# The Apache Relay

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{{Short description|American folk-rock band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = The Apache Relay
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| background      = group_or_band
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| origin          = Nashville, TN
| genre           = [Folk rock](/source/Folk_rock)
| years_active    = {{start date|2009}}–2015
| label           = [Dine Alone Records](/source/Dine_Alone_Records) (Canada)
| website         = {{URL|http://theapacherelay.com/}}
| current_members =
* Michael Ford Jr
* Mike Harris
* Brett Moore
* Steve Smith
* Kellen Wenrich
* Ben Ford
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'''The Apache Relay''' was an American [folk-rock](/source/folk-rock) band based out of [Nashville, Tennessee](/source/Nashville%2C_Tennessee). The band consisted of Michael Ford Jr (singer/guitarist), Mike Harris (guitar), Brett Moore (mandolin, organ), Steve Smith (drums), Kellen Wenrich (fiddle) and Ben Ford (bass and vocals).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/what-s-on/entertainments/nashville-rockers-swagger-into-the-uk-1-6523821 | title=Nashville rockers swagger into the UK | work=Sussex Express | date=17 January 2015 | accessdate=8 February 2015 | archive-date=February 8, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208170442/http://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/what-s-on/entertainments/nashville-rockers-swagger-into-the-uk-1-6523821 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The band's name originated from a race-competition scene in the movie [Heavyweights](/source/Heavyweights).<ref name="fuse2012">{{cite web | url=http://www.fuse.tv/2012/08/you-need-to-know-nashville-folk-rockers-the-apache-relay | title=You need to know: The fervent folk-rock of Apache Relay | work=Fuse | date=21 August 2012 | accessdate=1 February 2015 | author=Lynch, Joe}}</ref>

==History==
Formed in a dorm at [Belmont University](/source/Belmont_University), they released the [concept album](/source/concept_album) ''1988'' in 2009 under the moniker "Michael Ford Jr. & the Apache Relay", later dropping the frontman's name for their follow-up 2011 album ''American Nomad''.<ref name="BillboardBio">{{cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/380475/apache-relay/biography | title=The Apache Relay bio | magazine=Billboard | accessdate=1 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="Paste2014">{{cite web | url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/av/2014/04/album-stream-the-apache-relay---the-apache-relay.html | title=Album Stream: The Apache Relay - The Apache Relay | work=Paste Magazine | date=15 April 2014 | accessdate=1 February 2015}}</ref> They opened for a number of [Mumford & Sons](/source/Mumford_%26_Sons) tour dates, appeared at numerous music festivals, and a song from the album, "Power Hungry Animals" was used in the 2013 comedy film [The Way Way Back](/source/The_Way_Way_Back).<ref name="HuffPost2014">{{cite web | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-r-byrne/the-apache-relays-time-ha_b_5175886.html | title=The Apache Relay's Time Is Here | work=Huffington Post | date=21 April 2015 | accessdate=1 February 2015}}</ref>

In 2014 they released the single "Katie Queen of Tennessee" from their eponymous 2014 album ''The Apache Relay''.<ref name="RS2014">{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/apache-relay-build-up-katie-queen-of-tennessee-song-premiere-20140123 | title=Apache Relay Build Up 'Katie Queen of Tennessee' - Song Premiere | magazine=Rolling Stone | date=23 January 2014 | accessdate=1 February 2015}}</ref> They also recorded a cover of the [Bruce Springsteen](/source/Bruce_Springsteen) song "[Cover Me](/source/Cover_Me_(Bruce_Springsteen_song))" for the ''Dead Man's Town: A Tribute to Born in the U.S.A.'' compilation album.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.americansongwriter.com/2014/07/stripped-springsteen-tribute-album-fall/ | title=Dead Man's Town: A Tribute To Born In The U.S.A. Due Out This Fall | work=[American Songwriter](/source/American_Songwriter) | date=7 July 2015 | accessdate=8 February 2015}}</ref>

==Discography==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
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! rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Title
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! colspan="1"| Peak chart positions
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! width="35"| [US Heat](/source/Top_Heatseekers)<br><ref>{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=The Apache Relay|chart=Heatseekers Albums}}|title=The Apache Relay Album & Song Chart History - Heatseekers Albums|magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| ''1988''
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* Release date: 2009
* Label:
* Formats:
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! scope="row"| ''American Nomad''
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* Release date: 2011
* Label:
* Formats:
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! scope="row"| ''The Apache Relay''
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* Release date: April 22, 2014
* Label:
* Formats:
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| colspan="10" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart
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|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://theapacherelay.com/}}
*{{YouTube | u = apacherelay }}

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