The Lost Trailers
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The Lost Trailers is an american country music band based out of Atlanta, Georgia. Their self-titled major label debut album was released on August 29, 2006.
| The Lost Trailers | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Years active | 2006-present |
| Genres | Country |
| Labels | BNA Records |
| Members | Stokes Nielson (lead vocals, guitar) Ryder Lee (lead vocals, keyboard) Andrew Neilson (bass) Jeff Potter (drums) Manny Medina (guitar) |
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[edit] Music career
Stokes and Ryder began making music together while both were attending Episcopal High School (Alexandria), in Alexandria, VA writing and recording demos on a short trip to Nashville in the late '90s. They also roomed together at Vanderbilt University and collaborated on a musical interpretation of a series of short stories.
Then working as a Nashville DJ, Stokes Nielson gave Willie Nelson a demo during an interview in 2000, which prompted Nelson to invite the band to play his annual Fourth of July picnic.
The Georgia band's name came after a trailer full of instruments and equipment was stolen in their first year together. The name was meant to be an inside joke, but it started to seem prophetic by the time their third instrument trailer disappeared in 2004.
The Lost Trailers released the independently released albums "The Story of the New Age Cowboy", "Passport", and "Rock Band" (available albums "Trailer Trash" is sort of a mix of songs from "Passport" and "Rock Band") before releasing their record "Welcome to the Woods" on Universal Records. "Welcome to the Woods" features some of the best of their previous catalog, some kept as original recordings, some re-done with a more professional sound. New songs previously unreleased on the album include "Down in the Valley", "Mary" and "West End". A Live Sampler was handed out at some shows in 2004 and features some acoustic in studio versions, live covers, and unreleased studio/live tunes "Macon, Mississippi", "Alabama", "Kansas City", and "Whipping Post."
Nashville producer Blake Chancey, whose credits include projects with the Dixie Chicks, Waylon Jennings and Charlie Robison, saw the re-born Lost Trailers at Billy Bob's in Fort Worth, Texas, and offered to work with the band. The Lost Trailers then teamed with BNA Records which released their major label debut in 2006.
[edit] Sound
The Lost Trailers were heavily influenced by other country acts from the Southern parts of the United States like Alabama, Travis Tritt, and Lynyrd Skynyrd. While those influences come through in their music, their brand of "Trailer Country" is considered modern and unique due to the nature of Ryder Lee's vocals and the subject matter and lyricism of Stokes Nielson's songwriting.
Their self-titled release with BNA Records marks a significant change in their sound and brand of "Trailer Country." The new album is a move from guitar-centric country rock to a more "coporate country" sound that relies more on piano work from Ryder Lee. The songwriting on the new album is a remarkable detraction from songs like "Fire On the Ponchatrain" to a more pop-oriented, lyrically-vacuous songs. It should also be noted that with the new release, the public domain was changed as Ryder Lee became the frontman with Nielson moving to the background.
[edit] Band name
The Lost Trailers became The Lost Trailers by a bad case of bad luck. Stokes said that they had their trailers with their music equipment stolen not once, not twice, but three times. One time they lost thousands of dollars worth of musical equipment. However, the name stuck. (They no longer use trailers anymore.)
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Album | US Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | "Chicken Fried" | The Lost Trailers | #52 |
| 2006 | "Call Me Crazy" | The Lost Trailers | #43 |
| 2006 | "Why Me" | The Lost Trailers | #45 |
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