Artist: Oakley Hall
Genre(s):
Rock
Discography:
Gypsum Strings
Year: 2006
Tracks: 9
When Oneida's Pat Sullivan left the band in 2001, he wanted to try out something a small more country. He formed Crazee & Heaven, simply it was a short stint. Sullivan wasn't defeated, however; he gathered some of his Crazee & Heaven bandmates -- drummer Will Dyar, bassist Jesse Barnes, and fiddle player Claudia Mogel -- to frame Oakley Hall. Podunks songwriter Steve Tesh, banjo histrion Fred Wallace, vocalizer Leah Blessoff, and guitarist Ed Kurz completed the batting order by 2002. A class subsequently, with a smattering of East Coast tours and a self-released EP under their belt, Oakley Hall issued their self-titled full-length for Bulb. Kurz besides left the band and was replaced by Ted Southern. Around this fourth dimension, Sullivan endured a irritating wound to his right hand spell working on a building site, simply thankfully, he just lost one finger, non his ability to play. Dyar, Tesh, and Southern finally exited Oakley Hall by 2003, with Blessof following in 2004. With a new batting order consisting of Sullivan, Greg Anderson (drums), Wallace immediately on electric guitar, Mogel, and vocalizer Rachel Cox (the Podunks, the Ospreys), Oakley Hall began crafting a tighter, galvanizing countrified sound. The conclusion resultant was deuce records: Irregular Guessing was released on Amish in early 2006; Gypsum Strings arrived that June. The following year, later touring with Bright Eyes and sign language to Merge, the band issued their fourth full-length, I'll Follow You, short subsequently which drummer Anderson left to focus on former projects and was replaced by Pat Wood.
