Looking for a cool place to get a tattoo, see some pin up girls, check out some classic cars, get married on the Queen Marry and catch some great Americana music this summer? Then head over to the Iron-N-Ink Tattoo and Kustom Culture Festival in Long Beach, CA June 6-8.

On the bill is Wayne Hancock, The Blasters, Dale Watson, Rosie Flores, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Junior Brown, The Lonesome Spurs and much more.

All right Cali twangers, get out and see Wayne “The Train” Hancock and Scott H. Biram at Safari Sam’s two year anniversary show.

Wayne “The Train” Hancock has hired Huck Johnson to play upright bass in his band and is ready to hit that long and winding road for an upcoming Fall tou. Wayne is reported to be “Totally Stoked” to get back on the road (Wayne, dude, cut back on those Keanu flix.) Catch out Wayne’s fine show when he come to a town near you, especially the one at Joplin Memorial Hall in Joplin, MO with Willie Nelson.

10/27 - Greenville, TX
Kenneth Threadgill Concert,

10/28 - Joplin Memorial Hall
***Opening for Willie Nelson!***
Joplin, MO

10/30 - Knuckleheads
Kansas City, MO

11/02
Beale on Broadway
St. Louis, MO
Cost:N/A

11/09
Pocola, OK
Choctaw Casino,

11/10 Pocola, OK
Choctaw Casino,

11/14 - Kent, OH featuring Don Helms and Joey Allcorn
Kent State Folk Festival @ the Kent Stage

11/15 - Cleveland, OH
Beachland Ballroom,

11/16- Pittsburgh, PA
Diesel

11/17 Maumee, OH
The Village Idiot,

11/18 - Newport, KY
Southgate House

11/22 Austin, TX
Thanksgiving at the Continental Club!

11/23 Houston, TX
Fitzgeralds

DEC 16 Hollywood, CA
Safari Sams

Wayne Hancock “California Blues”

If reading hurts your head but still keep up with real country goings-on then might I suggest you check out a little something entitled “It Burns When I Pee.”

That’s right friends, no longer just an embarrassing medical condition “It Burns When I Pee” is no also a great podcast of kindred spirits spreading the gospel of bone-fide country music and helping to fight the scourge of pop-country mediocrity!

Sound like too much for one little podcast to handle? Then head over to Section86.com, download an installment and see for your own doubting-thomas self! The newest episode features an interview with Scott H. Biram and an album review of Wayne “The Train” Hancock’s album Tulsa from Jared Morningstar.

And then there’s IHWIP’s Cheyenne. Worth the price of admission alone.