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United States of Americana for August 7, 2016

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August 07, 2016

I featured The Mavericks this, as they play the MN Zoo on Tuesday.

Also played new stuff from Bill Kirchen, Anders Osborne, Kelsey Walden and The Devil Makes Three.

Americana gig list:

Music and Movies in Loring Park feat. The Pines w/film Hairspray - 8/8 - Loring Park
Kristin Diable - Monday 8/8 - 7th St. Entry
The Mavericks - Tues 8/9 - MN Zoo
Sam Outlaw - Tues 8/9 - 7th St. Entry
case/lange/veirs - Wed. 8/10 - MN Zoo
Dick Dale - Thursday 8/11 - Cabooze
Carrie Rodriguez & Luke Jacobs - Thurs 8/11 - The Dakota
Trailer Trash - Friday 8/12 - Turf Club
Hot Tuna - 8/14 - The Cedar
Mark Olson / Ingunn Ringvold - The Warming House - 8/25
Buffy Sainte-Marie - 8/26 - Dakota
Marty Stuart - 8/27 & 8/28 - MN State Fair (Free!)
Jerry Jeff Walker - 8/27 - MN Zoo
Jake Jones Album release show - 8/27 - Turf Club
Parker Millsap - 8/29 - Turf Club
Danny Barnes - 8/30 - Turf Club
Pokey LaFarge - 8/31 & 9/1 - MN State Fair (Free!)
Brandi Carlile / The Cactus Blossoms / The Last Revel - 9/2 - Mankato
Dwight Yoakam - 9/4 - Vetter Stone Amphitheatre
Bonnie Raitt - 9/5 - MN State Fair
Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins - 9/6 - State Theatre
Drivin' N Cryin' - 9/9 - Turf Club
NRBQ / Los StraitJackets - 9/11 - Dakota
Sonny Landreth / Cindy Cashdollar - 9/11 - The Cedar
Handsome Family - 9/15 - The Cedar
Dale Watson - 9/15 - Lee's
Festival Palomino feat. Trampled by Turtles/The Arcs/Andrew Bird/Jake Bugg/Houndmouth
/Elephant Revival/The Cactus Blossoms/Margaret Glaspy/Aubrie Sellers/Frankie Lee/The Brothers Comatose/John Mark Nelson/The Devil's Flying Machine feat. Charlie Parr - 9/17 - Canterbury Park, Shakopee
Sara Watkins - 9/20 - Dakota
Blitzen Trapper - 9/21 - Turf Club
James Hunter Six - 9/21 - The Dakota
Scott Laurent - 9/23 - Icehouse
Jon Stickley Trio - 9/23 - The Cedar
Drive-By Truckers / Lydia Loveless - 9/24 -First Avenue
Squirrel Nut Zippers - 10/7 & 10/8 - The Dakota
Nick Lowe - 10/11 - The Dakota
Joe Henry - 10/17 - The Cedar
Jamestown Revival - 10/20 - Turf Club
The Felice Brothers - 10/24 - Turf Club
Joan Baez - 10/26 - State Theatre
St. Paul and the Broken Bones - 10/26 & 10/27 - First Avenue
USofA 7th Birthday Show feat. Margo Price - 10/27 - Turf Club S/O
Amos Lee - 10/30 - Northrop
Lee Harvey Osmond - 11/5 - 7th St. Entry
James Vincent McMorrow - 11/18 - First Avenue

Weekly gigs
The Roe Family Singers - Monday's - 331

Segments

Someday
Steve Earle

Men & Coyotes
Red Shahan

Still Learning How to Fly
Rodney Crowell

I've Been Over this Before
John Paul White

Had I Paid
Small Glories

Rain Drops Keep Fallin' On My Head
BJ Thomas

Aerosol Ball
The Felice Brothers

Dead Birds
The Way Down Wanderers

Rag Mama Rag
The Band

Lafayette
Anders Osborne

From Small Thing (Big Things One Day Come)
Dave Edmunds

I Want to Know
The Mavericks

Longer
Lydia Loveless

The Mountain
Sarah Potenza

I'm Not the Devil
Cody Jinks

Ghost Town
Sam Outlaw

Houds of the Bakersfield
Bill Kirchen & Austin De Lone

Drive
Lera Lynn

I'll Make Time For You
Kristin Diable

Hanging From the Earth
The Pines

Travelin' Down this Lonesome Road
Kelsey Waldon

Strange
Patsy Cline

Best Kept Secret
case/lang/veirs

Champagne & Reefer
The Devil Makes Three

Can't Get No Grindin'
Muddy Waters

In Bloom
Sturgill SImpson

All Night Long
The Mavericks

Ramblin' Fever
Merle Haggard