Blues Legend John Hammond Set to Release 31st Career Album With G. Love at the Helm

NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Manhattan Records) - Blues luminary John Hammond is gearing up for the release of his 31st career album Push Comes To Shove on January 23 2007 on Back Porch Records. A Grammy-Award winner and multiple nominee, Hammond has enjoyed a career that has successfully spanned four decades - working and playing with such blues greats as Muddy Waters, J.J. Cale, Howlin' Wolf and Tom Waits. On his latest release - cut, mixed and mastered in a remarkable 9 days - Hammond teamed up with Philly's own soulful hip-hop artist, G. Love, as producer. The result is the dozen stellar songs on Push Comes To Shove which range from the gritty title track to the hip-hop tinged duet with G. Love on "I'm Tore Down". At 64 years old, John can now also add songwriter to his impressive resume as he wrote an unprecedented five original tunes for Push Comes To Shove.

Hammond will kick-off the release of Push Comes To Shove and supporting tour with a performance at the famed B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in his native New York City on January 23rd. John will also perform at this year's SXSW in Austin, Texas. The remaining tour dates are below:

1/23 New York, NY B.B. King Blues Club & Grill
1/26 Cambridge, MA Regattabar
1/27 Newport, RI Newport Blues Cafe
1/30 Annapolis, MD Ramshead
1/31 Vienna, VA The Barns at Wolf Trap
2/6 Seattle, WA Dimitriou's Jazz Alley
2/7 Seattle, WA Dimitriou's Jazz Alley
2/9 Yakima, WA Yakima Valley Museum
2/10 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios
2/11 Gleneden Beach, OR Eden Hall
2/17 Lynchburg, VA Ellington Fellowship Playhouse
2/18 Charleston, WV Mountain Stage
2/19 Youngstown, OH B and O Station
2/21 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom
2/22 Ann Arbor, MI The Ark
2/23 Dayton, OH Canal Street Tavern
2/24 Worthington, OH Columbus Blues Alliance
3/8 Glenville, PA Snail Pie Lounge
3/9 Sellersville, PA Sellersville Theatre 1894
3/10 Binghamton, NY Night Eagle Cafe
3/16 Austin, TX Cedar Street Courtyard (SXSW performance)
3/22 Mount Vernon, NY The Bayou
3/23 Newmarket, NH The Stone Church
3/24 Bath, ME Chocolate Church Arts Center
3/29 Minneapolis, MN Cedar Cultural Center
3/30 Milwaukee, WI Shank Hall
3/31 Chicago, IL Schuba's
4/27 Wilkesboro, NC Merlefest
4/28 Wilkesboro, NC Merlefest