Dallas Green (musician)

Dallas Green (musician)
Dallas Green

Green performing live in Ottawa, 2011
Background information
Birth name Dallas Green
Also known as City and Colour
Born September 29, 1980 (1980-09-29) (age 31)
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Genres Folk, acoustic, post-hardcore, melodic hardcore
Occupations Musician, singer-songwriter, lyricist, composer, vocalist, guitarist, pianist, harmonicist
Instruments Vocals, guitar, bass, piano, keyboards, harmonica, banjo, drums, percussion
Years active 2005–present as City and Colour
2001–2011 in Alexisonfire
Labels Dine Alone, Vagrant
Associated acts Alexisonfire
City and Colour
Website cityandcolour.ca

Dallas Green (born September 29, 1980 St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian musician who releases music as City and Colour. He is also known for his work as the former vocalist, guitarist and songwriter for the post-hardcore band Alexisonfire.

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Name

Green confirmed, during an interview at the 2008 NXNE festival with DJ Dave Bookman of Toronto's CFNY-FM, that he was indeed named after the famous major league pitcher/manager of the same name. He stated that although he was born on September 29, 1980, he had gone without a name at first. His mother was considering naming him Graham-Todd Green, but his father had bet on Philadelphia Phillies during the 1980 World Series that October and, after the team won, his parents decided on the name Dallas after the Phillies' manager.[1]

Career

Before joining Alexisonfire, Green was in a band called Helicon Blue, producing several songs before breaking up. The three piece band also featured Chris Rankin on bass and vocal, and Nicholas Osczypko on drums. The band recorded a self-titled release with Greg Below from Distort Entertainment, who also recorded a second record with the band which included; My Last Breath, Sunder, Greater Victory & Perpetual Healing.

In 2000, Green recorded his first known demo, Simple Songs. It was not until after this demo did he start writing under the City & Colour name. The demo contains versions of songs that were later released on this full length albums as well as several unreleased demos of unreleased songs. It was never released publicly and there is no known physical copy. It now circulates the internet in mid quality .mp3 files.

Dallas began playing with Alexisonfire in late 2001. They released four albums (Alexisonfire, Watch Out!, Crisis, and Old Crows / Young Cardinals) and several EPs before disbanding in 2011 due to Dallas' decision to focus on his work in City & Colour full-time.[2]

In 2003, Dallas appeared (along with Alexisonfire vocalist George Pettit) on Jude the Obscure's album "The Coldest Winter", doing additional vocals on 3 songs. He contributed vocals to Neverending White Lights' collaborative album Act 1: Goodbye Friends of the Heavenly Bodies, released in 2005, on the song "The Grace". Green provided additional vocals on the track "INRihab" with Every Time I Die as well as on the track "Black Albino Bones" with Fucked Up on their second full length album, The Chemistry of Common Life.

City and Colour's first music video, "Save Your Scissors", from the now gold-rated album Sometimes, was released on January 17, 2006, featuring some of his best friends, band mates and favourite places in his hometown, St. Catharines, Ontario. The second video, "Comin' Home", went number one on MuchMoreMusic's video countdown.

City and Colour also released a live CD/DVD entitled Live on March 6, 2007 which includes two different live performances and a special performance with Ron Sexsmith. A limited edition has also been released at the same time. It included a USB key with footage from MMVA and Much on Demand performances.[3]

On February 12, 2008, City and Colour released a new full-length studio album, Bring Me Your Love. It was published under the label Dine Alone Records. The music video for the first single, "Waiting...", was released on January 24, 2008. On June 6, 2008, "Sleeping Sickness", the second single for the album, was issued and on June 27, a music video was made by Montreal-based director Vincent Morisset.[4][5] This second single also features The Tragically Hip's Gordon Downie's vocals in the second verse.

Bravo! aired an hour-long City & Colour performance as a band for their Live at the Concert Hall... series on August 26, 2008. The performance included interviews, several songs from his latest album, Bring Me Your Love, and also a few songs from Dallas' debut, Sometimes, where he included his backing band into the songs.

In May 2009, Dallas appeared on CBC Radio's Q for an interview with Jian Ghomeshi, as well as a solo performance of three songs; "Body in a Box" and "Waiting..." from the album Bring Me Your Love, as well as "Comin' Home" from his debut album Sometimes.

On June 7, 2011, City and Colour released another full-length studio album entitled Little Hell. The first single was 'Fragile Bird', which received much radio play.

Personal life

As well as singing and playing guitar, Green is a self-described "hardcore fan" of former WWE wrestler, Razor Ramon as well as a fan of Mike Holmes, the star of home renovation show Holmes on Homes.[6]

Green went to Denis Morris Catholic High School in St. Catharines, Ontario Canada.

In December 2008 Green married Leah Miller, the Muchmusic VJ, So You Think You Can Dance Canada host and etalk[7] correspondent.[8]

He is lactose intolerant but enjoys sherbert ice cream.[9]

Discography

City and Colour

Studio albums and EPs
Date of
Release
Title Label
2004 Simple Songs (Demo Tape) N/A
2004 The Death of Me (EP) Dine Alone Records
2005 Missing (EP) Dine Alone Records
2005 Sometimes Dine Alone Records
2008 Bring Me Your Love Vagrant Records/Dine Alone Records
2011 Little Hell Vagrant Records/Dine Alone Records
Live albums and EPs
Date of Release Title Record label
2007 Live Dine Alone Records
2008 The MySpace Transmissions (EP) Vagrant Records/Dine Alone Records
2008 Live Session EP (iTunes Exclusive) Dine Alone Records
2010 Live at the Orange Lounge (EP) Dine Alone Records

Alexisonfire

Studio albums and EPs
Date of release Title Record label Certifications
2002 Alexisonfire Distort Entertainment Gold (Canada)[10]
2004 Watch Out! Distort Entertainment Platinum (Canada)[11]
2006 Crisis Distort Entertainment Platinum (Canada)[12]
2009 Old Crows / Young Cardinals Dine Alone Records Platinum (Canada)
2010 Dog's Blood Dine Alone Records

Guest appearances

Studio albums and EPs
Date of Release Band Title Record label
2003 Jude The Obscure The Coldest Winter One Day Savior
2005 Straight Reads The Line Lets Get Nuts Verona Records
2005 Neverending White Lights Act 1: Goodbye Friends of the Heavenly Bodies Ocean Records Canada / Maple Music Nationwide
2007 The Dear & Departed Something Quite Peculiar Science Records
2007 Every Time I Die The Big Dirty Ferret Records
2008 Fucked Up The Chemistry of Common Life Matador Records
2009 Lights Action Welcome to the New Cold World Colt Signals
2009 DL Incognito Fight This Crazy Records
2010 Nashville Skyline Carry You Home – Single Timber Street Records
2011 Shad & Dallas "Two Songs"

Equipment

  • Recording King Acoustic (He customized it by putting Black Duct Tape saying "Phoenix")
  • LR Baggs M1 (Attached to the RK Acoustic)
  • Fender '52 Telecaster
  • Capsule Music Jazz Bastard
  • Supro Martinique
  • Gibson ES-335- 70's Sunburst
  • Gibson ES-335- White
  • Gibson ES-355 w/ Maestro Vibrato
  • Gibson SG w. Bigsby
  • Gibson ES-333
  • Schecter Tempest Custom – Given to Casey Baker formerly of Sleeper Set Sail
  • Fender 4x10 Blues Deville Reissue
  • Fender Deluxe Reverb
  • Fender Twin Reverb
  • Morris Custom Head (by Glen Morris)
  • Morris Custom Guitar Cab (by Glen Morris)
  • Morris Custom Combo (by Glen Morris)
  • Orange 4x12 cab
  • Empress 4x12 Cab
  • Boss RV-3 Digital Reverb/Delay reverb pedal (2)
  • MXR Carbon Copy Delay
  • Boss chromatic tuner
  • Line 6 DL4
  • Earthquaker Devices Disaster Transport
  • Earthquaker Devices Ghost Echo Reverb
  • Earthquaker Devices Hoof Fuzz
  • Jam Pedals custom pedal
  • Boss TR-2
  • Catalinbread Paraedolia
  • Catalinbread Formula No. 5
  • Klon Centuar
  • EHX Holy Grail
  • EHX POG
  • 12-52 gauge strings.
  • 1942 vintage Martin 00-17 Acoustic Guitar
  • Hohner Blues Harp Harmonica (Key of A)
  • Martin Acoustic
  • Gibson ES-125

See also

References

  1. ^ Dallas's interview at the 2008 NXNE festival on June 18, 2008, courtesy of nowtoronto.com Last accessed November 16, 2008
  2. ^ "Dallas Green Says Alexisonfire Was 'Killing' Him, Is Fine Being 'The Villain' After Split". Spinner.com. http://www.spinner.com/2011/08/08/dallas-green-alexisonfire-split/. Retrieved 2011-11-07. 
  3. ^ "mymerchtable.com". mymerchtable.com. http://www.mymerchtable.com/store/product.php?productid=16363&cat=367&page=1. Retrieved 2011-05-04. 
  4. ^ "Dine Alone Records". Dine Alone Records. 2008-06-06. http://www.dinealonerecords.com/releases/view/27. Retrieved 2011-05-04. 
  5. ^ Official Sleeping Sickness Music Video on Dine Alone Records channel[dead link]
  6. ^ "Alexisonfire love Holmes on Homes". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TNmVKHzBVw. Retrieved 2011-05-04. 
  7. ^ "eTalk Daily – Cast Bios, Cast Biographies, Host Bios – CTV Shows". Shows.ctv.ca. http://shows.ctv.ca/eTalk/Bios.aspx. Retrieved 2011-05-04. 
  8. ^ Barry Hertz (15 May 2009). "My Toronto: Leah Miller". National Post. http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/toronto/archive/2009/05/15/my-toronto-leah-miller.aspx. Retrieved 2009-10-18. 
  9. ^ "City and Colour Live Session". Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmiO5wE34lU&feature=related. 
  10. ^ CRIA Gold and Platinum Certifications for October 2005. Canadian Recording Industry Association (October 2005). Retrieved on September 22, 2007.
  11. ^ CRIA Gold and Platinum Certifications for April 2007. Canadian Recording Industry Association (April 2007). Retrieved on September 22, 2007.
  12. ^ CRIA Gold and Platinum Certifications for May 2007. Canadian Recording Industry Association (May 2007). Retrieved on September 22, 2007.

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