Those of you keeping track know by now that my love of Daytrotter is something that's been well documented here at The Hot Half Life. Over the summer, Team Daytrotter hosted the first Daytrotter Barnstormer tour which saw such swell acts as Snowblink, Local Natives and Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin bring their tunes to various barns across Iowa and Wisconsin.
Well, this fall, Barnstormer is back. Running from October 8th until October 13th, Barnstormer is once again making its way from Wisconsin to Iowa with a potential kick off gig on the 5th (if you all show your support by twittering Mr. Daytrotter himself @RealDaytrotter to let him know if you'll attend!)
The dreamy Snowblink will be making a return appearance and we'll also get the pleasure of Christopher Denny, Suckers and Maritime but what I'm most looking forward to is the inclusion of Dawes (formerly Simon Dawes) who I was only recently introduced to by a great fellow with awesome taste and hearing Dawes made me feel like I was uncovering a buried treasure of being let in on a great secret. Dawes is not to be missed regardless but Dawes in a barn with the Daytrotter crew? You'd be silly not to go.
Well, this fall, Barnstormer is back. Running from October 8th until October 13th, Barnstormer is once again making its way from Wisconsin to Iowa with a potential kick off gig on the 5th (if you all show your support by twittering Mr. Daytrotter himself @RealDaytrotter to let him know if you'll attend!)
The dreamy Snowblink will be making a return appearance and we'll also get the pleasure of Christopher Denny, Suckers and Maritime but what I'm most looking forward to is the inclusion of Dawes (formerly Simon Dawes) who I was only recently introduced to by a great fellow with awesome taste and hearing Dawes made me feel like I was uncovering a buried treasure of being let in on a great secret. Dawes is not to be missed regardless but Dawes in a barn with the Daytrotter crew? You'd be silly not to go.
Here's the lowdown of where and when the tour's gonna be taking place, just in case you're too lazy to click that above link:
October 8th - Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Turner Hall Ballroom: 1032 N. 4th St.
October 9th - Lodi, Wisconsin (15 mintues north of Madison, WI): W 12420 Highway 60
(The noteworthy part about this date is that there's a pumpkin patch and a corn maze! How cool is that?! Dang cool, you say? I agree.)
October 10th - Maquoketa, Iowa: BARN SHOW #1: Codfish Hollow Barn, 3437 288th Ave.
October 11th - Green Island, Iowa (Near Bellevue, IA): BARN SHOW #2: Mooney Hollow Saloon Barn, 12471 Highway 52
October 12th - West Liberty, IA: BARN SHOW #3: Secrest 1883 Octogonal Barn, 5750 Osage St.
(This was the barn I hit up last time around. It's quite the sight.)
October 13th -Johnston, Iowa: BARN SHOW #4: The Simpson Barn, 6169 Northglenn Dr.
October 9th - Lodi, Wisconsin (15 mintues north of Madison, WI): W 12420 Highway 60
(The noteworthy part about this date is that there's a pumpkin patch and a corn maze! How cool is that?! Dang cool, you say? I agree.)
October 10th - Maquoketa, Iowa: BARN SHOW #1: Codfish Hollow Barn, 3437 288th Ave.
October 11th - Green Island, Iowa (Near Bellevue, IA): BARN SHOW #2: Mooney Hollow Saloon Barn, 12471 Highway 52
October 12th - West Liberty, IA: BARN SHOW #3: Secrest 1883 Octogonal Barn, 5750 Osage St.
(This was the barn I hit up last time around. It's quite the sight.)
October 13th -Johnston, Iowa: BARN SHOW #4: The Simpson Barn, 6169 Northglenn Dr.
I was lucky enough to experience Barnstormer 1.0 in West Liberty, Iowa and plan on jamming my Ford Focus to capacity with some swell friends this time around for at least one of the above listed dates to storm some barns after a nice pit stop at a gas station for a 24 pack of cheap beer. Like I mentioned in the subject line, a good barn is hard to storm. Thankfully, we've got Daytrotter to show us the way and give us awesome tunes to drive there to.
(For the first Daytrotter, my roomie made a mix of only Daytrotter sanctioned artists and this time, I plan on upping the ante by making a mix of only Daytrotter sessions. I may have already begun to compile the best of featuring some of my favorites.)
