Audio | Jackie Greene – A Face Among the Crowd

Singer-songwriter Jackie Greene will issue Back To Birth, his first new studio album in five years via the Yep Roc Records label on August 21. Greene has shared a second song from the album entitled “A Face Among the Crowd.”


[Photo by York Wilson]

Produced by Los Lobos’ Steve Berlin and recorded at Supernatural Sound in Portland, Back To Birth is Greene’s seventh studio album and first for Yep Roc. It follows up his 2010 album Till the Light Comes, and features contributions from Paul Rigby (guitar, mandolin, pedal steel guitar), Damian Erskine (bass), Reinhardt Melz (drums) and Jason Crosby (violin, string arrangements). Greene contributed guitar, piano, organ and drums as well as vocals across the album’s 11 tracks, including “A Face Among the Crowd” which you can stream below:




“A Face In The Crowd” premiered via Pop Matters, who asked Greene about the inspiration behind the song.
“This is a song I wrote for my dad as a Father’s Day gift some years back before he passed away,” Greene told PopMatters. “It’s a pretty emotional song for me. I hope other fathers out there will enjoy it as much as my dad did.”
 
Greene also previously shared “Trust Somebody” from Back To Birth, stream it here:




In support of Back To Birth, Greene has a run of shows planned for September and has added a couple of new stops along the tour. Here’s Greene’s full tour itinerary:

Jackie Greene Tour Dates (new shows in bold)

6/17 – San Rafael, CA @ Terrapin Crossroads (Jackie Greene Band)
6/18 – San Rafael, CA @ Terrapin Crossroads (Jackie Greene Band)
7/3 – Evanston, IL @ SPACE (Jackie Greene Band)
7/4 – Evanston, IL @ SPACE (Jackie Greene Band)
7/5 – Chicago, IL @ House of Blues (A Tribute to Jerry Garcia with Steve Kimock, Melvin Seals, Bobby Vega, John Morgan Kimock. Early and Late Shows)
7/11 – Telluride, CO @ The Ride Festival (Trigger Hippy)
7/18 – Alma, WY @ Grand Targhee Festival (Jackie Greene Band)
7/22 – Jim Thorpe, PA @ Penn’s Peak (Trigger Hippy)
7/24 – Floyd, VA @ FloydFest (Trigger Hippy)
8/1 – Bridgeport, CT @ Gathering of the Vibes (Warren Haynes & the Seaside All Stars)
8/2 – Nashville, TN @ 3rd & Lindsley (Jackie Greene Band)
8/6 – Denver, CO @ Gothic Theater (Jackie Greene Band)
8/7 – Park City, UT @ O.P. Rockwell (Jackie Greene Band)
8/8 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The State Theater (Jackie Greene Band)
8/9 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The State Theater (Jackie Greene Band)
8/12 – West Hollywood, CA @ Troubador (Jackie Greene Band)
8/22 – Pownal, VT @ Full Tilt Boogie Festival (Trigger Hippy)
9/5 – Livermore, CA @ Wente Vineyards (Jackie Greene Band)
9/8 – Spokane, WA @  Bing Crosby Theater (Jackie Greene Band)
9/9 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos (Jackie Greene Band)
9/10 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom (Jackie Greene Band)
9/11 – Grants Pass, OR @  Rogue Theatre (Jackie Greene Band)
9/13 – Guerneville, CA @ Russian River Jazz & Blues Festival 
9/18 – Nashville, TN @ Americana Music Festival (Jackie Greene Band)
9/20 – Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall (Jackie Greene Band)
9/22 – Washington, DC @ The Hamilton  (Jackie Greene Band)
9/24 – New York, NY @ The Gramercy Theatre (Jackie Greene Band)
9/25 – Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live (Jackie Greene Band)
9/26 – Woodstock, NY @ Levon Helm Studios  (Jackie Greene Band)
9/27 – Portland, ME @ Port City Music Hall (Jackie Greene Band)


Watch Jackie Greene perform “Sugaree” as part of our Songs Of Their Own video series celebrating 50 years of Grateful Dead: