Martin Stephenson and The Daintees ‘Boat to Bolivia 30th Anniversary Tour’
MARTIN STEPHENSON
AND THE DAINTEES
BOAT TO BOLIVIA 30TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR 2016
COMING SOON – ANNIVERSARY COLLECTORS EDITION OF DEBUT ALBUM
Martin Stephenson and the Daintees will be playing their landmark album Boat To Bolivia in its entirety to celebrate 30 years after its debut.
It is an album that has, if anything, become even dearer to the hearts of those who first fell in love with it back in the day. It already felt timeless in 1986, eschewing as it did the phoney, vapid production values of many albums of that era. Instead of synthesizers and gated drums, the Daintees along with producer Gil Norton (Pixies, James etc.) opted for acoustic guitars, pedal steel, harmonica and double bass, harking back to an earlier time in its organic presentation. But what made this album so special were the songs. To this day the sublime melodies and stark, often challenging lyrics of Crocodile Cryer, Little Red Bottle, Coleen and Running Water and all, continue to capture feelings that most pop music is simply incapable of.
County Durham singer-songwriter Martin Stephenson’s early love of literature and music led to the formation of the first Daintees line-up in his early teens. Never pandering to a particular scene, Stephenson’s lightness of touch on a varied mix of musical styles was immediately apparent. His path was destined to be a lifelong journey through the music he loved: folk, ragtime, jazz, rockabilly, show tunes, punk-pop and country.
Boat To Bolivia was released in 1986 and to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the classic debut Martin Stephenson And The Daintees are going all analog again. The band returned to the studio in Stirling earlier this year and recorded the album again live which is to be released on vinyl as a collector’s piece later this year.
Always popular on the circuit, Stephenson’s “must see” live performances are an exuberant tour-de-force combining heart-in-your-mouth intimacy with playful humour and warm self-deprecation. If you are new to this album or simply wish to remind yourself what a very special record this was and still is, then get yourself along to one of the upcoming shows with Martin, John Steel (guitar), Chris Mordey (bass) and Kate Stephenson (drums).
Tickets go onsale Friday 26 August 2016 – 9AM www.gigsandtours.com
November 2016
2nd Cambridge Junction
12th Stirling Tolbooth
14th Inverness Eden Court
17th Dundee Clarks
18th Salford Lowry
19th Newport Riverfront
22nd Glasgow King Tuts
23rd Leeds Brudenell
24th Liverpool Cavern Club
25th Birmingham O2 Institute
26th Clitheroe Grand
30th Sheffield O2 Academy 2
December 2016
2nd Gateshead Sage
3rd London 100 Club