John Doe, Grant Lee Phillips pair for June club jaunt

Fellow singer/songwriters/road-warriors John Doe and Grant Lee Phillips will team up in June for a round of U.S. tour dates.

Doe, best known as a member of Los Angeles-based punk-rockers X, released his latest solo album, "Dim Stars, Bright Sky," in 2002. Several well-known guests--including Juliana Hatfield, Aimee Mann, Jane Weidlin, Jakob Dylan and Rhett Miller--contributed vocals to the album.

In recent years, Doe has performed with his solo band and with X, which again features long-estranged guitarist Billy Zoom.

Phillips, meanwhile, was a member of the critically acclaimed--but commercially unsuccessful--'90s rock group Grant Lee Buffalo. He issued his fourth solo album, "Virginia Creeper," earlier this year.

"I didn't want to approach it with excessive overdubs and I couldn't have made this album alone, by myself," Phillips said of "Virginia Creeper" in a statement. "I'd done that with my last record, 'Mobilize.' This time, the songs had a simplicity that would best be served by taking them into a studio with feeling, responsive musicians."

His backing band for the set included violinist Eric Gorfain, pianist Zac Rae, upright bassists Sheldon Gomberg and Sebastian Steinberg, and drummer Kevin Jarvis.

TOUR DATES
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June 2004
2 - Louisville, KY - Uncle Pleasant's
3 - Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge
4 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
5 - Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe
7 - Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's
8 - New York, NY - Knitting Factory
9 - Brooklyn, NY - North Six
10 - Boston, MA - Paradise
12 - Philadelphia, PA - North Star
13 - Alexandria, VA - Birchmere
14 - Detroit, MI - Magic Bag
15 - Indianapolis, IN - Patio Lounge
17 - Chicago, IL - Park West

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