• Dave Alvin and a Couple of Guilty Women
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Dave Alvin and a Couple of Guilty Women.

Dave Alvin helped to kick-start the American roots rock scene in the early '80s with the band the Blasters and has since gone on to a career as a solo performer, songwriter, producer, and sideman that's been as well respected as it is eclectic. Combining the revved-up energy of punk rock with an enthusiastic embrace of classic American sounds, the Blasters became a sensation in Los Angeles and won an enthusiastic cult following across the United States and Europe.

A prolific number of releases through the 90’s charted several different evolutions in Alvin’s music. It was 2000 that he recorded a collection of traditional folk and blues classics, Public Domain: Songs from the Wild Land, which earned him a Grammy award for Best Contemporary Folk Album. In 2004, Alvin signed with the upstart roots rock label Yep Roc Records, which released his album Ashgrove, a low-key but hard-edged set of blues and rock. It was followed in 2006 by West of the West.

When not busy recording his own music, Alvin has also worked as a producer for several other roots-oriented acts, including Tom Russell, the Derailers, and Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys, as well as collaborating with rockabilly legend Sonny Burgess. As a sideman, Alvin has recorded sessions with the likes of Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Little Milton, Katy Moffatt, and Syd Straw.

A Couple of Guilty Women

Alvin's latest venture sees him playing with a Couple Of Guilty Women; Cindy Cashdollar who performs flawlessly whether dobro or guitar and the compellingly soulful Christy McWilson on vocals.