Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors

Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors is an Americana band from Memphis and East Nashville in Tennessee, United States. The band was formed in 2006 by Drew Holcomb (lead vocals, guitar, harmonica). The other band members are Nathan Dugger (guitar, keys) and Rich Brinsfield (bass). His wife, Ellie Holcomb, who had been a member of the band since 2005, eventually stopped touring with the band to take care of their first child EmmyLou in 2012 and then later began pursuing a solo artist career.

Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors
Background information
Origin	Memphis, Tennessee; East Nashville, Tennessee
Genres	Americana, alternative rock, folk rock
Years active	2005–present
Labels	Magnolia DualTone Good Time Thirty Tigers
Associated acts	Ellie Holcomb
Website	drewholcomb.com
Members	Drew Holcomb Rich Brinsfield Nathan Dugger

The band has sold over 150,000 albums to date, and played at over 1,800 concerts in seven countries.

History

Early years

Drew Holcomb began his musical career as a solo act. In 2003, he recorded his debut EP Lost And Found in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. Two years later, Holcomb released the full-length album Washed in Blue, which led to multiple TV placements, including Lifetime's Army Wives, Showtime's United States of Tara, and A&E's The Cleaner.

Musical career

While attending the University of Tennessee, Holcomb met Ellie Bannister, daughter of producer-songwriter Brown Bannister. The two married in 2006 and now live in Nashville.[1] Shortly after their wedding, Drew collaborated with Nathan Dugger and Rich Brinsfield to form a band. They then asked Ellie Holcomb to join the band. At the time, they all lived in the same zip code, which was why the band was called "Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors". In August 2008, the band released a 10-track album called Passenger Seat.

In 2009, Holcomb and his band toured heavily, and supported several national acts, including Susan Tedeschi, Ryan Adams, Los Lobos, The Avett Brothers, Robert Earl Keen, and Marc Broussard. In late 2009, the band appeared alongside Pat Green, Billy Joe Shaver, and Darryl Worley on the PBS TV show Legends and Lyrics.

In 2011, the band partnered with Dualtone Records to create the album Chasing Someday. Released in February 2011, the 13-track album earned Holcomb his first appearance on the "Billboard" charts. Chasing Someday debuted at No. 183 on Billboard 200 as well as other Billboard charts including: No. 3 Billboard Heatseekers, No. 45 on Billboard Overall Digital Albums, No. 19 on Billboard Independent Album Chart, No. 8 on Billboard Folk Albums, and No. 29 on Billboard Rock Albums. The band embarked on the heaviest touring season since its inception, playing over 400 shows for the Chasing Someday cycle and their first sell out performances in venues beyond the Southeastern United States.

Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors have also appeared multiple times at Nashville, Tennessee's free summer music festival, Live on The Green in 2011 and again in 2017. They have also made appearances at other festivals across the US, including Stagecoach California's Country Music Festival, Carolina in the Fall Music and Food Festival, Lexington's Midsummer Festival, Austin City Limits and many more.

In February 2013, Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors released their album, Good Light, through their self-owned imprint Magnolia Music and management company's Good Time Records. The 12-song album debuted No. 84 on Billboard Top 200 and landed on several other "Billboard" charts, including: No. 5 on Folk Albums Chart, No. 14 on Independent Albums Chart, and No. 23 on Rock Albums Chart. "Good Light" also peaked at No. 18 on the Americana radio format chart. The band toured heavily, first in direct support for Needtobreathe's US "Drive All Night" Tour, and Drew later directly supported John Hiatt's West Coast tour as a solo performer.

Medicine was the 2015 follow-up to Drew Holcomb's 2013 album Good Light, released in January 2015. The album, which is Drew's most successful record to date, debuted at No. 47 on the Billboard 200 along with other Billboard charts: No. 23 on the Top Digital Albums Chart, No. 12 on the Rock Albums Chart, and No. 30 on the Top Current Album Sales. Holcomb co-produced the album with Joe Pisapia, and wife, Ellie Holcomb made multiple appearances on the album as well. Holcomb also made an appearance on Late Night TV with Jimmy Kimmel on April 15, 2015 promoting the recent release of the "Medicine" album. They played shows across the U.S. and into the UK and Ireland with opener, Penny & Sparrow. Throughout the majority of 2015, Holcomb jumped on the first two legs of the Tour de Compadres tour, formed by Needtobreathe and played with Colony House, Ben Rector, and Switchfoot.

The band's first live album, Live at the Ryman, was released in August 2016 under Magnolia Music.[2] The 17-song album debuted No. 5 on Billboard's Folk Album Charts, No. 25 on the Rock Albums Chart, No. 3 on Vinyl Albums Chart, and No. 17 on Independent Albums Chart.

They released a new studio album, Souvenir, on March 24, 2017.[3] The 11-song album debuted at No. 117 on the Billboard 200 along with other Billboard charts: No. 3 on Folk Album, No. 17 on Rock Album, No. 3 on Vinyl Albums, and No. 4 on Independent Albums. The album was recorded in East Nashville, with the same producers as the previous album: Joe Pisapia and Ian Fitchuk.[4]

On August 16, 2019, they released Dragons, which includes songs co-written by Lori McKenna, Natalie Hemby, Zach Williams of The Lone Bellow, producer Cason Cooley and Ellie Holcomb. It reached No. 1 on Billboard's Folk Americana Album Sales Chart. Released as a single, "End of the World" reached the Top 40 at AAA and Rolling Stone Country proclaimed Drew as one of Americana's Most Popular Stars in a career-spanning feature in October.[5] Nashville Lifestyles Magazine praised the release, with writer Luke Levenson commenting, "Community and family have always been leitmotifs in Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors' music, but certainly with Dragons, they are being portrayed in a new, endlessly creative, light."[6]

Albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		US [7]	US Folk [8]	US Rock [9]	US Heat. [10]	US Indie [11]
Washed in Blue	Release date: May 12, 2005 Label: Istra	—	—	—	—	—
Live from Memphis	Release date: September 27, 2007 Label: self-released	—	—	—	—	—
A Neighborly Christmas	Release date: December 11, 2007 Label: Magnolia Records	—	—	—	—	—
Passenger Seat	Release date: August 12, 2008 Label: Magnolia Records	—	—	—	—	—
A Million Miles Away	Release date: August 11, 2009 Label: Magnolia Records	—	—	—	—	—
Chasing Someday	Release date: February 8, 2011 Label: Dualtone Records	183	8	39	3	19
Through the Night: Live in the Studio	Release date: June 19, 2012 Label: Magnolia Records	—	—	—	—	—
Another Neighborly Christmas	Release date: November 6, 2012 Label: Magnolia Records	—	—	—	—	—
Good Light	Release date: February 26, 2013 Label: Magnolia Records	84	5	23	—	14
Medicine	Release date: January 27, 2015 Label: Magnolia Records	47	6	12	—	9
Live at the Ryman	Release date: August 16, 2016 Label: Magnolia Records	—[upper-alpha 1]	5	25	—	17
Souvenir	Release date: March 24, 2017 Label: Magnolia Records	117	3	17	—	4
Dragons	Release date: August 16, 2019 Label: Magnolia Records / Thirty Tigers	171	3	30	—	5
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Year	Video	Producer	Director	Editor	Videographer
2009	"Baby It's Cold Outside"[13]		David Poag
2011	"Fire and Dynamite"[14]	Jake Greene	Aaron Greenberg		John Rutland
	"Live Forever"[15]		David Poag
	"Someday"[16]	Jake Greene	Aaron Greenberg	Aaron Greenberg	John Rutland
2013	"Good Light"[17]	David Poag	David Poag
	"The Wine We Drink"[18]	Freshsox	Konrad Czysrowski		Konrad Czystowski
2014	"American Beauty"[19]	Eric Ryan Anderson	Eric Ryan Anderson
	"Here We Go"[20]	Drew Holcomb		Matt Delisi	Matt Delisi
	"Tennessee"[21]			Neal Dahlgren / Jacob Layne / Jonathan Weber	JAOPRO / David Poag / Breezy Torres / Noah Glenn / Jacob Layne / Jonathan Weber
2015	"Tightrope"[22]	Walter Lantz		Matt Delisi
2016	"Wild World"[23]
	"You'll Always Be My Girl"[24]		Lindley Atkinson
2017	"Rowdy Heart, Broken Wing"[25]
2019	"End of the World"[26]		Carl Diebold
	"Family"[27]

Notes

1. Live at the Ryman did not chart on the Billboard 200, but peaked at No. 89 on the Current Album Sales chart.[12]

References

1. Bledsoe, Wayne (August 29, 2008). "Holcomb finds perfect person to occupy 'Passenger Seat'". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
2. Live at the Ryman - Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors | User Reviews | AllMusic, retrieved June 15, 2020
3. Souvenir - Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors, Drew Holcomb | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic, retrieved June 15, 2020
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5. Ferris, Jedd (October 21, 2019). "How Drew Holcomb Quietly Became One of Americana's Most Popular Stars". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
6. Levenson, Luke (August 12, 2019). "Drew Holcomb". Nashville Lifestyles. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
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