Despite sporting a name that is decidedly Texan, One Riot One Ranger is actually based in Columbus, OH, and there's not more than one Texan-born musician in the bunch. The band, also known as 1R1R, was established in 1990, but only two of the band's later five members were present when the group was formed. Singer, bassist, and accordion player Mark Wyatt, who formerly devoted his talents to indie rock and established Great Plains during the 1980s, started the band with multi-instrumentalist Pete Remenyi and Jack Shortlidge. Not long after, Chas Williams came aboard as mandolinist, fiddler, and songwriter. The lineup underwent a few shakeups before settling into its permanent incarnation: Wyatt, Remenyi, Williams, acoustic guitarist Mark Gaskill, and multi-instrumentalist Paul Brown. It took five years for the band to get its lineup nailed down, but once it became cemented with the addition of Gaskill, members headed into the recording studio. The result was an eponymous cassette that was completed in 1995.
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