Last week, Old Man Luedecke released his latest LP, Easy Money on True North Records. The acclaimed songwriter has announced a run of fall tour dates supporting the record and for the first time ever, will have a full band to support him on stage.
“This will be the first tour I’ve ever done with a full band,” says Luedecke. “Mostly made up of the album band from working at Montreal’s Hotel2Tango with Mike O’Brien (Vic Chestnutt, Sin and Swoon) and Jamie Thompson (Socalled, Islands), and rounded out with Brian Kobayakawa on bass (Serena Ryder, Creaking Tree). I thought it’d be really nice to recreate the calypso vibes of the new record. We performed the record in Montreal to great success this past Sunday at the Festival Folk Sur Le Canal and it felt so good to be on the festival main stage with a fuller sound for the afternoon easing into the evening. It’s pretty exciting to put old and new songs into the band context and bring the sound not just of this record but all of my records on to the road this fall. It just seems like time for this new fun.”
SUMMER TOUR DATES:
Jul 21 – Mount Stewart, PE – Trailside Music Cafe Inn
Aug 1 – Cambridge, UK – TBD
Aug 2 – Barnsley, UK – Underneath The Stars Festival
Aug 3 – Wickham, UK – TBD
Aug 4 – Ieper, BE – Festival Dranouter
Aug 6 – Lorient, FR – TBD
Aug 10 – Bristol, UK – Folk House
Aug 16 – Swanage, UK – TBD
Aug 17-18 – Ottery St Mary, UK – Beautiful Days Festival
Aug 20 – Canterbury, UK – Waterstones
Aug 21 – London, UK – Cecil Sharp House
Aug 23 – Tonder, DK – Tonder Festival Folkspot
Aug 25 – Thame, UK – Towersey Village Festival
Aug 26 – Kettering, UK – Greenbelt Festival
Sep 20 – Barrie, ON – St. Andrews Presbyterian Church
FALL TOUR DATES (FULL BAND):
Oct 02 – Halifax, NS – St. Matthew’s Church
Oct 5 – Church Point, NS – Universite Sainte Anne – Theatre Marc Lescarbot
Oct 10 – Ottawa, ON – National Arts Centre
Oct 16 – London, ON – Aeolian Hall
Oct 17 – Hamilton, ON – Mills Hardware
Oct 18 – Toronto, ON – Hugh’s Room
Oct 19 – St. Catharines, ON – Warehouse Concert Hall
Nov 17 – Saskatoon, SK – The Bassment
Nov 21 – Sherwood Park, AB – Festival Place
Nov 22 – Medicine Hat, AB – Stir Studio
Nov 23 – Lethbridge, AB – Lethbridge College
Nov 24 – Nelson, BC – The Hume Hotel
Nov 26 – Victoria, BC – Capital Ballroom
Nov 27 – Vancouver, BC – The Fox Cabaret
Nov 28 – Kelowna, BC – Snedden House
Nov 29 – Calgary, AB – King Eddy
Nov 30 – Regina, SK – Artesian