<p><strong>Yonder Mountain String Band (YMSB) </strong>and<strong> Drive-By Truckers</strong> bring the best of bluegrass and southern rock to Red Rocks Amphitheatre on <span data-term=”goog_1219730085″ tabindex=”0″>Saturday, August 20, 2016</span> for a blowout summer celebration with the rich jazz tradition of New Orleans with special guests <strong>Preservation Hall Jazz Band</strong>. Pre-sale tickets via YMSB’s Applauze begins <span data-term=”goog_1219730086″ tabindex=”0″>Wednesday, March 9 at 10 am MST</span>, and the public on-sale is <span data-term=”goog_1219730087″ tabindex=”0″>Friday, March 11 at 10 am MST</span>. For detailed information, please visit <a href=”http://yondermountain.com” target=”_blank”>yondermountain.com</a>. Drive-By Truckers will also hold a pre-sale that begins <span data-term=”goog_1219730088″ tabindex=”0″>Wednesday, March 9 at 10 am MST</span> via <a href=”http://drivebytruckers.shop.ticketstoday.com/” target=”_blank”>Drive-By Truckers</a> ticketing.</p>
<p> “It’s hard to beat the feeling you get when you walk across the stage at Red Rocks — the otherworldliness of the landscape, the rush from the hometown crowd, and the sense of participating in something both unlikely and unusual, makes for a highlight without comparison,” says <strong>Dave Johnston</strong>, banjoist/vocalist of YMSB. “Come celebrate with us and the Drive-By Truckers and Preservation Hall Jazz Band as we explore the many musical styles that essentially make up the fabric of American music: bluegrass, Americana, and age-old New Orleans jazz.”</p>
<p> Yonder Mountain String Band — <strong>Adam Aijala</strong> (guitar, vocals), <strong>Dave Johnston</strong> (banjo, vocals), <strong>Ben Kaufmann</strong> (bass, vocals), <strong>Allie Kral</strong> (violin, vocals), and <strong>Jacob Jolliff</strong> (mandolin, vocals) — begins a new era with the release of <em>Black Sheep</em>. The first YMSB album produced by the band itself, <em>Black Sheep</em> is, by any measure, a triumph, perhaps the most mesmeric of their career. <em>Black Sheep</em> marks the first time in Yonder’s history that they’re actually utilizing, throughout an entire record, the conventional five-piece instrumental arsenal of bluegrass music (guitar, mandolin, banjo, fiddle and bass).</p>
<p> Co-founded by <strong>Patterson Hood</strong> (guitar, vocals, bass, banjo, mandolin) and <strong>Mike Cooley</strong> (guitar, vocals, bass, banjo, harmonica), the rock five-piece <strong>Drive-By Truckers </strong>also includes <strong>Brad Morgan</strong> (drums), <strong>Jay Gonzalez</strong> (keyboards, guitar, vocals, accordion, saw), and <strong>Matt Patton</strong> (bass, vocals). Their 12th studio album, <strong><em>English Oceans</em></strong> (March 2014; ATO Records), is an elegantly balanced and deeply engaged effort that finds the group refreshed and firing on all cylinders. Drive-By Truckers recently released their long awaited live album, <strong><em>It’s Great To Be Alive: Recorded Live at The Fillmore</em></strong> (October 2015), which was recorded over a three-night run at the historic Fillmore in San Francisco, CA.</p>
<p> The New Orleans jazz band <strong>Preservation Hall Jazz Band</strong> got their name directly from the Preservation Hall venue located in the French Quarter. Preservation Hall was among the few NOLA venues that welcomed both Caucasian and African-American musicians during the early 1960s when the Jazz Band first got its start. The current line-up includes <strong>Joe Lastie Jr</strong>. (drums, backing vocals), <strong>Clint Maedgen</strong> (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, vocals), <strong>Rickie Monie</strong> (piano), <strong>Mark Braud</strong> (trumpet, backing vocals), <strong>Ronell Johnson</strong> (tuba, piano, vocals), <strong>Charlie Gabriel</strong> (clarinet, tenor saxophone, vocals) and <strong>Ben Jaffe</strong> (tuba, string bass, banjo, percussion, backing vocals). In 2013, Preservation Hall Jazz Band released their first album, <strong><em>That’s It!</em></strong>, consisting of all original material written over the course of their more than 50-year career.</p>
<p> For more information on Yonder Mountain String Band and their forthcoming tour dates, please visit: <a href=”http://yondermountain.com” target=”_blank”>yondermountain.com</a></p>