McGuckin Entertainment PR - Music - Ruby Dee and the Snakehandlers

For Immediate Release
June 28, 2006

Ruby Dee and The Snakehandlers
8:30 p.m. Saturday, July 15
Highway 99, 1414 Alaskan Way, Seattle
Cover: $10
Information: 206.382.2171, www.highwayninetynine.com
www.rubydeemusic.com

RUBY DEE AND THE SNAKEHANDLERS CELEBRATE RELEASE
OF NORTH OF BAKERSFIELD WITH SEATTLE SHOW

Fans Who Demanded More from Alt-Country,
All-Country Combo About to be Rewarded

Austin, Texas — The high-energy alt-country combo Rudy Dee and The Snakehandlers — whose style of Americana reaches from Northern California to Memphis to the Northeast and pleases all — is about to release a full-length debut album and mark it with a tour aimed at rewarding fans across the Pacific Northwest.

The five-piece band, voted Best Band in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s People’s Picks 2005, plays a CD release party for NORTH OF BAKERSFIELD (Dionysis Records, street date: July 11) at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, July 15, at Highway 99, 1414 Alaskan Way, Seattle. Cover is $10; information: 206.382.2171.

Before and after, Ruby Dee and The Snakehandlers starts and continues a tour across Washington State and Alaska, that continues in Texas, that marks its popularity because of honest, original songs written by a well-versed woman and a sound that encompasses all of country music: the aforementioned Bakersfield, honky-tonk, rockabilly, swing, insurgent country, Tex-Mex and rock ’n’ roll.

The band is led by songwriter-vocalist Ruby Dee. She is accompanied on big flat-top acoustic guitar and harmonies by Liz Smith, Pete Smith (no relation) on electric bass, Lewis Warren on drums and Jorge Harada on six-string Telecaster.

Dee penned eloquent, articulate tunes for NORTH OF BAKERSFIELD like “Who Is She?” about just wanting the truth from a man who comes home late with kisses on his breath. “Just One Day” is about recovery from addiction, and “Now I Want You (Out of My Head)” is about a breakup and how sometimes sharing pain, beds and baggage isn’t enough.

The band, a favorite on Seattle radio since its five-song CD was released, is now touring behind release on a nationwide basis, giving fans across the Pacific Northwest a chance to celebrate the band’s success with the it.

Upcoming dates include:

June 27 & 28, Alaskan Hotel & Bar, Juneau, Alaska
Tuesday, July 4, Lynwood High School, Lynwood, Wash.
Wednesday, July 5, Highway 99, Seattle
Saturday, July 15, CD Release Party, Highway 99
Thursday, July 20, Marina Park Pavilion, Kirkland, Wash.
Friday, July 21, King County Fairgrounds
Sunday, July 30, Normandy Park Arts Festival, Normandy Park, Wash.
Saturday, August 5, Anacortes Arts Festival, Anacortes, Wash.
Thursday, August 10, Eastside Tavern, Olympia, Wash.
Friday, August 11, Duffs Garage, Portland, Ore.
Thursday, August 17, Blue Café, Long Beach
Friday, August 18, The Mint, Los Angeles
Monday, August 21, Uncle Paulies Pub, El Paso, Texas

For the band’s complete itinerary and more information, visit www.rubydeemusic.com.

Media Contact: McGuckin Entertainment PR
Heidi Labensart, 512.478.0578 p; heidi@mcguckinpr.com
Jill McGuckin, 512.217.9404 p; jill@mcguckinpr.com

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