Album Notes

21.JANUARY 2009

NO SLEEP TIL SCHWERIN!

After the Anne Clark "Smallest Acts Of Kindness" European tour (45 x concerts in 9 x countries), Jeff Aug will be releasing his 4th solo album on his birthday: Friday, 13.March 2009.

Two music videos of tracks from the new solo album are already finished and online (broadcast quality versions available):

"Boots On Fire"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46n6Q8wH03g

"One Twenty"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m14QLpGLfw4

To promote the new album, Jeff Aug knew he had to do a tour, but didn´t want to do the old stand-by-run-of-the-mill number, so he will be doing a full on European tour in one day! That´s 6 x concerts in 6 x different countries in 24 hours. Guinness Book of World Records officially recognizes these 6 x concerts as an attempt to set the world record for the category of 'Most concerts performed in different countries in 24 hours´:

JEFF AUG
Wounded Fingers World Record Tour 2009
presented by LIVE-IN Magazine, LIVE-IN T.V., RLX TV, GUITAR Magazine, D´Addario Strings, Planet Waves Cables, & Dunlop StrapLoks
13.03.2009 - 19 Hours - Vaduz (FL) - Camaleon
13.03.2009 - 21 Hours - St. Gallen (CH) - Grabenhalle
13.03.2009 - 23 Hours - Dornbirn (A) - Spielboden
14.03.2009 - 01 Hours - Immenstadt (D) - Rainbow
14.03.2009 - 14 Hours - Verviers (B) - Spirit of 66
14.03.2009 - 17 Hours - Heerlen (NL) - Nieuwe Nor

3 x days later, Aug hits the road for yet another European tour with the Jazz Fusion Guitar Legend ALLAN HOLDSWORTH...

(all shows in Germany unless otherwise noted)

ALLAN HOLDSWORTH BAND (feat. Gary Husband & Jimmy Johnson)
Support: JEFF AUG (solo)
Presented by Drums & Percussion Magazine, Guitar Magazine, & Hughes & Kettner Amplification
17.03.2009 Zoetermeer (NL) - De Boerderij
18.03.2009 Apeldoorn (NL) - Gigant
19.03.2009 Verviers (B) - Spirit of 66
20.03.2009 Leverkusen - Scala Club
21.03.2009 Stuttgart - BIX
22.03.2009 Weinheim - Cafe Central
24.03.2009 Aschaffenburg - Colo-Saal
25.03.2009 Munich (D) - Bayerischer Hof
26.03.2009 Wien (A) - Porgy & Bess
27.03.2009 Fürstenfeld (A) - Die Akte
28.03.2009 Wels (A) - venue TBA
29.03.2009 Regensburg - Leerer Beutel
30.03.2009 Halle - Objekt5
31.03.2009 Marburg - KFZ
01.04.2009 Krefeld - KuFa
02.04.2009 Leer - Zollhaus
03.04.2009 Hannover - Jazz Club
04.04.2009 Schwerin - Speicher
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After laying down the tracks for the long-awaited smash hit Wave / EBM Anne Clark album The Smallest Acts Of Kindness, Anne´s guitarist Jeff Aug (who wrote half of the music for the album) had plenty of material that just couldn´t fit on the album. So, Jeff reworked these outtakes and arranged the material as instrumentals for solo acoustic fingerstyle guitar. The title of the new solo album (Jeff´s 4th) is Living Room Sessions, having been recorded in the living room of pianist and composer Murat Parlak (Yehudi Menuhin, Branford Marsalis, Anne Clark). Release date will be Friday, 13.March 2009.

The Washington, D.C. born guitarist Jeff Aug magically intertwines indian and oriental lines with funk grooves to the delight of their fans. Such has he performed (over 1000 concerts) as support for Rush, Queensryche, Albert Lee, Soft Machine, Allan Holdsworth, Freaky Fukin Weirdoz, and many others.

www.JeffAug.com

PRESS:

The lights go down and we’re ready for some hardcore Holdsworth action. And then Jeff Aug steps out, with an acoustic six-string, and hammers seven shades of shale out of it.

Support acts usually have only one purpose and that is to suck. They’re the ugly friend you go to the bar with when you’re out to score. They’re the bad stats you give the boss before you present him with the report on how you are going to save the company. They have a place in life, a rung on the ladder, and they’d better not blow the main act out of the water.

It is a brave lead guitarist who has Jeff Aug open for him. Playing what can only be described as high-speed country funk, he shreds his way up and down the strings with breathtaking speed. He also provides his own percussion, striking the body of the instrument hard enough to sound like a bass drum. This is extreme acoustic guitar, and extremely good, rendering the audience unusually silent.

- Tony Emmerson, Prague Jazz Online