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John Hiatt and The Jerry Douglas Band hit the road!

They have a new album out, and are making their way across the U.S.A. to perform it live. Tickets in my locale (Revolution Hall in Portland, Oregon) are a modest $49.50 (plus $11 "booking fee"---what a racket!). Hiatt is a great live performer; I saw him a few times in L.A., once with the great Goners backing him, once as a member of Little Village, the supergroup composed of he, Ry Cooder, Nick Lowe, and Jim Keltner. Damn!), and The Jerry Douglas Band (whom I saw at the same Portland venue their last time through town) is composed of virtuoso-level musicians.

Jerry is one of my favorite living musicians, the dobro player heard on a LOT of Bluegrass and Country albums, and a member of Union Station, the band Alison Krauss employs (she and Jerry have a kid together). Along with Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives (currently the best band in the world, imo)---unfortunately sold out, THE shows of the year!
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@grannyring: Thanks for the correction. I don't remember where I read that about Alison and Jerry, it was quite a while back.
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Hope to catch them in California, EJ I see Iris D is playing Triple Door in Seattle and also Karla Bonoff, a great venue
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Yeah Jim, Iris is playing The Aladdin Theater in Portland in a few months. I was planning to attend the show (though I saw her there just last February), but then the Hiatt/Douglas date was announced. That'll scratch my itch for the need of live music just fine. ;-)
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Thanks for posting this. Sadly they will be nowhere close to me. I saw Hiatt once good show. I have seen Douglas many times, he is from a town close to me Warren Ohio. He is an amazing musician. I will order the album from my local record store. 
linnvolk
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West Coast, East Coast, Midwest, Deep South, Appalachia, all covered.  Not a single date in the entire SW USA.  I am curious why.  I am pretty sure they would pack them in in Houston or Austin.  I would drive from Houston to Austin to catch the show, but not Colorado.  Bummer.
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