June 21 • 5:30 pm
John Butler Trio with Anderson East
with Patrick Chadwick
John Butler Trio
The John Butler Trio is an eclectic roots/jam band from Australia led by guitarist and vocalist John Butler. They have independently released five studio albums, the last three of which debuted at #1 in Australia, and have had eight Top 40 singles. Having developed a great reputation as a live act, the band have also released three live albums. Apart from their little-known debut album, all of their releases have received high praise, including an APRA and ARIA awards. Come out early to celebrate the Summer Solstice and Father’s Day with the 10th Annual 307 Live Crawfish Boil, Nashville’s Anderson East, and local musician Patrick Chadwick.
johnbutlertrio.com
Anderson East
Anderson East hails from Athens, Alabama and now calls Nashville his home. This rhythm and blues musician is a powerhouse vocalist who is sure to intrigue with his passionate lyrics and dusty, soulful R&B sound. Anderson is currently in the midst of an extensive tour, including dates with Brandi Carlile, John Butler Trio and The Lone Bellow.
andersoneast.com
July 3 • 5:30 pm
Jared & The Mill
with Wyatt Lowe & The Mayhem Kings
You may remember Jared & The Mill from the parking lot jam last summer. None of us could get enough of these guys. They are a super fun six-piece folk-rock-inde-bluegrass band from Phoenix, Arizona, sure to get us all singing and foot-stompin’ again. Their music has been called, compared and regarded by a number of different names and genres, and they have been influenced and shaped by many different events and people, but more than anything, they’d like to think that some shred of the Southwest can be found in the heart of their music. It ain’t blues, and it ain’t country. It ain’t bluegrass, and it ain’t indie rock. It’s something in-between like most things in the Southwest.
jaredandthemill.com
July 4 • Festivities + Fireworks • 5:30 pm
One Ton Pig
with Benyaro
One Ton Pig is a sextet that melds the hard luck singer-songwriter tradition of artists like Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, and Steve Earle with the dazzling musicality and imaginative genre-bending of jam band musicians for a fingerprint aesthetic that blurs the lines between folk, country, jazz, gospel, bluegrass, and rock-n-roll. One Ton Pig is Michael Batdorf, guitar, vocals, main songwriter; Tim Farris, mandolin, vocals, co-songwriter; Justin Smith guitar, vocals, co-songwriter; Matt Herron, violin; Andy Calder, bass; and Jason Baggett, drums. Celebrate our independence with One Ton Pig, Benyaro, and the annual Jaycee’s fireworks display at 10 p.m. all at the base of Snow King Mountain.
onetonpig.net
July 15 • 5:30 pm
Lyrics Born
with Craft featuring Cut La Whut & DJ Londo
The first words of Lyrics Born’s eighth album speak volumes about where the legendary MC stands these days: “Real people do real things. Yes we do.” The Bay Area resident born Tom Shimura has stood at the peak of high-minded underground rap, explored the far reaches of interstellar synth-hop, and blazed trails galore both solo and as half of Latyrx. Twenty-two years after he was introduced to the world with “Send Them”, Lyrics Born has made some of the most organic, original, and adventurous music of his entire career. While touring with Latyrx last, he made time for an extended stay in a place that he’s long admired: America’s first and last real-deal music town, New Orleans. LB stocked up on pads and pens, rented a cozy house three blocks from the famous Maple Leaf Bar, and booked two weeks’ worth of sessions with Galactic guys Robert Mercurio and Ben Ellman at their Uptown studio. Then they let it rip. Funk has always been a part of what Lyrics Born does — his unique vocal swagger dishes out melody and rhyme with equal aplomb. But never has he evoked the idiom so directly or made an album that feels so alive. He turned the production over entirely (also a first) to his NOLA colleagues, giving them space to do what they do best, and him the freedom to write.
lyricsborn.com
August 5 • 5:30 pm
Shakey Graves with Turnpike Troubadours
Shakey Graves
Headliner Alejandro Rose-Garcia (aka Shakey Graves) is one of those rare artists whose music, after one listen, inspires the kind of obsessive devotion that compels someone to spend hours searching for more. Fans eagerly wait for the next track to surface online, erratically released from his closely-guarded collection of unheard bedroom recordings and live rarities. But as word of his lo-fi recordings and contrastingly explosive live shows continues to spread, Shakey Graves is quickly rising from obscurity into the national spotlight. His debut full-length LP “Roll the Bones” consistently remains near the top of Bandcamp’s digital “best-seller” charts more than two years after its release, relying on little more than word of mouth for promotion.
New listeners around the world discover his music every day, often through a series of stunning live performance videos on YouTube, which have collectively racked up well over half a million hits. In his hometown of Austin, TX, Shakey’s shows are the stuff of legend. Recently featured on the cover of Austin Monthly Magazine, the Mayor has even given him his own local holiday. February 9th is officially proclaimed “Shakey Graves Day” in Austin.
shakeygraves.com
Turnpike Troubadours
Beginning at 5:30 pm, the Turnpike Troubadours, a gritty, country-leaning roots rock band out of Oklahoma, will synthesize the populist, political folk of Woody Guthrie and the outlaw-styled honky tonk of Waylon Jennings with doses of bluegrass, Cajun and straight-out rock dynamics. Fronted by singer and guitarist Evan Felker and including bassist R.C. Edwards, fiddler Kyle Nix, guitarist Ryan Engelman and drummer Giovanni Carnuccio, the group celebrates and explores modern rural life with a full awareness of history, delicately avoiding being ornate revivalists. Over the course of the past five years, they have honed the rowdy, quick-witted sound that’s brought folks of all stripes together in front of their stages. The band – which took its name from the Indian Nation Turnpike that connected so many of the smaller towns where they cut their teeth – gradually evolved from offering acoustic explorations of tunes by Townes Van Zandt and Jerry Jeff Walker to kicking out three or four sets a night of full-throttle roadhouse country – tinged with the punk rock attitude that was in the air during the members’ teen years. “This music, at its best, can put into words what we have been thinking for our entire lives,” says Felker, “and even at its worst, it gets people drinking beer and makes people happy. Either of those is fine with me.”
turnpiketroubadours.com
August 12 • 5:30 pm
Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe
with Maddy and the Groove Spots
San Diego-based, iconic performer Karl Denson is set for another busy summer. With his own band, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, he’ll play a number of select theater dates and high profile festivals across the U.S. The shows will have added significance, as drummer Alan Evans (best known for his work with Soulive) will be joining the Tiny Universe. Denson will also play a handful of dates with The Greyboy Allstars, the seminal boogaloo revivalist band he co-founded in the early ‘90s. In addition, he’ll return to the fold in his recurring role as saxophonist in The Rolling Stones and Slightly Stoopid for a slew of summer shows.
Karl Denson’s most recent recorded work can be heard on the Tiny Universe LP, New Ammo. The collection showcases the grittier side of the band’s musical oeuvre, including stand outs like “My Baby” featuring singer Nicki Bluhm, ”Everybody Knows That” and his raucous rendition of The White Stripes “Seven Nation Army.” The album has received wide acclaim: All Music declared the effort, “easily their most musically adventurist album yet,” while DownBeat praised it as “music for both the party and for fans of instrumental prowess.”
Approaching two decades strong, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe is a prolific touring juggernaut that regularly performs over 150 shows annually. They’re currently working on material for a new studio album to be released later this year. Denson himself is an acclaimed and highly in-demand saxophonist and songwriter who first came to national attention as a member of Lenny Kravitz’s Let Love Rule-era band.
karldenson.us
September 4 • 5:30 pm
Celebration of Life benefit concert featuring Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
with Canyon Kids, Misfit Moonshiners
Outlaw Partners, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort and JacksonHoleLive will be hosting a CELEBRATION OF LIFE / BENEFIT CONCERT featuring Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real. Join us at Snow King Ball Park in downtown Jackson, WY for free family fun!
In loving memory of two longtime valley residents who died in a backcountry skiing accident last spring, the families of Luke Lynch and Stephen Adamson are bringing Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real to Snow King Ball Park to thank the greater Jackson community and to benefit Teton County Search and Rescue and the Jenny Lake Rangers – the two agencies that helped in the May 17 rescue effort. The concert will be free and open to all ages.
Donations to benefit Teton County Search and Rescue and the Jenny Lake Rangers.