DAVE ALVIN & THE GUILTY WOMEN July 9, 2009

Grammy award-winner Dave Alvin and his five-piece band, The Guilty Men, play great folk-rock tunes. Grammy award winning singer/songwriter/bar-room guitar player Dave Alvin has been a constant force in traditional American roots music, both electric and acoustic, for over 25 years. From his earliest days with roots pioneers The Blasters through his stinits with punk rock/folkies X and The Knitters through his various solo releases, Dave has mixed blues, folk, rockabilly, rhythm and blues, country, surf, cajun and even doo wop into his own unique brand of American Music. His songs have been recorded by Los Lobos, Buckwheat Zydeco, Robert Earl Kean, Dwight Yoakam, Kelly Willis, James McMurtry, Joe Ely and Little Milton to name a few, and have been heard in TV shows like 'The Sopranos' and movies like 'Crybaby' and 'Thelma and Louise.'