They are at the Bar SS in Laporte, Colorado tonight, June 11th. Today wraps a 27 city in 32 day, 7500 mile tour for the Jack Grace Band, who have been intrepid, on the road with Luther Wright and The Wrongs for the "Drinking Songs for the Man of Your Dreams Tour - Spring 2010." By all accounts, it has been a rousing success, not to mention that there has been no bloodshed, no silent treatments, no detours down a rabbit hole here or there. They still like each other. And they still like to play music. We're glad! So you know what, it must be time for another ROADTRIP! They head back home to New York for a date on June 18th at the Rodeo Bar in Manhattan, and then it’s "...on the road again..." upstate New York, back to Canada, and then a New England adventure (lobsta rolls, anyone?) before heading to Ireland! Whew.
The new CD is Drinking Songs for Lovers, which came out just in time for Cinco De Mayo. Jack compiled his best-loved new tunes as he readied himself for the studio, and realized that nearly all of them seemed to revolve around a common theme: alcohol. I can't imagine why. When you play as hard as the Jack Grace Band does, at least you work off the calories! So here are Jack, Daria Grace, Tom Lewis, with J. Walter Hawkes and Steve Butts - aka the Broken Mariachi Horns, and the ever dapper Earl Poole Ball from our showcase at Threadgill's during SXSW 2010.
- Jessie Scott
(Editor's note: Did you know that New York City has the second largest group of Music Fog followers, trailing only Texas? A big thanks to New Yorkers for joining us on this ride, and a toast to Jack Grace for helping keep Americana music alive in Manhattan!)