Rounder Records are pleased to announce that multi-talented Grammy and Emmy winning actor/comedian/musician and bestselling author Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers will be touring the UK in July, in support of their July 4th release, Rare Bird Alert (Rounder). Rare Bird Alert is a follow-up to his Grammy-winning 2009 release, The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo (Rounder).
Rare Bird Alert features 13 new Martin-penned tracks and was produced by
Tony Trischka.
Sir Paul McCartney and
The Dixie Chicks also make special guest vocal appearances on the album.
Martin co-wrote two of the CD’s songs with the Steep Canyon Rangers. Titles such as "Atheists Don't Have No Songs" and the infamous "King Tut" show that Steve has taken a step further combining his zany ideas into more vocals appearing on the upcoming album, alongside some very tight bluegrass instrumentals.
Steve Martin is a four-time Grammy winner, the latest for The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo, which won Best Bluegrass Album (2009). In addition he won for his collaboration with Earl Scruggs on Foggy Mountain Breakdown (2001) and two for comedy albums Wild And Crazy Guy (1978) and Let’s Get Small (1977.)
"I came in as an outsider, so I didn’t know what the reception would be like, but it was very warm. We reached a lot of bluegrass people, and I think we reached a lot of non-bluegrass people, too" - Billboard Magazine, March 12, 2011
UK Tour Dates:
07/08 – London HMV Hammersmith Apollo
07/09 – Manchester O2 Apollo
07/10 – Glasgow Clyde Cultural Hall
