Old Canes

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Old Canes
Origin	Lawrence, Kansas
Genre(s)	Indie Rock/Folk Rock
Years active	2002 – Present
Label(s)	Second Nature Recordings
Associated acts	Appleseed Cast Minus Story Casket Lottery
Website	www.oldcanes.com www.secondnaturerecordings.com
Members
Christopher Crisci Nathan Richardson Jordan Geiger Aaron Coker Tyler French Gabriel Booth Eric Verhar Kelsey Richardson

Old Canes is a musical band from Lawrence, Kansas comprising frontman Christopher Crisci (of The Appleseed Cast) on vocals and guitar, Nathan Richardson on drums (The Casket Lottery), Jordan Geiger (of Minus Story) on various instruments, and Aaron Coker on percussion. As most band members, including frontman Crisci, participate more notably in other bands, when on tour, Old Canes is joined by other available musicians known to the band, including Tyler French, Gabriel Booth, Eric Verhar, and Kelsey Richardson in what they call a "musical collective". They mostly perform live as a trio, depending on the artists' availability. Christopher Crisci is currently finishing material for an album he hopes to record in January of 2007.

1 History
2 Discography
- 2.1 Albums
3 External links
4 References

[edit] History

Officially begun in 2002, Old Canes bore its roots around October 2001, when Chris Crisci initially played a handful of solo acoustic shows.^[1] Playing an in-store show as part of a European tour with Crisci's primary band, the Appleseed Cast, promoters wanted the band to play acoustic. Having acoustic material written that was never previously pursued, Crisci would performed three eventual Old Canes songs. After encouragement from supporters who appreciated the contrasting folk sound to the Appleseed Cast, he formally pursued the Old Canes a year and half later.

After releasing a demo in 2003, Old Canes released Early Morning Hymns in 2004, recorded in Crisci's home studio on half-inch 8-track tape. Although the band's label, Second Nature, encouraged Crisci to have an established producer to mix the album, he worked the album himself. Crisci envisioned a lo-fi sound, citing Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix as artists whose albums were poorly recorded, but sounded great.^[2]