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For Immediate Release
Jul. 17, 2006
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McGuckin Entertainment PR
Heidi Labensart, 512.478.0578 office; heidi@mcguckinpr.com
The Texas Sapphires
9 p.m. Friday, August 11
Cowgirl Hall of Fame, 319 S. Guadalupe St., Santa Fe, N.M.
Cover: $4; information: 505.982.2565
www.thetexassapphires.com
THE TEXAS SAPPHIRES
PLAY SANTA FE BEHIND LATEST RELEASE,
VALLEY SO STEEP
AUSTIN, Texas — Alt-country-hillbilly-bluegrass band The Texas Sapphires will open for country music favorites Dwight Yoakam and Asleep at the Wheel during its tour through New Mexico and Colorado in August.
The band will play at 9 p.m. Friday, August 11, at Cowgirl Hall of Fame, 319 S. Guadalupe St. in Santa Fe. Cover is $4; information: 505.982.2565. Yoakam specifically invited the Sapphires, which was named Best New Band at the 2006 Austin Music Awards, to perform with them while on the tour.
Since its April release, VALLEY SO STEEP (Lowe Farm Records; produced by and featuring Grammy winner Lloyd Maines) has amassed praise from Austin to Houston and beyond. It “has a sprightly gumption and a Western spirit that transports listeners forward – into the past,” writes Houston Press. “The fact that these youngsters can drop a stone-cold honky-tonker like ‘Driftin’ In’ while avoiding the swerve into shtick speaks volumes about their musical comprehension.”
Other tracks such as “The Emerald Outlaw,” “LadyFest,” “Break This Fool” and “Barstow Barstool” make up the collection of 12 tunes, 11 of them written by front man Billy Brent Malkus plus a cover of “Las Vegas” by the legendary Gram Parsons.
Besides Malkus (guitar, Dobro and piano) and co-lead vocalist Rebecca Lucille Cannon, whose voices, says Country Standard Times, “have a hard-worn quality – like the wood of dance-hall floors – that especially suits this kind of bluegrass-influenced, retro-country music” – The Texas Sapphires are Haystack Novak on pedal steel and Dobro, Troy Wilson on bass guitar, and Craig Bagby on drums.
The Texas Sapphires upcoming shows include:
Friday, August 11, Cowgirl Hall of Fame, Santa Fe, N.M.
Saturday, August 12, Mineshaft Tavern, Madrid, N.M.
Sunday, August 13, Madrid Summertime Stomp Festival, Madrid, N.M.
Monday, August 14, Albuquerque House Concert, Albuquerque
Tuesday, August 15, Swing Station, La Porte, Colo.
Thursday, August 17, Belly Up, Aspen, opening for Asleep at the Wheel
Friday, August 18, Cowboy Saloon, Laramie, Wyoming
Saturday, August 19, Benders, Denver
Sunday, August 20, Frogfest2, Santa Fe, N.M.
Interview times are available as well as press kits and review CDs.
To listen to MP3s and to download hi-res images, album art and more, visit http://mcguckinpr.com/mcguckin/thesapphires/sapphires.htm
Also see www.thetexassapphires.com.
