When we were watching The Black Keys perform live at Fenway Park for the Winter Classic earlier this week, we couldn’t help but wonder what GA-20 could have done on that kind of home-ice platform. The heavy blues trio turned heads and warped minds last month at the Boston Music Awards, taking home Blues Artist of the Year and owning the Big Night Live stage with one of the most magnetic performances of the evening.
Now the tested road warriors and Billboard Blues Chart mainstays are headed back out across the country, kicking off a new tour on Friday (January 6) in Houston that’s a mix of co-bills, headlining dates, an R&B cruise, and a closing twirl opening for Mavis Staples in Connecticut. And with every stomp n’ riff, they’ll be showing off last year’s acclaimed album Crackdown.
“We make records that we would want to listen to,” says guitarist Matt Stubbs. “It’s our take on the song-based traditional electric blues we love… Since we started the band we’ve focused on the story, the melody, and on creating a mood. Playing live as much as we do, we’re finding more and more that people are discovering how cool it all is. Traditional country, soul and funk music have all had these massive recent revivals, but traditional blues so far has not.”
Fire up Crackdown via Spotify, check out GA-20’s recent performance for The Blues Kitchen, and see when GA-20 are coming to your daddy’s town via the flyer down below.
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