Revolutionary bass player Billy Sheehan is releasing is second solo album, Cosmic Troubadour, through Favored Nations on February 22 and will be holding down the groove for his longtime band-mate and now label President Steve Vai on tour shortly thereafter. Joining Sheehan and Vai onstage will be guitar/keyboard virtuoso Tony MacAlpine, fellow Favored Nations artist David Weiner, and drummer Jeremy Colson.
Produced by Pat Regan, Cosmic Troubadour again sees Sheehan handling multi-instrumental duties and writing all of the material, as he did on his 2001 debut Compression (Favored Nations). The tracks cross a multitude of genres while still remaining true to his hard rock roots. Beginning with the prog-rock syncopation of "Toss It To The Flame," to the pulsating bass line of the instrumental "The Suspense Is Killing Me" to the closing King Crimsonesque polyrhythm of "A Million Tears Ago," Sheehan is able to juxtapose elements of funk and blues with a foundation in metal.
Sheehan was voted the "Best Rock Bass Player" 5 times in Guitar Player magazines Readers Poll, and has also had his rock n roll legacy cemented, literally, on the Hollywood Rockwalk at Guitar Center in 1999.
Guitarist Dave Weiner's album Shove The Sun Aside is due shortly through Favored Nations and opening act Eric Sardinas is currently promoting Black Pearls, currently available on FN.
Billy Sheehan on Tour - Performing w/ Steve Vai
Mar 1 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theater
Mar 2 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theater
Mar 4 Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theatre
Mar 5 Dallas, TX Granada Theatre
Mar 6 Austin, TX Antone’s Nightclub
Mar 8 Memphis, TN New Daisy Theatre
Mar 9 Nashville,TN The Cannery
Mar 10 Birmingham, AL Boutwell Ballroom
Mar 11 New Orleans, La HOB
Mar 14 Tampa, FL Tampa Theatre
Mar 15 N. Miami Beach, FL Julius Littman PAC
Mar 16 Orlando, FL HOB
Mar 17 Jacksonville, FL Freebird Live
Mar 18 N. Myrtle Beach, SC HOB
Mar 19 Atlanta, GA Roxy Theatre
Mar 20 Asheville, NC Orange Peel
Mar 22 Winston-Salem, NC Ziggy’s
Mar 23 Alexandria, VA Birchmere
Mar 24 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live!
Mar 25 Hartford, CT Webster Theatre
Mar 26 New York, NY Town Hall
Mar 28 Philadelphia, Pa The Trocadero Theatre
Mar 29 Westbury, NY Westbury Music Fair
Mar 30 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
Mar 31 Boston, MA Avalon Ballroom
Apr 1 Montreal, QC Metropolis
Apr 2 Toronto, ON Massey Hall
Apr 4 Buffalo, NY University at Buffalo Center for the Arts
Apr 5 Pittsburgh, PA Rex Theatre
Apr 6 Cleveland OH HOB
Apr 7 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
Apr 8 Royal Oak, MI Royal Oak Music Theatre
Apr 9 Cincinnati, OH Bogarts
Apr 10 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
Apr 12 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
Apr 13 Chicago, IL HOB
Apr 14 Chicago, IL HOB
Apr 15 St. Paul, MN Fitzgerald Theatre
Apr 16 Fargo, ND Fargo Theatre
Apr 17 Lincoln, NB Royal Grove
Apr 19 Boulder, CO Fox Theatre
Apr 20 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue
Apr 21 Boise, ID The Big Easy
Apr 22 Seattle, WA Showbox Showroom & Lounge
Apr 23 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
Apr 24 Portland,OR Roseland Theatre
Apr 26 San Francisco,CA The Fillmore
Apr 27 Anaheim, CA The Grove of Anaheim
Apr 28 Las Vegas, NV HOB
Apr 29 San Diego, CA 4th & B Concert Theatre
Apr 30 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern
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