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Tour Dates
July 2 - Moorhead, MN – Swing Barrel Brewing *
July 3 - Bismarck, ND – LÜFT * July 4 - Rapid City, SD – A Cave * July 6 - Denver, CO – Bruz Beers * July 8 - Manhattan, KS - The Press * July 10 - Des Moines, IA - Doc's Lounge * July 12 - Chicago, IL - Liar's Club * July 21 - San Jose, CA - Music In The Park (w/ Living Colour, Soul Asylum) ^ *Cowboys In The Campfire ^Tommy Stinson solo Read More
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Tommy Stinson (from The Replacements and Soul Asylum) brought his new project called Cowboys in the Campfire show to the Fine Line Music Café in Minneapolis on Saturday night. This was the first night of the tour.
Opening the show was Tommy Stinson’s daughter, Ruby Stinson, who started her set with “Come Clean”.
Ruby is joined on stage by Mariah, who provided all the backing music, in this stripped-down performance.
In honor of Cowboys in the Campfire’s country sound, Ruby decided to cover two Dixie Chicks (aka The Chicks) songs, starting with “I Can Love You Better” and later in their set, “Tonight the Heartache’s on Me.”
Another cover on their set was Prince’s “Little Red Corvette”... but done in Lizzo’s style, so the song has a slower-paced arrangement.
The New York singer played a lot of unreleased songs, such as “Heaven”, “It’s Over” and “Mine”. The latter is still a pending title, as it’s been recorded and produced for a record, coming out next year.
They ended their set with “That’s How I Like It” (it could be a different title, but that is the main chorus lyrics). The song will be a new single, coming out in about two months from now (they're still working on the music video).
Ruby will be back in New York and will be opening for Har Mar Superstar at the Bowery on July 15.
Next up was Colin Campbell from The Shackletons. We previously saw the band at Basilica Block Party in 2018 and said, “The Shackletons could have been named The Campbells as there are three siblings (Colin-voc/gtr; Cameron-bass; Evan- drums) that compose this stomping blues rock band. Breaking out locally last year with the locally-centric song ‘Minnesota Girls’, their 2nd EP dutifully titled Second Attempt, shows further promise of things to come.”
Campbell was solo, and decided to try out some new songs he’s written. “You guys don't mind if I play some new songs, do you? We can pretend they're Golden Oldies, you guys wouldn't know.”
He ended his set with a few classic Shackletons songs, their debut single “Minnesota Girls” and “Exactly What It Looks Like”.
Cowboys in the Campfire is the latest project from Tommy Stinson and Chip Roberts. As the name suggests, this duo is a little on the Country & Western side of music, somewhat of a departure from Stinson’s previous music styles.
Like all previous Stinson shows I’ve attended, you really never know what you’re going to get, and that’s half the fun. Last night’s show proved no different, as his music partner in Cowboys in the Campfire, Chip Roberts, could not get a flight to Minneapolis on time. Stinson had nothing nice to say about Delta airlines.
The show started off with Stinson solo, but he would be joined by Karla Rose on violin and backup vocals, and Chops LaConte would later join on the upright bass. According to Stinson, Chops is officially the third band member in Cowboys in the Campfire (so expect to see a trio if you see this band live).
If you look at Stinson’s post-The Replacements, he's tried his hands at punk music in Bash & Pop, alternative rock in Perfect, and hard rock in Guns & Roses... Stinson is always trying something new.
“I’m not one to be pigeonholed -- but I'm not putting a lot of thought into it that I DON’T want to be pigeonholed,” Stinson laughs, “For me it’s always been that the songs pretty much tell you what they're going to do. I can sit there and work a song into the ground, forcing my will on it, or you can listen to the song and go, ‘What does this want?’ and do that. I’ve always done it that way. Ultimately, it’s more about, ‘Let’s try and get the best 10 and take what we’ve got and make them the best they can be.’”
Stinson and Roberts were friends for many years, and whenever they got together, they would randomly play some shows. They started co-writing songs together, and accidentally became Cowboys in the Campfire when they had at least 10 good songs.
Half of Wronger’s songs were recorded in 2017, with Christine Smith, producing , X’s John Doe on bass and backup vocals. The rest of the album was recorded in Stinson's studio with Twin/Tone Records co-founder Peter Jesperon and his son Autry helping with the sequencing and overall encouragement.
Unfortunately, due to the lack of Chip Roberts, Stinson had to change the set a little and played a few of his solo works, including “Meant to Be”, “Not a Moment Too Soon”, “Destroy Me”, and “Hey Man.”
He did a Bash & Pop song, “Can't Be Bothered”, and later a Cowboy song, “Schemes”, played near the middle of their set.
Even though it was only one half of Cowboys in the Campfire, you can tell that Stinson is incredibly proud of the record and their songs. The duo (trio for live performances), will continue the rest of the Summer tour... pending Delta Airlines delays, of course.
Opening the show was Tommy Stinson’s daughter, Ruby Stinson, who started her set with “Come Clean”.
Ruby is joined on stage by Mariah, who provided all the backing music, in this stripped-down performance.
In honor of Cowboys in the Campfire’s country sound, Ruby decided to cover two Dixie Chicks (aka The Chicks) songs, starting with “I Can Love You Better” and later in their set, “Tonight the Heartache’s on Me.”
Another cover on their set was Prince’s “Little Red Corvette”... but done in Lizzo’s style, so the song has a slower-paced arrangement.
The New York singer played a lot of unreleased songs, such as “Heaven”, “It’s Over” and “Mine”. The latter is still a pending title, as it’s been recorded and produced for a record, coming out next year.
They ended their set with “That’s How I Like It” (it could be a different title, but that is the main chorus lyrics). The song will be a new single, coming out in about two months from now (they're still working on the music video).
Ruby will be back in New York and will be opening for Har Mar Superstar at the Bowery on July 15.
Next up was Colin Campbell from The Shackletons. We previously saw the band at Basilica Block Party in 2018 and said, “The Shackletons could have been named The Campbells as there are three siblings (Colin-voc/gtr; Cameron-bass; Evan- drums) that compose this stomping blues rock band. Breaking out locally last year with the locally-centric song ‘Minnesota Girls’, their 2nd EP dutifully titled Second Attempt, shows further promise of things to come.”
Campbell was solo, and decided to try out some new songs he’s written. “You guys don't mind if I play some new songs, do you? We can pretend they're Golden Oldies, you guys wouldn't know.”
He ended his set with a few classic Shackletons songs, their debut single “Minnesota Girls” and “Exactly What It Looks Like”.
Cowboys in the Campfire is the latest project from Tommy Stinson and Chip Roberts. As the name suggests, this duo is a little on the Country & Western side of music, somewhat of a departure from Stinson’s previous music styles.
Like all previous Stinson shows I’ve attended, you really never know what you’re going to get, and that’s half the fun. Last night’s show proved no different, as his music partner in Cowboys in the Campfire, Chip Roberts, could not get a flight to Minneapolis on time. Stinson had nothing nice to say about Delta airlines.
The show started off with Stinson solo, but he would be joined by Karla Rose on violin and backup vocals, and Chops LaConte would later join on the upright bass. According to Stinson, Chops is officially the third band member in Cowboys in the Campfire (so expect to see a trio if you see this band live).
If you look at Stinson’s post-The Replacements, he's tried his hands at punk music in Bash & Pop, alternative rock in Perfect, and hard rock in Guns & Roses... Stinson is always trying something new.
“I’m not one to be pigeonholed -- but I'm not putting a lot of thought into it that I DON’T want to be pigeonholed,” Stinson laughs, “For me it’s always been that the songs pretty much tell you what they're going to do. I can sit there and work a song into the ground, forcing my will on it, or you can listen to the song and go, ‘What does this want?’ and do that. I’ve always done it that way. Ultimately, it’s more about, ‘Let’s try and get the best 10 and take what we’ve got and make them the best they can be.’”
Stinson and Roberts were friends for many years, and whenever they got together, they would randomly play some shows. They started co-writing songs together, and accidentally became Cowboys in the Campfire when they had at least 10 good songs.
Half of Wronger’s songs were recorded in 2017, with Christine Smith, producing , X’s John Doe on bass and backup vocals. The rest of the album was recorded in Stinson's studio with Twin/Tone Records co-founder Peter Jesperon and his son Autry helping with the sequencing and overall encouragement.
Unfortunately, due to the lack of Chip Roberts, Stinson had to change the set a little and played a few of his solo works, including “Meant to Be”, “Not a Moment Too Soon”, “Destroy Me”, and “Hey Man.”
He did a Bash & Pop song, “Can't Be Bothered”, and later a Cowboy song, “Schemes”, played near the middle of their set.
Even though it was only one half of Cowboys in the Campfire, you can tell that Stinson is incredibly proud of the record and their songs. The duo (trio for live performances), will continue the rest of the Summer tour... pending Delta Airlines delays, of course.
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Cowboys in the Campfire at Fine Line, Minneapolis (01 July 2023) |
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