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United States of Americana for March 31, 2019

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March 31, 2019

The baseball season is underway! I stepped up to the plate with a few songs for the boys of summer on this USofA. Also featured a two-fer from Steve Earle's new GUY album.

Americana Gig List

2019

Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band - Monday 4/1 - Turf Club
Cat Power - Monday 4/1 - The Varsity
BB Gun / Brianna Kocka - Wed. 4/3 - Icehouse
The Wild Reeds - Thurs. 4/4 - Turf Club
Marshall Crenshaw / The Bottle Rockets - 4/4 - Fine Line
Sweetwater Music and Ski Festival feat. Pert Near Sandstone / Travelin' McCourys / Jeff Austin Band / Them Coulee Boys etc. - 4/4 - 4/6 - Lutsen
Dead Horses - Fri 4/5 - Turf Club
Ryan Bingham / The Americans - Sat. 4/6 - Fine Line
Mary Bragg - 4/6 - The Warming House (moved to 6/8)
Becky Kapell & the Fat 6 - 4/10 - Hook & Ladder
Cowboy Junkies - 4/10 & 4/11 - The Dakota
The Dead Tongues - 4/11 - BLB Theatre
Gurf Morlix - 4/11- Hook and Ladder (Mission Room)
Austin Plaine - 4/11 - 7th St. Entry
Kind Country Album Release Show feat. The Wooks & Ginstrings - 4/12 - First Avenue
Todd Snider - 4/12 - Fitzgerald Theatre
Over the Rhine / Carrie Newcomer - 4/12 - Pantages
Squirrel Nut Zippers - 4/12 - The Dakota
Lucinda Williams and her band Buick 6 - 4/13 & 4/14 - Fitzgerald Theatre
Joy Williams (The Civil Wars) - 4/15 - The Cedar CANCELLED
Whitney Rose - 4/15 - 7th St. Entry
The Mother Hips - 4/17 - 7th St. Entry
Darlingside - 4/18 - The Cedar
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
Rachael Kilgour - 4/25 - Turf Club
Delbert McClinton - 4/27 - The Medina
Joni Mitchell' Clouds 50th Anniversary Tribute - 4/28 - Turf Club
Neko Case - 5/1 & 5/2 - Fitzgerald Theatre
Gear Daddies - 5/4 - First Avenue
Tristen / Meg Kirsch - 5/5 - 7th St. Entry
Deer Tick / Courtney Marie Andrews - 5/8 - Fine Line
Becky Kapell & the Fat 6 - Hook & Ladder - 5/8 - Hook & Ladder
Jeffrey Foucault - 5/9 - View Carre
David Crosby - 5/10 - Pantages
Dale Watson - 5/12- Lee's
Charlie Parr / Phil Cook - 5/18 - First Avenue
Ruby Boots / Indianola - 5/19 - Turf Club
Joan Osborne SINGS BOB DYLAN - 5/21 & 5/22 - The Dakota
Revival Music Festival feat. Keller Williams, New Orleans Suspects, Fruition,
Driftwood, Kind Country, Frogleg, Dirty Revival etc. - 5/24-5/26 - Harmony Park, Lake Geneva, MN
John Prine - 5/31 - Northrop
Reckless Kelly - 6/5 - The Dakota
Mary Bragg - 6/8 - The Warming House
The Last Revel Album Release Show 6/8 - Turf Club
Ben Nichols (Lucero) 6/9 - Turf Club
Howe Gelb (Giant Sand) - 6/13 - The Cedar
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit /Fr. John Misty / Jade Bird - 6/14 - Armory
David Gray - 6/15 - State Theatre
A.A. Bondy - 6/20 - 7th St. Entry
The Minus 5 - 6/20 - Turf Club
JP Harris - 6/25 - Turf Club
Dylan LeBlanc - 6/26 - Turf Club
Trampled By Turtles - 7/6 - Bayfront Park, Duluth
The Blasters / Wayne Hancock / The Supersuckers / Clownvis Presley - 7/7 - Uptown VFW
This is the Kit - 7/11 - Turf Club
Abby Jeanne - 7/12 - 7th St. Entry
Southern Culture on the Skids - 7/12 - Fine Line
Rodney Crowell - 7/18 & 7/19 - The Dakota
Lyle Lovett & His Large Band - 7/21 - State Theatre
Rev. Sekou & the Freedom Fighters - 7/31 - Turf Club
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
Rhiannon Giddens Trio feat. Francesco Turrisi - 10/31 & 11/1 - The Dakota

Weekly gigs

The Roe Family Singers - Monday's - 331

Segments

Southern Nights
Glen Campbell

Kindness
Brianna Kocka

Movement & Location
Punch Brothers

Take the Journey
Molly Tuttle

Long Black Veil
Lefty Frizzell

You Never Even Call Me By My Name
David Allen Coe

This Too Shall Pass
Jamestown Revival

L.A. Freeway
Steve Earle

Picasso's Mandolin
Guy Clark

Play Ball
Bill Kirchen

Call Me Lucky
Dale Watson

The Shape I'm In
The Band

Poor Until Payday
Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band

Maybe the Gods
Massey Ferguson

Renegade
Dylan LeBlanc

Rock Your Baby
Wanda Jackson

Bit Logic
Bottle Rockets

Whnever You're On My Mind
Marshall Crenshaw

Turntable
Dead Horses

The Wire
Shovels & Rope

Black Soul Choir
16 Horsepower

Sixteen Years
Vandoliers

Dublin Blues
Steve Earle

Catfish
Bob Dylan

Daddy Was A Badass
Jesse Dayton

Jingle and Go
Ryan Bingham

Ride Out in the Country
Yola

Moonshiner
Cat Power

Father Mountain
Calexico & Iron & Wine

Philadelphia Fillies
Del Reeves