“Hard Times started as a tune that Don demoed on piano. He showed it to me while I was driving down to Brooklyn from upstate, listening to early Bob Dylan demos. There’s an old American folk tune called “(Hard Times) Down on Penny’s Farm” by the Bentley Brothers in 1929. In 1965, Bob Dylan rewrote it as “Hard Times in New York Town,” changing most of the lyrics. I was listening to Don’s piano and thinking about that. Thinking about the folks in the country, and our friends in the city. Thinking about hurricanes and the Supreme Court. How much we are at the mercy of big movements we can’t control. How life gets hard on every one of us, with no exceptions. And feeling something heavy, but ultimately brotherly about all that. – Patton Magee
Stream the track “Hard Times (All Around)” through the YouTube player below:
“We’re happy as clams to announce that the brilliant Fonteyn will be joining us on our spring headline cavalcade tour on April 19th and May 5th-12th
ALSO CINCINNATI we’re coming back to your finest, The Southgate House Revival on May 9th. Tickets on sale for that jawn NOW please keep the chili hot
AND LAST BUT FAR FROM LEAST we’re hitting it big time on the Netflix red carpet for a very special Outer Banks season 3 premiere event in sunny LA on February 18th. This highly coveted event will be available to the public soon so all interested should be sure to follow along for the specifics“
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Purchase tickets here: https://www.thenudepartymusic.com/tour
2023 North American Tour Dates
Feb 17 – Venice, CA – The Venice West+ (15 Tickets Left!)
Feb 18 – Huntington Beach, CA – Outer Banks’ Poguelandia
Feb 20 – Los Angeles, CA – Genghis Cohen- (SOLD OUT)
Feb 21 – Los Angeles, CA – Genghis Cohen= (15 Tickets Left!)
Feb 25 – Jacksonville, FL – Winterland V (Free Show!)
Apr 12 – Toronto, ON – Horseshoe Tavern
Apr 14 – Indianapolis, IN – HI-FI
Apr 15 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall (Low Ticket Warning!)
Apr 16 – St. Paul, MN – Turf Club
Apr 18 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
Apr 19 – Salt Lake City, UT – The State Room*
Apr 21 – Seattle, WA – Barboza (Low Ticket Warning!)
Apr 22 – Vancouver, BC – The Wise Hall
Apr 23 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
Apr 25 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent
Apr 27 – Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour
Apr 28 – Santa Ana, CA – Constellation Room
Apr 29 – San Diego, CA – Casbah
May 1 – Phoenix, AZ – Valley Bar
May 4 – Austin, TX – Antone’s Nightclub (Low Ticket Warning!)
May 5 – Houston, TX – The Secret Group*
May 6 – Dallas, TX – Club Dada*
May 8 – Nashville, TN – The Basement East*
May 9 – Newport, KY – The Southgate House Revival* (Just Added!)
May 11 – Greer, SC – SpringSkunk Music Fest
May 12 – Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theatre*
May 13 – Catonsville, MD – Sun Scape Live Festival
May 19 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg (Low Ticket Warning!)
May 20 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
2023 EU/UK Tour Dates
2 Jun – Euston, UK – Red Rooster Fest
17 Jun – Vitoria, ES – Azkena Rock Festival
+ with World Destroyers Pleasure Club
– with Michael Rault (DJ set)
= with TV Star
* with Fonteyn