September 10, 2016:
Have been getting some nice press for "Execute American Folklore." Thanks again to all of you who made this release possible. — Johnny
“Imagine if Hank Williams had mutated into Captain Beefheart,
acquiring a bunch of primitive electronic equipment along the way, and
you’ll get some idea of where Johnny Dowd is at on 'Execute American Folklore' . . . . Gloriously deviant." — Andy Gill, The Independent (London)
“Sometimes
music shouldn't be easy, and instead should be mysterious,
idiosyncratic and the work of a true maverick. So we should welcome the
arrival of a new Johnny Dowd album. . . . Never a man to run from the
truth, if there was any justice, this guy would be a legend." — Acoustic Magazine (UK)
July 4, 2016
We were getting requests for perks after the campaign ended, so we put the campaign into "In Demand" which makes perks available again.
Funds raised over goal will go to costs connected to Johnny's new record and his October tour to promote it. Thanks again, everyone!
June 28, 2016
You all are awesome. You had already opened your hearts to me, and when I asked you to open your wallets, you really came through. We made our goal! Can't thank you enough. This project would not have been possible without you.
I know you're going to love "Execute American Folklore."
Thanks again for helping to make it a reality!
—Johnny
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May 23, 2016
A Little History
My first record, “Wrong Side of Memphis,” came out in 1997. I was 49 years old, so I knew I had some catching up to do. But I’ve released about one record a year ever since. I’ve toured the U.S. and Europe many times and even did a couple of gigs in Russia (unforgettable). It’s been an almost illegal amount of fun. But like most musicians, I feel my best gigs and finest recordings are still in front of me.
New Record
I’m really happy with my new record—I think it might be the most danceable one yet. It’s called “Execute American Folklore.” That pretty much describes my mission for the last 19 years: take American roots music, which I love and respect, and put my own twist on it.
Need Your Support
Like many musicians today, I no longer have record company support and have to finance my own projects. Fortunately, I have my own studio. But I need to pay engineers for recording, mixing, and mastering. I also hired a vocalist for this record. Then I will have the costs of manufacturing, promotion, design, photography, shipping to distributor in the UK, and the fees connected to this Indiegogo campaign.
I will be grateful for any help you can offer to get my latest and greatest, “Execute American Folklore,” into your hands.
Thank you.
—Johnny Dowd
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P R E S S
“Johnny Dowd is like some self-mutating virus of American music, restlessly bringing fresh twists to old forms, absorbing influences.”
The Independent (London)
“If Willie Nelson turned into Mr. Hyde, he’d be Johnny Dowd. Backwoods Gothic tales of love, death, and a perverse God arrive with a twang and a junkyard clatter, reaching for laughs that grow uneasy.”
Jon Pareles, The New York Times
“Dowd is Dowd, a veteran hell-raiser with a dystopian style and edge, that some twenty-year-olds would give their right sleeve-tattooed arm for.”
Alan J. Taylor, No Depression
“There’s intense and there’s Johnny Dowd. He’s Nick Cave with a hangover. Hank’s lonesome whistle spat through Waits’s grinder, with Beefheart on the side.”
Peter Watts, Time Out London
“Wonderfully warped yet remarkably accessible.”
Sylvie Simmons, MOJO
“Dowd’s got all the swagger and star quality of acts a third his age.”
The Sun (London)
“There’s nobody quite like Johnny Dowd.”
Peter Shepherd, Uncut
More press:
http://www.johnnydowd.com/press/
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