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Johnny Blue Skies, 'Passage du Desir'
Johnny Blue Skies, 'Passage du Desir' High Top Mountain Records
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by Bill DeVille

July 21, 2024

On this United States of Americana I will unveil several tunes from the new album from Johnny Blue Skies. (aka Sturgill Simpson!) It’s his 1st album under the new moniker and also his first since he had to cancel a bunch of after injuring his vocal chords.  After a few years rest, his voice is in great shape! I will also feature new songs from a young bluesman named McKinley James, Futurebirds from their new album & Wyatt Flores, who just announced a First Avenue show! 

Program Playlist, hour 1

Program Playlist, hour 2

Americana Gig List 

2024

Clare Doyle - Wed 7/24 - Landmark Center, St. Paul (lunchtime concerts)

The Wild Feathers - Thurs 7/25 - Sociable Ciderwerks

Celebrating Merle Haggard & Loretta Lynn feat Trevor McSpadden & Ali Gray - Thurs 7/25 - Turf Club

Dawes / Ber - Fri 7/26 - Hilde Performance Center

The Vibro Champs / Cindy Lawson - Fri 7/26 - Turf Club 

Chris Smither - Thurs 8/1 - The Cedar

The Burney Sisters feat. Ryan Young on fiddle - 8/1 - Amsterdam

Chuck Meade / Jason Ringenberg - Fri 8/2 - Uptown VFW

Tedeschi Trucks Band / Margo Price - 8/2 & 8/3 - Armory

Nat Myers - 8/4 - Riverside Music Series, Downtown Rochester

The Stray Cats - Thurs 8/8 - Bluestem Center for the Arts Amphitheatre, Moorhead

The Stray Cats -  Fri 8/9 - The Ledge Amphitheatre - Waite Park, MN  

Old 97’s - Fri 8/9 - First Avenue

Mason Jennings - 8/9 & 8/10 - Parkway 

Dwight Yoakam / The Mavericks - 8/10 - The Ledge Amphitheater 

Charley Crockett / Kelsey Waldon - Fri 8/16 - Palace Theatre

Graham Nash - Fri 8/16 - Pantages Theatre

J Streitz and the Long Odds Album Release Show  w/The Union Suits & Eli Gardner - Sat 8/17 - Hook and Ladder (Mission Room)

Steve Earle - 8/20 & 8/21 - Dakota

Logan Ledger / Jeremy Pinnell - 8/22 - Turf Club 

Jamey Johnson / Whitey Morgan and the 78's - Thurs 8/22 - Mysic Lake Amphitheatre

Zach Bryan / Turnpike Troubadours / Levi Turner -  Sat 8/24 - US Bank Stadium

Emmy Woods & Penny Peaches Co-Album Release Show - Sat 8/24 - Hook and Ladder (Mission Room)  

Outlaw Festival feat. Willie Nelson / Bob Dylan / John “Cougar” Mellencamp - 9/6 Somerset Amphitheatre 

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings - 9/9 & 9/10 - Fitzgerald Theater

Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men / Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Mon 9/10 - The Cedar

Black Pumas - 9/11 - Surly (rescheduled)

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Farewell Tour - 9/12 - The Ledge Amphitheatre, Waite Park, MN

The Cactus Blossoms - Fri 9/13 - Fitzgerald Theatre

Phosphorescent - Sat 9/14 - Fine Line

Carsie Blanton / Matt the Electrician - Fri 9/20 - The Cedar

Shovels and Rope - 9/24 - Amsterdam Bar and Hall

Johnny Blue Skies (aka Sturgill Simpson) - 9/25 - Roy Wilkins s/o

Cole Chaney - Sun 9/29 - 7th St Entry

Cowboy Junkies - 9/30 - Dakota

Kaitlin Butts - 10/1 - Turf Club

Odie Leigh - Fri 10/4 - Fine Line

Pony Bradshaw - Fri 10/4 - Turf Club

Billy Bragg - Sat 10/5 - First Avenue

American Aquarium - 10/7 - Turf Club

The DB’s - 10/11 - The Amsterdam

JD McPherson - Fri 10/11 - First Avenue

Cody Jinks / The Cadillac 3 / Calder Allen - Sat 10/12 - The Armory

MJ Lenderman & the Wind - 10/12 -First Ave 

Pokey LaFarge - 10/16 - Fine Line

T Bone Burnett - Wed 10/16 - Parkway

John Hiatt - Wed, Thur & Sat 10/16,10/17, 10/19 - The Dakota

Adeem the Artist - Thurs 10/17 - Turf Club

Stephen Wilson Jr. - Sat 10/19 - Varsity Theater

Madeleine Peyroux - Thurs 10/24 & Fri 10/25 - Dakota 

The Avett Brothers / Trampled By Turtles - Thurs 10/24 - Xcel Energy Center

The Heavy Heavy / Dylan LeBlanc  - 10/24 - First Avenue

Drive-By Truckers - Fri & Sat 10/25 & 10/26 - Uptown Theater

Richard Thompson - 10/26 - Fitzgerald 

Wyatt Flores - Tues 10/29 - 7th St. Entry

Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country - 10/30 - First Avenue

Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets- 11/2 & 11/3 - Fine Line

Allison Russell - 11/3 First Avenue

Shane Smith and the Saints - 11/7 - The Varsity Theatre

Residencies

Roe Family Singers (early) Matt Arthur & Friends (late) - Mondays - 331 Bar

The Front Porch Swingin' Liquor Pigs - Thursday’s - Palmer’s Bar/ 

Mary Cutrufello Band - Tuesdays - White Squirrel Bar, St Paul (Early shows, 6pm)

St. Dominic's Trio - Tuesdays - Driftwood, Minneapolis