Press Release, May 18, 2006 GRAN BEL LIGHTS UP ‘FULL MOON CIGARETTE’ JULY 18, 2006!

FROM: MARCEE RONDAN/MITCH SCHNEIDER/LATHUM NELSON

 

GRAN BEL FISHER has launched a cross-country tour in advance of the release of his debut album FULL MOON CIGARETTE.  The singer, songwriter and musician is touring the U.S. with Brandi Carlile for the majority of these dates.

Having kicked off in Los Angeles at the El Rey Theatre May 12, the 29-date trek will include performances in New York, Chicago and Nashville.   Additionally, GRAN BEL will make a few special appearances along the way, including stops at the acclaimed Bonnaroo Music Festival and this year’s Sierra Music Festival.

Due out July 18, FULL MOON CIGARETTE (Hollywood Records) was produced by Dave Bassett; it was recorded in Los Angeles and mixed in New York with Michael Brauer (Coldplay, My Morning Jacket).  Throughout the album, GRAN BEL movingly gets inside his imagery-rich songs like “Crash and Burn,” “Edible,” and “Do We Say Bye.”   Amid the rock/folk/pop settings, the Ohio-born, Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter and musician illuminates his impressions of life, love and death with a distinctive baritone voice.

“I started thinking about how I see everything: life, love and death and those themes embody this entire album,” GRAN BEL FISHER says.  “The songs are inspired by my everyday realizations of life.”  GRAN BEL's perspective emerged from…well, let him fill in the details….

“The Littleton Funeral Home has been in my family since 1905,” he explains. “Our attitude was that it was a very normal occupation. Working there gave me a different perspective on things:  I realized early on that everyone has the same reaction to death.  Ultimately, I think working there made me more sensitive to life.”

The complete FULL MOON CIGARETTE track listing is as follows:  “Full Moon Cigarette,” “Far Cry,” “Edible,” “Moment,” “Crash and Burn,” “Dazey Day,” “Do We Say Bye,” “Blow Your Mind,” “Bound By Love,” “Baby Boy” and “Change.”

For more information, visit: http://www.granbelfisher.com/

GRAN BEL FISHER’s tour dates are as follows:

 

Date:                              City:                                        Venue:

Tue      5/23            Alexandria, VA                  Birchmere (BC)

Wed    5/24            Philadelphia, PA               Theatre of Living Arts (BC)

Thu      5/25            New York, NY                     Bowery Ballroom (BC)

Sat      5/27            Chillicothe, IL                     Three Sisters Park and Campground

Sun     5/28            Chillicothe, IL                     Three Sisters Park and Campground

Tue      5/30            Atlanta, GA                       Variety Playhouse (BC)

Wed    5/31            Nashville, TN                      Exit/IN (BC)

Fri       6/2              Chicago, IL                         Metro (BC)

Sat      6/3            Minneapolis, MN                  Varsity Theater (BC)

Sun     6/4            Omaha, NE                          Mick’s Music & Bar

Tue      6/6            Indianapolis, IN                    Murat Egyptian Room (BC & The Fray)

Thu      6/8            Toledo, OH                            Headliners (Saving Jane)

Fri       6/9            Ann Arbor, MI                         Borders (12pm-2pm)

Sat      6/10            Wooster, OH                        Seattle’s Coffee House (Josh Krajcik)

Sun     6/11            Millvale, PA                          Mr. Smalls Theatre (BC & The Fray)

Tue      6/13            Akron, OH                            The Lime Spider

Wed    6/14           Cleveland, OH                     House of Blues (part of CMJ)

Thu      6/15           Cleveland, OH                     House of Blues (part of CMJ)

Sat      6/17            Manchester, TN                   Bonnaroo Music Festival

Tue      6/20            Austin, TX                            The Parish (BC)

Wed    6/21            Dallas, TX                            Gypsy Tea Room (BC)

Fri       6/23            Aspen, CO                           Belly Up (BC)

Sun     6/25            Boulder, CO                         Fox Theatre (BC)

Thu      6/29            Quincy, CA                          High Sierra Music Festival

Fri       6/30            Quincy, CA                          High Sierra Music Festival

Sat      7/1            Quincy, CA                            High Sierra Music Festival