You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive

Dave Alvin’s version of the Darrell Scott song “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive” was featured in the closing moments on the 4th season's finale of the FX hit TV show Justified, (air date 4/2) marking the fourth time Dave and his music have been featured on this show. The song is now available HERE on iTunes and at the Yep Roc Store.

Dave’s music has been featured several times on Justified and its official soundtrack, including original tracks “Harlan County Line” and “Beautiful City ‘Cross the River,” and he appeared on the show as himself. Justified music supervisor, Greg Sill, has said that Dave’s voice “was that of a voice that would be playing in [main character] Raylan’s head.”

Ashgrove-now available on vinyl!

Dave Alvin's Yep Roc debut, Ashgrove is now available on vinyl. With the amps on high, Dave produced one of his career's best and reminded fans that he could not be neatly placed into any particular genre. Ashgrove mixes the acoustic folk styling of his albums King of California and the Grammy Award winning Public Domain along with the raucous electric energy of his groundbreaking work with The Blasters, while always keeping his poignant songwriting at the forefront. This exclusive vinyl release also includes a uniquely bluesy version of Bob Dylan's "Highway 61 Revisited" that Dave recorded during the Ashgrove sessions. Listen to songs from Ashgrove hereelow.

Eleven Eleven EXPANDED EDITION includes:

*A unique slip-case hardcover box containing all three CDs and the DVD
*The original Eleven Eleven album on digipak CD
*A second CD featuring 9 songs recorded live on the official Eleven Eleven US Tour at the Ark in Ann Arbor, MI on July 2, 2011 including Dave's classic songs "Fourth of July," "Out Of Control"
*A bonus CD including 3 unreleased bonus tracks from the original Eleven Eleven recording session, including "Never Trust A Woman," "Signal Hill," and "Beautiful City 'Cross the River" featured in FX's hit television show "Justified".
*A DVD [NTSC] of live performance footage featuring Dave Alvin and The Guilty Ones live at The Ark in Ann Arbor, MI including a live performance of "Abilene"

Eleven Eleven

Dave Alvin turns it up. The intensity, the focus, the volume. On Alvin's new album Eleven Eleven, the man who many credit with pioneering what has come to be known as 'roots rock,' revisits the burning, guitar-centered blues rock that initially defined his career along with his band The Blasters in the late 1970s. After The Blasters, Alvin explored the path of American folk music, a road that led to classic albums and Grammy wins (for his album Public Domain: Songs from the Wild Land), establishing him as one of America's most distinguished songwriters and California's de facto roots music ambassador.

Grammy winner, Dave Alvin, has been roaming the highways of American music for over a quarter century. During those decades he's busted speakers with roots rock kick-starters, The Blasters, as well as mined the depths of country, folk and blues with his solo projects. A mainstay during much of this journey has been Alvin's electrifying band The Guilty Men.

Following the recent death of Dave's best friend and Guilty Men...

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Upon learning of his diagnosis, Chris' close friend and musical...

Gene Taylor Blues Band Live 605 Boogie!!!

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Alvin's first solo album, entitled Romeo's Escape was released in 1987 and was critically lauded, but didn't fare well in the marketplace.Alvin was subsequently dropped by his label Columbia Records. Alvin suffered health problems which sidelined him for a while, except for a wild tour with friends Mojo Nixon and Country Dick Montana as the Pleasure Barons, which was described as...