Thursday, October 25, 2012

Mike Mogis and Justin Oberst of Saddle Creek Records


Saddle Creek Records was born in 1993 in Omaha, Nebraska by Mike Mogis and Justin Oberst. It was originally named Lumberjack Records and was a project in a college class on entrepreneurship. Its name was later changed to “Saddle Creek” after a street in midtown Omaha, where its first artists were discovered.

The record label found its beginnings in the same city it was founded—Omaha—signing artists like Bright Eyes (whose credited members include Mike Mogis, Nate Walcott, and Conor Oberst), Tim Kasher (Slowdown Virginia, Cursive, and The Good Life), as well as others.


The label is still growing today. It has kept many of its original artists, like Oberst and Kasher, and has also branched out. Its current artists include Bright Eyes, The Desaparecidos, Broken Spindles, Cursive, The Good Life, The Myrnabirds, and more.

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