We're excited to announce that we'll be hitting the road in February for a headlining tour, starting Feb 12 in Denton, TX. We'll be out for a couple of weeks, including a stop in Chicago for WXRT's Winter Soulstice on Feb 16. Tickets for that show will go on sale Friday, and the rest will go up this weekend, so check back here for tickets and more information on these shows.

Sat. 12.31, New Years Eve

Double Door and Soul Summit Present...

Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears with Soul Summit DJs: Dave Mata, Duke Grip, and Sloppy White

Doors 8pm / Show 9pm

$85 adv / $95 dos (price includes free draft beer, well drinks, wine, soda, and water)

champagne will be sold per bottle price tbd

Tickets Available Saturday 9/24

Tuesday March 15th
Record Release Party
Continental Club
Midnight

Thursday March 17th
KGSR at the Four Seasons
(open to the public)
Performance + Interview
8:30am

Waterloo Records In-Store Performance
5pm

Friday March 18th
SXSW Radio Day Stage
1pm

Lost Highway Records Party
ACL Live/Moody Theater
8PM

Saturday March 19th
San Jose SXSW Show
Jo's Coffee on Congress
5PM

SPRING TOUR ANNOUNCED FOR BLACK JOE LEWIS & THE HONEYBEARS

NEW ALBUM SCANDALOUS DUE OUT MARCH 15th ON LOST HIGHWAY

NASHVILLE, TN – Lost Highway recording artist Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears will be hitting the road with their high-voltage brand of garage soul. The Austin, TX ensemble has announced dates for their spring tour in support of their upcoming sophomore album Scandalous, out March 15.

Scandalous was produced by Jim Eno of Spoon, who also produced the band’s celebrated 2009 debut, Tell ‘Em What Your Name Is! (Lost Highway). Tell ‘Em What Your Name Is! featured a young band’s modern and gritty take on classic American funk, soul, rock and blues. The album garnered positive feedback from the press, including Esquire, Spin, NPR, UTNE Reader, Los Angeles Times, Mojo, and Popmatters.com. On Scandalous, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears elevate their game to another level with 11 new songs that offer more diverse and contemporary stylings than its predecessor. Gospel punk burner "You Been Lyin'" (featuring The Relatives) fits squarely alongside the country blues of "Messin'" and the Stax-meets-Stones soul of Solomon Burke’s "Since I Met You Baby." The raw funk creeper "She's So Scandalous" stands out as an album highlight.

Since the release of their debut, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears have played almost non-stop in the U.S. and abroad, touring with a diverse collection of artists, including Passion Pit, New York Dolls, Dave Matthews Band, Gomez and Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm. The band’s live shows have grown considerably in volume, excitement and sheer energy each time they play. Catch Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears live in your city. More dates to come.

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Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears
2011 Spring Tour

March 22     The Loft         Atlanta, GA

March 24     Black Cat*     Washington DC

March 25     Bowery Ballroom*     New York, NY

March 26     Bowery Ballroom*     New York, NY

March 27     Middle East Downstairs*     Cambridge, MA

March 30     La Sala Rossa     Montreal, QC

March 31     Horseshoe Tavern     Toronto, ON

April 1     Newport Music Hall*     Columbus, OH

April 2     Double Door     Chicago, IL

April 3     Cedar Cultural Centre     Minneapolis, MN

April 4     The Waiting Room*     Omaha, NE

April 6     The Blue Bird Theater*     Denver, CO

April 7     Urban Lounge*         Salt Lake City, UT

April 8     Neurolux*         Boise, ID

April 9     The Crocodile*         Seattle, WA

April 13     The Independent*     San Francisco, CA

April 14     Rio Theater*     Santa Cruz, CA

May 1     McDowell Mountain Music Fest     Phoenix, AZ

*Those Darlins’ supporting

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Hot New Band: Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears

Texans serve up R-rated garage soul with a little help from Spoon.

By Kerry Miller

For the past eight hours, Black Joe Lewis has been driving a van around Austin, Texas, delivering fish for $9 an hour -- and he could really use a beer. Seafood delivery is better than most of the crap jobs he's had, beginning with a stint at the pawnshop where he picked up his first guitar. "If I didn't have this band," Lewis says, "I'd probably be in jail."

As he surveys the scene at local dive Hole in the Wall, Lewis, 27, seems more reserved than might be expected of the performer who got his start here, hootin' and hollerin' his way through playfully profane dirty-blues romps like "Bitch, I Love You" and "Big Booty Woman." Lewis figures his onstage antics -- leaping off drum risers David Lee Roth style or wailing on his knees like Jimi Hendrix -- were the only reasons clubs asked him back. "I sucked so bad," he says. "I'm a fan of raw music -- just plug your shit in, turn it up, and play."

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