AccuRadio Song Of The Day-The Wallflowers

Artist:The Wallflowers
Song:One Headlight
Album:Bringing Down The Horse





Of course most folks know The Wallflowers are led by Bob Dylan's son Jakob Dylan. After a false start, The Wallflowers had a lot of success with the 1996 CD Bringing Down The Horse and the single One Headlight. They're a pretty good band but have had mixed commercial success. Jakob Dylan was born Dec. 9, 1969 in New York City and was raised by his mom in Los Angeles after his parents divorced in 1977. He formed a band with his friend Tobi Miller on guitar, Rami Jaffee on keyboards, Barrie Maguire on bass and Peter Yanowitz on drums. They signed with Virgin Records and released The Wallflowers in 1992. But the CD didn't sell and Maguire and Yanowitz left the band. And Virgin was putting pressure on Dylan to use his dad's name to sell the group. They left Virgin, brought in Michael Ward on guitar from School Of Fish, Greg Richling on bass and Mario Calire on drums. They signed with Interscope Records and T-Bone Burnett was brought in to produce the CD. Bringing Down The Horse reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 200 and One Headlight topped the Adult Airplay and Mainstream Rock charts. A total of four singles charted and the CD went platinum. The Wallflowers have released a total of four CDs since then and none of them have done as well as Bringing Down The Horse which is available as a budget CD. Though Jakob Dylan now records as a solo artist for Columbia, The Wallflowers have never split up and will likely tour again. But Rami Jaffee will lead the house band for the Fran Drescher Show, a daytime talk show that will debut next year so it's unlikely that he will be with The Wallflowers. Here's the video for One Headlight by The Wallflowers.