il sogno del marinaio


"canto secondo tour 2014"

september 10 - november 1



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 il sogno del marinaio in dublin, ireland on june 16, 2013 - photo by hiyori minato  'canto secondo' album cover 



   the story of il sogno del marinaio (which in italian means "the sailor's dream") begins w/an idea from their guitarist stefano pilia... in the fall of 2009 he had gotten offered to play a festival in cesena (italy) and thought it might be interesting for him and his drummer friend andrea belfi to bring aboard mike watt and create a new trio for the gig. this led to a mini-tour which in turn resulted in them recording their debut album to bring aboard "la busta gialla" during three days in the middle of it. cuz of all the band members being parts of other bands and projs, the release of this album was put off 'til all three had free time which ended up being last year's euro tour 2013 which was the first full-on sally-forth for the band.

   the band learned from this experience that maybe it's good to get the record out kind right after you make it and of course tour it as the dust is clearing just after it drops. that's why il sogno del marinaio decided to record their second album "canto secondo" last december in bologna, italy and got the baby mixed and finished by the end of this april so it could come out this upcoming august twentysix and follow that up two weeks later w/a fiftyone gigs in fiftyone days u.s. tour. now both andrea and stefano have played some u.s. gigs but never as part of il sogno del marinaio and never on a major hellride so that's where their bassman watt could help make that happen. starting w/so cal and doing a huge clockwise loop around the country (by the way, tokyo nakama lite are on board w/us for the first ten gigs of the tour, yatta!) 'til we end up in 'zona day after halloween. we're gonna play every tune from the new album and lots from the first one so u.s. folks can see what this trio is like in real time.

   you can imagine how we're chomping at the bit... we're gonna do everything possible to try our hardest and work it good, you got our word on that... and speaking of "word" - each gig has its own flyer you can print out and help spread the word that we're coming to play our brains out, any help w/doing that sure would be much appreciated by us big time, thank you so much in advance for such kindness.



il sogno del marinaio

"canto secondo tour 2014"



wednesday
september 10
the casbah

2501 kettner bl.
san diego, ca
(619) 232-HELL

thursday
september 11
the echo

1822 w. sunset bl.
los angeles, ca
(213) 413-8200

friday
september 12
bottom of the hill

1233 17th st.
san francisco, ca
(415) 626-4455

saturday
september 13
the catalyst (atrium)

1011 pacific av.
santa cruz, ca
(831) 423-1336

sunday
september 14
velvet jones

423 state st.
santa barbara, ca
(805) 965-8676

monday
september 15
strummer's

833 e. fern av.
fresno, ca
(559) 485-5356

tuesday
september 16
the blue lamp

1400 alhambra bl.
sacramento, ca
(916) 455-3400

wednesday
september 17
wow hall

291 w. 8th av.
eugene, or
(541) 687-2746

thursday
september 18
doug fir lounge

830 e. burnside st.
portland, or
(503) 231-9663

friday
september 19
capitol theater

206 5th av. s.e.
olympia, wa
(360) 754-6670

saturday
september 20
tractor tavern

5213 ballard av. n.w.
ballard, wa
(206) 789-3599

sunday
september 21
the hop

706 n. monroe st.
spokane, wa
(509) 328-5467

monday
september 22
neurolux

111 n. 11th st.
boise, id
(208) 343-0886

tuesday
september 23
urban lounge

241 s. 500th e.
salt lake city, ut
(801) 746-0557

wednesday
september 24
larimer lounge

2721 larimer st.
denver, co
(303) 291-1007

thursday
september 25
slowdown

729 n. 14th st.
omaha, ne
(402) 345-7569

friday
september 26
the bottleneck

737 new hampshire st.
lawrence, ks
(785) 841-5483

saturday
september 27
gabe's

330 e. washington st.
iowa city, ia
(319) 351-9175

sunday
september 28
turf club

1601 university av.
st. paul, mn
(651) 647-0486

monday
september 29
high noon saloon

701a e. washington av.
madison, wi
(608) 268-1122

tuesday
september 30
schubas tavern

3159 n. southport av.
chicago, il
(773) 525-2508

wednesday
october 1
the duck room at blueberry hill

6504 delmar bl.
st. louis, mo
(314) 727-4444

thursday
october 2
the hi-tone cafe

412 n. cleveland st.
memphis, tn
(901) 278-8663

friday
october 3
zanzabar

2100 s. preston st.
louisville, ky
(502) 635-ZBAR

saturday
october 4
the basement

391 neil av.
columbus, oh
(614) 461-5483

sunday
october 5
the magic stick

4140 woodward av.
detroit, mi
(313) 833-9700

monday
october 6
the grog shop

2785 euclid heights bl.
cleveland heights, oh
(216) 321-5588

tuesday
october 7
the brillobox

4104 penn av.
pittsburgh, pa
(412) 621-4900

wednesday
october 8
sportsmen's tavern

326 amherst st.
buffalo, ny
(716) 874-7734

thursday
october 9
the low beat

335 central av.
albany, ny
(518) 432-6572

friday
october 10
showcase lounge at higher ground

1214 williston rd.
s. burlington, vt
(802) 652-0777

saturday
october 11
port city music hall

504 congress st.
portland, me
(207) 956-6000

sunday
october 12
great scott

1222 commonwealth av.
allston, ma
(617) 566-9014

monday
october 13
the outer space (ballroom)

295 treadwell st.
hamden, ct
(203) 288-6400

tuesday
october 14
fete lounge

103 dike st.
providence, ri
(401) 383-1112

wednesday
october 15
the bell house

149 7th st.
brooklyn, ny
(718) 643-6510

thursday
october 16
mercury lounge

217 e. houston st.
new york, ny
(212) 260-4700

friday
october 17
johnny brenda's

1201 frankford av.
philadelphia, pa
(215) 739-9684

saturday
october 18
the camel

1621 w. broad st.
richmond, va
(804) 353-4901

sunday
october 19
black cat (backstage)

1811 14th st. n.w.
washington, dc
(202) 667-4490

monday
october 20
the casbah @ tremont music hall

400 w. tremont av.
charlotte, nc
(704) 343-9494

tuesday
october 21
the royal american

970 morrison dr.
charleston, sc
(843) 817-6925

wednesday
october 22
the earl

488 flat shoals av. s.e.
e. atlanta, ga
(404) 522-3950

thursday
october 23
jack rabbits

1528 hendricks av.
jacksonville, fl
(904) 398-7496

friday
october 24
high dive

210 s.w. 2nd av.
gainesville, fl
(352) 872-5949

saturday
october 25
alchemy tavern

7 s. joachim st.
mobile, al
(251) 441-7741

sunday
october 26
one eyed jacks

615 toulouse st.
new orleans, la
(504) 569-8361

monday
october 27
fitzgerald's

2706 white oak dr.
houston, tx
(713) 862-3838

tuesday
october 28
red 7

611 e. 7th st.
austin, tx
- no phone -

wednesday
october 29
club dada

2720 elm st.
dallas, tx
(214) 748-5105

thursday
october 30
vzd's

4200 n. western av.
oklahoma city, ok
(405) 524-4200

friday
october 31
low spirits

2823 2nd st. n.w.
albuquerque, nm
(505) 344-9555

saturday
november 1
crescent ballroom

308 n. 2nd av.
phoenix, az
(602) 716-2222





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photo credit: hiyori minato








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