(1-18 of 18 song lyrics)Average rating for Richmond Fontaine songs is 7.83/10 [175 votes]. Selected popular Richmond Fontaine song of Thursday, November 21 2024 is "The Janitor".
Top Richmond Fontaine Albums
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Don't Skip out on Me [2017]
You Can't Go Back If There's Nothing to Go Back To [2016]
The High Country [2011]
Postcard from Portland: Live at Dante's [2010]
We Used to Think the Freeway Sounded Like a River [2009]
Richmond Fontaine is a four-piece alt country band based in Portland, OR.The band was formed in 1994 by guitarist / lead vocalist Willy Vlautin and bass player Dave Harding at the Portland Meadows horse race track. Known for Vlautin's incredibly rich and evocative lyrics, several of Richmond Fontaine's songs relate to horse racing specifically and gambling generally. This is largely an artifact of Vlautin's upbringing in Reno, Nevada, a place that is heavily referenced in his lyrics, along with Portland, the U.S. Western states in general and occasionally Mexico. Vlautin is also an acclaimed novelist, having written two respected books, The Motel Life and Northline. As a fiction writer, he is often compared to R... read more