Join me this Sunday LIVE from 7 to 9 pm with the fabled & legendary tales of Neal Cassady and how the tune "Cassidy" came alive. Break out your trusty road & mind maps and get ready for a journey 'round the Great West and beyond. BUT WAIT! There is more!!!!
KDRT's finest, Mountain Mama, is coming out of the hills in the nick of time to join me as we double-clutch the twisting roads to nirvana.
You will hear plenty of Neal stories, plenty of Dean Moriarty stories, plenty of the soul of the Beat generation and, of course, plenty of the good ol' Grateful Dead and the 1000 petal lotus flower that bloomed at jjjjjuuuuusssstttttt the right time.
"The bus came by and I got on...that's where it all began...."
See you then!
Rod
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Hi Rod,
I am a KDRT listener from Woodland, and member of the Davy knowles and Back Door Slam Street Team.
22 year-old Manx Blues/Rock guitar prodigy Davy Knowles is scheduled to play the Berkeley Greek Theater Sept. 25, 2009. Would you be interested in interviewing him? We would like to share his music and story in the Yolo county/Sacramento area, particularly amoung the college student population.
Rock legend Peter Frampton is mentoring Davy and producing Davy's CDs. Davy is currently on his 3rd highly successful US tour headlining at clubs such as Slim's in San Francisco and opening for Chickenfoot at large concert venues. Davy is promoting his latest album, "Coming Up for Air". His previous albums are "Roll Away" and "Live at Bonnaroo".
Here's the NPR WORLD CAFÉ REVIEW:
In concert: Davy Knowles and Back Door Slam (World Café Live, Philadelphia, Pa., June 15, 2009)
August 29th, 2009
Most 22-year-old men are just setting foot into the world, their graduation day a fresh memory and a reminder of the preparation for future paths. Their mindset is entry-level, and paying dues is necessary and imminent. They may be learning a trade and packing away experiences for the next step. They are eager, yet cautious.
Then there is guitarist/singer Davy Knowles, a 22-year-old with an almost untouchable guitar prowess, the emotional identity of a man three times his age and the voice to go with it, husky and rich and infected with the blues. Some would call him a prodigy. Some would wonder how such a phoenix with guitar in tow accumulated so many dues and so much life story in such a blink of time’s eye. Davy Knowles does not wait for the next step; he is the next step.
Those who gathered to see him play in a mid-sized Philadelphia club on this evening had one overriding thought in common: They were witnessing the second coming of the guitar. Davy and his band Back Door Slam played a mix of covers and selections from their two albums, the latest being the Peter Frampton-produced Coming Up for Air. Between sipping tea and grinning ear to ear, the Isle of Man native stung the crowd repeatedly with a brilliant take on Cream’s “Outside Woman Blues” followed by a mesmerizing ballad called “Gotta Leave.”
Mr. Knowles extends his reach as a blues prodigy by having a voice that is wonderfully mismatched with his age. It is a soul-searching, restless voice, full of just the right amount of vibrato and pain reminiscent of a man pining away for past days on a Mississippi back porch. The vox and the licks were wonderfully paired in crowd crushers like “As the Crow Flies” and an incendiary version of Rory Gallagher’s “Walk on Hot Coals.”
As he introduced a brand new song during the encore called “Be Gone in a Little While,” and explained that it hadn’t been recorded yet, a joyous fan interrupted with “We already love it!” The night ended with a raucous retooling of CCR’s “Commotion” and a unanimous feeling of “What the hell just happened?” City residents should not be surprised to see “Davy is God” tagged on any wall or door downtown, as was done for a certain Mr. Clapton in London so many years ago.
By Seano BarryPosted in Reviews, Show ReviewsBack Door Slam, Davy Knowles
You can sample the music of Davy Knowles and his band Back Door Slam at the following internet locations:
http://www.myspace.com/davyknowlesbackdoorslam
http://www.davyknowles.com
ANOTHER REVIEW:
http://midliferocker.wordpress.com/2009/08/21/davy-knowles-a-mannish-boy...
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