DAVY KNOWLES & BACK DOOR SLAM: CONFIRM SUMMER TOUR OPENING FOR CHICKENFOOT IN ADDITION TO PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED HEADLINE SHOWS

DAVY KNOWLES & BACK DOOR SLAM:
CONFIRM SUMMER TOUR OPENING FOR CHICKENFOOT
IN ADDITION TO PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED
HEADLINE AND FESTIVAL SHOWS

ON TOUR IN SUPPORT OF SECOND STUDIO ALBUM
‘COMING UP FOR AIR’
PRODUCED BY PETER FRAMPTON
IN STORES JUNE 16; AVAILABLE DIGITALLY NOW

LEAD SINGLE HEADS TO RADIO:
“TEAR DOWN THE WALLS”
SELECTED AS “PICK OF THE WEEK” BY ‘USA TODAY’

DAVY KNOWLES & BACK DOOR SLAM kick off an extensive tour this week in Nashville, TN with a two-night stand (6/9 and 6/11), after which the, 22-year-old British guitar whiz and band will head across the country.  They’ll play both headline shows—with key stops in Philadelphia at World Café and in New York City at the Highline Ballroom—and festivals, including Lollapalooza, Rothbury Festival and Mile High Music Festival.  Meanwhile, on the heels of a recent three-night stand with new rock super-group Chickenfoot (Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani, Chad Smith), BACK DOOR SLAM has confirmed a slot opening for them on their summer tour.

DAVY has been steadily garnering critical acclaim for his dynamic musicianship and appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and CBS’ “The Early Show” with BACK DOOR SLAM in support of their debut release Roll Away.  Now, with second studio album COMING UP FOR AIR–produced by Grammy Award-winning guitarist Peter Frampton–DAVY says he has taken “the next step musically” and is “a better musician now, a better songwriter now so the songs are better and the playing is more fluid.”  The album is available digitally now and arrives in stores June 16.

On lead single “Tear Down The Walls,” Davy doesn’t just tear the walls down, he batters them down. “The song is how you just have to sometimes fight through hard times,’’ he says of such lyrics as “storm through the barricades.’’ The track, just serviced to radio, was recently hailed by USA Today as their “Pick Of The Week” stating: “Look for British blues guitar slinger Davy Knowles, 22, with Back Door Slam, to tear up the U.S. festival and club circuit this summer with driving, shout-along tunes such as this ‘Tear Down the Walls,’ from Coming Up for Air. (Jerry Shriver, 5/26/09)”

COMING UP FOR AIR features 11 brand new studio recordings comprising nine DAVY KNOWLES compositions, a compelling cover of George Harrison’s “Hear Me Lord” and a special bonus track: “Taste of Danger,” a duet with singer-songwriter Jonatha Brooke. DAVY added “Taste of Danger” to his album for his fans after Brooke released the soulful and dynamic duet as a single on the Bad Dog Records label and added the track to her own album The Works, which originally contained her solo version of the song. The duet version was re-recorded with DAVY in early 2009.