Members
- Craig Fox (lead vocals and guitar)
- Jack Lawrence (bass)
- Patrick Keeler (drums)
History
The Greenhornes started life as a high school band based in
Dearborn County, Indiana (20 miles west of Cincinnati) called Us and Them, self-releasing a four-track tape. Originally a five piece that included guitarist Brian Olive (who later departed to play with the
Toledo-based
Soledad Brothers under the alias Oliver Henry) and keyboardist Jared McKinney, the Greenhornes debuted in 1998, issuing their first bit of music on a single, "The End of the Night" backed with "No More," released by
Deary Me Records. The following year they released their first full-length album,
Gun for You
. A self-titled LP followed in 2001. 2002's
Dual Mono
came after the departure of Olive and McKinney and included guitarist and vocalist Eric Stein, currently guitarist and vocalist of The Griefs. By 2003, the band was down to Fox, Lawrence, and Keeler. 2005 saw the release of
East Grand Blues
, an EP for
V2 Records, which was produced by Detroit musician
Brendan Benson. It was quickly followed by the compilation
Sewed Soles
. The band's collaboration with
Holly Golightly, "There Is an End", was the theme song of
Jim Jarmusch's 2005 film,
Broken Flowers
.
Throughout their career, the Greenhornes have toured almost constantly, only taking breaks when the musicians have worked on other projects.
Lawrence and Keeler, along with Detroit musician and producer
Dave Feeny, were in the Do-Whaters, the band formed and led by
Jack White of
The White Stripes for
Loretta Lynn's 2004 album
Van Lear Rose
. Lawrence and Keeler have spent all of 2006 at work in
The Raconteurs with Benson and White. Lawrence is also the banjo and autoharp player for the
Detroit band,
Blanche, which also includes Feeny, and plays bass in
The Dead Weather, a band fronted by
Alison Mosshart (
The Kills) and featuring regular collaboraors Jack White and
Dean Fertita (
The Waxwings). Recently, Fox, McKinney, and Olive have been playing together in a new, still-untitled band in and around Cincinnati.
The Greenhornes have recently contributed the song "Pattern Skies" to the
PS2/
Xbox video game
Destroy All Humans! 2.
Discography
Albums
- Gun For You
(1999)
- The Greenhornes
(2001)
- Dual Mono
(2002)
- East Grand Blues
EP (2005)
- Sewed Soles
(2005)
Singles
- "The End of the Night/No More" (1998)
- "Shadow of Grief/Stayed Up Last Night" (2000)
- "I Won't Take It Anymore/Lost Woman" (2002)
- "Lovin' in the Sun/Your Body Not Your Soul" (2003)