{"id":111,"date":"2014-03-27T11:09:48","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T18:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elcortezrecords.us\/?page_id=111"},"modified":"2026-03-03T11:16:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T18:16:38","slug":"the-delines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elcortezrecords.us\/?page_id=111","title":{"rendered":"The Delines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Set Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Side A<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
    \n
  1. The Set Up (Part 1)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Can You Get Me Out Of Phoenix<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Jumping Off In Madras<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Dilaudid Diane<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Keep The Shades Down<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Getting Out Of The Ward<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Side B<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
      \n
    1. The Set Up (Part 2)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. The Reckless Life<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Walking With His Sleeves Down<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. The Meter Keeps Ticking<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. The Set Up (Part 3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. The Last Time I Saw Her<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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      1. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        RELEASE DATE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

        3\/6\/2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        The Set Up is the wayward sister record to The Delines 2025 release, Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom. Each song here is a little movie full of grifters either struggling to get out of the life or just falling into it, the aftermath, the wreckage after the breakup, the lost and not the romantics adrift on the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Willy says “The Delines were finishing the Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom sessions when I brought in a tune called “Walking With His Sleeves Down.” Amy learned it on piano and we recorded it live. Her take was stunning but the song didn\u2019t quite fit the record. It was lonelier, more rattled, and it missed that rudderless romance that inhabits the world of Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom, so we set it aside. And then I brought in the idea of “The Set Up,” a piece I\u2019d been thinking about for a while, a spoken word song in three parts: the lure, the catch, and the grift. I wrote the words, Cory wrote the music, and Amy played the part and man oh man did she deliver. “Keep The Shades Down” was written as a link between the romance of Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom and the isolation of the The Set Up. The couple in the song realizes just how close the haves are to being have nots. I had written \u201cJumping Off In Madras\u201d for the woman in \u201cHer Ponyboy,\u201d (Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom), as she gets off the freight train alone after the death of her boyfriend. Cory wrote Getting Out Of The Ward for the guy in \u201cThe Meter Keeps Ticking\u201d who is leaving the mental hospital two days after Christmas and the stunningly beautiful \u201cThe Last Time I Saw Her\u201d for the kid in \u201cThe Reckless Life\u201d as she sets off from the hospital into the darkness of the world. The tracks came together fast and it was so naturally cinematic in feel that Cory and I began bringing in instrumentals to make it even more so.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Produced by John Morgan Askew The Set Up is The Delines at their rawest and CinemaScope best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Mr. Luck And Ms. Doom<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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        Amy Boone-vocals<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Cory Gray-keyboards, trumpet, flugelhorn<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Sean Oldham-drums, percussion, vocals<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Freddy Trujillo-bass, vocals<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Willy Vlautin-guitar, vocals<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Additional players:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Tucker Jackson: pedal steel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Mark Powers: percussion<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Noah Bernstein: saxophones<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Amanda Lawrence: violin\/viola<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Collin Oldham: cello<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Horns and strings arranged by Cory Gray<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Recorded at Bocce Studios Vancouver, Washington<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Produced, engineered and mixed by John Morgan Askew<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        All songs by Willy Vlautin, Delines Music, BMI<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Graphic design by the Draplin Design Co.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Cover photo by Missy Prince<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        The Night Always Comes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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        The soundtrack to Willy’s book<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        1. Lynette (Gray)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        2. Broken Heart (Pierce)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        3. Driving With The Safe (Vlautin)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        4. Leaving JJ\u2019s (Vlautin)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        5. Walking To Tell Jack (Vlautin)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        6. Don\u2019t Think Less Of Me (Vlautin)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        7. Pulling Glass From Lynette\u2019s Back (Vlautin)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        8. Daybreak (Blurry Eyes On Columbia Blvd) (Gray)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        9. Seaside (Gray)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        10. Shirley & Lynette (Vlautin)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        11. Lynette Says Goodbye To Kenny (Vlautin)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

          Amy Boone – vocals<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Cory Gray – keyboards, trumpet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Sean Oldham – percussion<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Freddy Trujillo – bass, vocals<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Willy Vlautin – guitar, vocals<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          John Morgan Askew – baritone guitar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Produced, engineered, and mixed by John Morgan Askew at Bocce<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Mastered by Amy Dragon at Telegraph Mastering<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          All songs Delines Music, BMI<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Except \u2018Broken Heart\u2019 by Jason Pierce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          The Sea Drift<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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          \u201cThe idea for the THE SEA DRIFT began with my and Amy\u2019s mutual love of Tony Joe White,\u201d says The Delines guitarist and songwriter Willy Vlautin. \u201cWe used to have conversations about his records and she\u2019d always joke, \u2018Just write me Rainy Night in Georgia.\u2019 Jesus, what a tall order, but I guess in my own way I started trying.\u201d
          \u201cGrowing up,\u201d adds singer Amy Boone, \u201ctwo of my favorite songs on the radio were Brook Benton’s version of Rainy Night in Georgia and Bobbie Gentry’s Ode to Billie Joe. I’d never heard Tony Joe White until my early twenties. I remember this old timer saying to me, \u2018Girl, you mean to tell me you’ve never heard the original of Rainy Night in Georgia?\u2019 That’s what I loved about Austin, people actually cared about the songwriters as much as the players. The next day I went out and bought a Tony Joe White album. I remember reading where Tony Joe said he was so influenced by the realness of Ode to Billie Joe that he set out to write a song that was real to him and that song turned out to be Rainy Night in Georgia. So when Willy said he wanted to use White’s song as an inspiration for The Delines’ next record, I was instantly hooked on the idea.\u201d
          With the seeds of THE SEA DRIFT planted, Vlautin and Boone began talking about the ideal setting for the songs \u2013 Texas, where Amy lived for years, and also the Gulf Coast, which they both love. Vlautin started writing songs set in that area and soon the band decided to create a whole record in that world, a record drifting up and down the Gulf Coast.
          \u201cI think the songs on THE SEA DRIFT have the kind of \u2018realness\u2019 that Tony Joe was after, romantic realism,\u201d says Amy. \u201cWhen Willy would talk to me about his new batch of songs set on the Gulf Coast I remember thinking, is he talking about The Delines’ next record or is he writing a screenplay?”
          Using longtime producer John Morgan Askew and working for the first time in his new studio, Bocce, the band leaned on the rhythm section of bass player, Freddy Trujillo and drummer Sean Oldham to get the sound right. Vlautin says, \u201cWith Freddy you have one of the best soul bass players around and Sean\u2019s a seriously cool jazz drummer and a great arranger. Together they\u2019re so damn good and they created the groove and feel of record. THE SEA DRIFT sessions were also the first time since Amy had been injured that she felt strong and confident in the studio, and you can really hear it on this record. There\u2019s strength to her voice, the strength of someone who\u2019s overcome a lot of trauma and pain. This record has her best vocal takes to date. They\u2019re just amazing.\u201d
          THE SEA DRIFT also features Cory Gray\u2019s trumpet and string arrangements as well as two original trumpet instrumentals. \u201cWhen he brought in the two laments, I was just floored,\u201d says Vlautin. \u201cAnd with them we immediately knew how to end each side of the record.\u201d Gray adds, \u201cI worked up some arrangements that gave a nod to a traditional soul sound. THE SEA DRIFT is our most visual record yet. The lyrics are vignettes and the instrumentation, including the dramatic string and horn parts, are meant to evoke the mood as if it were a film.\u201d
          THE SEA DRIFT is the world of The Delines set on the Gulf Coast. From Little Earl, the tale of two brothers fleeing a convenience store after a shop-lifting-gone-wrong-incident, to Drowning in Plain Sight, where a middle-aged woman drives aimlessly outside of Galveston unable to go home to her waiting family. In All Along The Ride you\u2019re in the car as a couple\u2019s relationship disintegrates on a drive back from Corpus Christi. There\u2019s the cinematic Surfers in Twilight, the tale of a woman leaving work to find her boyfriend arrested on a seaside boardwalk, to the 60\u2019s pop of Kid Codeine and the soul romance of Hold Me Slow and Saved From The Sea. Past the Shadows is the self-destructive dream of the never ending night and This Ain\u2019t No Getaway is an edge-of-your seat domestic drama where a woman gets the last of her belongings from an abusive boyfriend\u2019s apartment declaring, \u201cEven if the police are called, I\u2019m gonna leave not escape, because this ain\u2019t no getaway.\u201d
          The Delines are led by vocalist Amy Boone (The Damnations TX), with keyboardist and trumpeter Cory Gray, drummer Sean Oldham, bassist Freddie Trujillo, and guitarist Willy Vlautin (Richmond Fontaine). Vlautin is no stranger to critical acclaim in the US, UK, and Europe, enjoying cult success and rave reviews from the likes of the New York Times, Uncut, Hot Press, Rolling Stone and Mojo Magazine, both as a novelist with six books under his belt, and as the former front man of alt-country outfit Richmond Fontaine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          The Imperial<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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          Sometimes, fate\u2019s just a damned cruel thing. When it nearly capsizes the career of an
          acclaimed band in the blink of an eye, the band\u2019s only prudent choice is to hang in there until
          the ship is ready to sail again. That\u2019s what The Delines did while supporting the recovery of
          lead singer Amy Boone. Amy underwent three years of treatment and rehab after both her
          legs were severely broken when she was hit by a car in Austin, Texas. What sustained their
          spirit, according to guitarist and songwriter Willy Vlautin, was knowing they already had most
          of their sophomore album, The Imperial, in the can.
          Not quite three years after their momentum was so rudely interrupted, the band will finally
          release The Imperial on January 11, 2019, picking up where they left off following their stellar
          2014 debut, Colfax. Like that album, The Imperial features Damnations, TX co-founder
          Boone evoking a beat-up Dusty Springfield or a weary Rickie Lee Jones on 10 tracks penned
          by Vlautin, who is also lead singer\/songwriter for Richmond Fontaine and an acclaimed
          novelist (two of his books have become major films).
          To say they\u2019re looking forward to sharing it with the world is a bit of an understatement. \u201cIt\u2019s
          been a slow, hard recovery for Amy,\u201d Vlautin notes. \u201cIt\u2019s amazing how tough she is. It took us
          a long time, but The Imperial is finally done and The Delines get to be a band again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Scenic Sessions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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          Summer 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Amy was in town for our summer shows, and we decided to cut a single to take with us on the fall tour. We have a full length album brewing so we wanted to keep it simple, maybe three songs max. Willy kept bringing in new tunes to rehearsal so we could decide which ones to record. The band was loving most of them and John had a little time open at his Scenic Burrows Studio. Our single was already morphing into an EP when we heard a demo Amy did on her phone. We got her to play the song again with some fancy mics in front of her so we could put it on the record. Then Willy played us this Sparklehorse tune at Cory’s while we were drinking wine, and we decided to cover it as well. All of a sudden we had a bunch of tunes on our single, this sort of rules out 45 rpm. CDs can handle it though so here’s The Delines’ version of summer camp, the nearly full length single. Enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Produced by John Morgan Askew<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          The Delines:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Amy Boone: vocals, guitar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Cory Gray: keyboards, trumpet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Tucker Jackson: pedal steel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Sean Oldham: percussion, vocals<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Freddy Trujillo: bass, vocals<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Willy Vlautin: guitar, vocals<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          John Askew: baritone guitar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Recorded and mixed at Scenic Burrows by John Askew<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Mastered by Bruce Winter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Cover photo by Nate Beaty http:\/\/natebeaty.com\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Design by Aaron J. Draplin, Draplin Design Co.<\/p>\n\n\n

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          Colfax<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

          The debut album from The Delines<\/strong>, Colfax<\/em><\/strong> is a  timeless collection of songs with the intimacy of a midnight confessional. Like a beat-up Dusty Springfield after too many long nights working a dreary after-hours bar, Colfax<\/em><\/strong> has the skid row heart of Tom Waits, the street-tough weariness of early Rickie Lee Jones, and the cool, laid back sound of Mazzy Star.  The Delines features Amy Boone (Damnations TX) singing songs by Willy Vlautin (Richmond Fontaine).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Cast:
          Willy Vlautin; guitar, songs
          Amy Boone; vocals, piano
          Sean Oldham; drums
          Tucker Jackson; pedal steel
          Freddy Trujillo; bass
          Jenny Conlee-Drizos; keyboards
          Collin Oldham; cello
          Deborah Kelly; vocals
          Michael Crow; swell fella, Austin engineer
          John Askew; producer<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Praise for “Colfax”<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Boone’s got the kind of voice you might hear in a bar that hasn’t seen daylight since the roof went on, where it’s always a long time ago on a jukebox that plays only country and western, five cents a teardrop.
          Allan Jones, Uncut Magazine. 9 out of 10<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

          The lyrics of these eleven songs effectively vivid short stories populated by bruised characters. Musically, it’s country soul territory, with Boone a damaged Dusty Springfield in I Got My Shadows and a desperate Bobbie Gentry combing the night streets for her drunken missing brother in Colfax Avenue.
          Tom Doyle, Q Magazine. 4 Stars<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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