· Mesquite, Texas
David Dewese and Jerry James meet at church camp. Later they are schoolmates at Poteet High School in Mesquite, Texas.
Sources: Magnet, 2015; The Foxymorons’ bio, 2003
Three threads, 1989–2026
Through the decades
The Foxymorons, The Luxury Liners and David Dewese’s solo records. Every release, the dated moments between them, and where each fact comes from.
- The Foxymorons (circle)
- The Luxury Liners (square)
- David Dewese (diamond)
Before the records
1989–1997
David Dewese and Jerry James met at church camp in 1989 and went to Poteet High School in Mesquite, Texas. By 1994 they were telling people they were in a band called The Foxymorons; then they found a drum kit in a Sunday-school room and started making noisy tapes. At colleges three hours apart (David at Howard Payne in Brownwood, Jerry at SMU in Dallas) they mailed each other mix tapes, and then songs. In 1997 David co-founded The Luxury Liners with his college friend Chad Edgington and moved with the band to Nashville.
Sources: Magnet, 2015; Blurt, 2016; The Foxymorons’ bio, 2003
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· Founding · Dallas, Texas
The fake band, then the drum kit: they tell people they are in a band called The Foxymorons, then carry a tape recorder into a Sunday-school room with a drum kit and start making noisy tapes.
Sources: David’s site, 2013; Blurt, 2016
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· Studio · Brownwood and Dallas, Texas
Mix tapes, then songs, by mail: at colleges about three hours apart they trade cassettes. “Eventually those tapes were filled with new original songs.” (David, 2001)
Source: earpollution, 2001
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· Founding · Texas, then Nashville
David Dewese and his college friend Chad Edgington co-found The Luxury Liners, named after the Gram Parsons song, and take the band to Nashville.
Signed by mail
The 1990s
The Silver Leaves 7-inch reached a Bay Area label, The American Pop Project, which released Calcutta in September 1999, before the band had played a single show. Calcutta was recorded in Nashville by Mike Poole.
Sources: Dallas Observer, 1999; The Foxymorons, albums page, 2003
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· Lineup
Scott Carpenter joins The Luxury Liners on drums.
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Two bands and a spare bedroom
The 2000s
The busiest decade. The Foxymorons played their first show at SXSW in March 2000 and released Rodeo City. The Luxury Liners made four records by 2006; when Chad Edgington left Nashville in 2001, David carried the band on. Hesitation Eyes was recorded in David’s spare bedroom in Nashville. Then came a TV placement, a clothing line and David’s first solo album.
Sources: The Foxymorons’ bio, 2003; The Foxymorons, band journal, 2004
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· Show · Austin, Texas
The Foxymorons’ first show: a SXSW showcase in the basement of the Empanada Parlour on Sixth Street in Austin, six months after Calcutta came out.
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· Lineup
David Wilstermann joins on bass.
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· Show · Nashville, Tennessee
First solo show: David plays “The Lazy Librarian’s Son” in Nashville.
Source: The Foxymorons, “Solo turn” post
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· Lineup · Nashville, Tennessee
Chad Edgington leaves Nashville. David carries on with The Luxury Liners without him.
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· Studio · Nashville, Tennessee
The spare-bedroom studio: David buys recording gear, and Jerry flies in for a week of “one concert played and eight studio songs recorded”.
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· Studio
The Hesitation Eyes masters come back. “We bought the gear, learned to use it, engineered it, and performed it.” (David)
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· Show · Austin, Texas
SXSW again, at Spiro’s.
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· TV placement
“This Heart Of Mine” airs on ABC’s Men in Trees.
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American Viceroy: between records, the two start a clothing line. “This Too Shall Pass” appears in their list of new songs.
Sources: The Foxymorons, “2007 wrap-up” post; Nashville Scene, 2009
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· Press · Nashville, Tennessee
The Nashville Scene makes David a Critic’s Pick: his “thoughtful, bittersweet tunes” channel Evan Dando.
Source: Nashville Scene, 2008
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Moving west
The 2010s
Bible Stories was launched at a house show in Nashville. Late in 2010, after 13 years in Nashville, David moved to San Diego. Fake Yoga began at Jerry’s house in Fort Worth in December 2013 and was finished at The Echo Lab in Argyle, Texas. In 2019 David came home to Texas.
Sources: Fort Worth Weekly, 2015; The Foxymorons, house-show post, 2010
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· Show · Nashville, Tennessee
Bible Stories launches at a CD-release house show in Nashville, then at the Double Wide in Dallas.
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· Move · San Diego, California
After 13 years in Nashville, David moves to San Diego. From then on, The Foxymorons are split between San Diego and Fort Worth.
Sources: David’s site, 2010; Fort Worth Weekly, 2015
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· Show · San Diego, California
David plays the House of Blues in San Diego.
Source: David’s site, 2011
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· Studio · Fort Worth, Texas
Fake Yoga begins: recording starts at Jerry’s house in Fort Worth, on one of David’s trips back to Texas.
Source: Fort Worth Weekly, 2015
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· Show · Carlsbad, California
A weekly residency at Relm Wine.Beer.Bistro in Carlsbad.
Source: David’s site, 2014
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· Press
David and Jerry guest-edit Magnet for two weeks: “From The Desk Of The Foxymorons”.
Source: Magnet, 2015
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Jerry on working long-distance: “[David] will track his songs or do overdubs on my songs.”
Singles, still long-distance
The 2020s
Six Foxymorons singles between 2020 and 2022, and a solo single in 2021. The Luxury Liners returned too: a live single in 2021, two singles in 2026, and their first album reissued on vinyl.
Sources: The Foxymorons on Apple Music; the 2026 LP reissue on Discogs
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· Release
“Precious To My Heart”, the hidden track listed as “Precious” on Sound As Ever, appears on the compilation Fireworks Vol. 3 (Sound Asleep Records, Sweden).
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· Release
Sound As Ever, on vinyl: the band’s 2000 debut comes back as a remastered deluxe LP on Sound Asleep Records (Sweden), 100 copies. About the record
Source: Discogs, the 2026 LP reissue
Where the threads cross
Five songs that moved between the projects.
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“Blockbuster”
One of the first songs David and Jerry wrote. Jerry hated it; The Luxury Liners played it for years.
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“The Duke Of Gloucester”
On The Foxymorons’ Calcutta (1999) and The Luxury Liners’ Sound As Ever (2000).
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“Baby Blue”
A Luxury Liners song that never worked. David sent it to Jerry, and it became part of Rodeo City (2001).
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“This Too Shall Pass”
On David’s first solo album, Make The Best Of It (2008), and on The Foxymorons’ Bible Stories (2010).
Source: Make The Best Of It on Discogs
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“Great Day”
A Luxury Liners demo on the bonus disc of Make The Best Of It (2008), released as a Luxury Liners single in 2026.