John Doe/ Jim White Australian tour
Two alt-country giants team up in 2009 for a co-headline tour of Australia for the first time culminating with a very special one-off combined set at Golden Plains Festival.
Jim White shot to acclaim as the star of the BBC documentary Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus and has since plotted a stellar trajectory with two massively acclaimed albums Transnormal Skiperoo and Drill A Hole in That Substrate And Tell Me What You See. The soundtrack to the documentary has also been hailed as one of the top two alt-country releases of all time in Mojo magazine.
John Doe is the founding member of the legendary LA punk band X – who also featured in a massively influential documentary on the early LA punk scene The Decline Of Western Civilisation (which spawned the notorious Decline of Western Civilisation 2 – The Metal Years). Doe’s musical career has been littered with critically adored albums that have spanned punk, rockabilly, roots, blues and pure country. His latest on-line only release The Golden State features a cover of his track The Golden State by Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder teamed with Sleater-Kinney’s Corin Tucker, tucked in amongst four different Doe performances of the track.
John Doe/ Jim White Australian Tour- March 2009:
Brisbane- The Troubadour- Thursday 5th
Sydney- Manning Bar, Sydney University- Friday 6th
Melbourne- The Corner Hotel- Saturday 7th
Golden Plains Festival- Sunday 8th (www.goldenplains.com.au)
Tix on sale for headline shows December 12.
