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2011 was a bang-up year for all of us (well, me) here at Chateau Daveaux. Touring & recording with dear friends, rock & roll, hiphop, new friends, reunions, disaster, recordings, national TV (a coupla times), new dog, loss, … now time for assessment & resetting the hammer (ok, I should’ve assessed & reset the hammer a few months back, but you know me, slow on the uptake. Measure twice/cut once).
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In 2012 I’d like to do more mixing and remixing – I’ve been making the Chateau more mix-friendly, & hopefully will have a decent place to track drums soon, although not a priority. I’ve been getting into beats & more programming-oriented stuff as of late, and am working on some more electronic textural-oriented stuff, although there’s an instrumental guitar-themed collection in the works.

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I’m assuming that the networks will be rammed and bandwidth used up at midnight, so I’ll wish everyone now a Happy New Year and many happy returns for the upcoming 365. May the universe rise to meet you.
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xx
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D

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Mark Lanegan’s next album Blues Funeral is to be released this coming February. I am fortunate to play guitar on a couple of tracks – I met Mark through Greg Dulli in 2006, when he toured with the Twilight Singers, and since then I’ve occasionally played with him (solo or with The Gutter Twins). Always an intense experience – musically and otherwise.

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We recorded the New York show at Webster Hall this year, and are releasing it for your pleasure.

Download on iTunes

Download from Amazon.com

ADDENDUM:

Pitchfork.com gives it an 8/10 review, which is comparable to an 11/10 review but Rolling Stone,  Spin et al – I feel like a Kennedy!

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A fitting end to the Blackberry Belle set at Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. Petra Haden slays here.

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NorthSouth playing at Les Bon Temps Roulez (4801 Magazine Street, corner Magazine & Bordeaux uptown) this Saturday – featuring Dave Rosser (Twilight Singers/Greg Dulli/Gutter Twins/Mark Lanegan), Terry McDermott (DriveBlind/Lotus Crush), Eric Bolivar (Anders Osborne, Bonerama, Pimps of Joytime) & Jimmy Messa (SubDudes).

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Follow this link to World Cafe with David Dye.

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This show has since  SOLD OUT

Twilight Singers site

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After Germany & Switzerland we had a nice stop in Sètes in the south of France for a day off.  Me & some of the boys stumbled upon a local event in the marina, Boat Jousting (joute de la marine), and ended up staying for like two hours, rapt… I don’t for the life of me know why we haven’t adopted this awesome sport in New Orleans!  We have bayous & a lake on which to do this, not to mention a booze-fueled populace who I think would embrace it quickly.  It could be as big as roller derby (or even shopping cart derby).

I got some video -see Boat Jousting here!

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The tour had us in Glastonbury for “the sunny day”, and thank God, because it was still a mudfest.

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It takes a long time to travel around England, so we made a brief stop at Stonehenge, which has deep spiritual meaning to students of history, occultists and druids (not to mention fans of Spïnal Tap). Jokes ensued.

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From here we go to the Continent.  See dates here.

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Netherland shows were pretty fun but DAMN it was hotter than expected – 90˚ in the Netherlands?!  Ninja please!

In Poland at the Heineken Open’er Fest we had a freaking blast – Polish crowds always go crazy, and the scene was really beautiful. The weather was fantastic, as was it at the next show in Bonn at Rheinkulturfest.  Despite the sun making my pedalboard indicator lights invisible, and losing my glasses in “Never Seen No Devil” (blind as a bat), I had a real good time.

No, it’s not us onstage here, we never wear all white. Or any white, come to think of it.

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The mix was done on the fly, i think, so it ain’t perfect but sounds pretty good, and the band was on fire (considering how early it was!).

Stream the entire show HERE

©2011 KEXP

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