My Morning Jacket to Tour with Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Posted by Admin on Jan 29, 2010 in Chatter | 1 comment

My Morning Jacket has recruited New Orleans’ Preservation Hall Jazz Band for a short trek that begins April 20th in Birmingham, Alabama. MMJ frontman Jim James was inspired to bring the PHJB on the road after collaborating with the group on a pair of tracks for Preservation: An Album to Benefit Preservation Hall & the Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program, a compilation that teams the PHJB with vocalists like James, Tom Waits, Merle Haggard, Pete Seeger and many more. The comp is due out February 16th.

“When I got the invitation to go to the legendary Preservation Hall — where so much of the music we now know and love on this earth found its early roots — I did not waste a minute,” James said. “Getting to sing while the guys played with such glorious bursts of sound — all live in that holy room with the ghosts and garbage trucks crankin’ along — was an experience I’ll never forget.”

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band will open for MMJ on all dates. Check out the bands’ schedule — including sets at the Big Easy’s Jazzfest on April 24th — here:

My Morning Jacket with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Apr. 20 – Birmingham, AL @ Alabama Theater
Apr. 21 – Nashville, TN @ Municipal Auditorium
Apr. 23 – Atlanta, GA @ Chastain Park
Apr. 24 – New Orleans, LA @ Jazzfest
Apr. 27 – St. Augustine, FL @ St. Augustine Amphitheater
Apr. 28 – Charleston, SC @ Family Circle
Apr. 30 – Raleigh, NC @ Koka Booth
May 1 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
May 2 – Columbus, OH @ LC Outdoor Pavilion

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