Best News Of All-Time

Visited Tift Merritt's site this morning and discovered new tour dates, which I'll post here for your convenience.

1.19.2005 Continental Club - Houston, TX*
1.20.2005 Sons of Herman Hall - Dallas, TX*
1.21.2005 Stubb's Bar-B-Q - Austin, TX*
1.22.2005 Stubb's Bar-B-Q - Austin, TX*
1.25.2005 Paramount - Santa Fe, NM*
1.26.2005 Plush - Tucson, AZ*
1.28.2005 Troubador - West Hollywood, CA*
1.29.2005 Slim's - San Francisco, CA*
2.01.2005 WOW Hall - Eugene, OR*
2.02.2005 Doug Fir Lounge - Portland, OR*
2.03.2005 Tractor Tavern - Seattle, WA*
2.04.2005 Tractor Tavern - Seattle, WA
2.05.2005 Richard's On Richards - Vancouver, BC*
2.08.2005 Liquid Joe's - Salt Lake City, UT*
2.09.2005 Larimer Lounge - Denver, CO*
2.11.2005 Blueberry Hill - St. Louis, MO*
2.12.2005 Mercy Lounge - Nashville, TN*
4.30.2005 Columbia-Greene Community College - Hudson, NY^

Dates with an * next to them will be with Tres Chicas and the date with a ^ next to it will be with Sarah Lee Guthrie. Tres Chicas is that excellent supergroup featuring Tonya Lamm (Hazeldine), Caitlin Cary (Whiskeytown) and Lynn Blakey (Glory Fountain). Sarah Lee Guthrie is Woody Guthrie's grand-daughter. I've never heard her music, but I hear it's pretty good.

I'm so excited I just can't hide it! More savvy visitors to this site will remember that I've already written about Tift once after a few of her shows back in November. Suffice to say, you should not miss her if she's coming within a hundred miles of you.

I would take this opportunity to congraulate Tift on her Grammy nomination, but considering that those awards are a complete joke I'd rather not validate them at all. So, how about this: Tift, congratulations on being so unbelievably awesome!

Stop by her website for more information and to hear song samples.