V-Roys
| The V-Roys | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Background information | |
| Origin | Knoxville, Tennessee, Tennessee, United States |
| Genres | Alternative Country |
| Years active | 1994–2000, 2011 |
| Labels | E-Squared Records |
| Members |
Scott Miller Mic Harrison Paxton Sellers Jeff Bills |
| Past members | John Paul Keith |
The V-Roys were a Knoxville, Tennessee-based alternative country band signed to E-Squared Records. The band was described as "walking the fine line between rootsy country and cutting-edge alternative rock".Scott Miller, John Paul Keith, and Mic Harrison were the primary songwriters for the band.
The band was formed in Knoxville in 1994, with guitarist/vocalist Scott Miller, lead guitarist John Paul Keith, bassist Paxton Sellers, and drummer Jeff Bills. They were originally named The Viceroys, but were forced to change it after being threatened with a lawsuit from a Jamaican band.
Before their first album was recorded, Keith left the band and was replaced by Mic Harrison.
The V-Roys first album, Just Add Ice was the first release on Steve Earle's E-Squared Records. The title is a playful reference to their decision to remove the letters "ice" from "The Viceroys" as a result of the threatened lawsuit. The album is described as a "solid reflection of their live show" and "jangling, melancholy country–rock". The band recorded it "live without a lot of bells and whistles, to get something out as quick as we could and go out and support it".
1998's All About Town is a "more subtle, but endlessly melodic" album that saw the band "stretch out and add elements of bluegrass and broader production values". Miller commented that Earle "pushed us a lot harder and put his foot way up our asses this time", and "handed songs back to us if they weren't good enough". Allmusic describes the album as "twelve concise songs that swing from the Creedence-ish "Window Song" to the country-folk of "Mary" to the sounds of Appalachia in "Virginia Way" to the great highway tune of "Strange".
Both of the band's studio albums were produced by Steve Earle and Ray Kennedy, known as the "Twangtrust".
...
Wikipedia