Tired Pony
Tired Pony | |
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Origin | Northern Ireland United States |
Genres | Indie folk[1] |
Years active | 2009–2013 |
Labels | Fiction Records, Mom + Pop Music |
Past members | Gary Lightbody Richard Colburn Iain Archer Jacknife Lee Peter Buck Scott McCaughey Troy Stewart |
Website | www |
Tired Pony was an indie folk supergroup consisting of Gary Lightbody, Richard Colburn, Iain Archer, Jacknife Lee, Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey, Tom Smith and Troy Stewart. Lightbody formed the group out of his appreciation for country music, and has during the early planning phase described the group's music once as "country-tinged" but explained later that in the end the album's development turned out much more Americana than country during the whole creative process in the studio. The group visited Portland, Oregon in January 2010 to record this debut album, which was produced by member Lee; The Place We Ran From was released on 12 July 2010. Tired Pony began recording their second album The Ghost of the Mountain on 19 February 2013, which was released on 19 August 2013.
History
Tired Pony was formed by Gary Lightbody (of
Tired Pony played their first ever live show at London's Forum venue in Kentish Town on July 14, 2010, and were joined on stage by 2009 Mercury Music Prize nominee Lisa Hannigan who stepped in for Zooey Deschanel on song "Get On The Road". Editors singer Tom Smith also joined the group on stage.
On September 30, 2010, Tired Pony appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman, performing "Dead American Writers" from their album, The Place We Ran From. "Get on the road" was also featured on Showtime drama "Shameless" at the end of "Just Like the Pilgrims Intended" episode. Also, the song played towards the end of the TV show "Pure Genius" episode 6 of season 1 titled "Bunker Hill, We have a Problem". Aired 12/1/2016.
2010: The Place We Ran From
On 13 October 2009, Lightbody debuted a Tired Pony song during Snow Patrol's tour stop in Portland, called "I Finally Love This Town". While playing an acoustic session for radio station KINK, he introduced the song, which he said he had written the previous night.[17] He said that the song was "written in Portland, inspired by Portland."[18]
Discography
Studio albums
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
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UK | IRL [19] |
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2010 | The Place We Ran From
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17 | 27 | 14 | 24 |
2013 | The Ghost of the Mountain
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14 | 34 | 31 | 109 |
Singles
Year | Title | Album |
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2010 | "Dead American Writers" | The Place We Ran From |
"Get on the Road" (promo) | ||
2013 | "All Things All at Once" | The Ghost of the Mountain |
References
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- Xfm. 5 May 2009. Archived from the originalon 10 May 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
- ^ a b c "Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody going solo". NME. 5 May 2009. Archived from the original on 8 May 2009. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
- ^ "Iain Archer confirms Belfast gig + Gary Lightbody collaboration plans". Hot Press. 29 October 2009. Archived from the original on 29 October 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b Lightbody, Gary (13 October 2009). "Book 'em danno". snowpatrol.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "Gary Lightbody works with Peter Buck". Hot Press. 5 January 2010. Archived from the original on 3 August 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Murray, Robin (5 May 2009). "Gary Lightbody goes solo". Clash. Archived from the original on 25 September 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Rogers, Georgie (5 May 2009). "Gary Lightbody solo". BBC. Archived from the original on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ MacNeill, Jason (13 October 2009). "Snow Patrol singer prepping two side projects". CHARTattack. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Tired Pony Coming to North America". Musicnews. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
- ^ "Tired Pony Official Site :: The Place We Ran From :: Out 12th July". Tiredpony.com. 12 July 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
- ^ "Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody announces REM collaboration album | News". Nme.Com. 14 May 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
- ^ the_eskimos (8 December 2009). "Gary Lightbody : Diary : tired pony". Snow Patrol. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
- ^ "Snow Patrol and REM join forces". BBC News. 14 May 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
- ^ "Gary Lightbody is always 'up' to something". Sentimentalist Magazine. 12 November 2009. Archived from the original on 28 October 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Tired Pony, 'Dead American Writers' - Video Premiere - Spinner UK". Spinnermusic.co.uk. 23 June 2010. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
- ^ KINK – Event occurs at 11:01.
- ^ KINK – Event occurs at 14:46.
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Tired Pony". irishcharts.com. Retrieved 28 September 2011.