Friday, March 10, 2017

Dearest Hot Clubbers,

Happy Spring! And with it, wonderful news: On the occasion of our 20th ("china") anniversary in 2017-2018, allow us to introduce the inevitable Hot Club of Cowtown mug, available through our online gift shop and at select live shows. Made of ceramic and charming to (be) hold, it's classy, cozy, and elegant--just like us! Click here if you'd like one, as they are kind of limited edition and may go fast.

In other news, yes, we have added a ton of new shows for 2017, in villages far and wide, in cities, towns, pastures, clubs, theaters, bars and festivals. Below is the current list of all our shows we are allowed to announce--several more are on the books but, you know, they are *secret* for a little while longer. If you'd like more specific info, please click here to link through to dates individually.

Immediate cool things on the horizon include a weekend of shows next week in Montana, as well as lots of great shows coming up in Texas (Austin, San Antonio, Schulenburg). We'll be playing on the Texas Dance Hall Tour with Lee Ann Womack on March 24, as well as shows at Gruene Hall April 2 & 6, including a taping for PBS, where you can dance the night away with us, and be immortalized doing it, which is that much more awesome.

Will keep it short for now, but just wanted to wish you a happy spring wherever you may be, and let you know that we are greatly looking forward to playing for you in the coming days and months. Thanks so much for staying with us!

Thank you and love,
Your fans,

Elana, Whit, Jake (& Eva)
Hot Club of Cowtown
Austin, Texas, EARTH

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UPCOMING TOUR DATES

MARCH
16 / Helena, MT / Lewis and Clark Brewery
18 / Great Falls, MT / The Russell Event (4:15 PM)
19 / Bozeman, MT / Baxter Hotel    
22 / Austin, TX / Continental Club Happy Hour    
23 / San Antonio, TX / Jazz, TX    
24 / Schulenburg, TX / Sengelmann Hall w/Lee Ann Womack
29 / Austin, TX / Continental Club Happy Hour    

APRIL
2 / Gruene, TX / Gruene Hall @ 12:30 PM
5 / Austin, TX / Continental Club Happy Hour    
6 / Gruene, TX / Gruene Hall @ 6 PM (PBS taping)

MAY
3 / Austin, TX / Continental Club Happy Hour        
6 / Seguin, TX / South Texas Cowboy Gathering & Western Music Festival
10 / Austin, TX / Continental Club Happy Hour    
13 / Lockhart, TX / Farmgrass Fest '17 @ 5:30 PM

JUNE  
1 / Nevada City, CA / Miners Foundry Cultural Center
2 / Sacramento, CA / Harlow’s
3 / Glendora, CA / Haugh Performing Arts Center w/Asleep at the Wheel
4 / Phoenix, AZ / Musical Instrument Museum   
29 / Ridgefield, CT / CHIRP Free Concert Series
30 / Shirley, MA / Bull Run

JULY  
15 / Berkeley, CA / Freight & Salvage    
17 / Reno, NV / Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheater
27 / Hanover, NH / Skinny Pancake

SEPTEMBER         
23 / Crosby, TX / PRIVATE
28 / Fayetteville, AR / Walton Arts Center    
29 / Little Rock, AR / The Ron Robinson Theater
30 / Overland Park, KS / JCCC w/ Asleep at the Wheel

OCTOBER
1 / Hutchinson, KS / Fox Theater w/Asleep at the Wheel    
25 / UK tour begins  
This trio's stylistic genesis--as well as title--stems from the realization that the great heritage of strings (guitars and violins) originates mutually with the Manouche gypsies of France and the no-less virtuosic hillbilly pickers and fiddlers of Oklahoma and Texas….Together for over 15 years and a dozen albums, the threesome of high-heeled violinist Elana James, guitarist Whit Smith and bassist Jake Erwin showed from the beginning that jazz and country music could exist together on the same page, a highly commendable achievement if ever there was one.
                                                              -Will Friedwald, Wall Street Journal, 2014
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