Chicago experimentalist Ryley Walker headlined the 7th Street Entry on October 4, touring to spread the word that he’s re-imagined Dave Matthews Band’s lost 2001 album The Lillywhite Sessions. The record will arrive November 16 on Dead Oceans.

Opening up for Walker was fellow Chicagoan long-standing musical project Health&Beauty (aka Brian Sulpizio). If you ever worked in a department store, you may know that the make-up section is referred to as Health & Beauty, or “HABA” (health and beauty aid) for short. Anyway, the Sulpizio would also double as Walker’s guitarist, along with bassist Andrew Young and drummer Ryan Jewell, for his main set… billed with imagination as Ryley Walker and Band.

If you count how many songs the band play, often stealing from other musicians (which Walker would be the first to confess), it’s not very much. Perhaps only eight songs were played, but for Walker and Band, they extend each song in long jams… followed by long stories about Walker’s youth. For example, how rad it was to work at his favorite job at Culver’s. Well, it was his favorite job, that is, until he “discovered the dark arts of Built to Spill”.

Remaining tour dates:

10/05 – Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon
10/06 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Backroom
11/06 – Berlin, Germany @ Frannz Club
11/07 – Aarhus, Denmark @ Atlas
11/08 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Vega
11/09 – Wangels, Germany @ Rolling Stone Weekender
11/10 – Utrecht, Netherlands @ Le Guess Who?
11/10 – Groningen, Netherlands @ ROCKIT Festival
11/11 – Kortrijk, Belgium @ Sonic City Festival
11/12 – Middelburg, Netherlands @ Kloveniersdoelen
11/13 – Brussels, Belgium @ Botanique
11/14 – Köln, Germany @ Artheater
11/15 – Bern, Switzerland @ ISC Club
11/16 – Zurich, Switzerland @ Bogen F
11/17 – Rust, Germany @ Rolling Stone Park
11/19 – Barcelona, Spain @ Sidecar
11/20 – Madrid, Spain @ El Intruso
11/21 – Sevilla, Spain @ Sala X
11/22 – Lisbon, Portugal @ ZDB
11/24 – San Sebastian, Spain @ Badabada
11/25 – Limoges, France @ Le Phare
11/26 – Lille, France @ Le Bar Bulle
11/27 – London, UK @ Scala

11/28 – Bristol, UK @ The Fleece
11/29 – Manchester, UK @ Band On The Wall
11/30 – Brighton, UK @ The Old Market
12/01 – Paris, France @ Point Ephemere
12/02 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso Noord
12/05 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Calvin College
12/06 – Detroit, MI @ El Club
12/07 – Toronto, ON @ Baby G
12/08 – Montreal, QC @ L’Esco
12/09 – Portland, ME @ SPACE Gallery
12/10 – Greenfield, MA @ Root Cellar
12/11 – Boston, MA @ Great Scott
12/12 – Providence, RI @ Columbus Theatre
12/13 – Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle
12/14 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right
12/15 – Montclair, NJ @ Outpost In The Burbs
12/16 – Washington, DC @ Songbyrd
12/17 – Charlottesville, VA – Twisted Branch
12/18 – Knoxville, TN @ Pilot Light
12/19 – Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
12/20 – Nashville, TN @ The Basement
12/21 – Indianapolis, IN @ White Rabbit Cabaret
12/28 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle