Dexter Romweber: Film, Tour

Romweber acts in Lake City, Duo Plays CMJ, Tours. New album in February.

By Blurt Staff

Flat Duo Jets founder Dexter Romweber is acting in Lake City alongside Sissy Spacek, Keith Carradine, Rebecca Romjin, Troy Garity and Drea de Matteo. Romweber plays Frank, the guitarist in Keith Carradine’s band, which also includes Dave Matthews. We smell a supergroup!

From the press release: “In the film, Rebecca Romijn plays a small-town cop romantically involved with Troy Garity's character, who reunites with his estranged mother (Sissy Spacek) when deadly circumstances threaten their home. Directed by Perry Moore, known for his work on The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the With and the Wardrobe, the film debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival in April, 2008.”

“It was very different being in a movie, then playing music, but the waiting around to perform was the same,” says Romweber. “All the cast and crew were very helpful to me. Keith Carradine was a true gentleman and Sissy Spacek and Troy Garity (Jane Fonda's son) were very nice. As I've never acted before, Perry Moore the director was ever encouraging. Would I do it again? Yes, of course!” 

Romweber also gets props from Jack White in a new documentary called It Might Get Loud, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September. It “chronicles the artistic process and influences of guitar superstars Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White,” with the latter calling Romweber a “huge influence.” The soundtrack, released earlier this year, includes live and recorded tracks from Flat Duo Jets.

Romweber’s other celluloid credits are the 1987 cult classic Athens, GA-Inside/Out and Two-Headed Cow, a documentary about his career.

After wrapping Lake City, the Dex Romweber Duo signed with Bloodshot Records. The just-completed new album is produced by producer John Plymale (Meat Puppets, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Corrosion Of Conformity) and features Cat Power, Neko Case, Exene Cervenka and Rick Miller of Southern Culture on the Skids. Look for it in February. The DRD will also play two shows at CMJ in NYC on Oct. 25: a Bloodshot Records Party (with Justin Townes Earle, Ben Weaver, Cordero and more) and an evening show with Los Straitjackets. The band will tour the East Coast through Nov. 22.

For more information, visit http://www.myspace.com/dexterromweberduo

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TOUR DATES:

Thu       October 23        Washington, DC            The Red and the Black                          

Fri        October 24        Linfield, PA                    Railroad Street                          

Sat       October 25        Brooklyn, NY                 Union Pool - Bloodshot CMJ Showcase (day show)                                  

Sat       October 25        Brooklyn, NY                 Southpaw          (night show)                  

Sun      October 26        Boston, MA                   Abbey Lounge                           

Wed     October 29        Hoboken, NJ                  Maxwell's                                 

Thu       October 30        Richmond, VA               The Triple                                 

Fri        October 31        Winston-Salem, NC       The Garage                              

Thu       November 6       Athens, OH                  Casa Nueva                              

Fri        November 7       Baltimore, MD               Dangerously Delicious Pies                                

Sat       November 8       Milton, DE                     Dogfish Head                            

Sat       November 22     Norfolk, VA                    Tap House