SPECIAL GUESTS, SUMMER FESTIVALS & HEADLINE DATES
BTF SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF VAGABONDS & HOOLIGANS
"Backyard Tire Fire's Ed Anderson can turn a lyrical phrase and a musical passage with the originality and authority of Neil Young, Jeff Tweedy, Jay Farrar and Gary Louris but, just as importantly, he writes songs that transcend any comparisons to his peer group." -Amplifier
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In April and May 2007, Backyard Tire Fire jump back in the van and head out on the road for another two months packed solid with tour dates. It's part of the Bloomington, IIllinois-based band's ongoing mission to bring the music from their glorious new album, Vagabonds & Hooligans, to all corners of the U.S. over the course of the year. Reflecting the band's fast growing reputation and wide-ranging appeal are the musically diverse cadre of artists who've personally invited BTF to come aboard as special guests. From April 11 to April 21, they'll join JJ Grey & Mofro for shows throughout the Midwest. On April 26 and 28, they'll headline two appearances in Illinois before hooking up with The Mother Hips for two gigs in New York City. The band then heads across the country on a thirteen date run with Clutch that stretches from May 11 to May 26. The remainder of the summer will be spent playing festivals, including Wanee Fest, Summercamp, Gov't Mule's Mountain Jam, Twangfest, Wakarusa, Nelson Ledges Quarry Park and Sugar Creek Arts Fest among one-offs with Marshall Tucker Band, Robert Earl Keen and William Elliot Whitmore.
Backyard Tire Fire, who emerge from a fertile Midwest music scene that's introduced America to some of its greatest indie rock bands over the last decade, fully embrace the best characteristics of their generation's genre-bending, influence-melding approach to creating music. The varying methodologies, however, only serve as means to a greater end for Ed Anderson, the sublime songwriter who's the voice and vision behind BTF. On the band's third album, Vagabonds & Hooligans, Anderson goes deep into his own psyche to conjure his most intriguing lyrics and gorgeous melodies yet. Strip away all the tweaked atmospherics, haunting harmonies and majestic recording techniques found in songs like "The Wrong Hand," "A Long Time," and "Don't Know What To Do" and what remains at the core is a body of work utterly singular and consistently transcendent. Currently, Vagabonds & Hooligans is climbing CMJ's Top 200 and AAA radio chart, while the album has been embraced by tastemaker bloggers like My Old Kentucky Blog, Large Hearted Boy, Aquarium Drunkard (who all made Q Magazine's list of 20 most influential blogs), as well as Muzzle of Bees, More Cowbell and Earvolution.
On stage, Backyard Tire Fire shed their subtler studio dynamics to create a sound that can rival the best power rock trios in the business. The classic slide guitar tones Anderson coaxes from his guitar, combined with the muscular rhythm section of brother Matt Anderson on bass and Tim Kramp on drums, delivers on the glory that rock music once promised in its heyday. With their blue collar work ethic, Backyard Tire Fire rolls from town to town, night after night, spreading their gospel and leaving new devotees in the wake of each show.
Backyard Tire Fire Spring/Summer tour dates available HERE.
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