Tarkio
Tarkio may refer to:
- Tarkio (album), an album by the folk-rock duo Brewer & Shipley, named for the city in Missouri
- Tarkio College, a college no longer in existence in the city of Tarkio, Missouri
- Tarkio (band), an indie rock group which took its name from the town in Montana
Tarkio (band)
Tarkio was an indie rock band from Missoula, Montana which included Colin Meloy prior to his forming The Decemberists. Tarkio broke up in 1999, but found new popularity in a retrospective released by Kill Rock Stars in 2006.
History
Tarkio formed in Missoula, Montana in 1996. Meloy, from Helena, had studied English at University of Oregon at Eugene for two years, then returned and enrolled in the creative writing program at the University of Montana in Missoula. He recruited banjo player Gibson Hartwell, bassist Louis Stein, and drummer Brian Collins following a meeting at an open mic night at a local coffeehouse. The band took its name from Tarkio, Montana, a small town in the western part of the state.Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament helped out with some rehearsal space and the band built a following at bar-clubs in Missoula, Great Falls, Butte, and Whitefish, Montana.
In 1997, the band self-released a number of demos. Limited to 500 copies, this self-titled EP was followed by an album, I Guess I Was Hoping For Something More, released on Barcelona Records. This album included musician Kevin Suggs on pedal steel.
Tarkio (album)
Tarkio is the third album by Brewer & Shipley. Released in 1970, the album (also known as Tarkio Road, as that title was printed on the labels of original pressings of the LP and pre-recorded tapes) yielded the hit singles "One Toke Over the Line" and "Tarkio Road."
The title came about when they left California in 1969 returning to the Midwest, this time to Kansas City, Missouri, where they played college towns in Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, and Kansas. One regular gig was Tarkio College in the small town of Tarkio, Missouri. They found they could just make it from Tarkio to Saint Joseph, Missouri on a single tank of gas and took to calling the route "Tarkio Road."
The single, "One Toke Over the Line," peaked at #10 (#5 in Canada), garnering notice from Spiro Agnew for what he saw as its subversiveness. Ironically, the song was performed (by Gail Farrell and Dick Dale) on The Lawrence Welk Show, which billed it a "modern spiritual." The song is notably mentioned in the opening of Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and was notably "sung" by Dr. Gonzo (Benicio Del Toro) in the film of the same name. "Tarkio Road" reached #41 in Canada.
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ALBUMS
- Omnibus released: 2006
- Live on KGBA 1998 released: 2002
- I Guess I Was Hoping for Something More released: 1998
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Candle
by: TarkioA candle for you
a strong wind
to guide you from the harbour
so take it with you
to leave late
either one will tell you which you never hope to find you
and leave low but, I know
it will raise a wall between us so if you go
if you go
just go.
So we made it this far, we're both tired
distracted from the breakdown
I'll hold a candle to you, a raised glass
another page is turning with another candle burning
and left low, but I know
it will raise a wall between us so if you go
if you go