Thank You May 21, 2007

Our sincere thanks to everyone who came out to the performances on this tour. Thanks to Kristin Hersh, her family, and bandmates. Thanks to all the friends and family that we stayed with on the tour. You all know who you are. There are too many to list. Reconnecting with old friends and meeting new ones made this tour unforgettable. My deep gratitude goes out to Jonathan Drews, Barton Carroll, and Dov Friedman for their musical collaboration, patience, and friendship.

–Our four song set and interview on KEXP is available at kexp.org
–Our OPB Live Wire performance will be broadcast on Saturday May 26th and Saturday, June 2nd @ 8PM on FM 91.5
–Our full set recorded live for The Loft on XM radio will be broadcast
Monday 6/25: 9:00pm
Thursday 6/28: 3:00pm & 9:00pm
Friday 6/29: 4:00am
Saturday 6/30: 7:00pm
(Eastern Standard Time)

Also:
FRIDAY, JUNE 1st @ The Artistery
(4315 SE Division / Portland, OR)
Damien Jurado / Al James / Alela Diane

New York – Tucson (Part Two) May 8, 2007

“GUIDE US ST. BUDDY”

New York/Bowery Ballroom – Raw, spirited, loose, pleasantly sloppy. Overall a really fun show – tons of friends came out early to see the set, including a mess of Portland ex-patriots.

Arlington/Iota – What felt like the first great performance of the tour for an extremely receptive D.C./Arlington crowd. We achieved full lift off Boston Third Stage style during the middle section of “Hannibal, MO”.

Asheville/Harvest Records – Mark and Matt at Harvest Records hosted us for a familial instore. Brian at the The Grey Eagle invited us down for an open bar tab and timeless guitar shred via Hollywood Red.

Chapel Hill/The Cat’s Cradle – A Sunday night during finals week…All I can say is that thankfully OCSC was nearby.

Atlanta/The Earl – A fine show for a Monday night, but the real magic happened afterward.

Austin/The Cactus Cafe – Hands down one of our best shows. Got to hang with Amy Annelle from The Places, Brother Will from Brothers And Sisters, and Dolo-brethren in GRAILS. All in all, a rejuvinating stop and spiritual battery charge.

Lubbock/Dan’s Backroom – This is one for the recordbooks and will likely never happen again. Texas Tech wunderkid Derek Pierce invited us out for a show since we had a night off between Austin and Albuquerque. We expected a mellow Thursday night affair but had a full blowout with the Thriftstore Cowboys. Seems that Derek had been spinning all three Dolorean discs over the last four years on the local Texas Tech radio station so we actually had quite a few fans in this remote Texas outpost. Had a blast playing for a bunch people that acutally knew the records. A Twilight Zone type night never to be forgotten.

Albuquerque/Golden West Saloon – For Dolorean, a show on Route 66 during Cinco de Mayo weekend is more confusing that you might think.

Phoenix/Modified – A genuinely sloppy grey-blue “jazz” set from Dolorean that resulted in three times the normal merch sales, reminding us all that touring is completely nonsensical.

Tucson/Plush – Highlights for this one had nothing to do with the show. Mostly enjoyed screening the new Will Farrell film entitled “Blades Of Glory” in an air conditioned multi-plex. Also, we were lucky to stay with Tom Walbank, one of the only legitimate blues artists in existence these days – An absolutely real-deal Englishman via the Arizona desert.

A couple reviews for YOU CAN’T WIN from the UK Press – Q and UnCut:

****TAKE NOTE THAT DOLOREAN WILL BE PLAYING ON FRIDAY, MAY 18TH ON OPB’S LIVE WIRE RADIO SHOW AT THE ALADDIN THEATRE IN PORTLAND, OR / TICKET INFO HERE****