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Uncle Tupelo ended in volleys of bitter acrimony between founding members Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy, and as most of Uncle Tupelo's final lineup joined Tweedy to form Wilco, Farrar set out to assemble a new band that suited his specifications. Teaming with UT's original drummer Mike Heidorn, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Dave Boquist, and bassist (and Dave's brother) Jim Boquist, Farrar's new group Son Volt started with the deep, resonant sound of his work with Uncle Tupelo and moved it several steps further, and the band's debut album, 1995's Trace, ultimately displayed his talent to better advantage than any album he made before or since. Sequenced to highlight the dynamic push and pull between fierce rockers like "Route" and "Drown," full of Farrar's Neil Young-styled electric guitar, and quieter and more thoughtful numbers like "Tear-Stained Eye" and "Windfall," Trace honored both sides of Farrar's musical personality, and the muscular but unpretentious attack of his backing band was made to order for these songs. And the mixed themes of freedom, disappointment, and betrayal that punctuate Farrar's lyrics clearly reflected his state of mind as he walked away from one band and into another. One could reasonably describe Trace as Jay Farrar's version of George Harrison's All Things Must Pass, a watershed work where the artist occasionally looks to an unsatisfying past as he sets out on a bracing new adventure, and like All Things Must Pass it was a triumph that Farrar would never quite repeat as he created a body of work that was satisfying but never balanced songs, performances, and mood with the easy perfection he achieved here. However, when Trace appeared in 1995, it was hard not to believe Farrar had broken up Uncle Tupelo for all the right reasons, and it's still a powerful, beautifully crafted, and deeply moving set of songs.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
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Son Volt, MainArtist - Howie Weinberg, Masterer - Peter Coleman, Mixer - Dave Boquist, Band Member, Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle - JAY FARRAR, Composer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Jim Boquist, Background Vocals, Bass - Mike Heidorn, Drums - Eric Heywood, Steel Drums
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc. Remastered 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company
Craig Krampf, Drums - Son Volt, MainArtist - Howie Weinberg, Masterer - Peter Coleman, Mixer - Dave Boquist, Band Member, Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle - JAY FARRAR, Composer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Jim Boquist, Background Vocals, Bass - Mike Heidorn, Drums - Eric Heywood, Steel Drums
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc. Remastered 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company
Son Volt, MainArtist - Howie Weinberg, Masterer - Peter Coleman, Mixer - Dave Boquist, Band Member, Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle - JAY FARRAR, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Jim Boquist, Background Vocals, Bass - Mike Heidorn, Drums - Eric Heywood, Steel Drums
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc. Remastered 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company
Son Volt, MainArtist - Howie Weinberg, Masterer - BRIAN PAULSON, Mixer - Dave Boquist, Band Member, Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle - JAY FARRAR, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Jim Boquist, Background Vocals, Bass - Mike Heidorn, Drums - Eric Heywood, Steel Drums
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc. Remastered 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company
Son Volt, MainArtist - Howie Weinberg, Masterer - BRIAN PAULSON, Mixer - Dave Boquist, Band Member, Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle - JAY FARRAR, Composer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Jim Boquist, Background Vocals, Bass - Mike Heidorn, Drums - Eric Heywood, Steel Drums
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc. Remastered 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company
Son Volt, MainArtist - Howie Weinberg, Masterer - BRIAN PAULSON, Mixer - Dave Boquist, Band Member, Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle - JAY FARRAR, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Jim Boquist, Background Vocals, Bass - Mike Heidorn, Drums - Eric Heywood, Steel Drums
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc. Remastered 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company
Son Volt, MainArtist - Howie Weinberg, Masterer - Peter Coleman, Mixer - Dave Boquist, Band Member, Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle - JAY FARRAR, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Jim Boquist, Background Vocals, Bass - Mike Heidorn, Drums - Eric Heywood, Steel Drums
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc. Remastered 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company
Son Volt, MainArtist - Howie Weinberg, Masterer - Peter Coleman, Mixer - Dave Boquist, Band Member, Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle - JAY FARRAR, Composer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Jim Boquist, Background Vocals, Bass - Mike Heidorn, Drums - Eric Heywood, Steel Drums
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc. Remastered 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company
Son Volt, MainArtist - Howie Weinberg, Masterer - Peter Coleman, Mixer - Dave Boquist, Band Member, Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle - JAY FARRAR, Composer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Jim Boquist, Background Vocals, Bass - Mike Heidorn, Drums - Eric Heywood, Steel Drums
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc. Remastered 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company
Son Volt, MainArtist - Howie Weinberg, Masterer - Peter Coleman, Mixer - Dave Boquist, Band Member, Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle - JAY FARRAR, Composer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Jim Boquist, Background Vocals, Bass - Mike Heidorn, Drums - Eric Heywood, Steel Drums - Dan Newton, Accordion
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc. Remastered 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company
Son Volt, MainArtist - Marc Perlman, Bass - Howie Weinberg, Masterer - Peter Coleman, Mixer - Dave Boquist, Band Member, Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle - JAY FARRAR, Guitar, Vocals - Jim Boquist, Background Vocals, Bass - Mike Heidorn, Drums - Eric Heywood, Steel Drums - Ronnie Wood, Composer, Writer
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc. Remastered 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company
Son Volt, MainArtist - Howie Weinberg, Masterer - BRIAN PAULSON, Mixer - Dave Boquist, Band Member, Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle - JAY FARRAR, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Jim Boquist, Background Vocals, Bass - Mike Heidorn, Drums - Eric Heywood, Steel Drums
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2015 Warner Records Inc.
Son Volt, MainArtist - Howie Weinberg, Masterer - BRIAN PAULSON, Mixer - Dave Boquist, Band Member, Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle - JAY FARRAR, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Jim Boquist, Background Vocals, Bass - Mike Heidorn, Drums - Eric Heywood, Steel Drums
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2015 Warner Records Inc.
Son Volt, MainArtist - Howie Weinberg, Masterer - Peter Coleman, Mixer - Dave Boquist, Band Member, Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle - JAY FARRAR, Composer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Jim Boquist, Background Vocals, Bass - Mike Heidorn, Drums - Eric Heywood, Steel Drums
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2015 Warner Records Inc.
Son Volt, MainArtist - Howie Weinberg, Masterer - Peter Coleman, Mixer - Dave Boquist, Band Member, Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle - JAY FARRAR, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Jim Boquist, Background Vocals, Bass - Mike Heidorn, Drums - Eric Heywood, Steel Drums
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2015 Warner Records Inc.
Craig Krampf, Drums - Son Volt, MainArtist - Howie Weinberg, Masterer - Peter Coleman, Mixer - Dave Boquist, Band Member, Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle - JAY FARRAR, Composer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Jim Boquist, Background Vocals, Bass - Mike Heidorn, Drums - Eric Heywood, Steel Drums
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2015 Warner Records Inc.
Son Volt, MainArtist - Howie Weinberg, Masterer - Peter Coleman, Mixer - Dave Boquist, Band Member, Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle - JAY FARRAR, Composer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Jim Boquist, Background Vocals, Bass - Mike Heidorn, Drums - Eric Heywood, Steel Drums - Dan Newton, Accordion
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2015 Warner Records Inc.
Son Volt, MainArtist - Howie Weinberg, Masterer - Peter Coleman, Mixer - Dave Boquist, Band Member, Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle - JAY FARRAR, Composer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Jim Boquist, Background Vocals, Bass - Mike Heidorn, Drums - Eric Heywood, Steel Drums
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2015 Warner Records Inc.
Son Volt, MainArtist - Howie Weinberg, Masterer - Peter Coleman, Mixer - Dave Boquist, Band Member, Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle - JAY FARRAR, Composer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Jim Boquist, Background Vocals, Bass - Mike Heidorn, Drums - Eric Heywood, Steel Drums
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2015 Warner Records Inc.
DISC 2
Son Volt, MainArtist - Howie Weinberg, Masterer - BRIAN PAULSON, Mixer - Dave Boquist, Band Member, Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle - JAY FARRAR, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Jim Boquist, Background Vocals, Bass - Mike Heidorn, Drums - Eric Heywood, Steel Drums
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2015 Warner Records Inc.
Son Volt, MainArtist - Howie Weinberg, Masterer - Peter Coleman, Mixer - Dave Boquist, Band Member, Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle - JAY FARRAR, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Jim Boquist, Background Vocals, Bass - Mike Heidorn, Drums - Eric Heywood, Steel Drums
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2015 Warner Records Inc.
Son Volt, MainArtist - Howie Weinberg, Masterer - Peter Coleman, Mixer - Dave Boquist, Band Member, Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle - JAY FARRAR, Composer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Jim Boquist, Background Vocals, Bass - Mike Heidorn, Drums - Eric Heywood, Steel Drums
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2015 Warner Records Inc.
Craig Krampf, Drums - Son Volt, MainArtist - Howie Weinberg, Masterer - Peter Coleman, Mixer - Dave Boquist, Band Member, Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle - JAY FARRAR, Composer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Jim Boquist, Background Vocals, Bass - Mike Heidorn, Drums - Eric Heywood, Steel Drums
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2015 Warner Records Inc.
Son Volt, MainArtist - Dave Boquist, Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle, Dobro - JAY FARRAR, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Jim Boquist, Backing Vocals - Mike Heidorn, Vocals
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2015 Warner Records Inc.
Son Volt, MainArtist - Howie Weinberg, Masterer - Peter Coleman, Mixer - Dave Boquist, Band Member, Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle - JAY FARRAR, Composer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Jim Boquist, Background Vocals, Bass - Mike Heidorn, Drums - Eric Heywood, Steel Drums
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2015 Warner Records Inc.
Son Volt, MainArtist - Jeff Tweedy, Writer - Dave Boquist, Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle, Dobro - JAY FARRAR, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Jim Boquist, Backing Vocals - Mike Heidorn, Vocals
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2015 Warner Records Inc.
Son Volt, MainArtist - Howie Weinberg, Masterer - Peter Coleman, Mixer - Dave Boquist, Band Member, Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle - JAY FARRAR, Composer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Jim Boquist, Background Vocals, Bass - Mike Heidorn, Drums - Eric Heywood, Steel Drums
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2015 Warner Records Inc.
Son Volt, MainArtist - Howie Weinberg, Masterer - Peter Coleman, Mixer - Dave Boquist, Band Member, Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle - JAY FARRAR, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Jim Boquist, Background Vocals, Bass - Mike Heidorn, Drums - Eric Heywood, Steel Drums
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2015 Warner Records Inc.
Son Volt, MainArtist - Dave Boquist, Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle, Dobro - JAY FARRAR, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Jim Boquist, Backing Vocals - Mike Heidorn, Vocals
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2015 Warner Records Inc.
Son Volt, MainArtist - Howie Weinberg, Masterer - BRIAN PAULSON, Mixer, Engineer - Dave Boquist, Banjo, Guitar, Steel Drums, Fiddle - JAY FARRAR, Guitar, Organ, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica - Jim Boquist, Background Vocals, Bass - Mike Heidorn, Drums - Eric Heywood, Mandolin, Steel Drums - Brent Sigmuth, Engineer - Gary Schepers, Sound Engineer - Mike Stuckey, Engineer - Pauli Ryan, Tambourine - Mark Haines, Mixer
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2015 Warner Records Inc.
Son Volt, MainArtist - Howie Weinberg, Masterer - BRIAN PAULSON, Mixer - Dave Boquist, Band Member, Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle - JAY FARRAR, Composer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Jim Boquist, Background Vocals, Bass - Mike Heidorn, Drums - Eric Heywood, Steel Drums
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2015 Warner Records Inc.
Son Volt, MainArtist - Dave Boquist, Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle, Dobro - JAY FARRAR, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Jim Boquist, Backing Vocals - Mike Heidorn, Vocals
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2015 Warner Records Inc.
Son Volt, MainArtist - Howie Weinberg, Masterer - BRIAN PAULSON, Mixer - Dave Boquist, Band Member, Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle - JAY FARRAR, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Jim Boquist, Background Vocals, Bass - Mike Heidorn, Drums - Eric Heywood, Steel Drums
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2015 Warner Records Inc.
Son Volt, MainArtist - Dave Boquist, Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle, Dobro - JAY FARRAR, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Jim Boquist, Backing Vocals - Mike Heidorn, Vocals
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2015 Warner Records Inc.
Son Volt, MainArtist - Jeff Tweedy, Writer - Dave Boquist, Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle, Dobro - JAY FARRAR, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Jim Boquist, Backing Vocals - Mike Heidorn, Vocals
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2015 Warner Records Inc.
Son Volt, MainArtist - Howie Weinberg, Masterer - Peter Coleman, Mixer - Dave Boquist, Band Member, Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle - JAY FARRAR, Composer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Jim Boquist, Background Vocals, Bass - Mike Heidorn, Drums - Eric Heywood, Steel Drums - Dan Newton, Accordion
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2015 Warner Records Inc.
Jerry Chestnut, Writer - Son Volt, MainArtist - Dave Boquist, Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle, Dobro - JAY FARRAR, Guitar, Vocals - Jim Boquist, Backing Vocals - Mike Heidorn, Vocals - Mike Hoyer, Writer
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2015 Warner Records Inc.
Album review
Uncle Tupelo ended in volleys of bitter acrimony between founding members Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy, and as most of Uncle Tupelo's final lineup joined Tweedy to form Wilco, Farrar set out to assemble a new band that suited his specifications. Teaming with UT's original drummer Mike Heidorn, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Dave Boquist, and bassist (and Dave's brother) Jim Boquist, Farrar's new group Son Volt started with the deep, resonant sound of his work with Uncle Tupelo and moved it several steps further, and the band's debut album, 1995's Trace, ultimately displayed his talent to better advantage than any album he made before or since. Sequenced to highlight the dynamic push and pull between fierce rockers like "Route" and "Drown," full of Farrar's Neil Young-styled electric guitar, and quieter and more thoughtful numbers like "Tear-Stained Eye" and "Windfall," Trace honored both sides of Farrar's musical personality, and the muscular but unpretentious attack of his backing band was made to order for these songs. And the mixed themes of freedom, disappointment, and betrayal that punctuate Farrar's lyrics clearly reflected his state of mind as he walked away from one band and into another. One could reasonably describe Trace as Jay Farrar's version of George Harrison's All Things Must Pass, a watershed work where the artist occasionally looks to an unsatisfying past as he sets out on a bracing new adventure, and like All Things Must Pass it was a triumph that Farrar would never quite repeat as he created a body of work that was satisfying but never balanced songs, performances, and mood with the easy perfection he achieved here. However, when Trace appeared in 1995, it was hard not to believe Farrar had broken up Uncle Tupelo for all the right reasons, and it's still a powerful, beautifully crafted, and deeply moving set of songs.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 37 track(s)
- Total length: 02:18:15
- Main artists: Son Volt
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rhino - Warner Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
© 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2015 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
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