ANDRE WILLIAMS UNVEILS HIS NEW VIDEO "BLAME IT ON OBAMA" JUST IN TIME FOR THE 2012 ELECTION
"BLAME IT ON OBAMA" SINGLE OUT SEP. 11TH
THE LEGENDARY MUSICIAN TO RELEASE HIS NEW STUDIO ALBUM "LIFE" ON OCT. 2ND THROUGH ALIVE NATURALSOUND RECORDS
LIVE DATES IN CHICAGO, MONTREAL & NYC ANNOUNCED!
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ANDRE WILLIAMS TOUR DATES
Sep. 08 Dust-Up Festival / Big Star - Chicago
Sep. 22 Pop Montreal Festival - Montreal
Nov. 30 Warsaw - NYC
Dec. 29 Hideout - Chicago
Sep. 08 Dust-Up Festival / Big Star - Chicago
Sep. 22 Pop Montreal Festival - Montreal
Nov. 30 Warsaw - NYC
Dec. 29 Hideout - Chicago
[more dates to be announced soon]
Andre Williams began a very prolific and creative phase of his life when he finally got off booze and drugs. His intake of various substances was excessive, unrelenting, and dated back to at least the 1960s, when he was working extensively with Ike Turner. Reflecting on his very first drug-and-alcohol-free studio session in 2009, Andre says, “It was traumatic. It was like someone shot me out in space and I woke up on Pluto!”
Andre Williams’ new album Life was recorded this past winter in Detroit, the city where his musical career first began in the 1950s. Andre’s new songs are his latest experiments and explorations outside of the garage-soul bag that he’s often associated with. Produced by Matthew Smith, the album’s sonic palette recalls the work of Norman Whitfield’s Motown productions, '70s Rolling Stones, Can, Bill Withers, Serge Gainsbourg, as well as Andre’s own doo-wop and funk history.
Life finds Andre in a pretty upbeat mood, whether he’s singing about people being rude and impatient (“But’n”), or laying down a political commentary (“Blame it on Obama”), reciting a children’s bedtime story (“Ty the Fly”), singing a simple love song (“Stuck in the Middle”, “It’s Only You That I Love”), or conjuring a nocturnal fetish-s*x-groove (“Heels”).
The album also includes his own definitive rocking version of the standard he wrote and produced for the Five Du-Tones in 1963, “Shake a Tail Feather." It’s a reminder that Andre Williams is one of the original guys who invented rock n’ roll.
Andre Williams' "Blame It On Obama" single will be released digitally on Sep. 11th and his new studio album Life will be released October 2nd through Alive Naturalsound Records in the following formats: CD, Digital and Black Vinyl, as well as Purple Vinyl (limited to 100) exclusive to mailorders.
LIFE TRACK LIST:
1. Stuck In The Middle
2. But'n
3. Don't Kick My Dog
4. Blame It On Obama
5. Heels
6. Beep Beep Beep
7. It's Only You That I Love
8. Money Ain't Got No Loyalty
9. Shake A Tail Feather
10. Ty The Fly
[photo credit: Robert Matheu / www.robertmatheu.com]
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