JJ GREY & MOFRO ANNOUNCE UK TOUR DATES
JJ GREY & MOFRO ANNOUNCE UK TOUR DATES
Multi-instrumentalist/vocalist/songwriter JJ Grey and his band Mofro have announced dates for a tour of the UK. Grey is coming off a wildly successful solo tour and, prior to that, the most successful full band U.S. tour of Grey's career.
Grey's latest album, Georgia Warhorse, which came out on CD in August, 2010, has just been issued on 180-gram vinyl. MOJO declared, "JJ breaks out with this album for Alligator. Georgia Warhorse makes an immediate impact with every track dipping back into the swamp for inspiration." UNCUT said, "With a voice as tough and gritty as the lumberyard he used to work in, Grey's take on Southern boogie, swamp rock, soul and Rhythm & Blues is proudly old fashioned with echoes of Tony Joe White. Superb". Grey has been featured on BBC Radio 2 (Bob Harris and Paul Jones) and in Q, Guitarist, Total Guitar, Classic Rock and many other UK publications.
Debuting in 2001 with the CD Blackwater, following up in 2004 with Lochloosa, Grey steadily built his audience one live performance at a time. Both albums (reissued by Alligator in 2007) were released under the name Mofro, a name the young Grey chose to describe his music and sound while still working his day job at a lumberyard. He has since used the word to name his band of ever-changing, world-class players. The albums were met with critical acclaim, including "one of the 10 best R&B records of the year and one of the best of the decade" at Amazon.com for Blackwater and "one of the 10 best releases of the year" in Rolling Stone for Lochloosa.
In 2007, with his first Alligator release, Country Ghetto, Grey reached an even larger audience, doubling both his album sales and his concert attendance. 2008's Orange Blossoms built on that energy, with even more fans, radio stations and critics coming on board. With the release of Georgia Warhorse and continued world touring, Grey is set to continue his breakout year. Commenting on his musical future, he says, "Life just makes itself up right in front of me and I just roll with it. All I know is to have the family I have, see the places I've been, meet the people I've met and to get to play music with some of the most talented folks around has got to make me the luckiest man alive."
The UK tour dates are as follows:
Monday 9th May
The Tunnels, Bristol
Arches 31 & 32, Lower Station Approach Road, Bristol, BS1 6QF
http://www.thetunnelsbristol.co.uk/
Box Office: 0117 929 9008
Tuesday 10th May
(support Simon McBride)
The Robin 2, Wolverhampton
26-28 Mount Pleasant, Bilston, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV14 7LJ
http://www.therobin.co.uk
Box Office: 01902 401211
Wednesday 11th May
(support Simon McBride)
O2 Academy Sheffield, Sheffield
37-43 Arundel Gate, Sheffield, S1 2PN
http://www.o2academysheffield.co.uk/
Box Office: 0844 477 2000
Thursday 12th May
O2 Academy Islington
O2 Academy Islington, London
N1 Centre, 16 Parkfield Street, Islington, London, N1 0PS
http://www.o2academyislington.co.uk/
Box Office: 0844 477 2000
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