Old Crow Medicine Show is ‘Back in the Saddle’ at Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe on July 10
From a press release:
Old Crow Medicine Show started busking on street corners in 1998 from New York state up through Canada, winning audiences along the way with their boundless energy and spirit. They eventually found themselves in Boone, North Carolina, where they caught the attention of folk icon Doc Watson while playing in front of a pharmacy. He invited the band to play at his festival, MerleFest, helping to launch their career. Shortly thereafter, they were hired to entertain crowds between shows at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee.
It has been over 20 years since these humble beginnings. The Nashville-based Americana string band has gone on to receive the honor of being inducted as members of the Grand Ole Opry, and they have won two Grammy Awards: Best Folk Album for “Remedy” (2014) and Best Long Form Music Video for “Big Easy Express” (2013). Additionally, their classic single “Wagon Wheel” received the RIAA’s double-platinum certification in 2019 for selling over two million copies while their debut album, “O.C.M.S.,” has been certified gold (500,000 copies).
Now they’re on the road again on the Back in the Saddle Tour, which stops at Penn’s Peak on Saturday, July 10. They previously performed at the Jim Thorpe venue in 2013 and 2016.
Doors at Penn’s Peak (325 Maury Rd., Jim Thorpe) open at 6 p.m., and the concert starts at 8 p.m. Tickets, which are $42 in advance or $47 the day of the show, are on sale now via Ticketmaster, the Penn’s Peak box office, and at Roadies Restaurant and Bar (325 Maury Rd., Jim Thorpe). Box office and Roadies Restaurant ticket sales are walk-up only; no phone orders.
Old Crow Medicine Show has toured the world, playing renowned festivals and venues such as Bonnaroo, Farm Aid, Coachella, Peach Music Festival in Scranton, XPoNential Music Festival in New Jersey, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Cambridge Folk Festival, London’s Roundhouse, Ryman Auditorium, Barclays Center, New Orleans Jazz Fest, Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Kennedy Center Concert Hall, SummerStage in New York City’s Central Park, Forecastle, Newport Folk Festival, and several appearances on “A Prairie Home Companion.”
They’ve toured with artists such as Willie Nelson & Family, Brandi Carlile, Mumford & Sons, The Lumineers, John Prine, The Avett Brothers, and others. The band also took part in the historic Railroad Revival Tour, traveling from California to New Orleans on a vintage train, which was captured in the Emmet Malloy-directed, Grammy Award-winning documentary “Big Easy Express.”
Old Crow Medicine Show has six studio albums to their name, three of which were released by Nettwerk Records – “O.C.M.S.” (2004) and “Big Iron World” (2006), produced by David Rawlings, and “Tennessee Pusher,” produced by Don Was. Following that, ATO Records released the Ted Hutt-produced “Carry Me Back” (2012), on which the band continued to craft classic American roots music, and “Remedy” (2014), also produced by Hutt.
Old Crow Medicine Show was signed to Columbia in 2017 and immediately delivered a full-length tribute to Boy Dylan’s “Blonde on Blonde” entitled “50 Years of Blonde On Blonde” (2017). During the same year, Nettwerk also released a “Best of Old Crow Medicine Show” compilation. A year later, the band released the Dave Cobb-produced “Volunteer” (2018) via Columbia. Their latest release, “Live at the Ryman,” was released on Oct. 4, 2019 on Columbia Records via The Orchard.
