SE 6: EP 3 Dave Alvin - King of California

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss Dave Alvin and his 1994 LP, King of California. Dave Alvin started his storied career in Los Angeles with the Blasters, a band he founded with his brother Phil. Full of energy and attitude, the Blasters found themselves embraced by the LA punk scene. The band did find some commercial success, but they fought like cats and dogs, which while it added to their intensity, but not their long-term possibilities, leading Dave to strike out on h...