January 21st, 2016
Supersuckers "Holdin' the Bag" Tour Dates
Supersuckers "Holdin' the Bag" Tour Dates
The Supersuckers' trademark balance of take-no-prisoners swagger and hard-headed introspection is reflected throughout Holdin' the Bag. The album's eleven songs find them in typically rocking form, while tapping deeply into the band's longstanding affinity for country music, which has grown increasingly prominent in their output since 1997's landmark Must've Been High.
"It's an extraordinarily unlikely story," acknowledges Eddie, who's also found time to release four solo albums. "From the start until now, everything about this band defies logic. This band has no business being as good as it is this far into our existence, and it just seems to be getting better."
Holdin' the Bag offers a compelling blend of brawny badassery and sensitive songcraft on such memorable originals as the high-lonesome title track, which kicks the album off on a deceptively spooky note, and the rousingly twangy anthems "High and Outside," "Man On A Mission" and "Jibber-Jabber." The album closes on a thoughtful note, with an update of the Hank Williams Jr. standard "All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)," with updated lyrics that refer to such Supersuckers contemporaries as Steve Earle and Lemmy Kilminster of Motorhead. (The album sessions also yielded a second cover tune, a spirited reading of the Billy Joe Shaver classic "Georgia On A Fast Train," which will be included as a bonus track on Holdin' the Bag's vinyl edition).
"If you don't like Holdin' the Bag, then you really don't like the Supersuckers," Eddie says. "I really feel like this and Get the Hell are the best records we've ever made. I feel like, after 25 years, we're finally getting the hang of this."
SUPERSUCKERS "HOLDIN' THE BAG" TOUR DATES
Sat, Feb 6 Magic City Casino Miami, FL
Wed, Feb 10 Casbah San Diego, CA
Thu, Feb 11 Viper Room West Hollywood, CA
Fri, Feb 12 Alex's Bar Long Beach, CA
Sat, Feb 13 Bar 1650 Corona, CA
Sun, Feb 14 Pappy & Harriet's Pioneertown, CA
Tue, Feb 16 Backstage Bar Las Vegas, NV
Wed, Feb 17 Fulton 55 Fresno, CA
Thu, Feb 18 Harlow's Sacramento, CA
Fri, Feb 19 Catalyst Santa Cruz, CA
Sat, Feb 20 Bottom Of The Hill San Francisco, CA
Sun, Feb 21 Shea's Tavern Reno, NV
Tue, Feb 23 Volcanic Theatre Pub Bend, OR
Wed, Feb 24 Old Nick's Eugene, OR
Thu, Feb 25 Dante's Portland, OR
Fri, Feb 26 Tractor Tavern Seattle, WA
Sat, Feb 27 Pitchwood Alehouse Raymond, WA
Sat, Mar 19 Siberia Bar New Orleans, LA
Wed, Mar 23 Saturn Birmingham, AL
Thu, Mar 24 Star Bar Atlanta, GA
Fri, Mar 25 The Sparrow Charleston, SC
Sat, Mar 26 Mothlight Asheville, NC
Sat, Apr 2 The Museum Club Flagstaff, AZ
Sun, Apr 3 Rhythm Room Phoenix, AZ
"It's an extraordinarily unlikely story," acknowledges Eddie, who's also found time to release four solo albums. "From the start until now, everything about this band defies logic. This band has no business being as good as it is this far into our existence, and it just seems to be getting better."
Holdin' the Bag offers a compelling blend of brawny badassery and sensitive songcraft on such memorable originals as the high-lonesome title track, which kicks the album off on a deceptively spooky note, and the rousingly twangy anthems "High and Outside," "Man On A Mission" and "Jibber-Jabber." The album closes on a thoughtful note, with an update of the Hank Williams Jr. standard "All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)," with updated lyrics that refer to such Supersuckers contemporaries as Steve Earle and Lemmy Kilminster of Motorhead. (The album sessions also yielded a second cover tune, a spirited reading of the Billy Joe Shaver classic "Georgia On A Fast Train," which will be included as a bonus track on Holdin' the Bag's vinyl edition).
"If you don't like Holdin' the Bag, then you really don't like the Supersuckers," Eddie says. "I really feel like this and Get the Hell are the best records we've ever made. I feel like, after 25 years, we're finally getting the hang of this."
SUPERSUCKERS "HOLDIN' THE BAG" TOUR DATES
Sat, Feb 6 Magic City Casino Miami, FL
Wed, Feb 10 Casbah San Diego, CA
Thu, Feb 11 Viper Room West Hollywood, CA
Fri, Feb 12 Alex's Bar Long Beach, CA
Sat, Feb 13 Bar 1650 Corona, CA
Sun, Feb 14 Pappy & Harriet's Pioneertown, CA
Tue, Feb 16 Backstage Bar Las Vegas, NV
Wed, Feb 17 Fulton 55 Fresno, CA
Thu, Feb 18 Harlow's Sacramento, CA
Fri, Feb 19 Catalyst Santa Cruz, CA
Sat, Feb 20 Bottom Of The Hill San Francisco, CA
Sun, Feb 21 Shea's Tavern Reno, NV
Tue, Feb 23 Volcanic Theatre Pub Bend, OR
Wed, Feb 24 Old Nick's Eugene, OR
Thu, Feb 25 Dante's Portland, OR
Fri, Feb 26 Tractor Tavern Seattle, WA
Sat, Feb 27 Pitchwood Alehouse Raymond, WA
Sat, Mar 19 Siberia Bar New Orleans, LA
Wed, Mar 23 Saturn Birmingham, AL
Thu, Mar 24 Star Bar Atlanta, GA
Fri, Mar 25 The Sparrow Charleston, SC
Sat, Mar 26 Mothlight Asheville, NC
Sat, Apr 2 The Museum Club Flagstaff, AZ
Sun, Apr 3 Rhythm Room Phoenix, AZ