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Trapper Schoepp
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Background information
BornEllsworth, Wisconsin, United States
OriginMilwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
GenresRock, Americana
Years active2007-present
LabelsXtra Mile Recordings
SideOneDummy Records
Good Land Records
MembersTrapper Schoepp
Tanner Schoepp
Past membersJon Phillip
David Boigenzahn
Brady Murphy
Sahan Jayasuriya
Eli Judge
Graham Hunt
Gina Romantini
David Dulak
Dustin Dobernig
Websitehttp://www.trapperschoepp.com/

Trapper Schoepp is an American singer-songwriter based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

After releasing two albums in his teens, Schoepp signed with SideOneDummy Records and released Run, Engine, Run (2012) as Trapper Schoepp & the Shades. In 2016, he signed with Xtra Mile Recordings and has released three albums under his own name: Rangers & Valentines (2016), Bay Beach Amusement Park (2017), and Primetime Illusion (2019).

Early life

Trapper Schoepp was born in Red Wing, Minnesota and grew up in the nearby town of Ellsworth, Wisconsin.[1][2] His parents are Melanie and Scott Schoepp and his has an older sister and brother; his brother, Tanner Schoepp, co-writes and tours with him.[1] After a back injury caused during a BMX bike accident as a teenager, his mother signed him up for guitar lessons as a "safer hobby".[2][3] While recovering from the injury, he heard Bob Dylan's song "Hurricane" in the movie of the same name which inspired him to become a musician: "That first A minor chord got my blood pumping. Hearing the conviction in his voice as he told the story of an innocent man wrongly accused was life-changing".[4][5]

Musical career

2007–2015: Early work

At age 17, he started a band called The Trapper Schoepp Band with his brother, Tanner Schoepp (bassist) and local friends, while attending Ellsworth High School.[1][4] The Trapper Schoepp Band released an early debut album called A Change in the Weather (2007) before the Schoepp brothers moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin for college.[4] At age 19 he started a new band with his brother called Trapper Schoepp & the Shades, while attending the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UWM) and released Lived and Moved (2009), which refers to his move from his small town to Milwaukee:

I really wanted to get out of that small town, but I think that everyone who goes through that transitional phase feels a little lost. You have all this ambition, but you’re really clueless and you don’t know what to do with it. There’s this uncertainty. So for me, recording this record was definitely a way to deal with those adolescent blues that I think everyone experiences around this age.[4]

Schoepp graduated from UWM with a degree in journalism focusing on radio broadcasting and obtained a Certificate in Rock-and-Roll while studying under the late Dr. Martin Jack Rosenblum, who was a music history and literature professor at the University.[3]

Trapper Schoepp & the Shades signed a record deal with SideOneDummy Records and released their national debut Run, Engine, Run in September 2012. Rolling Stone premiered the album's title track on September 20, 2012.[6] The song, a tribute to the Schoepps' grandfather and his 1964 Mercedes Benz, was also featured on Car Talk's Whad'Ya Know?.[7] The band toured on a 25-stop with The Wallflowers[3] and also alongside Old 97's,[8] The Jayhawks,[8] Soul Asylum, Tommy Stinson, Social Distortion, The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, Frank Turner, Cory Chisel and The Wandering Sons.

2016–present

Schoepp signed to Xtra Mile Recordings and released his second album, Rangers and Valentines on April 1, 2016. The album's name, along with the featured track "Dream", paid tribute to Geo Valentine and Schoepp's former professor Dr. Martin Jack Rosenblum (stage name Holy Ranger), both of whom were influential in developing his music education.[9] The music video for the song "Settlin' or Sleepin' Around" features Richard Riehle.

In 2017, Schoepp released Bay Beach Amusement Park - a six-song concept album based on the site of Elvis Presley's favorite rollercoaster, the Zippin Pippin. The band commemorated the album with a performance of it at the amusement park in Green Bay, Wisconsin, as well as nationwide tours with Ha Ha Tonka and BoDeans. "The Scat" became the theme song for the Onion's inaugural podcast “A Very Fatal Murder."

In 2018, Schoepp wrote music and additional lyrics to the unfinished Bob Dylan song "On, Wisconsin", originally written in 1961. Sharing a co-writing credit with Dylan, Schoepp recorded the song at Wauwatosa's Wire & Vice studio for his 2019 album Primetime Illusion.[10][11][5]

Discography

Studio albums

Compilations

  • American Songwriter July 2012 Sampler - "So Long"
  • Good Land Records Summer 2012 Sampler - "Pins and Needles"

References

  1. ^ a b c Nerhaugen, Ruth (July 2, 2018). "Trapper Schoepp headlines July 4 concert in park". Red Wing Republican Eagle. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Barr, Teri (January 2019). "Maximum Ink Interview". Maximum Ink music magazine. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c Barriere, Gabrielle (May 8, 2016). "Rising Musician Trapper Schoepp Sticks to His Roots". Media Milwaukee. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d "The Trapper is set". Red Wing Republican Eagle. November 17, 2007. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
  5. ^ a b Greene, Andy (November 13, 2018). "How a Wisconsin Singer Got a Bob Dylan Co-Writing Credit for New Song 'On, Wisconsin'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  6. ^ "'Run, Engine, Run' by Trapper Schoepp & the Shades – Free MP3". Rolling Stone. September 20, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  7. ^ "Trapper Schoepp and the Shades". Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?. October 13, 2012. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2019. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ a b Mueller, Kevin (July 3, 2015). "Storylines". Milwaukee Magazine. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
  9. ^ Levy, Piet (March 30, 2016). "Watch Trapper Schoepp perform songs from new album 'Rangers & Valentines'". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
  10. ^ Robbins, Dean (October 6, 2017). "Bob Dylan's Ode To Wisconsin". Wisconsin Life. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  11. ^ Nelson, James B. (November 14, 2018). "Local musician Trapper Schoepp to release 'On, Wisconsin,' a song he co-wrote with Bob Dylan". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
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