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Jay Farrar Announces New Son Volt Line-up

Jay Farrar and his band, Son Volt, are headed back into the studio to record their fourth full-length studio album—the first new release since 1998’s Wide Swing Tremolo. This time around, though, fans will be seeing (and hearing) a different collection of side musicians performing with Farrar. After several months of discussions and planning with the original Son Volt players—Dave Boquist, Jim Boquist and Mike Heidorn—Farrar was unable to reach acceptable business terms with the original line-up. “Times change, and so do people, I guess,” reflected Farrar. “While I was looking forward to the reunion aspect of working with those...  read more

Son Volt Reunites and Returns to Studio

With frontman/songwriter Jay Farrar at the helm, Son Volt will begin recording its fourth full-length album at the end of September. The band also plans to hit the road for a tour in late February/early March 2005. Following a five-year hiatus (with the exception of the April 2004 recording of "Sometimes" for the Alejandro Escovedo tribute album) multi-instrumentalist Dave Boquist, bassist Jim Boquist and drummer Mike Heidorn will reconvene at Farrar's St. Louis studio. "It felt like we hit the ground running when we recorded Al's song for Por Vida," Farrar says of the session for the Escovedo tribute. "Five...  read more