The Salt Collective with special guest Sneakers

The Salt Collective is a Paris-based collaborative music project led by French guitarist and songwriter Stéphane Schück. The touring entity for 2024 comprises Schück, Fred Quentin (Salt), Matthew Caws (Nada Surf), Mitch Easter (Let's Active), Chris Stamey and Gene Holder (The dB's), Lynn Blakey (Tres Chicas) and Rob Ladd (The Connells) and Special Guests.

Opening the show will be reunited Sneakers, featuring Mitch Easter and Chris Stamey. In 1976, Sneakers released an influential 6-song EP, engineered by Don Dixon, who would eventually produce bands such as R.E.M. (with Easter) and The Smithereens. The duo of Easter and Stamey followed this with the albums In the Red (1978) and Racket (1992).

"...There's a professorial solidity to Life (the album), assembled by Paris-based trio, Salt around contributions from their venerable musical friends. Produced by The dB’s’ Chris Stamey, each track has the feel of an elegant masterclass... highly effective demonstrations of collegial pop power... these are songs of impressive experience."

-- MOJO