LITTLE RAIDER EP + 2 VINYL RELEASE/The folks at Goliad Entertainment will be releasing the Little Raider EP on vinyl on May 26. The original EP was recorded in 2011 with Jim Eno at Public Hi-Fi, and this vinyl release includes two bonus tracks, documented last year with Britton Beisenherz at Ramble Creek Recording. I’ll have them available at all upcoming performances. Track listing:
Little Raider
To Coupland Lines
One More Dreamer For The Summer
To Place Me On A Stone
Tangle For The Less
Devil On The Interstate Line
The Treaty/Loose Talk (Bonus Track)
Waiting Here For The Light To Rise (Bonus Track)
NEW SHOWS/I’ll be traveling around doing some shows in June. Most of these will be with my friend John Moreland.
June 1 – St. Louis @ Off Broadway*
June 2 – Indianapolis @ White Rabbit Cabaret*
June 3 – Cleveland @ Beachland Tavern*
June 4 – Washington DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel*
June 7 – NYC @ Bowery Ballroom*
June 8 – Boston @ The Sinclair*
June 9 – Montreal @ Bar Le Ritz*
June 10 – Toronto @ Velvet Underground*
June 13 – Ann Arbor @ The Ark*
June 14 – Chicago @ Thalia Hall*
June 16 – St. Paul @ Turf Club*
June 17 – Maquoketa IA @ Codfish Hollow Barnstormers*
June 29 – Denton @ Dan’s Silverleaf
* with John Moreland
LONESOME LIES BEFORE US/My friend Don Lee has written a new novel called Lonesome Lies Before Us. Solitude, uncertainty, and one’s search for identity and love are explored through lead character, songwriter Yadin Park. Don kindly asked me along to help shape some of the lyrics for this book, and we’ll join together for a reading, stories and songs at Boswell Book Company in Milwaukee on the evening of June 15.
NEW SOUTH SAN GABRIEL SHOWS/We’re getting the troops back together to play a few here in Texas. Come on down and sit with us for a spell in the syrupy heat.
August 10 – Austin @ Mohawk
August 11 – Dallas @ Kessler Theater
August 12 – Denton @ Dan’s Silverleaf
Thanks, and see you down the road. -Will J.