Drawing inspiration from friendships with legends Townes
Van Zandt, Bill Hicks, Suit is “an
extended eulogy filled with an appreciation for life.”
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Stephen
Doster as photographed by Melinda
Doster
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Stephen Doster – In The Press
“Perfect, driving melodies in the key of reflection.” —
Austin Chronicle
“Doster’s
revelatory 2014 album Arizona was his first release in 18
years, but its success inspired him to reconvene quickly. The results are
similarly wondrous.” — Austin
American-Statesman
“Drawing from his relationships with Texas legends — Townes Van Zandt and comedian Bill Hicks — he writes personally about
lost friends. New Black Suit is an extended eulogy filled with an
appreciation for life.” — Austin Monthly
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“Doster’s Byrds-ian jangle is a perfect fit for the song’s bittersweet ode to youth.”
“Shooting
For The Stars” is “Song of The Day” at Austin’s KUTX
98.9.
Listen here
or at the links below.
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[YOUTUBE]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoSUS4wvbtc
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Stephen Doster visits host Jody
Denberg in Studio 1A at KUTX 98.9 to perform “Shooting For The Stars” live. See
it now via VuHaus.
“When I moved to Austin decades ago, the first local
artist I heard on the radio was Stephen
Doster, and now the most recent local artist I’ve heard on the radio is Stephen Doster. Incredible band.
Incredible new album, New Black Suit.” — Jody Denberg, KUTX 98.9, Austin
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Stephen Doster tour in support of New Black Suit launches Nov. 9th.
See below for full itinerary.
Over the course of his long and varied career, Stephen Doster, a Texas Music Legends Hall of Fame inductee, has worked with Willie Nelson, Dr. John, Stevie Ray Vaughan
and Double Trouble, Joe Cocker,
and Nanci Griffith among many
others. More recently, he has enjoyed watching the rise to fame of Grammy Award-winner Maren Morris, whose debut album, Walk
On, was produced by Doster.
Doster’s most recent album New Black Suit is the follow-up to
his first album in 18 years, 2014’s Arizona, which the Austin American-Statesman hailed as “One
of the best records our city has produced this year,” and was also called a
“masterpiece” with “one charmed melody after another” by the Austin Chronicle. Doster will launch a three-week tour tomorrow, Nov. 9th in
support of the album with fellow Texas-based musician, Bob Cheevers. See below for full itinerary.
“Many of the
songs on New Black Suit are speaking about friends of mine that have
passed, but taught me a lot while they were here,” the Austin-based songwriter,
guitarist and record producer continues. “I will always be grateful we were
able to get it done,” he says, alluding to the practical impact that the album’s
subject matter of friends who have passed can have.
The opening lines of “Shooting For The Stars,” the album’s first single,
came from a conversation I had with Townes
Van Zandt in December, 1994 about my pal Bill Hicks,” Doster
explains. “It would have been Bill’s
33rd birthday that day.” Hicks
is further immortalized on another
of the album’s tracks, “William
Melvin Hicks”.
New
Black Suit also includes some of
the last recorded work of legendary Austin session bassist and friend to many, George Reiff, who Doster has dedicated the album to, and in an additional, unplanned
tribute, most of New Black Suit was written on a Bill Collings acoustic guitar. Doster
is a Collings featured artist who bought the instrument from the man
himself. Read
more about Doster’s experience
with the late luthier in Doster’s
recent interview with Guitar
World.
New
Black Suit, the latest album from
Stephen Doster, is out now via Atticus Records. Doster is on
tour through Nov. 26th and is available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.
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Stephen Doster – On Tour
11/9/2017: Tucson, AZ @ Monterey Court (w/ Bob Cheevers, 8PM)
11/12/2017: Pasadena, CA @ Old Oak Cellars (w/ Bob Cheevers, 3PM)
11/13/2017: Burbank, CA @ Cody’s Viva Cantina (w/ Bob Cheevers, 8PM)
11/15/2017:
Paso Robles, CA @ D’Anbino (w/
Louie Ortega and Bob Cheevers, 8PM)
11/16/2017: Carmel-By-The-Sea, CA @ Barmel (w/ Bob Cheevers, 7PM)
11/17/2017: Sacramento, CA @ Luna’s Cafe (w/ Bob Cheevers, 8PM)
11/21/2017: Silver City, NM @ Tranquilbuzz Coffee
House (w/ Bob Cheevers, 6PM)
11/22/2017: Taos, NM @ Historic Taos Inn (w/ Bob Cheevers, 630PM)
11/24/2017: Alamosa, CO @ The Society Hall (w/ Bob Cheevers, 7PM)
11/25/2017: Taos, NM @ Eske’s Brew Pub (w/ Bob Cheevers, 630PM)
11/26/2017: Santa Fe, NM @ The Cowgirl Saloon (w/ Bob Cheevers, 8PM)
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Stephen Doster
New
Black Suit
(Atticus Records)
Out Now
Track Listing:
01. Shooting For The Stars (YOUTUBE | SPOTIFY | APPLE
| SOUNDCLOUD
| MP3)
02. Balmorhea
03. William Melvin Hicks
04. You Should’ve Seen This Place
05. Big Cars
06. Until The End
07. Something Good
(YOUTUBE | SPOTIFY | APPLE
| SOUNDCLOUD
| MP3)
08. Love Like Summertime (YOUTUBE |
SPOTIFY | APPLE
| SOUNDCLOUD
| MP3)
09. You Better Know It
10. New Black Suit
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Stephen Doster Links
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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
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