Outformation - Out on the Road
Spring Tour and Summer Festivals Announced
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Sam Holt, a member of Widespread Panic's "inner circle" and guitar tech for the late, great, Michael Houser, has devoted himself to Outformation, the Atlanta-based band he formed in 2002 with bassist Grady Upchurch and New Orleans drummer-singer Lee Schwartz.
This fruitful devotion led Outformation to play over 130 shows nationwide last year, including festival appearances at SXSW, Wakarusa, High Sierra, and 10KLF, among others.
This year Outformation is ready to play 200 more shows. They are lined up to play Asheville's Music Jamboree, Bear Creek Music Festival, Hookahville, and the All Good Festival in July. Stay tuned for further festival announcements.
Outformation released their second full-length album, Traveler's Rest, in August of '07. This disc includes Outformation's newest members, keyboardist C.R. Gruver and percussionist Jeff "Birddog" Lane. Widespread Panic collaborated on the title track of Outformation's second album but despite the close ties with Panic, Traveler's Rest presents Outformation as a maturing band focused on their own signature sound.
Holt saw good examples of how a band becomes successful during his tenure with Widespread Panic.
"To see those guys and how long they worked at it, what they built and became, it is a way of life. That's the way we wanna look at it," says Holt.
Outformation plans to release a live DVD recorded at Smith's Olde Bar in Atlanta, GA from June 2007 this May. Keep an eye out for the release this summer. Then in the fall, Outformation plans to hit the studio again to cut their third studio album, or possibly even a live one.
Outformation recently headlined the Variety Playhouse in their hometown of Atlanta, and closed out 2007 with their first New Years Eve run in Denver, CO, playing two nights at the Gothic Theatre, followed by a two month winter tour.
Check them OUT in 2008:
04/10/08 Thu The Dame Lexington, KY
04/11/08 Fri House Of Blues, Back Porch Stage Chicago, IL
04/12/08 Sat House Of Blues, Back Porch Stage Chicago, IL
04/17/08 Thu Midtown Music Hall Chattanooga, TN
04/18/08 Fri World Grotto Knoxville, TN
04/19/08 Sat Sweetwater 420 Festival Atlanta, GA
04/25/08 Fri Lincoln Theatre Raleigh, NC
05/01/08 Thu Sugar Mill New Orleans, LA
05/02/08 Fri Howlin' Wolf New Orleans, LA
05/09/08 Fri Zydeco Birmingham, AL
05/23/08 Fri Asheville Music Jamboree Asheville, NC
05/24/08 Sat Buffalo Creek Music Festival Lexington, VA
05/25/08 Sun Hookahville Thornville, OH
06/20/08 Fri The Windjammer Isle of Palms, SC
06/21/08 Sat The Windjammer Isle of Palms, SC
07/12/08 Sat All Good Festival Masontown, WV
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