Flights to Denver cost almost as much as UberPool from downtown Denver to Red Rocks. Gonna be really hard to pass on this now.
Southwest is great for these types of flights. Gf and I are going to SF in April and I got two roundtrips for $140.
Im going to San Fran In May and its costing me 32.5k in miles or what would have been $600 but i have free rooming and board
I bet he loved sharing a mic with old Toby http://www.rollingstone.com/country...amey-johnsons-waylon-jennings-tribute-w469763
Sturgill Simpson 5 hrs · We've been trying to keep it under wraps to avoid the inevitable rumor mill but last night's gig in Okeechobee FL officially marks the beginning of a new chapter. We're all very sad to say that after nearly four years Laur Joamets has decided it's time to move on to pursue greener pastures and a gig with little more wiggle room for him to stretch out. It's been a pleasure and an honor watching him grow into one of the baddest guitar players on the planet and everyone in the band wishes him the best in his future endeavors. To be completely honest, I realized last night how much I've missed playing electric guitar without even knowing it so I guess as they say, "it was time". I'm also proud to say that Little Joe recently became the proud owner of a US green card and is working towards officially becoming a "Muhrican". Everyone in the band wishes him the absolute best in both his life and career and we cant wait to see what he does with his incredible talents. It has also been an honor and a priviledge playing with the New Orleans horns boys (Brad Walker, Jon Ramm, Scott Frock) but sadly after touring nearly the entire world, every late night tv program and the Grammy's I felt it was time to move on from the sonic template of ASGTE and get started on "what's next". We all had a wonderful year with them and made some great friends for life. Who knows,..maybe I'll get an itching for the dirty brass again down the road. With all that said, gonna be keeping it lean & mean with Miles, Chuck, & Bob this year. After all,..heavy times calls for heavy music. See ya on the road!!
“Our laptop player couldn’t make it,” an unsmiling Sturgill Simpson cracked Saturday night from the Now Stage at Okeechobee. It was a joke with bite, as the poetic honky-tonker from Kentucky was the odd duck on a festival lineup stocked with EDM-friendly hip-hop outfits and globally famous DJs. If Simpson’s set was short on laser lights and turbo BPMs, it was long on heart, with the guitar-playing singer-songwriter delivering music from his Grammy-winning 2016 album “A Sailor’s Guide to Earth.” Written as an emotionally bare welcome letter to his newborn son, the album confirms Simpson’s status as an heir to the outlaw-country legacy established by Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings and the like. This music may not have been what most Okeechobee attendees came to hear, but Simpson and his three-piece band were determined to make them listen. “After playing the Grammys with a 32-piece band, there’s only one way to go,” Simpson said, spreading his arms wide toward his more modest combo. “You ain’t got to like it, but you’re going to learn to.” The night’s lesson included “Railroad of Sin,” a down-home pickathon from Simpson’s 2013 debut album, “High Top Mountain”; the crushing “Welcome to Earth (Pollywog)” and “Brace for Impact (Live a Little),” both from “A Sailor’s Guide to Earth”; and the psychedelic “Turtles All the Way Down” and “Living the Dream,” from his breakthrough 2014 album, “Metamodern Sounds in Country Music.” Just as Simpson made something new from Nirvana’s “In Bloom” on “A Sailor’s Guide,” on Saturday night, he discovered fresh reserves of soul in Willie Nelson’s “I’d Have To Be Crazy” and William Bell’s “You Don’t Miss Your Water,” suggesting to the audience that if you want to write the future, you’d do well to understand the past. Before exiting the stage, Simpson dedicated the show to his ailing grandfather, whom he would fly home to Kentucky to visit in the morning. “I don’t even know how he’s doing,” Simpson, 38, lamented. “He’s just trying to make it happen like the rest of us.” — Jake Cline
http://www.rollingstone.com/country...n-joins-fight-against-ticket-scalpers-w469989 Spoiler When Pearl Jam launched their now infamous fight against Ticketmaster in 1994, trying to protect concertgoers from inflated service charges, they could have never imagined that those few extra dollars would now seem like small change in the era of online scalpers. It's a battle for which Eric Church recently took aggressive action, cancelling 25,000 bot-generated orders for his Holdin' My Own Tour. Now Sturgill Simpson, according to a Facebook post earlier this week, is joining the crusade for fair and accessible ticketing. "We are working on an experimental ticketing system that will (HOPEFULLY) prevent scalpers/bots from ruining the live music experience for everyone," he wrote. "It infuriates me to see so many people who have supported us from day one being shut out from the opportunity to come to our show for a price I designate. I know exactly who I work for and my tickets will always be affordable and no amount of [awards] in the world will ever change that. In the meantime the only way to put a stop to this is for people to stop buying tickets from scalpers all together or to make so much noise it forces politicians/Ticketmaster to stop taking money from Stub-hub lobbyists that pay them fat stacks of coin to keep online scalping legal." The secondary ticket market is an $8 billion annual business, often forcing shows to sell out in seconds only to see seats appear on online venders like StubHub for an exorbitant markup - sometimes at three, four or even ten times face value. Though the Better Online Ticket Sales Act (known as the "BOTS Act," because who says congress doesn't have a sense humor?) was passed in December with bipartisan support, it hasn't been enough to deter scalpers, who still reportedly make up over sixty percent of sales. Church is using a program to combat automated ticket sales and make any purchased via bots or secondary markets available again to fans – Fielding Logan, who oversees touring for the Chief, told CBS News that success rates are high, and any orders mistakenly cancelled are immediately returned once the purchaser can prove they don't have sinister intentions. Though Simpson hasn't yet announced his plans or how he intends to combat the problem, he is taking steps towards a solution. "EVERYONE is fed up I assure you and we will be cancelling out bot purchased tickets and putting the reclaimed tickets back up for sale at normal price," he wrote on Facebook. Simpson has been selling out shows since the success of his sophomore album, Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, and has only seen the demand rise since winning a Grammy for the follow-up, A Sailor's Guide to Earth and appearing on Saturday Night Live. Those wanting to grab seats at his upcoming tour discovered this quickly: want to see him in September at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado? Spots for that night went fast, but there are plenty available on StubHub for twice the price. Making sure tickets stay at accessible prices for fans is something that has also recently concerned Brantley Gilbert, who recently announced $20 "Working Class" pavilion tickets for his upcoming shows.
Repost, but compare the SNL Call to Arms to the Friday Ryman show. 10:00 especially when he sends cymbals flying. Possessed is correct "I'm bout to show ya'll what a hillbilly is" and then the mother fucker proceeds to get off.
Sturgill this weekend at the Wharf in Orange Beach and the Flora Bama with Norm Peterson. shits gonna get weird
Wasn't my favorite setlist (not like this could really disappoint me) but the band absolutely fucking killed it and Sturgill was at his best
2017 Americana Awards bring 3 nominations for Sturgill Album, Artist, and Song of the Year "All Around You"
Decent show in Charlotte. No encore was pretty disappointing. Was really happy to hear you don't miss your water.
Opener wrapped around 8:30, I can't remember what time he went on as I was pissing and grabbing a beer. I think before 9 though.
He didn't play Turtles all the way down, and there was no encore, so that was very disappointing. I didn't get any video, but he played You don't miss your water, so that was a highlight for me. With Lil Joe not there Sturgill sounded pretty damn good on the guitar. Couple videos if anyone's interested. Sturgill sings Rihanna: Spoiler Railroad of Sin Spoiler Sorry for the video quality.
So pumped for Red Rocks. First non-business, non-football trip during football season I've taken in years.
Kinda annoyed I took off for Queens of the stone age / Royal blood by me in Sept. Sturgill is in NYC too. I'm not sure I can take another day off.
I have seen him 5 times. He never played an encore at those shows. Not playing Turtles is surprising.
About to head out to see him in Charlotte tonight. I was there as well. Thought he sounded great and he absolutely was shredding on the guitar. I feel like he took out his anger appropriately following the wet equipment issue. I enjoyed the show immenslp.
We are same. 5 shows 0 encores. He opened for Isbell in two of those. Of the other three, I think the shortest concert was like 2 hours.
"I've seen Jesus play with flames in the lake of fire I was standing in" is one of the best opening lines out there
I went to see the Avett Bros at Red Rocks a couple of years ago, fully expecting to buy a poster. I can't recall the actual price but it was at least $150. Sturgill opened that night.