[Cover photo credit to Jason Thrasher]

After 40+ years of detailing the lives of “outcasts, losers, freaks and outliers” in society in his two bands, Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven, David Lowery is releasing an autobiographical album, titled Fathers, Sons, and Brothers. The track “Frozen Sea” from the album is out now, one of the 28 tracks on the album. It details some of his earliest memories as a child in an English seaside town.

Throughout the length of the album, Lowery chronologically takes us through his youth (attending a Spanish bullfight with his family, where he asks “Papa, do they really kill the bull?”) and carries on through his coming-of-age period (re-locating to California’s Coachella Valley with his family in the ’70s, as well as a humorous tale of landing in Disneyland jail after getting sh*t-faced on vodka and mushrooms at the theme park, and standing up to bullies in his disabled sister’s defense).

The album further delves into the ups and downs of his music careers with both groups (tapping into CVB band tensions on “We Hate You” and Cracker’s quick rise to fame in the early/mid ’90s on “It Don’t Last Long”). He recalls hooking up with his future ex-wife in Richmond, VA (“Pretty Girl from Oregon Hill”), and details friends (Sparklehorse’s Mark Linkous on “Mark Loved Dogs and Babies”), family, children, divorce and more. 

DAVID LOWERY SOLO 2025 TOUR DATES:

Friday, April 4 – Cobbham Triangle Park, Athens GA [Free Show]

Friday, May 30 – Grey Eagle, Asheville NC

Saturday, May 31 – Evening Muse, Charlotte, NC

Sunday, June 1 – Eddie’s Attic, Decatur, GA [Early 5pm Show]

Sunday, June 1 – Eddie’s Attic , Decatur, GA [Late 8pm Show]

CRACKER 2025 TOUR DATES:

Saturday, June 7 – Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO (with Big Head Todd and Cheap Trick)

Friday, June 20 – Winnetka Music Festival – Winnetka IL

Saturday, June 21 – Acorn Theatre, Three Oaks, MI

Saturday, July 26 – Petaluma Music Festival – Marin Fairgrounds Petaluma CA [w/ Camper Van Beethoven]

CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN 2025 TOUR DATES:

Saturday, April 26 – The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA (SOLD OUT) [Telephone Free Landslide Victory 40th Anniversary Show]

Sunday, April 27 – The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA [Telephone Free Landslide Victory 40th Anniversary Show]

Thursday, July 10 – Sunday, July 13 – Winnipeg Folk Festival, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Saturday, July 26 – Petaluma Music Festival – Marin Fairgrounds Petaluma CA [w/ Cracker]