TheGoodRev Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 Folks, I've returned to my old country-surf-rock project called ESPANOLA. I made a little EP about three years ago and followed that by recording a full-length record. I played a bunch of gigs in Hamilton and Toronto, even played at Ghost Town one summer. But then I got involved in my other band Huron and shelved the Espanola LP before releasing it. Now I plan to release it, perhaps at the end of this year or early next year. And I'm getting things going with a little Southern Ontario run. I'll have in tow a new CD single with two cuts from the record and a B-side that won't appear on the record. A 7" release will follow in a couple months, and possibly another before the full-length.I'm playing some real small rooms, but I still might have trouble putting people in them. It's essentially a brand-new project that nobody gives a shit about. I'm hoping you can help me with that, skankeroos, it'd be so awesome of you. I'm bringing what I consider to be a great live band with me:Anna "The Rudder" Ruddick - bass[You know her from Ladies of the Canyon]Adam Balsam - drums[You know him from the Most Serene Republic]Nathan Gray - guitar[You will know him real soon from Espanola]It'll be ragged and sometimes loud, and sometimes quieter, and always twangy, and very surfy, a little riffy, and most always sing-along-able.Here are the dates:Thurs June 2 - Peterborough - The Spill (w Dave Tough)Fri June 3 - Ottawa - Raw Sugar (w Dave Tough)Sat June 4 - Toronto - Silver Dollar (w Little Foot Long Foot, Shotgun Wedding Band)Mon June 6 - St. Catharines - Mansion House (w Wayne Petti & the Thieves)Wed June 8 - Hamilton - This Ain't Hollywood (w Ladies of the Canyon + Wayne Petti & The Thieves)Fri June 10 - Welland - The Rex Hotel (w Grey Kingdom)Sat June 11 - Guelph - Jimmy Jazz (w Wayne Petti solo)A million thanks, and hope to see you some of you at the shows (looking at you, Ottawa)!Tour facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=173483369376626Ottawa facebook event, which is a bit hurtin right now:http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=211384478891970 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRider Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 Really excited for the Guelph show with Wayne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 In for Ottawa.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodRev Posted May 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 This is what the live Espanola band looked and sounded like in 2008...< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevO Posted May 19, 2011 Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 Great to hear Espanola is coming back! Dave Tough used to be the banjo player in The Silver Hearts; great musician and great dude all 'round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodRev Posted May 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 Dave Tough used to be the banjo player in The Silver Hearts; great musician and great dude all 'round.Totally, a fine guy, and I was stoked to be able to book a couple gigs with him.There's a rumour that he'll be playing with a full band...which I will confirm as soon as I can...And also I'm hoping for a couple tunes from his cassette-only country album that I was recently turned onto. Released around 98-99 I think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blurry Posted May 20, 2011 Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 like the clip - sounds nice! Seems like its more up my alley than the Huron disc I bought (no offence - great musicianship!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodRev Posted May 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 like the clip - sounds nice! Seems like its more up my alley than the Huron disc I bought (no offence - great musicianship!)Indeed - this project is much closer to home for me. More raggedy goodness. Maybe a little more from the heart?Not to say I don't love playing in Huron. Maybe just that my songs for this band are a lot more singable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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