NASHVILLE |DT: JULY 16, 2015
FM: MITCH SCHNEIDER/AARON FETERL/MIKE GOWEN/BARI LIEBERMAN, MSO PR
DEAD ROCK WEST
TO EMBARK ON 12-DATE TOUR OPENING FOR PUNK PIONEERS X
IN SUPPORT OF NEW ALBUM
‘IT’S EVERLY TIME!’
THE DUO’S 13-SONG TRIBUTE TO THE GREAT EVERLY BROTHERS
–OUT TOMORROW (7/17) VIA ANGEL FLIGHT RECORDING CO.–
PREMIERES TODAY (7/16) ON YAHOO MUSIC!
STREAM │IT’S EVERLY TIME!
LOS ANGELES HOTEL CAFÉ RESIDENCY WRAPS
TONIGHT (7/16)
Above: DEAD ROCK WEST (credit: Jim Harrington)
Today (7/16), DEAD ROCK WEST–the California vocal duo of Cindy Wasserman and Frank Lee Drennen–partnered exclusively with YAHOO MUSIC! to premiere their new album IT’S EVERLY TIME!,their 13-song tribute to the great Everly Brothers, being released digitally and on vinyl tomorrow (7/17) via Angel Flight Recording Co. Coinciding with the album reveal, the duo recently announced their 12-date tour opening for legendary American punk band X; who they’ve previously opened for before as well as for X spinoff band The Knitters and X‘s John Doe. Click here to purchase tickets for shows on this tour and hereto purchase the album.
On the heels of wrapping up their Los Angeles Hotel Café residency tonight (7/16), the duo kick off their tour tomorrow (7/17) in Ridgefield, CT and make stops in Philadelphia, Cleveland, Chicago and New York City (full tour itinerary below).
“We’re excited to tour with our musical hero’s the band X,” says Wasserman. Adds Drennen: “We will be singing songs off the brand-new Everly Brothers record, songs off our last two releases and we will also be playing a couple of new songs! It will be about the songs and the singing. We will give you our hearts.”
LOS ANGELES TIMES‘ Pop & Hiss recently premiered (6/2) the video for “I Used To Love You,” the lead single off the new album, which can be viewedhere. IT’S EVERLY TIME! was produced by Grammy-winning producer Mark Linett (Brian Wilson, Los Lobos, Rickie Lee Jones and Randy Newman) and features DEAD ROCK WEST‘s authentic appreciation of iconic Everly Brothers standards such as “Cathy’s Clown,“ and lesser-known treasures like“June is as Cold as December.“
DEAD ROCK WEST recorded IT’S EVERLY TIME! live with a band–DJ Bonebrake (drums), Dave Gleason (acoustic rhythm guitar), Elliott Easton(lead electric guitar), multi-instrumentalists Phil Parliapiano and David J. Carpenter–as well as special guests: The Section Quartet,guitarist Dave Alvin and bassist Rob Wasserman (Cindy’s brother). The live magic was captured at Linett’s Your Place or Mine Recording and East West Studios in the very rooms where the Everlys and Beach Boys once worked (and are still equipped with microphones said to have been used by Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley).
Catch DEAD ROCK WEST on tour with X in the following cities:
| DATE | VENUE | CITY |
| Friday, July 17 | Ridgefield Playhouse | Ridgefield, CT |
| Saturday, July 18 | Underground Arts | Philadelphia, PA |
| Sunday, July 19 | The State Theatre Falls | Church, VA |
| Wednesday, July 22 | Music Box Supper Club | Cleveland, OH |
| Friday, July 24 | The Magic Bag | Ferndale, MI |
| Sunday, July 26 | City Winery | Chicago, IL |
| Monday, July 27 | City Winery | Chicago, IL |
| Tuesday, July 28 | City Winery | Chicago, IL |
| Thursday, July 30 | The Sinclair | Cambridge, MA |
| Saturday, August 1 | City Winery | New York City, NY |
| Sunday, August 2 | City Winery | New York City, NY |
| Monday, August 3 | City Winery | New York City, NY |
Here is a sample of the praise IT’S EVERLY TIME! has garnered thus far:
“Cindy Wasserman and Frank Lee Drennen’s harmonies complement one another in similar glimmer-and-shine fashion to the Everlys, while producer Mark Linett and ace players capture the sonic warmth and crispness of the original recordings.”
–Bliss Bowen, PASADENAWEEKLY.COM, July 9, 2015
“Their new release, It’s Everly Time!…is a lovely homage to a time and a duo that forever changed music.”
–Kelly McCartney, THE BLUEGRASSSITUATION.COM, July 6, 2015
“…a passionate and painstakingly researched tribute to the Everly Brothers.”
–Adrian Peel, DIGITALJOURNAL.COM, May 29, 2015
Above: Album cover art for IT’S EVERLY TIME!
Track listing for IT’S EVERLY TIME!:
1. Leave My Girl Alone
2. So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)
3. (Why Am I) Chained To A Memory
4. It Only Costs A Dime
5. Like Strangers
6. Cathy’s Clown
7. June Is As Cold As December
8. Gone Gone Gone
9. It’s All Over
10. The Price Of Love
11. I Used To Love You
12. And I’ll Go
13. Let It Be Me
14. Problems (Bonus Track)
15. (You’ve Got) The Power Of Love (Bonus Track)
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