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Active from the mid-90s, this US indie rock band was founded in Dearborn County, Ohio, by high school friends Craig Fox (vocals/guitar), Jack Lawrence (bass), Patrick Keeler (drums), Brian Olive (guitar), and Jared McKinney (keyboards). Originally known as Us And Them, the quintet changed its name to the Greenhornes in 1998 for debut single "The End Of The Night". The album, Gun For You, was a thrilling blast of retro garage rock, drawing inspiration from British Invasion bands of the mid-60s and Detroit garage rockers the Stooges. The album included a powerful cover version of the Blues Project's "Wake Me, Shake Me".
A self-titled album followed in 2001, and while deviating little from the debut's blueprint the quintet proved that they could be regarded as equals of fellow garage rock revivalists the White Stripes. The album was the last to feature Olive and McKinney. Guitarist Eric Stein was added to the line-up for the following year's "Dual Mono", which dipped into psychedelic rock and soul balladry with great aplomb, but his subsequent departure reduced the Greenhornes to the core of Fox, Lawrence and Keeler. The trio made their V2 Records debut in 2005 with the East Grand Blues EP, with producer Brendan Benson helping steer them a more restrained, soulful direction. V2 also released the compilation Sewed Soles, featuring tracks from the band's first three albums and East Grand Blues.
Lawrence and Keeler had also worked with the White Stripes' Jack White on the previous year's Loretta Lynn album, Van Lear Rose, and the camaraderie between the musicians led to the formation of the Raconteurs, with Benson completing the line-up. The subsequent success of the Raconteurs rather overshadowed the Greenhornes, but Lawrence and Keeler have continued to tour with Fox when other commitments have allowed it. Lawrence also plays with the Detroit-based band Blanche.
