C.W. Stoneking is bringing a brand new band to Europe and the UK this May/June to promote his new album, Gon’ Boogaloo. Gone are the sepia-toned tales of marooned adventures in the tropics of his last release, Jungle Blues, this time replaced with the latest invention in the world of C.W. Stoneking, electricity! C.W. has stashed his afore-favoured vintage National guitar and banjo combo for a shiny gold Fender and an extra large helping of rock ‘n’ gospel dancehall blues to deliver 12 tracks recorded directly to tape with his full band, his very own hokum wall of sound.
“This record took me 6 long years to come by,” explained Stoneking. “It was finally recorded live in 2 days, without any overdubs, or edits using only 2 microphones, into a 2-track Ampex 351 1/4″ tape machine out of Capitol Records. Each song was ‘mixed’ live in the room by way of positioning the band, (drums, electric & double bass, backing singers, and my guitar amp), at varying distances/degrees/volumes around an old RCA-77DX ribbon microphone to achieve the optimum mix for each tune as it hit the tape, how it arrived at the tape is how it stayed.”
UK & European Tour Dates
1st May – Manchester UK – Academy 3
2nd May – Newcastle UK – Cluny
3rd May – Glasgow UK – Live In Glasgow @ CCA
5th May – Birmingham UK – The Rainbow
6th May – Leeds UK – Brudenell Social Club
7th May – Bristol UK – Trinity
8th May – Liege BE – Jazz a Liege Festival
9th May – Brussels BE – AB Flex
12th May – Antwerp BE – De Roma
13th May – Eindhoven NL – Effenaar
14th May – Hellendoorn NL – Dauwpop Festival
15th May – Nijmegen NL – Doornroosje
16th May – Rotterdam NL – Schorrem Barber Shop
17th May – Amsterdam NL – Paradiso
19th May – Hamburg DE – Molotow
21st May – Thessaloniki GR – Fix Factory of Sound
22nd May – Athens GR – Fuzz Club
23rd May – Berlin DE – Gruner Salon
24th May – Munich DE – Milla
25th May – Zurich CH – El Lokal
26th May – Bern CH – Cafe Cairo
27th May – Torino IT – Esperio Jazz Festival
29th May – Roma IT – Monk Club
30th May – Bologna IT – Bioparco Open Air – Mambo Museum
31st May – Geneve CH – La Graviere
2nd June – Strasbourg FR – La Laiterie
3rd June – Paris FR – Divan Du Monde
4th June – London UK – Shepherds Bush Empire
5th June – Cardiff UK – The Globe
6th June – Barnham Suffolk UK – Red Rooster Festival
7th June – Rouen FR – Festival Zone Rouge
9th June – Nantes FR – Stereolux
10th June – Barcelona ES – Sidecar
11th June – Madrid ES – El Sol
12th June – Bilboa ES – Azkena
13th June – Biarritz FR – Wheels & Waves – Southsiders