Hear new Rodeo tracks NOW here: myspace.com/brentamakerandtherodeo

Photo by Johnny Podhradsky

The new Brent Amaker and the Rodeo LP is finished! It'll be a while before we get vinyl manufactured and have the whole thing available to the public. There's a lot of work that goes into releasing a record, and I don't really expect us to get everything done and distributed until mid-year 2010. When it comes out there will be a 12" vinyl release, a comic book with digital downloads, a CD, and I-tunes. Shit, I guess that pretty much covers everything.

I don't want to make you wait that long without giving you a teaser. These recordings are REALLY good. I'm proud of what we've done and I'd love for you folks to get a taste. For this reason, I've posted the first two tracks from the album on our Myspace page: myspace.com/brentamakerandtherodeo . Give it a listen and let me know what you think. The first track is an instrumental intro song titled "Jonnny's Theme". It's a tribute to the man who puts the cape on the man who writes the country hits. The other one is titled "Man in Charge".

Photo by Shane Williams

We're doing a big US tour in March and many of the dates are already up on the calendar. Here's what we got so far:

Jan 9 2010 B.A.R. @ the NEW Hell’s Kitchen, Tacoma WA
Feb 6 2010 B.A.R. @ the Summit Ski Area, Snoqualmie Pass
Mar 5 2010 B.A.R. @ Berbati’s Pan, Portland OR
Mar 6 2010 B.A.R. @ Amnesia / San Francisco, CA
Mar 9 2010 B.A.R. @ Doll Hut, Anaheim CA
Mar 11 2010 B.A.R. @ Double Down Saloon, Las Vegas NV
Mar 12 2010 B.A.R. @ Hotel Monte Vista, Flagstaff AZ
Mar 13 2010 B.A.R. @ the Summit / Durango, CO
Mar 16 2010 B.A.R. @ Hi-Lo / Oklahoma City, OK
Mar 19 2010 B.A.R. @ Frisco, TX T.B.A. Frisco, Texas
Mar 20 2010 B.A.R. radio appearance KAOS, Austin TX
Mar 21 2010 B.A.R. @ Sunday Sounds BBQ / San Antonio, TX
Mar 21 2010 B.A.R. @ Head Hunters, Austin TX
Mar 22 2010 B.A.R. @ Smoke & Barrel, Fayetteville AR
Mar 23 2010 B.A.R. @ Off Broadway, St Louis MO
Mar 24 2010 B.A.R. @ Redline Tap Chicago, IL
Mar 25 2010 B.A.R. @ Nomad World Pub, Minneapolis MN
Mar 28 2010 B.A.R. @ The Filling Station, Bozeman MT

Hope to see you along the road.

Brent