Twelve Canadian dates have been added
Trailblazing country music group Sawyer Brown has brought its 40th Anniversary Tour to fans all over the US this year. This October, the band will bring Grammy-winning 90s country band Shenandoah along for 12 dates across Canada.
Tickets go on sale this Friday, April 19th at 10 am local time.
In addition to the tour, Sawyer Brown celebrated its 40th anniversary with the premiere of its career-spanning Get Me To The Stage On Time documentary and its Blake Shelton-produced album, Desperado Troubadours, released last month via Curb Records.
Last month, lead singer Mark Miller and keyboardist Gregg “Hobie” Hubbard performed for the Country Music Hall of Fame’s Songwriter Sessions series alongside songwriting titan Mac McAnally, who helped co-write some of the band’s biggest hits including “Some Girls Do,” “The Walk,” “Thank God For You” and more.
In late March, Sawyer Brown honored road warriors with its new “Despearado Troubadours” video, directed by Miller’s daughter Madison. The clip reflects the full circle moment of a trailblazing country music group that has toured across the country for 40 years, joined by Kenny Rogers, Glen Campbell, Mark Chesnutt, Toby Keith, Tim McGraw and others along the way.
Earlier this year, Miller spoke to us on an episode of The Music Universe Podcast about his storied career with his new memoir The Boys And Me: My Life in the Country Music Supergroup Sawyer Brown, released in February via Forefront Books.
“The book wasn’t my idea,” Miller tells us. “My brother is our manager and he came up with the idea that [the band] need[s] to do a new album. My daughter’s been involved. She is involved in production and has her own TV show. She really signed on and wanted to do the documentary. And then he thought it would be a good idea to do the book. Just as we talked about my personality, I just thought who in the world would want to read a book about me? And so that was my that was my first thing… Robert Nolan was the, I guess, ghostwriter or whatever. That was the first thing I said to Robert. I said, ‘This was going to be difficult for me because I don’t even know what parts of me are interesting.’ So I think the reason for the book was just maybe to complete the 40-year package with the documentary, the album, and the book. The book, of course, covers my life all the way from growing up. The documentary covers basically the beginning of the band. That’s where that picks up.”
Sawyer Brown 40th Anniversary Tour Dates:
Apr 18 – Big Spring, TX @ Tate’s Place Benefit
Apr 19 – San Antonio, TX @ Stable Hall
Apr 27 – East Grand Forks, MN @ East Grand Forks Civic Center
May 1 – Orange Park, FL @ Thrasher-Horne Center
May 3 – Lagrange, GA @ Sweetland Amphitheatre
May 4 – Weirsdale, FL @ Orange Blossom Opry
May 11 – Nevada, IA @ Nevada Pizza Pie-Looza
May 18 – New Zion, SC @ Palmetto Pickle Music Festival
May 24 – Van Buren, MO @ Hellbenders On The Current
May 25 – Denham Springs, LA @ Cajun Country Jam 2024
May 31 – Batesville, MS @ Batesville Civic Center
June 1 – Greers Ferry, AR @ Greers Ferry City Park
June 6 – Nashville, TN @ CMA Fest
June 7 – Henderson, TN @ Williams Auditorium
June 8 – Franklin, OH @ JD Legends
June 14 – Winthrop, IA @ Winthrop Days
June 15 – Cumberland, MD @ Wing-Off and Music Festival
June 20 – South Greenfield, MO @ Baker-Spain Party In The Pasture
June 22 – Grand Junction, CO @ Country Jam
June 26 – Cadott, WI @ Country Fest Cadott
June 28 – Cresco, IA @ Howard County Fairgrounds
June 29 – Redwood Falls, MN @ Vicki’s Camp N Country Jam
July 3 – Quarryville, PA @ Country Freedom Fest
July 5 – Hays, KS @ Wild West Festival
July 6 – Rich Hill, MO @ Rich Hill July 4th Festival
July 11 – Anderson, IN @ Paramount Theatre
July 12 – Fisher, IL @ Fisher Community Fair
July 13 – Columbus, NE @ Platte County Fair
July 20 – Brooklyn, MI @ Faster Horses Festival
July 24 – Pinot, ND @ North Dakota State Fairgrounds
July 26 – Owensville, MO @ Gasconade County Fair
July 27 – Mendon, IL @ Adams County Fair
Aug 1 – Wabash, IN @ Honeywell Center
Aug 2 – Trenton, MO @ Black Silo Winery
Aug 3 – Corvallis, OR @ Benton County Fair & Rodeo
Aug 7 – North Omak, WA @ Omak Stampede Arena
Aug 8 – Grants Pass, OR @ Josephine County Fairgrounds
Aug 9 – John Day, OR @ Grant County Fairgrounds
Aug 14 – Aberdeen, SD @ Brown County Fairgrounds
Aug 30 – Tulsa, OK @ Skyline Event Center
Sept 5 – Puyallup, WA @ Washington State Fair
Sept 8 – Grass Valley, CA @ The Center For The Arts
Sept 13 – Helena, MT @ Lewis & Clark County Fairgrounds
Oct 17 – Edmonton, AB, CA @ Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
Oct 18 – Red Deer, AB, CA @ Peavey Mart Centrium
Oct 19 – Saskatoon, SK, CA @ Sasktel Centre
Oct 21 – Prince George, BC, CA @ CN Centre
Oct 22 – Kelowna, BC, CA @ Prospera Place
Oct 24 – Calgary, AB, CA @ Winsport Event Centre
Oct 25 – Lethbridge, AB, CA @ Enmax Centre
Oct 26 – Moose Jaw, SK, CA @ Moose Jaw Events Centre
Oct 27 – Brandon, MB, CA @ Keystone Centre
Oct 30 – Peterborough, ON, CA @ Peterborough Memorial Centre
Nov 1 – Windsor, ON, CA @ The Colosseum
Nov 2 – Kitchener, ON, CA @ Centre In The Square
