Ghost Town Tour Fall 2012

Spindrift has been at work recording a proper full-length album with the working title, “Songs Born of the West”, which has just finalized mixing by Riley Bray in Studio City, CA (right next to Gene Autry’s old pad) . The album is a passion-project and was recorded in the band members homes as well as at Hicksville Trailer Palace in Joshua Tree, CA. With this crossover album, Spindrift intend to fully bridge the gap between psychedelic rock and country western music.

The band will also debut the material in a fitting live setting during their forth-coming “Ghost Town Tour.” From October-November, Spindrift will do a headlining tour that will include traditional live show dates and also perform non-traditional sets in historic ghost towns…TO GHOSTS!!! With a live film crew in tow, Spindrift will document their western live show in many of the last remaining vestiges of the old west. The video is intended to be included with “Songs Born Of The West”.

Speaking on the concept, Thomas says “Obviously the West is a topic of fascination to us. Ghost towns are mostly towns that sprang up on the outskirts of civilization to fill a demand in a product. Examples of these are natural resources like copper, silver, or gold mining. When that need was sated, the towns were just abandoned to the elements. It’s very eerie, but it’s a connection to a way of life and a spirit that draws back to this country’s origins. In this day and age, when many tours and events get bigger and bigger, we have decided to go the OTHER route – to play to the elements and elementals along the way.”

An example of one of the ghost towns significant to Thomas is Bodie, California. Thomas says “Bodie sprang up in the late 1880′s and was a mining town. There were so many miners in there that the town quickly became a thriving boomtown with over 65 saloons, opium dens and cat-houses. This was a place of life that went from bringing in 3 million dollars of revenue at its peak to being desolate by 1912.” When asked if he believed that supernatural forces exist in these towns, Kirpatrick said “Imagine the stories and the things that happened in a place like that. Robberies and gun fights were regular occurrences. Who knows what we will encounter there.”

The initial round of dates confirmed for the Ghost Town Tour are below with more dates to be confirmed soon.

UPCOMING GIGS (Electric):
09/28 Detroit Bar Costa Mesa, CA
10/06 Joshua Tree, CA DUST UP Premiere Performance

SPINDRIFT GHOST TOWN TOUR 2012 (New Material/Semi-Acoustic w/ Filming):
10/16 Los Angeles, CA (Campfire Jubilee Bigfoot Lodge Ghost Town Tour Launch)
10/17 San Francisco, CA (Monarch)
10/18 Port Costa, CA (Warehouse Cafe)
10/19 Nevada City, CA (Coopers)
10/20 Virginia City, NV TBD
10/21 Bodie, CA
10/22 Rhyolite, NV
10/23 Belmont, NV
10/24 Salt Lake City, UT (Garage)
10/25 Valley of Fire, NV
10/26 Las Vegas (Beauty Bar)
10/27 Pioneerown, CA @Pappy & Scarriets (w/ Grim Rabbit)
10/28 Amboy, CA
10/29 Unknown Area
10/30 Los Angeles, CA (The ECHO w/ Balmoreah)
10/31 Sonoran Desert/ Goldfield, AZ
11/01 Tucson, AZ (La Cochina)
11/02 Tombstone, AZ TBD
11/03 Albuquerque, NM TBD
11/04 Denver, CO (Walnut Room)
11/05 St. Elmo, CO
11/06 Valley of the Gods, UT
11/07 Flagstaff, AZ TBD
11/08 Laguna Beach, CA Wax Ball (Marine Room)

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• Address: 8528 Desert Shadows Road Joshua Tree CA United States 92252
• Country: United States
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• Artist: Spindrift
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• Artist: Spindrift
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• Date: 10/17/12
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• Address: 101 SIXTH ST.
• Country: United States
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• Artist: Spindrift
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• Country: United States
• Admission: Donation
• Age restrictions: All Ages
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• Artist: Spindrift
• Tour: GHOST TOWN TOUR
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• Country: United States
• Age restrictions: No Minors
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• Tour: GHOST TOWN TOUR
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• Age restrictions: All Ages
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• Tour: GHOST TOWN TOUR
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• Country: United States
• Age restrictions: All Ages
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• Tour: GHOST TOWN TOUR
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• Age restrictions: All Ages
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• Country: United States
• Age restrictions: All Ages
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• Tour: GHOST TOWN TOUR
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• Time: 10:00pm
• Venue: tbd
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• Country: United States
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• Tour: GHOST TOWN TOUR
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