RULES OF THE ROAD ON SALE IN MARCH
March, 2008
(NEW YORK) First orders for Tobin James' CD, RULES OF THE ROAD, have been placed by the Barnes & Noble and Virgin Megastores chains; J&R Music World (New York, NY); Music Millenium (Portland, OR); Do Re Mi Music (Carmel, CA), Amoeba Music (San Francisco, CA); All Media Guide (Ann Arbor, MI); with more retail outlets expected to follow.

RULES OF THE ROAD will also be available online this month, on Amazon.com; iTunes; Napster; Limewire (subscription); Rhapsody, and approximately 90 other sites. Inquiries have been received from points of sale in the UK and Australia, and updates will be posted as new orders come in!


TOBIN JAMES SIGNS WITH ALLEGRO MUSIC DISTRIBUTION
November, 2007
(NEW YORK) Texas Blues/Rock artist Tobin James has signed a distribution deal with Allegro Music Distribution. Under the terms of the deal, James' new album, "Rules of the Road" will be placed in as many as 250 retail outlets and download sites in the spring of 2008. The album is currently being marketed to radio stations nationwide by Allegro's publicist, and discussions have begun with regard to a Spring/Summer 2008 tour in support of the release.
-Soul O'Pup Records


RULES OF THE ROAD REVIEWED!
October, 2007
(UK) "'Rules of the Road' is long on substance and short on pretension. The album was recorded in Dallas, and has the flavour of a Gregg Allman solo album, with some neat organ and tasteful backing vocals. This is particularly the case on songs like 'Blue Sky Lightning'. Tobin James has a gritty and soulful voice... This is an album which benefits from repeated playing, where the phrasing and emotion in Weiss' voice becomes more and more appealing. The songs have that authentic and timeless Blues sensibility."
-Blues Matters! Magazine

BIO
Tobin James - who has previously appeared on SongPlanet as a member of Jaded Soul - began his career as a professional musician in Australia back in the late '90s/early Aughts, as he traveled around in search of a new direction. Blues got fully into his blood during a stint in Chicago, and he became a presence on the Texas Blues scene soon after returning home to Dallas. In fairly short order, he released a CD with Code Blue, followed by the Jaded Soul demo that can still be heard here on SongPlanet, and had his song, "Lonely Dog Blues" included on the soundtrack of the John Keeyes film, Mad, Bad - The Movie. Winner of the jury award for Best Independent Film at the LA Film Festival, the movie is scheduled for release later this year.

James debuted as a solo artist in July of 2007 with the release of his new CD, Rules of the Road. Backed by his Dallas club band, Damaged Goods, the disc contains eight of his originals (including the full-studio version of the Jaded Soul demo, "Join the Party"), plus covers of songs by a couple of good friends of his: Aussie Blues legend Henry Correy, and the Dallas Blues guitar wizard, Texas Slim (who also appears on the disc). Tracks such as "Blue Sky Lightning", "Lonely Dog Blues", "Double-Dealin' Mama", and the title cut are currently in heavy rotation on Blues radio shows in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, and have been picked up by Internet stations based in Germany and the UK.


Tobin James - Vocals, Guitar
Damaged Goods:
Steve Cerutti - Lead Guitar
Steve Scaff - Bass
Dave Why - Drums

Also appearing:
Texas Slim - Lead Guitar (Tracks 3, 4, 9, 10)
John Solly - Keyboards (Tracks 2 - 4)
Grant Darkk Sloan - Keyboards (Tracks 1, 5 - 10)
Lisa Castleberry, Jilian Brown, Darryl Yokochi, Jay Taylor - Backing Vocals

Produced by Tobin James and Jay Taylor at Taylor Sound in Dallas, Texas; mastered by George Guerin at DES Mastering in Dallas, Texas.

All songs written and arranged by Tobin James (T.J. Weiss), except Tracks 2 (T.J. Weiss, S.C. Scaff), 5 (H. Correy), 8 (T.J. Weiss, D. Powell), and 10 (R. Sullivan).

The Texas native now lives in New York, so that his wife, Holly (a native New Yorker and an accomplished actress) can find more work in her field. He's taking it slow for now, gigging mostly in Manhattan with his new backing band, The Lonely Dogs, while he gets settled in.

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