Johnny Dowd

**hansfuchs** · 06.04.2004, 07:36

April 7 - King Kong Klub, Berlin
April 8 - Weltbühne, Hamburg

**thokei** · 22.01.2006, 15:02

27.3. Hamburg Knust
28.3. Berlin Deutsches Theater
29.3. Halle Objekt 5
30.3. A-Wien Chelsea
31.3. A-Kufstein Kulturfabrik

alles 2006

**Bluezifer** · 22.01.2006, 15:37

Kommt auch ein neues Album?

**thokei** · 22.01.2006, 15:41

auf Munich records:

Johnny Dowd - Cruel Words

Release date: Feb. 13

Track Listing:
01. House of Pain
02. Miracles Never Happen
03. Praise God
04. Unwed Mother
05. Cradle of Lies
06. Ding Dong
07. Final Encore
08. Wilder Than The Wind '66
09. Drunk
10. Poverty House
11. Corner Laundromat
12. Anxiety
13. World of Him
14. Johnny B. Goode

This was an easy record to make. We had been playing the songs live for almost a year, so our plan was to go into the studio, cut the songs live with a minimum of overdubs or other studio trickery.

We recorded to tape at Pyramid Sound, a great local studio where I live in Ithaca, New York. My buddy Alex Perialas engineered. When you have players like Mike Stark and Brian Wilson, it's a matter of turning them loose to do their thing.

Mike has been playing with me for about a year and half. He and Brian have played together in other bands for years. Mike brings a bit of a jazz sensibility to the music that I really love. And, of course, Brian's drum and bass playing has always been the foundation of the band. I think the songs have the best grooves of any record I've done.

We also got Kim Sherwood-Caso back in the studio. She really put the icing on the cake. This was a group effort, and I'm proud to be a part of it. One other thing made this a special record for me: two of my favorite musicians, Sally Timms and Jon Langford, sang on "Drunk." We've toured twice with The Mekons, and it was always an education -- there isn't a better band out there. ---JD