Whiskey Myers Add Fall Dates to Tornillo Tour
With anticipation growing around their sixth studio album Tornillo, set for release July 29 via the band’s own Wiggy Thump Records with distribution by Thirty Tigers, genre-bending band Whiskey Myers continue to build upon the growing success of consistently sold-out shows, including their upcoming sold-out Red Rocks Amphitheatre debut, adding over 15 additional dates to the Tornillo Tour this fall.
Tickets for the new dates are on sale to the general public Friday, May 6 at 10 a.m. local time via WhiskeyMyers.com, with presale access available for members of the “Official Whiskey Myers Fans” Facebook page beginning Tuesday, May 3 at 12 p.m. local time. Additionally, Spotify will give the band’s biggest fans on the platform early access beginning Thursday, May 5 at 10 a.m. local time.
Last week, Whiskey Myers offered a further glimpse at full-length Tornillo with the release of “Whole World Gone Crazy,” with American Songwriter declaring in an exclusive premiere, “the bluesy-southern rock blending tune places Whiskey Myers in a league of their own with their signature hard-rocking sound on full display… Saddle up and settle in because Whiskey Myers is ready to take listeners on a country, rock, and blues-infused wild ride.”
“I wrote ‘Whole World Gone Crazy’ back in April of 2020. There was so much hysteria going on in the world before and around that time that this song just sort of came out of me,” lead guitarist John Jeffers shared with the outlet. “Between COVID and everything else, everyone seemed to be going a little nuts. I felt like during all of that, most people were, and still are, just normal people trying to make it another day. Trying to keep their job, praying to the big guy upstairs and working on getting through some crazy times.”
Written solo by Jeffers, who also sings lead vocals on the track, the song’s timely lyrics and sauntering rhythm build over three minutes into a blazing instrumental breakdown showcasing the band’s signature style, described by Esquire as “straight-up, booze-swilling, highway-driving, heart-on-your-sleeve, blood-on-your-knuckles country music.”
“Whole World Gone Crazy” follows prior Tornillo early releases “Antioch” and lead single “John Wayne,” both of which earned praise as part of Billboard’s “First Country” celebrating the best new songs each week, with the outlet celebrating the former as “a biting track” with “horns, grinding guitars and a solid background vocal chorus” and “meaty Southern rock and blues” and the latter as “nearly five minutes of righteous southern rock, which arrives via a swampy mesh of soul and funk,” continuing, “Cody Cannon’s raspy growl leads a flurry of sizzling guitar, thumping bass, swirling harmonica and flashes of horns, as this group continues pushing its boundaries.”
Tornillo offers the next chapter for the six-piece band that Cowboys & Indians declares is “on a course toward massive success” with Rolling Stone praising Whiskey Myers’ signature ability to “successfully blend hard rock and country twang” in a way that makes them “just as compelling, hard-rocking, and genre-crossing on record as they are onstage” as Billboard proclaims that the new music “is a worthy addition to the group’s already electrifying, rowdy live shows.”
Among the new dates on the fall leg, Whiskey Myers recently announced that their personally curated Firewater Music Festival will return for a second year, taking place Sept. 29 – Oct. 1, 2022, just outside Kansas City. For more information and to purchase ticket packages, visit FirewaterMusicFestival.com.
For the most up-to-date information on the forthcoming album and all tour dates, visit WhiskeyMyers.com and follow on social media @WhiskeyMyers.
Tornillo Album Art | Courtesy of Wiggy Thump Records/Thirty Tigers
Tornillo Track Listing
Songwriters in parentheses; lyrics & liner notes available HERE
- Tornillo
- John Wayne (Cody Cannon, Jamey Gleaves, Tony Kent)
- Antioch (Cody Cannon)
- Feet’s (Cody Cannon)
- Whole World Gone Crazy (John Jeffers)
- For The Kids (Cody Cannon)
- The Wolf (Cody Cannon)
- Mission To Mars (Cody Cannon, Aaron Raitiere)
- Bad Medicine (Cody Cannon)
- Heavy On Me (John Jeffers)
- Other Side (Cody Cannon)
- Heart Of Stone (Cody Cannon)
Previously Announced Dates
Featuring Shane Smith & The Saints on all dates except where otherwise noted, with additional support from Goodbye June, 49 Winchester, Read Southall Band, Brent Cobb & Jamestown Revival; visit WhiskeyMyers.com for specific date information
* denotes Whiskey Myers is part of a larger festival lineup; all others are headlining dates
+ Shane Smith & The Saints will not appear on these dates
May 4 Charlottesville, Va. | Ting Pavilion
May 5 Salem, Va. | Salem Civic Center
May 6 Atlanta, Ga. | Coca-Cola Roxy
May 7 Southaven, Miss. | Landers Center
May 12 Wichita, Kan. | WAVE
May 13 Oklahoma City, Okla. | Zoo Amphitheatre
May 14 Rogers, Ark. | Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion
May 19 Columbus, Ohio | KEMBA Live!
May 20 Indianapolis, Ind. | TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park
May 21 Sterling Heights, Mich. | Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill
May 22 Cleveland, Ohio | Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica
June 3 + New Braunfels, Texas | Whitewater Amphitheater
June 4 + New Braunfels, Texas | Whitewater Amphitheater
June 6 Morrison, Colo. | Red Rocks Amphitheatre
June 8 Cedar Rapids, Iowa | McGrath Amphitheatre
June 9 Maryland Heights, Mo. | Saint Louis Music Park
June 10 Camdenton, Mo. | Ozarks Amphitheater
June 11 Council Bluffs, Iowa | Westfair Amphitheatre
June 15 Cincinnati, Ohio | ICON Music Center Festival Park
June 16 Asheville, N.C. | Rabbit Rabbit
June 17 *+ Manchester, Tenn. | Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
June 18 Brandon, Miss. | Brandon Amphitheater
July 7 North Charleston, S.C. | Firefly Distillery
July 8 Charlotte, N.C. | Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre
July 9 Raleigh, N.C. | Red Hat Amphitheater
July 10 Portsmouth, Va. | Atlantic Union Bank Pavilion
July 12 Manteo, N.C. | Roanoke Island Festival Park
July 14 Dothan, Ala. | National Peanut Festival Site
July 15 Cocoa, Fla. | Cocoa Riverfront Park
July 16 Pompano Beach, Fla. | Pompano Beach Amphitheater
July 17 St. Augustine, Fla. | The St. Augustine Amphitheatre
July 29 + Corpus Christi, Texas | Concrete Street Amphitheater
July 30 + San Angelo, Texas | Wild West Fest 2022
Aug. 4 Missoula, Mont. | Big Sky Amphitheater
Aug. 5 Billings, Mont. | Magic City Blues Festival
Aug. 7 Boise, Idaho | Outlaw Field at Idaho Botanical Gardens
Aug. 11 Grand Junction, Colo. | Amphitheater at Las Colonias Park
Aug. 12 Sandy, Utah | Sandy Amphitheater
Aug. 13 Cheyenne, Wyo. | The Chinook at Terry Bison Ranch
Sept. 30 + LaCygne, Kan. | Firewater Fest
Oct. 1 + LaCygne, Kan. | Firewater Fest
Whiskey Myers | Photo Credit: Khris Poage
Newly Announced Tornillo Tour Dates
Featuring Read Southall Band on all dates except where otherwise noted
^ Featuring Shane Smith & the Saints (Read Southall Band will not appear on this date)
+ Featuring The Weathered Souls
Sept. 23 + Little Rock, Ark. | First Security Amphitheater
Oct. 7 ^+ The Woodlands, Texas | Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman
Oct. 13 + Tuscaloosa, Ala. | Tuscaloosa Amphitheater
Oct. 14 + Gonzales, La. | Lamar Dixon Expo Center
Oct. 15 + Fort Worth, Texas | Dickies Arena
Oct. 31 Spokane, Wash. | Martin Woldson Theatre at The Fox
Nov. 1 Seattle, Wash. | Paramount Theatre
Nov. 2 Portland, Ore. | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
Nov. 5 Redding, Calif. | Redding Civic Auditorium
Nov. 11 San Francisco, Calif. | The Warfield
Nov. 12 San Jose, Calif. | San Jose Civic
Nov. 13 Santa Barbara, Calif. | Arlington Theater
Nov. 15 Pomona, Calif. | The Fox Theater
Nov. 17 Los Angeles, Calif. | The Novo
Nov. 18 San Diego, Calif. | Humphrey’s
Nov. 19 Las Vegas, Nev. | The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas
Whiskey Myers (L to R: Jeff Hogg, Tony Kent, Cody Tate, Cody Cannon, John Jeffers, Jamey Gleaves) | Photo Credit: Khris Poage
About Whiskey Myers
Genre-bending band Whiskey Myers have played more than 2,500 live shows to ever-increasing crowd sizes since their emergence in 2007. Their forthcoming self-produced album, Tornillo, set for release July 29, follows their self-produced fifth studio album, WHISKEY MYERS, out now on the band’s own Wiggy Thump Records. WHISKEY MYERS debuted at No. 1 on both the Country and Americana/Folk sales charts, at No. 2 on the Rock chart and No. 6 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart (No. 3 among new releases). Their previous album, Mud, reached No. 1 on the iTunes country chart with single “Stone” hitting Top 10 all genre. In total, Whiskey Myers have sold more than 1.2 million albums and amassed over 1.5 billion streams while earning three RIAA Gold certifications. USA Today describes the band led by frontman Cody Cannon as “a riff-heavy blend of Southern rock and gritty country that has earned comparisons to the Allman Brothers Band and Led Zeppelin,” with Rolling Stone noting “it’s the seminal combination of twang and crunchy rock & roll guitars that hits a perfect sweet spot.” The band known for their high-energy live show and unique sound has also earned sync success with features (and an on-screen appearance) in Paramount Network’s hit show “Yellowstone” as well as the Renée Zellweger-led Netflix series “What/If,” the Angelina Jolie film “Those Who Wish Me Dead” and hit CBS series “SEAL Team.”
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