Artist:Band of Horses
Song:Detlef Schrempf
Album:Cease to Begin
Band of Horses have had success with their mix of indie rock and folk. Ben Bridwell is the leader of the band. He is from South Carolina but he was living in Seattle when Band of Horses was formed out of the ashes of Carissa's Wierd in 2004 with Mat Brooke on guitar, Chris Early on bass and Tim Meinig on drums. They signed with Sub Pop after opening for Iron & Wine in Seattle. Their debut album Everything All the Time was released in 2005. Early and Meinig left after the album was recorded and Brooke left while they were on tour. He said he wasn't committed to the band. He only intended to play a couple of gigs and then it blew up. Brooke went on to form Grand Archive. Before recording the 2007 album Cease to Begin, Bridwell moved to his native South Carolina so he could be close to his family. The band was Ryan Monroe on keyboards, Rob Hampton on bass and Creighton Barrett on drums. Detlef Schrempf was a German born NBA player with the Seattle Supersonics. He isn't mentioned in the song so it is not known why Briddwell named the song after him. You can see in the video that David Letterman jokes about it. Since then Band of Horses has recorded two albums for Columbia. Their latest album Why Are You OK was released in 2016 on Interscope. They are supposed to be on tour but the pandemic stopped that. Bridwell has done a couple of live performances on his Facebook page. Here's Band of Horses performing Detlef Svhrempf on The Late Show with David Letterman Feb. 26, 2014.
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