Steve Earle & The Dukes have announced additional Summer 2019 Tour Dates in support of their critically acclaimed new album GUY. A return to New West Records, the 16-song set is comprised of songs written by one of his two primary songwriting mentors, the legendary Guy Clark. The New Yorker called GUY “a winsome tribute” while Stereogum called the album “...a truly sublime homage.” GUY appears ten years after his Grammy Award winning album TOWNES, his tribute to his other songwriting mentor, Townes Van Zandt. Produced by Earle and recorded by his longtime production partner Ray Kennedy, GUY features his latest, and possibly best, incarnation of his backing band The Dukes including Kelley Looney on bass, Chris Masterson on guitar, Eleanor Whitmore on fiddle & mandolin, Ricky Ray Jackson on pedal steel guitar, and Brad Pemberton on drums & percussion.
The Summer tour will feature a taping of the iconic PBS music series Austin City Limits on July 2nd. The broadcast episode will air this fall on PBS as part of Austin City Limits’ milestone Season 45. Steve Earle & The Dukes will also appear at the Outlaw Music Festival in Dallas, TX, Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Picnic in Austin, TX, an appearance as part of the Grand Ole Opry performance at this year’s Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, a two-night stand at the famed Los Angeles, CA venue The Troubadour, and end in Nashville, TN as a part of WRLT Lightning 100’s Live On The Green Summer Concert series. Please see all dates below.
Steve Earle is one of the most acclaimed singer-songwriters of his generation. A protege of legendary songwriters Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark, he quickly became a master storyteller in his own right, with his songs being recorded by Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Joan Baez, Emmylou Harris, The Pretenders, and countless others. 1986 saw the release of his debut record, Guitar Town, which shot to number one on the country charts. What followed was a varied array of releases including the Grammy Award Winning albums The Revolution Starts...Now (2004), Washington Square Serenade (2007), and TOWNES (2009). A true Renaissance man, Earle has become a novelist, a film, TV, and stage actor, playwright, record producer, and radio host. Earlier this year, he appeared in the off-Broadway play Samara, for which he also wrote the score that The New York Times called “exquisitely subliminal.” GUY is Steve Earle’s 19th studio album.
GUY is available on compact disc, across digital retailers, standard black vinyl, limited edition blue vinyl available at Independent Retailers, and is also available directly via NEW WEST RECORDS.
Steve Earle & The Dukes On Tour:
May 30th - Kent, OH Kent Stage
May 31st - Indianapolis, IN Egyption Room at Old National Centre
June 1st - Franklin, OH JD Legends
June 2nd - Chicago, IL Old Town School of Folk Music
June 4th - Louisville, KY The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts/Brown Theatre
June 6th - Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Ponte Vedra Concert Hall
June 7th - Orlando, FL Plaza Live
June 8th - Clearwater, FL Capitol Theatre
June 9th - Atlanta, GA The Buckhead Theatre
June 11th - Charlotte, NC McGlohon Theatre at Spirit Square
June 13th - Manchester, TN Bonnaroo (Grand Ole Opry @ Bonnaroo)
June 14th - Rocky Mount, VA Rocky Mount Harvester
June 15th - Cumberland, MD Tri State Wing Off
June 16th - Dewey Beach, DE Bottle & Cork
June 18th - Annapolis, MD Ramshead
June 19th - Durham, NC The Carolina Theatre
June 20th - Hampton, VA The Vanguard
June 22nd - Tappan, NY 6th Annual Rockland-Bergen Music Festival
June 23rd - Charleston, WV Mountain Stage
June 25th - Joliet, IL Rialto Square Theatre
June 27th - Milwaukee, WI Summerfest
June 29th - Owesboro, KY Romp Festival
July 2nd - Austin, TX Austin City Limits Taping
July 3rd - Dallas, TX Outlaw Music Festival
July 3rd - Austin, TX Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Picnic
July 5th - Houston, TX Heights Theater
July 6th - Lake Charles, LA Golden Nugget Casino
July 9th - Edgartown, MA Old Whaling Church
July 11th - Jim Thorpe, PA Penn’s Peak
July 13th - Guelph, ON Hillside Festival
July 14th - Craven, SK Country Thunder
July 16th - Sudbury, ON Fraser Auditorium
July 17th - North Bay, ON North Bay Capitol Centre
July 18th - Bala, ON Kee to Bala
July 19th - Kemptville, ON Kemptville Live
July 20th - Hammondsport, NY The Pavilion at Point of the Bluff Vinyard
July 28th - Fisher River, Manitoba Leigh Cochrane Memorial Visitor Center
July 30th - Cross Lake, Manitoba Cross Lake Arena
August 1st - Bayfield, WI Big Top Chautauqua
August 2nd - Minneapolis, MN Music in the Zoo
August 3rd - Saint Michael, ND Spirit Lake Casino & Resort
August 4th - Billings, MT Pub Station Ballroom
August 6th - Bozeman, MT Rialto Theatre
August 8th - Challis, ID Braun Brothers Reunion Americana Music Festival
August 9th - Boise, ID Egyptian Theatre
August 10th - Seattle, WA Nordstrum Recital Hall
August 11th - Portland, OR Oregon Zoo Amphitheater w/ Lukas Nelson
August 14th - Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
August 15th - Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
August 16th - Monterey, CA Golden State Theatre
August 17th - Crystal Bay, NV Crystal Bay Club & Casino
August 19th - Solana Beach, CA Belly Up
August 20th - Mesa, CA Ikeda Theater at Mesa Arts Center
August 22nd - Denver, CO Paramount Theatre
August 23rd - Sioux City, IA Anthem @ Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
August 30th - Knoxville, TN World’s Fair Park
August 31st - Mt. Vernon, KY Renfro Valley
September 1st - Nashville, TN WRLT Live on the Green
