Dave Alvin Lyrics
Dave Alvin and his older brother Phil grew up loving Americana, country and blues. In 1979 they formed The Blasters with friends Bill Bateman and John Bazz.
After Dave Alvin served as a respected member of the 1980s Los Angeles punk scene, especially its rockabilly and cowpunk strains, with his genre-crossing guitar playing for The Blasters, The Flesh Eaters, X and the Knitters, he started a solo career. Alvin's first solo album, entitled Romeo's Escape (1987) in the United States and Every Night About This Time in England, added a purer country influence along with a larger side-portion of the blues; while the album was critically well received, it didn't fare well in the marketplace, and Alvin was dropped by his American record label, Columbia. Alvin suffered health problems which sidelined him for a while, except for a wild tour with friends Mojo Nixon and Country Dick Montana as the Pleasure Barons, which was described as "a Las Vegas revue from acts who aren't going to be ...
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