Rich Russell: Vocals/Guitar/lapsteel, Landry McMeans: Vocals/Lapsteel/Dobro/Guitar, Michael Bilger Upright Bass, Sarah Stollak: Fiddle. A bunch of other Lonesome Heroes may sometimes include Judas Brooks: Cosmic Country Guitars, Josh Bruner: Electric Tamborine, Max Korten: Baritone vocals & bass guitar, James Moore: Spiritual Guru.
Influences
The Velvet Underground, Jonny Cash, Sonic Youth, Beck, Lou Barlow, Bob Dylan, The Silver Jews, The Magnetic Fields, Willie Nelson, Jeff Manson, Woody Guthrie...
Sounds Like
A broken beer can, Beck, Smog, a rusty old car, Will Oldham, Wilco, Woody Guthrie, Cake, The Silver Jews, Lou Barlow, Luna, The Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth, The Magnetic Fields, Willie Nelson, Tom Jones on a bad day.
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My Band The Lonesome Heroes Hosts a Free Alt Country Showcase Every Wednesday at 9pm @ THE HOLE IN THE WALL 2538 GUADALUPE st. The showcase features 4 all local alt. country acts every week and is totally awsome. Check out www.myspace.com/austinaltcountry for more details or booking.******************************************************************
Rich Russell was born in NYC in 1979. He grew up in a nice brick house with a happy family and two cats in Greenpoint Brooklyn. Sometime during the hipster invasion of the late 90's he ran off to California to live in the Redwood trees and learn to eat twigs and berries at U.C. Santa Cruz. In Santa Cruz he played in world renowned bands such as "Cerveza Gratis" and "Slick Badacle."
He hit the road sometime thereafter, eventually ending up immersed in the New Age Movement in Boulder Colorado. Never able to fully grasp what most people were talking about most of the time, he hit the highways once again with a new band "Me and Shane" to tour the West Coast.
Playing 18 shows in 25 days with reputable bands "Wisp" and "Little Wings," "Me and Shane" made gas money and slept in the car a lot, all the while having a grand time. Money and spare parts for the van running low, the band went its separate ways in the summer of 2003. Some moved west to California, others east to NYC, while others followed the sun to Mexico. Rich ended up in a palapa somewhere on the west coast of Mexico for some months eating fruit and playing mariachi songs with friends. On the beach he took his musical, surfing, and tanning skills to new heights and set off once again to spread music wherever he went.
Following his dreams to be a country singer Rich landed in Austin Texas for the Kerrville Folk Festival in May 2004. In Austin he ran into a bunch of musicians converting an abandoned nursing home into an affordable living space for musicians, known as the Austin Music Coop. He signed on as Kitchen Manager and now enjoys the first days of his partial retirement playing music and washing dishes in and around Austin with his band the Lonesome Heroes. The Lonesome Heroes just released their deput EP Don't Play to Lose on Floodwater Records. Cd's are available for just $5 at www.floodwaterrecords.com
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Olá vá até www. myspace. com/musictourbr e nos ajude a tocar no próximo show da Myspace Music Tour Brazil em Florianópolis com a menina Mallu Magalhães. Obrigado pela força!
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got to www. myspace. com/musictourbr and vote on us to be in the next Myspace Music Tour Brazil gig in Florianópolis, our hometown. We realy apreciate your help! Thanks!
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Olá vá até www. myspace. com/musictourbr e nos ajude a tocar no próximo show da Myspace Music Tour Brazil em Florianópolis com a menina Mallu Magalhães.
Você precisa estar logado ao Myspace e ter uma foto no seu perfil!
Hey whats up? Just want to let you know this Friday its going down crazy at Club providence with The Heavy Hitters DJ Camilo&DJ Enuff. Free bday packages available. Call me at 646.239. 0978 for an RSVP or go to www. famelistnyc. com and print passes or just say Fame guest list at the door. Hope to see you there.
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