Pullman (band)

Pullman
Origin	Chicago, United States
Genres	Acoustic rock, Folk, Alternative folk
Years active	1997–2002
Labels	Thrill Jockey, Tokuma Japan Communications
Associated acts	Rex, Codeine, Come, The New Year, dirtmusic, Empty House Cooperative, Karate, Tortoise, Thalia Zedek Band, Eleventh Dream Day, Brokeback, The For Carnation, Toe, Directions in Music, Gastr Del Sol, Bastro, The New Year
Members	Chris Brokaw, Ken Brown, Curtis Harvey, Doug McCombs, Tim Barnes

Pullman is an American, studio-only,folk and predominantly acoustic rock supergroup, formed in Chicago by Ken Brown, Curtis Harvey, Chris Brokaw, and Doug McCombs in the late 1990s.

Beginning as a collaboration between members of several notable 1990s rock bands, Pullman was formed in mid- to late 1997. The project stemmed from conversations between Ken Brown and Curtis Harvey during the recording sessions for Loftus' homonymous debut album and Rex's 1996 sophomore album C. Ken Brown, ex-member of Tortoise and Gastr Del Sol, and Curtis Harvey, from Rex and The Curtis Harvey Band, were joined by Codeine drummer and Come guitarist Chris Brokaw and Eleventh Dream Day bassist Doug McCombs. The project is an amalgam between band and collective, a vessel -as its name indicates- for its members to release acoustic music that did not fit their other musical ventures, as evidenced by the fact that individual members had compositions suitable for Pullman dating back to 1993. In addition to this, the members of Pullman have also collaborated on certain songs, composing them as a band.

For the recording of their second album, Viewfinder, the band was joined by drummer Tim Barnes, who has performed and worked by such acts such as The Tower Recordings, Jim O’Rourke, Silver Jews, and Nagisa Ni Te. Both albums, as Andy Kellman -writing in Allmusic- states, "were conceived in the spirit of the group's favorite acoustic guitarists, including Nick Drake, Leo Kottke, John Fahey, Ry Cooder, and Richard Thompson."

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