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Mike Watt resumes touring following run with J. Mascis

Published August 2, 2001 02:27 PM

By Jon Zahlaway / LiveDaily Senior Writer

After completing his recent gig on J. Mascis’ European tour--which ended abruptly in mid-June after Mascis was injured in a van crash--bassist Mike Watt [ tickets ] has lined up his own extensive U.S. club tour that will kick off next month. Watt will be hitting the road with his new trio, dubbed Mike Watt & the Jom and Terry Show.

In addition to Watt, the trio’s lineup comprises guitarist Tom Watson and drummer Jerry Trebotic, both alumni of Watt’s Mike Watt and the Pair of Pliers project. The group’s upcoming tour has been dubbed the Time to Cat and Not Mouse tour, according to Watt’s website.

Watt explained in a message posted on his site that the tour’s name is a reference to him taking on a lead role after playing bass for former Dinosaur Jr. frontman Mascis during U.S. and European tours in recent months.

“I believe it's very healthy and a necessary duty to mouse from time to time,” Watt wrote, “but other moments call for some straight up cattin'. … It was excellent and quite an opportunity to play w/ Mr. J Mascis and [drummer] Mr. George Berz since last October and I both learned and experienced much but now it's time to kick out some thuds from my perspective.”

Watt’s European run with Mascis was scheduled to wrap up in late June, but was cut short when the musicians’ tour van crashed in Sweden on June 17. Published reports at the time indicated that Mascis suffered two broken vertebrae in the accident. Mascis claims that he is currently "up to 65 percent and feelin' good,” according to a spokesperson, who added that the musician is “up and about and mending nicely.”

Prior to the Sept. 11 launch of his Time to Cat and Not Mouse tour, Watt has a handful of California dates planned with several of his various side projects, including three dates with Banyan, a group spearheaded by Jane’s Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins, with whom Watt worked in Porno for Pyros.

Watt’s most recent release is 1997’s “Contemplating the Engine Room” (Columbia).

TOUR DATES

Banyan

August
9 - Silver Lake, CA - Spaceland
24 - Santa Monica, CA - 14 Below
25 - Long Beach, CA - Di Piazza's

We Go Speedro

August
10 - Hermosa Beach, CA - BBC

September
8 - Long Beach, CA - Que Sera

Mike Watt and the Black Gang

August
19 - Silver Lake, CA - Sunset Junction Street Fair

Mike Watt and the Jom & Terry Show

September
11 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
12 - Sacramento, CA - Old Ironsides
13 - Eugene, OR - W.O.W. Hall
14 - Portland, OR - Dante's
15 - Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe
16 - Vancouver, BC - Starfish Room
17 - Spokane, WA - Mootsy's
18 - Missoula, MT - The Ritz
19 - Boise, ID - Neurolux
20 - Salt Lake City, UT - Liquid Joe's
21 - Fort Collins, CO - Starlight
22 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
24 - Omaha, NE - Sokol Underground
25 - Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck
27 - Madison, WI - The Annex
28, 29 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
30 - Chicago, IL - Double Door

October
1 - Bloomington, IN - Bluebird Nightclub
2 - Lexington, KY - Lynagh's
3 - Nashville, TN - The End
4 - Cincinnati, OH - Top Cats
5 - Columbus, OH - Little Brother's
6 - Detroit, MI - The Shelter
7 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
8 - Pittsburgh, PA - 31st Street Pub
9 - Philadelphia, PA - The Khyber
10 - New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
11 - Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's
12 - Cambridge, MA - T.T. The Bear's
13 - Providence, RI - Met Cafe
14 - Albany, NY - Valentine's
15 - Baltimore, MD - Fletcher's
16 - Washington, DC - Black Cat
17 - Charlottesville, VA - Starr Hill
18 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
19 - Atlanta, GA - The EARL
20 - Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club
21 - Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbit's
22 - Orlando, FL - Sapphire Supper Club
23 - Tampa, FL - State Theatre
25 - Birmingham, AL - The Nick
26 - Mobile, AL - Splash
27 - New Orleans, LA - Shim Sham Club
28 - Houston, TX - Engine Room
29 - Austin, TX - Stubb's Barbeque
30 - Dallas, TX - Trees
31 - Oklahoma City, OK - VZD

November
2 - Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad
3 - Tempe, AZ - Nita's Hideaway

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