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United States of Americana 5/21

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May 21, 2017

We celebrated Bob Dylan's birthday a little early on this USofA.

I also played a bunch of new stuff from artists like Jaime Wyatt, Shannon McNally, Justin Townes Earle & Jeb Loy Nichols.

Americana Gig List

Justin Townes Earle / The Sadies - Tuesday 5/23 - First Avenue
Michael Kiwanuka - Friday 5/26 - First Avenue
Fathom Lane Album Release SHow feat. Tabah - 5/26 - Turf Club
Pure Prairie League - 5/26 - The Dakota
Ha Ha Tonka / Trapper Schoepp - 5/31 - Turf Club
Joan Shelley - 6/2 - Bryant Lake Bowl
Chastity Brown Album Release Show - 6/2 - Fitzgerald Theatre
The Sweet Colleens - 6/4 - Parkway Theatre
Sarah Jarosz - 6/6 & 6/7 - The Dakota
Blue Ox Festival feat. Pert Near Sandstone, Punch Brothers, Drive-By Truckers, Son Volt, Infamous Stringdusters. Dead Man Winter, Willie Watson etc. - June 8, 9 & 10 - Eau Claire, Wi.
Willie Nelson & Family - 6/9 - Treasure Island
Robert Earl Keen - 6/9 - The Cedar
Old Crow Medicine Show Performing Blonde On Blonde - 6/10 - Palace Theatre
Alejandro escovedo Band - 6/10 - Dakota
Sean Rowe / Jimmy Lumpkin - 6/13 - Turf Club
Jamestown Revival / Colter Wall - 6/14 - Fine Line
Pokey LaFarge / Lillie Mae - 6/15 - First Avenue
Jamestown Revival - 6/16 - Fine Line
Garland Jeffreys - 6/16 - Dakota
John Moreland / Will Johnson - 6/16 - Turf Club
High 48's - 6/16 - The Cedar
Mavis Staples - 6/17 - Fitzgerald
Brandy Clark / Charlie Worsham - 6/17 - Turf Club
Susto - 6/19 - 7th St. Entry
The Secret Sisters - 6/24 - The Cedar
Mason Jennings / The Pines - 6/24 - MN Zoo
Asleep at the Wheel / Dale Watson - 6/25 - MN Zoo
Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band - 6/28 - Turf Club
Cash'd Out - 6/29 - Turf CLub
The Last Bandoleros - 6/30 - 7th St. Entry
Dustbowl Revival - 7/5 - Dakota
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - 7/7 - Palace Theatre
Sunny Sweeney - 7/13 - Slim Cessna - 7/27 - Turf Club
Graham Parker & Brinsley Schwarz - 7/13 - The Dakota
Amos Lee - 7/18 & 7/19 - MN Zoo
Jerry Jeff Walker - 7/21 - MN Zoo
Ryan Adams - 7/28 & 7/29 - Palace Theatre
Bob Schneider / Travis Linville - 7/29 - Fine Line
Mary Chapin-Carpenter 7/29 - MN Zoo
Steve Earle / Cactus Blossoms / The Masterson's - 7/30 - MN Zoo
Gear Daddies - 8/5 - MN Zoo
Rodney Crowell - 8/10 & 8/11 - The Dakota
Ruthie Foster - 8/14 & 8/15 - The Dakota
Dave Rawlings Machine - 8/23 - Pantages Theatre
TajMo - 9/7 - State
Conor Oberst - 9/7 - Palace Theatre
John Prine - 9/8 - Northrop
Poco - 9/8 - The Dakota
Roger McGuinn - 9/14 - Pantages Theatre
Firefall - 9/15 - Dakota
The Mavericks - 9/29 - State Theatre
Chris Stapleton / Margo Price / Brent Cobb - 10/7 - Xcel Energy Center
Ron Pope - 10/20 - 7th St. Entry
Jeff Daniels (yes, that Jeff Daniels!) - 10/30 - Dakota

Weekly gigs


The Roe Family Singers - Monday's - 331

Segments

Rusty Cage
Johnny Cash

Country Roads
Fathom Lane

Can't Hardly Wait
Justin Townes Earle

Force That Drives
John Louis

I Want You
OCMC

Buckets of Rain
Bob Dylan

This Land Is your Land
Phosphorescent

Rock & Roll Cowboys
Ray Davies

Amie
Pure Prairie League

Prayer For Peace
North MS Allstars

Mozambique
Bob Dylan

Absoutely Sweet Marie
Jason & the Scorchers

Finish Line
Jade Jackson

You Made Me Feel For You
Shannon McNally

September of My Years
Bob Dylan

Maybe A Moment
Justin Townes Earle

The Trial
The Sadies

Wasco
Jaime Wyatt

Freedom Highway
Rhiannon Giddens

Trampoline
Joe Henry

That's How We're Livin'
Jeb Loy Nichols

When I Learned Your Name
Daniel Romano

Luckenbach, TX (Back to the Basics)
Waylon Jennings

Broken Halos
Chris Stapleton

Drive Slow
Chastity Brown

High on A Mountain Top
Loretta Lynn

Forever Young
Bob Dylan