For those of you in the Los Angeles area, Billy Burke is playing at the famous House of Blues on June 22, 2010 for his official record release.  Billy tweeted the information late last night. The House of Blues site hasn’t updated yet, but when they do you can grab tickets here.

A couple of weeks ago Billy put out his first rough cut video of one of the songs on his new album. Check it out below. You can also get updates on Billy and his music by signing up on his new website.

Billy Burke has been working on his debut album. He just shot an impromptu video for it as he explains on his website.

“I’ll start this post by saying this… we here at the bb site have been nothing short of BLOWN AWAY by the overwhelming and sincerely adulatory response we’ve received since launching this project. I personally, want to thank each and every one of you who have put forth SO MANY kind thoughts, compliments and good wishes. From conception to fruition and everywhere after, this is now, and will continue to be a collaborative and interactive effort. I’m gonna do my absolute best to keep you current with everything we’re doing and everything that transpires along this dusty ass little road you’re walking with me.

In that spirit, we managed to throw together a little something while on location in Shreveport, Louisiana. Some of you might know that for the past couple months I was there filming a pretty groovy and I think, pretty bad ass (somewhat adult) 3D action road picture (directed by Patrick Lussier) with Nicolas Cage called “DRIVE ANGRY”. On one of the few days that I had free, I had the good fortune of being visited by my close friend and up and coming filmmaker Devon Gummersall. He and I both thought it might be a sweet opportunity to shoot some unplanned, guerilla style footage for an impromptu video for “REMOVED”. My super-cool wife and best pal Pollyanna Rose agreed to play with us and thus, we set forth on a one day into night excursion to see what we could come up with. As you’ll see we started out on the deserted streets of Shreveport and ended up literally, in the closet of the house we were renting.”

See more on Billy’s site

Billy Burke tweeted the other day about having a new website and seeing if he could promote a music project by not going through the (frankly in our opinion antiquated) record label system. Well, by all accounts it is a wild hit. We think the number of people hitting the site as it launched even surprised Billy. If you follow Billy on Twitter and in interviews, you know that he is a guy that doesn’t got surprised easily.

In the welcome message of his new site, Billy talks about his acting and unfortunately his much delayed music career. He also waxes on as he reminisces about the Seattle music scene of the early 1990’s when grunge was coming into its heyday and Kurt Cobain and Nirvana were leading the charge out of the bubblegum 1980’s. Billy then sums it all up by saying:

“It’s been 19 years since the Caddy sputtered into Hollywood, low on oil with a driver even lower on outlook. In those years and throughout his sometimes rosy, sometimes less than stellar career as a film and TV actor, that “driver” has continued to write songs. Songs that reflect the ongoing experience of never knowing. Songs that he hopes might speak to those with similar presentiments and with any luck, those who just dig some music.

So here, on the precipice of two decades into what was always intended to be a “duel career”, I am about to share with you what was supposed to be the FIRST half, but has now become the second…

With the exception of a couple of very special guest musicians whom I’m beyond elated to have coming in, initial tracking for my first LP is now complete. We’ve got some mixing and mastering yet to do but we’re almost there. It has been such a… treat for me to be able to work with the caliber of artists we’ve gathered to make this thing happen. Much credit and my ongoing gratitude goes to producer David Darling who saw my vision and fearlessly brought it to life as no one before ever has. I’m not gonna put any useless preconceptions out there and tell you what “kind” of music it is or who you might compare it to so…

We’re just gonna give away one of the tracks for FREE. Give it a listen. Decide for yourself. To be honest, I’m not sure how long the “freebie” will be available as I’ve gotten quite a bit of resistance to this idea, (Whatev. It’s my music, I’ll do what I want with it) so… GET ON THE LIST AND GET IT NOW. As soon as it’s ready, you’ll be emailed a copy.

In addition to the album, we’ve got some other good shit in store for the early subscribers in the months ahead. As we work out the details, you’ll be informed on how to get in on it. Don’t be shy. Leave a comment, question or unsolicited rant. I’ll be as diligent as I possibly can in responding to everyone …

At the risk of sounding all squishy and sentimental, this venture has been a long time coming for me, so I really would like to thank you all in advance for coming along…”

Don’t worry, Billy. It’s not too “squishy and sentimental” even if you are currently sporting a fine set of fully polished acrylics!  We’ll be downloading and giving the music a try. Rock on!

Billy Burke gave some hints about this last week when he tweeted about those acrylic nails that he has to wear as part of an upcoming film. Late last night Billy tweeted some more information.

“Tomorrow, Sunday, April 11th at 12:00 pst at the official new website to be revealed here [on Twitter], Sign up to get your FREE single from the debut album. 12pm PST COME TO @billy_burke TO GET THE ADDRESS AND SIGN UP FOR YOUR FREE DOWNLOAD OF A TRACK FROM THE DEBUT LP. For those around the globe just enter ur city and convert to Los Angeles USA – www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html”

So, we have a couple of hours to go until we see Billy’s new site and get an opportunity to hear his music, which we are betting is old school rock in style.

Lots of friendly banter going on tonight on Twitter with one of the Twilight stars talking about having a manicure with acrylic nails and not being used to them. Believe me it’s not who you think. Details under the cut. [Read more…]

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