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<p> Mike Doughty, the singer, songwriter, producer, author and founder of seminal 90’s band Soul Coughing will be playing their debut LP Ruby Vroom in full across the U.S. in 2019. </p> <p> Doughty will be joined on these dates by a cellist, bassist, and guitar player. While they will be performing <em>Ruby Vroom</em> in its entirety, in the original sequence, what the audience experiences will be different each night. “When I was looking for something to do between album cycles I decided to tour <em>Irresistible Bliss</em> in full” explains Doughty. “It was incredibly fun forcing myself to work within that structure. The decisions you make when putting together a set list are different from the ones you make when sequencing a record. This is like performing a single, hour-long piece of music.” </p> <p> Rather than an exact replication of the studio recording, Doughty plans to use a variety of cues and hand signals to adjust the performance in real time. “Live we turn into a musical super-organism. We’re basically doing a real-time remix of the record at each show” tells Doughty. “It won’t <em>not</em> be a note-for-note performance. I’m very proud of the record we made; it’s the sonic embodiment of lower Manhattan in the early 1990’s. Yet there’s a whole other version of this record that lives in my head. I’m extremely excited to see how it evolves night after night.” </p> <p> Doughty has released 11 solo albums in the 21st Century, including<em>Haughty Melodic</em> and<em> Stellar Motel</em>, and a memoir, <em>The Book of Drugs</em> (he’s currently writing a second one). He makes electro tracks under the names UUL and Dubious Luxury; his opera <em>Revelation</em> was staged in conjunction with WNYC; he’s currently writing songs with Wayne Kramer from the MC5. He recently posted his 100th weekly new song for his Patreon subscribers. And, finally, he has three improvised-music bands in Memphis, where he lives: Moticos, Baby Men, and Spooky Party. </p>
