Warren's shows earlier this year were billed as "Warren Haynes ft. Railroad Earth" this tour is just "Warren Haynes". Does anyone know if he has a band with him, or what the format of the shows will be? Just Warren is okay with me, but I figured he'd still be using a band because the new album is so recent.
Anyone know about that?
I think some dates are with RRE and some with what is described as "Ashes and Dust Band".
His website doesn't make this clear.
The non Railroad Earth shows are with Jeff Sipe on drums and a band called Chessboxer backing him up.
The non Railroad Earth shows are with Jeff Sipe on drums and a band called Chessboxer backing him up.
^^ I am pretty sure I read somewhere that Chessboxer would be opening the shows.
My guess (and I don't have any sources to make it an educated guess) is that Chessboxer will open, then Warren will come out and play a couple of solo songs (maybe with Sipe) then the full band will play the majority of the show. This is how the shows with RRE seemed to generally go.
There are different opening acts depending on which show you go to, those are listed on his site. The show I am going to has Justin Townes Earle as the opening act. Some shows have Chessboxer as the opening act, but most have someone else.
http://www.warrenhaynes.net/shows
The format will not be the same as the way RRE was utilized. The shows will be longer, setlists will vary more. Warren said because the RRE portion of the tour was always known to be brief they did not have time to prepare to do extensive setlists the way normal Warren bands do.
Actually excited to see him with the "other band" solo. Saw the Town Hall debut and the Philly XPN shows. Seeing him in Philly 10/2 and Nashville 10/13 as of now.
