(PR) Blind Pilot, kicks off a nationwide tour this October. The tour arrives on the heels of their full-length debut, "3 Rounds and a Sound" (Expunged Records), which earned the band performances on national radio (NPR¹s ³Morning Edition² and ³All Songs Considered²), national television (³Last Call with Carson Daly²) and a spot on this year¹s bill for the esteemed NPR Music Showcase at SXSW in Austin, TX. The album received praise from USA Today, the Boston Globe, the New York Post and the Philadelphia Inquirer, which calls the music ³Ša rustic reverie.² Additionally, the track ³Go On, Say It² was recently selected as the Single of the Week on iTunes.Blind Pilot just wrapped up their summer touring, supporting The Decemberists, Andrew Bird, and the acclaimed British rock band Gomez. Blind Pilot recently played sets at this year¹s Lollapalooza, Sasquatch!, Rocky Mountain Folks Festival, Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival, and this weekend will be playing at the Sisters Folk Festival.
In 2007, Blind Pilot¹s founding members Israel Nebeker (vocals, guitar) and Ryan Dobrowski (drums) embarked on a West Coast bicycle tour playing mostly to unfamiliar listeners at small-town venues. The venturesome duo has since come a long way from their grassroots inception. This summer, Nebeker and Dobrowski rounded out Blind Pilot¹s lineup as a six-piece with fellow Oregonians Luke Ydstie (upright bass, backing vocals), Kati Claborn (banjo, dulcimer, backing vocals), Ian Krist (vibraphones) and Dave Jorgensen (keyboards, trumpet).
CONFIRMED FALL TOUR DATES:
9/12/09 - Sisters Folk Festival - Sisters, OR
9/13/09 - Sisters Folk Festival - Sisters, OR
9/19/09 - Crystal Ballroom (Musicfest NW) - Portland, OR
10/9/09 - Liberty Theater - Astoria, OR
10/19/09 - WOW Hall - Eugene, OR *
10/21/09 - Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA *
10/23/09 - Troubadour - Los Angeles, CA *
10/24/09 - Casbah - San Diego, CA *
10/25/09 - Plush - Tucson, AZ *
10/27/09 - Bronze Peacock at House of Blues - Houston, TX *
10/28/09 - Granada Theater - Dallas, TX *
10/29/09 - The Parish - Austin, TX *
10/30/09 - Spanish Moon - Baton Rouge, LA *
11/2/09 - Club Downunder - Tallahassee, FL *
11/3/09 - The Social - Orlando, FL *
11/4/09 - The Earl - Atlanta, GA *
11/5/09 - Mercy Lounge - Nashville, TN *
11/6/09 - University of North Carolina - Asheville, NC *
11/7/09 - Attucks Theater - Norfolk, VA *
11/9/09 - Cats Cradle - Carrboro, NC *
11/11/09 - The Black Cat - Washington, D.C. *
11/12/09 - Paradise - Boston, MA *
11/13/09 - Higher Ground - Burlington, VT +
11/14/09 - Iron Horse - Northampton, MA +
11/17/09 - Maxwell's - Hoboken, NJ +
11/18/09 - World Cafe Live - Philadelphia, PA +
11/19/09 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY +
11/20/09 - Bell House - Brooklyn, NY +
11/21/09 - Club Cafe - Pittsburgh, PA +
11/23/09 - The Ark - Ann Arbor, MI +
11/24/09 - Radio Radio - Indianapolis, IN +
11/25/09 - Lincoln Hall - Chicago, IL +
11/27/09 - Jackpot - Lawrence, KS +
11/28/09 - Bluebird Theater - Denver, CO +
11/29/09 - Urban Lounge - Salt Lake City, UT +
11/30/09 - The Linen Building - Boise, ID +
12/2/09 - Neumos - Seattle, WA +
12/3/09 - Media Club - Vancouver, BC +
*With special guests The Low Anthem
+With special guest Laura Veirs
*this was submitted with the weird characters and we were too rushed to remove them. Normally we'd just a skip an PR submitted like this all together but we figured some fans would be interested, so we ran it as-is.
