Vincent Neil Emerson & John R. Miller Announce Joint Tour
Well hot damn. If you wanted to see two of just about the best songwriters out there at the moment together, Vincent Neil Emerson and John R. Miller have just announced a joint tour of intimate venues that will be worth suffering a hangover at work the next day for.
The proud tradition of poet laureates from the great state of Texas has been conferred to yet another generation in the form of Vincent Neil Emerson. If you remember watching that iconic scene from Heartworn Highways with Texans Rodney Crowell and Steve Earle sitting at Guy Clark’s kitchen table swapping songs, and wondered if a similar magic would ever be captured again, you should hear what Rodney Crowell has to say himself.
“If he grows on the public the way he’s grown on me, it’s possible young Vincent will plant the flag of his [songwriting] forebears firmly in the consciousness of a whole new generation,” Rodney says.
John R. Miller was once simply a jewel of rural West Virginia beloved by locals, but the signal of this singing troubadour and musician-for-hire has now been boosted by Rounder Records through his 2021 album Depreciated, marking John R. Miller as the latest worthy inductee into the swelling regimen of authentic Appalachian singers and songwriters.
The 16 dates of this tour showcase the best of both Texas and Appalachian songwriting in the type of small venues you may not have the opportunity to see either in in the not too distant future.
Vincent Neil Emerson has also just released a new song and video called “Son of a Bitch (see below).
TOUR DATES:
May 6, 2022 – Little Rock, Arkansas – The White Water Tavern
May 7, 2022 – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – Ponyboy OKC
May 9, 2022 – Tulsa, Oklahoma – Mercury Lounge
May 10, 2022 – Fort Worth, Texas – Tulips
May 12, 2022 – Austin, Texas – The White Horse
May 13, 2022 – San Antonio, Texas – The Lonesome Rose
May 14, 2022 – Houston, Texas – White Oak Music Hall (Upstairs)
May 16, 2022 – Baton Rouge, Louisiana – Chelsea’s Live
May 17, 2022 – Mobile, Alabama – Callaghan’s Irish Social Club
May 19, 2022 – Bowling Green, Kentucky – The Warehouse at Mt. Victor
May 21, 2022 – Columbus, Ohio – Rumba Cafe
May 22, 2022 – Lakewood, Ohio – The Winchester Tavern & Music
May 24, 2022 – Newport, Kentucky – The Southgate House
May 25, 2022 – Louisville, Kentucky – Zanzabar
May 26, 2022 – Nashville, Tennessee – The Basement East
March 18, 2022 @ 9:29 am
Too bad there isn’t a date close to me. Think the OKC or Tulsa dates are the closest. Really need to see a VNE show! Amazing song posted above!
March 18, 2022 @ 9:45 am
I love the old VNE tunes. Feel his latest output is good, nothing special.
Love everything John R Miller has done.
March 18, 2022 @ 10:14 am
Vincent Neil Emerson’s one of the few of my favorite contemporary artists that doesn’t seem to tour the mid-Atlantic, along with Jesse Daniel, Gethen Jenkins, and Kendell Marvel.
Guess it’s easier to just tour regions where it’s a sure fire thing. However, I saw Joshua Ray Walker last month in DC and he told the crowd mid-set that when he booked DC he wasn’t sure anybody would show up. Looked like he filled up a 300 person venue close to capacity, in the middle of winter (Charles Wesley Godwin sold out the same venue not too long before). I say that’s pretty good. We need more artists from western and southern states touring up here, for the love of God! There’s an audience here, I swear.
March 18, 2022 @ 11:29 am
With the price of gas, country artists will have to come to me this year. The exception will be Del Fest and Willie. Otherwise, no long hauls and close calls for us this year.
March 18, 2022 @ 4:01 pm
Pittsburgh wouldn’t be too difficult of a detour on the May 23rd off date showing there.
I’d love to make the drive to Cleveland that Sunday show but I just took my uncle for Billy Strings and between tolls and gas, they get you.
March 18, 2022 @ 4:13 pm
Let’s make it happen!
I’ve been badgering 49 Winchester to reschedule their date they canceled last month. I have a friend at SXSW and she just sent me a video of their performance. I told her if she gets a chance to talk them, get that Pittsburgh date rescheduled.
Are you going to Cole Chaney Sunday?
March 18, 2022 @ 6:25 pm
Negative. It’s been a rough few weeks and I work and go to school full time so I couldn’t make the time. Though I love Club Cafe for those shows.
March 18, 2022 @ 11:54 am
Yeah its been pretty bleak up here in NYC lately, and one of the venues that used to have lots of our kind of music just re-opened but more in a rock vein. Ugh!
But with the cost of fuel and restrictions up here, they are smart to stay local, nice time to be living in Texas/Ok, enjoy it!
And by the way, both of these guys are top notch!
March 18, 2022 @ 12:04 pm
Saw John R Miller open for Sierra Ferrell for $25 late last year and I feel like I committed robbery with the value of that ticket
March 18, 2022 @ 3:23 pm
That must have been incredible!
March 19, 2022 @ 5:45 am
I saw them on the same tour, I felt like I was getting over on them. Got tickets to see Vincent Neil Emerson open for Charley Crockett later this month, those tickets were a steal also
March 18, 2022 @ 6:19 pm
I’ll def try to go to one of the KY shows because both locations are just about an hour from me.