Justin Townes Earle Sets Winter Tour Dates

Justin Townes Earle is one of the best things to happen to country music in 2009. His latest and nearly flawless record, Midnight at the Movies, stands as an organic blend of honest, dusty outdoor ditties bathed in clean and simple studio production, which is probably why Amazon named it #8 best country record of the year, its “Walk Out” earning the runner-up best country song title.

Sounds great, right? But the real good news is that Earle, currently touring with Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach, is taking his show on the road this winter, across the U.S. with one or two stops in Canada. Dawn Landes and Joe Pug open some of the shows.

Dates:

November
16 – Asheville, N.C. @ The Orange Peel
17 – Atlanta, Ga. @ The Variety House
18 – New Orleans, La. @ The House of Blues
19 – Mobile, Ala. @ Callahan’s
20 – Memphis, Tenn. @ Minglewood Hall
21 – Nashville, Tenn. @ Cannery Ballroom

December
5 – Ringwood, N.J. @ Live at Drew’s

January
26 – Indianapolis, Ind. @ Radio Radio #
28 – Knoxville, Tenn. @ Barley’s #

February
4 – Austin, Texas @ Stubbs BBQ #
5 – Houston, Texas @ The Mucky Duck #
6 – Dallas, Texas @ The Granada Theatre #
9 – San Diego, Calif. @ The Loft at UCSD *
11 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ The Echo %
12 – Santa Cruz, Calif. @ Crepe Place %
13 – San Francisco, Calif. @ Great American Music Hall %
14 – Portland, Ore. @ Doug Fir %
15 – Seattle, Wash. @ The Tractor Tavern %
16 – Vancouver, B.C. @ The Biltmore %
18 – Salt Lake City, Utah @ The State Room %
19 – Denver, Colo. @ The Bluebird %
20 – Telluride, Colo. @ Sheridan Opera House %
23 – Iowa City, Iowa @ The Mill %
25 – St. Paul, Minn. @ Turf Club %
26 – Madison, Wisc. @ High Noon Saloon %
27 – Chicago, Ill. @ Lincoln Hall %
28 – Detroit, Mich. @ The Magic Stick %