Wire Mountain Out Today + Waterloo In-Store Performance + Tour Dates

Will’s 6th solo album Wire Mountain is out today via Keeled Scales​. Available on limited edtion bone-colored or classic black vinyl, CD in an eco-digipak and all digital platforms. The album features Britton Beisenherz, Jon Dee Graham, Thor Harris, and Little Mazarn.

You can get it at fine record stores everywhere or from any of the on-line retailers HERE

WATERLOO RECORDS IN-STORE PERFORMANCE
October 18 – Austin TX – Waterloo Records
Free In-store Performance @ 5pm

NOVEMBER TOUR DATES
Nov 2 : St. Louis, MO – Living Room Show
Nov 3 : Chicago, IL – Living Room Show
Nov 4 : Detroit, MI – Living Room Show
Nov 5 : Pittsburgh, PA – Living Room Show
Nov 7 : Buffalo, NY – Living Room Show
Nov 8 : Boston, MA – Living Room Show
Nov 9 : Weehawken, NJ – Living Room Show
Nov 10 : Philadelphia, PA – Living Room Show
Nov 12 : Baltimore, MD – Living Room Show
Nov 14 : Athens GA – Georgia Theatre w/ Jason Isbell – SOLD OUT
Nov 15 : Athens GA – Georgia Theatre w/ Jason Isbell – SOLD OUT
Nov 16 : Athens GA – Georgia Theatre w/ Jason Isbell – SOLD OUT
Nov 17 : Atlanta GA – Living Room Show

BUY LIVING ROOM SHOW TICKETS

DECEMBER SHOW AT CACTUS CAFE
Saturday, December 7 @ 8pm
Cactus Cafe
2247 Guadalupe St
BUY TICKETS

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Auction #6 / Original painting of Martin Dihigo

Auction #6 / The current administration has again held to its legacy of having an idea, but no complete plan. As a result, hundreds of children and parents in Mississippi are currently in the throes of a nightmare that will haunt them for life.

100% of the proceeds to the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance, which provides legal aid for those affected.  

Original painting by Will Johnson.
7-3/4″ wide x 17″ tall.
Acrylic and pencil on 3/4″ MDF board.  

Martin Dihigo, member of the Cuban, Mexican, Dominican Republic, Venezuelan, and National Baseball Halls of Fame.  

Starting bid is $100.
Auction ends on Wednesday, August 14 at 12noon CDT.

BID ON EBAY

Thanks for considering.
With respect and love.
-Will J. 

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New album “Wire Mountain” Out September 27, 2019

Will Johnson’s 6th solo album Wire Mountain will be released via Keeled Scales on September 27, 2019. Available on bone-colored or classic black vinyl and on CD in an eco-digipak. Features Britton Beisenherz, Jon Dee Graham, Thor Harris, and Little Mazarn.

Preorder the album HERE.
You can hear the first single “Cornelius” HERE

Go see Will on tour supporting Bob Mould in September. Tickets on sale Friday, June 14 at 10am.

9/11 : Cleveland OH @ Music Box
9/12 : Ann Arbor MI @ The Ark
9/13 : Indianapolis IN @ Hi-Fi Indy
9/17 : Louisville KY @ Headliners
9/18 : Nashville TN @ City Winery
9/20 : Birmingham AL @ Saturn
9/21 : Atlanta GA @ City Winery
9/22 : Asheville NC @ The Grey Eagle
9/24 : Carrboro NC @ Arts Center
9/25 : Richmond VA @ The Broadberry
9/26 : Washington DC @ City Winery
9/27 : Annapolis MD @ Rams Head on Stage

More news soon!

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Spring 2019 Dispatch/Little Deli and Pizzeria – Austin, TX

SXSW 2019.
This thrum and curl of February allergies (again) reigns with the force of a month-long Golden Corral surf/turf festival, and it can still hear me saying I will never break the chain. Playing a show at South By Southwest for the first time in about 71 years; the Keeled Scales showcase on Friday March 15th at The Townsend. Little Mazarn will join me for some songs that night, and I look forward to the noise we’ll make together.

NEW SHOWS/APRIL SOLO TOUR.
4/2 – Dallas/Granada Theater w/ Bob Mould
4/3 – Austin/Mohawk w/ Bob Mould
4/4 – Oklahoma City, OK/Living Room Show
4/5 – Tulsa, OK/Living Room Show
4/6 – Springfield, MO/Living Room Show
4/7 – Columbia, MO/Living Room Show
4/8 – Omaha, NE/Living Room Show
4/9 – Charles City, IA/Living Room Show
4/10 – Minneapolis, MN/Living Room Show
4/12 – Chicago, IL/Living Room Show
4/13 – Indianapolis, IN/Living Room Show
4/14 – Bloomington, IN/Living Room Show
4/15 – Nashville, TN/Living Room Show
4/16 – Florence, AL/Living Room Show
4/17 – Atlanta, GA/Living Room Show
4/18 – Waverly, AL/Living Room Show
4/19 – Columbus, MS/Living Room Show
4/20 – Water Valley, MS/Living Room Show

With exception of the Bob Mould shows, all tickets are avail. through undertowshows.com and are on sale now.

ODDS AND SODS.
A new LP titled Wire Mountain, will be released via Keeled Scales in September, with full touring to follow. My friends Britton Beisenherz, Lindsey Verrill, Thor Harris and Jon Dee Graham played on it, and Matthew Genitempo’s great photography will again be a crucial component. Meantime.. working toward some art shows, changing diapers, reading with my kids, and I’ll have new large scale Houston Astros (stars of 2017) prints on the upcoming tours and avail. online soon. To the spring winds, onward, and maybe see you down the road.

-Will J.

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HOSTS NEEDED: Living Room Shows April 2019

We’re looking for people to host Will Johnson Living Room Shows in April. Do you have big living room, loft space, community space, art gallery, yoga studio, recording studio, coffee shop or other space where we can do a private show that can comfortably and safely host 35-50 people? If so, please read everything below and get in touch if you live in or near these areas and want to host. Will would love to play a show at your place! 

4/4 : Oklahoma City OK
4/5 : Tulsa OK
4/6 : Fayetteville AR
4/7 : Springfield or St. Louis MO
4/8 : Kansas City or Omaha NE
4/9 : Charles City IA or Sioux Falls SD
4/10 : Minneapolis MN
4/11 : Madison WI
4/12 : Chicago IL
4/13 : Bloomington or Indianapolis IN
4/14 : OFF
4/15 : Nashville TN
4/16 : Atlanta GA
4/17 : Athens or Huntsville, AL
4/18 : Waverly AL – HOST CONFIRMED
4/19 : Memphis TN or Oxford MS

We’ll make this as easy as possible for the hosts. All you have to do is let us borrow your living room for about three hours and in return you’ll get 5 free tickets for your friends and our eternal gratitude.

GO HERE TO SUBMIT YOUR PLACE

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Maris / Lepanto September Living Room Tour in Western States!

 

Marie/Lepanto is Will Johnson + Justin Kinkel-Schuster. We’re very excited to hit the road for a big tour of the western states in September. These shows are hosted in private spaces. No stage, no sound system and each show is limited to 40-50 people. All tickets must be purchased in advance from our friends at Undertow. You’ll get the full address to the secret location once your purchase is complete.

BUY TICKETS

September 09 : Marfa TX
September 11 : Phoenix AZ
September 12 : Los Angeles CA
September 13 : San Francisco CA
September 14 : Petaluma CA
September 15 : Reno NV
September 17 : Eugene OR
September 18 : Portland OR
September 19 : Seattle WA
September 20 : Walla Walla WA
September 21 : Boise ID
September 22 : Ogden UT
September 24 : Ft Collins CO
September 25 : Denver CO
September 26 : Albuquerque NM
September 28 : Dallas TX
September 29 : Austin TX

We’ll see you out there.
Will & Justin

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Marie / Lepanto Tour Dates In April

We’re excited to get back out on tour in April. Come out and say hello.

April 05 : Springfield MO – Living Room Show – TICKETS
April 06 : Omaha NE – Living Room Show – TICKETS
April 07 : Sioux Falls SD – Living Room Show – TICKETS
April 08 : Minneapolis MN – Turf Club – TICKETS
April 09 : Madison WI – Living Room Show – TICKETS
April 10 : Milwaukee WI – Living Room Show – TICKETS
April 11 : Davenport IA – Racoon Motel – TICKETS
April 12 : Chicago – Schuba’s – TICKETS
April 13 : Detroit MI – Living Room Show – TICKETS
April 14 : Ft. Wayne IN – Living Room Show – TICKETS
April 17 : New York NY – Mercury Lounge – TICKETS
April 18 : Philadelphia PA – Johnny Brenda’s – TICKETS
April 19 : Baltimore MD – Living Room Show – SOLD OUT
April 20 : Washington DC – DC9 – TICKETS
April 21 : Richmond VA – Living Room Show – TICKETS
April 22 : Brevard NC – Living Room Show – TICKETS
April 23 : Athens GA – Living Room Show – TICKETS
April 24 : Waverly AL – Standard Deluxe – TICKETS
April 25 : Mobile AL – Satori – INFO
April 26 : Oxford MS – Living Room Show – TICKETS

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January 26, 2018 – Austin, TX. Cheko’s Mexican Food Restaurant.

MARIE/LEPANTO – TENKILLER LP RELEASE
On February 18, 2016, my friend Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster and I had a show in Memphis. We were nearing the end of a tour together, got to town early and decided to stop in at Sam Phillips Recording to see our mutual friend Jeff Powell. Jeff helped produce Centro-matic’s Fort Recovery LP back in 2005, and was soon to mix Pete’s full length LP, Constant Stranger. He’d recently moved his vinyl cutting service to Phillips, was starting to engineer sessions on the premises, and gave us the full tour that afternoon. The space and studio was functioning again after years of inactivity, though much was still in place as far as gear, fixtures, furniture and artifacts go. There were roughed up master tapes along the shelves with labels reading: John Prine, Etta James, Martin Luther King, The Bar-Kays, and Sleepy John Estes, and the small bar area upstairs looked as if it might’ve hosted a gathering only a night or two before. Old phone books, magazines and long-obsolete office equipment lay in boxes upstairs, and the place smelled spooky, worn, and wonderful. Cash, Orbison, Prine, Dylan, Booker T., The Yardbirds, Levon Helm, and many other greats had recorded there, and it was easy to feel overwhelmed by the building’s history. Before we exited the live room, Jeff pointed up to the (session-stopping) bullet hole in the ceiling that Roland Janes had put there late one night many years ago. Somewhere feathered into our farewells, it was suggested that we should stop in and do some recording. As the conversations continued with Pete over the remainder of the tour, it became a clear no-brainer. You write a few. I’ll write a few. We’ll meet back in Memphis in six or seven months.

We reconvened in September with Powell at the helm, tracking ten songs over four days. We tried to be the best backing musicians we could be for each other, relentlessly ingesting as much Cozy Corner barbecue and Gus’ Fried Chicken that time would allow for. We circled back for a couple of overdubs and final mixing with our friend Clay Jones a few months later. We decided on the name Marie/Lepanto for geographical reasons relating to our respective birthplaces and home territories.

With many thanks to Bruce, Graham, and all at Big Legal Mess/Fat Possum, our record comes out today. Thanks also to Bob and everyone at Undertow, Nick Loss-Eaton, Jeff Powell, Clay Jones, Angela Backstrom, Christian Helms and all at Helms Workshop for helping make this record go. We’re happy it’s in the world.

BUY “TENKILLER”
Direct from Undertow: https://tinyurl.com/Tenkiller
Everywhere else: http://smarturl.it/Tenkiller

TOUR WITH PEDRO THE LION
We’ll do the first leg of Marie/Lepanto touring as support for our friends Pedro The Lion. It means a lot to get to ride the roads with them for a few weeks, and we’re grateful to be invited. More dates for April and later in 2018 will be announced soon.

Feb. 8 – St. Louis, MO / Old Rock House
Feb. 9 – Kansas City, MO / Record Bar
Feb. 10 – Tulsa, OK / The Vanguard
Feb. 11 – Fayetteville, AR / Living Room Show*
Feb. 12 – Dallas, TX / Trees
Feb. 13 – Austin, TX / Waterloo Records In-store at 5pm*
Feb. 13 – Austin, TX / Mohawk
Feb. 14 – Houston, TX / Rockefeller’s
Feb. 15 – Baton Rouge, LA / Living Room Show*
Feb. 16 – New Orleans, LA / One-Eyed Jack’s
Feb. 17 – Birmingham, AL / Saturn
Feb. 18 – Gainesville, FL / High Dive
Feb. 19 – Orlando, FL / The Social
Feb. 21 – Carrboro, NC / Cat’s Cradle
Feb. 22 – Atlanta, GA / Terminal West
Feb. 23 – Nashville, TN / Exit/In

*Marie/Lepanto only.

Tickets links for all shows available at http://www.marielepanto.com/tour-dates/

Thank you. -Will J.

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