ZZ Top To Bring Grooves & Gravy Tour

ZZ TOP TO HIT THE ROAD ON GROOVES & GRAVY TOUR WITH SPECIAL GUEST BLACKBERRY SMOKE

Legendary Texas Rockers and Atlanta Up-And-Comers Announce Extensive U.S. Touring Schedule

Hot on the heels of their tour with Jeff Beck and a sizeable concert run on their own, Rock and Roll Hall of Famers ZZ Top are teaming up with special guests Blackberry Smoke for the Grooves & Gravy Tour.  The tour will take the two simpatico bands through much of North America from mid-August to early October.

The Grooves & Gravy Tour stops in Memphis (Live At The Garden Summer Concert Series), Festival Trois-Rivieres en Blues in Quebec, Nashville, New Orleans, The Blues & Brews Festival in Telluride, CO, Pomona and San Diego, CA, and — to quote the  ZZ Top’s classic “Jesus Just Left Chicago,” – “all  points in between.”

Mutual admiration between the bands is strong, who both share Southern roots. “We’re looking forward to getting out there with the Blackberry Smoke guys,” declared ZZ Top singer/guitarist Billy F Gibbons. “Grooves & Gravy promises to be one of the rowdiest outings of the year so come on out and get crazy with us.”

Likewise, Blackberry Smoke lead singer/guitarist Charlie Starr proclaimed, “We can’t wait to go out and make music with the legendary ZZ Top!”

ZZ Top is an anomaly in the world of rock – singer/guitarist Billy F Gibbons, bassist/singer Dusty Hill and drummer Frank Beard, aka “the man with no beard,” have been the most consistently stable lineup ever in the entire genre. For more than 45 years, “that little ol’ band from Texas” has been putting out albums (25 million U.S. sales to date) and touring relentlessly, showing no signs of slowing down.

Blackberry Smoke, who formed in Atlanta, GA in 2000, have been making waves in the music world in recent years, playing a blend of Southern rock and country rock to enthusiastic audiences. No strangers to rigorous touring, they headlined multiple U.S. tours and have also been the supporting act for Zac Brown Band, Eric Church and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Blackberry Smoke have recently signed with Rounder Records, who released the group’s fourth album Holding All the Roses this past February.

ZZ TOP GROOVES & GRAVY TOUR WITH SPECIAL GUEST BLACKBERRY SMOKE:

Aug 12* – Bethlehem, PA – Musikfest

Aug 13 – Glen Allen, VA – Innsbrook After Hours

Aug 15 – Memphis, TN – Live At The Garden 

Aug 16 – Asheville, NC – Biltmore Estate

Aug 18 – Vienna, VA – Filene Center at Wolf Trap

Aug 20* – Niagra, ON – Fallsview Casino Resort

Aug 21 – Trois-Rivieres, QC – Amphitheatre Cogeco (Festival Trois-Rivieres en Blues)

Aug 22 – Pownal, VT – Green Mountain Live

Aug 25 – Northfield, OH – Hard Rock Live

Aug 27 – Highland Park, IL – Ravinia Festival

Aug 28 – Mt. Pleasant, MI – Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort

Aug 30 – Windsor, ON – The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor

Sept 1 – Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater

Sept 3 – New Orleans, LA – Bold Sphere Music at Champions Square

Sept 4 – Dallas, TX – Music Hall @ Fair Park

Sept 5* – La Grange, TX –  The Fayette County Fair

Sept 10 – Lincoln, CA – Thunder Valley Casino Resort Amphitheater

Sept 11 – Saratoga, CA – The Mountain Winery

Sept 12 – Pomona, CA – Los Angeles County Fair

Sept 13 – San Diego, CA – Humphrey’s

Sept 15* – Park City, UT – The Canyons Resort

Sept 18 – Telluride, CO – Telluride Town Park (Blues & Brews Festival)

Sept 19* – Loveland, CO – Thunder Mountain Amphitheater

Sept 20 – Gillette, WY – CAM-PLEX

Sept 22 – Bismark, ND – Bismark Civic Center

Sept 23 – Brookings, SD – Swiftel Center

Sept 25 – Lancaster, ND – Pinewood Bowl Amphitheater 

Sept 27* – Fort Wayne, IN – Foellinger Theatre

Sept 29* – Columbus, OH – Palace Theatre

Oct 1*- Bloomsburg, PA – Bloomsburg Fair

Oct 2*- Atlantic City, NJ – Caesar’s Circus Maximus

Oct 4*- Louisville, KY-  Champions Park   

   

*ZZ Top without Blackberry Smoke