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United States of Americana

United States of Americana for August 21, 2016

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August 21, 2016

More 90's alt-country in this episode. Also new things from The Coal Porters, Dawes, & Lyal Strickland.

Americana gig list:

Mark Olson / Ingunn Ringvold - The Warming House - 8/25
Buffy Sainte-Marie - 8/26 - Dakota
Music and Movies feat. The Cactus Blossoms (w/film The Parent Trap) - Lake Harriet, MPLS
Marty Stuart - Sat./Sunday - 8/27 & 8/28 - MN State Fair (Free)
Mark Olson - MN State Fair (Free)
Jerry Jeff Walker - Saturday 8/27 - MN Zoo
Jake Jones Album release show - Saturday 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!)
Kari Arnett - 8/31 - Aster Cafe
Brandi Carlile / The Cactus Blossoms / The Last Revel - 9/2 - Mankato
Dwight Yoakam - 9/4 - Vetter Stone Amphitheatre
Bonnie Raitt / Richard Thompson - 9/5 - MN State Fair
Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins - 9/6 - State Theatre
Lucky Tubb & the Modern Day Troubadours - 9/8 - Lee's
Drivin' N Cryin' - 9/9 - Turf Club
Blind Pilot / River Whyless - 9/10 - Fine Line
NRBQ / Los StraitJackets - 9/11 - Dakota
Sonny Landreth / Cindy Cashdollar - 9/11 - The Cedar
The Deslondes / Jack Klatt - 9/13 - Turf Club
Band of Heathens - 9/14 - Dakota
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 / Josh Rouse - 10/11 - The Dakota
Elizabeth Cook - 10/12 - 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

Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)
Kenny Rogers

Poison Oleander
Mark Olson

Every Kind of Music But Country
Robbie Fulks

Depreciate
The Coalmen

My Blinded Heart
Mandolin Orange

I'll Go To My Grave Lovin' You
Statler Brothers

Falling Son
River Whyless

Chasing Dreams
Jake Jones

What Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made A Loser Out of Me)
Jerry Lee Lewis

Dowtown Tonight
Bob Delavante

New Dehli Freight Train
Little Feat

Our Town
Iris DeMent

You Are the River
Chely Wright

I've Been Over This Before
John Paul White

Times Like This
Slim Dunlap

Country Boy Rock and Roll
Marty Stuart

Up Jumped the Devil
Ronnie Dawson

On the Verge
The Royal Hounds

Minimum Wage
Lyal Strickland

Marie Marie
The Blasters

Longer
Lydia Loveless

Powder Blue
THe Cactus Blossoms

Sit & Drink & Cry
Dale Watson

Dime Store Cowgirl
Kacey Musgraves

Hurt No More
Farewell Milwaukee

Til I Am Myself Again
Blue Rodeo

When the Tequila Runs Out
Dawes

Via Chicago
Wilco

The Day the Last Ramone DIed
The Coal Porters