Dallas Crane - History

History

Dallas Crane started in 1996 with Dave Larkin and Pete Satchell on guitars and vocals, Shan Vanderwert on drums and Chris Brodie on bass.

Pat Bourke replaced Chris Brodie on bass on 2001.

The band started winning support slots around the country for the likes of You Am I and The Posies. The band also received airplay on national radio broadcaster Triple J's "Live at the Wireless" program with a track appearing on a CD of highlights of the band. Triple J DJ Richard Kingsmill was an early fan of the band - Kingsmill is now head of programming on the radio network.

Dallas Crane recorded its second album Twenty Four Seven in 2000. This album received a positive response from Australian rock critics with Beat Magazine naming it as album of the week and In-Press naming it as rock record of the week. Dallas Crane also won the major award at the Australian Live Music Awards, leading the band to represent Australia at the International Live Music Awards in London in 2002. Chris Brodie left the band after the release of Twenty Four Seven, replaced by Pat Bourke in Jan 2001.

Dallas Crane continued to win support slots to a number of artists including Ryan Adams, The Black Keys, Rocket Science, and You Am I. During their shows with You Am I, lead singer Tim Rogers said "Dallas Crane is the best band in the country" and even made reference to the band in the You Am I song "Who Put The Devil In You?". Rogers was compiling the soundtrack for the Australian film Dirty Deeds released in 2002 and asked Dallas Crane to cover "Wild About You" originally performed by Australian 60's band "The Missing Links".

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