'The Famous' CD Release/Benefit Show (for SF Clubs Fighting State ABC) August 27, 2009

Local indie/alt.country band The Famous will celebrate the release of their second album "Come Home To Me" with a CD release show on Thursday, August 27th at the historic Café Du Nord (2170 Market St., San Francisco).

A portion of the proceeds from the show will go to the legal defense fund of San Francisco music venues embroiled in an on-going battle with the state's Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC). Opening the show are newcomers Billy & Dolly (ex- Monolith) while indie-pop mainstays 20 Minute Loop close out the evening.

Described as "The Pixies in a cowboy hat" by West Coast Performer magazine, The Famous forge a sound that "combines the transcendent roar of punk with the brutal honesty and black wit of traditional country," as heard on their debut album "Light, Sweet Crude."

Their follow-up album "Come Home to Me" is an audacious 11-song blast of indie rock fused with hard-edged Americana that continues in the direction established on their debut, while venturing into fuzzed-out garage-blues, New Orleans swamp jazz, and Tex-Mex flavored surf. With an energetic and always entertaining live show, The Famous are sure to appeal to fans of The Old 97's, Frank Black or Uncle Tupelo.

Joining The Famous for the CD release show will be pedal steel legend Joe Goldmark (Jim Campilongo), and jazz trombonist Charlie Wilson (Brasshopper) both of whom made guest appearances on the album. The new CD will be available for the first time at the show and afterwards at indie record stores around the Bay Area and online through their website www.thefamous.net, CDBaby.com, and iTunes.

For more information on The Famous visit -- http://www.thefamous.net

Official Website: http://www.thefamous.net