TRUTH & SALVAGE CO. will hit the road
for five weeks beginning July 23, the very same day their new album PICK
ME UP(Megaforce/Sony RED)--a stirring blend of rock and
Americana--hits stores. The trek will kick off in their adopted hometown
of Nashville and will weave through the southern U.S.,
across the country through the northwest with a stop in Los AngelesAugust
24 before wrapping September 1 in Little
Rock, AR. Tickets for these shows go on sale Friday,
June 14. Meanwhile, the album’s first single “Appalachian
Hilltop” officially arrived at radio stations nationwide today (6/11).
The band--Scott Kinnebrew (guitars/lap
steel/mandolin/vocals), Tim Jones (guitars/vocals), Walker
Young(piano/organ/accordion/vocals), Adam Grace (organ/piano/Wurlitzer/additional
background vocals) Bill “Smitty” Smith(drums/percussion/vocals),
and Dean Moore (bass/ additional background vocals)--toured
very heavily in support of their 2010 debut album, including runs with The
Black Crowes and the Avett Brothers. Of a 2011 Colorado show,
the Denver Post said, “Truth and Savage Co. is about as
tight as any professional band out there…The four-part vocal harmonies on
nearly every song sounded flawless...(2/28/11).”
“We’re itching to get back out on the road again,” says Smitty. “But
these new songs were road-tested before we recorded the album--we wrote them
out on the road--so we know the material well and feel like we’re going to be
in fighting shape the first night out.”
Their second album PICK ME UP (Megaforce/Sony
RED) is a work that powerfully builds on their acclaimed 2010 self-titled
debut album. Distinguished by their four lead vocalists and five songwriters,
plus soaring four-part harmonies and a strong guitar-keyboard meld, the band
co-produced the album this time around with Jon Ashley, while
longtime band cohort Bill Reynolds (Band of Horses) handled
the mix. It is a joyous tour de force recorded at Echo
Mountain studio in Asheville, NCthat features 12 original tracks
and a cover of Joe South’s Grammy-winning 1968 hit “Games People Play.”
Opening with the plaintive “The Bad Times,” the album shifts into
high gear with “Silver Lining” and keeps the highlights coming
with such songs as “Appalachian Hilltop,” “Bird On The Wing,” “I’m Not
Your Boyfriend,” the title track and the rollicking“So
Sad.”
TRUTH & SALVAGE Co.’s multiple lead
singers and songwriters gained them a legion of fans, including Chris
Robinson ofThe Black Crowes, who produced their first
album. They released their debut in 2010, which was a noteworthy year forTRUTH
& SALVAGE CO.: “More Than 103,000 Miles…Crossed Mississippi
River 21 Times…732 Hotel Rooms…and 312 shows,” to quote the words that
appear onscreen at the outset of the band’s video for their signature
live-show-closer,“Pure Mountain Angel,” a song the group performed
on their national television debut on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” In
hisRolling Stone review of the debut, David Fricke called
it “…everything you need for a classic-rock party: muscular treble guitar,
Hammond organ and four singer-songwriters harmonizing…(6/24/10)”
TRUTH & SALVAGE CO. were cited as a “Top
10 Band To Watch This Summer” (2010) by USA Today and Rolling
Stone’s Fricke added, “This sly California sextet draw
on irresistible history (Buffalo Springfield, the Band) to spell out the modern
trials of peace and love…Truth and Salvage Co. have what it takes for a long
haul, in the country-R.E.M. breeze of ‘101’ and saloon glow of ‘She Really Does
It For Me.’”
DATE
CITY
VENUE
Thu 6/13
Lafayette,
LA
Blue Moon Saloon
Thu 7/4
Indianapolis,
IN
Fountain Square Music Festival
Appalachian Hilltop Family Reunion (benefit
show for Wellston HS Marching Band)
Sat 7/6
Wellston,
OH Jackson County Fairgrounds
Tue 7/23
Nashville,
TN Exit/In
Thu 7/25
Atlanta,
GA Smith’s Olde Bar
Fri 7/26
Birmingham,
AL The Nick
Sat 7/27
Jackson,
MS Hal and Mals
Sun 7/28
Mobile,
LA Alabama Music Box
Wed 7/31
San Antonio,
TX Sam’s Burger Joint
Thu 8/1
Austin,
TX Stubbs BBQ (indoors)
Fri 8/2
Houston,
TX Fitzgerald’s Downstairs
Sat 8/3
Dallas,
TX The Prophet Bar
Tue 8/6
Santa Fe,
NM SOL Santa Fe
Thu 8/8
Aspen, CO Belly Up Aspen
Fri 8/9
Denver,
CO Larimer Lounge
Sun 8/11
Salt Lake City,
UT The State Room
Mon 8/12
Boise, ID Neurolux
Thu 8/15
Eugene,
OR
W.O.W. Hall
Fri 8/16
Portland,
OR White Eagle
Sat 8/17
Seattle,
WA Sunset Tavern
Sun 8/18
Bellingham,
WA The Shakedown
Wed 8/21
Sacramento,
CA Marilyn’s On K
Thu 8/22
Mill Valley,
CA Sweetwater Music Hall
Fri 8/23
San Francisco,
CA Café du Nord
Sat 8/24
West Hollywood,
CA Troubadour
Sun 8/25
San Diego,
CA The Griffin
Tue 8/27
Tucson,
AZ Club Congress
Thu 8/29
Flagstaff,
AZ The Green Room
Sun 9/1
Little Rock,
AR Juanita’s
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