January 2010
April 4-9 – The Kings of California Train
featuring Dave Alvin – Tom Russell with special guests Steve Young and Thad Beckman
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December 13, 2009 Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women named as No Depression's TOP 50 Albums of 2009! Read the article HERE>
 December 6, 2009 Dave Alvin shares his down-to-earth blues and modern Americana in an
exclusive performance at Disney Hall on Dec 6th as a part of their West
Coast Left Coast series celebrating the unique spirit of California's
creative renegades. Also performing are Brian Wilson, The Living Sisters
and Harper Simon.
October 27, 2009 REMEMBERING AMY FARRIS
MEMORIAL SHOW IN LOS ANGELES, NOVEMBER 8, 2009
DAVE ALVIN, STAN RIDGWAY, PETER CASE & I SEE HAWKS ARE AMOUNG ARTISTS PERFORMING NOVEMBER 8 AT MCCABES (Santa Monica, CA) – With the sudden and tragic death of Austin native and revered musician Amy Farris, it is announced today that friends and fellow musicians will come together for a night of music and remembrance on November 8, 2009 at McCabes in Santa Monica, CA. Confirmed to perform are Dave Alvin, Stan Ridgway, Peter Case, I See Hawks and more to be announced.
 Amy Farris, 40, was an accomplished musician, a beloved human of light and a giant heart with sparkling eyes, packed into a pint-sized frame. An Austin native, Amy moved to Los Angeles to expand her music career and talent for playing violin, viola, cello, mandolin and some of the sweetest vocal harmonies ever recorded. Among the artists Amy worked with through the years include Ray Price, Kelly Willis, Brian Wilson, Bruce Robinson, Charlie Robinson, Alejandro Escovedo, Stan Ridgway, Peter Case, Greg Dulli, I See Hawks and many others. Amy was seen and loved by millions having performed on Late Night with David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, The Grand Old Opry and Austin City Limits. Most-recently, Amy recorded and was touring the United States as one of Dave Alvin’s Guilty Women.
Cover for the show is a suggested donation of $10, with all proceeds going to Amy’s charity of choice, Hungry For Music. Hungry For Music is a non-profit organization whose mission is to inspire underprivileged children by bringing positive musical and creative experiences into their lives through musical instrument donations, concerts and workshops. Visit www.hungryformusic.com for more information.
We encourage you to bring a favorite photo, item or note to post on the memorial bulletin board for viewing. Items left will be put into a scrapbook for Amy’s family.
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For more information, please contact Nancy Sefton at nancysefton@gsmgmt.net
Hear Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women live on Etown Oct 14-20
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September 30, 2009
Roots Musician and Yep Roc Recording Artist Amy Farris Passes Away.
AMY FARRIS (violin, viola and harmony vocals for Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women) passed away Saturday, Sept 26th after battling a long illness.
A native of Austin, Texas, Amy started playing violin at age ten. She is a vet of the Austin music scene, playing with artists such as Ray Price, Alejandro Escovedo, Kelly Willis, Bruce Robison and Ray Wylie Hubbard.
Amy moved to Los Angeles when Dave offered to produce her first solo CD Anyway, released by Yep Roc in 2004. Along with Dave Alvin and Kelly Willis, Miss Farris has also performed and/or recorded with Brian Wilson, John Doe, Exene Cervenka, Stan Ridgway, Greg Dulli, Peter Case, and many others.
In lieu of flowers, the family encourages you to send a donation in her honor to Hungry For Music, Inc, a nonprofit effort to provide musical instruments to underprivileged children with a hunger to play.
http://hungryformusic.com
http://hungryformusic.org
Or send checks to:
Hungry for Music
6 Grant Ave. Suite 3
Takoma Park, MD 2091
September 29, 2009
On the rails with Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Butch Hancock and Dave Alvin
The roots rockers head out of L.A.'s Union Station with about 70 fans
in tow for a musical tour of the American Southwest.
September 18, 2009
 Dave Alvin & Guilty Women on NPR's Mountain Stage, Sept. 18-20
A complete list of stations that carry Mountain Stage can be found here:
The following week their set will be posted at www.npr.org/mountainstage and archived for continued access.
July 2009
THANKS FOR PARTICIPATING IN OUR CONTEST! The Meet and Greet contest for Philadelphia and NYC are now closed. All winners have been notified. There may be last minute cancellations so come down to the shows anyway and ask if the Meet and Greet has any openings. Maybe you'll get lucky!
YOU COULD WIN !!!!
Dave Alvin Meet & Greet in New York and Philadelphia July 10-11, 2009
Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women are doing two highly anticipated concerts this weekend in Philadelphia at the World Cafe on 7/10 and in New York City at the Highline Ballroom on 7/11.
In honor of this special event, 'American Music: the Blasters Dave Alvin newsletter' will host 10 contest winners at each venue for a special after show meet and greet with Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women.
The first 10 contest entrants who have the correct answer to the following question will win the meet and greet opportunity. Note: you must purchase your own admission to the concert
Question: What song on Dave Alvin's new Guilty Women record has he recorded before with the Blasters?
Email your answer to davistb@aol.com
Your email subject header should read "Dave Alvin Meet and Greet Philadelphia" or "Dave Alvin Meet and Greet NYC." There will be 10 winners for each show.
If you are a winner, you will receive an email with instructions. Contest closes 6 PM day of each show.
Good luck
March
2009
GET ONBOARD THE KACHINA EXPRESS
Join Dave, Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock (The Flatlanders)
for an amazing southwestern adventure on the Kachina Express this September
26th-30th. The good people at Roots On The Rails have put together a unique
musical railroad vacation into the starkly beautiful lands of the Hopi and
Navajo with side trips to the awe-inspiring Grand Canyon and other stunning
natural wonders of Arizona and New Mexico. Go to www.flyingundertheradar.com/rails/kachinaexpress.htm for more
information and a complete description of the trip. If you missed Dave's
last musical train excursion into the Mexico's Copper Canyon (with Tom
Russell, Terry Allen, Laurie Lewis and Butch Hancock), here is your chance
for a one-of-a-kind experience with four of Americana's greatest songwriters
and performers.
DOUG SAHM TRIBUTE CD RELEASED
Vanguard Records has released the long awaited Doug Sahm Tribute CD KEEP
YOUR SOUL. Besides Dave's rocking version of Doug's DYNAMITE WOMAN, the CD
features stirring performances of Sahm classics by Los Lobos, Alejandro
Escovedo, Terry Allen, Little Willie G with Ry Cooder, Flaco Jimenez, Jimmie
Vaughan, Charlie Sexton, Delbert McClinton, The Gourds, Greg Dulli, Joe King
Carrasco and Doug's son, Shawn Sahm. This passionate memorial to one of the
greatest and most influential musicians to come out of Texas should not be
missed.
READ 'Keep Your Soul: A Tribute to Doug Sahm' and 'Man of Somebody's Dreams: A Tribute to Chris Gaffney' By Randy Lewis March 25, 2009 Los Angeles Times
February
2009
Hidden Love comes to aid of musician Peter Case following his emergency open-heart surgery.
Santa Monica, CA--Friends, fans and fellow artists of singer-songwriter Peter Case have rallied toward his medical relief following the musician's unexpected open-heart surgery in January: They have established the Hidden Love Medical Relief Fund and Benefit Concert to cover the cost of his medical and related expenses.
Emergency open-heart surgery was not on Case's itinerary this winter: he had just begun a session of his popular songwriting class at McCabe's Guitar Shop and was preparing to celebrate his 25th Anniversary performing there in February. Following the show, he was set to leave for a tour of the U.K. and parts of Europe through mid-March. Instead, Case spent the winter successfully recovering at home from double bypass surgery. His doctors have declared him strong and stress that he will be back at work as soon as recovery is complete. However, until then, the question of the cost of his care remains unresolved. Case, a three-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and producer is among the 47 million+ Americans, many of them musicians, who are uninsured.
"Hidden Love was established because we care for Peter and for his work," says the fund's director, Arthur Shingler. "No one is going to profit from this venture. We simply feel that at the end of the day, we need to take care of each other." The money raised through the Hidden Love Medical Relief Fund will be applied to Case's expenses related to his hospitalization and post-surgery recovery.
Additionally, McCabe's is producing a Hidden Love Benefit Concert in the spring. Details will be forthcoming once the date and line-up are confirmed.
For more information on the Hidden Love Medical Relief Fund please visit http://www.hiddenlovemedicalrelief.com/
Donations to the fund may be made at http://www.hiddenlovemedicalrelief.com/ or at
Hidden Love Medical Relief Fund
P.O. Box 122332
San Diego, CA 92112
For further information Please contact: Arthur Shingler (619) 878-2820 ashingler@hiddenlovemedicalrelief.com
January
2009
NEW DAVE ALVIN CD IN MAY 2009!
In December, Dave was busy down in Austin, Texas recording his latest CD with an all female band he put together for the project, The Guilty Women. The CD is tentatively titled simply DAVE ALVIN AND THE GUILTY WOMEN and will be released on Yep Roc Records. The stunning group features guitar virtuosos Cindy Cashdollar and Nina Gerber, the superb vocalist Christy McWilson, the soulful violinists Laurie Lewis and Amy Farris, legendary bassist Sarah Brown and renowned drummer Lisa Pankratz. Special guests include Louisiana piano boogie specialist Marcia Ball and cajun/blues accordionist Suzy Thompson. The CD, which is scheduled for a May release, features several new Dave Alvin songs as well as songs written by Christy, Sarah and Amy plus covers of songs written by Kate Wolf and Tim Hardin as well as a unique version of the old Doris Day chestnut, Que Sera Sera. Dave and The Guilty Women will be hitting the highway throughout 2009 so keep checking the Tour page to see when they'll be appearing near you.
VIVA GAFFNEY!
In March Yep Roc Records will be releasing the Chris Gaffney tribute CD that Dave executive produced. It's titled: MAN OF SOMEBODY'S DREAMS - A TRIBUTE TO CHRIS GAFFNEY. Besides Dave's version of Chris's bittersweet ARTESIA, the CD features recordings of Chris's timeless songs by Joe Ely, Boz Skaggs, Los Lobos, Peter Case, Tom Russell, Calexico, James McMurtry, Freddie Fender with The Texas Tornadoes, Jim Lauderdale with Ollabelle, The Iguanas, Alejandro Escovedo, Robbie Fulks, John Doe, Dave Gonzales, Big Sandy with Los Straitjackets and Bill Kirchen, Dan Penn and, sadly, Chris Gaffney's last vocal performance, THE GUITARS OF MY DEAD FRIENDS. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the tribute album goes to Hungry For Music, a non-profit group that Chris supported, that gives musical instruments to underprivileged children.
NEW DAVE ALVIN AND THE GUILTY MEN LIVE DVD COMING SOON!
The long awaited live at The Great American Music Hall DVD will soon be available for purchase at shows and online. Directed by the brilliant cinematographer Joe Murray, the film captures Dave, Chris Gaffney, Joe Terry, Chris Miller, Gregory Boaz and Bobby Lloyd Hicks at their best in front of an amazing San Francisco audience. The film is as loud, rocking and passionate as the music the guys play. Check back for more information regarding how to get a copy.
GENE TAYLOR BLUES BAND UPDATE: We thought that we'd have the Gene Taylor Blues Band CD, LIVE!!! 605 BOOGIE!!!, ready for release last November but we're still working out the legal/business issues. Although we can't say exactly when it will be officially released, Dave promises that it will be very, very soon and that the musical reunion of Dave with his old hometown (and Blasters) pals is well worth the wait. We'll let you know as soon as we know.
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