The Backsliders

The Backsliders are an alternative-traditional country-rock band. Chip Robinson teamed up with Steve Howell to form the band as a duo in 1991 in Athens, GA.^[1]^[2] The remaining members had all joined the group by 1994, and the group disbanded in 1999. They reunited in late 2012.

Band members

Chip Robinson - vocals, guitar
Stephen Howell - guitar, vocals
Greg Rice - keyboards
Danny Kurtz - bass
Jeff Dennis - drums

Discography

1996 From Raleigh, North Carolina
1997 Throwin' Rocks at the Moon - (produced by Dwight Yoakam’s longtime guitarist, Pete Anderson)[1] - # 1 on the Americana radio chart[2]
1999 Southern Lines - (produced by Eric Ambel)
2014 Raleighwood (EP) - named after a tour slogan and sign erected over the ruins of The Brewery, a bar where the band got its start.^[3]

Other

1997 Crash Course - various artists – track # 6 "My Baby's Gone"
1998 The Songs Of Dwight Yoakam: Will Sing For Food - various artists – track # 2 "Doin' What I Did"
2007 Bug - original motion picture soundtrack - various artists – track # 4 "Cowboy Boots"

References

^ "Home". thebacksliders.net.
^ "Article - the Backsliders".
^ from an interview with Steve Howell on episode 203 of the Americana Music Show, published August 18, 2014