FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 26, 2006
IT’S CHRISTMAS TIME AGAIN AS THE dB’s RELEASE EVER-EVOLVING HOLIDAY ALBUM
Collection Features Big Star, Whiskeytown, Marshall Crenshaw, Alex Chilton, Don Dixon, Chris Stamey, Thad Cockrell, Peter Holsapple, Roman Candle and others
Due out on Collectors’ Choice Music on November 21
LOS ANGELES — Indie rock can anticipate another evolution of The dB’s’ Christmas album with the arrival of The dB’s & Friends’ Christmas Time Again, which will hit the streets on November 21. Or allow us to clarify: Originally released as a seven-song LP on Coyote Records in 1986 and as a 17-song CD in 1993, this Chris Stamey-conceived holiday classic — now in its third edition — will be reborn on Collectors’ Choice Music with six new tracks.
Since its last incarnation, the collection has added Peter Holsapple’s “Home for the Holidays,” performed by The dB’s (with special guest Caitlin Cary); “Christmas Time Is Here” by Thad Cockrell and Roman Candle; “Lonely Christmas” by Marshall Crenshaw; two tracks by R.E.M. producer Don Dixon (“I Saw Three Ships” and “Christmas Is Saturday”); and an unreleased track by Ryan Adams & Whiskeytown titled “Houses on the Hill.”
The new additions augment an already formidable collection featuring Big Star (“Jesus Christ”), Alex Chilton (“The Christmas Song”), The dB’s (“Christmas Time,” “Holiday Spirit” and “Feliz Navidad”); Ted Lyons (“The Only Law That Santa Claus Understood,” “Santa’s Moonlit Sleighride”), Chris Stamey (“It’s a Wonderful Life”), Chris Stamey & Cathy Harrington (“You’re What I Want for Christmas”), Chris Stamey & Mary Mac (“Snow Is Falling”), Cathy Harrington (“Sha La La”), Wes Lachot (“Christmas Is the Only Time”), Peter Holsapple (“O Holy Night”), Brent Lambert (“Silent Nocturne”) and Keegan DeWitt & the Sparrows (“Christmas Light”).
Most of the tracks were recorded specifically for the record. Marshall Crenshaw contributed the authentic-sounding ‘50s doo-wop classic “Lonely Christmas” to the collection this year, and “high lonesome tenor” Thad Cockrell and pop wunderkind Roman Candle joined forces for the future classic “Christmas Time Is Here.”
Don Dixon and The dB’s Stamey and Holsapple collaborated for a new take on Dixon’s “Christmas is Saturday.” Also included is Dixon’s stellar live version of “I Saw Three Ships.” Up-and-coming New York singer/writer Keegan DeWitt chimed in with the incandescent “Christmas Light.”
Stamey, executive producer of the project, reports that “Home for the Holidays” is the theme here. “This is the soundtrack of my guest-list for dream holiday party: I can close my eyes and imagine the cast grabbing the mic, one after another, as the mistletoe swings in the breeze and the Yule log crackles and sparks.”
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 20, 2005
Peter Holsapple, Chris Stamey, Will Rigby & Gene Holder...
THE dB’s ORIGINAL LINEUP ANNOUNCES NEW YORK, CHICAGO LIVE DATES
Offers new song as free download on band web site
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) 227-443
10 p.m.
House of Blues Chicago
329 N. Dearborn St. (312) 923-2000
Monday, Sept. 19, 2005 &
Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2005
Maxwell's
1039 Washington Street, Hoboken, NJ (201) 653-1703
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 23, 2005
Peter Holsapple, Chris Stamey, Will Rigby & Gene Holder...
ORIGINAL LINEUP OF THE dB’s REUNITE FOR FIRST SESSIONS IN MORE THAN 20 YEARS
Band seeking new label home
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- 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 early in 2006. Live appearances may happen sooner.
This 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.
Visit the official dB's website:
http://www.ThedBsOnline.net
For booking inquiries, contact Roggie Baer Elm at RajiWorld:
roggie@rajiworld.com
(512) 916-0700
The dB's are represented by Josh Grier (Pryor Cashman Sherman & Flynn, NYC).
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