Jimmy Herring Forms New Band, The 5 of 7, Schedules Fall Tour

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Guitarist Jimmy Herring has announced a new group, The 5 of 7, which will be joining him for a batch of newly announced fall tour dates this year.

For the project, the Widespread Panic lead axe man will be joined by keyboardist Matt Slocum, vocalist/guitarist Rick Lollar, bassist Kevin Scott, drummer Darren Stanley.

“Rick, Matt and Kevin had a band together called King Baby,” Herring says in a press announcement, which explains that The 5 of 7 will be a more song-based collaboration as opposed to Herring’s previous outfit, The Invisible Whip. “I heard their record [and] I couldn’t help but think, ‘Man, if I could get together, play some of Rick’s songs, some of my songs, some covers, and maybe write a few things together, we may be on to something…’ In addition to being a fine guitar player, Rick is a really powerful singer. Some of his favorite singers are Donny Hathaway and Stevie Wonder, and those are some of my favorites, too.”

Herring also notes his shared musical history with Slocum, Scott and Stanley, all of whom collaborated with the late Atlanta music icon Col. Bruce Hampton. “That’s important to me because it’s such a different thing—if you’ve been through that school, you want to play with people who have been through that too. You  understand how to think on your feet and exist in the moment.”

On the fall tour dates, which kick off Sept. 12 in Denver and move across the country to the East Coast, Herring says, “There’ll be vocals, there’ll be instrumentals. There will be funk and rock and roll, with some songs leaning towards more sophisticated harmony…but, to me, it’s just music.”

See the announced schedule below, with more to be added.

Jimmy Herring and The 5 of 7 Tour Dates

Sept 12 Denver, CO – Gothic Theatre
Sept 13 Fort Collins, CO – Aggie Theatre
Sept 14 Boulder, CO – Fox Theatre
Sept 18 Iowa City, IA – Wildwood Saloon
Sept 19 St. Louis, MO – El Volcan
Sept 20 Chicago, IL – Park West
Sept 21 Indianapolis, IN – The Vogue
Sept 24 Albany, NY – The Egg
Sept 26 Natick, MA – Center for the Arts
Sept 27 Ridgefield, CT – Ridgefield Playhouse
Sept 28 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Bowl
Sept 29 Ardmore, PA – Ardmore Music Hall
Oct 1 Washington, DC – The Hamilton
Oct 2 Richmond, VA – The Broadberry
Oct 3 Rocky Mount, VA – Harvester Performance Center
Oct 4 Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theatre
Oct 5 Charlotte, NC – Neighborhood Theatre

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