Dispatch is an American indie-roots band founded in 1996 in Middlebury, Ver… Read Full Bio ↴Dispatch is an American indie-roots band founded in 1996 in Middlebury, Vermont.
The band originated in the early 1990s as One Fell Swoop, but changed their name to Dispatch in 1996. Chad Urmston, Braddigan, and Pete (Francis) Heimbold, who were all attending Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont comprised the band's lineup throughout their entire career. Their music has drawn on several influences, such as acoustic folk-rock, reggae, and funk.
Dispatch gained much recognition outside of New England, without any help from a label, and stuck together long enough to release seven albums, three of which were live performances. During concerts, the band had been known to improvise upon their album releases, often resulting in a song ending in twice the length of the original. The group was also fond of switching instruments and vocal duties when playing live.
Upon the announcement of its break-up in 2002, the band scheduled one final concert. The free show was performed at the Hatch Shell in Boston on July 31, 2004. "The Last Dispatch," as it was referred, is said to be the largest concert in independent music history; roughly 110,000 fans from over 20 different countries attended the show. Parts of the performance were released as a CD/DVD two-disc set later that year, entitled All Points Bulletin, along with an earlier show in Somerville, Massachusetts.
All three of the band's members are currently still in the music industry. Urmston is now the frontman of State Radio, while Corrigan (now credited as Braddigan, a nickname by which he was known since his time with Dispatch) and Heimbold (now credited as Pete Francis, his middle name) are succesfully pursuing solo efforts.
After the song Elias, written by Urmston after his experience living and teaching in Zimbabwe, the "Elias Fund" was formed to send children from the ravaged country to college.
Dispatch came out with a movie entitled "Last Dispatch" in July 2005, which documents their final 12 days together as a band and tells the story of how they became "the band that redefined independent music history". The film was released and previewed in Boston. Chad, Brad, and Pete attended the showing and celebrated throughout the weekend with their fans.
On December 22, 2005, Corrigan helped to organize a benefit concert, known as the Relief Project, at Irving Plaza in New York, New York. Along with several other performers, Corrigan invited Heimbold and State Radio to play. The three reunited very briefly, playing the song Here We Go as an encore. Corrigan stated there that he plans further Relief Project concerts featuring all three and perhaps sometime in 2007, a major Dispatch reunion concert.
Entitled "Dispatch: Zimbabwe", Dispatch arranged for one show in Madison Square Garden, with all the money sent towards relief efforts in Zimbabwe. Originally billed as a one show deal on July 14, Dispatch was surprised how quickly this first show sold out and set two more shows for the 13 and 15. After all three shows sold out, Dispatch announced another smaller show on July 11th at Webster Hall in New York, where they made their comeback debut to great success.
Dispatch had a second set of reunion concerts beginning at Red Rocks amphitheater in Denver, Colorado on June 3, 4, and 5th, 2011. These performances launched a reunion tour around the US and the release of their Dispatch EP on May 17th.
In 2017, the band released the song, "Only The Wild Ones" from their album, America, Location 12.
The band originated in the early 1990s as One Fell Swoop, but changed their name to Dispatch in 1996. Chad Urmston, Braddigan, and Pete (Francis) Heimbold, who were all attending Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont comprised the band's lineup throughout their entire career. Their music has drawn on several influences, such as acoustic folk-rock, reggae, and funk.
Dispatch gained much recognition outside of New England, without any help from a label, and stuck together long enough to release seven albums, three of which were live performances. During concerts, the band had been known to improvise upon their album releases, often resulting in a song ending in twice the length of the original. The group was also fond of switching instruments and vocal duties when playing live.
Upon the announcement of its break-up in 2002, the band scheduled one final concert. The free show was performed at the Hatch Shell in Boston on July 31, 2004. "The Last Dispatch," as it was referred, is said to be the largest concert in independent music history; roughly 110,000 fans from over 20 different countries attended the show. Parts of the performance were released as a CD/DVD two-disc set later that year, entitled All Points Bulletin, along with an earlier show in Somerville, Massachusetts.
All three of the band's members are currently still in the music industry. Urmston is now the frontman of State Radio, while Corrigan (now credited as Braddigan, a nickname by which he was known since his time with Dispatch) and Heimbold (now credited as Pete Francis, his middle name) are succesfully pursuing solo efforts.
After the song Elias, written by Urmston after his experience living and teaching in Zimbabwe, the "Elias Fund" was formed to send children from the ravaged country to college.
Dispatch came out with a movie entitled "Last Dispatch" in July 2005, which documents their final 12 days together as a band and tells the story of how they became "the band that redefined independent music history". The film was released and previewed in Boston. Chad, Brad, and Pete attended the showing and celebrated throughout the weekend with their fans.
On December 22, 2005, Corrigan helped to organize a benefit concert, known as the Relief Project, at Irving Plaza in New York, New York. Along with several other performers, Corrigan invited Heimbold and State Radio to play. The three reunited very briefly, playing the song Here We Go as an encore. Corrigan stated there that he plans further Relief Project concerts featuring all three and perhaps sometime in 2007, a major Dispatch reunion concert.
Entitled "Dispatch: Zimbabwe", Dispatch arranged for one show in Madison Square Garden, with all the money sent towards relief efforts in Zimbabwe. Originally billed as a one show deal on July 14, Dispatch was surprised how quickly this first show sold out and set two more shows for the 13 and 15. After all three shows sold out, Dispatch announced another smaller show on July 11th at Webster Hall in New York, where they made their comeback debut to great success.
Dispatch had a second set of reunion concerts beginning at Red Rocks amphitheater in Denver, Colorado on June 3, 4, and 5th, 2011. These performances launched a reunion tour around the US and the release of their Dispatch EP on May 17th.
In 2017, the band released the song, "Only The Wild Ones" from their album, America, Location 12.
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Dispatch Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Dispatch:
10ft 5ft Bag 'em [Instrumental]…
18 Bang Bang She woke me up with a bang, bang Looking' over cross…
4 Two Coins I stick loneliness, your lips And the two coins of your…
5 %01 4 [CHORUS:] Here we go Leave it on the back burner Take it to…
As Old As I higher yet my love, the water is rising up on…
Atticus Cobain I never been to London You never been to Spain I never…
Bang Bang She woke me up with a bang, bang Looking' over cross…
Bats Old man river said You can go your own way If you…
Be Gone Come down low To the ground Let the mother breathe you down …
Beto Beto where will you go? Beto what will you do?…
Black Land Prairie What a son to say father let them go Must′ve been…
Blood One old man a ten hour day And not a…
Born Normal Born a normal child, but the dream it didn't last…
Born on Earth Oh Do you know there’s a place you can go A…
Bound by Love Maybe we′ll meet on the road From Darwin up to Jerico I…
Break Our Fall I remember that night you fell asleep under the truck when…
Bridges The furrowed bed of sand worries again. As it had before,…
Broken American We speak in broken American From the inlands to the shore …
Bullet Holes Black birds with bullet holes, bullet holes Scattered across…
Bulletholes Black birds send bullet holes Scattered across the sky I…
Bulls on Parade The microphone explodes Shattering the molds Either drop t…
Came for the Fire came for the fire left before it was done I’m yours till…
Carry You Green River flows, Like glass melting later it will run blac…
Circles Around the Sun When he was born, the doc said "What's this?" He's much…
Come to Me Cast a spell on me Don't shake my constellation I've been …
Con Man He's just another con-man sitting on a hill You see…
Cover This Wounded, you can't take me there I was wounded, you can't…
Craze craze a chance you learn to dance most people they just go…
Cross the World We had no idea what we were in for 3 boys…
Curse Crush We try to understand The right to life like fire to…
Cut It Match It Cause ya cut it ya match it ya cut it ya…
Cut It Ya Match It Cause ya cut it ya match it ya cut it ya…
Daft Alchemist Heard of the mountain side, but I'd rather stay in…
Dear Congress No hands to warm, no bedtime story, no lullaby No little…
Dem Shoes I don't care where you come from I don't care what…
Don Juan Tango Oh daddy no, don't you know there's a hole Oh seven…
Drive Daddy I want to drive today I want to get up…
Elias Nah jay su atwanei kwa, tie asu fahdah dah hay…
Even Come now to the edge of the room soon they'll…
Fallin' Fallin', I am fallin' down the mountain, once again Fallin',…
Feels so Good I waited so long for the sun to rise This afternoon…
Flag You warn me and keep me here You call us close…
Flying Horses The river of doubt gave birth to a beautiful stone And…
Follow I the River Leaves are falling, soon we'll be able to see the…
General There was a decorated General with a heart of gold That…
Get Ready Boy Kind fall we've had enough Don't really wanna hold much lon…
Ghost Town Hard times, wages, gone with the ages See factory walls are…
Gone You got your electricity The heat is on high You can't keep…
Greta I think we could have seen it the smoke was rising…
Headlights [Repeat: x2] Headlights Highways Your life collides with min…
Here We Go Here we go Leave it on the back burner Take it to…
Hey Hey Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey Yeah, hey Well I…
How Now How now? How now? How now? How now? How now? How now?…
Hubs Got to turn my hubs 'Cause I'm spinnin' my wheels Got to…
Josaphine Ill go back to St. Johnsberry to breathe the air That's…
Just Like Larry I'd like to jettison your medicine Back to where you came…
Letter to Lady J My dear old friend, it's you we need There's blood in…
Lightning We hear the dealers with their words That ride the tails Of…
London Daughters Come all you London Daughters And sons of the looking glass …
May We All He went to Hyannis to let go of Alice for…
Mayday I saw you yesterday Your eyes were the color of some…
Melon Bend Saw you in the moss See the birds up above You stood…
Midnight Lorry I walk down the road looking for my tribunal Like Tom…
Mission Let it be known, to all your misbelievin' What you've been…
Mother & Child Reunion No I would not give no false hope On this strange…
Never or Now I really should be gone now cause if I stay It’s…
Not Messin It's as if the fore fathers Gonna trade it for a…
Not Messin’ It's as if the fore fathers Gonna trade it for a…
one by one Came of age racing round the Georgia hills Grew tall and…
Only the Wild Ones Long hair and longer stride Skateboard fair with a primal tr…
Open Up They were looking for me when I came to They were…
Other Side (One two three) What's real these days Am I your friend …
Out Loud Would you be the wind to blow me home Would you…
Outloud Would you be the wind to blow me home Would you…
Painted Yellow Lines Ooh it's dark outside I've been trying to get a ride While…
Parade Speed Want to be Your bread and butter Want to be The honey in…
Passerby I'm not crazy like my brother But it's the way that…
Past The Falls The wind blew and her hair stood still He sits beneath…
Price Of Spades Coming back Coming home The queen of love enters the room…
Prince Of Spades Coming back Coming home The queen of love enters the room S…
Prisoner's Visitor Billy was a live wire Makin′ hay while the sun shine Makin'…
Questioned Apocalypse I went down to the drug store to check my…
Railway Yeah, yeah i think i heard you, Yeah, yeah i…
Rice Water It’s time to wake up We’re already underway See the moon in…
Riddle Heard of a land held by untroubled hands, Where the whiskey…
Ride A Tear Drop into the mystery of a web Speak, repeat I'm not…
Root Down I Kick My Root Down I Put My Root Down…
Sign of the Times Check me pout before you go Time you've got to really…
Silent Type Rode our horses in the pelting rain over the graves…
Skin the Rabbit Aw we recognize, see it in your eyes See it in…
So Good I waited so long for the sun to rise This afternoon…
Spades In a place where I belong... On my own. Comin' back, Co…
Steeples I heard a story about a boy Who was swept off…
Stoned Enough To Gather In The Night Hold it now, hold tight to the line, then fall…
The General There was a decorated General with a heart of gold That…
The Legend of Connie Hawkins Down on the courts in Bed Stuy A legend rose from…
The Way It Goes A forgotten whisper screams at me now So that I don't…
Time Served hold up the firing line hold steady on the trigger's time wa…
Turn This Ship Around Verse 1: Why would I burn the castle down? Why…
Two Coins I stick loneliness, your lips And the two coins of…
Valentine It's a fadin' blue Into the black The news is goin' down …
Walk With You And I will walk with you Using the stars as guides On…
Water Stop When you dove, drunk with sleep in your eyes You stole…
We Hold a Gun Invite them the fly is you cut their wings Tell them…
Whaddya Wanna Be What do you wanna be I don't know And what do you…
Whirlwind A whirlwind came into my life And it tried to rescue…
Wide Right Turns Everybody put your lights on Everybody stand up 'cause the…
Windylike You’ll never believe what I heard just now Carried by the…
With You And I will walk with you Using the stars as guides On…
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Valentin Nussbaumer
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