Jimmy Herring, the exceptional guitarist of Widespread Panic, Aquarium Rescue Unit, Phil Lesh & Friends, The Dead, Jazz Is Dead and more, has just announced a new project—Jimmy Herring and The Invisible Whip—that will see him touring the country during the late summer. The project is rounded out by former Aquarium Rescue Unit drummer Jeff Sipe, in addition to Jason Crosby on Wurlitzer and Rhodes, Kevin Scott on bass, and Matt Slocum on B3 Organ and clavinet.
Jimmy Herring and The Invisible Whip have about announced about a dozen new dates sprinkled across July through to September thus far. The tour kicks off in Memphis on July 19th with a performance at Minglewood Hall. From there, Herring and The Invisible Whip will continue to wind their way throughout the south, with stops in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina through to the end of July. Come August, the group has stops slated for Kentucky, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, eventually ending their solo tour with two nights at the Fox Theatre in Boulder, Colorado.
This independent tour in the late summer will serve as a warm-up for when the group will join up with John McLaughlin for their joint Meeting Of The Spirits tour in September, which will see McLaughlin perform music from his work with the Mahavishnu Orchestra. Each stop on The Meeting Of The Spirits tour will see the two legendary guitarists, Herring and McLaughlin, and their respective ensembles perform two separate sets, then come together for a collaborative, improvised encore.
[Photo: Dave Vann]
Jimmy Herring & The Invisible Whip Late Summer Tour
7/19/17 Memphis, TN, Minglewood Hall
7/20/17 Jackson, MS, Duling Hall
7/21/17, Jackson, MS, Duling Hall
7/25/17, Birmingham, AL, The WorkPlay Theatre
7/26/17 Athens, GA, Georgia Theatre
7/28/17 Asheville, NC, Isis Restaurant & Music Hall
8/1/17 Louisville, KY, Headliners Music Hall
8/2/17 Columbus, OH, Park Street Saloon
8/4/17 Millvale, PA, Mr. Smalls Theatre
9/8/17 Boulder, CO, Fox Theatre
9/9/17 Boulder, CO, Fox Theatre
John McLaughlin & Jimmy Herring “Meeting Of The Spirits” Tour
11/1/17 Buffalo, NY, University at Buffalo Center for the Arts
11/2/17 Albany, NY, The Egg
11/3/17 New York, NY, Town Hall
11/4/17 Port Chester, NY, Capitol Theatre
11/5/17 Cranston, RI, Park Theatre/Rhode Island Center for the Performing Arts
11/8/17 Boston, MA, The Wilbur Theatre
11/9/17 Philadelphia, PA, Keswick Theatre
11/10/17 Newark, NJ, Prudential Hall,New Jersey Performance Art Centre
11/11/17 Washington DC, Lincoln Theatre
11/12/17 Durham, NC, Duke Performances at DPAC
11/15/17 Ann Arbor, MI
11/17/17 Chicago, IL, Vic Theatre
11/19/17 Indianapolis, IN, Clowes Memorial-Hall-Butler University
11/21/17 Nashville, TN, Schermerhorn Symphony Center-Laura Turner Concert Hall
11/22/17 Atlanta, GA, Atlanta Symphony Hall
11/24/17 Jacksonville, FL, Florida Theatre
11/25/17 Clearwater, FL, Ruth Eckerd Hall
11/27/17 New Orleans, LA, The Joy Theater
11/30/17 Austin, TX, Paramount Theatre
12/5/17 Seattle, WA, Moore Theatre
12/6/17 Portland, OR, Revolution Hall
12/8/17 San Francisco, CA, The Warfield
12/9/17 Los Angeles, CA, Royce Hall-UCLA