Jonny Corndawg

With Shovels & Rope and Robert Ellis

Empire Dine and Dance

575 Congress St.

Portland, ME

www.portlandempire.com

March 31 at 9pm Doors, 9:30pm Show

Tickets are on sale now and are available online at www.portlandempire.com and at Bull Moose Music Locations

$8 / General Admission, 21+.

Jonny Corndawg is a country singer, not a singer-songwriter. Born in Montana, raised in rural Virginia, Corndawg has been touring on his motorcycle since he dropped out of school in 2001. He’s played shows in every U.S. state, Canada and eleven European countries, Australia, Argentina and India. But you won’t find him on CMT. His music is more in the vein of that obscure ’70s gay country that housewives would discover on a Bear Family reissue in twenty years. In addition to pursuing the lost art of the Real Deal, Corndawg is an airbrushing, leather-working, marathon-running, truck-driving American. Born and Bred.

“At the baseline, Corndawg is a singer-songwriter who takes his cues from classic American country outlaws, but with his own twist. His lyrics can be playful, raunchy and informative, but no matter what the subject matter Jonny is always telling a story.” -NBC New York

Shovels and Rope

Necessity is the mother of invention. Less is more. Make it work with what you’ve got. 2 Guitars, a junkyard drum kit (harvested from an actual garbage heap- adorned with tamborines, flowers and kitchen rags), a handful of harmonicas, voices, and above all.. songs. Cary Ann Hearst & Michael Trent prefer to keep it simple. They have cleverly managed to take 3 separate recording projects and combine them into 1 cohesive, folk rock, sloppy tonk, harmonized, loose but tight, streamlined audience killing machine.

Robert Ellis

The young songwriter’s second release is an impressive and diverse concept album split between five breathtaking folk songs and five soon-to-be country standards. Listening to Photographs, one finds it difficult to pigeonhole Robert Ellis. It’s even harder to remember that he’s barely just begun.

http://www.corndawg.com

http://www.shovelsandrope.com

http://www.robertellismusic.com

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