- Jolene (band)
Infobox musical artist
Name = Jolene
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Origin =North Carolina ,United States
Genre = Rock
Years_active = 1995–Present
Label =Blue Rose Records ,Sire Records ,Ardent Records
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Current_members =Dave Burris
John Crooke
Mike Kennerly
Rodney Lanier
Mike Mitschele
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Notable_instruments =Jolene is an alternative rock band based in
North Carolina . Often described asalt-country , the band despises the term, and refuses to be labeled as such.Fact|date=April 2007 They can otherwise be described as arock band withcountry music inflections.Members
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Dave Burris - guitar, backing vocals, keyboards
*John Crooke - lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion
*Mike Kennerly - drums, percussion
*Rodney Lanier - keyboards, pedal steel guitar
*Mike Mitschele - bass guitar, bass synth, programmingHistory
After discovering a cassette copy of R.E.M.'s "
Fables of the Reconstruction ", John Crooke was inspired to form a band with his cousin Dave Burris, and two long-time friends, Mike Kennerly and Mike Mitschele. After touring for six months, Jolene was spotted at a show in Nashville and signed to Memphis-based independent labelArdent Records , where they recorded their debut LP, "Hell's Half Acre ", released in1996 .Jolene signed with the major label
Sire Records eighteen months later. With Sire, they released their second LP "In The Gloaming " in1998 . The band expanded to a five-piece during this time, with the addition of multi-instrumentalistRodney Lanier .In
1999 , Jolene joinedBlue Rose Records , and have released two albums on that label.John Crooke and Dave Burris are currently involved with the LA-based band Lamps.
Discography
External links
* [http://www.bluerose-records.de/main.asp?mode=artist&id=3650 Jolene's record label website] (in German)
* [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/jolene/articles/story/5927325/jolenes_true_warmth_shines_through_the_gloaming Profile of "In The Gloaming"] by "Rolling Stone "
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