Dave Alvin - Ashgrove

Double LP released for the first time on 180-gram vinyl

Includes bonus track "Highway 61 Revisited."

Album download included

Whether it's his revered songwriting, his groundbreaking work with The Blasters, his unmistakable guitar contributions to dozens of other records (X, Tom Waits, Los Lobos, Little Milton), or his sought-after work as a producer (Big Sandy, The Derailers, and most recently Amy Farris), Grammy Award winner Dave Alvin makes his mark on the history and future of American music.

"As a teenager, Alvin frequented legendary L.A. blues clubs such as the Ashgrove, where he soaked up the licks and the spirit of T-Bone Walker and Big Joe Turner. Alvin's first collection of new songs in six years repays these debts with the meanest electric blues he's ever played — and some of his most vivid, and most elegantly arranged, character studies. 'Out of Control' nails the seediest of L.A. night-crawlers, the autobiographical 'Nine Volt Heart' reveals the wonder of growing up with soul-era radio, and 'Everett Ruess,' the story of a desert drifter who happily disappears forever, questions how much we'll ever understand the human heart. Song for song, Ashgrove is Alvin's best record since King of California. All the narrative poise, lyrical soul, and guitar muscle of an American music master is here." — Amazon.com