Red Molly
is a folk trio consisting of Laurie MacAllister (vocals, guitar, banjo), Abbie Gardner (vocals, guitar, Dobro, lap steel guitar), and Carolann Solebello (vocals, guitar, precision acoustic bass, mandolin). They perform original works composed by each of the group members, as well as covers of other songwriters including Hank Williams, Gillian Welch and Ryan Adams. Their fans are known as Redheads.
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History
Red Molly was formed late one night at the 2004
Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. Abbie, Carolann, and Laurie, solo singer/songwriters, were the last ones left at a song circle. They liked the way they sounded together and decided to form a band. There are many theories of where the name comes from but on their website they state that it has nothing to do with the character from the
Richard Thompson song
1952 Vincent Black Lightning
but was inspired by
Emmylou Harris's album
Red Dirt Girl.
Their career started to take off in 2006. They were the top vote getters in the 2006
Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Emerging Artist Showcase.
WUMB in Boston named them Top New Artist of the Year and picked their Album
Never Been to Vegas
one of their . They appeared in John Platt's Under the Radar series in New York a showcase for up and coming musicians.
In 2007 they toured with
Pat Wictor and
Ellis, the other winners of the Falcon Ridge Emerging Artist showcase, on the Falcon Ridge Preview tour and performed with them in the Most Wanted Song Swap at the Festival itself.
Their album
Love and Other Tragedies
reached number 15 on the Americana Charts on June 30, 2008.
Discography
- Red Molly
4 song EP - 2005
- Never Been To Vegas
Live Album - 2006
- Love and Other Tragedies
- 2008