Dave Alvin once said, "There are two types of folk music... quiet folk music and loud folk music. I play both."Alvin began playing both types of "folk music" in The Blasters, a band that he formed with his brother, Phil, back in 1979. Along with The Blasters, he also played for a time with the Los Angeles punk band, X, a country punk band called The Knitters that was a side project of three members of X, and with The Flesh Eaters.
As so often seems to be the case with musical brothers in the same band, the Alvin boys had a reputation for fighting, which may have led to the break up of The Blasters in 1986 and the beginning of Dave Alvin's solo career.
Released in 2011, 'Eleven Eleven is Alvin's eleventh solo album and, in my opinion, one of his best.
(Scroll down for a link to the full album.)
