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unusual facts about Colin Meloy


Goodnight Oslo

Colin Meloy of The Decemberists provided one of the backup vocals in "Saturday Groovers", as Mr. Hitchcock provided guitar for a track on the Decemberists' album The Hazards of Love.


Blues Run the Game

The song has been performed by various other artists, such as Simon and Garfunkel, Sandy Denny, Nick Drake, John Renbourn and Eddi Reader, and later by Bert Jansch, Counting Crows, John Mayer, Colin Meloy, Robin Pecknold, Soulsavers, Jack Steadman, Hidden Highways, Mark Lanegan, and Laura Marling.

Castaways and Cutouts

The album cover was designed by the Portland artist Carson Ellis, the long-time girlfriend (and now wife) of Colin Meloy.

Happy Cactus

Happy Cactus was a band formed by Colin Meloy while he attended Helena High School.

Her Majesty the Decemberists

The song "Song for Myla Goldberg" was written years earlier, after Colin Meloy had been a media escort for the novelist Myla Goldberg during a tour following the publication of her first book, Bee Season.

The Mountains of Mourne

The song was also recorded by Tarkio, an alt-country band led by Colin Meloy later of The Decemberists fame for their self-released EP "Sea Songs for Landlocked Sailors" in 1998, and also included on Omnibus, a collection of Tarkio's recordings released by Kill Rock Stars in 2006.

Under Wildwood

Under Wildwood: The Wildwood Chronicles, Book Two is a 2012 children's fantasy novel by The Decemberists' singer-songwriter Colin Meloy, illustrated by his wife Carson Ellis.

Wildwood Imperium

Wildwood Imperium: The Wildwood Chronicles, Book Three will be a 2014 children's fantasy novel by The Decemberists' singer-songwriter Colin Meloy, illustrated by his wife Carson Ellis.


see also

Carson Ellis

Under Wildwood, written by Colin Meloy (Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins, September 25, 2012)

Colin Meloy Sings Sam Cooke

The artwork of the album was designed by Carson Ellis, who has done much of the artwork for The Decemberists, and all of Colin Meloy's solo work.