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Drive By Truckers / The Hold Steady Co-Headlining Tour

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Straight from the Truckers:

The Drive-By Truckers are pleased to announce a 23-date co-headlining tour with their friends The Hold Steady. The bands will alternate who closes the shows throughout the tour, pre-sale begins Tuesday, August 19 (http://rockandrollmeanswell.frontgatetickets.com) and the public on-sale starts Friday, August 22.


The tour is aptly named the Rock and Roll Means well tour. The name of the tour is taken from a lyric of one of Mike Cooley’s songs, “Marry Me.” The line is one of Craig Finn’s favorite lyrics (which he often quotes) “rock and roll means well but can’t help telling young boys lies.”

“We’re all really excited to tour with The Hold Steady. They’re one of the greatest bands out there now and their new album is amazing. Craig writes songs I wish I’d written,” says Patterson Hood. Finn credits seeing DBT live on their Southern Rock Opera tour as the inspiration for him to start playing music again. USA Today rec ently called Southern Rock Opera “this century’s best rock album.”

The Drive-By Truckers have just wrapped a sold out tour of Europe and will play the Outside Lands Music Festival this weekend in San Francisco. Their latest album, Brighter Than Creations Dark was released in January and debuted at #37 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart.


Drive-By Truckers & The Hold Steady – Fall Tour Dates

Thu    30-Oct    Louisville, KY    Coyotes @ City Block    
Fri    31-Oct    Nashville, TN    Ryman

Auditorium

Sat    1-Nov    Atlanta, GA        Tabernacle

Sun    2-Nov    Tallahassee, FL    The Moon @ FSU

Mon    3-Nov    Raleigh, NC        Lincoln Theater

Wed    5-Nov    State College, PA    The State Theatre

Thu    6-Nov    New York, NY    Terminal 5

Fri    7-Nov    New York, NY    Terminal 5

Sat    8-Nov    Philadelphia, PA    Electric Factory

Sun    9-Nov    Boston, MA        Orpheum Theater

Tue    11-Nov    Toronto, ON        Phoenix Theater

Wed    12-Nov    Pittsburgh, PA    Carnegie Music Hall

Thu    13-Nov    Bloomington, IN    Bluebird

Fri    14-Nov    Chicago, IL        Riviera Theater

Sat    15-Nov    Minneapolis, MN    First Avenue

Sun    16-Nov    Minneapolis, MN    First Avenue                    
Wed    19-Nov    Boise, ID        Big Easy    
Thu    20-Nov    Seattle, WA        Showbox            
Fri    21-Nov    Seattle, WA        Showbox     
Sat    22-Nov    Portland, OR        Crystal Ballroom        
Sun    23-Nov    San Francisco, CA    The Fillmore    
Mon    24-Nov    San Francisco, CA    The Fillmore            
Tue    25-Nov    Los Angeles, CA    Wiltern

Charlie Louvin Readies Two Releases

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From Pitchfork.com: Country music legend Charlie Louvin, along with his late brother Ira, set the standard for duo close harmony singing that would later be followed by the The Everly Brothers, the The Wilburn Brothers and the Beach Boys. After Ira’s death in June 1965 Charlie launched a solo career that was put on hold for nearly a decade until last year’s “Charlie Louvin” was released on New York label Tompkins Square and featured a cast which included George Jones, Elvis Costello, Marty Stuart, Tom T. Hall, and Jeff Tweedy.

On September 16 Tompkins Square will release Louvin’s self-proclaimed “gospel record,” called Steps to Heaven. It features versions of 8 traditionals and two Louvin Brothers tunes.
Steps to Heaven Track List:

01 Love at Home
02 How Beautiful Heaven Must Be
03 Precious Lord, Take My Hand
04 There’s a Higher Power
05 Where We’ll Never Grow Old
06 If We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven
07 Just Rehearsing
08 When the Roll Is Called up Yonder
09 I Feel Like Traveling On
10 I Am Bound for the Promised Land

A second record, Charlie Louvin Sings Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs, is Louvin’s exploration of the darker songs, comes out December 9 also on Tompkins Square, and it borrows nine songs from the label’s recent compilation, People Take Warning! Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs, 1913-1938. Those songs are supplemented on the record by the appearance of new versions of a couple songs from the first Louvin Brothers album, Tragic Songs of Life.

Mark Nevers of Lambchop, who has worked on records by Bonnie “Prince” Billy and Andrew Bird, produced, recorded, and mixed both albums.

Louvin has dates  throughout the rest of the year which includes a show in Nashville on July 30 opening up for M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel’s She & Him.

Charlie Louvin:

07-13 Winnipeg, Manitoba – Winnipeg Folk Festival
07-18 Athens, GA – Melting Pot
07-26 Palmer Rapids, Ontario – TBA
07-30 Nashville, TN – The Mercy Lounge *
08-08 Moss Point, MS – Moss Point
09-06 Sparta, NC – Sparta High School
09-20 Berea, KY – College Berea (Spoonbread Festival)
09-21 Chattanooga, TN – Chattahippie Music Festival
10-17 Austin, TX – Cactus Cafe
10-18 Durant, OK – TBA
11-01 Mobile, AL – Alabama Pecan Festival
01-17 Tampa, FL – 6th Annual Bell Buckle Cruise

* with She & Him

Rebel Spirit Music Americana Showcase

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Rebel Spirit Music defines itself as an organization that can “support and develop the careers of independent artists both individually and as a community.” Okay, it’s got a hippy-dippy name and sounds like cultural collective commune but they do have the good sense to be putting on a great showcase tonight at the Rockwood Music Hall. On the bill is Twang Nation favorite Joe Whyte with Alec Gross, Kelley McRae and Nate Campany.   Get down to the East Village and show some love.

Wednesday, July 2
Rockwood Music Hall
196 Allen St.
8pm
FREE

Ryan Bingham Talks New Release/ Plays New York City

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Ex bull-rider and troubadour of dusty trails and hard living Ryan Bingham discusses with PopMatters.com how his latest release, “Mescalito” (Lost Highway), came to be. Bingham also says that he is working on the follow-up to “Mescalito,” which he hopes to release early next year, and is sticking with Marc Ford as producer.

Bingham will be playing at the Mercury Lounge in New York City tonight appearing with David McMillin.

Ryan Bingham and the Dead Horses – Bread and Water

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Billboard.com Review Drive By Truckers Show – May 15th Charleston, S.C.

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Billboard.com has a glowing write up on the May 15th Charleston, S.C. Drive By Truckers show. A sample:

That they continue to pull it off in such hammering, consistent fashion is not only a credit to their staying power (and ability to weather waves like the departure of Jason Isbell last year), but, as they showed on a sweaty and Jack Daniels-fueled 25-song set in Charleston, proof that it still might make sense to buy completely into the notion that rock n’ roll is the literal answer to many, many things.

cvilleMUSE.com Giving Away Gary Allen Box Seats

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If your reading this in the Charlottesville, VA area and are a Gary Allen fan you will want to head over to cvilleMUSE.com to try and win two box tickets and a free parking pass to the upcoming Gary Allan show at the Charlottesville Pavilion, this Thursday, May 8th.

Just leave a comment below on their contest page with your real email address. cvilleMUSE.com will randomly select the winner of the 2 tickets and the free parking pass at 10AM on Thursday morning!

Brooklyn County Fair – 5/11

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Guayaki Yerba Mate presents the fifth Brooklyn County Fair May 11th at Galapagos (70 North 6th Street Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY) with headliner The Flanks as their new CD heads to the press. The Newton Gang (featuring Alan Lee Backer on lead guitar and the former members of Gowanus Corral and the WWJDs) is on the bill supporting their new EP and Yarn makes their triumphant return after touring relentlessly. Jon Itkin makes his BCF debut celebrating his latest release. The Doc Marshalls will support their CD sits as it sits at 20 on the AMA Top 40. Jamie Lyn Smith returns to the BCf with her Red Tail Hawks Band bringing her melodic mountain-style to the big city. All this will be hosted by your fabulous hillbilly hostess Lindy Loo!

Justin Townes Earle to Play the Grand Ole Opry Friday

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Justin Townes Earle continues to blaze a trail, and the Grand Ole Opry moves a step toward relevency (inviting Sunny Sweeney was a also a plus) by inviting Earle to perform Friday, May 2nd on the 8pm show, also on a bill will be Brad Paisley, Mark Wills and Mountain Heart.

If you find yourself in Nashville do yourself a favor and catch what is sure to be a great performance.