![]() In total, Whiskey Myers have sold more than 1.2 million albums and amassed over 1.5 billion streams while earning three RIAA Gold certifications. 1 on the iTunes country chart with single “Stone” hitting Top 10 all genre. 6 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart (No. 1 on both the Country and Americana/Folk sales charts, at No. ![]() Their forthcoming self-produced album, Tornillo, set for release July 29, follows their self-produced fifth studio album, WHISKEY MYERS, out now on the band’s own Wiggy Thump Records. Genre-bending band Whiskey Myers have played more than 2,500 live shows to ever-increasing crowd sizes since their emergence in 2007. 7 ^+ The Woodlands, Texas | Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman ^ Featuring Shane Smith & the Saints (Read Southall Band will not appear on this date) | Firewater Fest Newly Announced Tornillo Tour Datesįeaturing Read Southall Band on all dates except where otherwise noted 7 Boise, Idaho | Outlaw Field at Idaho Botanical GardensĪug. July 30 + San Angelo, Texas | Wild West Fest 2022Īug. July 29 + Corpus Christi, Texas | Concrete Street Amphitheater | Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre June 15 Cincinnati, Ohio | ICON Music Center Festival Park June 11 Council Bluffs, Iowa | Westfair Amphitheatre June 8 Cedar Rapids, Iowa | McGrath Amphitheatre June 4 + New Braunfels, Texas | Whitewater Amphitheater June 3 + New Braunfels, Texas | Whitewater Amphitheater May 22 Cleveland, Ohio | Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica ![]() | Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill | TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park For more information and to purchase ticket packages, visit .įor the most up-to-date information on the forthcoming album and all tour dates, visit and follow on social media 4 Charlottesville, Va. Tornillo offers the next chapter for the six-piece band that Cowboys & Indians declares is “on a course toward massive success” with Rolling Stone praising Whiskey Myers’ signature ability to “successfully blend hard rock and country twang” in a way that makes them “just as compelling, hard-rocking, and genre-crossing on record as they are onstage” as Billboard proclaims that the new music “is a worthy addition to the group’s already electrifying, rowdy live shows.”Īmong the new dates on the fall leg, Whiskey Myers recently announced that their personally curated Firewater Music Festival will return for a second year, taking place Sept. “Whole World Gone Crazy” follows prior Tornillo early releases “Antioch” and lead single “John Wayne,” both of which earned praise as part of Billboard’s “First Country” celebrating the best new songs each week, with the outlet celebrating the former as “a biting track” with “horns, grinding guitars and a solid background vocal chorus” and “meaty Southern rock and blues” and the latter as “nearly five minutes of righteous southern rock, which arrives via a swampy mesh of soul and funk,” continuing, “Cody Cannon’s raspy growl leads a flurry of sizzling guitar, thumping bass, swirling harmonica and flashes of horns, as this group continues pushing its boundaries.” Written solo by Jeffers, who also sings lead vocals on the track, the song’s timely lyrics and sauntering rhythm build over three minutes into a blazing instrumental breakdown showcasing the band’s signature style, described by Esquire as “straight-up, booze-swilling, highway-driving, heart-on-your-sleeve, blood-on-your-knuckles country music.” Trying to keep their job, praying to the big guy upstairs and working on getting through some crazy times.” ![]() I felt like during all of that, most people were, and still are, just normal people trying to make it another day. “Between COVID and everything else, everyone seemed to be going a little nuts. There was so much hysteria going on in the world before and around that time that this song just sort of came out of me,” lead guitarist John Jeffers shared with the outlet. ![]() “I wrote ‘Whole World Gone Crazy’ back in April of 2020. Last week, Whiskey Myers offered a further glimpse at full-length Tornillo with the release of “ Whole World Gone Crazy,” with American Songwriter declaring in an exclusive premiere, “the bluesy-southern rock blending tune places Whiskey Myers in a league of their own with their signature hard-rocking sound on full display… Saddle up and settle in because Whiskey Myers is ready to take listeners on a country, rock, and blues-infused wild ride.” ![]()
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