After a two-year hiatus, indie alternative rockers Fruit Bats are back together and back on the road. The band is fronted by Eric D Johnson, known best here in the North Bay as one of the founders and organizers of the Huichica Music Festival at Gun Bun Winery in Sonoma. Next month, Fruit Bats’ current tour will take them to Gun Bun’s historic Redwood Barn on Friday, Oct 9.
Supposedly, the band called it quits back in 2013, with Johnson continuing to play under his own name. Earlier this year, Johnson wrote that after years of having to write (Fruit Bats) in parenthesis after his own name, Johnson decided to start doing Fruit Bats again, “full steam ahead.”
Johnson also announced that Fruit Bats would be releasing a new album in 2016 and hitting the road this fall for a full US tour. That tour kicked off yesterday in Chapel Hill, NC. Fruit Bats will be making their way to the North Bay on Friday, Oct 9, at Gundlach Bundschu Winery, 2000 Denmark St, Sonoma. 7pm. $28. fruitbatsmusic.com.
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