Dead Rock West Announce U.S Tour Dates

More Love, the band’s alt-country-, gospel-, Everly Brothers-inspired new album
produced by legendary L.A. punk band co-founder John Doe, is available now via Omnivore Recordings. 

Tour opener set for May 2 with John Doe and Exene Cervenka. 

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Press Release)-- Dead Rock West, the acclaimed California alt-country rock group fronted by Cindy Wasserman and Frank Lee Drennen, are heading into 2018 with array of tour dates beginning a with a set in support of John Doe and Exene Cervenka of X, followed by an East Coast tour leg opening for Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore.

Their recently released More Love (August 2017 via Omnivore Recordings) was produced by John Doe, who helped create an album that places Wasserman and Drennen’s achingly beautiful signature vocals and harmonies in finely etched rock, alt-country, and pop settings. The sound is both contemporary and timeless.
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“Boundless Fearless Love,” the joyously infectious first single from the album, drew praise from Los Angeles Times’ Randy Lewis, who noted the song is “set to a propellant track that’s part R.E.M., part Tom Petty and part Neil Young …” 

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Says Doe: “They have combined all of the influences (alt-country, gospel, Everly Brothers) from their previous records into this one. Great songs. Great playing. Wonderful performances. More Love is heart and soul from two deeply original singers and songwriters . . . Somehow Cindy and Frank connect the dots between ’70s country and ’60s soul music. They are a modern day Gram and Emmylou, singing songs that Otis and Carla would sing.” 
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More Love, recorded, mixed and mastered in Los Angeles by multiple Grammy Award-winner Dave Way, is composed of 12 songs about the joy and heartbreak of love. There are 11 Dead Rock West originals, among them “Boundless Fearless Love,” “Radio Silence,” and “Waiting Patiently,” plus a cover of Sam Cooke’s “Bring It on Home to Me” that thematically closes this deeply felt album. The disc’s masterful band includes D.J. Bonebrake of X, lead guitarist Elliot Easton of the Cars, and ace pedal-steel guitarist Greg Leisz.

More Love follows the Los Angeles-based duo’s critically hailed Everly Brothers tribute album, It’s Everlys Time! (2015), which galvanized the group vocally in the studio — and onstage, at their own headline performances as well as on tour with X and Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin.  

“These are difficult days and we need more, more love,” says Drennen about the new release. “Love never fails,” he adds about “Boundless Fearless Love,” which cuts deep with lyrics like: I hear it calling in the distance/ I take it on like a boxing champ/Though desolation has no secrets/I still believe the loser stands a chance.

“As Willie Dixon said to me when I was blessed to meet him some years ago, all songs are about love,” says Wasserman. “Happy or sad songs, they are all about love — more love. This record to me is performed and created from the spirit seed of the wonderful Willie Dixon in mind and with all our love.”


Dead Rock West Tour dates:
Wed., May 2  SOLANA BEACH, CA  Belly Up Tavern — supporting John Doe and Exene Cervenka
Thurs., June 7  PHILADELPHIA, PA  World Café Live — supporting Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Fri., June 8  NEW YORK, NY  City Winery — supporting Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Sat., June 9  FALL RIVER, MA  Narrows — supporting Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Wed., June 13 ANNAPOLIS, MD  Rams Head In Stage — supporting Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Thurs., June 14  ALEXANDRIA, VA  Birchmere — supporting Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Sat., June 16  TURNERS FALLS, MA  The Shea Theater — supporting Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Thurs., Jun. 21  CLEVELAND, OH  Music Box — supporting Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Fri., June 22  COLUMBUS, OH  Valley Dale Ballroom — supporting Dave Alvin and Jimmy Dale Gilmore
Sat., June 23  PITTSBURGH, PA  Club Café — supporting Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Tues., June 26  CAMBRIDGE, MA  Atwood’s Tavern — supporting Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Tues., Oct., 16 PORTLAND, OR  Roots on the Rails Train Trip
Wed., Oct. 17  PORTLAND, OR  Roots on the Rails Train Trip 

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