Recorded late last year at Black Dirt Studios in upstate New York, The Black Dirt Sessions is a deeply personal record from Deer Tick and most especially from lead vocalist and songwriter John McCauley. It is the sound of a band coming into its own, finding its voice and pouring its collective heart out. The comparisons that have often been thrust upon McCauley by the press seem to fall away as his own voice comes through more clearly. On songs like "Goodbye, Dear Friend" and "Christ Jesus" which find McCauley alone at the piano, about as naked as you can possibly get on record. The Black Dirt version of "Christ Jesus," which also appeared on War Elephant, manages to be even more devastating than the original.
DEER TICK TOUR DATES
Wed-Oct-06 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506
Thu-Oct-07 Athens, GA 40 Watt Club *#
Fri-Oct-08 Greenville, SC Fall For Greenville *
Sat-Oct-09 Auburn, AL Bourbon Street *
Sun-Oct-10 Birmingham, AL Zydeco
Mon-Oct-11 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jacks
Tue-Oct-12 Houston, TX The Bronze Peacock Room @ House of Blues
Wed-Oct-13 Austin, TX Emo’s
Thu-Oct-14 Laredo, TX Old No. 2
Sat-Oct-16 Tempe, AZ Sail Inn
Sun-Oct-17 San Diego, CA The Loft / UCSD
Tue-Oct-19 Los Angeles, CA El Rey
Wed-Oct-20 San Francisco, CA Regency Ballroom
Thu-Oct-21 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
Fri-Oct-22 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret %
Sat-Oct-23 Bellingham, WA Wild Buffalo
Sun-Oct-24 Seattle, WA Neumos
Tue-Oct-26 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
Wed-Oct-27 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
Thu-Oct-28 Omaha, NE TBD
Fri-Oct-29 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Social Club
Sat-Oct-30 Chicago, IL Bottom Lounge
Tue-Nov-02 Washington, DC Black Cat
Wed-Nov-03 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church