Reckless Kelly in New Braunfels:
Friday and Saturday, August 1 and 2
Gruene Hall, 1601 Hunter Road
Tickets: $22 (on sale July 1); Information: 210.629.5077
(Paula Nelson Band opens both shows) www.recklesskelly.com
RECKLESS KELLY TO PLAY
2-NIGHT STAND AT GRUENE HALL
ARMED WITH NEW ALBUM, BULLETPROOF
New Release: Love Songs & Road Anthems Locked, Loaded and Unleashed
Austin, TX — Roots rockers Reckless Kelly play a two-night stand in early August at the historical dance hall in New Braunfels as they tour behind the release of their seventh album, the high-caliber, spirited BULLETPROOF (Yep Roc Records; June 24), which has already reached #7 on the Americana radio airplay chart.
Reckless Kelly plays at 9:30 p.m. on Friday, August 1, and at 10:30 p.m. Saturday, August 2, at Gruene Hall, 1601 Hunter Road. Tickets are $22; they go on sale July 1. Information: 210.629.5077, www.gruenehall.com. Bluesy singer Paula Nelson and her Paula Nelson Band open at 8 p.m. on Friday and 9 p.m. Saturday.
For BULLETPROOF, the band — lead singer Willy Braun, brother Cody (fiddle, mandolin, harmonica, vocals), lead guitarist David Abeyta, bassist Jimmy McFeeley and drummer Jay Nazz — “takes lively Southern rock twists and sets songs in wide open spaces that aren’t concerned with genre restrictions,” says the Houston Chronicle in last week’s issue.
The album “… veers smoothly between dusty road songs and twangy ballads,” the Chronicle says, with “the band’s tight, effortless chemistry anchored by [Cody] Braun’s expert string work and David Abeyta’s emotive guitar playing.”
Disc standouts, it says, are “Love in Her Eyes,” which “has an ’80s bent, like a revved-up Bryan Adams”; the wistful, warm “Mirage” and “Don’t Say Goodbye”; and “God Forsaken Town,” in which Willy Braun, the band’s principal songwriter, paints with co-writer and fellow Texan Robert Earl Keen “a painful picture” of post-Katrina New Orleans with “a rich poignancy” from “the blend of lyrics and gorgeous instrumentation.”
As the summer gets hotter, so does Reckless Kelly’s schedule of tour dates behind the BULLETPROOF release. After shows across Texas and the country, the band appears with label-mates Reverend Horton Heat this fall from Florida to New York City.
Upcoming Reckless Kelly shows include:
July 2, Colonial Theatre, Idaho Falls
July 3, Dude Bra Brew Fest, Jackson, Wyo.
July 4, 4th on Fourth Street Party, Ketchum, Idaho
July 5, Tamarack Pavilion, Donnelly, Idaho (First Sorry For Partying Music Festival)
July 6, Sacagawea Center, Salmon, Idaho
July 10. Rabb’s Steakhouse, Ruston, La.
July 12, Lance Byrd Ranch, Graford, Texas
July 14, Mercury Lounge, Nashville
July 17-21, Cross Canadian Ragweed-Carnival Cruise
July 31, Brewster Street Ice House, Corpus Christi, Texas
August 1-2, Gruene Hall, New Braunfels, Texas
August 6, Bluebird Theatre, Denver
August 7-9, Braun Brothers Reunion, Challis, Idaho
August 12, Tractor Tavern, Seattle
August 15, Slim’s, San Francisco
August 22, North Texas State Fairgrounds, Denton
August 29, Sam Houston Race Park, Houston
August 31, Ziegfest at Lake Bryan, Texas
October 4, Ziegfest at Old Town, Spring, Texas
October 24, Tumbleweed Dance Hall, Stillwater, Okla.
October 25, Spanish Moon, Baton Rouge, La.
October 26, Soul Kitchen, Mobile, Ala.
