Hi and hello to all my girls and boys.
Summer was fun and exciting between the walls of my new studio abode near the Santa Monica pier. Much love was put to tape, as I had the pleasure of collaborating with some awesome musicians and singers on their new forthcoming releases (Dashboard Confessional, Weezer, Cary Ann Hearst, NeverShoutNever, and a bunch more). Most importantly, I got to break in my new studio with my band of brothers (The Black Widows) for a new record!!!! We cut it mostly live in about a week. Mostly written as a collaborative effort, and really.... How should I say it in industry cliche.... SOLID.
The record "I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart" will be coming out shortly in the new year.
Of course, all good releases come packaged with a tour, so be excited about that! We will announce cities in the next weeks to come, and expect the tour to follow the release of the new record! Yay!!!
But I don't think I can wait til the new year to play some songs, so I've got an idea.. Or proposition for you...
What do u say about maybe me doing a little residency, every Wednesday, the whole month of November at The Hotel Cafe in LA? Sounds fun, right? As you know, the Hotel is very small, so it'll be very intimate and stripped down. Very fun as well!
Here's the twist...
I'm gonna play an entire record, each show, front to back, in chronological order (that's a different album each week), for the whole month.
*The first show will be "Letters"
*The next week will be "The Rise and Fall..."
*The 3rd show will be "Sycamore Meadows"
*And the last show will be.... Wait for it... A FANS CHOICE setlist! This will be chosen by your
posts on Twitter - just post the song(s) you want to hear and add #butchwalkersetlist to your tweet. I'll be checking these and tweaking the setlist until the day before the show.
*Each of the 4 shows will also include a cover song of FANS CHOICE chosen on Twitter! Same game - post the cover(s) you want me to play and add #butchwalkercover to your tweet. I'll be checking for these all month too. Bonus: I'll play 1 new song from the upcoming record at each show.
Now this all means a few things... First, I love my fans. They are the best, most dedicated fans in the world. Second, you need to sign up for Twitter if you aren't already one of the 6gigabillion people on it, in order to vote. Third, if you don't live in LA.... Roadtrip baby!!!! I may never do this again, so you won't wanna miss it (and if it goes well, I may come do this in a couple of small places in some of my fave cities before the end of the year). Fourth, go get tickets now at Hotel Cafe before they're gone!
If that's not enough to make u fall out of your Laz-Y Boy, I'm also gonna have a cool contest on Twitter that will be a Name that guitar riff weekly video. The first person to reply with the correct answer will get something super cool!! Yay!!
This is ridiculous. I've gotta go do a lap around the block to get my head from spinning off. I love you.
Butch
