New York, NY (Top40 Charts) This past weekend country favorites
Josh Abbott Band headlined their 10th annual JAB Fest at the
Lonestar Amphitheatre in Lubbock, TX with over 10,000 fans in attendance. The fest featured performances from Josh Abbott Band, Riley Green, Flatland Cavalry, Kolby
Cooper and Randall King. At the Fest,
Josh Abbott Band was presented with RIAA Certified Gold Singles for "Oh, Tonight" and "She's Like Texas" signifying 500,000 sales equivalent for the singles in the US.
The band's organization, JAB Cares, also raised over $100,000 for One Voice Home with their annual JAB Cares Gala. One Voice Home is an organization that provides a safe home for restoration and new beginnings for sexually exploited girls. JAB Cares is run by Josh and Taylor Abbott.
Josh Abbott Band will be announcing new music soon as a follow up to their acclaimed 2020 album release, The Highway Kind.
A staple in the
Texas music scene since forming in 2006 at Lubbock's
Texas Tech University, country fans have been singing JAB songs for more than a decade already. The seven-piece group's relentless on-stage attitude quickly made it a successful touring act, building out from a
Texas band to a regional act to a national crew with a devoted following from coast to coast. Concurrently, JAB developed its own label, Pretty Damn Tough Records, before that was an accepted practice in country circles. Two of their projects, Small Town Family
Dream and Front Row Seat, scored top 10 debuts on the Billboard country albums chart, while five titles cracked the Billboard country singles lists, including a pair - "Oh, Tonight" with Kacey Musgraves; and "Wasn't That Drunk," with
Carly Pearce - that represented their first chart appearances. Led by the true-to-life cycles in Abbott's life, Abbott ambitiously documented the dissolution of first marriage in Front Row Seat. And the expansive Until My Voice Goes Out, recorded as Abbott tended to an ailing father, mixed elegant strings and a Memphis-tipped horn sound. In 2019 JAB released a four track EP, Catching Fire and in 2020 the band released the album The Highway KInd.
Josh Abbott Band is Josh Abbott (vocals, guitar), Edward Villanueva (drums), Jimmy Hartman (bass), Caleb Keeter (electric guitar), Austin Davis (banjo),
David Fralin (Keyboard).
Josh Abbott Band Tour Dates :
Oct 22 Arlington, TX
Texas Live!
Oct 29 Inman, KS 363 Sports Complex
Oct 30 Tulsa, OK Cain's Ballroom
Nov 5 Fayetteville, AR JJ's Live
Nov 6 Celina, TX Troubadour Festival 2021
Nov 20 Houston, TX White Oak
Music Hall
Nov 26 Corpus Christi, TX Brewster Street Ice House
Nov 27 San Antonio, TX Cowboys Dancehall
Jan 28 Chicago, IL Joe's on Weed Street
Feb 4 Denver, CO Grizzly Rose.
