Monday, May 10, 2010

Rose's Pawn Shop to tour in support of upcoming album

Los Angeles-based Americana band Rose’s Pawn Shop (http://www.rosespawnshop.com), announced today that they will release their sophomore CD, Dancing On The Gallows on August 3 and begin an extensive Summer tour commencing Thursday May 27 at the Amnesia in San Francisco, CA.

Described by AOL as sounding like “Del McCoury meets Mick Jagger”, Rose’s Pawn Shop’s punk bluegrass-a-billy attitude and their genre-blending, boot-stomping tunes, will be extensively showcased throughout the summer, including their Southern California record release party at Spaceland in Los Angeles on June 12.

As the band will be heading up the West Coast just prior, July and August will be spent playing everywhere from Vegas to Brooklyn. This is Rose’s Pawn Shop’s fourth annual exhaustive summer tour of saloons, wineries, cafés, breweries, clubs and festivals. Additional tour dates to be added; all confirmed tour dates are below.

5/27 @ Amnesia, San Francisco, CA
5/28 @ Black Butte Saloon, Weed, CA
5/29 @ The Goodfoot, Portland, OR
5/31 @ Green Frog Café Acoustic Tavern, Bellingham, WA
6/01 @ Tractor Tavern, Seattle, WA
6/02 @ Sam Bonds Garage, Eugene, OR
6/03 @ Jambalaya, Arcata, CA
6/04 @ The Plough and Stars, San Francisco, CA
6/05 @ The Crepe Place, Santa Cruz, CA
6/12 @ Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA (SoCal Record Release Party)
7/01 @ The Bunkhouse Saloon, Las Vegas, NV
7/01 @ The Raven Café, Prescott, AZ
7/03 @ Granite Creek Vineyards, Chino Valley, AZ
7/04 @ Mormon Lake Lodge, Mormon Lake, AZ
7/05 @ Low Spirits, Albuquerque, NM
7/06 @ Old Blinking Light, Taos, MN
7/07 @ The Cowgirl, Santa Fe, NM
7/08 @ The Blue Note, Oklahoma City, OK
7/09 @ The Granada, Lawrence, KS
7/10 @ The Hanging Judge Saloon, Fort Smith, AR
7/12 @ The Basement, Nashville, TN
7/13 @ Natasha’s Café, Lexington, KY
7/14 @ Manhattan’s Club, Knoxville, TN
7/15 @ Lexington Avenue Brewery, Asheville, NC
7/16 @ The Garage, Winston-Salem, NC
7/18 @ Devils Backbone Brewing Co., Roseland, VA
7/19 @ Gene’s Beer Garden, Morgantown, WV
7/20 @ PJ Kelly’s, Clarksburg, WV
7/28 @ Rodeo Bar, New York, NY (free)
7/29 @ Hank’ Saloon, Brooklyn, NY (free)
7/30 @ TT The Bear’s, Boston, MA
8/06 @ Hoot’s Pub, Amarillo, TX
8/07 @ The Mineshaft Tavern, Madrid, MN
8/08 @ Yucca Tap Room, Tempe, AZ

Dancing On The Gallows was produced by Ethan Allen (Gram Rabbit, Throwing Muses, Brant Bjork, I See Hawks in LA) and features 12 tracks: “Dancing On The Gallows”, “Danger Behind The Wheel”, “The Well”, “Pine Box”, “Ball of Flames”, “Patiently”, “The Bed In Which You Lie”, “Straw Man”, “Strangers”, “One Last Glass Of Whiskey”, “The Garden” and, “Debt Collector”.

Seattle tastemaker radio station KEXP, in a recent review of Dancing On The Gallows said, “Rose’s Pawn Shop is as close to authentic bluegrass roots as you can get from an L.A. band. This is a compliment, not a bash…Rose’s Pawn Shop makes a statement with their music. Life is hard and we’re gonna sing about it and get over it. Sometimes it's upbeat, sometimes it's slow and sorrowful. Regardless, they know their roots and that is remarkably bold.”

ABOUT ROSE’S PAWN SHOP
Rose’s Pawn Shop is a tornado of Appalachian bluegrass, alt-country, rock, folk, Celtic, punk and kitchen sink, drawing in not only the attention of critics and fans but other musicians as well. Over the years, Rose's Pawn Shop has played with a diverse roster of bands including Junior Brown, Ghostland Observatory, Blues Traveler and DeVotchka. Jack White hand-picked them to open for The Raconteurs.

Founded in 2006, within a year's time Rose's Pawn Shop had released their debut CD The Arsonist, won the Best Band in the West title in the Billboard Magazine/Disc Makers Independent World Series, and were named Amoeba Records' Homegrown Artist of the Month.

Rose’s Pawn Shop is: Paul Givant (lead vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion ), John Kraus (banjo, electric guitar, vocals), Tim Week (fiddle, mandolin, vocals), Stephen Andrews (upright bass) and Ulf Geist (drums).

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