Yonder Mountain String Band Announces Cabin Fever Tour 2007 Annual Tour Will Cover The Southeastern U.S. Tour stops to include Dallas, Nashville, Raleigh, Atlanta, St. Louis
“YMSB has always thought outside of the box during their marathon live shows” - American Songwriter Yonder Mountain String Band has just announced the dates for their 5 th Annual Cabin Fever Tour. Kicking off in Austin, TX on February 1st, the tour will take the progressive string band throughout the Southeastern U.S., the first time the band has played these cities since releasing their latest project, the self-titled Yonder Mountain String Band. Produced by Tom Rothrock (James Blunt, Foo Fighters, Elliott Smith), Yonder Mountain String Band was released in May 2006. The band’s seventh album found them adding a bit of drums to their mix of banjo, bass, mandolin and guitar, courtesy of Elvis Costello drummer Pete Thomas, and it was almost entirely written spontaneously. “We ended up with an album that’s got rippin’ bluegrass on it, but approached in a non-traditional way, which really appeals to me because we are not a traditional band. It’s always been forward-thinking and this is the first time we’ve captured that in the studio” said bassist Ben Kaufmann. Twisting and bending their sound with a rock producer was a natural next step for a group of guys who actually grew up on rock music. Comprised of Colorado transplants that grew up in the Midwest or Northeast, none of the band members had backgrounds in bluegrass music, but rather discovered it through old and new records and fellow musicians during college. The band, who never uses the same set list twice, often covers songs like Ozzy Osbourne’s “Crazy Train,” and the Talking Heads “Girlfriend Is Better.” Through relentless touring and incredible word-of-mouth buzz, Yonder Mountain’s fan base has ballooned over the last few years and continues to grow across the country. Cabin Fever Tour 2007 2/1/2007 Austin, TX – La Zona Rosa 2/2/2007 Dallas, TX – Gypsy Ballroom 2/3/2007 Houston, TX – The Meridian 2/6/2007 Mobile, AL – Soul Kitchen 2/7/2007 Jacksonville, FL – Freebird Café 2/8/2007 Gainesville, FL – Abbey Road 2/9/2007 Fort Lauderdale, FL – Culture Room 2/10/2007 Saint Petersburg, FL – Jannus Landing 2/13/2007 Oxford, MS – The Library 2/14/2007 Tuscaloosa, AL – Jupiter Bar & Grill 2/15/2007 Nashville, TN – City Hall 2/16/2007 Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle 2/17/2007 Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theatre 2/18/2007 Asheville, NC – Thomas Wolfe Auditorium 2/21/2007 Knoxville, KY – Bijou Theatre 2/22/2007 Covington, KY – Madison Theatre 2/23/2007 Columbus, OH – Promowest Pavillion 2/24/2007 St Louis, MO – The Pageant 2/25/2007 Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom For more information, please contact Lauren Gaffney at Vanguard Records (310) 829-9355 x158 lgaffney@vanguardrecords.com or Lucy Sabini (310) 829-9355 x137 lsabini@vanguardrecords.com www.vanguardrecords.com/publicity