After a busy summer it was time for Dehlia to get to work in finalizing the live cd that they CLAIMED they had been working on all spring. Well it’s not a lie, folks, the boxes just arrived on the porch any with the finished product and we’re excited to share it!
The back story: beginning in February we enlisted the help of Russell Anders, a talented Asheville-area sound engineer that as an added bonus serves the role of a general balm for pre-gig jitters and other sources of anxiety. Whether it was the details of his plans for a flea market music tour or his marketing idea of baby chick paperweights, he always had a way of shifting the focus from our VERY IMPORTANT live CD to something inane, hysterical, or, at the very least, distracting.
We recorded shows at the Down Home in Johnson City, TN, the Mockingbird in Staunton,VA, and at the Grey Eagle right here in Asheville and pulled our favorite tracks from each show. If you were there, maybe you’ll hear yourself, so you’ll definitely want to check it out when we release the CD on November 2nd! You will be able to get an advanced copy at The Pisgah Brewery in Black Mountain where we will play with a few other bands on Oct. 23rd. On November 5th—we’re having a party at a great new West Asheville venue, the Get Down, located on Haywood Ave. near Patton. (Formerly Cowboy’s Nightlife; currently our favorite neighborhood dive bar with such wonderful owners and character!) We’re charging $5, and throwing a party to celebrate our live album release! If you can’t make the show, you can visit our website, www.dehlialow.com, to preview a few of the tracks. The CD will be available for online purchase, on CD Baby and iTunes soon so don’t hold back…order your very own copy!
Other big news is that we’re honored to be included in the Merlefest Benefit Compilation CD through Festivalink.net benefiting the Bluegrass Trust Fund. We’re on the same CD as the Kruger Brothers, Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers, Doc Watson, the Duhks, and Sam Bush! Here is the link to that CD: http://flink.livedownloads.com/show.asp?show=5496
We sincerely hope you will help us celebrate this new project by coming out to say hey sometime in October or November!
