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United States of Americana for February 24, 2019

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February 24, 2019

I featured Mike Pengra's session with Mandolin Orange on this USofA! I also played a bunch of new things on the radio! We checked out tunes from The Cactus Blossoms, Quaker City Night Hawks, Those Pretty Wrongs & Mercury Rev featuring Margo Price!

Americana Gig List

Johnny Cash Birthday Shootout feat. Gary West & Jay Ernest - Tuesday - The Hook & Ladder
Sonny Landreth / Marcia Ball - Wed. 2/27 - The Dakota
I'm With Her - Fri. 3/1 - First Avenue
Erik Koskinen - Fri. 3/1 - Parkway Theatre
Cowboy Mouth / Drivin' & Cryin' - Sat. 3/2 - First Avenue
Lily & Madeleine - 3/3 - Turf Club
Daniel Romano - 3/6 - 7th St. Entry
The Gibson Brothers - 3/7 - The Dakota
Yonder Mt. String Band / Horseshoes & Hand Grenades - 3/8 - First Avenue
Mason Jennings - 3/8 - The Dakota
The Revivalists / Rayland Baxter - 3/9 - Palace Theatre
The Earls of Leicester - 3/9 - The Dakota
Liz Cooper & the Stampede - 3/12 - Turf Club
Chuck Prophet - 3/13 - Turf Club
Becky Kapell & the Fat 6 - 3/13 - Hook & Ladder
The Infamous Stringdusters - 3/14 - Varsity
Lula Wiles - 3/19 - 7th St. Entry
Rodney Crowell - 3/23 - Hopkins Center for the Arts
Blackberry Smoke - 3/23 - Medina
Eilen Jewell - 3/24 - The Cedar
Molly Tuttle - 3/24 - The Dakota
Neyla Pekarek (from the Lumineers) - 3/27 - The Cedar
Amos Lee - 3/29 - State Theatre
JS Ondara - 3/29 - 7th St. Entry
Hayes Carll / Ben Dickey - 3/29 - The Cedar
Jenny Lewis - 3/29 - Palace Theatre
Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band - 4/1 - Turf Club
Cat Power - 4/1 - The Varsity
The Wild Reeds - 4/4 - Turf Club
Dead Horses - 4/5 - Turf Club
Ryan Bingham / Jesse Dayton - 4/6 - Fine Line
Mary Bragg - 4/6 - The Warming House
Becky Kapell & the Fat 6 - 4/10 - Hook & Ladder
Cowboy Junkies - 4/10 & 4/11 - The Dakota
Todd Snider - 4/12 - Fitzgerald Theatre
Squirrel Nut Zippers - 4/12 - The Dakota
Lucinda Williams and Buick 6 - 4/13 - Fitzgerald Theatre
Joy Williams (The Civil Wars) - 4/15 - The Cedar CANCELLED
David Huckfelt & the Unarmed Forces / Michael Rossetto / Dave Simonett - The Cedar - 4/19
Billy Bragg - 4/18, 19, & 20 - Fine Line
Son Volt - 4/24 - First Avenue
Delbert McClinton - 4/27 - The Medina
Neko Case - 5/1 & 5/2 - Fitzgerald Theatre
Deer Tick / Courtney Marie Andrews - 5/8 - Fine Line
Becky Kapell & the Fat 6 - Hook & Ladder - ⅝ - Hook & Ladder
David Crosby - 5/10 - Pantages
Dale Watson - 5/12- Lee's
Joan Osborne SINGS BOB DYLAN - 5/21 & 5/22 - The Dakota
John Prine - 5/31 - Northrop
Reckless Kelly - 6/5 - The Dakota
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit /Fr. John Misty / Jade Bird - 6/14 - Armory
David Gray - 6/15 - State Theatre
Trampled By Turtles - 7/6 - Bayfront Park, Duluth
The Blasters / Wayne Hancock / The Supersuckers / Clownvis Presley - 7/7 - Uptown VFW
Abby Jeanne - 7/12 - 7th St. Entry
Jamestown Revival - 8/3 - Fine Line
Shakey Graves / Dr. Dog - 8/17 - Surly Festival Field
Mark Knopfler - 8/30 - Orpheum
The Avett Brothers / Trampled By Turtles - 9/21 - Treasure Island Casino, Welch, MN

Weekly gigs

The Roe Family Singers - Monday's - 331
Dusty Heart / Under Violet - Wed. in March - Icehouse

Segments

Galveston
Glen Campbell

In-Studio Performance
Mandolin Orange

Time to Fly
Those Pretty Wrongs

Smile
The Jayhawks

See It Through
The Cactus Blossoms

Big River
Johnny Cash

Black Myself
Our Native Daughters

Intermodel Blues
Michael Rossetto

Always On My Mind
Willie Nelson

Chinky Pin Hill
I'm With Her

New Landlord
Sonny Landreth

Drag Seeing You
Erik Koskinen

When You're Away
Robert Ellis

A Song For You
Leon Russell

Sermon feat. Margo Price
Mercury Rev

Lookin Back Blues
Jason Ringenberg

Luckenbach, TX (Back to the Basics of Love)
Waylon Jennings

Bury Me Deep
Kim Lenz

Better in the Morning
Quaker City Night Hawks

San Quentin (Live)
Johnny Cash

Downtown
The Cactus Blossoms

Straight to Hell
Drivin'N'Cryin'

The Long Way Home
John Paul White