New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Saustex Records is pleased to announce the forthcoming release of The Out Of Towners by long-running Austin/San Antonio, Texas-based cowpunk band the Hickoids. The CD/Digital will be released on October 21st, Vinyl on November 18th.
'The Out Of Towners' is the final recording by the Hickoids featuring the late Austin guitarist and punk legend Davy Jones (1954 - 2015). Jones played every major and minor venue in the city from the late '70's until cancer sidelined him in 2014 with a list of bands that included The Next, Bigfoot Chester, The Dicks and others in addition to the Hickoids. Jones was inducted to The Austin
Music Hall of Fame three different times, with the Dicks in 2009, the Hickoids in 2014 and posthumously under his own name in 2016.
The mini-album is a collection of covers written by
Texas artists including Willie Nelson, Roky Erickson, Terry Allen and Doug Sahm and was originally to have been recorded in Berlin during a break in the band�s 2014 European tour. Jones was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer just three weeks before the tour and forced to forego the trip. The record was ultimately recorded with Cris
Burns in Austin at the Tape Shed in fall 2014, while Jones was gravely ill, and mixed at Dale Watson�s Ameripolitan Studio in 2016. It captures the Hickoids ramshackle charm, showcasing Davy�s rough and tumble, off-the-wall guitar stylings and will be of interest to anyone who favors the underground side of
Texas Music.
The title is borrowed from the play and movie of the same name which traces the indignities suffered by a couple traveling from the Midwestern US to New York City and loosely parallels some of the band�s experiences during its 32 year on again/off again history.
In the wake of the seventh annual edition of their Austin Corn Lovers Fiesta, a two weekend floating club festival that has previously featured headliners including
David Yow, the Old 97�s, Wreckless Eric, Blowfly, Mike Watt, Hamell on Trial, Davie Allan & The Arrows and BP Fallon alongside Austin and regional talent, they embark on a three work tour that will see them play their first East Coast dates in 25 years and returning to
Europe for a string of dates in The Netherlands and Germany.
THURSDAY OCTOBER 13th - HILL COUNTRY LIVE - WASHINGTON DC
FRIDAY OCTOBER 14th - THE BOWERY ELECTRIC - NEW YORK, NY
SATURDAY OCTOBER 15th - ONCE BALLROOM - SOMERVILLE, MA
SUNDAY OCTOBER 16th - CAFE NINE - NEW HAVEN, CT
MONDAY OCTOBER 17th
- TBA
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 19th - ADM - AMSTERDAM, NL
THURSDAY OCTOBER 20th - S.W.A.F. - HOORN, NL
FRIDAY OCTOBER 21st - MALOE MELO - AMSTERDAM, NL
SATURDAY OCTOBER 22nd - DE ZWARTE RUITER - THE HAGUE, NL
SUNDAY OCTOBER 23rd - ALTSTADT - EINDHOVEN, NL
MONDAY OCTOBER 24th - TBA
TUESDAY OCTOBER 25th - TBA
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 26th - TBA
THURSDAY OCTOBER 27th - DE ODEON - ALKMAAR, NL
FRIDAY OCTOBER 28th - THE PATRONAAT CAFE - HAARLEM, NL
SATURDAY OCTOBER 29th - LITTLE DEVIL - TILBURG, NL
SUNDAY OCTOBER 30th - MUKKES ROCK CAFE - LEEUWARDEN, NL
MONDAY OCTOBER 31st - WHITE TRASH - BERLIN, DE
Track listing:
1. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE BEFORE 3:50 (Roky Erickson)
2. I JUST LEFT MYSELF TODAY 4:43 (Terry Allen)
3. NIGHT LIFE 3:14 (Willie Nelson, Breeland, Buskirk)
4. DEAD IN A MOTEL ROOM 2:54 (The Dicks)
5. CANS 4:44 (Rich Minus)
6. AT THE CROSSROADS 6:24 (Doug Sahm)
