The Winery Dogs — Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, Avenged Sevenfold), Billy Sheehan (David Lee Roth, Mr. Big) and Richie Kotzen (Poison, Mr. Big) — will launch their latest U.S. headlining tour tomorrow in Agoura Hills, CA at the Canyon Club in support of their critically acclaimed self-titled debut album, which was released in North America July 23 on Loud & Proud Records.
To further stir up excitement about the tour, the band's latest video for the track “Time Machine” is premiering today at
http://bit.ly/15LGZSB.
The clip was directed by Greg Kaplan and includes live rehearsal footage shot in Southern California, as well as concert footage shot during their recent sold-out tour of Japan. The Winery Dogs ’ first-ever concert was in Osaka, Japan on July 15.
Fans can pick up the album on the band’s official website, iTunes, and Amazon. The band has already released three videos from the new album, “Elevate, “Desire,” and “I’m No Angel,” which can all be seen on their official YouTube page.
“Elevate,” the album’s first single, debuted at #30 on Mediabase’s “Mainstream Rock” airplay chart and is currently bulleted at #17. It's been the #1 most-played current song on WDHA-FM (The Rock of New Jersey, 105.5) for a number of weeks.
During the upcoming tour, the Winery Dogs will make a special stop at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City on October 23 to participate in a private star-studded celebration of Eddie Trunk’s 30th anniversary of his radio show. Trunk is best known as host of VH1 Classic's “That Metal Show” and he played a key role in the formation of the Winery Dogs.
The seeds of the band were planted in 2011 when Sheehan and Portnoy were working on music together with a different guitarist and songwriter. When that lineup didn’t gel, Eddie Trunk suggested they contact Kotzen and see if he was interested in forming a band. The rest is history.
Tickets for the party are free and fans can enter to win them by clicking on the banner of
www.EddieTrunk.com. Fans who enter will be picked at random and notified by e-mail if they are selected to attend.
Check out the Winery Dogs at any of the following tour stops:
10/3 - Canyon Club - Agoura Hills, CA
10/4 - Count’s Vamp’d - Las Vegas, NV
10/5 - Ramona Mainstage - San Diego, CA
10/6 - Coach House - San Juan Capistrano, CA
10/8 - Harlow’s - Sacramento, CA
10/9 - Yoshi’s - San Francisco, CA
10/10 - Star Theatre - Portland, OR
10/11 - Crocodile Café - Seattle, WA
10/14 - Soiled Dove - Denver, CO
10/17 - Potawatomi Casino - Milwaukee, WI
10/18 - Durty Nellies - Palatine, IL
10/19 - Effingham Performance Center - Effingham, IL
10/21 - Altar Bar - Pittsburgh, PA
10/22 - The Chance - Poughkeepsie, NY
10/23 - Eddie Trunk 30th Anniversary Party - Hard Rock Cafe - New York, NY
10/25 - Upstate Concert Hall - Clifton Park, NY
10/26 - Hard Rock - Niagara Falls, NY
10/27 - Maingate Nightclub - Allentown, PA
10/29 - Starland Ballroom - Sayreville, NJ
10/30 - Emporium - Patchogue, NY
10/31 - The Met - Pawtucket, RI
11/2 - Agora Ballroom - Cleveland, OH
11/5 - Mad Frog - Cincinnati, OH
11/6 - Piere’s - Ft. Wayne, IN