(TV) more on OPENING ACT: Willard Grant Conspiracy

["Casey, Leo J" <CaseyL@VOLPE.DOT.GOV>]

Years Active   
Group Members  Robert Fisher  Paul Austin 
Genres  Rock  
Styles  Americana 
Tones  Weary, Yearning, Bittersweet, Melancholy, Brooding 
Labels  Slow River (3) 
  
Loose-knit folk-noir confederation the Willard Grant Conspiracy was 
formed in Boston in 1995 by singer Robert Fisher and guitarist 
Paul Austin, longtime collaborators who previously teamed in
the noise-rock outfit the Flower Tamers. Asked to test-drive a 
friend's new home recording studio, the duo recruited guitarist
Sean O'Brien and within days completed work on the debut 
Willard Grant Conspiracy record, 3 AM Sunday at Fortune Otto's, 
issued on Fisher's own Dahlia Records imprint in 1996. From 
there the group evolved into an ever-changing collective of 
some 20 local musicians, gathering in various numbers each 
week for informal jam sessions; guitarist James Apt, violist 
David Michael Curry, mandolinist Erich Groat and bassist 
Matt Griffin joined the core trio of Fisher, Austin and O'Brien 
to record the WGC's 1998 Rykodisc/Slow River debut, Flying 
Low. The live Weevils in the Captain's Biscuit and the demo 
collection Radio Free WGC preceded the 1999 release of the 
superb Mojave. Everything's Fine surfaced two years later. - Jason Ankeny 
 
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Richard Buckner  Mark Eitzel  The Silos  The Geraldine Fibbers 
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