Mike Doughty and band take Golden Delicious on the road

It’s been just over a week since Mike Doughty bore his Golden Delicious fruit, with first single “27 Jennifers” making it into the top 10 on AAA radio (the original version debuted on 2003’s Rockity Roll EP). And because Doughty knows his fans want a piece, yearning for the moment they too can wave their lighters and scream out a request for “It’s Raining Men” (which Doughty once declared The New "Freebird"), the former Soul Coughing frontman and his band of people who have been in other bands (Pete McNeal, formerly of Cake, John Kirby of Black Eyed Peas) have announced a six-week North American tour beginning March 12.

And what’s more, because Doughty is a notoriously quirky man, folks who buy his latest at participating Coalition of Independent Music Stores... stores... will get free bonus material of him utilizing the fine acoustics of a New York subway station in an EP titled Busking (Doughty supposedly made $3.10 from passer-byers as he was recording the five tracks).

He should make some real money on the following dates:

March
12 - Northampton, Mass., @ Pearl Street
13 - Rochester, N.Y., @ German House
14 - Montreal, Quebec @ Saints Montreal
15 - Toronto, Ontario @ Mod Club Theatre
16 - Ann Arbor, Mich., @ Blind Pig
18 - Cleveland, Ohio @ Beachland Ballroom
19 - Indianapolis, Ind. - Music Mill
20 - Chicago, Ill. @ Vic Theatre
21 - Milwaukee, Wis. @ Turner Hall Tavern
22 - Minneapolis, Minn. @ First Avenue
23 - Minneapolis, Minn.@ First Avenue
25 - Omaha, Neb. @ The Slowdown
26 - Kansas City, Mo. @ Beaumont Club
27 - St. Louis, Mo. @ The Gargoyle
28 - Nashville, Tenn. @ Exit/In
29 - Atlanta, Ga. @ Variety Playhouse
30 - Asheville, N.C. @ The Orange Peel
31 - Carrboro, N.C. @ Cat's Cradle

April
2 - Charlottesville, Va. @ Satellite Ballroom
3 - Lancaster, Pa. @ Chameleon Club
4 - New York, N.Y. @ Highline Ballroom
5 - Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club
8 - New Haven CT @ Toad's Place
9 - Somerville, Mass. @ Somerville Theater
10 - Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
11 - Philadelphia, Pa. @ The Fillmore at TLA
12 - Troy, N.Y. @ Revolution Hall
13 - Millvale, Pa. @ Mr. Small's
15 - Newport, Ky. @ Southgate House
16 - Memphis, Tenn. @ New Daisy Theatre
18 - Dallas, Texas @ Granada Theater
19 - Spring, Texas @ Texas Crawfish Festival
20 - Austin, Texas @ Antone's
22 - Santa Fe, N.M. @ Santa Fe Brewing Company
23 - Boulder, Colo. @ Fox Theatre
24 - Salt Lake City, Utah @ Urban Lounge
26 - Portland, Ore. @ Wonder Ballroom
27 - Seattle, Wash. @ (venue t.b.a.)
29 - San Francisco, Calif. @ The Fillmore
30 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ El Rey Theater

Related links:
Mike Doughty - You Asked For It video
Review: Golden Delicious
MikeDoughty.com

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