Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires
Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires will be releasing their debut album, There Is a Bomb in Gilead, on May 15, 2012. The band will join fellow Alabamians, the Alabama Shakes, for a number of tour dates. Listen to a couple of tracks from their album in this post.
In a line that I can related to, all to well … “We’re Auburn educated and under-employed … ” – Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires from “Centreville.”
The Birmingham-based band features Lee Bains III (Dexateens) with The Glory Fires Blake Williamson (Black Willis, Taylor Hollingsworth, Dan Sartain), Justin Colburn (Model Citizen, Arkadelphia) and Matt Wurtele. Tracklisting and tour dates below.
Tracklisting
01. Ain’t No Stranger
02. Centreville
03. Reba
04. Choctaw Summer
05. Magic City Stomp!
06. Everything You Took
07. Righteous, Ragged Songs
08. The Red, Red Dirt of Home
09. Roebuck Parkway
10. Opelika
11. There Is A Bomb In Gilead
Tour Dates
March 2 – Jackson, MS – Sam’s Lounge
March 9 – Chattanooga, TN – JJ’s Bohemia w/ Bohannons
March 11 – New Orleans, LA – Circle Bar w/ Bohannons
March 23 – Tuscaloosa, AL – Bama Theatre w/ Dexateens, Alabama Shakes
March 24 – Birmingham, AL – The Nick w/ Black Willis, Bohannons, Doc Dailey
April 5 – Athens, GA – Georgia Theatre w/ Alabama Shakes
April 6 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle w/ Alabama Shakes
April 7 – Baltimore, MD – Ram’s Head w/ Alabama Shakes
April 9 – Philadelphia, PA – World Cafe Live w/ Alabama Shakes
April 10 – Hoboken, NJ – Maxwell’s w/ The Neutron Drivers
April 11 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom w/ Alabama Shakes
April 12 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg w/ Alabama Shakes
April 14 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground w/ Alabama Shakes
April 15 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club w/ Alabama Shakes
April 17 – Toronto, ONT – Lee’s Palace w/ Alabama Shakes
April 19 – Cincinnati, OH – The Comet w/ Buffalo Killers
April 20 – Knoxville, TN – The Well
April 21 – Waverly, AL – Old 280 Boogie w/ Centro-matic, Pine Hill Haints
[...] Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires will be releasing their debut album, There Is a Bomb in Gilead, on May 15, 2012. Prior to the release, they will be joining the Alabama Shakes on tour. You can see the album tracklisting and complete tour dates in this post. [...]