Oakley Hall

When Oneida’s Pat Sullivan still left the music group in 2001, he wished to try something a bit more country. He produced Crazee & Heaven, nonetheless it was a brief stint. Sullivan wasn’t defeated, nevertheless; he gathered a few of his Crazee & Heaven bandmates — drummer Will Dyar, bassist Jesse Barnes, and fiddle participant Claudia Mogel — to create Oakley Hall. Podunks songwriter Steve Tesh, banjo participant Fred Wallace, vocalist Leah Blessoff, and guitarist Ed Kurz finished the lineup by 2002. A calendar year later, with a small number of East Coastline travels and a self-released EP under their belt, Oakley Hall released their self-titled full-length for Light bulb. Kurz also still left the music group and was changed by Ted Southern. For this period, Sullivan endured an agonizing problems for his right hands while focusing on a structure site, but fortunately, he only dropped one finger, not really his capability to play. Dyar, Tesh, and Southern ultimately exited Oakley Hall by 2003, with Blessof pursuing in 2004. With a fresh lineup comprising Sullivan, Greg Anderson (drums), Wallace today on guitar, Mogel, and vocalist Rachel Cox (the Podunks, the Ospreys), Oakley Hall started crafting a tighter, electrical countrified sound. The outcome was two information: Second Guessing premiered on Amish in early 2006; Gypsum Strings appeared that June. The next calendar year, after touring with Shiny Eyes and putting your signature on to Merge, the music group issued their 4th full-length, I’ll Stick to You, soon after which drummer Anderson still left to spotlight other tasks and was changed by Pat Hardwood.