[Cover photo credit to Jon Medina]
Blues trio GA-20 have announced their third album Crackdown, due September 9th, 2022 via Karma Chief Records / Colemine Records. The “new-school Blues traditionalists” have also shared album single “Easy On The Eyes”. With the new album, the trio set out to “channel a throwback Blues sound with a facelift fit for modern day ears”. Additionally, GA-20 has announced an extensive run of tour dates through the rest of the year, including dates with The Monophonics, Kendra Morris and Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown.
Guitarist Matt Stubbs says about the new single:
The dominant guitar riff in ‘Easy On The Eyes’ was born during a drunken late night jam after a show in Atlanta. There may have been a lady at the show that night who inspired the sentiment; singing “Ohhh” was like, “Ohhh, man!” The feeling is heavy and raw, like a dark and sweaty joint after hours, where maybe you dive into bad decisions and the consequences come later. “I’ll keep you up all night ‘til dawn…”
With GA-20’s sophomore album, 2021’s Try It…You Might Like It! GA-20 Does Hound Dog Taylor, the band “resurrected and reinvented” the Blues music of the late six-fingered slide guitar Chicago Bluesman Hound Dog Taylor and it was nominated for a 2022 Blues Music Award.
GA-20 ON TOUR 2022
07/08 – LEVITATE MUSIC FESTIVAL – MARSHFIELD MA
07/09 – JOHNNIE JOHNSON FESTIVAL – FAIRMONT WV
07/15 – WINTRHOP R&B FESTIVAL – WINTHROP WA
08/10 – BEACHLAND BALLROOM & TAVERN – CLEVELAND OH
08/11 – RIVERSEDGE – HAMILTON OH ^^
08/12 – ILLINOIS STATE FAIR – SPRINGFIELD IL ^^
08/13 – HI-FI – INDIANAPOLIS IN ^^
08/19 – WHITE MOUNTIAN BOOGIE & BLUES FEST – THORNTON NH
08/20 – STARLITE – SOUTHBRIDGE MA
08/26 – BIG BLUES BENDER – LAS VEGAS NV
08/27 – BIG BLUES BENDER – LAS VEGAS NV
09/13 – CLUB CONGRESS – TUCSON AZ
09/14 – RHYTHM ROOM – PHOENIX AZ
09/15 – MUSIC BOX – SAN DIEGO CA ##
09/16 – THE FONDA THEATRE – LOS ANGELES CA ##
09/17 – THE INDEPENDENT – SAN FRANCISCO CA ##
09/18 – THE CATALYST – SANTA CRUZ CA ##
09/21 – IMPERIAL THEATER – VANCOUVER BC ##
09/22 – THE CROCODILE – SEATTLE WA ##
09/23 – WONDER BALLROOM – PORTLAND OR ##
09/24 – TBA – BOISE ID ##
09/25 – BING CROSBY THEATER – SPOKANE WA ##
09/28 – SOUNDWELL – SALT LAKE CITY UT ##
09/29 – FOX THEATRE – BOULDER CO ##
09/30 – CERVANTES BALLROOM – DENVER CO ##
10/01 – WAVE – WICHITA KS ##
10/03 – FINE LINE – MINNEAPOLIS MN ##
10/04 – BUR OAK – MADISON WI
10/05 – SHANK HALL – MILWAUKEE WI ##
10/06 – CHOP SHOP – CHICAGO IL ##
10/07 – MADISON THEATER – CINCINNATI OH ##
10/08 – BUCKHEAD THEATRE – ATLANTA GA ##
10/09 – MUSIC FARM – CHARLESTON SC ##
10/12 SALVAGE STATION – ASHEVILLE NC ##
10/13 – THE UNDERGROUND – CHARLOTTE NC ##
10/14 – 9:30 CLUB – WASHINGTON DC ##
10/15 – MUSIC HALL OF WILLAMSBURG – BROOKLYN NY ##
10/16 – THE MIDDLE EAST – BOSTON MA ##
10/28 – THE NARROWS – FALL RIVER MA
^^ – CO BILL w/ TYLER BRYANT & THE SHAKEDOWN
## – SAGE MOTEL TOUR w/ THE MONOPHONICS & KENDRA MORRIS
