Drive-By Truckers are at First Avenue next Saturday. A good reason t play a few of their tunes on this USofA! We also checked out songs from Dwight Yoakam, Dolly Parton, who just turned 72, and we listened to some new things for 2018!

Americana Gig List

Caitlyn Smith - Thursday 1/25 - Turf Club
Drive-By Truckers / Lilly Hiatt - Saturday 1/27 - First Avenue
Samantha Fish - Saturday 1/27 - Turf Club
Fathom Lane / Jillian Raye - 1/27 - Aster Cafe
Amy Helm - 1/28 - The Dakota
First Aid Kit / Van William - 1/30 - The Palace
Lil Smokies - 1/30 - Turf Club
Josh Ritter - 1/31 - Fitzgerald Theatre
Crooke / XIII Arrows / Ian Alexy and the Deserters - 1/31 - Turf Club
The Bad Companions - 2/5/18 - Famous Dave's
Jeff Austin Band - 2/7 - The Dakota
Cash'd Out - 2/8 - Turf Club
Erik Koskinen / Jack Klatt - 2/10 - Turf Club
Sonny Landreth - Sunday 2/11 - The Cedar
Turnpike Troubadours. - 2/15 - First Avenue
Valerie June - 2/17 - First Avenue
Pert Near Sandstone "Winter String Gathering" - 2/23 & 2/24 - The Cedar
The Bad Companions - 2/24 - Driftwood
Anderso Osborne - 2/25 - The Dakota
Sunny Sweeney - 3/2 - Turf Club
The SteelDrivers - 3/9 - The Cedar
k.d. lang - 3/14 - State
Vicky Emerson / Kari Arnett - 3/15 - Aster
The Hackensaw Boys - 3/16 - The Hook And Ladder
Marty Stuart - 3/17 - Hopkins Center for the Arts
Graham Nash - 3/20 & 3/21 - The Dakota
Brent Cobb & Them - 3/23 - Turf Club
The Last Revel - 3/24 - Turf Club
Colter Wall - 3/27 - Fine Line
Dylan LeBlanc - 3/30 - Turf Club
Courtney Marie Andrews - 4/2 - 7th St. Entry
Dan Auerbach's Easy Eye Sound Revue - 4/3 - Palace Theatre
Jolie Holland / Samantha Parton - 4/6 - The Cedar
Lindi Ortega - 4/15 - The Dakota
James Hunter 6 - 4/17 - The Dakota
Marshall Crenshaw & the Bottle Rockets - 4/19 - Turf Club
Chris Hillman / Herb Pedersen - 4/19 - The Dakota
Robbie Fulks - 4/20 - The Cedar
Calexico - 4/23 - Fine Line
Robyn Hitchcock - 4/25, 4/26 - Turf Club
Charley Pride - 4/28 - Treasure Island
Josh Rouse - 5/19 - The Dakota
Elizabeth Cook - 5/20 - The Dakota
The Blasters - 6/14 - The Turf Club
Blue Ox Festival, Eau Claire, WI - 6/14-6/16 feat. Pert Near Sandstone, Charlie Parr, Margo Price, Tyler Childers
James Taylor / Bonnie Raitt - 6/22 - Xcel
Chuck Prophet - 8/24 - Turf Club

Weekly gigs

The Roe Family Singers - Monday's - 331
The Cactus Blossoms - Monday in January - Turf Club
Charlie Parr - Sundays in January - Turf Club

Segments

Guitars, Cadillacs...
Dwight Yoakam

Townes
Amber Rubarth & Joe Purdy

If I Needed You
Townes Van Zandt

What It Means
Dwight Yoakam

The War After The War
Mary Gauthier

Love Is Strange (Live)
The Everly Brothers

Queen of All Hearts
Fathom Lane

Karnival Joe (From Kokomo)
Squirrel Nut Zippers

No More Crying the Blues
Alton & Jimmy

No More Crying the Blues
The Cactus Blossoms

Why Me
Kris Kristofferson

Breakdown in G-Major
Elliot Bronson

I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker
Abe Partridge

Ways to Be Wicked
Tom Petty

Starfire
Caitlyn Smith

Light of A Clear Blue Morning
Dolly Parton

American Dream
Samantha Fish

Midnight Train to Memphis
Chris Stapleton

Ain't No Train to memphis
BR549

Ain't A Road Too Long
Brent Cobb

If You Keep Leaving Me
Anderson East

It's A Shame
First Aid Kit

Revolution
Van WIlliam

The Perilous Night
Drive-By Truckers

Ruby
Area Code 615

The Night David Bowie Died
Lilly Hiatt

Purple Rain
Dwight Yoakam