Today, Keller Williams announced that he will bring his PettyGrass tribute project to Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas for a matinee show on Saturday, November 3rd prior to Phish’s fall tour closer at the MGM Grand Garden Arena later that evening. The early show joins an impressive lineup of shows at Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas that week, including The Motet‘s late-night performance on Wednesday, October 31st and The Disco Biscuits‘ three-night run of late shows on November 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.
A venue pre-sale is taking place on Tuesday, May 22 at 10 am PT (presale password: PETTYGRASS). Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Thursday, May 24th at 10 am PT.
Created in the wake of Tom Petty‘s sudden death last fall, PettyGrass features Keller Williams and bluegrass quintet The Hillbenders performing Tom Petty covers “in a rollicking bluegrass style.” The new project has its origins in a number of Tom Petty covers that Williams put together for a Society For the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals benefit back in 2015.
As Williams explained in a statement when the project was announced,
There is nothing like a room full of people singing along to the same song. With [Petty’s] untimely passing, these songs have been pushed to the forefront of my mind and it seems like as good a time as any to celebrate, publicly, the music of Tom Petty. Luckily, The Hillbenders share my passion for this music and it just so happens that they are kick ass pickers who have amazing attention to detail. These Petty songs lend themselves quite easily to bluegrass and by the end of the night, the audience will more than likely be singing in harmony.”
Before hitting Sin City, Williams and The Hillbenders will take PettyGrass on the road this summer for a series of festival dates, including performances at Candler Park Music Festival, Redwood Ramble, Floyd Fest, Rhythms on the Rio, Grand Targhee Bluegrass Festival, Suwannee Roots Revival, Utopiafest, and more. For a full list of Keller Williams’ upcoming shows, PettyGrass and otherwise, head to his website.
