Richmond Fontaine is a four-piece alternative country band based in Portland, Oregon, United States. History The band was formed in 1994 by guitarist / lead vocalist Willy Vlautin and bass player Dave Harding at the Portland Meadows horse race track. Many of the band's songs relate to horse racing or casinos. Richmond Fontaine first started out touring the Pacific Northwest live circuit on the back of their first three albums released on Cavity Search Records. They have worked with a variety of musicians and a few labels over their career. Their first exposures abroad were a song on a Loose Records compilationhttp://cwas.hinah.com/interview/?id=114 in the UK and the band's self-released fourth album, Winnemucca, which garnered attention outside of the U.S. The band signed with Decor Records in Europe during 2003. Their next two releases proved pivotal and received "Albums of the Month" in

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