Summer’s creeping up real fast, and I’m jonesin’ to make like Jack Kerouac and hit the road. I just want to be in jorts and write long, wild poems while zipping down the highway, you know? How about we pile into an old Jeep with Blitzen Trapper and catch a few shows? They’re still real keen on American Goldwing, which came out on Sub Pop back in September, way before road trip season. Now, we can drive with the windows down and listen to Neil Young cassettes and stop to drink whiskey with old friends on their back porches and maybe swim in a river or two. I’ll even learn how to play the harmonica.
Come on. I know you’re still bummed that you overslept on Record Store Day and couldn’t snag a copy of Blitzen Trapper’s “Hey Joe”/”Skirts on Fire” 7-inch, but cheer up, buttercup. You can watch the brand spankin’ new video for “Stranger in a Strange Land” as many times as you want. It’s three minutes of good old-fashioned Alaska rambling. Just the thing to get you in the spirit for a summer that’d make Dean Moriarty proud.
Tourdates:
04.28.12 - Silverton, OR - Oregon Garden Brewfest
05.26.12 - George, WA - Sasquatch Music Festival
05.29.12 - Denver, CO - Bluebird
05.30.12 - Lincoln, NE - Bourbon Theatre
05.31.12 - Kansas City, MO - Riot Room
06.01.12 - Ozark, AR - Wakarusa Festival
06.02.12 - Oklahoma City, OK - ACM @ UCO Performance Lab
06.04.12 - Santa Fe, NM - Sol Santa Fe
06.05.12 - Flagstaff, AZ - The Green Room
06.06.12 - Pioneertown, CA - Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown
06.09.12 - Petaluma, CA - Mystic Theatre
06.25.12 - Salt Lake City, UT - Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre *
06.26.12 - Boise, ID - Idaho Botanical Garden Outlaw Field *
06.28.12 - Missoula, MT - Big Sky Brewing Company *
07.01.12 - Duluth, MN - Bayfront Festival Park *
07.02.12 - Rochester, MN - Mayo Civic Center Auditorium *
07.05.12 - Victor, ID - Victor City Park Thursday Music on Main Series
07.07.12 - Winnipeg, MB - Folk Festival
07.08.12 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
07.09.12 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
07.13.12 - South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
07.14.12 - New York, NY - Stuyvesant Town Oval “Music On The Oval Series”
07.15.12 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
07.17.12 - Alexandria, VA - The Birchmere
07.27.12 - Newport, RI - Newport Folk Festival
08.03-05.12 - Happy Valley, OR - Pickathon Festival
* Wilco
• Blitzen Trapper: http://www.blitzentrapper.net
• Sub Pop: http://www.subpop.com
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