"Front Row Seat" tour continues for Josh Abbott Band
JThe osh Abbott will continue in 2017 to support its latest release "Front Row Seat," it was announced today.
The band will start in their home state of Texas in early January and ending in late March in Anaheim, Cal.
"Front Row Seats" captures the story of a failed relationship - Abbott's marriage - separated into five theatrical acts.
Tour dates are:
Dec. 30-31 - Houston, TX - House of Blues
Jan. 6-7 - Ft. Worth, TX - Billy Bob's Texas
Jan. 13-14 - New Braunfels, TX - Gruene Hall
Jan. 20-21 - Denver, CO - Grizzly Rose
Jan. 25 - Omaha, NE - The Waiting Room
Jan. 26 - Minneapolis, MN - Skyway Theatre - Studio B
Jan. 27 - Springfield, IL - Boondocks
Jan. 28 - Rosemont, IL - Joe's Live
Feb. 3 - Norman, OK - Riverwind Casino
Feb. 10 - San Antonio, TX - Cowboys Dance Hall
Feb. 11 - Donna, TX - Chisholm Trail Festival
Feb. 17 - College Station, TX - TBD
Feb. 25 - El Paso, TX - Texas Country Music Festival
March 1 - Boston, MA - TBD
March 2 - Clifton Park, NY - Upstate Concert Hall
March 3 - Washington, DC -TBD
March 4 - New York City, NY -TBD
March 8 - Warrendale, PA - Jergel's Rhythm Grille
March 9 - Grand Rapids, MI - The Intersection
March 10 - Indianapolis, IN - 8 Seconds Saloon
March 11 - Rootstown, OH - Dusty Armadillo
March 15 - Seattle, WA - The Croccodile
March 17 - Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory
March 18 - Boise, ID - Knitting Factory
March 22 - Sacramento, CA - Goldfield Trading Post
March 23 - Bakersfield, CA - Buck Owen's Crystal Palace
March 24 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues
March 26 - Anaheim, CA - The Parish House of Blues Anaheim
More dates will be announced.
More news for Josh Abbott Band
- 11/16/21: "Christmas Was" for Josh Abbott Band
- 06/28/19: Runaway June, Josh Abbott Band release new music
- 05/23/19: Josh Abbott Band plans EP
- 10/03/17: Cash calls country artists to support gun control
- 08/18/17: Josh Abbott Band tops new releases
- 06/28/17: Josh Abbott Band slates new disc
- 06/01/17: Josh Abbott Band announces tour
- 05/05/17: Abbott becomes a father
CD reviews for Josh Abbott Band
The Josh Abbott Band's five-song EP starts out slightly silly, but then gets really serious from the middle to the end. It also surprisingly covers a lot of subject matter ground in a short time span.
It opens with "Santa Better Knock," which leans a little to the Eartha Kitt, sexy side of Christmas songs. This one is followed by "A Marshmallow World," a holiday song with probably the least amount of artistic food value, which finds Abbott and band just having a little ...
The Texas-based Josh Abbott Band's "The Highway Kind" effectively straddles the edginess of Texas alternative country with slick Nashville production values. The best two tracks are the opening title cut and the sweetly sentimental ballad that closes the set. Abbott kicks it off with the Erik Dylan, Troy Cartwright and Jon Randall tune about the constraint of city living ("Well, the downtown streets never got me where I was going") as compared to the preferred life on the ...
Releasing five albums and two EPs since 2008, the normally prolific Josh Abbott Band returns more to its roots after exploring new, more Nashville-type sound over the last two albums. This self-released effort shows maturity and confidence by remembering who they are and expanding their base at the same time.
With the title cut, "Catching Fire," co-written by Abbott, serving as a bridge between their past musical exploration and their rootsy Texas sound, it is his distinctive voice ...
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