The debut album by Fistful of Mercy with Dhani Harrison (George Harrison's son), Ben Harper and Joseph Arthur, "As I Call You Down," will be released on CD Oct. 5 on Hot Records. Pre-orders for the CD and vinyl are available at Amazon.com or at their website at www.fistfulofmercy.com/store. The first 300 pre-orders through the website will come with a signed poster from the band. Vinyl will be available in stores beginning Sept. 28th.

You can get a free download of the song "Fistful of Mercy" from their website in exchange for an email sign up or tweet about the release of the album. See www.fistfulofmercy.com/download for details.

The group will also begin touring in November. Here are the inital shows as listed on the group's website at www.fistfulofmercy.com/shows:

• Nov. 9, 8 p.m, Seattle, WA, Showbox
• Nov. 11, 8 p.m., San Francisco, CA., Great American Music Hall
• Nov. 13-14, 8 p.m., Los Angeles, CA., Hollywood Forever Cemetery
• Nov. 16, 8 p.m., Washington D.C., Sixth & I
• Nov. 17, 8 p.m., New York, N.Y., Apollo Theatre
• Nov. 20, 8 p.m., Philadelphia, PA., Temple University

You can get advance tickets for the shows at www.fistfulofmercy.tickets.musictoday.com. Password is goat.

Below is a video of Eddie Vedder joining the group at the Voices of Justice Rally for the song "Restore Me."