Hiya Everyone,
Just a line to remind you that I'm off around Europe in the next 3
weeks calling all round - please see the show list for details.
Also - I'm just tying up the final dates for some U.S. SPECTRUM shows
starting late January in NYC & including the Melodica festival in Texas
(some of you will have seen or heard about this legendary festival) &
dates including Seattle, Toronto, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Austin &
Portland. Anyone still looking to book shows please contact
littlemissmanagement@hotmail.co.uk or sonic@sonic-boom.info for
details.
Finally there's a new SPECTRUM vs JIM DICKINSON lp out early next year
in Febuary on Birdman Records entitled 'Spectrum meets Cpt. Memphis -
Indian Givers'. It's a really nice record featuring collaborations in
songwriting & recording with the meta-legenday Jim Dickinson, known for
his astounding work with Ry Cooder (Paris Texas + others), Dylan
(1990s), the Stones (Wild Horses), Aretha Franklin (1970s), Big Star (Like
Flies on Sherbet), The Cramps (Red Headed Woman) as well as his many
incarnations from The Jesters (legendary SUN Records artistes) thru to his
current mesmerising Mudboy & the Neutrons (known felons in drag ) band &
Cpt. Memphis solo persona.
Tracks include a re-recording of 'Amen', 'Take your Time' & 'When
Tommorrow Hits', new Spectrum song 'Mary', collaborations 'The Lonesome
death of 'Johnny Ace' (an astounding song about the late Johnny Ace, a 50s
r&b crooner who blew his brains out playing "gun games" backstage
between 2 shows on Xmas day at the famous Mitchell Hotel & whorehouse in
Memphis... stories dont get much better than this), 'Confederate Dead' and
some new fantastic Jim Dickinson songs in 'till your mainline comes' &
'the old cow died'. The sessions were recorded around 3 years ago at
Jim's studio in the Mississipi mud lands surrounding the river
Mississipi, just south of the Tennesee border.
The lp features Randall Nieman of Spectrum & Fuxa and Jimmy Crosthwait
from Mudboy & the Neutrons and on Jim's classic 1972 release 'Dixie
Fried'.
Please note this is not the SPECTRUM lp that has been in the works
ready for release next year. The release of that l.p. will be preceded by a
new SPECTRUM EP "Walking & Falling" in March on Mind Expansion
records.
Bestest,
Sonic
EUROPE 2007/8
05/12 - Le Bus Palladium, 6 Rue Fontaine, Paris, France
Sonic Boom performing Spectrum, Spacemen 3 and other songs
06/12 - Din Nye Ven, Skt Peder Straede 34, Copenhagen, Denmark
Sonic Boom performing Spectrum, Spacemen 3 and other songs
08/12 - Fleischmarkthalle, Durlacher Allee 62, Karlsruhe, Germany
Sonic Boom performing Spectrum, Spacemen 3 and other songs
10/12 - Das Schiff, Westquaistrasse, Hafen, Basel, Switzerland
Sonic Boom performing Spectrum, Spacemen 3 and other songs
11/12 - Zukunft, Dienerstrasse 33, Zurich, Switzerland
Sonic Boom performing Spectrum, Spacemen 3 and other songs
12/12 - Le Bourg, Rue de Bourg, Lausanne, Switzerland
Sonic Boom performing Spectrum, Spacemen 3 and other songs
15/12 - Duplex, Geneva, Switzerland
Sonic Boom performing Spectrum, Spacemen 3 and other songs
19/12 - Castellon, Spain
Sonic Boom performing Spectrum, Spacemen 3 and other songs
20/12 - Groove Bar, C Cardenal Cervantes, 4, Tarragona, Spain
Sonic Boom performing Spectrum, Spacemen 3 and other songs
21/12 Murcia, Spain
22/12 - La 2 De Nista, Barcelona, Spain
Sonic Boom performing Spectrum, Spacemen 3 and other songs
5/1/08 - Stereo, Glasgow
Sonic Boom performing Spectrum, Spacemen 3 and other songs plus special
guest DJ from world famous indie legends.
Website:
http://www.sonic-boom.info/
Looks good I say.
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