Join us for an evening of muscular blues rock and acoustic tunes culled from deep in the folk vaults. Dave Alvin, of Blasters and X fame, has gradually become an American roots music icon, and he's on the road and fired up with a brand new band. Born in Los Angeles in 1955, Alvin and his older brother Phil were blues fanatics who snuck into the Ashgrove nightclub to hear Big Joe Turner, T-Bone Walker, and the like, all of which is beautifully chronicled on his classic Ashgrove release. The brothers teamed to form the great punkabilly band the Blasters in 1979, and over the next decade Dave would mature into one of America's great players and songwriters. Tensions between the two brothers drove them apart, and Dave would briefly join X and The Knitters before launching his solo career in 1987. His gritty solo albums have ranged from twangy roots-rock to country-folk to muscular blues. He won the Best Traditional Folk Grammy for 2000's Public Domain: Songs from the Wild Land. Dave's fine new record with The Guilty Ones, Eleven Eleven, features him singing with his brother Phil for the first time since the Blasters days.

Special thanks to Inn at Santa Fe for supporting Dave Alvin's appearance.