LOS ANGELES (KOCH Records/ www.melissamanchester.com) - Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter-musician MELISSA MANCHESTER will mix songs from her current WHEN I LOOK DOWN THAT ROAD album and her classic hits like "Midnight Blue" and "Come In From The Rain" with deep album cuts for her special club tour launching October 10 in San Francisco. The rare and intimate trek will include a nine-night run in New York City and five nights in Los Angeles, where MANCHESTER hasn't played a solo show in nearly a decade. "When I get to stay put in a city for a few nights," she explains, "it seems that extra magic happens. The songs and the music get deeper and tighter."
WHEN I LOOK DOWN THAT ROAD (Koch Records), MELISSA's first album of all-new material in 10 years, was described by Performing Songwriter (May 2004) as "a brilliantly understated intimately soulful 12-track collection of tunes." The album's personal quality inspired MELISSA to hit the road backed by a four-piece band that includes WHEN I LOOK DOWN THAT ROAD co-producer Stephan Oberhoff on keyboards. MELISSA notes: "This will be my first time playing with just a quartet. I'm really looking forward to performing in the same stripped-down way we recorded the CD."
The club tour's set list will include highlights from WHEN I LOOK DOWN THAT ROAD such as the top ten radio hit "
After All This Time" (#8 on FMQB's AC chart) and MELISSA's current iTunes exclusive "It's The Light." The Dallas Morning News (7/22/04) has hailed the new work as an "Absolutely beautiful return-to-form for singer-songwriter Ms. Manchester, who quit recording a decade ago to raise her children. She writes all the songs, plays the piano again and sings in the rich, sultry tone that characterized her early albums.
Everything sounds so organic, so inspired." Fans can expect to hear a new arrangement of "Don't Cry Out Loud," recently covered by American Idol finalist Diana DeGarmo. MELISSA will perform her classic Grammy-nominated song "The way I originally wanted to do it...the way I've always heard it."
MELISSA will also revisit some gems she hasn't performed in years, such as "Easy" (from her 1973 debut Home To Myself and chosen by Bob Fosse for his Broadway hit 'Dancin'"), "So's My Old Man" (from 1976's Help Is On The Way) and "I Got Eyes" (from 1975's Melissa), which
Karrin Allyson just recorded for her new acclaimed CD (Wild For You).
More information:
https://www.melissamanchester.com Melissa's special club dates:
DATE CITY VENUE
Sun 10/10 San Francisco, CA The Plush Room
Mon 10/11 San Francisco, CA The Plush Room
Tue 10/12 Los Angeles, CA Cinegrill-Roosevelt Hotel
Wed 10/13 Los Angeles, CA Cinegrill-Roosevelt Hotel
Thu 10/14 Los Angeles, CA Cinegrill-Roosevelt Hotel
Fri 10/15 Los Angeles, CA Cinegrill-Roosevelt Hotel
Sat 10/16 Los Angeles, CA Cinegrill-Roosevelt Hotel
Tue 10/26 New York, NY Feinstein's at the Regency
Wed 10/27 New York, NY Feinstein's at the Regency
Thu 10/28 New York, NY Feinstein's at the Regency
Fri 10/29 New York, NY Feinstein's at the Regency
Sat 10/30 New York, NY Feinstein's at the Regency
Sun 10/31 Boston, MA Scullers Jazz Club
Tue 11/2 New York, NY Feinstein's at the Regency
Wed 11/3 New York, NY Feinstein's at the Regency
Thu 11/4 New York, NY Feinstein's at the Regency
Fri 11/5 New York, NY Feinstein's at the Regency
