PHOTOS: Jesse Louttit	"Bates is the next great hope for garage rock, combining the energy of Reverend Horton Heat with the hooks of the White Stripes." - Monday Magazine
	"With one foot in Mamphis and the other on 42nd Street ... this is high octane stuff!" - Eros Zine
	"More fun than a midnight drag race fueled by a fifth of bourbon!" - Exclaim Magazine
	"Take Your Medicine is just what the Doctor ordered!" - Car Kulture Deluxe
	"Fallen angels, ascending satyrs, and scathing guitar licks by the mason jar-full!" - Rockabilly Magazine

THE LOWBROW ROAD SHOW

Society has been shocked by pulp art, infuriated by the tribal rhythm of rock'n'roll, and shadowed
the wrong side of the tracks to the burlesque night. True to this style, Big John Bates & the Voodoo
Dollz brings the sound of hotrod blues & visions of bad girls together - putting the cult back in culture.
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April 27 - June 02: European tour through Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Switzerland & Italy
June 03 - June 16: US West Coast tour from Seattle to the Ink & Iron Festival in Long Beach

Bed track recordings for the next CD, entitled "BANGTOWN" are done! It is slated to be completed this summer and released in the fall - with more touring! It also includes a wild version of Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue" for the upcoming "Paid in Black Vol. II" compliation CD due out this summer. That track and one other also feature steel guitar by Jimmy Roy (Ray Condo/Big Sandy). The video for "Burlesque is Dead" is online here and on Youtube in all its Grindhouse glory. And maybe you want to join the new BJB Facebook Group and let us know what's up!

All BJB CDs & the DVD are now online at CD Baby. Big John Bates music is also available for download at iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody, eMusic, MusicNet , Sony Connect and more. And it's official, the 5th pressing of Bates' debut CD Flamethrower has officially sold out!! The album is still available as a download & BJB loves you for your support!

Canada's Sparrow Guitars are working on a custom line of hollowbody strings named "Big Johns" - look 'em up!

Big John Bates in Gretsch Guitars Spotlight

Road Kill - BJB's tour stories from 2001 to Dec 2007