This week, singer-songwriter/bearded rock troubadour, Sam Lowry [Myspace] embarks on a month long tour, traversing the United States supporting his good friends Murder by Death & Langhorne Slim on the first and second legs respectively.

The tour, which begins March 3rd in Salt Lake City, is the first of many tours planned to drum up support for his soon-to-be-released fifth full-length album, With/Without. Unconventionally recorded live in a single day in the main hall of a church-cum-recording studio, it finds Lowry leading his band comprised of Sarah Balliet (Murder by Death), Sophia Travis and Nathaniel Seer through revisonary versions of older songs coupled with new ones.

Check out a new track and some tour dates “after the jump”

[mp3] Sam Lowry – “Manhattan Took Us First”

FEBRUARY 28, 2009 – BLOOMINGTON, IN – Singer-songwriter/bearded rock troubadour, Sam Lowry [Myspace] embarks on a month long tour, traversing the United States supporting his good friends Murder by Death & Langhorne Slim on the first and second legs respectively.

The tour, which begins March 3rd in Salt Lake City, is the first of many tours planned to drum up support for his soon-to-be-released fifth full-length album, With/Without. Unconventionally recorded live in a single day in the main hall of a church-cum-recording studio, it finds Lowry leading his band comprised of Sarah Balliet (Murder by Death), Sophia Travis and Nathaniel Seer through revisionary versions of older songs coupled with new ones.

Lowry no stranger to the road has spent a good portion of the last several years on the road, with over 400 shows, sharing the stage with bands such as Murder by Death, the Good Life, Early Day Miners, Azure Ray, Mock Orange, Lucero, Codeseven, Vedera, Unwed Sailor, Rocky Votolato, the Appleseed Cast, William Elliott Whitmore, Melissa Ferrick and the Hackensaw Boys.

Tour Dates

WITH MURDER BY DEATH & FAKE PROBLEMS

Mar 3 @ Bar Deluxe – Salt Lake City, UT
Mar 4 @ The Black Sheep – Colorado Springs, CO
Mar 5 @ The Waiting Room – Omaha, NE
Mar 6 @ The Picador – Iowa City, IA
Mar 7 @ The Canopy Club – Urbana, IL

WITH LANGHORNE SLIM

Mar 13 @ Club Cafe – Pittsburgh, PA
Mar 14 @ The Grog Shop – Cleveland Heights, OH
Mar 15 @ The Pike Room – Pontiac, MI
Mar 16 @ Schubas Tavern – Chicago, IL
Mar 17 @ Off Broadway – St. Louis, MO
Mar 22 @ Double Wide -Dallas, TX
Mar 24 @ Mercy Lounge -Nashville, TN
Mar 25 @ Hi Tone – Memphis, TN
Mar 31 @ The Earl – Atlanta, GA
Apr 1 @ Cat’s Cradle – Carrboro, NC
Apr 2 @ IOTA Club & Cafe – Arlington, VA
Apr 3 @ The Bell House – Brooklyn, NY

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