The Lonesome Strangers

The Lonesome Strangers were an American country rock music band formed in Los Angeles in 1984. The line-up of songwriters Jeff Rymes and Randy Weeks, bassist Nino Del Pesco and drummer Joe Nanini had led the band to be "one of California's most influential bands" and helped revive country rock music. However, Pesco and Nanini left the band to pursue their own careers and were replaced by Lorne Rall as the bassist and Mike McLean as the drummer. They primarily incorporated rock and country music in their performances where they brought a rockability instrumental approach, sweet country-style vocal harmonies and original songs. According to country music writer Jack Hurst (1989), The Lonesome Strangers' music were "a little to rock for mainstream country and a little too country for mainstream rock, [which didn't] easily fit into current radio's established format". However, Rymes states that their music falls between rock and country music depending on people's different tastes. They had released a total of three studios albums, Lonesome Pine (1986), The Lonesome Strangers (1989) and Land of Opportunity (1997), which earned them a Top 40 Billboard Hit. They had also gained more recognition and became part of the Americana Music movement. Rall and McLean were replaced by Dusty Wakeman and Jim Christie when their third album Land of Opportunity was released and Skip Edwards also participated into the album as a keyboardist. However, Jeff Roberts became the touring bassist, and the drummer was ex-Plowboy Kenny Griffin, then Greg Perry. The Lonesome Strangers are currently on a hiatus after their last studio album and are doing their solo activities.

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