Sleepercar

Infobox musical artist
Name = Sleepercar


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Origin = El Paso, Texas, USA
Genre = Country rock Alternative country Americana
Years_active = 2002–present
Label = Civil Defense League Doghouse Records
Associated_acts = Sparta At the Drive-in
URL = http://sleepercarmusic.com/
Current_members = Jim Ward Chris Heinrich Matthew Schmitz Gabriel Gonzalez Greg Sosa
Past_members = Micah Adams Clint Myers Clay Anderson Jeff Ward

Sleepercar is the sideproject of Jim Ward, the singer and guitarist for the band Sparta. Sleepercar plays alt-country, similar to bands such as Wilco.

Early Sleepercar

Sleepercar's beginning can be traced back to the end of At the Drive-In. The oldest Sleepercar song, "Fences Down", was written during a sound check at one of At the Drive-In's last shows. After the band had parted ways, Ward had expressed interest in the genre of alt-country and thought about starting a band to pursue it. However, Sparta was formed and it became the main focus. During down time between Sparta albums and tours, Ward worked on finishing Sleepercar material. It would take several writing sessions before the songs had achieved their final incarnations. During these sessions, Ward was introduced to Chris Heinrich. Heinrich would go on to perform pedal steel guitar on the Sparta album Threes, Ukulele on Ward's Quiet EP, and finally pedal steel for Sleepercar. Micah Adams (guitar), Clint Myers (drums), Ward's father Jeff Ward (bass), and Gabriel Gonzalez (piano) rounded out the line-up during the early practices. Gonzalez has also performed in Sparta during the band's earlier tours for Wiretap Scars.

leepercar News

In 2005, Sleepercar was approached to open a show in El Paso. They would perform with a revised line up now including Matthew Schmitz on drums and Ward's brother in law Clay Anderson on guitar. Videos of this show were taken and have shown up on Youtube.

As of June 3rd, 2008, they are on tour with City and Colour.

West Texas

Released April 22, 2008

Track Listing: 1. "A Broken Promise" - 2:58 2. "Wasting My Time" - 2:57 3. "Fences Down" - 3:53 4. "Wednesday Nights" - 4:03 5. "Kings & Compromises" - 4:52 6. "Heavy Weights" - 4:42 7. "Sound The Alarm" - 4:19 8. "End Of A Year" - 3:36 9. "You Should Run" - 4:20 10. "All Will End Well" - 1:22 11. "Stumble In" - 2:57

External links

* [http://sleepercarmusic.com/ Sleepercar Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/sleepercarwesttexas Sleepercar Official Myspace]
* [http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=313632 Discussion with Jim from Absolutepunk.net]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=C4v0PNl5nk8 Jim Ward interview by Synthesis.net]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ietsy0jWf_Y Sleepercar '05 part 1]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=DnO-1ZDFLhg Sleepercar '05 part 2]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=cJiVj6_Sth4 Sleepercar '05 part 3]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=fe9D19CiEpg Sleepercar '05 part 4]