 LISTEN TO AND SHARE “SOLIDARITY” HERE Both Bill and Joel’s tracks on Solidarity arrived here from many different eras, sources, and stages of life. Bill wrote “No Sight Compares” in the early 1970s about a troubled relationship and signs from nature that everything would work out fine, while Joel’s “The New California” was written this past summer at a hotel in Yellowknife where “the Alpine trees and perpetual sunlight on the Great Slave Lake made me think of some magical part of California I dreamt up,” claims Joel. While “We Have Fed You All For A Thousand Years,” “Jim Jones,” and “On Down the River” are older songs, each heard many times on the Plaskett family tape player and now revisited by father and son together, other tracks on Solidarity pay homage in a less direct manner. Both “Dragonfly” and “Up In The Air” give a nod to some of Bill’s guitar heroes, Bert Jansch and Richard Thompson, and one of Joel’s favourite songwriters, Al Tuck. Not all the cuts on Solidarity required as much forethought though. “Help Me Somebody Depression Blues” was recorded spur of the moment with Bill on acoustic guitar in one of the studios and Joel on drums in the other. Divided by a window but connected through headphones, the two hammered out the track, VU meters in the red throughout “in one take, or was it two?” wonders Bill. Beginning March 15, Bill and Joel will embark on the Solidarity Tour across Canada, performing their collaborations and other songs from Joel’s vast catalog. Peterborough fuzz-folk duo Mayhemingways is also along for the ride as opening support and performing with Bill and Joel. Full tour dates can be found below, with more tour dates to be announced shortly. Tickets are on sale December 2. SOLIDARITY TRACK LIST 01 Dragonfly 02 The Next Blue Sky 03 We Have Fed You All For 1000 Years 04 Blank Cheque 05 Help Me Somebody Depression Blues 06 Up In The Air 07 Jim Jones 08 The New California 09 No Sight Compares 10 Solidarity 11 On Down The River THE SOLIDARITY TOUR Mar 15 - Truro, NS - Marigold Cultural Centre Mar 17 - Montreal, QC - L'Astral Mar 18 - Ottawa, ON - National Arts Centre Mar 22 - Winnipeg, MB - West End Cultural Centre Mar 23 - Regina, SK - WA WA Shire Centre Mar 24 - Saskatoon, SK - Broadway Theatre Mar 29 - Kelowna, BC - Mary Irwin Theatre Mar 30 - Nanaimo, BC - The Queens Mar 31- Victoria, BC - Alix Goolden Performance Hall Apr 1 - Vancouver, BC - Vogue Theatre Apr 5 - Waterloo, ON - Starlight Apr 6 - Waterloo, ON - Starlight Apr 7- Hamilton, ON - The Studio at Hamilton Place Apr 12 - London, ON - Aeolian Hall Apr 13 - London, ON - Aeolian Hall Apr 14 - Stratford, ON - Avondale United Church Apr 20 - Halifax, NS - Rebecca Cohn Auditorium Apr 22 - Port Hawkesbury, NS - Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre May 4 - Paris, ON - Dominion Telegraph May 5 - Bayfield, ON - Old Town Hall MORE DATES TBA JOEL PLASKETT ON LINE WEBSITE PHEROMONE RECORDINGS ONLINE WEBSITE Press announce thanks to our team members KILLBEAT MUSIC
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