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Decemberists Frontman Flies Solo on Live LP

Colin Meloy has announced the April 8 release of a live record culled from his 2006 solo tour. Colin Meloy Sings Live! (Kill Rock Stars) features stripped-down renditions of such Decemberists jams as "The Bachelor and the Bride," "Red Right Ankle," and "The Engine Driver," as well as compact covers of The Smiths, Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd, R.E.M. and Meloy's first band, Tarkio (crank the opening cut, "Devil's Elbow").

Meloy will support the disc with a string of to-be-determined solo dates. For now, the Decemberists have four Pacific Northwest shows on tap later this month.

Colin Meloy Sings Live! tracklist:

1. Devil's Elbow

2. We Both Go Down Together

3. Evoking a Campfire Singalong
4. The Gymnast, High Above the Ground

5. Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect > Dreams

6. Dracula's Daughter

7. Wonder

8. A Brief Introduction to Shirley Collins
9. Barbara Allen

10. The Engine Driver

11. On the Bus Mall

12. A Skull, a Ship, and a Sheep

13. California One/Youth and Beauty Brigade > Ask

14. The Bachelor and the Bride

 15. A Cautionary Song

16. Red Right Ankle

17. Bandit Queen

The Decemberists Pacific Northwest tour:

1/22 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom 

1/23 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom 

1/30 Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre 

1/31 Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre

—The ARTISTdirect Staff
01.22.08