The Dearhunters were an indie and alternative country

Alternative country

Alternative country is a loosely defined sub-genre of country music, which includes acts that differ significantly in style from mainstream or pop country music...

 band from Sydney, Australia

Australia

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History

In 1998, Greg Hitchcock, Tim Oxley, Jodi Phillis and Raphael Whittingham, who were successful artists solo or in various other acts, formed The Dearhunters in a pub in Sydney. They first performed several times under the name "Lunar Tunes" in April 1998. The group released a single album, "Red Wine and Blue

Red Wine and Blue

Red Wine and Blue is the first and only studio album by Australian alternative country band The Dearhunters, which was released in 1999.-Background:The album was recorded in an "old beach shack", in Bundeena by Cameron McCauley in 1999....

" which was recorded in roughly three weeks, and released under Candle Records

Candle Records

Candle Records was an independent record label that operated from 1994 to 2007. Candle Records was originally based in Melbourne, Australia and founded in September 1994 by Chris Crouch....

 in 1999; it was launched at the Hopetoun Hotel in Surry Hills. On working on the album, Phillis said in an interview that "in this group I feel free to explore any territory and I’m not afraid to get too introspective or sentimental". She went on further to say that The Dearhunters was a side project for her.

They also appeared on a compilation featuring artists or groups under Candle Records, as well as releasing a split EP shared with Hired Guns, which was released on vinyl. "Red wine and blue" features dual vocals between Oxley and Phillis, and as a group, they have produced favorable reviews. Following the release of their split EP in 1999 and full length album in the same year, Whittingham left the group and was replaced by Ashton. Then, after a small subsequent tour following their album release, the group disbanded and returned to prior musical projects or engaged in new ones.

Discography

• Split 7" (1999)
• Red Wine and Blue
  Red Wine and Blue
  Red Wine and Blue is the first and only studio album by Australian alternative country band The Dearhunters, which was released in 1999.-Background:The album was recorded in an "old beach shack", in Bundeena by Cameron McCauley in 1999....
  
  (1999)

Members

• Dave Ashton - drums (1999–2000)
• Greg Hitchcock - guitars (1998–2000)
• Tim Oxley - vocals, bass (1998–2000)
• Jodi Phillis
  Jodi Phillis
  Jodi Christine Phillis is an Australian singer-songwriter-guitarist. She spent her childhood in California, United States, and moved back to Sydney, Australia to begin school. She quit school at 15, then spent 8 years working with surfwear company Mambo Graphics until she took up the role as...
  
  - vocals, guitar (1998–2000)

Former Members

• Raphael Whittingham - drums (1998–1999)

Information on band members.