Blanco Diablo Announce East Coast Tour Dates

Charlotte, NC-based threesome Blanco Diablo plans to continue their assault on the Southeast this fall, including multiple dates in their home state, North Carolina, and neighboring South Carolina. The band has planned a residency of sorts in the Charleston, SC, market, with repeated visits on a monthly basis (see tour dates below). In addition to the upcoming residency, Blanco Diablo has been focusing on Charleston a lot lately. Earlier this summer, band guitarist and leader Jamie Ray teamed up with WYBB-FM and a local Guitar Center to offer a Guitar Clinic. Two one-hour sessons were given away: one winner won at the store, and the other was given away on WYBB's local show. The station has been extremely supportive of the band thus far.

Blanco Diablo themselves have also been supportive in their hometown – the band played a benefit concert on August 19th at the Charlotte Neighborhood Theater, sharing the bill with other local bands. They helped raise over $92,000 for a friend of the band who was seriously injured in early July during the Running of the Bulls in Pamploma, Spain. The money raised will go to defray mounting medical costs.

Jamie Ray, who is a recognized and accomplished guitarist, hopes to schedule additional guitar clinics, like the one he did in Charleston, this fall. He is sponsored by Dunlop, and was tapped to try out for Ozzy Osbourne's band at the age of 19. Blanco Diablo released their debut album, Paper Poison Revolution, through Rock Ridge Music on April 25, 2006. Driven by the relentless propulsion of guitarist/singer Jamie Ray's catchy riffs, this North Carolina based trio is rewriting the rock and roll rule book, defining a genre in their own terms. Ray proclaims, "We don't adhere to any formulas, we trust our instincts, and we take pride in cutting our own musical path despite the current musical trends. We've got the best seasoned firewood for a new generation of rock n' rollers looking for heat!!!"

Blanco Diablo is: Jamie Ray (vocal/guitar), Patrick Jason (bass/backing vocals), Jeff Nunnery (drums/backing vocals). They can be found online at blancodiablomusic.com and myspace.com/blancodiablo.

Here are Blanco Diablo's confirmed shows:

8/26 Charlotte, NC @ Amos' Southend
9/3 Raleigh, NC @ The Pour House
9/29 Mt. Pleasant, SC @ The Village Tavern
9/30 Myrtle Beach, SC @ 007 Hard Rock Tavern
10/6 Beaufort, SC @ The Point
10/21 Mt. Pleasant, SC @ The Village Tavern
11/18 Murfreesboro, NC @ Zakk's Coffeehouse
11/25 Mt. Pleasant, SC @ The Village Tavern
12/2 Hickory, NC @ Hickory Underground

More tour dates TBA.