AMERICAN MUSIC
THE BLASTER/DAVE ALVIN NEWSLETTER   ISSUE #31 MAY '01


HEADLINE : RHINO RECORDS TO RELEASE THE BLASTERS ANTHOLOGY CD SET
Latest News --The Blasters and Rhino records have agreed to a deal
to release a 2 CD Anthology package which will contain all of the
Blasters Slash/Warner Bros recordings. The set will include all 
recordings from the self titled "The Face" album (1981), Live At 
The Venue EP (1982), Non Fiction (1983), songs ONE BAD STUD and 
BLUE SHADOWS from The Streets Of Fire movie soundtrack (1984), 
and the Hard Line album (1985). Bonus live tracks are also expected
to be included. Rhino does beautiful packaging and artwork for 
their anthologies, so we can expect the Blasters set to be a good
one. -- Dave and Greg Leisz will appear on the Prairie Home 
Companion syndicated radio show on 5/26/01. It should air that day
and the weekend following. Check your local stations to see who 
carries the program.  -  The Blasters continue to work in the studio 
on their new album. They are re-recording tracks that they weren't 
happy with in the initial sessions and are working on some new 
arrangements. -- The Mississippi John Hurt tribute CD from Vanguard
Records is due out this summer. Dave and Peter Case sing a song 
called MONDAY MORNING BLUES. -- Sony reissued Dave's Romeo Escape 
CD in March. -- Tom Russell new album Borderland, has a version 
of CALIFORNIA SNOW in addition to another Dave co-write, the song
RIO GRANDE.  Borderland is being released on April 17. - Kelly 
Joe Phelps has a new album out on July 10, 2001 called Sky Like 
Broken Clock. Kelly Joe known for his virtuoso slide playing has 
boldly left the slide guitar off the new album, instead focusing 
on his acoustic guitar and folk songwriting. The album also features
backing musicians, a first for the normally completely solo playing
Phelps. - Dave Alvin can be seen on the cover of the Spring 2001
issue of Blue Suede News. The photo is from the 1982 London Venue
show. - The May issue of Uncut magazine has two great Dave Alvin 
stories. One is an interview about his favorite movies, and another
is a top review of his UK show at Borderline. --  The Blue Shadows
have released a few live tracks on a compilation CD called 
Bowl-A-Rama on Rock-it records. Twelve bands recorded live include
the Blue Shadows doing 2 original songs : COTTON and LITTLE PONY.
Send $17 postpaid to High Octane, 3311 Rowena Ave # 7, Los Angeles
CA  90027. - James Intveld continues acting in small movie parts.
Recently he was seen in HBO's Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris movie
called "61*" James played Sal Durante, a baseball fan who caught
the record breaking Roger Maris homerun. - Remember for the 
official news on the web about The Blasters and Dave Alvin, tune 
into Scot Kleinman's  web site at   http://bullwinkle.as.utexas.edu/scot/blasters.html