The skinny, you will need to possess a Mercury Lounge ticket (May16th) for entry to the cherished Addis performance (May15). A suggested donation of $15/$20 at the door is encouraged. If you do not have a ticket to the Mercury Lounge “Happy Book” release party yet, a limited number will be available at the Cafe Addis door though we suggest that you purchase them in advance on line: http://www.mercuryloungenyc.com/event/112275

This will mark the first time that The Jackmormons have played this cozy haunt so please do not miss the opportunity to witness this wonder wheel rock band take Manhattan over two nights!!

Look for the band on tour this spring in support of Happy Book

For more than 30 years, Jerry Joseph has been strapping on a guitar and chasing down truth, understanding and soul with tenacity and resonant skill. Joseph is the archetypal musician’s musician – something that’s resoundingly clear on his sweeping new double album Happy Book, to be released March 20, 2012 on Response Records. Look for Joseph and his band to tour this spring in support of the album’s release. The list of currently confirmed tour dates is listed below – with many others still to be announced.

Captured with muscle and blood by Joseph’s longtime trio The Jackmormons, Happy Book presents Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons at their most diverse and confident; it’s a record with a wide swing that dexterously moves from whisper closeness to Technicolor expansiveness. Produced by Joseph’s former Little Women band mate Gregg Williams (Dandy Warhols, Blitzen Trapper), Happy Book is an emotional and sonic wallop fueled by the tightest, tastiest playing the Jackmormons have ever captured in the studio. “After 17 years, this album brings together a lot of things I’ve always wanted on a record,” explains Joseph. “This sounds like a band that’s been together 17 years and has evolved along the way.”

Happy Book incorporates horns and other choice elements from guests – Jenny Conlee-Drizos and Chris Funk (The Decemberists), Eric Earley (Blitzen Trapper), Dan Eccles (Richmond Fontaine), Wally Ingram, Little Sue Weaver and Paul Brainard – into The Jackmormons’ tight-knit chemistry to create an expansive work that captures Joseph’s startlingly broad musical range in a roughly graceful, swiftly intoxicating way.

The currently confirmed list of tour dates for Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons is as follows:

• 5/16/12 @ Mercury Lounge * New York, NY
• 5/17/12 @ The 8 X 10 * Baltimore, MD
• 5/18/12 @ Capital Ale House * Richmond, VA
• 5/19/12 @ The Stoney Badger * Lynchburg, VA
• 5/27/12 @ Asheville Music Hall * Asheville, NC
• 5/29/12 @ The Berkeley Cafe * Raleigh, NC
• 5/30/12 @ Visulite Theatre * Charlotte, NC
• 5/31/12 @ The Pour House * Charleston, SC
• 6/01/12 @ Smith’s Olde Bar * Atlanta, GA
• 6/02/12 @ 40 Watt Club * Athens, GA
• 6/12/12 @ Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater * Vail, CO
• 6/13/12 @ Neurolux Lounge * Boise, ID
• 6/14/12 @ Burt’s Tiki Lounge * Salt Lake City, UT
• 6/15/12 @ Old Town Pub * Steamboat Springs, CO
• 6/16/12 @ Bluebird Theater * Denver, CO
• 6/22-24/12 @ Pendarvis Farm * Happy Valley, OR
• 7/19-22/12 @ Allgood Music Festival * Thornville, OH
• 7/25/12 @ Horseshoe Tavern * Toronto, ON
• 7/28/12 @ Double Door * Chicago, IL
• 7/29/12 @ 7th Street * Minneapolis, MN
• 7/30/12 @ Shank Hall * Milwaukee, WI

Additional dates to be announced!

Tickets for the 2012 Dixie Mattress Festival are On-Sale NOW!

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Friday June 22^nd

Afternoon

No afternoon music this year - Check in, set up campsite, get settled

Evening in Galaxy Barn

5:30-6:30PM: Quasi Horse

7:30-8:00PM: Stunt Poets

9:00PM: Jerry Joseph & Jackmormons

Saturday June 23^rd

Afternoon in Workshop Barn

12:00PM  –1:15PM: Reverend Brimstone

1:30 – 2:30PM:  Jhon Gilroy

2:30 – 3:30PM: John Shipe & Jhon Gilroy

Evening in Galaxy Barn

5:30-8:00PM: Mexican Gunfight

9:00PM: Jerry Joseph & Jackmormons

Late Night  DJ set

Sunday June 24^th

Afternoon at The Woods Stage

1:00PM: Kirk & Kelly renew vows 25th anniv.

1:30 – 2:30PM: John Shipe

3:00 – 4:30PM: Jerry Joseph & Jackmormons (acoustic)

Evening in Galaxy Barn

6:00 – 7:30PM: Jeff Crosby Band

8:30PM: Jerry Joseph & Jackmormons (electric 2 sets)