Shows from the 2006 tour were recorded for a live release. On this tour, he sold an EP featuring covers of British folk artist Shirley Collins. Meloy did a second solo tour in January 2006, playing with Laura Veirs and Amy Annelle. Only 1,000 copies of the album were made, and they were sold only on that tour.

In early 2005, he embarked on his first solo tour in support of the self-released six-song EP, 'Colin Meloy Sings Morrissey,' which consists of six Morrissey covers. Prior to being in The Decemberists, Meloy was the lead singer and songwriter of Happy Cactus and Tarkio, both indie/folk bands from Montana. He then moved to Portland, where he met future bandmates Jenny Conlee and Nate Query. He first attended the University of Oregon before transferring to the University of Montana, where he majored in creative writing. His sister is Maile Meloy, an author often published in The New Yorker. As of 2005, Meloy has written a 100-page book on The Replacements' fourth album, 'Let It Be,' released as part of the 33⅓ series. In addition to his vocal duties, he plays acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bouzouki, and percussion. In this book, Colin Meloy continues to expand and enrich the magical world and cast of characters he created in Wildwood, while Carson Ellis once again brings that world to life with her gorgeous artwork, including six full-color plates.Ĭolin Patrick Henry Meloy is the lead singer and songwriter for the Portland, Oregon folk-rock band The Decemberists.

The Wildwood Chronicles is a mesmerizing and epic tale, at once firmly steeped in the classics of children's literature and completely fresh at the same time. As the fate of Wildwood hangs in the balance. Two old friends draw closer to their goal of bringing together a pair of exiled toy makers in order to reanimate a mechanical boy prince. A band of runaway orphans allies with an underground collective of saboteurs and plans a daring rescue of their friends, imprisoned in the belly of an industrial wasteland. From Colin Meloy, lead singer of the Decemberists, and Carson Ellis, acclaimed illustrator of The Mysterious Benedict Society, comes the stunning third book in the New York Times bestselling fantasy-adventure series the Wildwood Chronicles.Ī young girl's midnight séance awakens a long-slumbering malevolent spirit.

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