Rock and Roll Hall of Famers ZZ Top are teamed up with special guests Blackberry Smoke for the Grooves & Gravy Tour. The tour will take the two simpatico bands through much of North America from mid-August to early October. Charlie Starr and Billy Gibbons are looking forward to playing together:
Starr: We are very excited. We’ve toured with [ZZ Top] before so we know what’s in store. It’s great. I would say it’s a good fit musically. That sounds like a funny thing to say when you’re talking about ZZ Top but we knew them and their crew and everybody is great. We work together well.
Gibbons: Grooves and Gravy promises to be a great outing. This tour brings both bands to one of our favorite venues which makes it a real homecoming. We’ll also get to see Blackberry Smoke do their thing making this particular stop like a working vacation.
ZZ TOP GROOVES & GRAVY TOUR WITH SPECIAL GUEST BLACKBERRY SMOKE:
Aug 12 – Bethlehem, PA – Musikfest
Aug 13 – Glen Allen, VA – Innsbrook After Hours
Aug 15 – Memphis, TN – Live At The Garden
Aug 16 – Asheville, NC – Biltmore Estate
Aug 18 – Vienna, VA – Filene Center at Wolf Trap
Aug 20 – Niagra, ON – Fallsview Casino Resort
Aug 21 – Trois-Rivieres, QC – Amphitheatre Cogeco (Festival Trois-Rivieres en Blues)
Aug 22 – Pownal, VT – Green Mountain Live
Aug 25 – Northfield, OH – Hard Rock Live
Aug 27 – Highland Park, IL – Ravinia Festival
Aug 28 – Mt. Pleasant, MI – Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort
Aug 30 – Windsor, ON – The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor
Sept 1 – Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater
Sept 3 – New Orleans, LA – Bold Sphere Music at Champions Square
Sept 4 – Dallas, TX – Music Hall @ Fair Park
Sept 5 – La Grange, TX – The Fayette County Fair
Sept 10 – Lincoln, CA – Thunder Valley Casino Resort Amphitheater
Sept 11 – Saratoga, CA – The Mountain Winery
Sept 12 – Pomona, CA – Los Angeles County Fair
Sept 13 – San Diego, CA – Humphrey’s
Sept 15 – Park City, UT – The Canyons Resort
Sept 16 – Nampa, ID – Idaho Center Amphitheater
Sept 18 – Telluride, CO – Telluride Town Park (Blues & Brews Festival)
Sept 19 – Loveland, CO – Thunder Mountain Amphitheater
Sept 20 – Gillette, WY – CAM-PLEX
Sept 22 – Bismark, ND – Bismark Civic Center
Sept 23 – Brookings, SD – Swiftel Center
Sept 25 – Lancaster, ND – Pinewood Bowl Amphitheater
Sept 26 – Cedar Rapids, IA – McGrath Amphitheater
Sept 27 – Fort Wayne, IN – Foellinger Theatre
Sept 29 – Columbus, OH – Palace Theatre
Oct 1- Bloomsburg, PA – Bloomsburg Fair
Oct 2- Atlantic City, NJ – Caesar’s Circus Maximus
Oct 4– Louisville, KY- Champions Park
