Dawes (band)

Dawes
Taylor Goldsmith and Wylie Gelber
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, CA
Genres	Folk rock, indie folk, indie rock
Years active	2009–present
Labels	North America: ATO Records, MapleMusic Recordings, Hub Records, Europe: Loose Music, Mercury Records,
Associated acts	Simon Dawes, Middle Brother, The New Basement Tapes
Website	http://www.dawestheband.com/
Members	Taylor Goldsmith, guitar & vocals Griffin Goldsmith, drums Wylie Gelber, bass Lee Pardini, keyboards
Past members	Alex Casnoff, keyboards Tay Strathairn, keyboards

Dawes is an American folk-rock band from Los Angeles, California.

Dawes is composed of brothers Taylor (guitars and vocals) and Griffin Goldsmith (drums), along with Wylie Gelber (bass) and Lee Pardini (keyboards).

Dawes was formed from the band Simon Dawes after the departure of co-songwriter Blake Mills, subsequently abandoning a post-punk sound in favor of folk rock. Dawes has been described as having a Laurel Canyon sound derived from artists such as Crosby, Stills, and Nash, Joni Mitchell and Neil Young.

At the invitation of producer Jonathan Wilson, the band joined a local informal jam session that included Conor Oberst, The Black Crowes's Chris Robinson, and Benmont Tench. The band recorded their debut album, North Hills, in Laurel Canyon in a live setting to analog tape, resulting in a sound that Rolling Stone magazine called "authentically vintage".Wilco multi-instrumentalist Pat Sansone is also credited with appearing on the release.

The band made their television debut on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on April 14, 2010. Dawes released their second album, Nothing Is Wrong, on June 7, 2011 and toured the US co-headlining with Blitzen Trapper. Original keyboardist Tay Strathairn did not appear on Nothing Is Wrong due to other commitments and was temporarily replaced by Alex Casnoff. Strathairn returned to the band in late 2010. Dawes played alongside Jackson Browne at the Occupy Wall Street event in Liberty Park, on December 1, 2011. The band also appeared as themselves on the February 7, 2012 episode of the NBC television series Parenthood.