Street to Blue Ox Tour starts in Shell Lake | Free of charge
SHELL LAKE– Pert Near Sandstone will vacation on its Street to Blue Ox tour this June as a result of August, spreading the spirit of Blue Ox through the Midwest and outside of, starting June 5 at The Potter’s Shed in Shell Lake.
From there they are headed west to Wyoming and the Front Array of Colorado in advance of returning to play dates in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and South Dakota.
The Blue Ox Festival will be on August 19-21 in Eau Claire.
Founded by 4 childhood mates, Pert Near’s chemistry harkens back to the loved ones bands of yesteryear. They engage in with infectious vitality and an undeniable joy that cuts straight to the heart.
The band attained performances in all places from the prestigious Telluride Bluegrass Festival to A Prairie Dwelling Companion, and they shared expenses on the road with the likes of Trampled By Turtles, Del McCoury, and Yonder Mountain String Band.
As their standing grew, they cemented their position as linchpins of the Midwestern scene by founding their very possess pageant, Blue Ox, which has highlighted performances by Bela Fleck, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Justin Townes Earle, Blitzen Trapper, and more.
Sharing the stage on June 5 at The Potter’s Lose will be The High 48s, a band with one foot in custom and the other in the entire world of new music right now, and one particular of the really handful of who can discover an missed bluegrass vintage in a tune by M. Ward or the Clash then throw down tough on a conventional by Bill Monroe.
The band requires its identify from railroad slang for the boxcars initially made use of to transportation troops on the entrance lines in Entire world War I that could carry 40 troopers or 8 horses. They had been applied afterwards in the U.S. on rapid-relocating “hot shot” freight trains by teach-hoppers looking for work all through the Fantastic Melancholy.
Audio commences at 6 p.m. Doorways open up at 5:30 p.m.
