Sam joins The Grand Adventure Tour

Sam's current tour schedule--23 consecutive one-nighters--with ukulele thrash sensation, S.L.F.M. This'll be the first time he's told jokes in Arizona, California, Idaho, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, or Washington:

6.04.2011 - Amarillo, TX
6.05.2011 - Santa Fe, NM
6.06.2011 - Albuquerque, NM
6.07.2011 - Flagstaff, AZ
6.08.2011 - Phoenix, AZ
6.09.2011 - San Diego, CA
6.10.2011 - Los Angeles, CA
6.11.2011 - Goleta, CA
6.12.2011 - Santa Maria, CA
6.13.2011 - Santa Cruz, CA
6.14.2011 - San Francisco, CA
6.15.2011 - Santa Rosa, CA
6.16.2011 - Oakland, CA
6.17.2011 - Sonora, CA
6.18.2011 - Sacramento, CA
6.19.2011 - Chico, CA
6.20.2011 - Portland, OR
6.21.2011 - Olympia, WA
6.22.2011 - Bellingham, WA
6.23.2011 - Seattle, WA
6.24.2011 - Spokane, WA
6.25.2011 - Boise, ID
6.26.2011 - Salt Lake City

Red vs Black, Equinox, Las Cruces NM

Image by Karl Hatfield

Red vs. Black, Miranda Burning, Yazata, and Cultivation at Equinox Tea/Art Shop and Music Venue (tonight / 8:00 P.M. / $5).

Red vs Black tour notes

Parsed carelessly from text messages:

"Sam is in Chandler AZ staying with someone [dad] in HaHa Hooligans. Eating and sweating. Play in Las Cruces NM tomorrow, then home.

"[Red vs. Black have] never played to more than 15 people [on the Western leg of tour]."

Red vs Black, Tucson AZ

Tonight. Venue to be announced.

Image courtesy of Karl Hatfield.

Red vs Black, The Clark House, Coronado CA

House party tonight.

Image courtesy of Karl Hatfield.

Red vs Black, The Venue, Sanger CA

Sam on Reno gig

Per text message:

"It was eventful. Lots of weirdness. Not many people. Adventures afterward. Fun."

Red vs Black, Plea for Peace Center, Stockton CA

Red vs Black, Davidson's Distillery, Reno NV

Tonight. A testimonial:

"...and not just a biker bar, but a biker bar in that hellhole of an outlaw town some call Reno – an' others… just call Draino. You’ve got to see this place...Certainly, the type of place that you’d, well, you’d at least wash your hands after visiting."
--www.myspace.com/davidsonsdistillery

Red vs Black, The Thunderdome, Redding CA

Tonight. Sometime. Probably playing with someone else.

Image courtesy of Karl Hatfield.

Images: Red vs Black

From Wednesday's show at Seattle's Central Saloon.

All images courtesy of Karl Hatfield.

Red vs Black, Black Forest, Eugene OR

With Ha Ha Hooligans and Country Death (Tonight / 10:00 P.M.)

Red vs Black, Plan B, Portland OR

Red vs. Black, Central Saloon, Seattle WA

Red v. Black played last night at the Central Saloon, Seattle's oldest bar. Previous performers have included Alice in Chains, Jane's Addiction, Soundgarden, and Nirvana.

Images courtesy of Karl Hatfield.

Red vs Black, Cross Keys Pub, Longview WA

Red vs Black, Cretin Hop, Spokane WA

Tonight with Oi Oi Boys.

Red vs Black, Mojo's Cafe, Ogden UT

Red vs Black's begins the western leg of its summer tour tonight at Mojo's Cafe with Oi Oi Boys.

Red vs. Black, the NINES, Ithaca NY

With Jesse Nobody and Iwo Jima Medkit, tonight, 8:00 p.m., the Nines.

Red vs Black, outdoors, Chatham MA

Via text messages:

"[We played near] Chatham MA or [in] New York. We were in the woods so I couldn't tell. Some guy gave us 60 bucks to drive out there, so we didn't lose any money.

"...drove 9 hours total yesterday to play 2 songs before the cops came.

"...two artists gave us 20 original drawings made just for us to use in our flyers.

"Things are kind of happening...We're putting out a cassette on a New Orleans label."

Red vs. Black, Tommy's Tavern, Brooklyn NY

Red vs. Black headlines tonight with Vulture Shit, Highway Gimps, and Pat Doyle.

Tommy's Tavern: Best bar to drink two-buck Buds, then blow out your eardrums.
--Best of Manhattan, 2004