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The Dean Ween Group debut (and tour)

Posted by Loren on August 10, 2016

The Dean Ween Group will release The Deaner Album offivially on Oct. 21 on ATO Records. Deaner, originally a founding member of Ween, recorded the album at various live stops before finishing it in his studio in Lambertville, NJ.

Like Ween and Dean's Moistboyz group, it will be varied stylistically, he says, with a recurring focus on classic rock guitar. Performers on the album include Curt Kirkwood (Meat Puppets), Chuck Treece, Mike "Kidd Funkadelic" Hampton, Scott Rednor, and Bill Fowler.

Meat Puppets will open for The Dean Ween Group on a fall tour later this year.

Dean Ween Group Tour Dates w/ Meat Puppets as openers.
9/24 Asbury Park, NJ. Indian Summer Festival/Anchors Bend Beach Stage*
10/18 Omaha, NE: The Waiting Room
10/20 Milwaukee, WI: Turner Hall*
10/21 Royal Oak, MI: Royal Oak Music Theatre
10/22 Cleveland, OH: Beachland Ballroom
10/24 Louisville, KY: Headliners Music Hall
10/25 St. Louis, MO: Delmar Hall
10/26 Kansas City, MO: The Record Bar
10/28 Aspen, CO: Belly Up
10/29 Jackson, WY: Pink Garter Theatre
10/31 Missoula, MT: The Wilma
* festival date - Meat Puppets not appearing

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