These are excerpts from an E-mail that I received this morning:
"NEW ALBUMS - not one, but TWO!
Oh yes, we don't do things by halves Having so far only had Roll Away and the iTunes EP available for purchase, we thought it was time we gave you a whole lot more, so we've got a double whammy for you...
The first will be 'Back Door Slam Live from Bonnaroo', which is set for release on vinyl and digital (the old and the new!) and will be out this month. It's a double LP of the show we played at the legendary festival last year - one of our favourite gigs of the Roll Away Tour and a recording we're really proud of. It will also be the last album featuring the Slam line up of Davy, Adam and Ross so could end up being a collector's item in years to come. We'll let you know the actual release date as soon as we can.
Then, in June, you'll be able to get your mitts on the next Back Door Slam album! In case you haven't heard yet, the album was produced by Grammy Award Winner Peter Frampton, who also features on several songs (& not always in the way you might expect...) It looks like it's going to be called 'Coming Up For Air', which is the title of a song on the record that some of you Slam fans will have heard played at gigs last year. The rest of the album features loads of brand new material and a superb cover of a great song by a British legend - a highlight of the record & again, judging by the cover suggestions that have been posted on the Slam forum, it's not something you'll expect!"
Also some tour dates:
DAVY KNOWLES & BACK DOOR SLAM
May 16th Annapolis, MD Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival
June 7th/8th Chattanooga, TN Riverbend Festival
June 19th Aurora, IL Blues on the Fox Festival
June 20th Fort Wayne, IN BBQ Ribfest, Headwaters Park
June 30th Milwaukee, WI Summerfest (opening for Buddy Guy)
July 2nd Rothbury, MI Rothbury Festival
July 4th Thunder Bay, ON Thunder Bay Blues Festival
July 17th Steamboat, CO Old Town Pub, Steamboat Spring
July 18th Commerce City, CO Mile High Festival, Di*k's Sporting Goods Park
August 1st Prairie Du Chien, WI Prairie Dog Blues Festival
August 6th Bethlehem, PA Musikfest, AmericaPlatz Stage
August 14th Alexandria, VA Birchmere
August 15th Cockeysville, MD Hot August Blues Festival, Oregon Ridge Park
August 29th Paola, KS Paola Roots Festival, Park Square
Sept 12th Springfield, MO Greater Ozarks Blues Festival
Sept 18th Fredericton, NB Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival
Roy
Joe is the Best!