album was released digitally on November 25, 2014. The name "Droog" comes from the Ukrainian word 'друг' meaning "friend".

<i>Revelations of a Mind Unraveling</i> 2016 studio album by Lincoln Durham

Revelations of a Mind Unraveling is Lincoln Durham's third studio album, released on March 25, 2016, on Droog Records. The album is a soundtrack for his exploration of the darkness of his inner psyche. Durham has dealt with anxiety, depression, and OCD all of his life, and rather than taking medication, he has found that his music soothes his issues. The album was written during a period when his issues rose up against him and he wrote the music as ammunition to shoot it down.

<i>The Shovel vs. the Howling Bones</i> 2012 studio album by Lincoln Durham

The Shovel vs. the Howling Bones is Lincoln Durham's debut studio album, released on January 31, 2012 by Rayburn Publishing. Four of the songs on the album are from his 2010 EP, and the other seven are original compositions. Durham was mentored and produced by singer-songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard, and co-produced by George Reiff. Durham played the majority of the instruments, including a 1929 Gibson HG22 guitar, a bird feeder, a hacksaw, and oil pans. Drums were performed by Rick Richards. Other guest musicians from Austin on the album were Derek O'Brien Jeff Plankenhorn, Bucca Allen, and Idgy Vaughn, plus Lincoln Durham's wife, Alissa.

<i>Exodus of the Deemed Unrighteous</i> 2013 studio album by Lincoln Durham

Exodus of the Deemed Unrighteous is Lincoln Durham's second studio album, released on October 22, 2013, on Droog Records. Durham teamed up with drummer Rick Richard and producer George Reiff for the second time for his follow up album to The Shovel vs. the Howling Bones. Durham plays a variety of instruments on the album, playing his guitar and other instruments including a cigar box guitar, an old Samsonite case, piano, lap steel guitar, harmonica, and a banjo.

Rachelle Rhea "Chelle" Rose is an American rock, blues, roots singer, songwriter and musician. She released her debut album, “Nanahally River” in 2000.

<i>And Into Heaven Came the Night</i> 2018 studio album by Lincoln Durham

And Into Heaven Came the Night is Lincoln Durham's fourth studio album, released on March 30, 2018 on Droog Records. Durham uses an array of instruments for the album, including guitar, cigar box guitar, pump organ, fiddle, and sheet metal. Most of the music on the album is generated by Durham, but he uses Chris Hausler for drums and mini Marvin on some of the tracks, and his wife Alissa provides some backing vocals.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Leggett, Steve. "Lincoln Durham - Biography". Billboard. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  2. "Lincoln Durham - 'Revelations of a Mind Unraveling' (album stream) (premiere)". Pop Matters. March 24, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  3. Hahne, Jeff (October 21, 2015). "Lincoln Durham: One-string wonder". Creative Loafing. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Bray, Will (January 31, 2012). "Lincoln Durham". Americana UK. Archived from the original on April 13, 2016. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  5. "Lincoln Durham Official Website - Biography". Lincoln Durham. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  6. 1 2 Skanse, Richard (June 1, 2010). "Lincoln Durham: "EP"". Lone Star Music Magazine. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  7. "Album Review: Lincoln Durham EP". Broken Jukebox. June 15, 2010. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  8. Beaudoin, Jedd (January 29, 2012). "Lincoln Durham: The Shovel Vs.the Howling Bones". Pop Matters. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  9. Chilton, Martin (January 26, 2012). "Lincoln Durham: The Shovel [vs] the Howlingbones, CD review". The Telegraph. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  10. "Lincoln Durham - The Shovel vs The Howling Bones". American Roots UK. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  11. "Exodus of the Deemed Unrighteous by Lincoln Durham". iTunes. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  12. Wilinson, Allan. "Lincoln Durham - Exodus of the Deemed Unrighteous (Droog Records)". Northern Sky Magazine. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  13. "CDs - Lincoln Durham - Exodus of the Deemed Unrighteous". Explore Magazine. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  14. Cirilo, Joseph (January 30, 2016). "Lincoln Durham - 'Revelations of a Mind Unravelling' release + Spring tour". AXS. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  15. Ferguson, Neil (February 10, 2016). "Lincoln Durham Talks New Album, Taps Into Mental Torment On "Creeper" (Song Premiere/Interview)". Glide Magazine. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  16. "And Into Heaven Came The Night by Lincoln Durham". CD Baby. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  17. Wilson, James (March 30, 2018). "Lincoln Durham Releases 'And Into Heaven Came the Night'". Indie Band Guru. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  18. Buford, Jordan (March 28, 2018). "Single Review: "Heaven" by Lincoln Durham". The Music Enthusiast. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  19. "EP: Lincoln Durham". Amazon Canada. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  20. 1 2 "EP - Lincoln Durham". AllMusic. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  21. "EP - Lincoln Durham | Releases". AllMusic. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  22. "EP - Lincoln Durham". Pandora. Retrieved February 16, 2017.