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United States of Americana for May 10, 2015

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May 10, 2015

Featured several songs for "MOM" on Mothers Day!

Americana gig list:

Gear Daddies - tonight 5/10 - First Avenue
The Steel Wheels - tonight 5/10 - The Cedar
John Moreland - Tuesday 5/12 - Turf Club
Freedy Johnston - 5/12 - The Dakota
The Ericksons - 5/12 - IceHouse
The Damnwells / Trapper Schoepp - Saturday 5/16 Turf Club
Bad Companions album release show / Jack Knife - Saturday 5/16 - Lee's
Willie Nelson - Mystic Lake - 5/16
Real Phonic Radio Hour feat. Stevie Ann - 5/21 - James J Hill Library
Butch Walker - 5/22 - The Cedar
Old Crow Medicine Show / The Devil Makes Three - Vetter Stone Amphitheatre, Mankato - 5/28
Murder By Death - 5/29 - Turf Club
The Last Revel / Dead Horses / Pistol Whippin' Party Penguins - The Cedar - 5/30
Mandolin Orange - 5/31 - 7th St. Entry
Kris Delmhorst - 6/5 - BLB
Marc Cohn / Shawn Colvin - 6/6 - MN Zoo
Lucinda Williams - 6/9 - MN Zoo
Lucy Kaplansky & Richard Shindell - 6/11 - The Cedar
Blue Ox Festival - June 11, 12, & 13 - Eau Claire, Wi (Justin Townes Earle, Pokey Lafarge, Pert Near Sandstone etc)
The Blasters - 6/17 - Lee's
Spirit Family Reunion 6/18 - Triple Rock
Tedeschi Trucks Band / Sharon Jones - 6/19 -Somerset Amphitheatre
Bodeans - 6/19 - MN Zoo
Trombone Shorty - 6/23 - Cabooze Plaza
Wayne Hancock - 6/24 - Lee's
An Evening with Erik Koskinen Band & Friends - Friday 6/26 - Turf Club
Dale Watson - 6/27 - Lee's
Somebody's Darling - 7/2 - Lee's Liquor Lounge
Kacey Musgraves - 7/9 - MN Zoo
Jon Dee Graham - 7/9 - Lee's
Trampled By Turtles - 7/11 - Bayfront Park, Duluth
Dawes / Lake St. Dive - 7/14 - Cabooze Plaza
Dwight Yoakam - 7/17 - Lakefront Music Fest in Prior Lake
The Blind Boys of Alabama - 7/18 - The Dakota
The Mavericks - 7/21 - MN Zoo
Blackberry Smoke - 7/24 - MN Zoo
Mason Jennings / S Carey - 7/25 - MN Zoo
AA Bondy - 7/28 - The Turf
Brandi Carlile / Iron and Wine / Anderson East - 8/2 - Cabooze Plaza
Billy Joe Shaver - 8/5 - The Dakota
Charlie Daniels Band - 8/21 - Vetter Stone Amphitheatre
Robert Randolph & the Family Band - 9/3 - MN Zoo
Merle Haggard / Kris Kristofferson / Sturgill Simpson - 9/7 - MN State Fair
John Prine rescheduled date - Orpheum 9/19
Milk Carton Kids - 11/2 - Fitzgerald Theatre
John Gorka - 11/21 - The Cedar

Weekly gigs
The Roe Family Singers - Monday's - 331
Liquor Pigs - Fridays 7-9pm - Palmer's

Segments

Mama's Eyes
Justin Townes Earle

The Night Tribe
Jimmy Lafave

Mama Sang A Song
Bill Anderson

Mother's Day
Lucy Kaplansky

Everything
Moors & McCumber

California (Part 2)
Mason Jennings

Here in California
Stevie Ann

Waitin' Around to Die
Whity Morgan & the 78's

If I Needed You
Townes Van Zandt

Traveller
Chris Stapleton

Music Making Mama from Memphis
Hank Snow
Vintage Vinyl

Watermelon and Root Beer
Sarah Gayle Meech

12 Bars, 12 Bars
Bad Companions

High on Tulsa Heat
John Moreland

I Won't Back Down
Kris Kristofferson

There Goes the Neighborhood
Bhi Bhiman

Call Ya Mamma
Justin Townes Earle

Woman (oh Mama)
Joy Williams

Water's Edge
The Steel Wheels

Sweet Amarillo
Old Crow Medicine Show

It's All Going to Pot
Willie & Merle

Panama Red
New Riders

Bury Me Good
Mr. Robinson

Parachute
Chris Stapleton

Don't Take Your Guns to Town
Johnny Cash

Bring It On Home to Memphis
Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell

Lost
The Damnwells

She's A Mystery to Me
Roy Orbison

American Dreamer
Frankie Lee

Tough Mama
Bob Dylan & the Band

Mama Tried
Merle Haggard