About

Cheyenne, Carson and Will Medders, the sons of songwriter Jule Medders, grew up in northern Georgia running around in the woods, inventing games, and banging around on old guitars and drum sets. The boys became men and all went to the same college in Arkansas, where they were discovered by a young wizard of piano from New York named Joshua Stauter. Cheyenne, who had been making up songs on guitar for ten years or so, had been looking for a piano player, and in 2004 this current lineup began playing shows at school. However, Cheyenne moved to Nashville in 2005 and made two solo records while the other boys finished school. The second of these solo records featured both Will and Joshua.

The foursome played sporadic shows for the next three years in Arkansas and Tennessee, had the privilege of opening for Merle Haggard in 2007, and took the opportunity to record demos with two producers who saw promise in them, Lij Shaw and Robin Eaton. All of the boys spent the summer of 2008 in Nashville, self-producing what would become their first album. After trying on several names that didn’t seem to fit, the boys realized the answer was right there in three fourths of their veins. “The Medders” was simple and didn’t mean anything else, and it provided a continuity with Cheyenne’s solo albums.

From summer through winter the boys put the studio to use, recording themselves live, searching for new sounds and writing songs. They fleshed out the songs in a family member’s studio, choosing to put the finishing touches on ten of them. This first collection is called “The Medders” and will be released on September 1, 2009.

All members of The Medders write songs, play multiple instruments and perform with other bands, including Annie Williams, Secret Name and The Nobility.