Black Book premieres “Pay Dearly” single as Lenz preps
to wrap US tour with Mimosa Music Series appearance in Hollywood.
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Kim Lenz as
photographed by Joseph Cultice
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“Pay Dearly”
is the latest single from the new album “Follow Me” by Kim Lenz and The Jaguars
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the premiere
of “Pay Dearly” by Kim Lenz and The Jaguars via Black
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“Lenz sings
her rockabilly odes with the sort of randy sass that would have been considered
unladylike in the King’s court.” – People
Los Angeles-based musician Kim Lenz has been cultivating her take on rockabilly since 1998,
releasing three albums, including a pair for Hightone Records – one of the most influential labels in the genre
– and playing hundreds of dates around the world. Already a recognized force on the roots music
scene, Lenz is now poised for a
breakthrough with her upcoming album Follow Me, out next week.
“Like most of the songs I write, this one came to me
in the night,” Lenz says of “Pay Dearly” the album’s opening number,
which premieres today via Black Book
Magazine. “I woke up with the first verse fully formed, and after waking up
four more times that night, I had ‘Pay
Dearly.’ It’s a song about what you will do, what you will give up, what
you will ultimately pay for something taken away from you that you dearly want
back.” Follow Me was produced by
roots music icon Carl Sonny Leyland,
and recorded by Los Straitjackets
bassist Pete Curry in a manner that
honors the recordings that have come before – on vintage tube gear to two-inch
tape in mono.
Follow Me
is a bit of a departure for Lenz in
that its lyrics deal with matters that she has yet to touch on in her songs,
and that are atypical of the genre in general.
Following the release of 2009’s It’s All True, and that album’s
subsequent tour, Lenz suffered a
series of personal setbacks. Discovering
that she was adopted, and that her family had kept it secret all of her life opened
up a flood of terrible memories for Lenz
to sort through and come to terms with. At the same time, she also lost her
friend and bandmate, Nick Curran to
cancer.
“Some people have asked me if this is a break-up
record,” she says of Follow Me and the life events that
informed it. “Well, I guess it is. It’s
about the breakup of the life I had known. I’d always been a fiercely
independent woman, but I was really just trying to protect myself. What I’ve gone through has ultimately made me
stronger, though – real strength.” Lenz is currently in the home stretch of a
nationwide tour (see remaining dates below) that will wrap up with an
appearance at Grammy Award-nominated film and television music supervisor, Gary
Calamar’s Mimosa Music Series at The Federal Bar in
Hollywood. See here for more info
on the event which will also feature music from the legendary Chip “Wild
Thing” Taylor.
Follow
Me by Kim Lenz and The Jaguars is scheduled for release on August 20th via Riley Records. Kim Lenz is available for
interviews. Contact Josh
Bloom at Fanatic for
more information.
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Kim Lenz and The Jaguars Live
08/14 Atlanta, GA @ Smith's Olde Bar
08/16 Dallas, TX @ Double Wide
08/17 Austin, TX @ Continental Club
08/22 Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room
08/23 Bellflower, CA @ Spike's Bar
08/24 San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
08/16 Dallas, TX @ Double Wide
08/17 Austin, TX @ Continental Club
08/22 Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room
08/23 Bellflower, CA @ Spike's Bar
08/24 San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
08/25 Los Angeles, CA @ The Federal Bar
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Kim Lenz and The Jaguars
Follow
Me
(Riley Records – Aug. 20th,
2013)
Track Listing:
03. Deejay
04. Tumble and Fall
05. Whiplash
06. Ghost of You
07. Cry Wolf
08. Number One Reason
09. Three-Cornered Heart
10. Shadows on the Old Bayou
11. Right Here With Me
12. Trust No One
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Kim Lenz Links
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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
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