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STEVE MILLER BAND ANNOUNCES 2020 AMERICANA TOUR WITH MARTY STUART AND HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES AND GARY MULE DEER

The Steve Miller Band, Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives with special guest Gary Mule Deer have just announced the tour dates for their 40-city summer 2020 tour of North America.

The AMERICANA tour will start in Austin, TX, on June 13, immediately after Miller is inducted into the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame in New York on June 11. There will be two special festival dates featuring Brian Wilson and Taj Mahal, as well as four Canadian concerts featuring one the hottest new blues guitarists in the country, Matthew Curry. The full itinerary is below. For ticket on sales, fans can check local listings.

“Touring with Marty and the Superlatives is inspirational,” said Miller. This is undoubtedly one of the most talented touring combinations I’ve ever been involved in. The jam sessions are spontaneous music at its best. And adding the comedy and music of Gary Mule Deer to the show is a real mold-breaking move for me. I’m grateful to be able to tour with these great artists and to bring the Steve Miller Band audience the best of the best.”

“Touring with the Steve Miller Band,” said Stuart, “has proved to be magical. It is indeed an honor to go across the nation with Steve and the Steve Miller Band.”

“Being a part of a tour with both Steve Miller and Marty Stuart is as great as it gets!” said Gary Mule Deer.”

2019 was one for the record books for Miller and Stuart. In April, as a member of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art’s musical instrument department, Steve Miller helped organize the record breaking Play It Loud guitar show at The Met (which is currently on exhibit at the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland), and Marty Stuart was a major contributor to Ken Burns’ latest brilliant PBS series, Ken Burns: Country Music. Miller and Stuart will continue working together to explore the roots of American Music.

Last year also saw Miller release his second volume box set of collected vinyl, as well as open his vaults for the first time ever, releasing the acclaimed Welcome to the Vault box set. He also performed live in over 50 cities, played “Fly Like an Eagle” with The Roots on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and did two nights at Jazz at Lincoln Center performing Cannonball Adderley and the Blues, and more.

Miller was a mainstay of the San Francisco music scene that upended American culture in the late ’60s. With albums like Children of the Future, Sailor and Brave New World, Miller perfected a psychedelic blues sound that drew on the deepest sources of American roots music and simultaneously articulated a compelling vision of what music- and society-could be in the years to come.

Running through Miller’s catalogue is a combination of virtuosity and song craft along with melodic vocals and signature guitar riffs. His parents were jazz aficionados — Les Paul was his godfather — so as a budding guitarist and singer, Miller absorbed valuable lessons from their musical tradition. When the family moved to Texas, Miller deepened his education in the blues, meeting T-Bone Walker and learning to sing and play listening to him and Jimmy Reed. Miller then moved to Chicago where he played with Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Lightnin’ Hopkins, James Cotton, Buddy Guy and Paul Butterfield.

The Steve Miller Band has played to more than 20 million people worldwide. In addition to touring with his band, Miller is also contributing his time to serving on the visiting committee of the Department of Musical Instruments of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and as a board member of Jazz at Lincoln Center, where he curates and hosts shows at both institutions celebrating blues, jazz and early American music. From 2015 – 2017, Miller and guitar legend Jimmie Vaughan presented sold-out shows at JALC: Ma Rainey Meets Miles Davis, T Bone Walker – A Bridge From Blues to Jazz, and The Blues Triangle: Memphis, Texas and Chicago with harmonica virtuoso Charlie Musselwhite. In 2018, Miller with Marty Stuart presented two sold-out shows called Music from Appalachia. In 2019, Miller joined forces with the Patrick Bartley Sextet and vocalist Brianna Thomas to bring Cannonball Adderley and the Blues to the JALC stage.

2020 Americana Tour Dates*

* Gary Mule Deer appearances

JUNE

15 – Allen, TX – Allen Event Center

16 – Sugarland, TX – Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land

19 – Thackersville, OK – Winstar

20 – Quapaw, OK – Downstream Amphitheater

23 – Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater

24 – Youngstown, OH – Youngstown Foundation Amphitheater

26 – Milwaukee, WI – Summerfest

27 – Highland Park, IL – Ravinia Festival

29 – Grand Rapids, MI – Meijer Gardens

30 – Huber Heights, OH – Rose Music Center at the Heights

JULY

9 & 10 – Saratoga, CA – The Mountain Winery

12 – Murphys, CA – Ironstone Amphitheatre

14 – Boise, ID – Outlaw Field at the Idaho Botanical Garden

15 – Sun Valley, ID – Sun Valley Pavilion

18 – Welch, MN – Treasure Island Resort Events Center

19 – Council Bluffs, IA – Stir Concert Cove at Harrah’s Council Bluffs

22 – Pikeville, KY – Appalachian Wireless Arena

30 – Verona, NY – Turning Stone Resort

31 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met

AUGUST

1 – Sunbury, PA – Spyglass Ridge Winery

8 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater (includes Brian Wilson & Taj Mahal)

9 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center (includes Brian Wilson & Taj Mahal)

11 – Washington, DC – The Anthem

12 – Glen Allen, VA – Innsbrook After Hours/Innsbrook Pavilion

14 – Westbrook, ME – Maine Savings Pavilion at Rock Row

15 – Bridgeport, CT – The Ballpark at Harbor Yard

21 – Maryland Heights, MO – Saint Louis Music Park

22 – Sedalia, MO – Missouri State Fair – Grandstand

24 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre

25 – Salt Lake City, UT – Red Butte Garden

27 – Walla Walla, WA – WA – Many Waters Amphitheater

29 – Calgary, AB – Scotiabank Saddledome

30 – Edmonton, AB – Rogers Place

SEPTEMBER

1 – Victoria, BC – Save on Foods Centre

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