dB's Original Lineup Announces New Live Dates in New York and Chicago

Press release
Source: conqueroo.com / Cary Baker

RALEIGH, NC. -- The dB's are offering a preview of the band's forthcoming recording in the form of a free download of a new 2005 studio recording. "World to Cry" is a Peter Holsapple composition, recorded January 2005 at Water Music in Hoboken and mixed by Chris Stamey at Modern Recording in Chapel Hill and is available for download at http://www.thedbsonline.net.

The dB's are also pleased to announce their return to live performance. The mini-tour consists of two nights at Maxwell's in Hoboken, where The dB's first played in 1978, and two shows in Chicago. Expect to hear new songs mixed in with your faves. These no-guest-list shows are guaranteed to sell out fast.

The original lineup of the dB's (Peter Holsapple, Chris Stamey, Will Rigby, Gene Holder) recorded new tracks at Water Music Recorders in Hoboken, NJ, in the first week of January, their first sessions together in two and a half decades. George Cowan (Iggy Pop, Natalie Merchant, The Band) engineered the sessions. Seven new originals by Holsapple and Stamey are now being completed. The band also recorded a Spectoresque version of Motown classic "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" in reaction to the tsunami catastrophe, and had some fun with dB's and other oldies while the tape was rolling. So much was accomplished in a few days that it was tentatively decided to record more tracks and complete an album.

The dB's are currently looking for a label and a co-producer for these recordings, and hope to have an album out in mid to late 2006.

The original dB's lineup of native North Carolinians was part of the vibrant New York music scene in the early eighties. According to allmusic.com, "The dB's defined the Southern power pop/jangle pop movement of the early to mid-'80s.... They provided a key link between Big Star and '80s alternative guitar acts such as R.E.M."

Peter is based in New Orleans where he performs with his new band, The Peoples' Revolutionary Army of Saint Bernard; he also works as a touring musician with Hootie and the Blowfish. Will lives in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and tours and records with Steve Earle and the Dukes. Both Chris and Gene have active recording and producing careers, Chris in Chapel Hill and Gene in New York. Chris has not one but two recent releases (both on Yep Roc)--Travels in the South and A Question of Temperature, the latter a collaboration with Yo La Tengo, pianist Tyson Rogers and Gene Holder -- and is currently finishing a new solo record with the working title of November.

Visit the official dB's website:
http://www.ThedBsOnline.net

Live dates:

Saturday, September 17, 2005 (2 Chicago shows)

Late afternoon (time tba)
Hideout Block Party
1354 W. Wabansia, Chicago IL (773) 227-4433
$TBA ($15-20) / no advance sales / doors 2 pm / approx. six acts / all ages
http://hideoutchicago.com/

10 p.m.
House of Blues Chicago
329 N. Dearborn St. (312) 923-2000
$20 / 21 and over / opening act TBA
HOB
Ticketmaster

Monday, Sept. 19, 2005 &
Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2005
Maxwell's
1039 Washington Street, Hoboken, NJ (201) 653-1703
$15 / all ages / 8:30 pm / 8pm doors / opening act TBA
Maxwell's
Ticketmaster

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For media information on The dB's, please contact conqueroo:
Cary Baker (818) 501-2001 cary@conqueroo.com