Rising Portland, OR-based band, Blind Pilot, kicks off a nationwide tour this October. The tour arrives on the heels of their full-length debut 3 Rounds and a Sound, which earned the band performances on national radio (NPR¹s ³Morning Edition² and ³All Songs Considered²), national television (³Last Call with Carson Daly²) and a spot on this year¹s bill for the esteemed NPR Music Showcase at SXSW in Austin, TX. The album, available now on Expunged Records, received praise from USA Today, the Boston Globe, the New York Post and the Philadelphia Inquirer, which calls the music ³Ša rustic reverie.² Additionally, the track ³Go On, Say It² was recently selected as the Single of the Week on iTunes.
Blind Pilot is currently wrapping up a summer tour, which included opening slots for The Decemberists, Andrew Bird and the acclaimed British rock band Gomez. Blind Pilot recently played sets at this year¹s Lollapalooza and Sasquatch! music festivals and will perform at this year¹s Rocky Mountain Folks Festival, Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival and the Sisters Folk Festival. Please see reverse for a full list of dates.
In 2007, Blind Pilot¹s founding members Israel Nebeker (vocals, guitar) and Ryan Dobrowski (drums) embarked on a West Coast bicycle tour playing mostly to unfamiliar listeners at small-town venues. The venturesome duo has since come a long way from their grassroots inception. This summer, Nebeker and Dobrowski rounded out Blind Pilot¹s lineup as a six-piece with fellow Oregonians Luke Ydstie (upright bass, backing vocals), Kati Claborn (banjo, dulcimer, backing vocals), Ian Krist (vibraphones) and Dave Jorgensen (keyboards, trumpet).
SUMMER TOUR DATES
August 10 Louisville, KY W.L. Lyons Brown Theatre*
August 11 St. Louis, MO Off BroadwayÃ
August 12 Columbia, MO MojosÃ
August 13 Kansas City, MO Record BarÃ
August 16 Lyons, CO Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
August 17 Aspen, CO Belly Up AspenÃ
August 18 Telluride, CO Sheridan Opera HouseÃ
August 28 San Francisco, CA Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival
September 12 Sisters, OR Sisters Folk Festival
September 13 Sisters, OR Sisters Folk Festival
* Supporting The Decemberists
à Blind Pilot headlining
CONFIRMED FALL TOUR DATES
September 19 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom (MusicFEST NW)
October 9 Astoria, OR Liberty Theater
October 19 Eugene, OR W.O.W. Hall
October 21 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
October 23 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
October 24 San Diego, CA Casbah
October 25 Tucson, AZ Plush
October 27 Austin, TX The Parish
October 28 Dallas, TX Granada Theater
October 29 Houston, TX Bronze Peacock at HOB
October 30 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon
November 2 Tallahassee, FL Club Downunder
November 3 Orlando, FL The Social
November 4 Atlanta, GA The Earl
November 5 Nashville, TN Mercy Lounge
November 6 Asheville, NC University of North Carolina
November 7 Norfolk, VA Attucks Theater
November 9 Carrboro, NC Cats Cradle
November 11 Washington, D.C. The Black Cat
November 12 Boston, MA Paradise
More dates to follow
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