PopMatters Premieres Gasoline Silver’s “It’s All Over But the Cryin’” Gasoline Silver Announces New Tour Dates, Headlining Le Poisson Rouge + More

PopMatters Premieres Gasoline Silver’s “It’s All Over But the Cryin’” Gasoline Silver Announces New Tour Dates, Headlining Le Poisson Rouge + More!

“I’ll tell you who I really like—he’s a young cat, and he’s up in Minneapolis now—but he’s originally from Memphis. His name’s Ron Franklin, and he’s got a band called Gasoline Silver—it’s really cool.” – Peter Case

“Minneapolis’ Gasoline Silver are a rawk band drawing influences from ’70s American punk and a bit of British blues rock and Stax soul.” – PopMatters

After two sold out shows at McCabe’s playing guitar alongside the legendary Peter Case (Plim Souls, The Nerves), indie-bluesman Ron Franklin is taking his new band, the Twin-Cities based Gasoline Silver, on the road.

Headlining great venues such as Le Poisson Rouge, Gasoline Silver will have the co-founders of the Kropotkins opening each date. Composer Dave Soldier will take one half hour to perform Chopin’s Minute Waltz on the concert grand piano. Sean Haggerty’s live electronic processing will bring out timbres hidden deep within the piece that can only be noticed when it is performed extremely slow. Jonathan Kane’s February will perform their minimalist Fender-trance instrumentals, described by Rolling Stone as “Wedding the brutal severity of Delta country boogie and Seventies German pulse rock – all dead-ahead motion and mounting detail…Epic.” Franklin previously performed at Le Poisson Rouge at last year’s Robert Palmer tribute. A sometime member of the Kropotkins, in that band he has played cane fife, marching drums, and harmonica.

Want a sneak peek of these psych-punk bluesmen with a whole lot of soul? Check out the PopMatters premiere of Gasoline Silver’s live video for “It’s All Over But The Cryin’”, and feel free to post and share. The video, featuring Josh Misner on synths, Andy Hertel on drums, and Ron on guitar/vox, is a gorgeous throwback to when music videos were more music documentaries, allowing the music and musicianship be at the forefront.

Gasoline Silver Tourdates
8/20 New Haven, CT @ Cafe Nine
8/21 New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge
8/23 Chicago, IL @ The Whistler
8/28 Memphis, TN @ TBA