JJ GREY & MOFRO ANNOUNCE MAJOR NORTH AMERICAN TOUR

 

JJ Grey & Mofro, the Jacksonville, Florida-based swamp, blues, rock, funk, and soul band, have announced a major North American fall tour. In addition to headlining theatre and festival dates, the band will share four dates with blues guitarist/vocalist Susan Tedeschi and three dates with guitarist Derek Trucks. Then, in late September and running through November, JJ Grey & Mofro will embark on a co-headlining tour with country rock outlaw Shooter Jennings and special guest Earl Greyhound.

Grey's most recent CD, ORANGE BLOSSOMS, has been hailed by USA Today as “intoxicating North Florida blues-rock, with hints of Memphis, Muscle Shoals and garage-band music.” In every song he writes and sings, Grey exudes rocking, funky, melodic front-porch realism. He comes from a long tradition of Southern musical storytellers. His multi-textured music is filled with dynamic rhythms and thought-provoking lyrics. From raw funk to deep soul, blues and rock, JJ and his band, both on CD and live, are simply devastating. Debuting in 2001 with BLACKWATER, following up in 2004 with LOCHLOOSA (both albums reissued by Alligator in 2007), Grey steadily found more and more success. With his two Alligator releases (2007’s COUNTRY GHETTO and 2008’s ORANGE BLOSSOMS), and non-stop touring, JJ Grey is taking his ever-growing fan base along for the ride of their lives.

Tour dates are as follows:
8/14 - Denver, CO - Denver Botanical Gardens (with Susan Tedeschi)
8/15  - Lyons, CO - Folks Festival        
8/16 - Snowbird, UT - Snowbird Tent Revival        
8/19 - Seattle, WA - Woodland Park Zoo Amphitheater (with Susan Tedeschi)
8/21 - Portland, OR - Oregon Zoo Amphitheater (with Susan Tedeschi)
8/22 - Healdsburg, CA - Rodney Strong Winery (with Susan Tedeschi)   
8/24 - Chico, CA - Sierra Nevada Brewing Company   
8/27 - Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern   
8/28 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre        
8/29 - San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands Music Festival   
9/11 - Statesboro, GA - The French Quarter Cafe        
9/13 - Charlotte, NC - Belk Theatre (with Derek Trucks)
9/15 - Oxford, MS - The Lyric Oxford (with Derek Trucks)   
9/16 - Athens, GA - The Classic Center (with Derek Trucks)   
9/17 & 9/18 - Fredericton, New Brunswick, CANADA - Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival

Co-Headlining With Shooter Jennings:
9/24 – Tampa, FL - Ritz Ybor City
9/25 – Orlando, FL -  House Of Blues
9/26 – Jacksonville, FL - Maverick's
9/30 – Birmingham, AL - Workplay
10/1 - Lexington, KY – Buster's Billiards & Backroom
10/2 - Indianapolis, IN – The Vogue
10/3 – Detroit, MI - St Andrews Hall
10/6 – Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
10/7 - Louisville, KY - Headliners
10/8 – Covington, OH - Madison Theater
10/9 – Greenville, SC – Fall For Greenville Fest
10/10 - Charleston, SC – Music Farm
10/22 – New York, NY - Irving Plaza
10/24 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
10/29 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
10/30 – Knoxville, TN – The Valarium
10/31 – Memphis, TN - Minglewood Hall

These shows without Shooter Jennings:
10/23 – Troy, NY – Revolution Hall (with Soulive)
10/28 - Wilmington, NC - Greenfield Lake Amphitheater
11/1 - New Orleans, LA – Tipitina’s
11/1 – New Orleans, LA – Voodoo Music Festival