49 Winchester New Release & Tour

49 Winchester released their highly anticipated Leavin’ This Holler today via New West Records. The 10-song set was produced by the band and Stewart Myers and features appearances by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, singer-songwriter Maggie Antone, fiddler Philip Bowen, and guitarist Cole Chafin. Met with critical acclaim, No Depression said “Leavin’ This Holler is a vital release, especially today. When it feels like we’re all just searching for a little light in the dark, 49 Winchester illuminates something akin to home” while Glide Magazine said “Leavin’ This Holler shows they have no intention of slowing down.”

Leavin’ This Holler is the follow up to their New West debut Fortune Favors the Bold. Met with overwhelming critical acclaim, Rolling Stone called them “Country Music’s Buzziest of Buzz Bands,” and also named it one of the “25 Best Country and Americana Albums of 2022.” Bandcamp named Fortune Favors the Bold one of the “Best Country Records of 2022,” as did No Depression, Holler, PopMatters, Whiskey Riff, WMOT, and more. The album quickly generated over 150 million global streams and the band also received a nomination for “Best Duo or Group” at last year’s Americana Music Awards.

49 Winchester just released the video for “Leavin’ This Holler,” featuring Maggie Antone. Frontman Isaac Gibson said, “This video project was a lot of fun for us. The vibes we were able to conjure up really suit the song. ‘Leavin’ This Holler’ feels like a breakup song, but it’s about the act of letting go and how hard it can be to leave places and faces that you know and love to find something greater. It always felt like the emotional heart of the record, which is part of why it wound up being the title cut, and Maggie’s part in that is huge. Her harmonies are just what the song needed. She knocked it out of the park for the video shoot, and was great to work with as always.”

Last October, while standing on stage in front of 20,000 people at London’s 02 Arena, it dawned on Gibson that on the same day, exactly 10 years ago, he formed his rising alt-country band. “There’s been nothing in my life that’s ever lasted a decade,” he says. “We had just gotten out of high school when we played our first show — 10 years later, we’re on the road in the UK and Europe with Luke Combs.”

Gibson felt it was a moment where he could honestly reflect on the hard-earned, unrelenting determination and grit within the band that’s brought them to this current juncture of increasing notoriety. “It’s a testament to the uncommon fact that we’re musicians from a very specific place in the world,” Gibson says. “And it’s a testament to viewing each other more as family than as friends.”
Hailing from Castlewood, Virginia (population: 1,122) in Southern Appalachia — a place where opportunity seldom knocks — 49 Winchester came to fruition when Gibson, his childhood best friend, Chase Chafin, and his hometown crony, guitarist Bus Shelton, decided to step off the front porch (on Winchester Street) and take their music to whatever stage would have them.

On the heels of supporting Tyler Childers on his recent arena tour and the band’s debut appearances at both Bonnaroo and the CMA Fest, 49 Winchester have announced 8 additional Fall tour dates in support of Leavin’ This Holler (in bold below). The tour will feature a 2-night stand at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom, and in a highly-anticipated appearance, they will also headline the famed Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion next month — a homecoming festival of sorts for the band, who played some of its earliest gigs at the renowned gathering.

Captured in a handful of studios around the country whenever there was a rare moment between relentless touring schedules — the album has 49 Winchester’s signature sound of rollicking country and searing rock music, but with a matured approach this go-around. Leavin’ This Holler offers up a more focused sense of self — a new bountiful level of intent and purpose. Gibson says, “We wanted to explore every possible sound we could on this record. No stone left unturned sonically — we got it exactly where we wanted it.”
Leavin’ This Holler is available across digital platforms, compact disc, and numerous limited edition vinyl variants. The album is available NOW via NEW WEST RECORDS.

Leavin’ This Holler Track Listing:

1. Favor
2. Hillbilly Happy
3. Yearnin’ For You
4. Make It Count
5. Leavin’ This Holler
6. Fast Asleep
7. Tulsa
8. Rest of My Days
9. Traveling Band
10. Anchor

49 Winchester On Tour:
8/3/24 – Sacramento CA – Ace of Spades ^
8/5/24 – Los Angeles CA – El Rey Theatre ^
8/9/24 – Englewood CO – Gothic Theatre %
8/10/24 – Bellvue CO – Mishawaka Amphitheatre %
8/12/24 – Des Moines IA – Iowa State Fair
8/15/24 – Las Vegas NV – The Run For A Million
8/16/24 – New Braunfels TX – Whitewater Amphitheater $~
8/17/24 – Houston TX – Armadillo Palace ~
8/23/24 – Atlanta GA – Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park =
8/24/24 – Petros TN – Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary =
8/25/24 – Cincinnati OH – Riverfront Live =
8/30/24 – Virginia Beach VA – 24th Street Stage ?
8/31/24 – Isle of Palms SC – The Windjammer &?
9/1/24 – Isle of Palms SC – The Windjammer &?
9/5/24 – Raleigh NC – The Ritz *
9/6/24 – Richmond VA – The National *
9/7/24 – Philadelphia PA – Brooklyn Bowl *
9/9/24 – Boston MA – Royale Boston *
9/10/24 – New York NY – Bowery Ballroom *
9/11/24 – New York NY – Bowery Ballroom *
9/13/24 – Pittsburgh PA – Stage AE Outdoors +
9/14/24 – Bristol TN/VA – Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion
9/19/24 – Orlando FL – Plaza Live @
9/20/24 – Fort Myers FL – The Ranch @
9/21/24 – St Petersburg FL – Jannus Live @
10/10/24 – Oxford MS – The Lyric Oxford @
10/11/24 – Fort Smith AR – Peacemaker Festival
10/12/24 – Cuero TX – Cuero Turkeyfest
10/15/24 – New Orleans LA – House of Blues “
10/17/24 – Birmingham AL – Iron City “
10/19/24 – Greenville – SC – Greenville Country Music Fest
10/22/24 – Charlottesville VA – Jefferson Theater “
10/25/24 – Norwalk CT – District Music Hall “
10/26/24 – Buffalo NY – Town Ballroom “
10/29/24 – Columbus OH – The Bluestone >
10/31/24 – Baton Rouge LA – Texas Club < 11/2/24 - Dallas TX - Dos Equis Pavilion ! ^ Support from Kelsey Waldon % Support from Coleman Jennings $ With Wyatt Flores ~ Support from Drayton Farley = Supporting Blackberry Smoke & Support from The Weathered Souls ? Support from Hannah Aldridge * Support from Maggie Antone + Supporting Charles Wesley Godwin @ Support from Matt Koziol “ Support from Corb Lund > Support from Bayker Blankenship
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