Lenny Kaye will release his debut solo record, Goin’ Local on July 17 via Yep Roc Records. The 79-year-old punk pioneer and Godfather of Garage Rock is best known for his longtime tenure in Patti Smith Group and role as the curator of the garage-rock anthology Nuggets, as well as his work with Allen Ginsberg, Philip Glass, Suzanne Vega, Soul Asylum, Jessi Colter and The Jim Carroll Band, among others. He also authored Waylon Jennings’ autobiography and recently released a memoir of his own, Lightning Striking: Ten Transformative Moments in Rock and Roll.

“I’ve always loved the local, its intimacy and camaraderie… I feel that the truest ‘Goin’ Local’ is the privilege to go inside my own head and hear how I sound to me,” he says of the LP’s title track in a statement.

A number of familiar faces appear on Goin Local’, including Smith, who co-wrote “Solstice,” as well as jazz pianist Matthew Shipp, Railroad Earth’s Tim Carbone, The Jayhawks’ John Jackson and multi-instrumentalist David Mansfield (Bob Dylan, T-Bone Burnett, Lucinda Williams). In advance of the LP’s release, Kaye will hit the road with Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore for a string of East Coast dates. He’ll also be performing with the Patti Smith Group at CBGB Festival this September.

Lenny Kaye Tour Dates

April 25 – Avalon – Easton, MD*
April 26 – Rams Head – Annapolis, MD*
April 27 – The Birchmere – Alexandria, VA*
April 29 – City Winery – New York, NY*
April 30 – The Ardmore – Ardmore, PA*
May 2 – Levon Helm Studios – Woodstock, NY*
May 5 – Iron Horse – Northampton, MA*
May 6 – Bull Run – Shirley, MA*
May 8 – 3S Artspace – Portsmouth, NH*
May 9 – Opera House – Bellows Falls, VT*
June 26 – Dex Fest – Carrboro, NC
June 27 – Dex Fest – Carrboro, NC

*with Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore

Goin Local Track List

1. Goin’ Local
2. This Love
3. If I Were You
4. Let’s Make a Memory
5. A Friend Like You
6. Be That As It May (May Day)
7. Solstice
8. World Book Night
9. Pennsylvania Girls
10. Poppy
11. The Things You Leave Behind
12. Yes I Will