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United States of Americana for May 31, 2015

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May 31, 2015

The Rolling Stones are on the agenda today as this Wednesday's concert is fast approaching. Also played couple from Willie & Merle's new album, which is set for release on Tuesday.

Americana gig list:

Mandolin Orange - tonight 5/31 - 7th St. Entry
Kris Delmhorst - Friday 6/5 - Bryant Lake Bowl
Marc Cohn / Shawn Colvin - Saturday 6/6 - MN Zoo
Gurf Morlix CD Release- 6/7 - Patrick's Cabaret
Calamity & The Owl / I Like You - 6/7 - The Cedar
Lucinda Williams - 6/9 - MN Zoo
Elle King - 6/10 - The Varsity
Lucy Kaplansky & Richard Shindell - 6/11 - The Cedar
Blue Ox Festival - June 11, 12, & 13 - Eau Claire, Wi (Justin Townes Earle, Del McCoury, Pokey Lafarge, Pert Near Sandstone etc)
Taj Raj album release show - 6/13 - Icehouse
The Blasters - 6/17 - Lee's
Spirit Family Reunion 6/18 - Triple Rock
Tedeschi Trucks Band / Sharon Jones - 6/19 - State Theatre
Bodeans - 6/19 - MN Zoo
Trombone Shorty - 6/23 - Cabooze Plaza
Wayne Hancock - 6/24 - Lee's
Bob Log III - 6/24 - 7th St. Entry
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 /The Lone Bellow - 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
Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors 7/24 - Cabooze Plaza
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
Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band - 8/7 - Turf Club
Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds 8/20 - 7th St. Entry
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
Festival Palomino - 9/19 - Canterbury Park
Milk Carton Kids - 11/2 - Fitzgerald Theatre
Robert Bruey - 11/5 - Aster Cafe
Eilen Jewell - 11/11 - The Dakota
David Bromberg - 11/12 - The Cedar
John Gorka - 11/21 - The Cedar

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

Segments

In the Pines
Gene Clark

Unfair Weather Fan
Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard

Far Away Eyes
The Rolling Stones

I Just Want to See You So Bad
Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell

50 Years
Gurf Morlix

Shotgun Down the Avalanche
Shawn Covlin

Click Your Heels
Taj Raj

Jonesin for Jones
Dale Watson

White Lightnin'
George Jones

George Jones Talkin' Cell Phone Blues
Drive-By Truckers

Girl on the Billboard
Del Reeves

Looking at the World Through A Windshield
Son Volt

Time to Believe In
The Deslondes

No Expectations
The Rolling Stones

Beneath the City of Dreams
Calexico

Mansions
Israel Nash

The Light (Part II)
The Pines

East Side of Town
Lucinda Williams

Harlem River Blues
Justin Townes Earle

Strangers
Langhorne Slim

Ghost Town
Sam Outlaw

The Girl I Left Behind Me
Asleep at the Wheel feat. The Avett Brothers

It's All Going to Pot
Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard

Something in the Water
Pokey LaFarge

I'm Shakin'
The Blasters

It's All Over But the Shouting
JD McPherson

Dead Flowers
The Rolling Stones