Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings map late-year shows
Sixties soul revivalists Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings have lined up a late-year run before the group heads overseas for a tour of Australia.
The singer and eight-piece band will kick off the five-city outing Dec. 2 in Minneapolis, with a post-Australia appearance lined up Jan. 28 in San Francisco. US appearances are shown below; Jones and the Dap-Kings' international schedule is posted at the group's website.
Released in August, "100 Days, 100 Nights" is the third full-length from Jones & the Dap-Kings, who serve as the house band for producer Gabriel Roth's Daptone Records. The album was cut in Daptone's fully analog Brooklyn recording studio.
The disc, which follows 2005's "Naturally" and 2002's "Dap Dippin' with Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings ," continues Daptone's stated mission to bring back the funk and soul sounds of the '60s and early '70s by channeling "the spirits of bygone powerhouses like Stax and Motown."
The Augusta, GA-born Jones spent most of her life out of the music business, working a variety of jobs that included corrections officer (at Sing Sing prison) and armored car driver for Wells-Fargo before a mid-life opportunity in 1996 providing backup vocals for soul singer Lee Fields led to her new career choice.
December 2008
2 - Minneapolis, MN - Pantages Theatre
3 - Madison, WI - Barrymore Theatre
4 - Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
5 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
6 - Bloomington, IN - Jake's Nightclub
January 2009
28 - San Francisco, CA - The Warfield
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