Tour to back new Reverend Horton Heat album
Psychobilly act the Reverend Horton Heat will spend the month of July on the club circuit to support the forthcoming release of its eighth studio album.
Also on the Reverend's schedule is a July 3 appearance at Southern California's Hootenanny, an outdoor festival that will also feature The Cramps, Supersuckers, The Blasters, James Intveld, Big Sandy and Ricky Warwick, among others.
Reverend Horton Heat's new album, the trio's first for Yep Roc records, is due in stores on June 29. Titled "Revival," the set was recorded in the Deep Ellum area of Dallas. In a press release, frontman/guitarist Jim Heath promises that the new album will feature the introduction of a "top-secret" guitar lick. His arsenal has long included what Heath calls the "hurricane," a lick where he plays lead and rhythm guitar simultaneously.
Among the album's tracks is "Someone in Heaven," which Heath wrote in memory of his mother, who died earlier this year.
"I'd been going through so much stuff, losing my mom so quickly, new baby, touring, getting back and having to work," Heath said in a statement of the events that inspired the new album.
Rounding out the manic trio on the album--and on the upcoming tour--are longtime stand-up bassist Jimbo Wallace and drummer Scott Churilla, who has been with the Reverend since the 1996 album "It's Martini Time."
July 2004
1 - Tucson, AZ - City Limits
2 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
3 - Irvine, CA - Oak Canyon Ranch (Hootenanny)
4 - Solana Beach, CA - Belly-Up Tavern
7 - Lake Tahoe, NV - Caesars Tahoe
9 - Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst
10 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
11 - San Francisco, CA - Slim's
12 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
13 - Sacramento, CA - Colonial Theatre
15 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theatre
16 - Seattle, WA - Showbox
17 - Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
18 - Spokane, WA - Big Easy
20 - Boise, ID - Big Easy
21 - Teton Village, WY - Mangy Moose
22 - Salt Lake City, UT - Bricks
23 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
24 - Belvue, CO - Mishawaka Amphitheater
26 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theatre
28 - Houston, TX - Engine Room
29 - San Antonio, TX - White Rabbit
30 - Austin, TX - Antones
31 - Dallas, TX - Trees
Reverend Horton Heat tours into summer [January 2008]
Reverend Horton Heat maps long road trip [November 2007]
The Reverend heats up fall [June 2007]
The Rev heatin' up the highway [November 2006]
Live Review: Reverend Horton Heat in Sacramento, CA [July 2006]
Reverend Horton Heat lays out summer revival [June 2006]
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