Lost Dakotas | |
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Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Genres | alternative country |
Years active | 1989 | –1996
Labels | Cargo Records |
Past members | Greg McConnell Paul Dakota Adam Faux Ron Duffy Rick O'Brien Tim Bovaconti J.C. Orr |
Lost Dakotas was a Canadian alternative country band in the 1990s. [1] The band originally consisted of vocalist Paul Dakota and bassist Greg McConnell (formerly of Absolute Whores), who began in 1989 as a busking duo at the corner of Yonge and Dundas Streets in Toronto, Ontario. [2] [3]
Dakota and McConnell added guitarist Adam Faux and drummer Ron Duffy for their 1990 debut, Love to Play. [3] Initially released as a limited edition cassette, the album completely sold out in just two days. [4] The band's visuals, including posters, album art and animated video clips, were created by artist Erella Vent. [3]
1991's Last Train to Kipling (a reference to Kipling station on the Toronto Transit Commission's Bloor-Danforth subway line) stayed in the campus radio charts in Chart for over 100 weeks. [4] The album was most noted for a countrified cover of AC/DC's " Back in Black". [5]
In 1992 Faux left to focus work on his previous band Pig Farm [6] and was replaced by Rick O'Brien [3] and later by Tim Bovaconti. [5] The band supported the album with their first full-scale national tour in spring 1993. [3]
Their third and final album, Sun Machine, was released in 1993 on Cargo Records. [7] The album included a cover of Ned Sublette's " Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other", [5] 13 years before the song was made famous by Willie Nelson. At the 1993 Kumbaya Festival, the band performed the song live with rock singer Lee Aaron as guest vocalist. [8] For their 1994 tour to support that album, the band was also joined by J.C. Orr, formerly of King Apparatus, as a second guitarist. [7]
The band's final recording was a cover of Bob Snider's "You" on the 1996 tribute album Poetreason: The Songs of Bob Snider. [9]
McConnell went on to form Stratochief, but died in 1999. [4] He was replaced by Scott Bradshaw, who performed as the band's vocalist on both of their recorded albums. [10] Erella Vent, now Erella Ganon, continues as an illustrator and writer. Adam Faux currently leads two bands with drummer Topher Stott, Hot Fo Gandhi and The Tiny Specks.
Lost Dakotas | |
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Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Genres | alternative country |
Years active | 1989 | –1996
Labels | Cargo Records |
Past members | Greg McConnell Paul Dakota Adam Faux Ron Duffy Rick O'Brien Tim Bovaconti J.C. Orr |
Lost Dakotas was a Canadian alternative country band in the 1990s. [1] The band originally consisted of vocalist Paul Dakota and bassist Greg McConnell (formerly of Absolute Whores), who began in 1989 as a busking duo at the corner of Yonge and Dundas Streets in Toronto, Ontario. [2] [3]
Dakota and McConnell added guitarist Adam Faux and drummer Ron Duffy for their 1990 debut, Love to Play. [3] Initially released as a limited edition cassette, the album completely sold out in just two days. [4] The band's visuals, including posters, album art and animated video clips, were created by artist Erella Vent. [3]
1991's Last Train to Kipling (a reference to Kipling station on the Toronto Transit Commission's Bloor-Danforth subway line) stayed in the campus radio charts in Chart for over 100 weeks. [4] The album was most noted for a countrified cover of AC/DC's " Back in Black". [5]
In 1992 Faux left to focus work on his previous band Pig Farm [6] and was replaced by Rick O'Brien [3] and later by Tim Bovaconti. [5] The band supported the album with their first full-scale national tour in spring 1993. [3]
Their third and final album, Sun Machine, was released in 1993 on Cargo Records. [7] The album included a cover of Ned Sublette's " Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other", [5] 13 years before the song was made famous by Willie Nelson. At the 1993 Kumbaya Festival, the band performed the song live with rock singer Lee Aaron as guest vocalist. [8] For their 1994 tour to support that album, the band was also joined by J.C. Orr, formerly of King Apparatus, as a second guitarist. [7]
The band's final recording was a cover of Bob Snider's "You" on the 1996 tribute album Poetreason: The Songs of Bob Snider. [9]
McConnell went on to form Stratochief, but died in 1999. [4] He was replaced by Scott Bradshaw, who performed as the band's vocalist on both of their recorded albums. [10] Erella Vent, now Erella Ganon, continues as an illustrator and writer. Adam Faux currently leads two bands with drummer Topher Stott, Hot Fo Gandhi and The Tiny Specks.