August 06 2010
Touring in September – The Lil’ Band O’ Gold
posted by Steven Shaw at 10:51 am
The Lil’ Band O’ Gold – touring in September
New Zealand will get a taste of Louisiana when swamp-rhythm and blues supergroup Lil’ Band O’ Gold tours this September. Combining bayou rhythms, accordions, heartbreaking voices and southern storytelling, Lil’ Band O’ Gold was born in Lafayette, Louisiana in the late 90s when players C.C. Adcock and Steve Riley recruited legendary swamp-pop singer and drummer Warren Storm for a new venture.
Once Storm joined, ranks expanded to include a who’s-who of master Louisiana musicians with more than a century of blues, rock, R&B, Cajun, swamp pop and jazz chops behind them. The band and its self-titled 2000 debut album earned rave reviews from The New York Times and the Austin Chronicle.
As the group’s eight musicians juggled solo careers and other musical commitments, sporadic Lil’ Band O’ Gold gigs kept the magic alive and members continued to write songs for the band’s second album.
Robert Plant chose Lil’ Band O’ Gold to be his backing band for ‘It Keeps Rainin’, a track for the album Goin’ Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino. Plant even joined the band onstage at Tipitina’s in New Orleans for a bayou groove version of ‘Whole Lotta Love’.
Last year guitarist and founder C.C. Adcock hit rock radio in the US with his song ‘Bleed To Feed’, commissioned for the soundtrack of TV series True Blood, which is set in rural Louisiana.
A flurry of activity as the decade came to a close has produced the album roots-music aficionados have been waiting for: The Promised Land. With 14 brand new tracks, the album is a companion soundtrack for The Promised Land film documentary. The 90-minute movie on Lil’ Band O’ Gold debuted in 2009, screening at The Cannes Film Festival and SXSW ’09 Film Festival.
In addition to headlining at the 2010 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, the Lil’ Band O’ Gold made its Australian debut this March playing the Byron Bay Bluesfest and the Apollo Bay Music Festival..
September 23 Dunedin Re-Fuel
September 24 Christchurch Al’s Bar
September 25 Wellington San Francisco Bath House
September 26 Auckland Kings Arms
Tickets on sale Monday 9 August from Ticketmaster & Real Groovy (Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland) & Marbecks (Dunedin)
[To enter the draw to win a double pass to one of the shows... UPDATE: passes all gone now, congrats to winners and thanks to those who emailed]
Video: Lil’ Band O’ Gold at Byron Bay Blues Festival