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Bright Eyes is an American indie rock band founded by singer-songwriter and guitarist Conor Oberst.It consists of Oberst, multi-instrumentalist and producer Mike Mogis, arranger, composer and trumpet and piano player Nate Walcott, and a rotating line-up of collaborators drawn primarily from Omaha's indie music scene.
Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground is the fourth studio album by Bright Eyes and the 46th release of Saddle Creek Records.The band made its national television debut in support of the album, performing "The Trees Get Wheeled Away" (a track that was not on the album) on the Late Show with David Letterman.
Conor Mullen Oberst (born February 15, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter best known for his work in Bright Eyes.He has also played in several other bands, including Desaparecidos, the Faint (previously named Norman Bailer), Commander Venus, Park Ave., Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Monsters of Folk, and Better Oblivion Community Center.
"Go Find Yourself a Dry Place" (Bright Eyes / Squadcar 96) "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (A Christmas Album, 2002) "Going for the Gold" (Oh Holy Fools: The Music of Son, Ambulance & Bright Eyes, 2001, and Don't Be Frightened of Turning the Page, 2001) "Gold Mine Gutted" (Digital Ash in a Digital Urn, 2005)
"Bright Eyes" topped the UK Singles Chart for six weeks and became Britain's biggest-selling single of 1979, selling over a million copies. Richard Adams, author of the original novel, is reported to have hated the song. [2] A cover of the song, performed by Stephen Gately, was later used in the Watership Down television series as its theme ...
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The song was a hit in the UK and across Europe. He wrote the song "Bright Eyes" for the animated film version of Watership Down. Recorded by Art Garfunkel, it reached number 1 on the UK Singles Chart and was number one in six countries. [10] Batt also wrote the score for the film Caravans, released in 1978.
Cassadaga is the eighth studio album by Bright Eyes, released in the UK on April 9, 2007, and in the US on April 10. Around 25 to 30 songs were recorded in 2006, [14] with 13 of these appearing on the final track list. The album is named after the town of Cassadaga, Florida. [15]