The framework for
country band
the Lost Trailers has been around ever since guitarist and songwriter
Stokes Nielson and a high school friend of his from Atlanta, keyboardist/vocalist
Ryder Lee, released the independent CD The Story of the New Age Cowboy. It worked out so well that
Nielson took the songs to the Nashville bar circuit, playing with
Lee, a drummer, and a bassist as
Stokes Nielson & the Lost Trailers, a name that was spawned from the fact that their tour trailer had been stolen twice (and once more when
the Lost Trailers' established lineup was playing together). In 2000,
Nielson, who was also working as a DJ for a Nashville radio station, had the chance to interview
Willie Nelson for his show, an opportunity he used to give a demo copy of their work to
Nelson. The
country music legend so much liked what he heard that he invited them to play at his annual Fourth of July picnic in Texas.
Nielson and
Lee accepted, bringing in brother
Andrew Nielson on bass,
Jeff Potter on drums, and
Manny Medina on rhythm guitar to complete the quintet. Soon the band was performing over 200 shows a year, and by 2004 they had released their debut record, Welcome to the Woods. Producer
Blake Chancey (
Dixie Chicks,
David Allan Coe) was in attendance at
the Lost Trailers' concert in Fort Worth, TX, and was so impressed by the band that he offered to produce their next album. In the spring of 2005, the band met up with
Chancey in Nashville and began recording songs. By fall,
the Lost Trailers were signed to BNA Records, which issued their
Chancey-produced self-titled record in 2006. ~ Marisa Brown, All Music Guide
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