Member Since: 11/8/2005
Band Website: highlonesomeplains.com
Band Members: Christopher James Bousquet - guitar/vocals
John Lindberg - electric guitar/vocals
Johnny Java - drums/percussion
Ian Alsgaard - piano/organ/keyboards/vocals
James Velvet - bass guitar/vocals
Influences: Stephen Foster, Walt Whitman, Jimmie Rodgers, The Carter Family, Wallace Stevens, Harry Smith, Anton Chekhov, Hank Williams, Buddy Holly, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, The Byrds, The Velvet Underground, The Zombies, The Hollies, The Left Banke, The Band, Gram Parsons, Bobby Orr, Tim Hardin, Fred Neil, Nick Drake, Big Star, John Denver, The Clash, The Jam, Raymond Carver, Camper Van Beethoven, REM, The DBs, American Music Club, The Church, Miracle Legion, Mark Mulcahy, The Replacements, The Connells, Willie Nelson, The Waterboys, Red House Painters, Alligator Farmhouse, Sparklehorse, The Original Harmony Ridge Creek Dippers, The Blue Star Apartments, Vic Chesnutt, Peter Falk, The Knoxville Drift, The Flaming Lips
Sounds Like: "In the great tradition of US guitar bands Chris Buskey And The Lonesome Plains offer memorable melodies and intoxicating hooks all driven by layer upon layer of harmonic driven guitar pop that is instantly appealing . . . well worth tracking down." - Del Day, Americana-UK /"Buskey writes songs that grab at the throat, heart, and soul. A classic!"- **** -Rootstime Belgium/"Although Buskey's vocals often resemble the detached flatness of They Might Be Giants' John Linnell, these are gentle songs of wistful longing and uncomfortable self- reflection ("I'll Be Your Judas"), city lights as a metaphor for fading dreams ("Willow Street Green," "Porchlight") and nature as symbolic of freedom or at least a change from modern despairs"
-Christopher Arnott New Haven Advocate/"The record is stellar, with a dusty alt-country sound that feels more like twangy folk than roots rock."
-Pat Ferrucci New Haven Register/"The High Lonesome Plains brand of country rock works precisely because its so distinctive but still manages to sound innately memorable on first listen. Definitely one of the best EPs of the year so far."
-Americana UK/"The personification of what Alt-Country surely should be. Capturing the essence of American Folk . . . and cranking it out in a manner reserved for rock idols." -Gary Vollano, Independisc.com/"Neil Young and Crazy Horse meets Big Star with catchy, clever lyrics."
-Rob DeRosa, WESU
Record Label: free agent . . . it seems
Type of Label: Indie