Old Canes
Upcoming shows:
- None scheduled
Genres: Alt / Indie rock, Folk / Singer-songwriter
Sound description: Acoustic guitar songs dressed up with percussion, bells and various other instrumentation.
RIYL: Bright Eyes, Rocky Votolato, Smog
Web site: http://oldcanes.com
E-mail: red_star_united@yahoo.com
Custom radio station:
Free MP3 downloads:
Appearances on The Turnpike:
Related links:
- Review :: "Early Morning Hymns" (July 27, 2004)
- Preview the band's debut "Early Morning Hymns"
- Old Canes, New Script: Appleseed Cast frontman rewrites the book with new solo project (Aug. 23, 2004)
- Best of local music 2004 (Dec. 2, 2004)
History:
Old Canes is the side project of Appleseed Cast frontman Christopher Crisci.
Old Canes. (n) (1.) Rum. (2.) A Lawrence, Kansas folkish, up tempo, indie rock, acoustic, everyone sits down to play band, headed up by Chris Crisci of The Appleseed Cast and usually joined up with Jordan Geiger, who also fronts his own band Minus Story, and Nathan Jr. who plays in Casket Lottery and joined up as well by other friends, at random.
Old Canes had its start in October of 2001, as a solo act while Chris was recording in England with a friend. As a way to help subsidize the trip, he played a handful of solo acoustic shows. A year and a half later, with some encouragement from friends, Chris decided to pursue Old Canes in earnest. Nathan Jr. soon joined the band to play drums, and Jordan on trumpet / harmonica / banjo / bells / various toy instruments, and percussion.
The music of Old Canes is difficult to describe without sending readers down the wrong path with words like, folk, indie rock, blue grass, up beat, and melancholy. All of which could be words used to describe it. It's not folk music though, or blue grass but it definitely draws tons of influence from those genres. And it is up beat most of the time, but melancholy all at once. Bittersweet. With sometimes punk rock blast and sad lines and lyrics that lament nights of love and drink gone awry. And it's only indie rock in the sense that at it's very core, under the acoustic guitar strummin', banjo pickin', harmonica and what have you, it's as emotive as, and captures the power of the bands Old Canes is made up of.
Musicians:
- Aaron Coker: Percussion
- Jordan Geiger: Banjo, Bells, Harmonica, Percussion, Piano, Toy Piano, Trumpet
- Nathan "Junior" Richardson: Drums
- Chris Crisci: Guitar (acoustic), Vocals
Formed:
2002 in Lawrence, KS
Current status:
Playing in Lawrence and beyond. Preparing debut home-recorded album for release.
Discography:
| Name | Year | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four song demo | 2003 | ||
 | Early Morning Hymns | 2004 | Second Nature recordings |
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- Lawrence Busker Festival
- Peter Ostroushko & The Heartland Band
- Arthur Dodge and the Horsefeathers / The Belles
