Soledad Brothers On Tour Supporting Their New Alive Release, The Hardest Walk With Heartless Bastards

ROLLING STONE - "[Soledad Brothers] combustive sound is equal parts Stooges, Stones and Delta Blues. The group has developed a furious, nonstop live show that Walker compares to music-therapy sessions he led at the University of Cincinnati med school, where he trained as a
psychiatrist."

NEW YORK TIMES - "The Soledad Brothers are throwback 1960's-style garage-rockers who don't stint on the fuzztone."

LA WEEKLY - "Since the mid-'90s, Johnny Walker and drummer Ben Swank the core of martyr-monikered Soledad Brothers have been battling Detroit garage rock's ham-fisted tendencies one wooly riff at a time."

There are few bands so revered by their contemporaries as the SOLEDAD BROTHERS, who formed in 1995 and hail from the same Detroit scene that spawned the likes of the White Stripes, Brendan Benson, and the Greenhornes.. ''The Hardest Walk' arrives a full two years after the release of their
acclaimed third album 'Voice Of Treason,' and is their best work to date, without question.

"We recorded and played for 14 hours every day for 28
days," explains JOHNNY WALKER (guitar and vocals), doctor, anarchist and chief spokesman for Detroit's most radical rock'n'roll collective. "We played every instrument - the drums, the piano, the organ, the bass, the cello, the flute, the saxophone, the harmonica, the sitar, the lap-steel
guitar, the theremin - everything." For WALKER, BEN SWANK (drums), and OLIVER HENRY (guitar and saxophone) there's a sense that this record is an important step in the band's artistic evolution. Taking in a diverse range of influences, from Dr John and Albert Ayler to Syd Barrett and early Neil Young, with some Brit pop melodies and soul grooves added for good measure,

The Hardest Walk, transcends the rampant garage blues that characterized the band's previous work. The result is a mature, personal, and complex rock 'n roll album.

WALKER, SWANK and HENRY are joined on the road by DECHMAN on piano, lap steel, etc.

US Tour Dates:

3/15 - TOLEDO, OH - MICKY FINN'S
3/16 - CHICAGO, IL - EMPTY BOTTLE
3/17 - MADISON, WI - THE HIGH NOON SALOON
3/18 - MINNEAPOLIS, MN - THE 400 BAR
3/19 - FARGO, ND - AQUARIUM
3/22 - SEATTLE, WA - CROCODILE CAFÉ
3/23 - PORTLAND, OR - DANTE¹S
3/24 - SAN FRANCISCO, CA - BOTTOM OF THE HILL
3/25 - LOS ANGELES, CA - SPACELAND
3/27 - SAN DIEGO, CA - THE CASBAH
3/28 - TUCSON, AZ - PLUSH
3/30 - DENVER, CO - LARIMER LOUNGE
3/31 - LAWRENCE, KS - THE BOTTLENECK
4/01 - ST. LOUIS, MO - BLUEBERRY HILL
4/03 - COLUMBUS, OH - LITTLE BROTHER¹S
4/04 - CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OH - GROG SHOP
4/06 - ARLINGTON, VA - IOTA CLUB & CAFÉ
4/07 - NEW YORK, NY - THE MERCURY LOUNGE
4/08 - NEW YORK, NY - THE MERCURY LOUNGE
4/09 - CAMBRIDGE, MA - MIDDLE EAST UPSTAIRS
4/11 - PHILADELPHIA, PA - THE KHYBER
4/14 - DETROIT, MI - MAGIC STICK
4/15 - NEWPORT, KY - SOUTHGATE HOUSE