ROBERT PLANT PRESENTS THE SENSATIONAL SPACE SHIFTERS Perform LED ZEPPELIN Classic 'Black Dog'; Video Posted
May 8, 2013, 11 years ago
ROBERT PLANT PRESENTS THE SENSATIONAL SPACE SHIFTERS trekked through South America last year, and they recently wrapped up a handful of Australian dates. They're not stopping yet, though, and are all set for a North American trek that starts June 20th at the Palladium in Dallas, Texas.
Now you can get a taste of what's in store with this exclusive clip, courtesy of RollingStone.com, that shows footage from those Australian and South American shows, as well as audio of Plant and company performing the Led Zeppelin classic 'Black Dog'.
Robert Plant Presents The Sensational Space Shifters has announced its first North American tour dates. This dynamic and powerful new incarnation of Plant’s musical vision has been touring the world, most recently in Australia and New Zealand. The dates begin June 20th at the Dallas, TX, Palladium and end July 27th in Brooklyn, NY’s Prospect Park. The band will be playing five festival dates, including Britt in Jacksonville, OR, High Sierra in Quincy, CA, Jambase in George, WA, Portland Blues in Portland, OR, and Forecastle in Louisville, KY.
View the tour trailer below:
One of a generation of British kids, drawn without rhyme or reason, to sounds from a far away world. A world of field holler, despair, Levee camp and chain- gang moans; of Saturday night fish-fry and Juke Joint foot stomp. A million miles lay between the brooding pulse of Mississippi Delta life and the sanitized shelter of the timid English boy, circa 1962.
Fifty years on — drawing from a lifetime of adventures, tracking the dark, beautiful resonator, Plant follows his heart and lifts his voice higher and joyous ever away. A voice of experience and learning from the sounds of Southside Chicago Electric Blues; of Griot mantras from West Africa; from Louisiana Dance Halls; Greenwich Village Folk hangover; Haight Ashbury indulgences; Moroccan medina breakbeat; the early English radical techno materials, Texas two-step and Bristol Dubstep.
Before his recent projects in Nashville with ALISON KRAUSS and BAND OF JOY, Plant worked alongside the very interesting force, Strange Sensation, recording the critically acclaimed, multi-Grammy nominated albums - Dreamland and Mighty Rearranger. From this platform, Sensational Space Shifters has developed. Now together these confederates and conspirators dig deeper and more intensely, always twisting and turning, bringing the past into a brilliant technicolour present.
The band is:
Justin Adams – guitar, bendir, vocals
John Baggott – keyboards
Juldeh Camara – ritti (one stringed African violin), kologo (African Banjo), talking drum, vocals
Billy Fuller – bass guitar, vocals
Dave Smith – drums and percussion
Liam “Skin” Tyson – guitar, vocals
Plant revels in the excitement generated by the collision of these remarkably powerful forces. Though his contribution to pop culture began with his work with LED ZEPPELIN, his path since has been uncompromising: keep it fresh, spin the bottle, dig deep, embrace the past – visit it – celebrate it – but don’t build a home in it.
The confirmed tour dates are below:
June
20 - Dallas, TX - Palladium21 - Houston, TX - Bayou Music Center
23 - Austin, TX - Moody Theater
26 - Los Angeles, CA - Shrine Auditorium
28 - Santa Barbara, CA - County Bowl
29 - Berkeley, CA - Berkeley Greek
July
2 - Jacksonville, OR - Britt Festival4 - Quincy, CA - High Sierra Festival
6 - George, WA - Jambase Festival
7 - Portland, OR - Portland Blues Festival
10 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks
12 - Chicago, IL - Grant Park
13 - Memphis, TN - Live In The Garden
14 - Louisville, KY - Forecastle Festival
17 - New Orleans, LA - Mahalia Jackson Theater
19 - Atlanta, GA - Verizon Amphitheatre
20 - Cary, NC - Koka Booth Amphitheatre
22 - Vienna, VA - Wolftrap
24 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun
25 - Boston, MA - B of A Pavilion
27 - Brooklyn, NY - Prospect Park