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Tired Pony is a music group consisting of Gary
Lightbody, Richard Colburn, Iain Archer, Jacknife
Lee, Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey and Troy
Stewart. Lightbody formed the group out of his love
for country music, and has described the group’s
music as “country-tinged”. The group visited
Portland, Oregon in January 2010 to record an
album, which is being produced by member Lee.
Recording sessions are expected to finish within
the month.
Tired Pony was formed by Gary Lightbody (of Snow
Patrol), who had a “long-term ambition” of making a
country album. He revealed ...read more
Tired Pony is a music group consisting of Gary
Lightbody, Richard Colburn, Iain Archer, Jacknife
Lee, Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey and Troy
Stewart. Lightbody formed the group out of his love
for country music, and has described the group’s
music as “country-tinged”. The group visited
Portland, Oregon in January 2010 to record an
album, which is being produced by member Lee.
Recording sessions are expected to finish within
the month.
Tired Pony was formed by Gary Lightbody (of Snow
Patrol), who had a “long-term ambition” of making a
country album. He revealed the project’s existence
in May 2009. In the interview, he expressed his love
for country music, which he said he had loved for a
long time: “I always thought I had a country album
in me and it turns out I did.” The rest of Snow Patrol
expressed excitement for their band-mate,
“delighted that [Lightbody was] getting to exorcise
all his crazy ideas.” In October 2009, Lightbody in
his blog on Snow Patrol’s website revealed the
members of the group to be Richard Colburn (of
Belle & Sebastian), Iain Archer, singer Miriam
Kaufmann (Archer’s wife), and Jacknife Lee. He
talked about two more members whom he was
very excited about, but didn’t name them. He also
stated that the album won’t be country as was
being reported, but would be “country-tinged”. In
January 2010, Hot Press reported Peter Buck (of
R.E.M.) to be a member of the group. Lightbody
described Buck as one of his “all-time heroes” and
admired his talent for playing a variety of
instruments. Lightbody looks at the project as
something he has “wanted to get out of [his]
system”, and said that “[he doesn’t] know whether
people will dig it or not.” He has expressed doubts
about the commercial viability of the group’s work,
mainly in the United States.
Lightbody had a potential album fully written by
May 2009, and had said he only needed to record it.
On 13 October 2009, Lightbody debuted a Tired
Pony song during Snow Patrol’s tour stop in
Portland. While playing an acoustic session for
radio station KINK, he introduced the song which
he said he had written the previous night. He said
that the song was “written in Portland, inspired by
Portland”.
The album The Place We Ran From was released
on July 12, 2010, in the United Kingdom and on
September 28, 2010, in the United States. Its first
single was “Dead American Writers, released one
week before the album on vinyl only.” It was
recorded in only one week on January 2010, in
Portland, Oregon, USA. It includes contributions
from actress and singer Zooey Deschanel, guitarist
M. Ward, and Tom Smith of the indie rock group
Editors. Apart from playing on the album, Jacknife
Lee is handling album production. The video for
“Dead American Writers” stars British actor Joseph
Gilgun and was directed by Paul Fraser (a longtime
collaborator of Shane Meadows).
Tired Pony played their first live show at London’s
Forum venue in Kentish Town on July 14, 2010 and
were joined on stage by 2009 Mercury Music Prize
nominee Lisa Hannigan who stepped in for Zooey
Deschanel on the song “Get On The Road”. Editors
singer Tom Smith also joined the group on stage.
On September 30, 2010, Tired Pony appeared on
the Late Show with David Letterman, performing
“Dead American Writers” from the album. “Get on
the road” was also featured on Showtime drama
“Shameless” at the end of “Just Like the Pilgrims
Intended” episode .
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