Grayson Capps: new album "Heartbreak, Misery & Death"; stream "Moody River"

NOLA singer-songwriter Grayson Capps will pay tribute to his musical heroes on his forthcoming new album Heartbreak, Misery & Death, a collection of 16 tracks that set him on his path to become a musician. The lead single is Moody River, originally written and performed by country rockabilly singer Chase Webster.

Heartbreak, Misery & Death will be released on October 25 via Royal Potato Family (vinyl, CD, digital).

Grayson Capps: European tour dates

NOLA singer-songwriter Grayson Capps kicks off his European tour in Milan tomorrow. He will be playing acoustic guitar, with Corky Hughes on electric.

Live dates:

• 03/08 Il Circolone, Legnano, Milan, Italy
• 03/09 Teatro Comunale, Dozza, Bologna, Italy
• 03/10 Circolo Dei Malfattori, Poggio Berni, Rimini, Italy
• 03/11 Batard, Modena, Italy
• 03/12 private concert, Rome, Italy
• 03/13 Birroteca Doppio Malto, Cecina, Livorno, Italy
• 03/14 Bar the Brothers, Verona, Italy
• 03/15 Magazzino di Gilgamesh, Turin, Italy
• 03/17 Da Trapani, Pavia, Italy
• 03/19 De Schalm, Westwoud, The Netherlands
• 03/20 House Concert, Boxtel, The Netherlands
• 03/21 Musemix at Soc. Engels, The Hague, The Netherlands
• 03/22 Roots on the Road @ de Oude Kerk, Borger-Odoorn, The Netherlands
• 03/23 House Concert, Liempde, The Netherlands
• 03/24 Guulke, Nederweert, The Netherlands
• 03/26 Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• 03/27 Wunderbar Weite Welt, Eppstein, Germany
• 03/28 Die Funzel, Worms, Germany

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HCTF review of The Lost Cause Minstrels.

Grayson Capps: tour dates

NOLA singer-songwriter Grayson Capps kicks off his tour in Alabama. He is in Europe in late June playing shows in the Uk and The Netherlands - shows to be Germany and Italy to be announced shortly. In advance of the tour, he is giving away an mp3 of The Battle Is Over (But The War Goes On), his take on the legendary protest song that was recorded, but never released, during the sessions for his latest album, The Lost Cause Minstrels.

USA dates (1st leg):

• 05/18 Outer Hang Festival at The Undertow, Orange Beach, AL
• 05/22 The Melting Point, Athens, GA
• 05/23 Rhythm & Brews, Chattanooga, TN
• 05/24 The Basement, Nashville, TN
• 05/25 Jammin' At Hippie Jack's, Crawford, TN
• 05/26 Hideaway Saloon, Louisville, KY
• 05/27 The Purple Fiddle, Thomas, WV
• 05/29 Hill Country BBQ, Washington, DC
• 05/31 The Rock Shop, Brooklyn, NY #
• 06/01 Michael Arnone's Crawfish Festival, Augusta, NJ
• 06/05 Eagleview Concerts In The Square, Exton, PA ^
• 06/14 Rosie's Record Bar, Daphne, AL
• 06/22 Bloodhound, Auburn, AL

European dates:

• 06/30 Maverick Festival, Suffolk, UK
• 07/02 Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands *
• 07/04 House Concert, Boxtel, The Netherlands
• 07/05 House Concert, Liempde, The Netherlands
• 07/06 Peticantus, Hoorn, The Netherlands
• 07/07 Cafe de Rat, Utrecht, The Netherlands
• 07/08 Cafe t Keerpunt, Spijkerboor, The Netherlands

USA dates (2nd leg):

• 08/03 Woodwalk Gallery, Egg Harbor, WI
• 08/05 Foundry Hall, South Haven, MI
• 08/25 The Hangout, Gulf Shores, AL *
• 09/07 Blue Canoe, Tupelo, MS
• 09/08 Doc's, Evansville, IN
• 09/09 Knucklehead's, Kansas City, MO
• 09/1415 Lumberjack Saloon, Lolo, MT
• 09/15 Lumberjack Saloon, Lolo, MT

^ w/ Larkin Poe
* w/ Dr. John
# w/ Daniel Wayne

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HCTF review of The Lost Cause Minstrels.

Grayson Capps and The Lost Cause Minstrels: tour dates

Alabama singer/songwriter Grayson Capps takes his band The Lost Cause Minstrels on the road. Mostly sticking to the South, this time they are also playing up North, telling tall tales based on true stories (although some haven't happened yet).

Live dates:

• 09/15 Rooster's Blues House, Oxford, MS
• 09/16 Rooster's Blues House, Tuscaloosa, AL
• 09/17 Oak's Cafe, Brewton, AL
• 09/18 Pirate's Fest, Orange Beach, AL
• 09/21 Downtown Event Center, Opelika, AL
• 09/22 The Garage, Winston-Salem, NC
• 09/23 Purple Fiddle, Thomas, WV
• 09/24 PJ Kelly's, Clarksburg, WV
• 09/28 Crossroads, Richmond, VA
• 09/29 1919, Baltimore, MD
• 09/30 Nightown, Easton, MD
• 10/04 Hill Country BBQ, Washington, DC
• 10/05 Burlap & Bean, Philadelphia, PA
• 10/06 Sullivan Hall, New York, NY (w/ DJ Davis from Treme)
• 10/07 Hungry Tiger, Manchester, CT
• 10/08 Nectar's, Burlington, VT
• 10/09 West Kortwright Centre, East Meredith, NY
• 10/12 Music City Roots, Nashville, TN
• 10/14 Fly Creek Marina, Fairhope, AL
• 10/16 Callaghan's Irish Social Club, Mobile, AL
• 10/21 Magnolia Festival, Live Oak, FL
• 10/22 Bennie's Boom Boom Room, Hattiesburg, MS
• 10/29 Blue Moon Farm at Frog Pond, Josephine, AL
• 11/05 Heritage Harbor Days, Foley, AL
• 11/11 Barking Legs Theater, Chattanooga, TN *
• 11/12 Wayfarer Music Hall, Monroe, GA *
• 11/17 The Five Spot, Atlanta, GA
• 11/18 The Downtown Tavern, Gadsden, AL
• 11/19 Chrome Horse, Silver Hill, AL
• 11/20 Callaghan's Irish Social Club, Mobile, AL
• 11/30 Duling Hall, Jackson, MS *(w/ Rayland Baxter)

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HCTF review of The Lost Cause Minstrels.

Grayson Capps: The Lost Cause Minstrels

The new Grayson Capps album The Lost Cause Minstrels is more serious and personal than his previous output. The New Orleans musician has a live new band - Corky Hughes on guitars, Chris Spies on keys, Christian Grizzard on bass and John Milham on drums, and is using more backing vocalists and guest musicians to capture the broader sound that he is aiming for.

Capps is a story teller, a man who can paint broad tales with simple words. With his slightly hoarse voice it feels like is sitting right in front of you. Even when the band is firing on all cylinders in during Coconut Moonshine with a jubilant jazz trumpet, a honky tonk piano and seven extra vocalists, he keep the intimacy intact. Delta blues remains a big inspiration, he nods to the classics with two covers - Taj Mahal’s country-blues work-out Annie’s Lover and Richard Rabbit Brown’s Jane's Alley Blues, but his on work he is more passionate, like he is trying to proof that his own compositions can stand up to the ghosts form the past. He doesn't need to worry about that. A song like John The Dagger will get him to the pantheon of American roots music. A man who can write a slow song, call it Rock 'n' Roll and get away it, knows what he is doing.

The Lost Cause Minstrels is released through The Royal Potato Family.

Tracks:

1. Highway 42
2. Coconut Moonshine
3. John The Dagger
4. Jane's Alley Blues
5. Chief Seattle
6. Yes You Are
7. Annie's Lover
8. Ol' Slac
9. Paris France
10. No Definitions
11. Rock 'n' Roll

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HCTF review of Rott 'N' Roll.

Grayson Capps: new album "The Lost Cause Minstrels" 06/07, tour dates

The new Grayson Capps album The Lost Cause Minstrels will be released on on June 7th on Royal Potato Family. It's the fifth studio release by the storytelling Americana singer. Capss rounded up a bunch of seasoned Gulf Coast music players to help him out: Corky Hughes on guitars, Chris Spies on keys, Christian Grizzard on bass and John Milham on drums.

Live dates:

• 04/22 The Brickyard, Mobile, AL
• 04/23 Earth Day @ Fairhope Pier Park, Fairhope, AL (5:30pm)
• 04/23 The Brickyard, Mobile, AL (10:00pm)
• 04/24 Callaghan's Irish Social Club, Mobile, AL
• 04/26 Chickie Wah Wah's, New Orleans, La
• 05/01 Rosie's Grill, Daphne, AL
• 05/03 Chickie Wah Wah, New Orleans, LA
• 05/05 Le Petit Theatre, New Orleans, LA
• 05/06 DBA, New Orleans, LA
• 05/07 The River Pub Bay, Minette, AL
• 05/13 Fire, Jackson, MS
• 05/14 The Hangout, Gulf Shores, AL
• 05/21 The North Shore Bar, Orange Beach, AL
• 05/25 The Nick, Birmingham, AL
• 05/27 Smith's Olde Bar, Atlanta, GA
• 05/28 Jammin At Hippie Jack's Festival Grounds, Crawford, TN
• 05/29 Rosie's Grill, Daphne, AL
• 06/03 Oaks Cafe, Brewton, AL
• 06/04 The Pirates Cove, Josephine, AL
• 06/12 Callaghan's Irish Social Club, Mobile, AL
• 06/13 Blue Gill, Spanish Fort, AL
• 06/14 Meyer Park, Gulf Shores, AL
• 06/15 DBA, New Orleans, LA
• 06/16 The Porch Coffee House, Lake Charles, LA
• 06/17 Callaghan's Irish Social Club, Mobile, AL
• 06/18 Rhythm and Brews, Chattanooga, TN
• 06/19 The Basement, Nashville, TN
• 06/20 Phoenix Hill Tavern, Louisville, KY
• 06/21 Chrome Horse Pub & Grill, Silverhill, AL
• 06/22 Callaghan's Irish Social Club, Mobile, AL
• 06/23 The Grey Eagle, Asheville, NC
• 06/24 Duckpond at Dusk, Brevard, NC
• 06/25 Shenanigans, Dahlanaga, GA
• 06/26 Woodwalk Gallery & Events Barn Egg, Harbor, WI
• 06/27 Lumberjack Bowl, Hayward, WI

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HCTF review of Rott 'N' Roll.

Grayson Capps & The Stumpknockers: Rott 'N' Roll

Grayson Capps & The Stumpknockers are the kind of band you need on an improvised stage on the main square of your town, raising hell with their drawling rawk songs. Main man Capps Rott 'N' Roll sounds like a dirtier version of Kris Kristofferson. They can be mellow (Arrowhead, Ike), 50s rockers (Big Ol'Woman), just plain silly (Gran Maw Maw), dark story tellers (The Fear Fruit Bearing Tree) and loud Sock Monkey, Bacon - a soaring instrumental). This is good time music to be played at top volume.

Rott 'N' Roll is released on Hyena Records.

Tracks:

1. Going Back To The Country
2. Arrowhead
3. Gran Maw Maw
4. Psychic Channel Blues
5. The Waltz
6. Big Black Buzzard
7. Ike
8. Sun Don't Shine On Willy
9. Big Ol' Woman
10. Guitar
11. The Fear Fruit Bearing Tree
12. Sock Monkey
13. Bacon

Live dates:

• 09/21 Idlewilde North, Henniker, NH
• 09/24 Lizard Lounge, Boston, Massachusetts
• 09/25 Hungry Tiger, Manchester, CT
• 09/26 Banjo Jim’s, New York, NY
• 09/27 World Cafe’ Live, Philadelphia, PA
• 09/28 House Concert by Sound Reflections, Northfield, NJ
• 10/10 Pirate’s Cove, Josephine, AL
• 10/11 World Headquarters of Team Danger, Brewton, AL
• 10/12 Callaghan’s, Mobile, AL
• 10/13 Strutting Duck, Auburn, AL
• 10/16 Bennie’s Boom Boom Room, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
• 10/17 D.B.A, New Orleans, LA
• 10/19 Callaghan’s, Mobile, AL
• 10/25 Little Willie’s, Tuscaloosa, AL
• 11/14 Ale House, Auburn, AL

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Grayson Capps: new album "Rott 'N' Roll" drops September 9

Singer Grayson Capps is still learning how to survive in the Dirty South. It is the main theme of his fourth album, Rott 'N' Roll.

Grayson and his band The Stumpknockers, featuring Tommy MacLuckie on lead guitar, Josh Kerin on bass and John Milham on drums, set up shop at his farmhouse, rehearsing during the afternoons and spending evenings around a bonfire in the backyard. Expect stories from the road, delivered in his signature voice.

Rott 'N' Roll will be released on Hyena Records. Release date: September 9th.

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Grayson Capps: Paradiso 2008/05/28 webcast

American singer Grayson Capps plays the Paradiso in Amsterdam. No ticket? Watch the webcast on fabchannel.com.

Grayson Capps
Webcast 2008/05/28
Starts: 20:00 local time (GMT +1)

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Grayson Capps: European tour dates

Singer/songwriter Grayson Capps goes on tour in Europe, promoting his acoustic Songbones album.

Live dates:

• 04/30 Relase, Oslo, Norway
• 05/01 Ellas Kaffe, Lillesand, Norway
• 05/02 Beddingen, Lillesand, Norway
• 05/03 Grand Scene, Arendal, Norway
• 05/04 Langesund, Norway
• 05/06 Mojo, Kobenhavn, Denmark
• 05/07 Her Nilsen, Oslo, Norway
• 05/08 Buddy, Drammen, Norway
• 05/09 Buddy, Drammen, Norway
• 05/10 Kulturpuben Gamle Lillestrom, Lillestrom, Norway
• 05/11 Per pa Hjornet, Oslo, Norway
• 05/15-18, Festival Blues di Piacenza, Italy
• 05/26 De Schalm, Westwould, The Netherlands
• 05/27 In The Woods, Lage Vuursche, The Netherlands
• 05/28 Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• 05/29 Transvaria, The Hague, The Netherlands
• 05/31 Naked Song Festival, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Songbones is released on Hyena Records.

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