Upcoming Shows
Date City Location Other Info
Tue, Feb 14, 2012  Lund, Sweden  Lund University  TBA 
Mon, Feb 20, 2012  Aarhus, Denmark  University of Aarhus  TBA 
Sat, Mar 17, 2012  Charlotte, NC  TBA  St. Paddy's Day with Shorty and Leisure 
Tue, May 15, 2012  Liverpool, GBR  The Cavern Club  International Pop Overthrow-Liverpool May 15-22. Actual date and time TBA. 

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Read this from Issue #73 of Jersey Beat!

LEISURE MCCORKLE – Jet Set Baby (MoRisen Records) The missing ingredient in much of today’s “modern rock” (aside from talent) is humility, the ability of the artist to reveal their emotional wounds to the world and share the pain with an appreciative audience. The best rap music has humility aplenty, though it’s hard to tell, hidden underneath all the sexual braggadocio, while folk rockers have always worn their wimpy hearts on their sleeves.

Not since the early efforts of Elvis Costello, Graham Parker, and Joe Jackson – the “angry young men” of the ‘80s – has rock and roll enjoyed such freedom. In this aspect, Leisure McCorkle is a welcome throwback to an earlier era, an anomaly in an age that champions marketability and profit over sincerity and talent. Jet Set Baby shows both in abundance, McCorkle’s finely-tuned, guitar-driven, three-minute pop/rock treasures drenched in sincerity and delivered with no small amount of talent.

On Jet Set Baby, McCorkle throws away memorable lines that lesser songwriters could build entire careers around, verses like the defiant “I don’t

wanna spend anymore time making records for the popular crowd/I don’t want to be the sound that’s underground” from “In Touch With My Own Sound.”  The precocious “jam the radio satans cause we don’t like their stations/we don’t dig their sounds” from “New York Eyes” has the antagonist chasing a girl, “she’s got Chicago style but New York eyes.”

Unlucky in love, yet a hopeless romantic, McCorkle bleeds for us on Jet Set Baby, but don’t you that rock & roll cures all, so let’s fall in love for a night and the morning will bring another heartbreak. It’s okay, though, ‘cause “there’s a spirit who’s soared through the universe/some say he’s a master of the lyrical cha-cha-cha/you can’t erase his lyrical masterpiece” sings the great McCorkle and I, for one, believe him.

Leisure McCorkle is the MAN, a new wave fury with a heart of glass and bag full o’ manic musical hooks. The Reverend has heard the gospel according to McCorkle and now I’m going to “LA-La-La-La-La my way through life!” In a perfect world, Leisure McCorkle would rule the airwaves; as it is, Jet Set Baby will have to remain our dirty little secret. The Rev sez “check it out!” - Rev. Keith A. Gordon


Other Reads:
Red Eye Distribution - Music Review
Pop Matters - Music Review

New Album Coming:
5000 Light Years Beyond the Speed of Sound

Previous Shows
Date City Location Other Info
Thu, Jan 05, 2012  Charlotte, NC  The Liberty Gastropub  w/ Shorty Matt Miller 5:30-8:30pm. The Rock Returns to Charlotte! Happy Holidays! 
Tue, Nov 01, 2011  Belfast Rock City, NI  TBA  Leisure Returns to Belfast Rock City! 
Wed, Sep 14, 2011  Charlotte, NC  Providence Road Sundries  w/ Shorty Matt Miller 7-10pm 
Tue, Sep 13, 2011  Charlotte, NC  The Italian Pie  w/ Shorty Matt Miller 6-9pm. East Blvd/Dilworth (in front of Caribou) 
Fri, Sep 09, 2011  Hillsdale, MI  TBA  Wagler Wedding reception. 
Thu, Sep 08, 2011  Detroit, MI (livonia)  One Under  w/Maryz Eyez/Trenchtown 1330 Mafia reunion! 
Sun, Sep 04, 2011  Charlotte, NC  Private Party   
Sat, Aug 27, 2011  Charlotte, NC  Nix Burgers (uptown 5th street)  9-12pm. Next to Dandy Mkt. 
Fri, Aug 26, 2011  Washington, DC  Bella Cafe  http://belladc.com/ w/Jason Byrd, Shorty Matt Miller, and others 8pm till 11pm upstairs. 
Thu, Aug 25, 2011  Charlotte, NC  The Liberty (Gastropub)  w/ Shorty Matt Miller 7-10pm 
Sat, Aug 20, 2011  Charlotte, NC  The Lodge  w/Shorty Matt Miller. 6pm-9pm. 
Thu, Aug 18, 2011  Charlotte, NC  The Liberty (Gastropub)  w/ Shorty Matt Miller 6-9pm 
Tue, Aug 16, 2011  Charlotte, NC  Mac's Speed Shop (Lake Norman)  w/ Shorty Matt Miller 7-10pm 
Fri, Aug 12, 2011  Charlotte, NC  Tyber Creek  w/ Shorty 10-2 upstairs. 
Thu, Aug 11, 2011  Charlotte, NC  Cosmos (Bally)  w/ Shorty Matt Miller 7-10pm patio style. 
Fri, Aug 05, 2011  Charlotte, NC  The Lodge  w/ Shorty Matt Miller 9-12pm inside (Colony and Rea) 
Thu, Aug 04, 2011  Charlotte, NC  The Liberty (Gastropub)  6-9pm w/ Shorty Matt Miller. 
Sat, Jul 30, 2011  Charlotte, NC  Nix Burgers (uptown 5th street)  w/ Shorty Matt Miller 9-12pm uptown on 5th street between Church and Tryon. 
Tue, Jul 26, 2011  Charlotte, NC  Mac's Speed Shop (Lake Norman)  w/Shorty Matt Miller 7-10pm 
Sat, Jul 23, 2011  Charlotte, NC  Private Party  w/ Shorty Matt Miller 
Thu, Jul 21, 2011  Charlotte, NC  The Liberty (Gastropub)  6-9pm w/ Shorty Matt Miller. 
Wed, Jul 20, 2011  Boston, MA  TBA  TBA 
Sat, Jul 16, 2011  Maumee, OH  Swigs  w/ Jason Slone 8-12pm. Patio style. Great day to be a dragon! 
Sat, Jul 09, 2011  Charlotte, NC  The Lodge  w/ Shorty 10-1am inside. 
Thu, Jul 07, 2011  Charlotte, NC  The Liberty (Gastropub)  6-9pm w/ SHorty Matt Miller. 
Sun, Jul 03, 2011  Charlotte, NC  Philosopher's Stone  w/ Shorty Matt Miller 4-7pm Patio 
Sun, Jul 03, 2011  Charlotte, NC  Mac's Speed Shop (South Blvd)  w/Shorty Matt Miller 8-11pm. 
Sat, Jul 02, 2011  Charlotte, NC  The Lodge  w/ Shorty patio time 7-10pm. 
Wed, Jun 29, 2011  Charlotte, NC  Providence Road Sundries  w/ Shorty Matt Miller 7-10pm. 
Thu, Jun 23, 2011  Charlotte, NC  The Liberty (Gastropub)  5:30-8:30 patio style. 
Fri, Jun 17, 2011  Charlotte, NC  Private Party  w/ Shorty Matt Miller 
Tue, Jun 14, 2011  Charlotte, NC  Mac's Speed Shop (Steele Creek)  w/ Shorty Patio time. 
Mon, Jun 13, 2011  Charlotte, NC  Yn (Wine Bar)  7-9pm w/Shorty Matt Miller. 1/2 price wine night. (next to East Blvd Bar and Grill) 
Sun, Jun 12, 2011  Charlotte, NC  Mac's Speed Shop (South Blvd)  Shorty and Leisure Patio Style. 
Tue, May 31, 2011  Charlotte, NC  Mac's Speed Shop (Lake Norman)  7-9pm w/Shorty Matt Miller. Wine night. 
Sun, May 29, 2011  Charlotte, NC  Philosopher's Stone  w/ Shorty 4pm-7pm 
Thu, May 26, 2011  Charlotte, NC  Boardwalk Billy's  Patio time w/ Shorty Matt Miller 6-9pm! 
Mon, May 09, 2011  Charlotte, NC  Yn Bar  7-9pm. Half Price Wine patio style. 
Mon, May 02, 2011  Detroit, MI (livonia)  One Under  w/ TrenchTown (formerly Maryz Eyez) Livonia, MI. 
Tue, Apr 19, 2011  Charlotte, NC  Mac's Speed Shop (Lake Norman)  w/Shorty Matt Miller wine tasting 7-9pm. 
Mon, Apr 18, 2011  Charlotte, NC  Yn (Wine Bar)  7-9pm w/SHorty Matt Miller. 1/2 price wine night. (next to East Blvd Bar and Grille) 
Sun, Apr 17, 2011  Charlotte, NC  Philosopher's Stone  4-7pm patio time w/ Shorty Matt Miller 
Sat, Apr 16, 2011  Charlotte, NC  Mac's Speed Shop (Steele Creek)  w/Shorty Matt Miller 8-11pm. 
Sat, Mar 19, 2011  Charlotte, NC  The Lodge  w/ Short Matt Miller! 2nd anniversary party 6-9pm Patio if nice. 
Fri, Mar 18, 2011  Charlotte, NC  Mac's Speed Shop (Steele Creek)  8-11pm w/ Shorty Matt Miller. Party and Go Heels! 
Sat, Feb 26, 2011  Livonia, MI  One Under  The Return of Leisure McCorkle and TrenchTown (formerly Maryz Eyez) details TBA! Marci's Birthday! 
Sat, Feb 19, 2011  Charlotte, NC  Mac's Speed Shop (Steele Creek)  8pm till 11pm. w/ Shorty Matt Miller 
Fri, Feb 18, 2011  Charlotte, NC  The Lodge  10pm-1am w/ Shorty Matt Miller 
Thu, Feb 17, 2011  Charlotte, NC  Whiskey River  Alive After Five 5pm. w/ Simplified (Shorty Matt Miller will be joining Leisure) 
Mon, Feb 14, 2011  Charlotte, NC  Moosehead Grille  w/Shorty and Renelvis! 

Click here for Previous Year's Tour Dates

For bookings and other info, Contact Leisure McCorkle at: nappystar@hotmail.com


Publicist:
Ariel Publicity Artist Relations and Cyber Promotions
325 West 38 Street - Suite 505
New York NY 10018

phone: (212) 239-8384
fax: (212) 239-8380
http://arielpublicity.com
 

Web Links:
Trenchtown - http://trenchtownmusic.com (formerly Maryz Eyez)
Charlotte Live Music - http://www.charlottelivemusic.com
The Visulite (Charlotte, NC) - http://www.visulite.com
The Nick Rocks - http://www.thenickrocks.com
The Bleeding Hearts - http://www.thebleedinghearts.com
The Neon Lounge - http://www.neonlounge.com
Julius Bragg - http://www.juliusbragg.com
Cowboy Mouth - http://www.cowboymouth.com
The Blue Dogs - http://www.bluedogs.com
John Thomas Griffith of Cowboy Mouth - http://www.johnthomasgriffith.com



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