Interview: Joy Williams and John Paul White of The Civil Wars
Joy Williams and John Paul White of The Civil Wars met during a professional blind date after drawing straws at a 2008 songwriting workshop. It didn't take long for them to realize they were meant to make music together. Their writing styles and voices blend perfectly—in a manner usually reserved for siblings or Simon & Garfunkel.
The Civil Wars' first full-length album, Barton Hollow , is easily one of the best records of 2011. Thanks to early play on Grey's Anatomy, and support from artists such as Adele, who declared The Civil Wars to be the best live band she's ever seen, the album has done incredibly well and the band has been selling out venues across the United States. They're in town for three sold-out shows this week—two at Largo at the Coronet and one at the El Rey.
LAist caught up with The Civil Wars during a rare day off last Friday, with Williams at home in Tennessee and White in Alabama. We got the scoop on the new album, the real-life Barton Hollow, and the band's " Auction for Alabama " tornado relief efforts on eBay.
LAist: What led you to choose The Civil Wars as your band name?
Joy Williams: Trying to come up with a band name is a daunting process. I imagine it's a bit like naming a child. Once you stick with it, you're stuck with it. We were hesitant to throw out a lot of names. One day I was thinking about all the tension that happens innately in the way that John Paul and I write. I was driving down the I-65 in Nashville, noticing all the Civil War monuments, and I thought, "What if I just made up a fictitious war? 'The War of Something-or-Other' and pick a year to go with it." But that sounded really overwrought. Then it suddenly hit me: "Why not The Civil Wars?"
Obviously, our band doesn't really relate to any of the historical events of the Civil War, but our music depicts the small battles we all have within ourselves and with others.
album download up there. How many downloads have you had?
Joy: I think we're getting close to 200,000 free album downloads.
It's incredible to think that was your second show ever. Did that recording play a big role in the way word spread about your music?
John Paul White: Yeah, it was huge. And the reason we've kept it there is that we want people to have a no-holds-barred way to discover the band and find out if they're into our music.
When we first had it up, word of mouth was pretty quick, but then when the Grey's Anatomy thing happened, it really was pivotal. Once people did their homework and figured out who we were, they navigated their way to that record. So everyone had something they could sink their teeth into even though we didn't even have an EP out yet.
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Thanks to early play on Grey's Anatomy, and support from artists such as Adele, who declared The Civil Wars to be the best live band she's ever seen, the album has done incredibly well and the band has been selling out venues across the United States.
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