Guitarist/singer/songwriter Keller Williams has confirmed his summer tour dates which will run from May 23 through Aug. 31. His trip will include select performances with his band – Moseley, Droll, and Sipe – as well as a co-headlining tour with longtime friends and musical colleagues Yonder Mountain String Band. The two have hit the road together in summers past, on such tours as Acoustic Planet and Big Summer Classic. For this outing, the tour will run throughout the south, the Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain regions.
Presale for Williams/YMSB dates began last month at Keller Williams official site, and at local ticket outlets.
Before Williams hits the road this summer, he will release a live, Feb. 8, 2006 Grateful Grass performance. The digital only release, titled “REX (Live at the Fillmore)”, is available now. “Grateful Grass” featured Williams, Keith Moseley (The String Cheese Incident), and Jeff Austin (Yonder Mountain String Band), as they performed not-so-traditional bluegrass versions of Grateful Dead favorites one night in Denver. All of the proceeds from “REX (Live at the Fillmore)” will go to benefit The Rex Foundation, the charitable non-profit organization started by the Grateful Dead which gives grants to worthwhile causes.
Keller Williams tour dates:
| May 23 | Delfest | Cumberland MD | (Keller & The Keels) |
| May 24 | Asheville Music Jamboree | Asheville NC | (Keller & The Keels) |
| June 6 | BAMAJAM | Enterprise AL | |
| June 7 | Wakarusa | Lawrence KS | |
| June 8 | Wakarusa | Lawrence KS | (Keller & the Transmitters) |
| June 25 | Innsbrook | Glen Allen VA | (w/ Yonder Mountain String Band) |
| June 26 | Norva | Norfolk VA | (w/ Yonder Mountain String Band) |
| June 27 | Koka Booth Amphitheatre | Cary NC | (w/ Yonder Mountain String Band) |
| June 28 | House of Blues | Myrtle Beach SC | (w/ Yonder Mountain String Band) |
| June 29 | Loudon Summer Concert Series | Ashburn VA | (w/ Yonder Mountain String Band) |
| July 1 | Summerfest @ Marcus Amphitheatre | Milwaukee WI | |
| July 2 | Egyptian Room | Indianapolis IN | (w/ Yonder Mountain String Band) |
| July 4 | ROTHBURY | Rothbury MI | (w/ Moseley, Droll, and Sipe) |
| July 5-6 | High Sierra Music Festival | Quincy CA | (w/ Moseley, Droll, and Sipe) |
| July 12 | All Good Festival | Masontown WV | (w/ Moseley, Droll, and Sipe) |
| July 17 | String Summit | North Plains OR | |
| July 18 | String Summit | North Plains OR | (w/ Moseley, Droll, and Sipe) |
| July 22 | Marymoor | Seattle WA | (w/ Yonder Mountain String Band) |
| July 30 | Pine Mountain | Flagstaff AZ | (w/ Yonder Mountain String Band) |
| July 31 | Twilight Concert Series | Salt Lake City UT | (w/ Yonder Mountain String Band) |
| August 1 | Fox Theatre | Boulder CO | |
| August 2 | Red Rocks | Morrison CO | (w/ Yonder Mountain String Band) |
| August 31 | Gratefulfest | Nelson Ledges OH |