MUSIC NEWS - Blues-rock trio Back Door Slam will be opening for Gov't Mule’s “Kinder Revolution” fall tour starting on October 31 in Boston at the Orpheum Theatre. The opportunity to join up with one of the most popular, talented and revered jam bands is the latest credit for Back Door Slam, a dynamic, hard-working young group from the UK’s Isle of Man! Before joining up with Gov’t Mule,
Back Door Slam, which features singer-writer-guitarist Davy Knowles, bassist Adam Jones and drummer Ross Doyle—all 21-years-old—joined on the Kid Rock/Lynyrd Skynyrd “Rock and Rebels” tour for a series of August dates. They recently resumed their own tour schedule, which includes the House of Blues in Dallas with Joe Bonamassa on September 26, a return to the Austin City Limits Festival on September 27 and a show that evening at Antone's in Austin with Jakob Dylan. Over the summer month, the band appeared at the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival, Tennessee’s legendary Bonnaroo Music Festival, the Montreal Jazz and Cisco Ottawa Blues Fests and Portland , Oregon ’s Waterfront Blues Festival, and numerous well-received club, hall and outdoor dates.
Acknowledging the group’s classic, rough-hewn but adventurous sound, the Los
Angeles Times called Knowles “a guitar god in training,” while Charleston ’s City Paper cited the CD’s fiery soulfulness, declaring “Roll Away rocks and swings with a maturity and confidence beyond the band’s years.” Guitarist Knowles, noted Creative Loafing, “gets the usual ‘next Stevie Ray Vaughan’ accolades, but for once the comparisons aren’t just lazy journalism. And, says The Boston Phoenix, “What’s also fantastic is the on-stage dynamism and tight-locked communication this trio of school chums and neighbors from the Isle of Man —a stone in the Irish Sea so small that everybody’s a neighbor—display in their thunderous performances.”
They've had a busy year since the release of ROLL AWAY, they've performed on ABC-TV’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, the CBS Early Show and on National Public Radio’s World Café and also has been featured on the syndicated House of Blues Radio Hour, Voice of America’s international Border Crossings program and XM Satellite Radio’s Bluesville Channel.
Back Door Slam’s tour dates are as follows:
September 30—Soiled Dove, Denver ; October 3—Hotel Utah Saloon, San Francisco ; 6—Berbati’s Pan, Portland ; and 7—The Tractor, Seattle.
Gov’t Mule tour: October 31—Orpheum Theatre, Boston; November 1—Smith Opera House, Geneva, NY; 2—Carnegie Music Hall, Munhall, PA; 5—Ram’s Head Live, Baltimore; 6—Madison Theatre, Covington, KY; 8—Chevrolet Theatre, Wallingford, CT; 9—Calvin Theatre & Performing Arts Center, Northampton, MA; 11—Royal Oak Music Theatre, Detroit; 12—The Venue at Horseshoe Casino, Hammond, IN; 13—The Rave, Milwaukee; 14 & 15—Pantages Theatre, Minneapolis; 16—Harrah’s No. Kansas City; 19—Orpheum Theatre, Flagstaff, ZA; 20—House of Blues, Anaheim, CA; and 21 & 22—The Fillmore, San Francisco.
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