The Band of Heathens were nominated this week in the Americana Honors & Awards category of "Best Duo or Group." It is the band's second nomination for the Honors & Awards; the first was last year's nomination for "Best Emerging Duo or Group."The nomination comes as the band's current album One Foot in the Ether reached #1 on the Americana airplay charts and has won critical kudos from the indie-rock, alt-country and jam press alike.
In what will prove a pivotal year for the Band of Heathens, the quintet will also perform at Lollapalooza in Chicago's Grant Park in August, and at the Wakarusa festival in Arkansas. Also this past year, the band performed on the nationally televised PBS program Austin City Limits on a bill with Elvis Costello.
The guys in the Band of Heathens are fond of saying they became a unit by accident. But one might argue that a kind of destiny was involved in the merger of singer/songwriters/multi-instrumentalists Ed Jurdi, Gordy Quist and Colin Brooks with bassist Seth Whitney and drummer John Chipman, all of whom came from various solo careers and groups.
Their new album, One Foot in the Ether, offers irrefutable evidence that they were meant to be together and have evolved into a solid entity worthy of the comparisons they receive to the Black Crowes, the Band and Little Feat.
SUMMER U.S. TOUR DATES
Fri., May 14 Wichita Falls, Tx Iron Horse Pub
Sat., May 15 Amarillo, Tx Homers Backyard Ball
Sun., May 16 New Braunfels, Tx Gruene Hall
Thurs., May 20 Belton, Tx Schoepfs Backyard
Fri., May 21 Austin, Tx Antones
Sat., May 22 Greenville, Tx Municipal Auditorium
Fri., May 28 New Braunfels, Tx Whitewater Amphitheatre
Sat., May 29 Houston, Tx Mcgonigels Mucky Duck
Thurs., June 3 Ozark, Ar Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival
Fri., June 4 Arlington, Tx Levitt Pavillion
Thurs., June 10 New Braunfels, Tx Whitewater Amphitheatre
Fri., June 11 Kerrville, Tx Kerrville Folk Festival
Fri., June 18 Lake Conroe, Tx Tba Free Music Series
Wed., June 23 Fort Worth, Tx Ranch Radio Free Tx Music Series
Thurs., June 24 Little Rock, Ar Sticky Fingerz
Fri., June 25 Fort Smith, Ar Riverfront Blues Festival, Harry E. Kelley Riverfront Park
Sat., June 26 Oklahoma City, Ok Wormy Dog Saloon
Sun., June 27 Plano, Tx Love And War In Texas
Thurs., July 1 Austin, Tx Unplugged At The Grove
Fri., July 2 Seguin, Tx Freedom Fiesta
Sat., July 3 Fulton, Tx Charlie Robinson Bay Bash
Sun., July 4 New Braunfels, Tx Whitewater Amphitheatre
Fri., July 9 Fredericksburg, Tx Crossroads Saloon
Sat., July 10 El Campo, Tx Greek Brothers Oyster Bar And Grill
Fri., July 23 Telluride, Co Telluride Americana Music Weekend
Thurs., July 29 Driggs, Id Main Street Park
Fri., July 30 Ketchum, Id Whiskey Jacques
