Before Graham Lindsey could even drive he was already playing in
punk rock bands around his hometown of Madison, Wisconsin, most
notably "the world's youngest punk band" Old Skull. A little older and
arguably wiser he holed up between a rural Nebraska farmhouse and a
cabin in the woods of Wisconsin and woodshedded out the material for
what would be his first solo album Famous Anonymous Wilderness, a
debut that suddenly earned him widespread critical acclaim making it
onto dozens of top ten lists including two Rolling Stone Critic's
Choice lists as well as being featured on a special edition of NPR's
All Songs Considered. Released on Catamount Records in 2003, it was
heralded by alternative-country bible of the day No Depression as “the
most audacious roots songwriter’s debut since Gillian Welch’s
Revival,” received Honorable Mention for Best Debut/Artist and was
chosen as one of the Top Forty Albums of The Year by Harp Magazine.
Lindsey’s songs soon began showing up in many promising spots; Uncut
Magazine's cover-mount CD Tracks Inspired by Bob Dylan –Volume 2
alongside Richie Havens, John Prine, Steve Goodman, Billy Bragg and
others; the opening credit sequence of the feature film Dunsmore; the
multi-award winning independent film release Fairview St., and
Bloodshot Records’ 10-year anniversary compilation For A Decade of
Sin: 11 Years of Bloodshot Records in which his solo banjo/vocal
inclusion was called “one of the most haunting down-home performances”
on the 2-disc set.
Sophomore effort Hell Under The Skullbones immediately earned the
Number One spot on the Euro Americana Charts overseas and celebrated a
string of similar successes in the U.S. since its 2006 worldwide
release on Spacebar Recordings in the U.S. and on Sonic Rendezvous in
Europe. The ten song album is what Uncut Magazine called “fiery
folk-blues-twang, augmented by notable cameos from Van Dyke Parks,
pedal steel whiz Greg Leisz and ex-Captain Beefheart guitarist Moris
Tepper.” Also featured are upright bassist Larry Taylor (Tom Waits)
and Nick Vincent (Frank Black and the Catholics).
Lindsey's unlikely journey led him most recently to the mountains of
Montana where he now lives with his wife -who has recently begun
accompanying him on drums. It was here over several years that Graham
spaded out the material for his third full-length We Are All Alone In
This Together, as well as it's shorter counterpart The Mine EP, both
recorded by producer Steve Deutsch (Van Dyke Parks, Linda Thompson)
and released on Spacebar Recordings January 18, 2009. Hailed by
