MUSIC NEWS - CRACKER and CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN (each led by frontman David Lowery) have both played major roles in the inception of indie, Americana and alt-rock are hitting the road together again
beginning on August 19th in Seattle as part of their Traveling Apothecary Show Tour,leading up to their sixth annual CAMPOUT music festival in Pioneertown, CA on September 10 & 11.

Along with headlining performances from CRACKER & CAMPER VAN  BEETHOVEN, past year's CAMPOUTS have also included artists like Built To Spill, Quasi, Citay and a number of other various CRACKER & CVB solo
and side projects. This year both Joshua Tree’s very own GRAM RABBIT and the Riverside, CA based garage-meets-soul band THE BELLRAYS will be on the bill, along with The Dangers, Johnny Hickman,David
Immergluck & Coby Brown, Miss Derringer, McCabe & Mrs. Miller,Jonathan Segal and Ashley Raines.

Maybe it’s the surreal nature of Joshua Tree National Park (just a stone’s throw from fest) that spurs on some of the rather (some say) peculiar behavior during the fest. For example, as part of last year’s CVB performance the band requested that their fans all wear white to the performance. When they arrived at the show David was there serving grape Kool-Aid (ala Jim Jones) as they walked in. Whatever the reason, their fans are definitely encouraged to participate in the strange and fun goings-on. The theme this year is Cowboys and Indians (Native Americans), where David has requested on his Facebook page that audience members dress up as Native Americans for Camper Van Beethoven’s Friday night performance, and then as Cowboys for Cracker’s headlining slot the following night.  Odd for a music fest?... perhaps, but it’s actually all rather fitting as the small town of Pioneertown got its start in the ‘40s as a live-in Old West motion picture set, where a number of Westerns and early television shows, such as The Cisco Kid, were filmed.

CRACKER (ONLY) SUMMER 2010 TOUR DATES-

August

05 VICTOR, ID

06  BOISE, ID
07  PARK CITY, UT
08  MONROE, UT
11  CRESTED BUTTE, CO
12  RIVERSIDE, WY
14 THREE FORKS, MT
15  SPOKANE, WA
17  VANCOUVER, BC
18  GLACIER, WA
September

04  LINCOLNSHIRE, IL
05  CHICAGO, IL
17  ALTON, IL

CRACKER / CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN 2010 TRAVELING APOTHECARY SHOW TOUR
August
19  SEATTLE, WA
20  EUGENE, OR
21  PORTLAND, OR
23  ARCATA, CA
24  SEBASTOPOL, CA
25  CRYSTAL BAY, NV
27  STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO
28  DENVER, CO
September

03  VIRGINIA BEACH, VA
07 LAS VEGAS, VA
08  SAN JUAN CAP., CA
09  LOS ANGELES, CA
10 & 11 PIONEERTOWN, CA (2010 CAMPOUT)

6TH ANNUAL CRACKER / CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN CAMPOUT
September 10-11 2010 Pappy & Harriet's Palace, 53688 Pioneertown Rd., Pioneertown, CA
This Festival is an All Ages Event

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH
Doors at 7:00 pm
CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN
GRAM RABBIT
JOHNNY HICKMAN
THE DANGERS
DAVID IMMERGLUCK & COBY BROWN
$27 Friday  pass (or $52 for 2-Day Pass which includes camping fees)

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH
Meet & Greet 5:00 - 6:00 pm
CRACKER
THE BELLRAYS
MISS DERRINGER
MCCABE & MRS. MILLER
JONATHAN SEGEL
ASHLEY RAINES
$27 Saturday pass (or $52 for 2-Day Pass which includes camping fees)

To purchase tickets and for more info on CAMPOUT bands, lodging and more go to:  thttp://www.crackersoul.com  or call Pappy and Harriet’s at 760.365.5956 to purchase tickets the
day of show.