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Cadillac Sky Cruising with The Zac Brown Band

06/14/2010
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Cadillac Sky is touring now in support of their new album, Letters In The Deep, and has been invited to join the Sailing Southern Ground Cruise, hosted by Zac Brown Band, from September 2-6. Please see reverse for full tour details.

The new album was produced by The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach, has earned praise from Paste, American Songwriter, the Tennessean, Nashville Scene and All Music Guide.

Letters In The Deep finds Cadillac Sky embracing broader classical, rock and pop influences, while harkening back to the roots of traditional bluegrass�when albums were made with the players standing around a single mic. Lead singer/mandolin player Bryan Simpson explains, "These days, bluegrass is recorded in a separate room with people behind glass. And that's not the bluegrass that we love. The rawness is missing. We played all the songs just sitting around together, and at the core of every song is a truly live recording."

Dan Auerbach oversaw production duties for the album with a hands-off approach, allowing the music to come together naturally. Auerbach challenged the band to embrace the "here and now" and under his direction, Cadillac Sky would have to make decisions on the fly when tracking and fixing issues in the mix wouldn't be possible. Simpson adds, "Dan encouraged us to just be with our music. He told us not to overanalyze, to let the songs be what they were going to be."

Of the album, Auerbach says, "They rose to the occasion. There are really beautiful sounds on Letters In The Deep. It is as much of a living album as it is an art piece and I'm definitely proud to have my name attached to this project. Whatever genre it is, it's a really great album, and I'm happy that I got to make it."

Based in Nashville by way of Texas, Cadillac Sky is comprised of Bryan Simpson (vocals, mandolin, guitar, violin), Matt Menefee (banjo, upright piano, drums, glockenspiel), David Mayfield (guitar, percussion), Ross Holmes (mandolin, melotron, violin) and Andy "Panda" Moritz (piano, percussion, bass).

Cadillac Sky Tour Dates
*w/ Zac Brown Band
June 15 Ocotillo Performing Arts Center Artesia, NM
June 16 Low Spirits Albuquerque, NM
June 18 Telluride Bluegrass Festival Telluride, CO
June 19 Telluride Bluegrass Festival Telluride, CO
June 23 Tractor Tavern Seattle, WA
June 25 Utah Arts Festival Salt Lake City, UT
July 8 House of Blues Dallas, TX
July 9 House of Blues Houston, TX
July 28 Visulite Theatre Charlotte, NC
July 29 Kirk Avenue Music Hall Roanoke, VA
July 30 The Southern Charlottesville, VA
July 31 Tarara Winery � Toast to the Tunes Concert Series Leesburg, VA
August 1 Soapbox Wilmington, NC
August 4 Pour House Charleston, SC
August 5 Square Room Knoxville, TN
August 7 Grey Eagle Asheville, NC
August 14 Kenton National Festival Kenton, OH
August 19 Philadelphia Folk Festival Schwenksville, PA
September 2-6 Sailing Southern Ground Cruise Tampa, FL*
September 11 Blues at the Crossroads Festival Terre Haute, IN
September 16 The Five Spot Atlanta, GA
September 17 Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion Bristol, TN
September 18 Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion Bristol, TN
September 25 Levitt Pavilion Arlington, TX
October 8 Levitt Shell Memphis, TN
October 21 Trevecca Nazarene Nashville, TN
October 22 Western Classic Nashville, NC
October 23 Western Classic Nashville, NC


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