1. John Robert Moreland was born on June 22,1985 and is an American singer-songwriter from Tulsa, Oklahoma.
15 Facts About John Moreland
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John Moreland's father worked for Sunoco as an electrical engineer, and because of this job the family moved a lot.
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When John Moreland was 10 years old John Moreland's family moved from Boone County, Kentucky to Tulsa, Oklahoma and, with the help of his father, he started playing the guitar.
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John Moreland played in his first show when he was 13 or 14 years old.
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John Moreland put together the Black Gold Band in 2005, and released Endless Oklahoma Sky on Oklahoma City label Little Mafia Records in 2008.
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John Moreland switched genres from hardcore to folk when he heard Earle's song "Rich Man's War".
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In 2015, John Moreland released High on Tulsa Heat, his third full-length solo record release.
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John Moreland used his parents' home in Bixby, Oklahoma, as a studio while they were out of town on vacation.
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John Moreland participates in the Folk Alliance International Conference, a non-profit folk music conference that is held annually in Kansas City, Kansas.
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John Moreland participated in fellow singer-songwriter Jason Isbell's 2013 national tour.
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In 2017, John Moreland released his seventh album, Big Bad Luv, on 4AD.
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The record is the first where John Moreland recorded with a full band.
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John Moreland sometimes plays solo with an acoustic guitar, but was often accompanied by two different bands: the Black Gold Band or the Dust Bowl Souls.
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John Moreland is married to visual artist Pearl Rachinsky, who did the album layout for Big Bad Luv.
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Around 2015, John Moreland relocated to Norman, Oklahoma but then later that year moved back to Tulsa.