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Vigilantes of Love was a rock band fronted by Bill Mallonee with a large number of secondary players drawn from the lush musician pool in and around Athens, Georgia. In its later manifestations in the later 1990s and early 2000's, Mallonee usually sang, played lead and rhythm guitar and harmonica, although in earlier bands he played drums. Athens-Clarke County is a unified city-county in Georgia, U.S., in the northeastern part of the state, at the eastern terminus of Georgia 316. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... Bill Mallonee (b. ... Lead guitar refers to a role within a band, that provides melody or melodic material, as opposed to the rhythm of the rhythm guitar, bass, and drums. ... Rhythm guitar is a guitar that is primarily used to provide rhythmic and harmonic accompaniment for a singer or for other instruments in an ensemble. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ...

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1 History
2 Band members
3 Discography
- 3.1 Video
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
7 See also

History

The band formed in 1990 in Athens, Georgia, where Bill Mallonee attended the University of Georgia. The act developed as a mostly acoustic, side-project of The Cone Ponies, the last in a long series of line-ups beginning in the mid-'80s with Windows and Walls, Bed of Roses, and -- a band name toyed with but never billed - Upper Black Eddy. For their first two recording projects -- Jugular, Drivin' the Nails -- the band performed as a trio between Mallonee, Mark Hall (accordion), and Jonathan "Dog-Mess Jonny" Evans (harmonica); the Athens, Ga. performance venues in which they were booked regularly included The Flying Buffalo, the 40-Watt Club, Rockfish Palace, Uptown Lounge, and -- their musical "home" -- The Downstairs Restaurant (now DT's Down Under). For the third and subsequent cd projects, slide-guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Billy Holmes played an increasingly important role. Later, when greater local success lead increasingly to engagements more widely in the Southeast, and with the departure of Mark Hall and Dog-Mess Jonny, the band then re-formed as a traditional touring four-piece rock band including front man Mallonee, Newton Carter, David LaBruyere, and Travis Aaron McNabb (later of Better Than Ezra).^[1] Athens-Clarke County is a unified city-county in Georgia, U.S., in the northeastern part of the state, at the eastern terminus of Georgia 316. ... The University of Georgia (UGA) is the largest institution of higher learning in the state of Georgia. ... David LaBruyere, also known as dela (Day-Lah) is a musician, songwriter and producer, most notably known as the bass guitarist on the road for John Mayer. ... Better Than Ezra is an alternative rock trio based in New Orleans, Louisiana. ...

Their first album distributed to Christian markets was V.O.L., their 1996 compilation. After many years of successful touring nationally and abroad -- England and Holland being particularly fond of Mallonnee's music, the band disbanded in 2001 as Mallonnee went solo as a singer-songwriter/guitarist/raconteur playing to the renewed interest in roots-music Americana.

Band members

Besides Bill Mallonee, other band members have included at various times:

Chris Bland: bass
Jacob Bradley: guitars, bass
Newton Carter: guitars
Chris Donohue: guitars, bass
Jonny "Dog-Mess" Evans: harmonica
Mark Hall: accordion
Kevin Heuer: drums
Billy Holmes: guitars, mandolin, keyboards, bass
Kenny Hutson: guitars, mandolin, pedal steel, dobro
John Keane: guitars, pedal steel
Scott Klopfenstein: drums
David LaBruyere: bass
Travis Aaron McNabb: drums

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Discography

Jugular (Fingerprint Records, 1990)
Driving the Nails (Core, 1991)
Killing Floor (Fingerprint Records/Sky, 1992) Produced by Mark Heard and Peter Buck
Welcome to Struggleville (Capricorn, 1994)
Strong Hand of Love, tribute to Mark Heard, 1994
Blister Soul (Capricorn, 1995)
My Year in Review (1995, fan club cassette)
V.O.L. (Warner/Resound, 1996, compilation)
Orphans of God, tribute to Mark Heard, 1996
Slow Dark Train (Capricorn, 1997)
To The Roof Of The Sky (Meat Market, 1998)
Live At The 40 Watt (Paste, 1998)
Free For Good (A Startled Chameleon, 1998, Europe-only release)
Audible Sigh (True Tunes, 1999, pre-release)
Cross the Big Pond (EP) (1999, Free For Good + extra track)
Audible Sigh (Compass, 2000, wide release)
Audible Sigh w/ Room Despair EP (Compass, 2000, limited release)
Electromeo (EP) (2000, limited release)
Summershine (Compass, 2001)
Resplendent (Audibly Live) (2002)

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Video

Fade to Black: Live at the Axiom Arts Centre, Cheltenham, UK 1999 (2004?)

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References

^ Manheim, James M. (2005). "Vigilantes of Love", in Pilchak, Angela M., ed.: Contemporary Musicians, Volume 51. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale Group, 168-169. ISSN 1044-2197. ISBN 0-7876-8064-8.

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External links

Bill Mallonee Official Site
Vigilantes of Love at All Music Guide
Vigilantes of Love collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive

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