"Urgent yet methodical, Summerfield feels like a French Quarter funeral; joyous, but with a sense of loss, the soundtrack for a longing...." That's all that I could find of the bio on the original Summerfield website. Data archaeology in action.

Some info about the band in the form of an exceprt from Pat McClimans' "The history of Lafayette Music according to Pat McClimans":

At some point, a letter ended up at Midwest rentals saying some things about alleged goings on at door #3. [Ed. note: door#3 was a practice space and clandestine venue near the Wabash river just South-West of downtown Lafayette] This is when the regular shows ceased, somewhere in 1996. At this point, the connecting door went back up and Tramlaw took over door #4 and left #3 open to whoever would take it (Michael Oxenrider and Chris Russell have shared it w/ Brian Bush… who still does shows today). Another figurehead of Lafayette local music, Michael Oxenrider, took up with a young guitar player named Chris Russell. These guys practice longer, harder, and more often than anyone I know, and they have since they first started in door #3. Hush would almost rise from this effort, but not quite. Hush lacked a certain oomph in the rhythm end of their sound. I think it is because no one was good at showing up to practice except Michael and Chris, maybe that’s just me though! When Michael Hamrick and Tony Smith joined, it all worked just right! ... Tony Smith returned from So. Cal to help create Michael Oxenrider and Chris Russell’s dream group, Summerfield (finally, 5 years of work pays off!).

The band started and stopped at various points, in some of which, Michael and Christian wrote and recorded an album as Belledriver, and Michael did other collaborations as Breakfast Jones and The Pink Slip. Jesse played in the live version of Belledriver and played drums in The Jim Jims.

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