carolyn barron

Roky Erickson is one of our favorite humans ever here at L.A. RECORD and we are very happy to report that thanks to Goldenvoice, we will be co-presenting his Halloween show at the El Rey next month! This will undoubtedly be the highlight of his west coast tour and could be one of his best L.A. shows since the great Roky Revival of last year. The Black Angels are his new backing band and they are adding songs to the setlist—like “Reverberation (Doubt),” “Rollercoaster” and “Don’t Fall Down”—that haven’t been performed live for forty years! And in even greater Roky news, he is working on a new album! He’s gone back to the Roky vaults (which are still full of quasi-to-unreleased songs written in the ’70s) and is selecting tracks to record for a possible summer 2009 release. And we are also very happy to report that he’s sounding happy, lively and wild in his interview, which you can read in our next issue!

Anyway—what does this mean to you? We will be giving away Roky tickets so watch the site and the Myspace and all of that. And we are working to set up other fun stuff. We would like to say thanks again to all the people who have helped us with this opportunity and to of course salute the man who made everything possible—ROKY ERICKSON!