Already dubbed "the next big thing" and "the torchbearer for alt-country," Collin Herring combines rock, country, singer-songwriter, post-punk and psychedelia into his own unique style. Collin melds traditional and contemporary influences to position himself as the future voice of Southern music.
Since the 2002 release of his stunning inaugural album, "Avoiding the Circus", Fort Worth, TX native Collin Herring has been touted as the "torchbearer for alt-country" by Miles of Music, and "the next big thing" by the Dallas Observer. Described by HARP magazine as "one hell of a debut", "Avoiding the Circus" won Fort Worth Weekly Music Awards in 2003 for Album of the Year, Best Country Album and Songwriter of the Year. His follow-up sophomore cd, "The Other Side of Kindness", released at Austin's SXSW music festival in 2005, also won Album of the Year honors in 2005 and garnered national praise from the holy trinity of alt-country publications Paste Magazine, HARP and No Depression. A third record, "Past Life Crashing" was recorded over a two year period, released in 2008, and is once again representative of Collin's ongoing redefinition of the alt-country genre as he continues to create music that defies categorization.
Collin Herring's fourth record, "OCHO", will be released November 2009. The collection of (you guessed it) eight songs were tracked at Britton Beisenherz's Ramble Creek Studio
(Austin) and produced by Will Johnson (Centro-matic). Additional recording was done with Stuart Sikes (Modest Mouse/Loretta Lynn) at Elmwood Studio (Dallas), with mixdown by Britton Beisenherz at Ramble Creek.
Joining Collin once again is his father, Ben Roi Herring, who has participated in each of the three previous records on pedal steel, keyboards and harmony vocals. Along with the
senior Herring, additional musicians include Will Johnson (vocal/guitar), Monahans
members Roberto Sanchez (percussion) and Britton Beisenherz (engineer) and Keith Hanna (Shurman).
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TONITE!!! FRIDAY OCTOBER 30th Sin City Social Club's Day of the Dead Rock Star Ball with a special one-time only performance by THE SKELETONEZ (featuring members of THE MOTHER TRUCKERS, SHURMAN and STONEHONEY) with special guests Nakia, Rosie Flores and more! The Scoot Inn 1308 E. 4th Austin, TX 78702 $5 8pm doors * Scary Monsters & Superfreaks welcome! * Pumpkin Carving ... (byo pumpkin) * devilishly good pot luck ... bring your favorite maggot stew, deviled eggs ..
And we both know it just won't be the same without Collin Herring at the party so put on a costume and head on down for a goulishly good time!!
We are back from tour and playing Saturday night at the Continental Club with our good friends the Mother Truckers-we hit at 10PM! hope u can amke it down- Shurman ..
Hey! Just wanted to drop a line and say THANKS for adding me! I hope you get a chance to check out my page & let me know what you think. I'm adding some new tour dates, so hopefully I'll get to a venue near you soon! Later!
we are on our way back to TX after a GREAT West Coast run that wraps up on Sat May 2nd at the Scoot Inn in East Austin w/ our good friends the Mother Truckers...c'mon down!
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