Motorcycle accident doesn’t stop Lanois from finishing CD he was mixing the day of his accident

Blurt – “Black Dub, led by producer Daniel Lanois, will release their debut Jive album on November 2. Black Dub – rock, symphonic soul and deeply dubby -Lanois on guitar, New Orleans virtuoso Brian Blade, who has performed with such jazz titans as Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock, on drums, the vocals of Belgian born Trixie Whitley, the 22-year-old daughter of the late, great Texas bluesman, Chris Whitley, and rounding out the quartet is famed Louisiana bass player Daryl Johnson.” 

“Black Dub recorded the album in Los Angeles with a focus on live sessions often done in one take. Lanois recently told Rolling Stone magazine “I had been fantasizing about putting a band together for a long time that would allow me to write music with a funkier angle.” The music is accompanied by a series of live “off the floor” videos that Black Dub has been posting on their new website (click here to watch a performance of the single “I Believe In You”).”

Lanois is just out of a wheelchair (!) and still says his collapsed lung is giving him trouble.  “I’m concerned about my right lung since it’s slightly collapsed,” he says. “There’s still some liquid floating around in my lung cavity and there is scar tissue down there and there might be a bit of scabbing. In another week they’ll do a scan and see if there need to get in there one more time — which is no picnic because they punch a hole in your side and stick in a drain hose. You want morphine for that… I think for the rest of the season I’m on four wheels.” (Rolling Stone)

Lanois will also release his memoir Soul Mining: Daniel Lanois -A Musical Life on November 2.

Most of the songs were said to be recorded live then done with studio videos.

Set list from Exclaim.ca

Black Dub:

1. “Love Lives”
2. “I Believe in You”
3. “Ring the Alarm”
4. “Last Time”
5. “Surely”
6. “Nomad”
7. “Slow Baby”
8. “Silverado”
9. “Canaan”
10. “Sing”
11. “Sirens”

With sources from Rolling Stone, Blurt and Exclaim.ca